Historie TV Anime Casts Nobunaga Shimazaki, Sets January 2027 Premiere
The January 2027 premiere date and lead casting give the long-awaited adaptation of Iwaaki's award-winning historical epic a concrete timeline after years of development.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
The television anime adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's historical manga Historie will premiere in January 2027. Nobunaga Shimazaki will voice the lead role of Eumenes. LIDEN FILMS produces the series, which adapts Iwaaki's long-running manga that began in 2004 and has over 4.7 million copies in circulation.
Nobunaga Shimazaki, who previously voiced the lead in Iwaaki's Parasyte -the maxim-, will play Eumenes, the young man who rises to become a commander and secretary to Alexander the Great. Iwaaki began the manga in 2004 and has said he first conceived the story over four decades ago. The series won the Best General Manga category at the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2025. LIDEN FILMS is producing the adaptation.
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- Anime News Network Historie TV Anime Announces Lead Voice Actor, January 2027 Premiere