The Kingdom anime series based on Yasuhisa Hara’s manga of the same name revealed the first set of visuals, titled “Side: Hishin Army” based on the upcoming 5th series of the anime coming in January 2024.
The new visuals features Shin, Karyō Ten, Kyou Kai, En, and Bi Hei, with individual visuals for Shin, Karyō Ten, and Kyou Kai. The actors that voiced them such as Masakazu Morita, Rie Kugimiya and Yoko Hikasa will return to reprise their roles.
▍Kingdom Series 5 Character Visuals
■ Ri Shin – CV: Masakazu Morita
■ Karyo Ten – CV: Rie Kugimiya
■ Kyou Kai – CV: Yoko Hikasa
▍About Kingdom
Kingdom is a historical-drama manga series written by Yasuhisa Hara, The series follows the real-life events of the Qin Dynasty, leading to the eventual rise of Ei Sei to become the First Emperor of Qin. The story follows Xin, a young boy who aspires to be a master general with his friend Piao. After learning of the plot to kill the youngest Emperor of China, Heisei. Xin Embarks on a journey through bloodshed, assassins, and war, to help Ei Sei retake his rightful place as the ruler of the Qin dynasty.
Kingdom has also been adapted into an anime series with currently four seasons, a live-action film, and a sequel to that film set to premiere later this year, and has also sold over 87 million copies making it one of the best-selling manga of all time, and won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
▍Kingdom Anime Cast
■ Shin – CV: Masakazu Morita
■ Ei Sei – CV: Jun Fukuyama
■ Karyō Ten – CV: Yoko Hikasa
■ Hyoko – CV: Shirō Saitō
■ Mobu – CV: Taiten Kusunoki
■ To – CV: Akio Kato
■ Kanki – CV: Kentarō Itō
■ Ō Sen – CV: Kenyu Horiuchi
■ Ō Hon – CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya
■ Moten – CV: Hirofumi Nojima
■ Riboku – CV: Toshiyuki Morikawa
■ Syunshinkun – CV: Yūya Uchida
■ Karin – CV: Atsuko Tanaka
■ Kanmei – CV: Miō Tanaka
■ Gohomei – CV: Daisuke Namikawa
■ Koyoku – CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
■ Hakurei – CV: Yūto Uemura