Franchise also gets short story, novel in Japanese
The staff for the original television anime project Inherit the Winds ( Kaze wo Tsugumono ) revealed four more cast members on Saturday.
Image courtesy of Aniplex ©Project Kaze
The new cast includes (left to right in above image):
Daisuke Hirakawa as Niimi Nishiki
as Niimi Nishiki Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kawai Kisaburō
as Kawai Kisaburō Kappei Yamaguchi as Momoyama Kyūsai (name romanization not confirmed)
as Momoyama Kyūsai (name romanization not confirmed) Toshiki Kumagai as Yoshida Toshimaro
Additionally, the staff announced that scriptwriter and original creator Yutaka Narui is writing a novel for the franchise that Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. will ship on December 24. Narui separately wrote a short story for the franchise that was published on Thursday in Japanese only on the anime's website.
Novel cover Image courtesy of Aniplex ©Project Kaze
The staff also revealed a new autumn visual for the anime on Thursday.
Image courtesy of Aniplex ©Project Kaze
Image courtesy of Aniplex ©Project Kaze
The anime will get an advanced two-week screening in Japanese theaters starting on November 13. The advanced screening will center on the protagonist Tachikawa Jinsuke.
The anime will then debut in January 2027 on the "Agaru Anime" programming block on CBC , TBS , and 26 other affiliated networks.
The anime takes place in the Bakumatsu era in Kyoto. A solider who has lost his memories is aided by the famous Shinsengumi member Okita Sōji. Okita Sōji names this man "Tachikawa Jinsuke." Jinsuke's life begins anew amidst the Mibu soldiers.
The anime will star (historical Japanese characters' names are rendered family name first):
Yutaka Narui and Aniplex are in charge of the original story with cooperation by Azuki Mashiba . Tomohiro Kawamura is directing the anime at Live2D Creative Studio and Drive Inc. Narui is also writing the scripts. Fumi Ebina is the character designer, and Shigeru Kishida is composing the music.
Quruli and hitsujibungaku are performing the television anime's opening theme song "Kaze wo Tsugumono" (Inherit the Winds) and ending theme song "Namida no Kawa" (River of Tears). The latter is also the theatrical screening's theme song.
The anime's four-panel manga adaptation launches on Star Seas Company 's Twi4 (read as Tsuiyon) X (formerly Twitter ) account in 2026. Matsuri Muramatsu draws the manga.
Narui is a playwright and founder of the theatrical troupe Caramel Box who has previously worked on many stage plays themed on the Shinsengumi. While one of the plays was also titled Kaze wo Tsugumono , the way the title is written is different (with "mono" being written in kanji for the play and in hiragana for the anime), and the anime is still listed as being an "original" TV anime.
Source: Press release