Fans of studio MAPPA have a lot to be interested in when it comes to 2017 as the studio revealed their involvement in the adaptation of Shokoku no Altair, a historical fantasy manga series that comes from Kotono Kato. The new adaptation has Kazuhiro Furuhashi directing it at MAPPA. With all of that announced recently and a brief TV spot at that time, a new minute-long promotional video for it has arrived as well.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Ayumu Murase as Mahmut
- Makoto Furukawa as Zaganos
- KENN as Kyros
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Sleiman
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Rui
- Kenichi Ogata as Khalil
The original work comes from Kotono Kato and began in Monthly Shonen Sirius back in 2007 with the eighteenth volume due out in January 2017.
Plot concept: Mahmut is a young Pasha serving on the general’s council of Turkey. The clouds of war are gathering over his country. With Turkey’s council split between the warmongers and the pacifists, Mahmut begins his quest to keep the peace at any cost. As he finds himself deeper and deeper in the politics of the ancient world, new enemies and allies surface. Who will prevail? What will Mahmut do if war proves to be inevitable?
