Tajomaru Anime & Manga Spin-offs in Development

During a July 5 press conference in Tokyo to announce the completion of filming on director Hiroyuki Nakano’s samurai action film Tajomaru, illustrator Ippei Gyoubu revealed that he is now developing anime and manga spin-offs based on the movie. The movie itself is an adaptation of Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s famous 1922 short story “Yabu no Naka” (“In a Grove”).

Tajomaru, the movie, revolves around Naomitsu, the fiance of Princess Ako. When a conspiracy forces Naomitsu and Ako to escape their home, they’re attacked on the road by the bandit Tajomaru. Naomitsu kills the bandit and assumes his identity.

Source: Anime News Network