Nippon Sangoku Anime Reveals 4 More Cast Members, Ending Song in 3rd Trailer
The staff for Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun, the television anime of Ikka Matsuki's Nippon Sangoku manga, revealed four more cast members and the anime's third trailer on Monday. The trailer reveals and previews the ending theme song "Chikai" (Oath) by Leina.The anime's staff also revealed a special visual drawn by Studio Kafka:The newly announced cast members are:Kenyū Horiuchi as Yayakichi Hei Shūichirō Umeda as Nagao MuutonShunsuke Sakuya as Akii KuraAyumu Murase as Tonotsugu TairaThe anime's staff also revealed that the anime will have a pre-release broadcast in Japan on the U-NEXT channel on April 6 at 9:00 p.m. JST, and it will air on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and other stations on April 6 at 24:00 JST (effectively April 7 at 12 midnight JST). The Japanese cast includes:Kazuaki Terasawa (The Ancient Magus' Bride second season, Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 "Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome" episode) is directing the anime at Studio Kafka, and Takahiko Abiru (The Ancient Magus' Bride two seasons animation director, Vinland Saga two seasons character designer) is designing the characters and is also the chief animation director.Teruko Utsumi (Salaryman's Club, Sarazanmai, You and I Are Polar Opposites) is in charge of series scripts, Seiki Tamura (The Ancient Magus' Bride seasons 2 & 3, Ascendance of a Bookworm, K-ON!) is the art director, and Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss, The Apothecary Diaries, Tower of God) is composing the music.Additional staff members include: Tatsuya Kitani performs the anime's opening theme song "Hidane" (Flashpoint). Twin Engine, the anime's producer, describes the anime:Matsuki launched the manga on Shogakukan's Manga ONE app and Ura Sunday website in 2021. Shogakukan published the manga's sixth compiled book volume in November 2024.The manga was listed in Da Vinci news magazine's 23rd annual "Book of the Year," and was nominated in the 16th Manga Taisho awards in 2023. The manga was also listed in the top 20 manga for male readers in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.Source: Press release
