Kingdom
KingdomSummary
When low-born servant boys Piao and Xin set out to become the world’s greatest war generals, they quickly find themselves caught up in a violent struggle between two noblemen plotting to overthrow the King. After Piao is killed protecting the rightful ruler of the kingdom of Qin, Xin sets out on a campaign for revenge that leads him straight into the fire of war.
Now, with a target on his back and an army of enemies standing in his way, it will be up to a boy with no name and a young king without a throne to return order to their war-torn country in this historical action-drama based on the Tezuka Award-winning manga, Kingdom.
(Source: Funimation)
Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of 50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute runtime.
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Episodes
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 38
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 15 h 50 min (38 × 25 min)
- Season
- Summer 2012
- Start date
- June 4, 2012
- End date
- February 25, 2013
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio Pierrot
- Romaji title
- Kingdom
- English title
- Kingdom
- Native title
- キングダム
Relations
Suggested watch order
Based on known prequels and sequels.
Characters 25
Main characters
- Liao Diao He河了貂Main
- Zheng Ying嬴政Main
- Xin Li李信Main
- Lei Qiang羌瘣Main
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- Mu Li李牧Supporting
- Bi壁Supporting
- Piao漂Supporting
- Chang Ping Jun昌平君Supporting
- Qi Wang王騎Supporting
- Jiao Cheng成蟜Supporting
- Shi Si肆氏Supporting
- Duanhe Yang楊端和Supporting
- Buwei Lü呂不韋Supporting
- Shi Jie竭氏Supporting
- Wu Meng蒙武Supporting
- Teng騰Supporting
- Chang Wen Jun昌文君Supporting
- Ze Cai蔡澤Supporting
- MutaムタSupporting
- Si Li李斯Supporting
- Biao Gong麃公Supporting
- You Long竜有Supporting
- Hai YinSupporting
- Yuan渕Supporting
- Jio BaバジオウSupporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Jun KamiyaDirector
- Yasuhisa HaraOriginal creator
- Naruhisa ArakawaSeries composition
- Atsuo TobeCharacter design
- Masatoshi HamadaCharacter design
- Noriko OotakeCharacter design
- Junichi HigashiArt director
- Hajime TakakuwaSound director
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- Moriyasu TaniguchiKey Animation (eps 5, 11, 14, 19, 25, 28, 30)
- Naruhisa ArakawaScript
- Nothing's Carved in StoneTheme Song Performance (OP)
- DasokuTheme Song Performance (ED3)
- Atsuo TobeStoryboard (eps 35, 36)
- Atsuo TobeAnimation Director (eps 1, 11, 38)
- Atsuo TobeKey Animation (ED1, ED2, ED3)
- Mitsutoshi SatouStoryboard (ep 33)
- Mitsutoshi SatouEpisode Director (eps 2, 5, 8, 13, 17, 21, 33, 37)
- Shuu WatanabeEpisode Director (ep 23)
- Yuuki WakaiTheme Song Performance (ED2)
- Kazuaki YamashitaTheme Song Lyrics (ED1)
- Takumi IshidaTheme Song Performance (ED1)
- Kazuaki YamashitaTheme Song Arrangement (ED1)
- Kazuaki YamashitaTheme Song Composition (ED1)
- Maiko IsogaiAnimation Producer
- Takeyuki TakahashiConcept Design