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 Netflix has announced the new series “Ooku: The Inner Chambers”, the first anime adaptation of a successful Japanese manga by Yoshinaga Fumi. At the ongoing Anime Japan convention in Tokyo, the streamer also unveiled "Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune," another anime series, adapted from a military sci-fi novel by Carlo Zen and scheduled to go up in May. Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Yûki Kaji, Tomokazu Seki Directed by Abe Noriyuki and produced by Studio Deen, “Ooku” is inspired by the tales that emerge from the Ooku women's quarters inside Edo Castle and imagines gender roles being reversed. After a plague threatens the male population, the women take positions of authority. The new Shogun Yoshimune (female) questions why women take male names when they seize power and begins to unravel other mysteries within the inner sanctum. The original manga was published by Hakusensha/Melody. The adaptation, which also involves Takasugi Rika for the script and composition and Sato Yoko fo...