Warring States period
Period of Chinese history
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| April 2025 |
Kingdom
Sixth season of Kingdom anime announced, scheduled for October 2025.
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| February 2025 |
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Viz Media licenses Kingdom manga for English publication in North America.
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| 2024 | Takao Osawa won Best Supporting Actor at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize. |
| 2024 | The film was nominated for Best Film at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize. |
| 2024 | Kento Yamazaki won the Best from the East Award at the 23rd New York Asian Film Festival. |
| 2024 | Kento Yamazaki won the Elle Men Award at the Elle Cinema Awards for his performance in Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General. |
| 2024 | Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General, a Japanese historical war film directed by Shinsuke Sato, was released. The film is an adaptation of the manga by Yasuhisa Hara and serves as a sequel to Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny (2023). |
| December 2024 |
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Kingdom manga reaches over 110 million copies in circulation, becoming one of the best-selling manga series of all time.
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| March 31 2024 |
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Fifth season of Kingdom anime concludes after thirteen episodes.
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| January 14 2024 |
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Fifth season of Kingdom anime begins airing, delayed by one week due to Noto earthquake coverage.
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| 2023 |
Kingdom
Volumes 67–69 were among the best-selling manga volumes of the year.
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| July 28 2023 |
Kingdom
Third Kingdom live-action film released, generating ¥5.6 billion in Japanese box office, with Shinsuke Sato and most of the original cast returning.
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| October 2 2022 |
Kingdom
Fourth season of Kingdom anime concludes after twenty-six episodes.
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| July 15 2022 |
Kingdom
Second Kingdom live-action film premiered, generating ¥5.16 billion in Japanese box office.
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| April 10 2022 |
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Fourth season of Kingdom anime begins airing, with the original cast returning.
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| 2021 |
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In TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo poll with 150,000 votes, Kingdom ranked thirteenth among top manga series.
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| October 18 2021 |
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Third season of Kingdom anime concludes, having aired twenty-six episodes using traditional 2D animation.
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| April 5 2021 |
Kingdom
Third season of Kingdom anime restarts broadcasting from its first episode after COVID-19 delay.
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| 2020 |
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Kingdom was the second best-selling manga series, selling over 8.2 million copies.
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| May 28 2020 |
Kingdom
Second Kingdom live-action film green-lit, with Shinsuke Sato returning as director and the core cast reprising their roles.
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| April 26 2020 |
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Anime production committee announces postponement of episode 5 and onwards due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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| April 6 2020 |
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Third season of Kingdom anime premieres, directed by Kenichi Imaizumi, with music by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto.
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| 2019 |
Kingdom
Kingdom topped the 'Book of the Year' list from Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine and was the third best-selling manga, selling over 7.6 million copies.
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| November 8 2019 |
Kingdom
Third season of Kingdom anime is officially announced, featuring a new production team and covering the Coalition Invasion arc.
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| April 19 2019 |
Kingdom
First live-action Kingdom film released, starring Kento Yamazaki and directed by Shinsuke Sato, generating ¥5.73 billion in Japanese box office and $50.57 million worldwide.
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| April 2018 |
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Yasuhira Hara (manga author) revealed that a full-length live-action film adaptation was green-lit, with Hara participating in script meetings.
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| February 22 2018 |
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A free-to-play mobile game was released, though the full title is cut off in the provided text.
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| 2017 |
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Kingdom won the first annual Tsutaya Comic Awards' All-Time Best Section and was the third best-selling manga, selling over 6.1 million copies.
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| 2016 |
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Kingdom became the third best-selling manga, selling over 6.5 million copies.
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| October 24 2016 |
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A free-to-play mobile game called 'Kingdom: Seven Flags' was launched in Japan.
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| April 17 2016 |
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Shueisha released a special short live-action promotional film for the Kingdom manga's 10th anniversary, filmed in Hengdian World Studios in China.
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| 2015 |
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Yasuhisa Hara states his plan to extend the Kingdom manga series up to 100 volumes.
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| 2015 |
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Kingdom was the fifth best-selling manga of the year, selling over 8.5 million copies.
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| March 1 2014 |
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Second season of Kingdom anime concludes its 39-episode run.
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| 2013 |
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Kingdom manga wins the Grand Prize of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
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| June 8 2013 |
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Second season of Kingdom anime begins airing, with Akira Iwanaga replacing Jun Kamiya as director.
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| February 25 2013 |
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First season of Kingdom anime concludes its 38-episode run.
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| December 12 2012 |
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Kingdom earned a Guinness World Record for 'Manga written by the most people' through the 'Social Kingdom' campaign, where fans and artists collaboratively redrew the entire 26th volume.
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| June 26 2012 |
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Second volume of prototype one-shot manga chapters collection is released.
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| June 5 2012 |
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First volume of prototype one-shot manga chapters collection is released.
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| June 4 2012 |
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First season of Kingdom anime begins airing on NHK BS Premium, directed by Jun Kamiya, with music by Minako Seki and writing by Naruhisa Arakawa.
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| November 25 2010 |
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A PlayStation Portable beat 'em up styled video game titled 'Kingdom Ikki Tousen No Tsurugi' was released exclusively in Japan.
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