Crunchyroll Announces "Soul Buster" Fall 2016 Streaming Plans

Crunchyroll has announced plans to present Soul Buster, the fall TV anime adaptation of Bai Mao’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms inspired Chinese novel series, as part of its fall streaming lineup. Look for episode 1 soon, with later episodes following Tuesdays at 4:00 AM PST in territories outside Japan and China.

Synopsis:

Keishuu, China.
The history books say that in the era of the Three Kingdoms, this land was a place of never-ending war. A young high school boy, Sonshin, who hates his city’s history, is troubled by a certain dream. When he wakes up from the dream, strange things begin to happen one after another, and without understanding what’s going on, he suddenly finds himself facing Gien, one of the generals from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who’s trying to kill him! Just before Gien’s blade strikes home, a mysterious beautiful woman appears in front of Sonshin. What trials await Sonshin, as he witnesses this terrible battle between two generals of the Three Kingdoms?

Knights of Sidonia’s Kobun Shizuno is series director with animator and Super Lovers’ Odahiro Watanabe directing. Karas’ Masaya Honda is writing series configuration with Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls’ Tsutomu Miyazawa on character design. Masaaki Sakurai and Ichikyo Ippei join Miyazawa as animation directors.

MAGES. is on Music with Studio Pierrot producing.

Cast includes

Sun Chen – Takahiro Mizushima

Zhou Yu – Rui Tanabe

Ling Yun – Seira Ryu

Malin Wei – Tetsuya Kakihara
Shujing – Yuko Sanpei
Han Xiandi – Tomohiro Nishimura
Zhang – Shingaki Tarusuke
Wei Yan – Ken’ichiro Matsuda
Bo Anzi – Daisuke Namikawa
Zhou Cang – Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Cheng Pu – Takayuki Sugo
Cao Xing – Shun Horie
Feng Yan – Ami Koshimizu
School Nurse – Mari Hino

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