The upcoming Suikoden: The Anime (Genso Suikoden) has gotten a key visual, which displays the five main characters Riliu, Jowy, Nanami, Viktor, and Flik.
The visual’s release comes days after the launch of the Genso Suikoden: The Anime ~Honmono no Eiyu~ manga in KADOKAWA’s Comic Dengeki Daioh G’s 155th volume, and less than three weeks before the anime’s advance screening begins on August 21.
Suikoden: The Anime is based on the Konami Computer Entertainment-developed JRPG Suikoden II, the second entry in the Suikoden series. The anime’s synopsis reads:
Two young boys… the hero, Riliu, and his best friend Jowy, were members of a youth brigade of their home nation, the Highland Kingdom – a powerful military nation located in the north-east of the Dunan region.
The two of them looked up at the same starry skies, slept in the same tent, and believed in the same future. Once the fighting was over, and the night ended, their daily lives were sure to return.
Contrary to their hopes, the two boys become swept up in the whirlpool of fate, guided by the flames of war.
The powerless boys reached for, and grasped immense power. As the 108 stars shine brightly in the murky horizon, the boys step forward, each with their own beliefs for an answer-less question.
Suikoden II originally debuted in 1998 for the PlayStation. A remaster of the game and one of its predecessor were released in 2025 together as Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows, Steam, and Epic Games Store, and later on Switch 2 as well.
Suikoden: The Anime will begin airing in October 2026.
• Director: Yuzo Sato (exception, MUTEKING THE Dancing HERO)
• Series composer: Michihiro Tsuchiya (the upcoming Akane-Banashi, Lostorage inflated WIXOSS, Lostorage conflated WIXOSS)
• Game character designer: Konami Entertainment’s Atsushi Ishikawa
• Original animation character designer: Konami Entertainment’s Arata Suzuki
• Animation character designer: Ryo Yamauchi (Please Put Them On, Takamine-san co-character designer)
• Production and produce: KONAMI animation
• Toshiki Kumagai as Riliu
• Shimba Tsuchiya as Jowy
• Ayumi Hinohara as Nanami
• Katsuyuki Konishi as Viktor
• Yuichi Nakamura as Flik
