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Wataru Takagi voices the slave Charon, Satoshi Tsuruoka plays close aide Hecateus, and Anri Katsu is Thrax, a slave of the Scythians. Tsuguo Mogami portrays the philosopher Aristotle, Miki Kariya plays childhood friend Perialla, Seiyū Fujiwara voices school friend Nicogenes, and Junya Enoki rounds out the cast as friend Tolmides.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIwaaki began Historie in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine in October 2004. The series has over 4.7 million copies in circulation and won the Ministry of Cultural Affairs' Media Arts Festival Award for manga in 2010, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2012, and the Best General Manga category at the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRyōta Suzuki\u003c/strong\u003e: as Hieronymous, Eumenes' older brother\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKazuya Ichijō\u003c/strong\u003e: as Hieronymous (the Elder), Eumenes' father\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYūko Kaida\u003c/strong\u003e: as Telesilla, Eumenes' mother\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWataru Takagi\u003c/strong\u003e: as Charon, a slave serving the Hieronymous family\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSatoshi Tsuruoka\u003c/strong\u003e: as Hecateus, a close aide to Hieronymous\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnri Katsu\u003c/strong\u003e: as Thrax, a slave of the Scythians\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTsuguo Mogami\u003c/strong\u003e: as Aristotle, a great philosopher representing ancient Greece\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiki Kariya\u003c/strong\u003e: as Perialla, Eumenes' close friend since childhood\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeiyū Fujiwara\u003c/strong\u003e: as Nicogenes, Eumenes' friend who attends the same school as him\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJunya Enoki\u003c/strong\u003e: as Tolmides, Eumenes' friend\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"LIDEN FILMS' Historie anime drops first promo video and 11 new cast members. 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