{"rewrite":{"id":"r_64faabf7650147fb9209bbbc","clusterId":"c_492de73c11354445a1917779","slug":"historie-tv-anime-casts-nobunaga-shimazaki-sets-january-2027-premiere","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Historie TV Anime Casts Nobunaga Shimazaki, Premieres January 2027","summary":"The television anime adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's historical manga Historie will premiere in January 2027, with Nobunaga Shimazaki voicing the lead role of Eumenes. The announcement came via the July issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine on Monday, alongside a second teaser visual and the first promotional video. LIDEN FILMS is handling animation production. The cast also includes Ryota Suzuki as Eumenes' brother Hieronymus, Kazuya Ichijo as his father Hieronymus, Yuko Kaida as Teresila, Wataru Takagi as Charon, Satoshi Tsuruoka as Hecataeus, Anri Katsura as Trax, Tsuguo Mogami as Aristotle, Miki Kariya as Periala, Seiyu Fujiwara as Nicogenes, and Junya Enoki as Tormides. Iwaaki began serializing Historie in Afternoon in 2003 (some sources say 2004), and the manga has 12 compiled volumes as of June 2024, with over 4.7 million copies in circulation. The series previously won the 2010 Ministry of Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Award for manga, the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and the Best General Manga category at the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2025. Iwaaki noted he first conceived the story over four decades ago.","whyItMatters":"Historie is Iwaaki's first major manga adaptation since Parasyte, and its long development history-conceived over 40 years ago-gives the anime a rare weight of expectation from both longtime readers and award committees.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe first promotional video for Historie shows Eumenes as a child and introduces several characters from his early life. The teaser visual places Eumenes at the center holding a map, with the catchphrase 'His name, which recorded history-.' Shimazaki, who previously voiced the lead in Iwaaki's Parasyte -the maxim-, said in a statement that he strongly wanted the role after reading the original work and felt honored to be involved. The cast comments, published by Comic Natalie, describe the characters' relationships: Suzuki noted the challenge of acting in a BC-era setting, while Ichijo joked about repeatedly flubbing the name Hieronymus during recording. Iwaaki's manga began in Afternoon in 2003 (the Anime News Network report says October 2004; MyAnimeList says January 2003) and won the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2025. The anime is produced by LIDEN FILMS, which also handled the studio's recent historical series.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Nobunaga Shimazaki said he actively wanted the Eumenes role after reading the manga. That level of actor investment, stated publicly before recording, is rare for a lead casting announcement.","twitterPost":"Shimazaki publicly said he wanted the Eumenes role before being cast. That kind of pre-commitment from a lead actor is unusual at the announcement stage.","threadsPost":"Nobunaga Shimazaki said he 'strongly felt he wanted' the Eumenes role since reading the manga, before he was cast. Actors rarely state that level of pre-commitment in a lead casting announcement. It suggests the production had a specific performer in mind from the start.","newsletterBlurb":"The Historie TV anime has its lead voice actor and a January 2027 premiere date. Nobunaga Shimazaki stars as Eumenes, with a supporting cast including Ryota Suzuki and Junya Enoki. 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