Comic Earth Star has really taken to get some of their manga series produced as anime in the last year and that got the nod earlier this year now has a schedule for it. The 2011 manga series Nobunagun is now scheduled for a Winter 2014 release, aka January, based on the manga of the same name by Masato Hisa. Two compiled volumes have been released previously about this group of kids who use historical figures as weapons, such as Christopher Columbus, Isaac Newton and obvious Oda Nobunaga. The production itself still has no formal details as to who is starring in it or who is producing it.
Plot concept: Shio Ogura is a Japanese high school student, who is visiting Taiwan on a school trip when she is suddenly attacked by monsters. Agents known as “E-Gene Holders” from the government agency DOGOO also arrive, who wield weapons infused with the spirits of historical figures. Shio is revealed to also be an E-Gene Holder when the soul of Oda Nobunaga awakens after she tries to rescue a friend.
[Source: Crunchyroll]
