If there’s a well that manga and anime creators tend to go back to fairly regularly, it’s the Sengoku era and specifically with Nobunaga Oda. Such is the case once again this year as Fuji TV has announced the the historical manga by Ayumi Ishii Nobunaga Concerto is being adapted into both an anime and a live action series. The manga, which is published in Shonen Sunday, is releasing its tenth volume next week which ties into the announcement. The anime adaptation is slotted for a summer broadcast with a live action adaptation set for October to be followed by a live action film as well. The anime adaptation is directed by Yusuki Fujikawa based on scripts by Natsuko Takahashi but no other details have been announced yet.
- Nobunaga Oda: Yuuki Kaji
- Kichou: Nana Mizuki
- Tokichiro Kinoshita: Yuuichi Nakamura
- Oichi: Aoi Yuki
- Tsuneoki Ikeda: Kazuyuki Okitsu
- Katsuie Shibata: Rikiya Koyama
- Toshiie Maeda: Shintaro Asanuma
- Narimasa Sassa: Kenta Miyake
- Nagahide Tanba: Shinya Takahashi
- Sawahiko: Kenichi Ogata
- Ieyasu Tokugawa: Jun Fukuyama
- Hanbee Takenaka: Takahiro Sakurai
- Nagamasa Asai: Ryohei Kimura
- Yoshinari Mori: Ryo Sugizaki
- Nagayoshi Mori: Hiroyuki Yoshino
- Ranmaru Mori: Ayumu Murase
- Yoshiaki Ashikaga: Tomokazu Sugita
- Hisahide Matsunaga: Takaya Kuroda
- Nobuyuki Oda: Kouki Uchiyama
- Masahide Hirate: Motomu Kiyokawa
- Dousan Saito: Yosuke Akimoto
- Narration: Shun Oguri
Plot concept: The story centers around Saburou, a high school boy who time-travels to Japan’s Sengoku Era. He must become Nobunaga Oda, the famed warlord who helps unite Japan.
[Source: Crunchyroll]
