The Heike Story (2021)

Original title

平家物語

Directed by

Naoko Yamada

Genre

historical anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 11 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An orphan girl with prophetic sight joins the Taira clan as they rise to power in 12th century Japan. The series follows their fortunes through war and political intrigue until their eventual fall.

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What happens

The Heike Story (Japanese: 平家物語, Hepburn: Heike Monogatari) is a Japanese original net animation series adapted from Hideo Furukawa's 2016 translation into modern Japanese of The Tale of the Heike, a 13th-century historical epic depicting the rise and fall of the Taira clan. The series was produced by Science SARU and directed by Naoko Yamada, and streamed from September 16 to November 25, 2021 on Fuji TV's on Demand (FOD)'s service, as well as on Funimation. This was then followed by the television broadcast through the same network's +Ultra programming block, which aired from January 13 to March 17, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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