The official website of the TV anime adaptation of historical adventure manga Kingdom has just revealed a teaser video for the series’ upcoming third season. Check it out https://youtu.be/CasaH4vvYEw!
The website also revealed three additional cast members and the corresponding official visuals for each:
Daisuke Namikawa as Go Hou Mei (Wu Feng Ming)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Kou Yoku (Xiang Yi)
Yuuto Uemura as Haku Rei (Bai Li)
Previous announcements have also revealed three new cast members:
· Yuya Uchida as Shun Shin Kun
· Miou Tanaka as Kan Mei
· Atsuko Tanaka as Ka Rin
The series’ original cast—Masakazu Morita (Shin/Xin), Jun Fukuyama (Ei Sei/Yin Zheng), Rie Kugimiya (Karyou Ten/He Liao Diao), Kentaro Ito (Huan Ji), Yoshimasa Hosoya (Ohon), Hirofumi Nojima (Nouten), Shiro Saito (Biao Gong), Kenkyuu Horiuchi (Wang Jian/Osen), Taiten Kusunoki (Mobu), and Akio Kato (To)—was previously announced to be returning for the new season.
Anime News Network describes the series’ story as such:
“Hara’s historical manga centers around the slave boy Xin and his dream of becoming a great general for the state of Qin. Xin helps Ying Zheng, the young Qin king who shares his desire to unify China, rise to power within the state. Xin does all he can to become a superior commander of an army capable of defeating the Seven Warring States.”
Kingdom season three is based on the manga’s Coalition Invasion arc and is set for an April 2020 premiere. The new season is directed by Kenichi Imaizumi (Reborn!, After-School Dice Club), who replaced season 2 director Akira Iwanaga. Season 1 was directed by Jun Kamiya.
Kingdom is written by Yasuhisa Hara and was launched in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in 2006. Studio Pierrot adapted the manga into an anime series and aired the first season in 2012, with the second airing a year after.
Source: Anime News Network