The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Historie manga revealed the first promotional video, key visual and the additional cast members. In an earlier announcement, it was revealed that Nobunaga Shimazaki will play the main protagonist Eumenes, and the anime will premiere in January 2027.
The new cast members include:
- Ryōta Suzuki as Hieronymous
- Kazuya Ichijō as Hieronymous (the elder)
- Yūko Kaida as Telesilla
- Wataru Takagi as Charon
- Satoshi Tsuruoka as Hecateus
- Anri Katsu as Thrax
- Tsuguo Mogami as Aristotle
- Miki Kariya as Perialla
- Seiyū Fujiwara as Nicogenes
- Junya Enoki as Tolmides
Iwaaki launched the Historie manga in Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine in October 2004, and 12 compiled book volumes have been released to date. The manga is still ongoing, and over 4.7 million copies are in circulation. Historie has won various awards during its serialization, including Best General Manga at the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2025.
Kodansha publishes the manga in English on K MANGA and describes the story as follows:
After shocking the world with Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki is back with a series he’s been aching to tackle since even before his pro manga debut! A historical epic set in ancient times, Historie tells the story of Eumenes, a young man with quick wits and a vast destiny to fulfill. In time, he’ll become a famed army commander and personal secretary to Alexander the Great—but the road to this glory is fraught with danger…
