Kingdom
It is actually a manga then became an anime in the late 2012. The story is about China where the protagonist is a slave and had ambition to become a known general in China. He had a friend who was also a slave with him. They trained together and one day his friend was bought by a Minister. He was then become one of the officer and had a secret mission. He died in order to complete the mission.
Shin then promised that he will lived the dream with his friend to become the greatest general in whole China. He started by finding exactly who killed his friend and for what. He started to learn that his friend has a face exactly the same with the current Emperor of China. There were a conspiracy to take over the palace and his friend became the double body for the Emperor.
From there, he started to become friend with the Emperor and participate in the war to become a general. He started as a foot soldier building up his name little by little. The manga and anime is great. The kingdom maybe not known by most people but still the story is really engaging and entertaining. Yes, the anime graphic is not that great but the plot and character build can make up for it.
For those who wnjoy great story then this anime is for you. Who knows you might like it.
