The Historie television anime is set to premiere in January 2027, with LIDEN FILMS handling animation production and Nobunaga Shimazaki voicing the lead role of Eumenes.
The television anime adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's historical manga Historie is scheduled to debut in January 2027. LIDEN FILMS is producing the series, and Nobunaga Shimazaki stars as the protagonist Eumenes. The first promotional video and a second teaser visual were released alongside the announcement, which came via the July issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine.
The cast includes 11 additional members: Ryota Suzuki as Eumenes' brother Hieronymus, Kazuya Ichijo as his father Hieronymus, Yuko Kaida as Teresila, Wataru Takagi as Charon, Satoshi Tsuruoka as Hecataeus, Anri Katsura as Trax, Tsuguo Mogami as Aristotle, Miki Kariya as Periala, Seiyu Fujiwara as Nicogenes, and Junya Enoki as Tormides.
Iwaaki began serializing Historie in Afternoon in 2003 (some sources say 2004). The manga has 12 compiled volumes as of June 2024, with over 4.7 million copies in circulation. It has won several awards, including the 2010 Ministry of Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Award for manga, the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and the Best General Manga category at the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2025. Iwaaki noted he first conceived the story over four decades ago.
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The official website for LIDEN FILMS' television anime of Hitoshi Iwaaki's Historie manga released the first promotional video, a second teaser visual, and 11 new cast members on Monday. The anime is set to debut in January 2027, with Nobunaga Shimazaki starring as protagonist Eumenes.
The television anime adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's historical manga Historie will premiere in January 2027, with Nobunaga Shimazaki voicing the lead role of Eumenes. The announcement came via the July issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine on Monday, alongside a second teaser visual and the first promotional video. LIDEN FILMS is handling animation production. The cast also includes Ryota Suzuki as Eumenes' brother Hieronymus, Kazuya Ichijo as his father Hieronymus, Yuko Kaida as Teresila, Wataru Takagi as Charon, Satoshi Tsuruoka as Hecataeus, Anri Katsura as Trax, Tsuguo Mogami as Aristotle, Miki Kariya as Periala, Seiyu Fujiwara as Nicogenes, and Junya Enoki as Tormides. Iwaaki began serializing Historie in Afternoon in 2003 (some sources say 2004), and the manga has 12 compiled volumes as of June 2024, with over 4.7 million copies in circulation. The series previously won the 2010 Ministry of Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Award for manga, the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and the Best General Manga category at the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2025. Iwaaki noted he first conceived the story over four decades ago.