Kenji Hamada will play Fujita, an Aizu clan samurai whose companions are victims of the “Five Demons” assassin group.
Makoto Ishii will play the historical figure Matsudaira Katamori, the 9th daimyō of the Aizu clan.
Yasuda’s DAYS soccer manga also inspired a television anime in 2016 and five original video anime episodes from 2017 to 2018.
The staff for the television anime of Tsuyoshi Yasuda’s Blue Miburo (Ao no Miburo) announced on Saturday that five new cast members will join the show beginning with the Aizu Clan arc in episode 5, with airs on November 16.