Kingdom Season 6 anime has released its first full trailer, revealing the theme songs, a new teaser visual, and the main staff. Studios Pierrot and Signpost are returning for the animation, with the series set to premiere in October 2025. VIZ Media will begin releasing the manga in English in Fall 2025 to coincide with the new season.
The opening theme, “Ikite, Sansan,” will be performed by Ikimono-gakari, while Sora Tomonari will sing the ending theme, “Hoko” (Howl). Both artists shared their thoughts on the project, and a preview of the opening theme is included in the trailer.
Comments From the Theme Songs Artists
Ikimono-gakari Comment
The manga Kingdom began its serialization in 2006, the same year Ikimono-gakari made its debut. Just like the main characters, Shin and Sei, who have soared forward with great strength, Kingdom has grown into a work known throughout Japan. We’ve watched its rise with admiration and excitement, as if watching the back of a great general. It is a true honor for us, Ikimono-gakari, to now be part of this great wave by contributing the anime’s theme song. We are reminded of the conversations we shared with author Hara-sensei since our debut, and from those memories, we created a song that is a hymn to those who live with all their might.
Sora Tomonari Comment
The battles in Kingdom are truly clashes of conviction against conviction. To capture that intensity, we recorded everything from the clashing of armor to shouts and roars from scratch. The lyrics include subtle references that evoke the historical setting and world of the story. It’s a powerful song that conjures up images of thunderous roars and great armies charging across the battlefield. Together with the sixth season of the anime, we hope you feel the resounding sounds of war in your chest. I am deeply honored to have been entrusted with the ending theme.
Kingdom Season 6 Anime Staff
Director: Kenichi Imaizumi
Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
Character Design: Hisashi Abe
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Color Design: Miyuki Abe
Director of Photography: 髙野 弘樹
3DCG Production: Dandelion Animation Studio
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
Music: KOHTA YAMAMOTO / Hiroyuki Sawano
Music Production: Avex Pictures
Sound Director: Kazuzou Hamano
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot / Studio Signpost
You can also see the new teaser visual below:
Additional Information & Background
Kenichi Imaizumi is set to return as the director for Season 6, with returning cast members including Jun Fukuyama as Ying Zheng, Masakazu Morita as Li Xin, and Rie Kugimiya as He Liao Diao. The latest additions to the cast for Season 5 included Toshiyuki Morikawa, Daisuke Hirakawa, and Koji Ishii.
Kingdom, a historical manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara, is set during China’s Warring States period (475–221 BCE). The story follows Xin (Shin), a war orphan aspiring to become a general under Ying Zheng (Ei Sei), the future First Emperor of China. The manga boasts over 110 million copies in circulation and has inspired numerous adaptations.
Season 1 (2012): 38 episodes, Studio Pierrot, aired April–December 2012
Season 2 (2013): 39 episodes, Studio Pierrot, aired June 2013–March 2014
Season 3 (2021): 26 episodes, Studio Pierrot, Studio Signpost, aired April–October 2021 (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19)
Season 4 (2022): 26 episodes, Studio Pierrot, Studio Signpost, aired April–October 2022
Season 5 (2024): 13 episodes, Studio Pierrot, Studio Signpost, aired January-March 2024
Crunchyroll streams the series and describes the plot as: Shin and Hyou, war-orphans in the kingdom of Qin, dream of proving themselves on the battlefield. When Hyou is captured by a minister, he escapes back to the village but is gravely injured. Shin then encounters a mysterious boy who resembles Hyou—a youth destined to become emperor!
Kingdom Season 6 anime has released its first full trailer, revealing the theme songs, a new teaser visual, and the main staff. Studios Pierrot and Signpost are returning for the animation, with the series set to premiere in October 2025. VIZ Media will begin releasing the manga in English in Fall 2025 to coincide with the new season.
The opening theme, “Ikite, Sansan,” will be performed by Ikimono-gakari, while Sora Tomonari will sing the ending theme, “Hoko” (Howl). Both artists shared their thoughts on the project, and a preview of the opening theme is included in the trailer.
Comments From the Theme Songs Artists
Ikimono-gakari Comment
Sora Tomonari Comment
Kingdom Season 6 Anime Staff
Director: Kenichi Imaizumi
Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
Character Design: Hisashi Abe
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Color Design: Miyuki Abe
Director of Photography: 髙野 弘樹
3DCG Production: Dandelion Animation Studio
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
Music: KOHTA YAMAMOTO / Hiroyuki Sawano
Music Production: Avex Pictures
Sound Director: Kazuzou Hamano
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot / Studio Signpost
You can also see the new teaser visual below:
Additional Information & Background
Kenichi Imaizumi is set to return as the director for Season 6, with returning cast members including Jun Fukuyama as Ying Zheng, Masakazu Morita as Li Xin, and Rie Kugimiya as He Liao Diao. The latest additions to the cast for Season 5 included Toshiyuki Morikawa, Daisuke Hirakawa, and Koji Ishii.
Kingdom, a historical manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara, is set during China’s Warring States period (475–221 BCE). The story follows Xin (Shin), a war orphan aspiring to become a general under Ying Zheng (Ei Sei), the future First Emperor of China. The manga boasts over 110 million copies in circulation and has inspired numerous adaptations.
Season 1 (2012): 38 episodes, Studio Pierrot, aired April–December 2012
Season 2 (2013): 39 episodes, Studio Pierrot, aired June 2013–March 2014
Season 3 (2021): 26 episodes, Studio Pierrot, Studio Signpost, aired April–October 2021 (delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19)
Season 4 (2022): 26 episodes, Studio Pierrot, Studio Signpost, aired April–October 2022
Season 5 (2024): 13 episodes, Studio Pierrot, Studio Signpost, aired January-March 2024
Crunchyroll streams the series and describes the plot as: Shin and Hyou, war-orphans in the kingdom of Qin, dream of proving themselves on the battlefield. When Hyou is captured by a minister, he escapes back to the village but is gravely injured. Shin then encounters a mysterious boy who resembles Hyou—a youth destined to become emperor!
Source (Anime Corner)
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