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'Ousama Ranking' Gets Special Episode in 2023

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Aniplex opened an official website for a special episode for the Ousama Ranking (Ranking of Kings) television anime on Monday, revealing the staff, cast, and a teaser visual (pictured). The episode, subtitled Yuuki no Takarabako (Treasure Chest of Courage), the special is scheduled to premiere on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block in 2023.

Yousuke Hatta (Ousama Ranking) is returning to direct the special episode at Wit Studio. Other returning staff include Taku Kishimoto (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san) for series composition, character designer and chief animation director Atsuko Nozaki (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0), and music composer MAYUKO (Hataraku Saibou (TV)).

Ousama Ranking adapts Sousuke Tooka's adventure fantasy manga, which was originally published as a web manga on the Manga Hack website in 2017. Kadokawa began publishing the manga through its Beam Comics imprint in February 2019 and released the 13th volume on April 12.

BookLive began publishing the manga digitally in English on February 25. The English translation was later suspended due to translation errors and inadequacies.

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The people of the kingdom look down on the young Prince Bojji, who can neither hear nor speak. They call him "The Useless Prince" while jeering at his supposed foolishness.

However, while Bojji may not be physically strong, he is certainly not weak of heart. When a chance encounter with a shadow creature should have left him traumatized, it instead makes him believe that he has found a friend amidst those who only choose to notice his shortcomings. He starts meeting with Kage, the shadow, regularly, to the point where even the otherwise abrasive creature begins to warm up to him.

Kage and Bojji's unlikely friendship lays the budding foundations of the prince's journey, one where he intends to conquer his fears and insecurities. Despite the constant ridicule he faces, Bojji resolves to fulfill his desire of becoming the best king he can be. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Official site: https://osama-ranking-treasurechest.com/
Official Twitter: @osama_ranking

Source: Comic Natalie

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Ousama Ranking: Yuuki no Takarabako on MAL
DatRandomDudeAug 9, 2022 6:06 AM
Aug 8, 2022 8:02 AM
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THE RETURN TO THE KING
Aug 8, 2022 8:04 AM
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With a poster like that, it looks like one new episode of this show could save the anime for the next 10 years.
Aug 8, 2022 8:06 AM
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Yay! We get to see more of ousama ranking, is anything better than this?
Aug 8, 2022 8:08 AM
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The king has returned to give us an OVA and I am all here for it

Still wish that we had enough material for a second season though :(
Aug 8, 2022 8:19 AM
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Shouldn't it be a series though? Yuki Kaji tweeted how it's lots of new episodes while the music composer said they made bunch of new songs (doubt you'd need bunch of new songs for one speical). I hear the term episode can be ambiguous in Japanese so probably that's why there is some confusion.
Aug 8, 2022 8:44 AM
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Tsarko said:
Shouldn't it be a series though? Yuki Kaji tweeted how it's lots of new episodes while the music composer said they made bunch of new songs (doubt you'd need bunch of new songs for one speical). I hear the term episode can be ambiguous in Japanese so probably that's why there is some confusion.
Yes, we know that Yuki Kaji said that on Twitter (kinda why it took a while to get the news out lol) and leakers are saying it's a TV series but for now, we'll just follow the official sources and say it's a special episode.

If it ends up being the case that there are multiple episodes/is a TV series, well, we'll do some kind of update or something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Aug 8, 2022 9:11 AM
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will this be canon?
Aug 8, 2022 9:14 AM
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zyume said:
will this be canon?
No it's an anime original spin off episode/series.
Aug 8, 2022 9:20 AM
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zyume said:
will this be canon?


there is not enough manga material to animate afaik
Aug 8, 2022 10:31 AM

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There were already many rumors about it, but it's not season 2.

They could make also make a movie tbh
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ZXEAN said:
zyume said:
will this be canon?
No it's an anime original spin off episode/series.


An anime original can also be canon if the script was written by the author himself or even confirmed to be canon by him either.
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I’ll only watch it if it’s a season 2 but if it’s a special episode then it wouldn’t be worth my time. Sure special episodes are normally recaps ;/
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RobertBobert said:
ZXEAN said:
No it's an anime original spin off episode/series.


An anime original can also be canon if the script was written by the author himself or even confirmed to be canon by him either.
Yes you are right.
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I’ll only watch it if it’s a season 2 but if it’s a special episode then it wouldn’t be worth my time. Sure special episodes are normally recaps ;/


What? Recaps are never announced as special episodes.
Aug 9, 2022 5:00 AM

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awe wait i kinda missed this show, happy to hear this news :D
Aug 9, 2022 6:48 AM

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RobertBobert said:
Curiouswanderer said:
I’ll only watch it if it’s a season 2 but if it’s a special episode then it wouldn’t be worth my time. Sure special episodes are normally recaps ;/


What? Recaps are never announced as special episodes.



Special episode of Wonder Egg Priority was half recap....ugh i still get nightmares about that.





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VivavideoUser2x said:
RobertBobert said:


What? Recaps are never announced as special episodes.



Special episode of Wonder Egg Priority was half recap....ugh i still get nightmares about that.


Half. And that was basically because it was a delayed final episode and they had to tie it into the rest of the show that way.
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RobertBobert said:
VivavideoUser2x said:



Special episode of Wonder Egg Priority was half recap....ugh i still get nightmares about that.


Half. And that was basically because it was a delayed final episode and they had to tie it into the rest of the show that way.


Vivy had a special that was just a recap of the series too 🤔





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VivavideoUser2x said:
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Half. And that was basically because it was a delayed final episode and they had to tie it into the rest of the show that way.


Vivy had a special that was just a recap of the series too 🤔


It wasn't a special episode, at least in the way you're talking about. It was openly broadcast on TV as a selection of songs and major events. https://vivy-portal.com/news/?id=57743 Here is the news on the official website. This is explicitly announced as a recap and not a special episode.
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RobertBobert said:
VivavideoUser2x said:


Vivy had a special that was just a recap of the series too 🤔


It wasn't a special episode, at least in the way you're talking about. It was openly broadcast on TV as a selection of songs and major events. https://vivy-portal.com/news/?id=57743 Here is the news on the official website. This is explicitly announced as a recap and not a special episode.


its literally marked as "SPECIAL' on MAL but whatever you say.





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VivavideoUser2x said:
RobertBobert said:


It wasn't a special episode, at least in the way you're talking about. It was openly broadcast on TV as a selection of songs and major events. https://vivy-portal.com/news/?id=57743 Here is the news on the official website. This is explicitly announced as a recap and not a special episode.


its literally marked as "SPECIAL' on MAL but whatever you say.


Because this is the only way to somehow add this recap. The site does not have separate formats for recap episodes.

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