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Netflix Adds 4th Live-Action Kingdom Film, Kino's Journey TV Anime in India
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Shinsuke Satō (live-action Gantz, Death Note Light up the NEW world, Bleach) returned to direct Kingdom: Taishogun no Kikan. Hara and Tsutomu Kuroiwa (One Piece Film Gold, live-action Black Butler, GANTZ:O) returned to write the script.
The film opened on July 12 and ranked at #1 at the Japanese box office.
The film covers the manga's Shi Ka (Zi Xia) arc and the Battle of Bayou — the first time Shin (Xin) and Ō Ki (Wang Qi) stood on the battlefield together, to fend off the invasion by the mighty Chō (Zhao) from the north. Anne (Anne Watanabe) returns to the cast as the pivotal character Shi Ka (Zi Xia). Other cast members include Kataoka Ainosuke VI as Fuu Ki (Feng Ji), Kōji Yamamoto as Chō Sō (Zhao Zhuang), Yuki Yamada as Man Goku (Wan Ji), Eri Murakawa as You Li (Yū Ri), and Hinako Sakurai as Dong Mei (Tō Bi).
Kento Yamazaki, Ryō Yoshizawa, Takao Osawa, and Kanna Hashimoto all reprised their respective characters Shin (Xin), Ei Sei (Yin Zheng), Ō Ki (Wang Qi), and Ka Ryō Ten (He Liao Diao), respectively, from the two previous films. Nana Seino, Hiroshi Tamaki, and Kōichi Satō from the second film also reprised their respective characters Kyо̄ Kai, Sho Hei Kun (Lord Changping), and Ryo Fui (Lu Buwei).
Sigsawa began serializing Kino's Journey in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki HP in 2000, and the 23rd volume shipped in November 2020. The novel was adapted into a 13-episode anime in 2003, and movies premiered in 2005 and 2007.
Kino no Tabi - the Beautiful World- the Animated Series, the latest television anime adaptation of the light novels, premiered in October 2017.
Sato's manga adaptation the light novel series ended in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine in December 2019.
