Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The year is 1863 as the tumultuous samurai era is coming to an end, Japan is split between the pro-shogunate and anti-shogunate factions. The fate of the world is threatened as an army of historical revisionists are sent from the future to alter the course of history. In order to bring these forces down and protect the real history, two sword warriors, spirits who are swords brought to life by Saniwa (sage), rush to Edo. The polite and thoughtful Horikawa Kunihiro and the short tempered yet skillful Izuminokami Kanesada, who served the same master, confront the invading army along with a lively gang of other warriors including Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki, Yagen Toushirou, Tombokiri, and Tsurumaru Kuninaga. As the fate of history lies in these hero's hands, what meets the blade is yet to be uncovered...

Series details

• Title: Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2017-07-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-09-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 27389
• TVDB ID: 327574

Cast and credited roles

• Kento Hama — Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki
• Ryohei Kimura — Izuminokami Kanesada
• Junya Enoki — Horikawa Kunihiro
• Seiichirō Yamashita — Yagen Tōshirō
• Sōma Saitō — Tsurumaru Kuninaga
• Tooru Sakurai — Tonbokiri
• Daisuke Namikawa — Oodenta Mitsuyo
• Junko Minagawa — Saniwa
• Kousuke Toriumi — Mikazuki Munechika
• Natsuki Hanae — Hidekiri
• Nobuhiko Okamoto — Hizamaru
• Takuma Nagatsuka — Konnosuke

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-07-01; final listed air date 2017-09-23; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

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