The great epic continues in Kingdom Season 6.
The upcoming sixth season of the historical anime Kingdom has unveiled its first promotional video in the official YouTube channel for the series. The promotional video also included snippets of the anime’s opening theme song. The anime is slated for an October 2025 release, but no exact date has been announced.
The opening theme song will be titled “Ikitete, Sansan”, and is performed by Ikimonogakari, while the ending theme song is “Houkou” by Tomonari Sora.
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the anime revealed the series’ official teaser visual, which features the courageous main character, Xin, wielding Ouki’s Spear.
Kingdom anime details
MyAnimeList describes the plot of the sixth season as:
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.
The main cast and characters are:
- Masakazu Morita as Xin
- Youko Hikasa as Qiang Lei
- Jun Fukuyama as Zheng Ying
- Rie Kugimiya as Diao He Liao
Kenichi Imaizumi is helming the series as director at Pierrot and Studio Signpost, while Noboru Takagi handles the series composition. Tsune Abe is character designer, with Junichi Azuma as art director. The rest of the staff are:
- Color design: Miyuki Abe
- Director of photography: Hiroki Takano
- 3DCG production: Dandelion Animation Studio
- Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
- Music: KOHTA YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki Sawano
- Music production: Avex Pictures
- Sound director: Kazuzo Hamano
- Sound production: Jinnan Studio
The Kingdom series adapts the original manga and story by Yasuhisa Hara.
