Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion
Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Nanahiko Takagi. An anime television series adaptation by Naz aired from July 11 to September 26, 2018.
The term Angolmois comes from the prophecies of Nostradamus about the reign of the great king of Angolmois, which is interpreted as being an anagram of the Old French word Mongolais 'Mongolians' and thus referring to Genghis Khan.
Plot
The story follows a group of prisoners who are exiled to Tsushima Island to help form a first line of defense against the first Mongol invasion of Japan in 1274. They first join the Sō clan who then join with the Toi Barai clan to fight the invaders consisting mainly of Mongolian and Goryeo forces, but also including Jurchen people.Characters
Exiles
;Onitakemaru;Shiraishi Kazuhisa
;Zhāng Míngfú
;Amushi
;Hitari
;Dōen
;Obusuma Saburō
Sō Clan
;Sō Sukekuni;Abiru clan
;Kaitani Gontarō
;Kano
Toi Barai
;Magistrate Nagamine;Tatsu
;Sana
Kamakura Shogunate
;Hōjō Tokimune;Hōjō Tokiaki
;Ōkura Yorisue
;Shōni clan
Yuan dynasty Mongol Empire
;Hindun;Uriyan Edei
;Liu Fuheng
;Hong Dagu
Korea
;Kim Bang-gyeongOthers
;Emperor Antoku;Henry II the Pious
Media
Manga
Nanahiko Takagi launched the series in Kadokawa Shoten's Samurai Ace magazine on February 26, 2013. The series went on hiatus after Samurai Ace ceased publication in December 2013. It was then moved to Kadokawa's ComicWalker app starting on July 11, 2014. The last chapter was released on ComicWalker on August 22, 2018. The series was collected in ten volumes released from February 10, 2015, to August 25, 2018. A sequel, Angolmois: Genkō Kassen-ki Hakata-hen, started on ComicWalker on January 2, 2019.Anime
Kadokawa announced the anime adaptation at their Anime Expo booth on July 1, 2017. The series was directed by Takayuki Kuriyama and written by Shogo Yasukawa, with animation by studio Naz. Masayori Komine served as both character designer and as chief animation director. Kumiko Habara served as assistant director. Straightener performed the series' opening theme song, "Braver", and She's performed the ending theme song "Upside Down".The series aired from July 11 to September 26, 2018, and broadcast on Sun TV, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, TVQ Broadcasting Kyushu, and BS11. It ran for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll simulcast the series worldwide outside of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.