{"id":439970,"date":"2026-05-22T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439970\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:04:09","slug":"the-eccentric-doctor-of-the-moon-flower-kingdom-manga-gets-tv-anime-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439970\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eccentric Doctor of the Moon Flower Kingdom Manga Gets TV Anime – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kadokawa<\/a> announced on Friday that a television anime of T\u014dru Himuka<\/a>‘s The Eccentric Doctor of the Moon Flower Kingdom<\/a> manga has been green-lit. <\/p>\n

Himuka drew an illustration to celebrate the anime news:<\/p>\n

\"anime\"<\/p>\n

Koichiro Kuroda<\/a> (episode director on Detective Conan<\/a>, Yowamushi Pedal New Generation<\/a>) is directing the anime at Studio Elle<\/a>, and Risa Mizuno<\/a>, under the pen name Aki Mizuki (scripts for Dayan to Tama to Tobi Neko to: Mittsu no Neko no Monogatari<\/a>, Arknights: Perish in Frost<\/a>, Sylvanian Families: Mini Story<\/a>), is in charge of the series scripts. Akira Ono<\/a> (My Awkward Senpai<\/a> chief animation director) is designing the characters. Hozumi G\u014dda<\/a>
\nis directing the sound, and Shiho Terada<\/a> (several Precure<\/a> anime, Leviathan: The Last Defense<\/a>, 2026 Magic Knight Rayearth<\/a>) is composing the music with Highway Star<\/a> producing the music. <\/p>\n

The cast includes:\n<\/p>\n

Seven Seas<\/a> publishes<\/a> the manga in English, and it describes the story:<\/p>\n

The doctor’s medicinal bath is at the height of prosperity against illnesses and injuries in the Moon Flower Kingdom. During the crown prince Keiun’s regional inspection, a young girl named Koy\u014d successfully completes an astonishing “suture surgery” right in front of Keiun’s eyes. Swirling conspiracy, suspicious beliefs, and deep-rooted traditions… Together with encouraging friends, medical doctor Koy\u014d and crown prince Keiun confront various challenges in their country in this Chinese-style imperial medical fantasy.<\/p>\n

Himuka began serializing the manga in Kadokawa’s Asuka<\/a> magazine in 2018, and Kadokawa is publishing the 15th volume on May 22. Seven Seas will publish the 13th volume on June 23.<\/p>\n

Source: Press release<\/p>\n

Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kadokawa announced on Friday that a television anime of T\u014dru Himuka‘s The Eccentric Doctor of the Moon Flower…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-439970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}