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Nobunaga Concerto (2009)

Nobunaga Concerto poster
Genre
time travel, science fiction film, science fiction anime and manga, historical manga
Country
Japan

How it feels

A modern-day high school student is transported to feudal Japan and meets the warlord Oda Nobunaga. The student takes Nobunaga's place and must navigate the historical events using his modern knowledge.

lightheartedwhimsicalbriskentertainingplayfulfast-pacedwarmengaging

What happens

Nobunaga Concerto (Japanese: 信長協奏曲(コンツェルト), Hepburn: Nobunaga Kontseruto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ayumi Ishii. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday since May 2009, with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon volumes as of February 2022. A ten-episode anime television series adaptation was broadcast on Fuji TV from July to September 2014. An eleven-episode television drama adaptation was also broadcast on Fuji TV from October to December 2014. A live-action film premiered in Japan in January 2016. As of February 2016, the Nobunaga Concerto manga had over 3.5 million copies in circulation. In 2012, the manga won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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