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Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu's English-Subtitled Promo Reveals Crunchyroll, Hulu Simulcast

posted on by Rai Kelly
Anime Strike to also stream series as it airs

Aniplex of America began streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu anime on Friday, revealing plans to simulcast the series on Crunchyroll and Hulu in addition to Amazon's Anime Strike. The simulcast will begin on July 1.

The series will premiere in Japan on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV on July 1 at 24:30 (effectively July 2 at 12:30 a.m.) before airing on MBS at 3:08 a.m. The anime will premiere later in the month on Okayama Broadcasting, Kōchi Sunsun TV, and TV Aichi.

Aniplex of America describes the story:

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...

The cast includes:

Toshiyuki Shirai (Fate/Zero, Tales of Zestiria the X animation director) is directing the series at ufotable. Mitsuru Obunai, Masaru Kimura, and Masayuki Kunihiro are the sword fight animators. Tatsuya Yamamura is in charge of historical research, and Kōgyoku Watanabe is the sword fight supervisor. Hideyuki Fukasawa (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Flowers of Evil) is composing the music. Sōma Saitō is performing the show's opening theme song "Hikari Tatsu Ame" (The Rain that Cuts the Light), and Kalafina is performing the ending theme song "Hyakka Ryōran" (The Blooming of 100 Fires).

The show has eight character designers, each handling the animation design for a different character:

Honami Tsuda is launching a manga adaptation of the series in the August issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine.

[Via WTK]


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