Kingdom anime fans hoping to check out the latest episode this weekend might have been surprised to find it moved, but thankfully it’s only a slight delay. The airing of the 24th episode was pushed back to make way for continuing coverage of Typhoon Nanmadol, …Read more »
Have you been keeping up with the epic battles of the Kingdom anime, based on the hit manga by Yasuhisa Hara? The fourth season is currently underway, with a simulcast going down on Crunchyroll, and the official Twitter account went live with clean versions of …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom manga officially locked in a date for its season 4 premiere. The next chapter of the historical journey unfolds when the anime returns to NHK General in Japan on April 9. The third season of Kingdom kicked off …Read more »
A new cast member has been revealed for the second live-action Kingdom film, based on the manga of the same name by Yasuhisa Hara. Kingdom II: Harukanaru Daichi e (To Distant Lands) opens in Japan this summer, and the latest to get in on the …Read more »
GEM Partners spent the past year asking 7,000 people each week which streaming shows they watch, covering viewers between the ages of 15 and 69. With 2021 behind us, a top 10 list has been released, and while live-action shows were totally viable, none of …Read more »
The company Goo Ranking asked a unique question to Japanese netizens in a survey: what anime characters who died early in the show left a big impression on you? In other words, it doesn’t count if the character dies a ways into the show, and …Read more »
The Kingdom anime has really been rolling out promotional videos. After an initial trailer for the third season and a video highlighting battle scenes, Kingdom has released a video showing emotional scenes with the characters. The third season of Kingdom started coming out last year, …Read more »
The third season of Kingdom began airing last year, but remained unfinished because of COVID-19. Though production was slowed down, the whole third season is now ready to air. It will debut in Japan on April 4 (well, technically early morning April 5), with Funimation …Read more »
The third season of the Kingdom anime will be hitting Japanese TV in April and receiving a simultaneous stream from Funimation. The anime had been delayed because of COVID, with part of the third season playing last year and the rest being postponed. But an …Read more »
Back in April, the widespread COVID-19 delays came for Kingdom season 3, which had its fifth episode and beyond delayed. Now, the official website has announced a return time frame, setting the season’s comeback for spring 2021. Kingdom season 3 originally premiered in Japan on …Read more »
Kingdom, the large-scale live-action adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara’s manga from last year, is getting a sequel. Like the first film, the sequel will be directed by Shinsuke Sato and feature a screenplay written in part by Kingdom creator Hara. Stars Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa and …Read more »
Acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki made his directorial debut back in 1978 with the Future Boy Conan TV anime, based on Alexander Key’s The Incredible Tide novel. The series was recently featured in Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! as some early inspiration, and now it’s swooping …Read more »
We’re just a few episodes into Kingdom season 3, but we’re going to have to wait a while for more. Right before the broadcast of the latest episode, the official website announced that the rest of the series will be postponed due to the ongoing …Read more »
The TV anime adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara‘s Kingdom manga is about to enter its third season, and this looks like it’s going to be an intense one. The latest set of episodes will tackle the Coalition Invasion arc, and “the biggest war in the history …Read more »
Shinsuke Sato has proved it again: live-action manga movies don’t have to suck. The director, who’s helmed adaptations of properties like I Am a Hero, Death Note and Bleach, is back with Kingdom, a live-action take on Yasuhisa Hara’s epic fictionalized account of China’s Warring States period. The story begins …Read more »
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