And then there were 17... Nitroplus and DMM's famous-swords-as-cute-boys game Touken Ranbu is being adapted into a 2017 Ufotable series and a fall 2016 Hanamaru series. For a while Hanamaru just focused on Yamatonokami Yasusada and Kashū Kiyomitsu, but recently the history-geek favorite has been packing in the cast, with seven bishonen from the game confirmed this week.

The additions included...

Souza Samonji - Yuuki Tai

Yagen Toushirou- Seiichirou Yamashita

Shokudaikiri Mitsutada - Satou Takuya

Gokotai - Kasuya Yuuta

Yamanbagiri Kunihiro - Maeno Tomoaki

Shishiou - Oosaka Ryouta

Ishikirimaru -Takahashi Hidenori

Previously

Yamatonokami Yasusada - Mitsuhiro Ichiki

Kashū Kiyomitsu - Toshiki Masuda

Imanotsurugi - Daiki Yamashita

Maeda Tosbiro - Reona Irie

Heshikiri Hasebe - Tarusuke Shingaki

Nikkari Aoe - Junji Majima









Hachisuka Kotetsu - Kazuyuki Okitsu

Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki - Kento Hama





Namazuo Toushirou - Soma Saito





Kasen Kanesada - Kaito Ishikawa

Main staff:

Director: Takashi Naoya (Luck & Logic assistant director)

Character Design: Junichiro Taniguchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Prison School character designer/animation director)

Series Composition: Pierre Sugiura (Barakamon: Mijikamon)

Anime Production: Doga Kobo

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.