Toei Developing an Ashura Anime

Toei has announced tentative plans to produce an anime adaptation of George Akiyama’s 1970-1971 manga series Ashura. The 3 volume manga series is a grim drama detailing a young boy’s struggle to survive during a famine in medieval Japan.

Akiyama’s historical drama manga Haguregumo was adapted into an anime feature film in 1982. His Koiko no Mainichi yakuza manga was adapted into an OVA in 1989.

Source: Anime News Network