Busou Renkin: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

* Based on a shounen manga by Watsuki Nobuhiro, serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump.

The story begins when high school student Mutou Kazuki is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up and find it was only a dream. However, he soon finds out how real that dream was when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tsumura Tokiko, the girl from his dream, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when rescuing Tokiko, however the girl revived him by placing a kakugane medal in his chest.

The kakugane, Tokiko explains, is an alchemical device that when activated can give him the power to fight homunculi. Using this, Kazuki creates his own Arms Alchemy (busou renkin), an alchemic weapon in the form of a huge lance. Along with Tokiko and her own Arms Alchemy, Kazuki joins the fight against the homunculi and their master.

Series details

• Title: Busou Renkin
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Horror
• Premiere date: 2006-10-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-03-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12658
• IMDb ID: tt0877507
• TVDB ID: 79524

Cast and credited roles

• Jun Fukuyama — Kazuki Muto
• Yu Kobayashi — Chitose Tateyama
• Mitsuaki Madono — Koushaku "Papillon" Chouno
• Kishō Taniyama — Shuusui Hayasaka
• Hitomi Nabatame — Ouka Hayasaka
• Aya Hirano — Mahiro Muto
• Masashi Ebara — Captain Bravo
• Ryouka Yuzuki — Tokiko Tsumura
• Sayuri Yahagi — Hanaka Busujima

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-10-04; final listed air date 2007-03-28.

Source and licence

Adapted from Busou Renkin 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.