Aniplex Reveals Key Visual for Shinsengumi Anime Kaze wo Tsugumono
Aniplex revealed the TV key visual for Kaze wo Tsugumono on November 13, showing Hijikata Toshizo and Kondo Isami playing Go while Saito Hajime watches from behind a shoji screen.
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Why it matters
Aniplex is spacing the rollout across a theatrical advance run, a January 2027 broadcast, a March CD, and a May home video release, which gives the Live2D and cel animation hybrid several points of contact with audiences before the disc edition lands.
Key Facts
- Aniplex revealed the TV key visual for Kaze wo Tsugumono on November 13.
- Kaze wo Tsugumono airs from January 2027 on CBC/TBS's Agaru Anime slot every Sunday at 11:30 p.m.
- The OP theme 'Kaze wo Tsugumono' and ED theme 'Namida no Kawa' are handled by Quruli and Hitsujibungaku on a single CD releasing March 17, 2027.
- The Blu-ray BOX and DVD BOX release on May 26, 2027, with the limited Blu-ray edition including a newly written novel by Nari'i Yutaka.
- The theatrical advance version Kaze wo Tsugumono -Hajimari- screens for two weeks from November 13.
The Shinsengumi period drama, directed by Kawamura Tomohiro with scripts by Nari'i Yutaka and music by Kishida Shigeru, airs from January 2027 on CBC/TBS. A theme song CD arrives March 17, 2027, and the Blu-ray and DVD boxes follow on May 26, 2027.
The visual places three Shinsengumi figures in a quiet interior scene: Hijikata and Kondo at a Go board, Saito behind a shoji screen. The series follows Tachikawa Jinsuke, a squad member who has lost his memory in Kyoto at the end of the Edo period, alongside Okita Soji and others. Sakuma Daisuke voices Tachikawa, with Kaji Yuki as Okita, Yuki Aoi as Koganei Hyogo, Uchiyama Koki as Hijikata, and Nakamura Yuichi as Kondo. The theatrical advance version, Kaze wo Tsugumono -Hajimari-, runs for two weeks from November 13 and covers Tachikawa's meetings with his Mibu Roshigumi companions and his episodes with Serizawa Kamo.
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- Denfaminicogamer 「Live2D技術」を用いた新選組アニメ『風を継ぐもの』TV版キービジュアルが解禁。U-NEXTほかでの配信も決定