Anime studio Science SARU announced on Friday that it is producing The Heike Story (Heike Monogatari) television anime based on Hideo Furukawa’s novel of the same name.
The Heike Story, an all-new original series from studio @sciencesaru, premieres on Funimation September 15!
Science SARU CEO Eunyong Choi had stated last year that the studio is also working on “another TV show with another director” besides Yuasa.
Saori Hayami plays empress consort Taira no Tokuko, while TesshÅ Genda plays Taira patriarch Taira no Kiyomori.