Original anime Inherit the Winds (Kaze wo Tsugumono) has rounded out more of its ensemble, announcing four additional cast members alongside a new visual. Per Crunchyroll News, the newly revealed roles include Nishiki Niimi, Kisaburo Kawai, Toshimaro Yoshida, and Kyusai Momoyama.

The series is slated to begin airing in January 2027, giving the production a couple of months of runway to keep building out its roster and promotional push. As an original work rather than a manga or light novel adaptation, casting reveals like this are one of the few windows into the show's world before broadcast — there's no source material for fans to mine for spoilers.

The franchise is expanding beyond the screen, too. Anime News Network reports the project is also getting a short story and a novel in Japanese, suggesting the production committee sees room for the property to grow across formats before a single episode has aired. Between the staggered cast announcements, the new visual, and the print tie-ins, Inherit the Winds is shaping up as one of the more deliberately built original anime launches heading into the winter 2027 season.