The official website for
Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honn?ji
, the
anime
adaptation of the
Touken Ranbu Kyoden Moyuru Honn?ji
stage play, revealed on Tuesday that a prequel anime titled
Touken Ranbu Dо?den -Chikashi Samuraira Umonora-
will screen in theaters in Japan for three weeks only, starting on August 16. The website unveiled a trailer and visual:
The prequel will have the same cast and staff as the
Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honn?ji
anime. The original story will focus on Heshikiri Hasebe.
The eighth and final episode of
Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honn?ji
aired on Tuesday.
The eight-episode anime premiered on April 2 on
Tokyo MX
,
BS11
, and other channels at 11:00 p.m. JST (9:00 a.m. EST).
The anime stars:
Kazuya Ichikawa
(
Bakugan
,
Monster Strike the Animation
) directed the anime at
Domerica
. The play's director and playwright
Kenichi Suemitsu
(
Welcome to the Ballroom
,
Delico's Nursery
) returned to oversee and write the series scripts.
Mari Takada
(
Bakugan
,
Monster Strike the Animation
) designed the characters, and
Ry?nosuke Kasai
(
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life
,
Fluffy Paradise
,
Love After World Domination
) composed the music.
Touken Ranbu Kyoden Moyuru Honn?ji
is the first of 15 non-musical stage plays based on the
Touken Ranbu Online
game (thus far). The play follows Fud? Yukimitsu, the (anthropomorphized) sword that real-life legendary leader Oda Nobunaga received from his attendant Mori Ranmaru.
The
Touken Ranbu
"sword personification training game" takes famous swords from Japanese history and interprets them as
bish?nen
.
Nitroplus
designed the characters and scenario. The game launched in Japan in January 2015.
The
franchise
has inspired the
Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu
television anime series and an upcoming anime film, as well as the
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
spinoff's two anime series, an anime film
trilogy
, and a compilation anime film. The
franchise
has also inspired two live-action films, a series of stage musicals and a series of stage plays, as well as various manga.
Johren
released
the original
Touken Ranbu
browser game in English in April 2021, and
released
the smartphone version of the game in August 2021. Johren
shut down
the game's English and Chinese versions last August.
An anime of
Sanrio
's
Wanpaku! Touken Ranbu
project was also
announced
in January. The
Touken Ranbu: Tsuki no Tsurugi Enishi no Kiri no wa
kabuki stage
play
will have screenings in Japanese theaters
starting
on April 5.
Sources: Touken Ranbu Dо?den -Chikashi Samuraira Umonora- anime's
website
,
Comic Natalie