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Plot
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Characters
| Character | Japanese | English[1] |
|---|---|---|
| Izuminokami Kanesada[2] | Ryōhei Kimura | Robbie Daymond |
| Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki[2] | Kento Hama | Ben Diskin |
| Horikawa Kunihiro[2] | Junya Enoki | Zach Aguilar |
| Yagen Tōshirō[3] | Seiichirō Yamashita | Billy Kametz |
| Tonbokiri[3] | Tooru Sakurai | Xander Mobus |
| Tsurumaru Kuninaga[2] | Sōma Saitō | Mark Whitten |
| Saniwa[4] | Junko Minagawa | Cristina Vee |
| Konnosuke[4] | Takuma Nagatsuka | Khoi Dao |
| Yamanbagiri Kunihiro | Tomoaki Maeno | Alan Lee |
| Honebami Toushirou | Yuto Suzuki | Griffin Burns |
| Mikazuki Munechika | Kōsuke Toriumi | Todd Haberkorn |
| Higekiri | Natsuki Hanae | Kyle McCarley |
| Hizamaru | Nobuhiko Okamoto | Joe Zieja |
| Oodenta Mitsuyo | Daisuke Namikawa | Kaiji Tang |
| Kogitsunemaru | Takashi Kondō | |
| Shokudaikiri Mitsutada | Takuya Satō | |
| Ookurikara | Makoto Furukawa | |
| Sakamoto Ryōma | Daisuke Ono | |
| Hijikata Toshizō | Tetsu Inada | |
| Ichimura Tetsunosuke | Haruki Ishiya | Tom Bauer |
Media
Manga
A manga version of the anime was serialized in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine from July 4 to December 4, 2017.[5][6] It was then serialized in Jump Square website from January 4, 2018 to April 4, 2019.[6][7] Shueisha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, published from November 2017 to August 2019.[8][9]
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Anime
The series aired from July 1[10][11] to September 23, 2017. Aniplex of America licensed the anime series on April 14, 2017.[12] At the end of the final episode, an anime theatrical film project was announced.[13]
References
External links
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