Asmik Ace opened an official website for a television anime adaptation based of Hideo Furukawa's translation of the Heike Monogatari (The Heike Story) epic on Friday. The website revealed the staff, cast members, and first promotional video. The anime is scheduled to premiere on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block in Winter 2022. The stations' FOD (Fuji TV on Demand) service will begin streaming the anime on September 16 ahead of the television broadcast. Funimation and bilibili will also stream the anime simultaneously this Fall.

Staff
Director: Naoko Yamada (Koe no Katachi)
Script: Reiko Yoshida (Violet Evergarden)
Original Character Design: Fumiko Takano (Kiiroi Hon: Jacques Thibault to Iu Na no Yuujin manga)
Character Design: Takashi Kojima (Flip Flappers)
Art Director: Tomotaka Kubo (Mary to Majo no Hana)
In-between Animation Director: Shoutarou Imai (Persona 5 the Animation)
Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto (Beastars)
Director of Photography: Kazuto Izumida (Great Pretender)
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose (Sakamichi no Apollon)
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura (Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!)
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi (Otonarium) (Honzuki no Gekokujou)
Music: Kensuke Ushio (Ping Pong the Animation)
History Supervision: Yoshihiko Sata
Biwa Supervision: Yukihiro Gotou
Studio: Science SARU

Cast
Biwa: Aoi Yuuki (Sonny Boy)
Taira no Shigemori: Takahiro Sakurai (Shuumatsu no Walküre)
Taira no Tokuko: Saori Hayami (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime)
Taira no Kiyomori: Tesshou Genda (3-gatsu no Lion)

Other cast announced without a role yet are as follows:

Shigeru Chiba (Overlord)
Kikuko Inoue (Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari)
Miyu Irino (Mob Psycho 100)
Yumiko Kobayashi (Crayon Shin-chan)
Nobuhiko Okamoto (Kami no Tou)
Natsuki Hanae (Odd Taxi)
Ayumu Murase (Bishounen Tanteidan)
Koutarou Nishiyama (Re-Main)
Nobuyuki Hiyama (Highschool of the Dead)
Subaru Kimura (Akudama Drive)
Yuu Miyazaki (Little Witch Academia (TV))
Inori Minase (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu)
Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama)
Yuki Kaji (Boku no Hero Academia)

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Official site: https://heike-anime.asmik-ace.co.jp/
Official Twitter: @heike_anime

Source: PR Times

Heike Monogatari on MAL