The staff for the television anime of Tsuyoshi Yasuda’s The Blue Wolves of Mibu (Ao no Miburo) manga announced on Friday that Chiaki Kobayashi will play Saitō Hajime of the Shinsengumi.
Yasuda’s DAYS soccer manga also inspired a television anime in 2016 and five original video anime episodes from 2017 to 2018.
(ANN presents modern Japanese names with family name last, and historical names with family name first.) Shūichirō Umeda stars as the protagonist Nio.
Yasuda’s Over Drive bicycling manga inspired a TV anime in 2007.