The series will air in January 2027.
The upcoming original anime series “Inherit the Winds” has revealed that popular voice actor Ayumu Murase is joining its cast. The series will premiere sometime in January 2027, but will have an early theatrical preview screening in 2026. The anime is based on Yutaka Narui’s Tachikawa Jinsuke historical stage plays.
Inherit the Winds
Premiere window: January 2027
Animation studio: Live2D Creative Studio, Drive
Streaming platform: TBA
Who will Ayumu Murase voice in Inherit the Winds?
Ayumu Murase will voice the character of Tōdō Heisuke, the assistant vice commander of the Mobu Roshigumi. Murase has previously voiced Ginro in Dr. Stone, Shōyo Hinata in the Haikyuu! series, and Kazushige Sanda in Sanda.
Previously announced cast members of the anime includes:
- Daisuke Sakuma as Tachikawa Jinsuke
- Yūki Kaji as Okita Sōji
- Aoi Yūki as Koganei Hyōgo
- Kōki Uchiyama as Hijikata Toshizō
- Yūichi Nakamura as Kondō Isami
- Nichika Ōmori as Kurosuke
- Ryōhei Kimura as Nagakura Shinpachi
Tomohiro Kawamura is directing the anime at Live2d Creative Studio and Drive Inc. The original writer of the Tachikawa Jinsuke plays, Yutaka Narui, is writing the scripts for the anime as well. Fumi Ebina is the character designer while Shigeru Kishiba is the music composer. Aniplex is producing the series.
What is Inherit the Winds about?
Yutaka Narui is a revered Japanese playwright and the founder of the theatrical group Caramel Box. His Tachikawa Jinsuke series is a collection of four period plays set during the Meiji Restoration in the Bakumatsu era in Kyoto. The story follows a fictional soldier who is aided by a famous Shinsengumi member named Sōji Okita. The man is named Jinsuke Tachikawa by Okita and begins his new life amidst the Mibu soldiers. If you are a fan of historical fiction, then this anime should go on your watchlist.
The anime is also getting a manga adaptation by Matsuri Muramatsu sometime in 2026. The manga will launch in Star Seas Company's Twi4 X (formerly Twitter) account.