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Kingdom Season 2
Kingdom 2nd Season · キングダム 第2シリーズ · 2013
Xin's war for China escalates into full campaigns.
StatusFinished Airing
SeasonSummer 2013
StudioStudio Pierrot
SourceManga
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Synopsis
Xin continues his climb from war orphan toward becoming a Great General of the Heavens, now commanding his own unit in campaigns where strategy operates at the scale of entire armies rather than individual duels. Alongside the young King Ying Zheng's political consolidation, the season deals with the brutal arithmetic of ancient Chinese warfare, where thousands die to reposition a flank. Xin's raw aggression starts colliding with the reality that leadership means being responsible for people who die following his orders. Every campaign costs more lives than the last, and the story never softens that.
⚠ Background — may contain spoilers
Adapted from Yasuhisa Hara's manga, Kingdom dramatizes the historical Warring States period and the unification of China under the first emperor, blending real history with heightened shonen characterization. Its early seasons drew heavy criticism for using CGI animation that fans found unattractive, though the franchise's production quality improved substantially in later seasons and won back much of its audience. The manga itself is enormously popular in Japan and widely praised for its handling of large-scale military strategy and its unusually strong roster of antagonist commanders.
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Animation Check1
Animation Director14
Art Director2
Assistant Animation Director2
Character Design3
Chief Animation Director1
Color Design1
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Director1
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Episode Director12
Executive Producer1
In-Between Animation2
Key Animation71
Music1
Original Creator1
Recording Assistant1
Series Composition1
Sound Director1
Sound Effects1
Storyboard12
Theme Song Arrangement1
Theme Song Composition1
Theme Song Performance1
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