Winter anime “The Heike Story” released the storyline and preview cuts for episode 1 ‘If You Don’t Belong to the Heike, You Won’t Be a Person’. The broadcast date is scheduled for Wednesday, January 12th, 2022.
“The Heike Story” is a great classic which depicts the glory and downfall of the Heike Clan. This time, the epic will be made into anime for the first time, adopting Hideo Furukawa’s translation in 2016 as the framework.
Having an original character, Biwa, a biwa-hoshi girl, as the protagonist and storyteller, the anime follows the people in the Heike Clan such as Shigemori, the son of Taira no Kiyomori, and his sister Tokuko. The story is not only based on historical facts but is also an ensemble cast that tells stories of the people who lived in the chaotic era. The whole story depicts a turbulent 15 years from the aristocracy to samurai society, when Japan went through a historic change.
Episode 1 ‘If You Don’t Belong to the Heike, You Won’t Be a Person’
The story is set in Kyoto in the late Heian Period. The Heike Clan has prosperity and all the power,
authority, military, and finance. While Taira no Kiyomori outdoes the emperor with ambition, his first son Shigemori cannot avoid a sense of apprehension. One night, Shigemori meets a biwa-hoshi Biwa, and she prophesies the fall of the Heike. Shigemori and Biwa share one thing in common– they have “eyes” to see invisible beings.
“The Heike Story” episode 1 ‘If You Don’t Belong to the Heike, You Won’t Be a Person’ will be on air on January 12th on Fuji TV Ultra+ and other channels.
（C）“The Heike Story” Production Committee
