Based on the Tezuka Award-winning manga, when servant boys, Piao and Xin, set out to become the world’s greatest generals they find themselves caught up in a violent struggle between two noblemen plotting to overthrow the king.
EPISODE 1
The Boy With No Name
Orphan and servant Piao is unexpectedly invited to work at the Royal Court; some months later, he returns to his village, mortally wounded; before he dies, he sends his friend Xin off to a dangerous village, where Xin has a shocking encounter.
EPISODE 2
An Encounter with Destiny
Xin discovers Ying Zheng, the young King of Qin, who's fleeing his half-brother's uprising; when Piao's killer arrives to murder Ying Zheng, Xin, who's learned that Piao died serving as Zheng's stand-in, must decide which to help and which to kill.
EPISODE 3
For a Friend
Xin, Zheng, and the King entrust their escape to young Diao, who knows a secret way out of Heibei Village; Xin still blames Zheng for Piao's death, and even as this simmering conflict boils over, a new and deadly pursuer takes up the chase.
EPISODE 4
The King and the Sword
Fleeing pursuit, Zheng and Xin struggle with exhaustion and with each other; when they reach the appointed meeting site, there's no sign of Zheng's sole supporter, Lord Changwen, and the murderous tracker Mu Ta is hot on their trail.
EPISODE 5
Unbroken Heart
Xin, who's vowed in the name of his ambitions to help the King, must single-handedly face the treacherous assassin Mu Ta; meanwhile, General Wang Yi brings a piece of tribute to the Court that seems to spell the end for all young King Zheng's hopes.
EPISODE 6
The Path to Becoming a General
Xin hears a tale of Piao's heroism during Wang Yi's ambush, but he also learns that King Zheng has even fewer allies than he'd been told; with little time left to forestall a civil war, Zheng decides on a dangerous path to seek out unlikely allies.
Masakazu Morita
Jun Fukuyama
Rie Kugimiya
Yutaka Nakano
Kouji Yusa
Yoko Hikasa
Jun Kamiya
Kenichi Imaizumi
Akira Iwanaga
Yasuhisa Hara