'Touken Ranbu Kai' Prequel Film; Trailer Released Featuring 'Doudanuki Masakuni'

The TOHO Animation YouTube channel recently released their fourth character trailer for their upcoming film titled 'Touken Ranbu Kai: Douden Chikashi Haberau Monora'. The new character that's being added to this film is a black haired, yellow-eyed swordsman with several scars running across his face and a cocky attitude. A swordsman called Doudanuki Masakuni, who will be voice acted by Tooru Sakurai.

The character trailer is part of a six day schedule of character trailer releases for the upcoming film. The schedule started on August 5th, with three other characters having already been revealed. The first character revealed was Heshikiri Hasebe, who will be voice acted by Shingaki Tarusuke. The second character was Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who will be voice acted by Soma Saito. The third character, who's trailer dropped yesterday, was Shokudaikiri Mitsutada, will be voice acted by Takuya Sato.

This trend has been going on for four days out of the announced six. Two more character trailers seem to be in the pipeline at the very least.

"Touken Ranbu Kai: Douden Chikashi Haberau Monora" is a prequel film to the anime series "Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji". The series first became available on Crunchyroll from April onwards, and all its 8 episodes are currently available to watch on the streaming site.

A summary of the storyline of this anime series by Crunchyroll reads, "In 2205 A.D., evil forces attack the past, threatening to alter the course of history. The judge calls on four swordsmen, with blades blessed by a Shinto priest, to protect the past and save the future. Loyal to their former master, the demon king Oda Nobunaga, they travel back to the Honnoji Temple where he was murdered. Can they stop evil in its tracks and preserve the past? Only time will tell."

The movie itself will be released in Japan on August 16th and may also be available worldwide sometime after that. The film will be directed by Kazuya Ichikawa, with Kenichi Suemitsu having written the script, Mari Takada providing character designs, and Ryunosuke Kasai having created the soundtrack.