Namu Amida Butsu!: Rendai Utena: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The pain that everyone cannot escape when living: the living, old, sick, and death. The way to save it is through Buddhist enlightenment. At the end of a war, a prince who obtained the Buddhist enlightenment became the Shaka Nyorai and saved the world. Long time has passed since that, currently the latter age of decadence. Mara, the worry that once tried to destroy Shaka's enlightenment, has made a contract with the devil in order to seek revenge against Shaka. He begins to control people with worries. Meanwhile, a team centering around Shaka, called the Thirteen Buddhas, and the two benevolent deities who protect the dharma, Taishakuten and Bonten, have stood up to fight against Mara to protect people from worries. A battle between Mara and the Buddhist gods that involves people begins now!

Series details

• Title: Namu Amida Butsu!: Rendai Utena
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2019-04-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-06-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: AT-X
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 41464
• IMDb ID: tt9883660
• TVDB ID: 360580

Cast and credited roles

• Masaaki Mizunaka — Taishakuten (Śakra)
• Shotaro Morikubo — Shaka Nyorai (Gautama Buddha)
• Tatsuhisa Suzuki — Ashura Ō (Asura)
• Tetsuya Kakihara — Dainichi Nyorai (Vairocana)
• Tomoaki Maeno — Bonten (Brahmā)
• Ayumu Murase — Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya)
• Daisuke Hirakawa — Amida Nyorai (Amitābha)
• Kengo Kawanishi — Fudōmyō Ō (Acalanātha)
• Kishō Taniyama — Kokūzō Bosatsu (Ākāśagarbha)
• Kōhei Amasaki — Seishi Bosatsu (Mahāsthāmaprāpta)
• Ryuichi Kijima — Monju Bosatsu (Manjusri)
• Shun Horie — Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra)

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-04-08; final listed air date 2019-06-24; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

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