Amazon Prime Video has released an English dubbed trailer for the anime adaptation of Ikka Matsuki’s Nippon Sangoku manga, which premieres April 5 on the streaming service. Nippon Sangoku will be streaming on Amazon Prime Video in over 240 countries.
The Japanese voice cast includes:
- Kenshō Ono as Aoteru Misumi
- Asami Seto as Saki Higashimachi
- Takashi Nagasako as Denki Taira
- Jun Fukuyama as Yoshitsune Asama
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Mitsuhide Ryūmon
- Yūichi Nakamura as Yasuaki Kaku
- Taihi Kimura as Fuji III
- Minami Tsuda as Ohga Wajima
- Megumi Han as the narrator
Kazuaki Terasawa directs the Nippon Sangoku anime at Studio Kafka. Takahiko Abiru is handling the character design and also serves as the chief animation director. Teruko Utsumi handles series scripts, Seiki Tamura is the art director, and Kevin Penkin is the music composer.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Key Artist: Yūko Kobari
- Compositing Director of Photography: Hayato Kifune
- 2D/Special Effects: Kana Katō
- Calligraphy: Kotoha Kiriyama
- Editing: Daisuke Imai (JAYFILM)
- 3D Director: Kōhei Ogawa
- Sound Director: Shōji Hata
- Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
- Sound Production: Sound Team Don Juan
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!
