The Heike Story (anime)

The Heike Story
Key visual
平家物語
(Heike Monogatari)
GenreDrama[1]
Original net animation
Directed byNaoko Yamada
Produced by
  • Eunyoung Choi
  • Fumie Takeuchi
  • Mayo Arita
  • Noriko Ozaki
  • Shinichi Nakamura
Written byReiko Yoshida
Music byKensuke Ushio
StudioScience SARU
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Released September 16, 2021 November 25, 2021
Episodes11 (List of episodes)

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.[2][3][4][a]

  1. ^ "The Heike Story (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  2. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 2, 2021). "Science Saru Reveals The Heike Story TV Anime by Naoko Yamada". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "平家物語:初のテレビアニメ化 監督に山田尚子 サイエンスSARU制作 悠木碧が琵琶法師の少女に". Mantan Web (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 8, 2021). "The Heike Story Anime Streams New Promo Video Before TV Debut on January 12". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.


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