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Kingdom

Kingdom

20127.76 Seasons155 EpisodesReturning Series

Overview

In the Warring States period, young orphan Xin vows to aid King Zheng of Qin in his quest to unify China by becoming a general himself.

Created by Noboru Takagi
Written by Noboru Takagi, Hara Yasuhisa
NetworksNHK GNHK BS Premium

Top Cast

Masakazu Morita

Masakazu Morita

Li Xin (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Ei Sei (voice)

Rie Kugimiya

Rie Kugimiya

Karyou Ten (voice)

Yoko Hikasa

Yoko Hikasa

Kyoukai (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Wang Ben (voice)

Hirofumi Nojima

Hirofumi Nojima

Meng Tian (voice)

Kenyu Horiuchi

Kenyu Horiuchi

Wang Jian (voice)

Mie Sonozaki

Mie Sonozaki

Yang Duanhe (voice)

Kentaro Ito

Kentaro Ito

Huan Yi (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Li Mu (voice)

Themes & Keywords

chinabased on mangaanimeancient timeswarring states periodwarchina historyancient chinaqin dinasty, china

About Kingdom

Kingdom is a action & adventure, animation, drama series that first aired in 2012 exploring themes of china, based on manga, anime, ancient times, warring states period, war. Created by Noboru Takagi, it stars Masakazu Morita, Jun Fukuyama, Rie Kugimiya. In the Warring States period, young orphan Xin vows to aid King Zheng of Qin in his quest to unify China by becoming a general himself.

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