Cinematography:
Yûichi TeraoComposer:
Hideyuki FukasawaCast:
Jun Fukushima, Junko Minagawa, Tarusuke Shingaki, Sōma Saitō, Takashi Kondō, Ryōhei Kimura, Yūto Suzuki, Makoto Furukawa, Jun'ya Enoki, Tōru Sakurai (more)VOD (1)
Episodes(13)
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To the Frontlines (E01)
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Commander (E02)
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Master's Orders (E03)
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What I Wanted to Protect (E04)
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The Fires of War (E05)
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The Citadel (E06)
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The First Unit (E07)
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Protect History (E08)
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Former Master (E09)
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Where Loyalty Leads (E10)
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Iron Law (E11)
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Battle of Hakodate (E12)
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Katsugeki (E13)
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The year is 1863, Japan is split between the pro-shogunate and anti-shogunate factions. In this chaotic time, the era of the swords is coming to a close. Horikawa Kunihiro has manifested as a Sword Warrior and is joined by Izuminokami Kanesada, a warrior who served under the same master as him. Sword Warriors are “Tsukumogami”, spirits and willpower that reside within a sword. These spirits are awakened by Saniwa to protect the world from the “Time Retrograde Army,” who were sent by historical revisionists from the future to alter history. (Crunchyroll)
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Ufotable animation studio managed to serve up a visually captivating production again, and when there is fighting, it is quite good to watch. Still, I cannot help but find it utterly boring, completely uninteresting given the subject matter, and out of all the gentlemen, I cannot choose who I am less interested in. I was expecting some dramatic scenes, some elaboration of ideas about changes in the past and how it will affect the present, the future, or just something at least. However, all I got was a bunch of uninteresting bishies wandering around the world, running into some enemies in every episode so they can have a fight, and otherwise just talking about absolutely nothing. If only these gentlemen were at least likable personalities like the gang in Saiyuki Reload Blast; however, these just bore me. Anyway, I am not enjoying it, and even worse, I am annoyed that such animation potential was wasted on such boring crap. Dropped in the middle of the fourth episode and 4/10 - mostly for the animation. ()
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