The Heike Story

The Heike Story is a Japanese original net animation series adapted from Hideo Furukawa's 2016 translation into modern Japanese of The Tale of the Heike, a 13th-century historical epic depicting the rise and fall of the Taira clan. The series was produced by Science SARU and directed by Naoko Yamada, and released from September 16 to November 25, 2021 on the Japanese streaming service Fuji TV on Demand and on Funimation's streaming service. A Japanese television broadcast on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block is scheduled to follow on January 13, 2022.