Kingdom (season 5)

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Kingdom
Season 5
No. of episodes11
Release
Original network NHK BS Premium, NHK General TV
Original releaseJanuary 13, 2024 (2024-01-13) 
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Kingdom is an anime adaptation of a manga series of the same title written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara. A fifth season was announced at the end of the fourth season. [1] It was originally planned to premiere on January 7, 2024, [2] but the premiere had been delayed by a week due to the channel coverage of the Noto earthquake. [3]

Contents

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [4] [5] Directed byWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal air date
1301"Take the Field"
Transliteration: "Bakemono-tachi no Shutsujin" (Japanese: 化物達の出陣)
Taiji KawanishiNoboru TakagiKenichi ImaizumiJanuary 13, 2024 (2024-01-13)
1312"The Stench of the Battlefield"
Transliteration: "Senjō no Nioi" (Japanese: 戦場の匂い)
Kazuya MonmaNoboru TakagiKenichi ImaizumiJanuary 20, 2024 (2024-01-20)
1323"Heiyong at Night"
Transliteration: "Kuro Hitsuji no Yoru" (Japanese: 黒羊の夜)
Kiyomitsu SatouAya YoshinagaKenichi ImaizumiJanuary 27, 2024 (2024-01-27)
1334"A Lieutenant's Responsibility"
Transliteration: "Fukuchō no Sekinin" (Japanese: 副長の責任)
Reiko NozakiJunichi MiyashitaKenichi ImaizumiFebruary 3, 2024 (2024-02-03)
1345"A Determined Crossing"
Transliteration: "Shūnen no Toka" (Japanese: 執念の渡河)
Kazuya MonmaDaishirou TanimuraKenichi ImaizumiFebruary 10, 2024 (2024-02-10)
1356"Heiyong's Crucial Moment"
Transliteration: "Kokuyō no Ooichiban" (Japanese: 黒羊の大一番)
Ippei IchiiAya YoshinagaKenichi ImaizumiFebruary 17, 2024 (2024-02-17)
1367"The Tragedy of Rigan"
Transliteration: "Rigan no Higeki" (Japanese: ライガンの悲劇)
Taiji KawanishiJunichi MiyashitaKenichi ImaizumiFebruary 24, 2024 (2024-02-24)
1378"In an Instant"
Transliteration: "Isshun de" (Japanese: 一瞬で)
Kazuya MonmaNoboru TakagiKenichi ImaizumiMarch 2, 2024 (2024-03-02)
1389"Misfortune"
Transliteration: "Fukō" (Japanese: 不幸)
Kiyomitsu SatouDaishirou TanimuraKenichi ImaizumiMarch 9, 2024 (2024-03-09)
13910"Roar of Pride"
Transliteration: "Hokori no hōkō" (Japanese: 誇りの咆哮)
Reiko NozakiAya YoshinagaKenichi ImaizumiMarch 16, 2024 (2024-03-16)
14011"Bi Hei and the Hi Shin Unit"
Transliteration: "Bihei to hai Shin butai" (Japanese: ビヘイとハイシン部隊)
Kazuya MonmaJunichi MiyashitaKenichi ImaizumiMarch 23, 2024 (2024-03-23)

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    4. "Sutōrī|Terebi Anime "Kingudamu" Kōshiki Saito" Story|TVアニメ「キングダム」公式サイト [Story|TV Anime "Kingdom" Official Website]. kingdom-anime.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
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