Blade & Soul: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Alka is an assassin for the Clan of the Sword. She's on a journey to find the woman Jin Valel, who killed her master Honithout feeling—not unlike how Alka has learned to kill in her work as an assassin. On her journey, Alka encounters three strange women, each a great warrior in her own right and grapples with her slain master's wish that she leaves the life of an assassin behind.

Series details

• Title: Blade & Soul
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Anime
• Premiere date: 2014-04-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-06-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Crunchyroll
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 5893
• IMDb ID: tt3519246
• TVDB ID: 278817

Cast and credited roles

• Yuki Takao — Aruka
• Ayahi Takagaki — Dan Roana
• Sora Amamiya — Jin Hazuki
• Aoi Yūki — Jin Varel
• Rikiya Koyama — Ga Gante
• Cho — Hon Dougen
• Shizuka Itou — Yu Ran
• Marina Inoue — Yuu
• Ryoko Shiraishi — Ron
• Sayaka Ohara — Elle Karen

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-04; final listed air date 2014-06-27.

Source and licence

Adapted from Blade & Soul on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.