It has been announced that Kyotaro Azuma’s Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun, based on the original manga by Yosuke Nakamaru, will be adapted into a TV anime. The anime is scheduled to premiere in April 2027.
The announcement also revealed the main cast, staff, a teaser visual, and a teaser PV.
Teaser Trailer:
Teaser Visual:
CAST:
Gen Sato as Miyamoto Musashi
Kenichirou Matsuda as Honda Tadakatsu
Kenyu Horiuchi as Oda Nobunaga
STAFF:
Director: Masashi Abe
Series Composition: Kazuharu Sato
Character Design: Ryoji Nakamori
Music: Hayato Matsuo
Animation Production: Fugaku
The manga is currently serialized in Kodansha’s Monthly Young Magazine. Volume 14 will be released in Japan on August 20.
K MANGA also publishes the official English version of the manga and describes the story as:
This is not history as we know it. The year is 1600. Ten years have passed since Oda Nobunaga unified the whole of Japan. When Nobunaga realizes he is nearing the end of his life, he announces that he will hand over the reins of power to whoever brings him the strongest warrior. The generals, whose dreams of conquering the country had been crushed, put up their own strongest warriors and aim to become the king of the country! The first match is peerless spear wielder Honda Tadakatsu (sponsored by Tokugawa leyasu) vs. evolving prodigy Miyamoto Musashi (sponsored by Chosokabe Motochika)!!
Source: Comic Natalie
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