The reveal this past July that the Basilisk property was getting a sequel anime and manga series is still kind of surreal. But we’re now getting closer to the debut of Basilisk: Ouka Ninpouchou and new details have surfaced. The show has been set for a January 9th, 2018 debut and we’ve gotten a lot of supporting characters now cast as well as the first promotional video for it that does a great job of setting the mood. It’ll be directed by Junji Nishimura based on the series composition by Shinsuke Oonishi. Takao Maki is handling the character designs and serving as the chief animation director with Seven Arcs Pictures producing the animation.
- Katsuhiro Tokuishi as Saizou Ishi
- Fukushi Ochiai as Shikibu Koura
- Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Shichigen Higurashi
- Shinichiro Miki as Gorone Negoro
- Saori Hayami as Hachisu
- Reina Ueda as Rui
- Ayane Sakura as Utsutsu
- Kaori Nazuka as Namenba
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Tsuibamu Kujaku
- Hiroshi Tsuchida as Magoroku Rinne
- Umeji Sasaki as Chiou Neiri
- Yui Horie as Itaru Yasha
- Takaya Hashi as Joujin
The Japanese cast includes:
- Tasuku Hatanaka as Hachirō Kōga
- Inori Minase as Hibiki Iga
- Takuya Kirimoto as Kazuma Kusanagi
- Ryū Yamaguchi as Kasō Himonji
- Cho as Geiin Shichito
- Shōhei Tō as Tenjin Yusa
- Kosuke Sakaki as Kareha Shogyō
- Chafurin as Hōetsu Tsuta
- Yuji Murai as Itsuma Irootoroe
- Tooru Sakurai as Shūgetsu Suiren
Funimation previously released the anime over the years while Del Rey Manga initially brought out the manga before Kodansha Comics took it over and released it all digitally.
Original Concept: The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years.
But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries-old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death?