The Heike Story Animation Guide

This is the definitive guidebook that looks at everything related to “The Tale of the Heike” from various angles, including an introduction to each episode, production points, art introductions and the period of the anime “The Tale of the Heike”.

Cast Interviews
Yuuki Aoi as Biwa
Takahiro Sakurai as Shigemori Taira
Kikuko Inoue as Tokiko and Gion
Saori Hayami as Tokuko
Special Talk / Tetsusho Genda as Taira no Kiyomori & Shigeru Chiba as Emperor Go-Shirakawa

Cast Questionnaire
Miyazaki Yuu as Taira no Kiyomori, Miyamoto Nobuhiko as Taira no Kiyomori, Hanae Natsuki as Taira no Kiyotsune, Murase Ayumi as Taira no Atsumori, Hiyama Shuyuki as Taira no Munemori, Kimura Subaru as Taira no Tomomori, Miyazaki Yu as Taira no Shigehira, Nishiyama Kotaro as Emperor Takakura, Sugita Tomokazu as Minamoto no Yoritomo, Kaji Hiroki as Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Mizuse Inori as Shizuka no Mae

Tribute illustrations
Ikuya Fuyuno, Seiko Kemorisawa, Ume, Kana Ozawa, Takako Shimura, Shinobu Nishimura

Staff interview
Original story: Hinori Furukawa
History supervisor: Yoshihiko Sata
Biwa Supervisor:Yukihiro Goto

Sound Director:Eriko Kimura
Sound Effects:Hiromune Kurahashi

Character Design:Takashi Kojima
Art Director: Tomotaka Kubo
Director of Photography: Kazuto Demizuta
Color Designer: Ken Hashimoto
Animation Director: Shotaro Imai
Editing:Kiyoshi Hirose
Prop Design:Kenji Terao
Storyboards: Ai Yukimura, China, Shuntaro Tozawa, Moko, Takakazu Nagatomo, Yoshie Ezaki (Saki is Tatsusaki), Ryohei Takeshita, Fuga Yamashiro
Producer Trilogy: Fumie Takeuchi, Choi Unyoung, Noriko Ozaki
Production Roundtable:Kohei Sakita, Takehei Shindo, Ayako Bansho, Shuta Kobe (Science SARU)

Opening:sheep literature
Ending:agraph

Music:Kensuke Ushio
Character Planning:Fumiko Takano
Screenplay:Reiko Yoshida
Director:Naoko Yamada

*All in Japanese