Historie Anime Unveils 11 Cast Members in First Promo Video
The cast reveal and promo video give the first concrete look at the adaptation of Iwaaki's long-running historical epic, which won the 2025 Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga.
Key Facts
- The Historie anime's first promotional video and second teaser visual were released on Monday, along with 11 new cast members.
- Nobunaga Shimazaki stars as protagonist Eumenes in the LIDEN FILMS television anime, which debuts in January 2027.
- The new cast includes Ryōta Suzuki as Eumenes' older brother Hieronymous, Kazuya Ichijō as their father Hieronymous the Elder, and Yūko Kaida as their mother Telesilla.
- Hitoshi Iwaaki's Historie manga began serialization in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine in October 2004 and has over 4.7 million copies in circulation.
- Historie won the 2025 Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga, the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and the 2010 Media Arts Festival Award for manga.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Niche Gamer (Anime).
The official website for LIDEN FILMS' television anime of Hitoshi Iwaaki's Historie manga released the first promotional video, a second teaser visual, and 11 new cast members on Monday. The anime is set to debut in January 2027, with Nobunaga Shimazaki starring as protagonist Eumenes.
The cast includes Ryōta Suzuki as Eumenes' older brother Hieronymous, Kazuya Ichijō as their father Hieronymous (the Elder), and Yūko Kaida as their mother Telesilla. Wataru Takagi voices the slave Charon, Satoshi Tsuruoka plays close aide Hecateus, and Anri Katsu is Thrax, a slave of the Scythians. Tsuguo Mogami portrays the philosopher Aristotle, Miki Kariya plays childhood friend Perialla, Seiyū Fujiwara voices school friend Nicogenes, and Junya Enoki rounds out the cast as friend Tolmides.
Iwaaki began Historie in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine in October 2004. The series has over 4.7 million copies in circulation and won the Ministry of Cultural Affairs' Media Arts Festival Award for manga in 2010, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2012, and the Best General Manga category at the 49th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2025.
- Ryōta Suzuki: as Hieronymous, Eumenes' older brother
- Kazuya Ichijō: as Hieronymous (the Elder), Eumenes' father
- Yūko Kaida: as Telesilla, Eumenes' mother
- Wataru Takagi: as Charon, a slave serving the Hieronymous family
- Satoshi Tsuruoka: as Hecateus, a close aide to Hieronymous
- Anri Katsu: as Thrax, a slave of the Scythians
- Tsuguo Mogami: as Aristotle, a great philosopher representing ancient Greece
- Miki Kariya: as Perialla, Eumenes' close friend since childhood
- Seiyū Fujiwara: as Nicogenes, Eumenes' friend who attends the same school as him
- Junya Enoki: as Tolmides, Eumenes' friend
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network Historie Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals 11 Cast Members
- Niche Gamer (Anime) Historie anime reveals cast with first promo video