Nobunaga Concerto
Nobunaga Concerto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ayumi Ishii. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday since May 2009, with its chapters collected in twenty-two volumes as of February 2022.
A ten-episode anime television series adaptation was broadcast on Fuji TV from July to September 2014. An eleven-episode television drama adaptation was also broadcast on Fuji TV from October to December 2014. A live-action film premiered in Japan in January 2016.
As of February 2016, the Nobunaga Concerto manga had over 3.5 million copies in circulation. In 2012, the manga won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.
Plot
The story centers around Saburō, a high school boy who time-travels to Japan's Sengoku Era. He must become Oda Nobunaga, the famed warlord who helps unite Japan.Characters
Main characters
;Saburō;Oda Nobunaga
;Nōhime
;Toyotomi Hideyoshi
;Oichi
Other characters
;Ikeda Tsuneoki;Shibata Katsuie
;Maeda Toshiie
;Sassa Narimasa
;Niwa Nagahide
;Takugen
;Tokugawa Ieyasu
;Takenaka Shigeharu
;Azai Nagamasa
;Azai Hisamasa
;Endo Naotsune
;Isono Kazumasa
;Mori Yoshinari
;Mori Nagayoshi
;Mori Ranmaru
;Mori Bōmaru
;Mori Rikimaru
;Ashikaga Yoshiaki
;Matsunaga Hisahide
;Oda Nobuyuki
;Hirate Masahide
;Saitō Dōsan
;Hori Hidemasa
;Hachisuka Masakatsu
;Yasuke
;Saitō Yoshitatsu
;Asakura Kagetake
Media
Manga
Nobunaga Concerto is written and illustrated by Ayumi Ishii. Ishii started the manga in the first ever issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday, the June 2009 issue, released on May 12, 2009. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on November 12, 2009. As of February 10, 2022, twenty-two volumes have been released. The series is set to end with the release of its 23rd volume.Anime
A 10-episode anime television series adaptation was announced in May 2014. The series is directed by Yūsuke Fujikawa, scripted by Natsuko Takahashi, with music composed by Masaru Yokoyama. The series aired on Fuji TV from July 12 to September 20, 2014.The series was streamed worldwide outside of Asia on Crunchyroll.