The Heike Story

The Heike Story

2022
★★★★☆ 7.3/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 11 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 JA
⏱️ 23 min/episode
AnimationDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
A young orphan named Biwa is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan—also known as the Heike—after their leader witnesses her extraordinary psychic abilities. Unfortunately, what she predicts is a future of bloodshed, violence, and civil war. Inspired by the 12th-century epic tale Heike Monogatari.

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Seasons

Season 1
2022 • 11 Episodes
The Taira clan, also known as the Heike, has reached unprecedented power and influence in Japan. Through strange and terrible circumstances, a biwa-playing girl finds herself enmeshed in the story of their political strife.

Cast

Aoi Yuuki
Aoi Yuuki
Biwa (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Takahiro Sakurai
Taira no Shigemori (voice)
Saori Hayami
Saori Hayami
Taira no Tokuko (voice)
Miyu Irino
Miyu Irino
Taira no Koremori (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Taira no Sukemori (voice)
Natsuki Hanae
Natsuki Hanae
Taira no Kiyotsune (voice)

Crew

Producer
Eunyoung Choi, Yangfan Gao, Eunyoung Choi

Network

Fuji TV

Production

Science SARU, Asmik Ace, Fuji Television Network, bilibili, Pony Canyon, dentsu, BS Fuji

Keywords

japanbased on novel or booksamuraipsychichistoricalshrineanimewarheian periodheike story