Nobunaga Shimazaki has been cast in two upcoming television anime adaptations: he will voice Eumenes in Historie, premiering January 2027, and Ouga Kiyama in The Ogre's Bride, premiering July 2026.
Nobunaga Shimazaki has been announced for two lead and supporting roles in television anime adaptations scheduled for 2026 and 2027. In May 2026, the staff for the television anime of Hitoshi Iwaaki's historical manga Historie confirmed Shimazaki will voice the lead role of Eumenes. The series is set to premiere in January 2027, with LIDEN FILMS handling animation production. The manga, which began serialization in 2003 and has over 4.7 million copies in circulation, previously won multiple awards including the 2010 Ministry of Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Award and the 2025 Kodansha Manga Award.
Earlier in May 2026, the staff for The Ogre's Bride anime adaptation revealed Shimazaki will voice Ouga Kiyama. The series is scheduled to premiere in July 2026, directed by Kazuhito Omiya at Colored Pencil Animation Japan. The light novel series, which began in 2019, and its manga adaptation have over 5.8 million copies in circulation combined. A live-action film adaptation opened in Japanese theaters in March 2026. Shimazaki's casting across these two projects places him in both a historical epic and a supernatural romance series premiering within six months of each other.
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May 25
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.
May 16
The staff for the television anime adaptation of Kureha's light novel series The Ogre's Bride revealed three additional cast members in a new trailer on Saturday. Taito Ban will voice Takamichi Araki, Nobunaga Shimazaki will voice Ouga Kiyama, and Aya Endo will voice Sakurako Kiyama. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in July 2026. The previously announced cast includes Saori Hayami as Yuzu Shinonome, Yuichiro Umehara as Reiya Kiryuin, and others. Kazuhito Omiya is directing the series at Colored Pencil Animation Japan, with Yumi Kamakura handling series scripts and Hikari Tanaka designing characters. The light novel series began on Starts Publishing's Novema! platform in 2019 and has nine volumes as of May 2024. A manga adaptation by Jun Togashi launched in December 2021. The light novel and manga together have over 5.8 million copies in circulation. A live-action film adaptation opened in Japanese theaters on March 27.