Kingdom Season 6 Anime Set for October 2025 With New Visual

Kingdom Season 6 Anime Set to Premiere in October 2025 With New Visual

The highly anticipated Kingdom Season 6 anime has been officially announced and is scheduled to premiere in October 2025. The first teaser visual has also been revealed, building excitement for the return of one of Japan’s top historical anime series.

Produced by Studio Pierrot and Studio Signpost, the upcoming season will continue the intense battle between the Qin and Zhao armies, one of the most important arcs in the story. The new visual includes the tagline "The Inheritor of Qi Wang’s Spear", teasing a dramatic new chapter in the war saga.

Season 6: Returning Cast and Crew

Kenichi Imaizumi, who directed Season 5, is back again for Season 6. The key staff includes:

• Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
• Character Design: Hisashi Abe
• Music: Hiroyuki Sawano & KOHTA YAMAMOTO
• Art Director: Junichi Higashi
• Sound Director: Kazuzo Hamano

The returning voice cast includes:

• Jun Fukuyama as Ying Zheng
• Masakazu Morita as Li Xin
• Rie Kugimiya as He Liao Diao

New voices introduced in Season 5, like Toshiyuki Morikawa, Daisuke Hirakawa, and Koji Ishii, are also expected to return.

What Is Kingdom About?

Kingdom is based on the manga by Yasuhisa Hara and is set during China’s Warring States Period (475–221 BCE). It follows Xin (Shin), a war orphan with dreams of becoming the greatest general in history, serving under Ying Zheng, the man destined to become China’s first emperor.

Over 110 million copies of the manga have been sold worldwide. In Fall 2025, VIZ Media will finally begin publishing the English version of the manga, coinciding with the release of Season 6.

Kingdom Anime: Season Breakdown

The anime has aired 132 episodes across five seasons so far:

• Season 1 (2012): 38 episodes
• Season 2 (2013): 39 episodes
• Season 3 (2021): 26 episodes
• Season 4 (2022): 26 episodes
• Season 5 (2024): 13 episodes

All seasons are available on Crunchyroll, which describes the story as:

A nameless boy and a young king grow in a nation plagued by war. Xin proves himself on the battlefield, while Zheng aims to unify China. Together, their shared ambition will shape the future of a nation.

A New Chapter Begins

With the Qin vs Zhao conflict heating up, Kingdom Season 6 promises epic battles, emotional moments, and powerful character growth. Fans of historical anime and deep, strategic warfare will not want to miss this next chapter.

Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to the October 2025 release.