{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f0bc1f4b535ac104d0facad5","clusterId":"c_4a27eb738a0f8a654233379a","slug":"suikoden-anime-debuts-october-3-with-koji-nakamura-ending-song","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Suikoden Anime Debuts October 3 with Kōji Nakamura Ending Song","summary":"Konami's Suikoden: The Anime, an adaptation of Suikoden II, will premiere on October 3, 2026. The first episode runs 60 minutes and airs on Tokyo MX at 11:30 p.m. local time, with broadcasts following on Kansai TV, BS Asahi, and 32 other stations nationwide between October 6 and October 9. The third promotional video, released on September 17, previews the ending theme 'closed eye sun' by Kōji Nakamura, featuring Honoka Takahashi of Legal Lily as guest vocalist and lyricist. The video also previews the opening theme 'Kanashimi Sae Otonabite' by amazarashi. The song will be available for streaming from October 4, with pre-add and pre-save open since September 18. Kōji Nakamura also composed the anime's background music, while Go Hiyama joins him on arrangement.","whyItMatters":"The ending theme is the latest piece of a rollout that pairs Nakamura's score with a vocalist drawn from the same Konami-adjacent music pipeline as the opening act, placing the music side of the adaptation on the same production timeline as the television premiere.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe third promotional video is cut around Riliu, voiced by Toshiki Kumagai, and Jowy, voiced by Shinya Tsuchiya, following the two friends from the Unicorn Youth Brigade through the Highland Kingdom\u0026#39;s collapse of its truce with the City-States of Jowstown. Katsuyuki Konishi plays Viktor, Yūichi Nakamura plays Flik, and Taku Yashiro plays Luca Blight.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYūzō Satō directs at KONAMI animation, the game studio\u0026#39;s own anime division, with Michihiro Tsuchiya overseeing series scripts and Ryō Yamauchi as anime character designer. Yoshikazu Iwanami is the sound director, and Ryō Hino of NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan is producer and production manager.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth theme songs come from Sony Music Labels. Nakamura\u0026#39;s comment describes writing toward \u0026#34;an image of many sounds gathering, influencing each other, and ultimately taking the form of music,\u0026#34; while Takahashi said she \u0026#34;sang the song as if packing that moment full of words\u0026#34; after crying repeatedly while playing Suikoden.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmazon Prime Video\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU-NEXT\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eABEMA\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFOD\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLemino\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHulu\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ed Anime Store\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBandai Channel\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDMM TV\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNiconico\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTELASA\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTVer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#34;Suikoden Live\u0026#34; at Tokyo Game Show streams September 20 with Kumagai, Tsuchiya, and Konishi appearing. A manga adaptation, Gensō Suikoden The Anime: The Real Hero, runs in Comic Dengeki Daioh and launched on Kadokawa\u0026#39;s Comic Walker and Niconico Manga.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kōji Nakamura is credited for both the ending theme and Suikoden's entire background score, which puts one composer across the show's most prominent music cues.","twitterPost":"Kōji Nakamura writes Suikoden's ending theme and its whole background score, so the show's key music cues run through one person.","threadsPost":"Kōji Nakamura handles both the ending theme and Suikoden's background music, with Go Hiyama joining on arrangement. One composer sits behind the show's most prominent musical cues rather than splitting them across separate teams.","newsletterBlurb":"Konami's Suikoden: The Anime premieres October 3 with a 60-minute first episode. The third PV confirms Kōji Nakamura's 'closed eye sun' as the ending theme, sung by Honoka Takahashi of Legal Lily, and previews amazarashi's opening song. The series airs across 32-plus stations and streams from October 4.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-17/suikoden-anime-new-video-reveals-ending-song-october-3-tv-debut/.241930\",\"title\":\"Suikoden Anime's New Video Reveals Ending Song, October 3 TV Debut\"},{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/991/G999103/20260918034/\",\"title\":\"Anime \\\"Suikoden\\\" Ending Theme Song Decided as Koji Nakamura's \\\"closed eye sun\\\"; Third PV Using the Song Also Released\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609184j\",\"title\":\"アニメ『幻想水滸伝』初回放送は10月3日からスタート。Koji Nakamuraさんとリーガルリリー・たかはしほのかさんによるED主題歌が聴ける第3弾PVも公開\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":22099,"outputTokens":1572,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789712062,"createdAt":"2026-09-18T06:09:12.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-18T06:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T06:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_4a27eb738a0f8a654233379a","canonicalTitle":"News\nSuikoden Anime's New Video Reveals Ending Song, October 3 TV Debut","representativeArticleId":"a_6f962eeb4180049feb43d235","sourceCount":3,"writtenSourceCount":3,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Suikoden\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Koji Nakamura\",\"Honoka Takahashi\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-18T03:00:24.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-18T05:38:41.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T06:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-17/suikoden-anime-new-video-reveals-ending-song-october-3-tv-debut/.241930","title":"News\nSuikoden Anime's New Video Reveals Ending Song, October 3 TV Debut"},{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/991/G999103/20260918034/","title":"アニメ「幻想水滸伝」，エンディング主題歌はKoji Nakamuraさんの「closed eye sun」に決定。楽曲を使用したPV第3弾も公開"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609184j","title":"アニメ『幻想水滸伝』初回放送は10月3日からスタート。Koji Nakamuraさんとリーガルリリー・たかはしほのかさんによるED主題歌が聴ける第3弾PVも公開"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Suikoden"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Koji Nakamura","Honoka Takahashi"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Suikoden: The Anime premieres on October 3, 2026 on Tokyo MX at 11:30 p.m. local time, with the first episode running 60 minutes.","The anime airs on Kansai TV, BS Asahi, and 32 other stations nationwide between October 6 and October 9, 2026.","Kōji Nakamura performs the ending theme 'closed eye sun', featuring Honoka Takahashi of Legal Lily as guest vocalist and lyricist.","The ending theme will be available for streaming from October 4, 2026.","Suikoden I\u0026II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars launched in March 2025 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC."]}