by The 12th episode “Nightfall of victory and defeat” and the 13th episode “Saizawa’s pride” (final episode) of the 5th series of the TV anime “Kingdom” will be aired on NHK General from 24:00 on March 30th (Saturday). It has been decided that it will be broadcast continuously.
“Kingdom” is an anime based on the manga by Yasuhisa Hara, which is currently being serialized in “Weekly Young Jump” (published by Shueisha). The original work won the Manga Grand Prize at the 17th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award in 2013, and has sold over 100 million copies in November 2023.
Set in China during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, this is a Chinese Warring States taiga that depicts the exploits of Shin (CV: Seiichi Morita), a young boy who aims to become a great general of the world, and the young King Ei Masa (CV: Jun Fukuyama), who later becomes Qin Shi Huang. The 5th series of Roman TV anime will be broadcast from January 2024.
Since its first broadcast in January, the fifth series, which depicts the battle of Black Yangqiu against the Zhao state, which was the first step toward the “unification of China” of the Qin state, only episodes 12 and 13 remain. Until now, this work has been broadcasting one episode (approximately 30 minutes) per night, but by broadcasting two consecutive episodes, the broadcast time will be expanded to approximately one hour.
