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Blade of the Immortal

2008 · 1 season

A grim, blood-soaked samurai odyssey that pairs brutal swordplay with a weary, melancholy meditation on guilt and the longing to die.

Created by
Koji Sawai, Yuuki Arie
Genres
Animation, Action & adventure
Starring
Rina Sato, Tomokazu Seki, Daisuke Namikawa
Overview
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Koji Sawai, Yuuki Arie
Genres
Animation, Action & adventure
Starring
Rina Sato, Tomokazu Seki, Daisuke Namikawa
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • revenge
    • violence
    • redemption
    • guilt
    • death
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore strong
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action8
    Horror5
    Humour3
    Realism4
    Romance2
    Tension7
    Darkness8
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    animation, action & adventure
    Created by
    Koji Sawai, Yuuki Arie, Hiroshi Morioka, Tomoyuki Kurokawa
    Written by
    Kenichi Kanemaki, Hiroyuki Kawasaki
    Starring
    Rina Sato, Tomokazu Seki, Daisuke Namikawa, Hirofumi Nojima, Katsuyuki Konishi, Kazuya Nakai, Mamiko Noto, Masashi Ebara
    Music
    Kow Otani
    Cinematography
    Shinichi Igarashi, Hitoshi Saito
    Length
    1 seasons, 13 episodes, 24 min each
    Network
    AT-X
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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