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Sixth 'Kingdom' Anime Season Announced for Fall 2025

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Apr 17, 6:36 PM
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The official website of the Kingdom anime series renewed on Thursday, unveiling a sixth season, the staff, cast, and a visual (pictured). The sixth season adapting Yasuhisa Hara's historical action manga will air on NHK-G beginning in October 2025.

The lead staff returning at Pierrot and Studio Signpost include director Kenichi Imaizumi, series composer Noboru Takagi, character designer Hisashi Abe, and music composer Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano. The lead cast are reprising their roles from the previous season.

The first two seasons produced by animation studio Pierrot aired in Summer 2012 and Summer 2013, each running for three cours. Funimation licensed the anime seasons in North America and released both seasons on DVD in January and March 2016, respectively.

Pierrot and Studio Signpost co-produced the third, fourth, and fifth season in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, and Winter 2024, with the third and fourth season each running for two cours and the fifth season airing in 13 episodes. Funimation streamed the third season with subtitles and an English dub, with Crunchyroll simulcasting the fourth and fifth season with subtitles. The former also released the third season on two Blu-ray volumes in August and October 2022.

Weekly Young Jump began serializing the manga in January 2006. Shueisha published the 75th volume on March 25. Kingdom has a cumulative 110 million copies of its compiled volumes in circulation.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in February 2025 and plans to publish the first volume on November 11.

Synopsis (Sixth Season)
In ancient China, during the Warring States period, a former servant named Xin rises through the ranks with a dream: to become the greatest general under the heavens. Fighting alongside King Ying Zheng of Qin—who seeks to unify China and end the chaos—Xin leads his own unit, the Fei Xin Force, onto the battlefield.

With power reclaimed from the influential Chancellor Buwei Lü, King Ying Zheng begins laying the groundwork for a new, unified legal state with the support of key allies like strategist Changping Jun and legalist Li Si.

As Qin launches a campaign to seize new territory from the state of Zhao, their advance is halted by the brilliant strategist, Li Mu. In response, Changping Jun devises a bold plan: to bypass Zhao's defenses and strike at the key city of Gyou, near Zhao's capital.

To carry out this risky maneuver, a powerful coalition army is formed—led by the tacticians Ou Sen (Wang Jian), Kan Ki (Huan Yi), and the warrior queen Yo Tan Wa (Yang Duanhe). Joining them are the next generation of Qin commanders: Xin's Fei Xin Force, Mou Ten (Meng Tian)'s Gaku Ka Unit, and Ou Hon (Wang Ben)'s Gyoku Hou Unit, each operating independently.

The fierce battle for Gyou begins, as the future of Qin's unification hangs in the balance.

Official site: https://kingdom-anime.com/
Official X: @kingdom_animepr

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Kingdom 6th Season on MAL

Apr 17, 6:48 PM
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Has the anime gotten better at all?
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Apr 17, 8:07 PM
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Ceasefire NOW

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Yay, I’m excited for the next season! Looks like a great one.
Apr 18, 12:14 AM
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Has the anime gotten better at all?
@yamiyugi101 Gotten better from what season?
Apr 18, 1:40 AM
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@yamiyugi101 Gotten better from what season?
@AwNoodles the first 2 seasons looked pretty bad
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Apr 18, 2:34 AM
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Has the anime gotten better at all?
@yamiyugi101 Season 3 onwards is great... with soundtracks from Yamamoto Kohta and Sawano Hiroyuki
Apr 18, 6:23 AM
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Kingdom going strong as always, manga is great, anime slowly catching up, great to see it.
Apr 18, 12:31 PM
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How many episodes does this adaptation have so far, including OVAs and specials?
Apr 18, 1:31 PM
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How many episodes does this adaptation have so far, including OVAs and specials?
@RobertBobert Probably Around 142 Episodes
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Haven't read manga in a bit, time to jump back in, this season will be glorious.

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Apr 18, 2:47 PM
Nostalgia Rules!

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Ooooh kind of getting a dynasty warriors vibe from this. Something always up my alley! 😁
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@AwNoodles the first 2 seasons looked pretty bad
@yamiyugi101 When I first got into it I had to kind of grind through the first 2 seasons with that animation, the story was just good enough to keep me hooked, season 3 onward are very nicely animated and the story is top notch if you like this genre.
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Love Hunter x Hunter and HIGHLY recommend this anime for those unsure! The first two seasons are actually enjoyable, despite the animation (which improves gradually), and by the third, you will witness GOLD moving forward!

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