“Golden Kamui” to begin airing on April 9th

An image was released for the “Golden Kamui” (known in the US as “Golden Kamuy) anime series which begins on April 9th.  It was also announced that the opening theme “Take Me Under/Winding Road” will be by MAN WITH A MISSION (the single will be released on April 18th) and the ending theme “Hibana” is by THE SIXTH LIE (the single will be released on June 6th).

The anime series is an adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Satoru Noda, the mangaka also worked with Yu Nakagawa to ensure authenticity of the Ainu language.

The manga series won the 9th Manga Taisho award.

The series revolves around a soldier named Saichi Sugimoto who fought in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 and survived with savagery and toughness.  And because of his braveness, he is known as “Immortal Sugimoto”.

Because his best friend asked him before his death on the battlefield for Sugimoto to take care of his wife and children, Sugimoto hears of a story about hidden Ainu gold (the Ainu are the indigenous people of Japan).  One man killed the Ainu hiding the gold and stole around Y80,000 and buried the gold somewhere in Hokkaido.

While the man was caught and thrown into Abashiri prison, he was sentenced to death and the map of where the gold was hidden was tattooed on the backs of 24 prisoners.

This was told to Sugimoto by a drunken man.  When Sugimoto finds the man killed by a bear, he notices that he had a tattoo all over his back and that the story must be true.

But when the bear goes for an attack on Sugimoto, he is saved by an Ainu girl named Asirpa, a daughter of one of the Ainu men who was killed by those hunting for Ainu gold.

But as Sugimoto and Asirpa team up to find the gold, many dangerous hunters including the deadly 7th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army led by Lt. Tsurumi.

“Golden Kamui” starts broadcasting on April 9 at TOKYO MX (every Monday at 11:00 p.m.), Yomiuri TV (every Monday at 1:59 a.m.), Sapporo TV (every Monday at 1:44 a.m.), BS11 and others.  Including delivery on FOD every Monday at 11:30 p.m.

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