Yosuke Nakamaru and Kyotaro Azuma's historical martial arts manga series, Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun, is officially getting a TV anime adaptation. To commemorate the announcement, a special teaser visual was revealed, showing a fierce clash between the two warriors: Honda Tadakatsu and Miyamoto Musashi. More details will for the Tenkaichi TV anime adaptation will be announced in the near future.
Here's the announcement from the official X account of Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun:
What is Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun about?
Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun (Tenkaichi: Nihon Saikyo Bugeisha Ketteisen) is a historical martial arts manga series written by Yosuke Nakamaru and illustrated by Kyotaro Azuma. Kodansha started publishing the series on its Young Magazine the 3rd manga magazine in Juanuary 2021. The series was later transferred to Monthly Young Magazine in May of the same year after the cancellation of the former manga magazine.
Its manga chapters have been collected into ten volumes as of November 2024, and its official English version is published on Kodansha's K Manga app. Kodansha shared a story description for Tenkaichi:
This is not history as we know it. The year is 1600. Ten years have passed since Oda Nobunaga unified the whole of Japan. When Nobunaga realizes he is nearing the end of his life, he announces that he will hand over the reins of power to whoever brings him the strongest warrior. The generals, whose dreams of conquering the country had been crushed, put up their own strongest warriors and aim to become the king of the country! The first match is peerless spear wielder Honda Tadakatsu (sponsored by Tokugawa Ieyasu) vs. evolving prodigy Miyamoto Musashi (sponsored by Chosokabe Motochika)!!
Source: Official X account of Tenkaichi: The Greatest Warrior Under the Rising Sun
