{"rewrite":{"id":"r_38ee8d71c17b3d001af74d95","clusterId":"c_550dd0512e183b7edc6bb635","slug":"nippon-sangoku-sequel-anime-green-lit-by-twin-engine","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Nippon Sangoku Sequel Anime Green-Lit by Twin Engine","summary":"Twin Engine announced on Thursday that production on a sequel to the Nippon Sangoku television anime has been green-lit. The announcement came two months after the first season's finale aired on June 21. The studio posted an announcement video featuring footage from the first anime, but did not reveal further details about the sequel. The first anime, based on Ikka Matsuki's manga, aired on April 5 on Amazon Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories, with a pre-release broadcast in Japan on U-NEXT on April 6. The series is set in a near-future Japan where civilization has regressed due to nuclear war, natural disasters, and corrupt governance, fracturing into three nations. The story follows Aoteru Misumi, a former local bureaucrat who rises to become a strategist aiming to reunify Japan. The anime was directed by Kazuaki Terasawa at Studio Kafka, with character designs by Takahiko Abiru and music by Kevin Penkin. The main cast includes Kensho Ono as Aoteru Misumi and Asami Seto as Saki Higashimachi. Matsuki launched the manga on Shogakukan's Manga ONE app and Ura Sunday website in 2021.","whyItMatters":"The sequel announcement arrives just two months after the first season's finale, a short turnaround that suggests the production committee, including Amazon MGM Studios, is moving quickly to capitalize on the series' early momentum.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnnouncement video streamed on Thursday, September 3, following a teaser on the official X account.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmazon MGM Studios co-produces the anime with Studio Kafka, which handled animation for the first season.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeries scripts come from Teruko Utsumi (Salaryman\u0026#39;s Club, Sarazanmai), with art direction by Seiki Tamura (The Ancient Magus\u0026#39; Bride seasons 2 and 3).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTatsuya Kitani performs the opening theme \u0026#34;Hidane\u0026#34; (Flashpoint), and Leina performs the ending theme \u0026#34;Chikai\u0026#34; (Oath).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional cast includes Takashi Nagasako as Denki Taira, Jun Fukuyama as Yoshitsune Asama, Kazuhiro Yamaji as Mitsuhide Ryumon, and Yuichi Nakamura as Yasuaki Kaku.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMegumi Han narrates, with Minami Tsuda as Ohga Wajima, Kenyu Horiuchi as Yayakichi Hei, Shuichiro Umeda as Nagao Muuton, Shunsuke Sakuya as Akii Kura, and Ayumu Murase as Tonotsugu Taira.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManga creator Ikka Matsuki commented: \u0026#34;I am truly delighted that a sequel to the Nippon Sangoku anime is being produced. The spark quietly lit in the first series will eventually become a flame that scorches the era, greatly shaking the destinies of its people.\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe manga\u0026#39;s seventh compiled volume shipped April 10, and the series was listed in Da Vinci magazine\u0026#39;s 23rd \u0026#34;Book of the Year\u0026#34; and nominated for the 16th Manga Taisho awards in 2023.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ikka Matsuki on the Nippon Sangoku sequel: 'The spark quietly lit in the first series will eventually become a flame that scorches the era.'","twitterPost":"Nippon Sangoku sequel green-lit just 2 months after the finale. No release date yet, but the production committee is moving fast.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Twin Engine has green-lit a sequel to the Nippon Sangoku anime, announced two months after the first season's finale. 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