The Heike Story Season 2 has immensely caught the waiting eyes of the viewers who had fallen in love with The Heike Story for its season 1. The Japanese series, The Heike Story is based on Hideo Furukawa’s “The Tale Of The Heike” and was introduced in 2016.
The series was directed and produced by Naoka Yamada and Science Saru respectively. The original title of the anime is “Heike Monogatari”. The story of the battle between Taira and Minamoto was what all majorly picturized in the series. Taira is regarded as one of the most powerful Japanese clans from the 11th-12th centuries. She has an indelible effect on Japanese history. One of her powerful opponents, Minamoto, tried to take over the control of Japan by fighting several battles with her over the years. With Minamoto-Taira winning the battle ultimately.
The sensitively brought story of the series’ existence highlights historical drama and fantasy in the most epic way. The series attracted history and anime lovers in larger troops. And that’s why the fans are demanding the next follow-up to taste another stunning piece of work. The Latest series, being always enthusiastic to calm down the hunger of anime lovers’ curiosity, has put up all the information in this article after a great search and research. Hang out with the article till last to explore the renewal of The Heike Story for next season.
The Heike Story Season 2 Casts
Below is the list of main characters of The Heike Story Season 2 along with their excellent set roles.
- Taira- The ruler of the Japanese Clan.
- Minamoto- Powerful opponent of Taira.
- Biwa- The young village girl, who recalls and narrates the story. She was blessed with extraordinary abilities.
- Shigemori- The heir of Taira’s clan, gifted with supernatural powers, who adopted Biwa.
- Tokuko- Shigemori’s sister.
- Munemori- Shigemori’s brother.
- Kiyomori- The leader of the Taira’s Clan.
- Tokiko- Kiyomeri’s wife.
- Koremori- Shigemore’s eldest son.
- Emperor Go-Shirakawa- The 77th emperor of Japan.
- Norihito- Emperor Go-Shirakawa’s son, Emperor Takakura The 80th emperor of Japan, who marries Tokuko.
- Shigeko- Norihito’s mother.
The casts of The Heike Story Season 2 may bring some transformations.
The Heike Story Season 2 Plot
The series highly narrates the rise and fall of Taira’s clan. The story is narrated by a young girl who recalls several incidents.
The group of red-dressed people killed Biwa’s father who was blind in front of her eyes who were actually the warriors of Taira’s clan. The incident took place to punish the ones who criticized Taira. Biwa’s ancestors come from a sea-conquering clan with vast wealth and military might. Biwa was gifted with extraordinary gifts by the almighty and being impressed by them, Shigimori, the heir to Taira’s clan, then adopted the girl and arranged a well-etiquette and ethics table for her.
As a matter of fact, Shigimori was also possessing an extraordinary ability to see something far beyond what others can’t. He can see the spirits of the ones being killed in the war. Her father, who was unaware of her gift, forbids her to use them. The thoughtless statements made by Biwa led her father to his death as Taira’s clan consisted of red-dressed men who punish the ones who criticize the clan of Taira.
After the death of her mother, she was adopted by Shigimori, as mentioned earlier as Shigimori thought that she could be a companion to his children and may prevent the downfall of Taira’s clan. The upcoming The Heike Story Season 2 may come along with a unique plot and transformations.
The Heike Story Season 2 Trailer
As of now, there is no official trailer for The Heike Story Season 2. The trailer will soon be available after the curators of the series will make an announcement officially. However, the trailer of The Heike Story Season 2 is streaming on Youtube
The Heike Story Season 2 Release Date
The Heike Story Season 1 was released on 15 September 2021 and collected a lot of attention with the work brilliance. The series depicts the real historical story of Japan of the battle between the Taira (Heike) and Minamoto (Genji) families in 11 episodes cast from September 2021 to November 2021 which had an average runtime of 45 minutes.
Although, there isn’t any official information about the release of The Heike Story Season 2 it is highly expected that soon the makers of The Heike Story will bless the ears of the admirers with the news of the release of The Heike Story Season 2.
Where to watch The Heike Story Season 2?
The Heike Story makers have made season 1 available on Netflix and Funimation for the audience to give watch. On the same note, The Heike Story Season 2 will be available on the same platform. The viewers are made to wait and glaze the same platforms for the next follow-up.