Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun Gets Anime
Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun manga is getting an anime adaptation. Staff, cast, and release date details were not announced.
The anime will adapt the Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun manga written by Yosuke Nakamura and illustrated by Kyotaro Azuma. The manga began serialization in January of 2021 in Kodansha's Young Magazine the 3rd but was moved to Monthly Young Magazine in May of same year after the original magazine ceased publication. The series currently has 10 volumes out. The 11th is scheduled for April 18, 2025.
Kodansha's K MANGA platform is publishing the series in English. The platform describes the plot as:
This is not history as we know it. The year is 1600. Ten years have passed since Oda Nobunaga unified the whole of Japan. When Nobunaga realizes he is nearing the end of his life, he announces that he will hand over the reins of power to whoever brings him the strongest warrior. The generals, whose dreams of conquering the country had been crushed, put up their own strongest warriors and aim to become the king of the country! The first match is peerless spear wielder Honda Tadakatsu (sponsored by Tokugawa Ieyasu) vs. evolving prodigy Miyamoto Musashi (sponsored by Chosokabe Motochika)!
The manga is translated to English by Caroline Winzenried with lettering by Weekly, KPS Products Corp.
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© Yosuke Nakamura, Kyotaro Azuma / KODANSHA