Twin Engine has announced that an anime adaptation of Ikka Matsuki’s Nippon Sangoku manga will premiere in April 2026. In addition, the company revealed the anime’s first promotional video and teaser visual alongside information about the cast and staff.
Check out the promotional video below:
The cast of the anime includes:
- Kenshō Ono as Aoteru Misumi
- Asami Seto as Saki Higashimachi
- Takashi Nagasako as Denki Taira
- Megumi Han as narration
Kazuaki Terasawa, known for his work on The Ancient Magus’ Bride second season is directing the anime at Studio Kafka. Takahiko Abiru is handling the character design and also serves as the chief animation director.
Matsuki first launched the manga on Shogakukan’s Manga ONE app and Ura Sunday website in 2021. Shogakukan then began publishing the manga’s sixth compiled book volume in November 2024.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via MyAnimeList:
In the near future, Japan has witnessed the total collapse of civilization after a perfect storm of nuclear warfare, natural disasters, and systemic corruption ignited a revolution.
The nation has fragmented into three warring superpowers. This new era, the Three Kingdoms Period has begin, a time when diplomacy has withered away, replaced by a ruthless, unyielding struggle for power. Each territory pits its military might and dwindling resources against the others, desperate to seize absolute supremacy over what remains of the Japanese soil.
Aoteru Misumi, a low-ranking official who has spent his life languishing in the shadows. Though he lacks a prestigious military pedigree or noble lineage, Misumi harbors a formidable ambition to end the senseless bloodshed. He is determined to reunify the fractured nation, armed only with profound insight and a silver tongue capable of stirring the masses.
The legend of the man who would become known as a brilliant military strategist begins now!
