The Heike Story (2022)
Original title: 平家物語
The Heike Story is a 2022 Japanese-language animation series. It stars Kikuko Inoue, Aoi Yuuki and Takahiro Sakurai.
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.
Where to watch The Heike Story
Stream: Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Official site
Cast
- Kikuko Inoue as Taira no Tokiko (voice)
- Aoi Yuuki as Biwa (voice)
- Takahiro Sakurai as Taira no Shigemori (voice)
- Saori Hayami as Taira no Tokuko (voice)
- Miyu Irino as Taira no Koremori (voice)
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Taira no Sukemori (voice)
- Natsuki Hanae as Taira no Kiyotsune (voice)
- Tessyo Genda as Taira no Kiyomori (voice)
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Taira no Munemori (voice)
- Subaru Kimura as Taira no Tomomori (voice)
- Yu Miyazaki as Taira no Shigehira (voice)
- Shigeru Chiba as Emperor Go-Shirakawa (voice)