A new key visual for the Inherit the Winds anime has been unveiled, featuring Jinsuke and several other members of the Mibu Roshigumi. The anime’s upcoming TV broadcast in Japan will begin sometime in January 2027.
Tomohiro Kawamura (Air Bound) is directing the Inherit the Winds anime, with Ebina Fumi as character designer. The story is inspired by the Tachikawa Jinsuke stage play series by Yutaka Narui, who is also in charge of writing the series’ scripts. The anime will be co-produced by Live2D Creative Studio and Drive.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast will star:
- • Daisuke Sakuma as Tachikawa Jinsuke
- • Yuki Kaji as Okita Soji
- • Aoi Yuki as Koganei Hyogo
- • Nichika Omori as Kurosuke
- • Koki Uchiyama as Hijikata Toshizo
- • Yuichi Nakamura as Kondo Isami
- • Ayumu Murase as Todo Heisuke
- • Ryohei Kimura as Nagakura Shinpachi
- • Simba Tsuchiya as Harada Sanosuke
- • Takeo Otsuka as Yamanami Keisuke
- • Yasuyuki Kase as Serizawa Kamo
- • Takaya Kamikawa as Umeda Shinbei
- • Daisuke Hirakawa as Niimi Nishiki
- • Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kawai Kisaburo
- • Kappei Yamaguchi as Momoyama Kyusai
- • Toshiki Kumagai as Yoshida Toshimaro
The anime debuted its limited two-week theatrical preview release in Japanese theaters on November 13, 2026.
A four-panel manga adaptation by Matsuri Muramatsu will also be published by Kodansha later this year.
Inherit the Winds was first announced at Aniplex Online Fest in September 2025. The anime is set during the third year of the Bunkyu era at a time of unrest in Japan. It follows an amnesiac individual named Tachikawa Jinsuke, whose recollection of his memories has large consequences.
Sources: Inherit the Winds Official X/Twitter, Crunchyroll News
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