Young Jump aired a 3min live action video of Kingdom on 18th April 2016 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Kingdom. The video was a collaboration between Japan and China, with actors and staff from Japan and scenes shot in China. If you haven’t watch the video, here are the links:

Promotional Video:



Some interview and behind the scenes of the above video:Kyokai’s sword dance

In my opinion, the video video is very well produced. It captured the iconic moments of Kingdom from the point of view of Shin through his flashback during his duel with Houken at the Battle of Sai. Fans will immediately identify these iconic scenes while non-fans or newer readers don’t get spoiled by the major spoilers. It’s really amazing how the video included the spoiler moments without actually spoiling those who do not know. Well, one thing that i didn’t really like was that Houken looks quite ugly and slightly underwhelming.

I personally got goosebumps at almost all the scenes, especially the “View of the General” scene when Shin was riding with Ouki.

Generally, the story of the video is when Shin was knocked down by Houken during their duel at the Battle of Sai, with Shin having flashbacks of his journey from the very beginning of the story.

I will list down the scenes from the manga that were showed in the video below. Some were obvious and some were less obvious due to the lighting and stuff.

0：00-0：18

Ch349, p9-10

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v32/c349/9.html



0：19-0：26

No scenes that look exactly like the one in the video but there were 2 sword fights between Shin and Hyou.

Ch1, p8-9 (http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v01/c001/8.html)



and p18(http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v01/c001/18.html)

0:29-0:34

Death of Hyou

Ch1, p53

Link： http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v01/c001/53.html



0：38-0：43

Ch349, p9-10

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v32/c349/9.html

0：44-0:46

Ch47, p15

Link： http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v05/c047/15.html



0:47-0:50

Ch47, p1

Link： http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v05/c047/1.html



0:54-0:55

Shin crawling back up

Ch349, p11

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v32/c349/11.html



0:57-1:02

Kyokai dancing.

No idea where this came from.

1:06-1:11

Shin still crawling back up

ChCh349, p11

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v32/c349/11.html

1:12-1:18

General’s View

Ch171,p6

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v16/c171/6.html



Ch171,p13-15

Link： http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v16/c171/13.html





1:22-1：23

Shin still crawling back up…

Ch349, p11

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v32/c349/11.html

1:24-1:27

Shin killing Rinko

Ch231, p18

Link： http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v22/c231/18.html



1:30-1：32

Shin still crawling back up…

Ch349, p11

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v32/c349/11.html

1：33-1：36

Shin hugging Kyokai, thinking she’s dead

Vol 22 Cover and Ch232, p17

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v22/c229/1.html



Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v22/c232/17.html



1:39-1:40

R.I.P. Duke Hyou

Ch325, p7

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v30/c325/7.html



1:41-1:44

Flashback of the first night as HSU strategist. (Thanks Ascot for pointing this out)

Ch249,p17



Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v23/c249/17.html

1:47-2:20

Shin vs Houken at Sai

Ch349, p12-18

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v32/c349/18.html



2:22

Kyokai’s smile

Ch350, p7

Link: http://mangafox.me/manga/kingdom/v33/c350/7.html



Hope you guys liked the video and the original panels from the manga!

The video is not a trailer to a live action movie. It is just a video to celebrate Kingdom’s 10th anniversary of serializing in Young Jump.

I do hope they make a live action movie in the future(that does not suck).

EDIT (25 Dec 2017): It turns out they are making a live action movie starring the same actor for Shin in the short video. Refer to this post for more details.