[Qoo News] Coming TV anime Basilisk: Oka Ninpocho released 1st trailer

TV anime Basilisk: Oka Ninpocho (バジリスク～桜花忍法帖～) will air on 8th January. The first Trailer has been released.

The opening narration is done by Nana Mizuki, the voice for main character Iga Oboro in the 2005 Basilisk anime. The show is currently in production at Seven Arcs Pictures and directed by Vivid Strike’s director Junji Nishimura.

▍Background

The original TV anime Basilisk is adapted from Futaro Yamada’s (山田風太郎) novel called The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (甲賀忍法帖) published in 1958. The story is about a couple, Kouga Gennosuke and Iga Oboro, whose family are rival Ninja clans. The clan conflict eventually leaves the lovers with only two choices – their partner or their families. The coming anime is based on sequel novel Oka Ninpocho: Basilisk Shinsho (桜花忍法帖バジリスク新章) written by Masaki Yamada’s (山田正紀).

This sequel depicts events that happen 10 years after The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. The protagonists are the children of Gennosuke and Oboro, Kouga Hachiro and Iga Hibiki. The young men are doomed to the fate their parents once faced.

▍Cast

Kouga Hachiro: Tasuku Hatanaka
Iga Hibiki: Inori Minase
Kusanagi Kazuma: Takuya Kirimoto
Himonji Kasou: Ryuu Yamaguchi
Shichito Tenzen: Chuu
Yusa Tenshin: Shohei To
Shogyou Kareha: Kousuke Sakaki
Tsuta Houetsu: Chafurin
Irootoroe Itsuma: Yuji Murai
Suiren Shuugetsu: Tooru Sakurai

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