YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHH
This is one of my favorite currently serialized manga.
I bet after the anime starts, there'll suddenly be interest in scanlating the manga.
And NHK too, which is eeeeeexxxxcellent.
It would have been my primary choice for an epic war story.
I have the feeling this will be the best NHK epic anime since the Tweleve Kingdoms.
The first post summary doesn't mention it, but the era of the story is founding of the Qin Empire, the first empire of China.
Also, Xin doesn't have the family name of Li yet. Not even in the current storyline. (first episode hints he will have one though)