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Blade of the Immortal is a Japanese manga series by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1000 evil men in order to regain his mortality. The manga was originally published in Afternoon from June 25, 1993, to December 25, 2012. A 2008 anime television series adaptation was produced by Bee Train and Production I.G. Also in 2008, the novel Blade of the Immortal: Legend of the Sword Demon was released in Japan by Kodansha, and two years later in the United States by Dark Horse Comics. A live action film adaptation of the same name was released in 2017. A new anime adaptation has been announced.
Original Release
07/13/2008
Cast
Name | Character |
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Keith Silverstein | Maji |
Mela Lee | Rin Asano |
Tomokazu Seki | Manji (voice) / Manji |
Rina Satô | Rin Asano / Rin Asano (voice) / Rin |
Laura Bailey | Renzo Kawakami / Makie Otono-Tachibana |
Cristina Valenzuela | Machi / (voice) |
Liam O'Brien | Araya Kawakami |
Melissa Fahn | Ohatsu |
Maaya Sakamoto | Machi (voice) / Machi |
Dave Mallow | Sori |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Tsumibito | Sunday, 13 July 2008 |
2 | Seifuku | Sunday, 27 July 2008 |
3 | Koiuta | Sunday, 10 August 2008 |
4 | Tensai | Sunday, 17 August 2008 |
5 | To hito (Jujin) | Sunday, 24 August 2008 |
6 | Mushi no uta | Sunday, 21 September 2008 |
7 | San to | Sunday, 05 October 2008 |
8 | Tsume Dan | Sunday, 19 October 2008 |
9 | Yumebiki | Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
10 | Kawarimen | Sunday, 16 November 2008 |
11 | Hane | Sunday, 30 November 2008 |
12 | Sharin | Sunday, 14 December 2008 |
13 | Kaze | Sunday, 28 December 2008 |
Directors
Kōichi Mashimo, Kôji Sawai, Tomoyuki Kurokawa, Hiroshi Morioka, Yuuki Arie
Writers
Kristi Reed, Hiroaki Samura, Duane Johnson, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Ken'ichi Kanemaki
Cast
Name | Character |
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Keith Silverstein | Maji |
Mela Lee | Rin Asano |
Tomokazu Seki | Manji (voice) / Manji |
Rina Satô | Rin Asano / Rin Asano (voice) / Rin |
Laura Bailey | Renzo Kawakami / Makie Otono-Tachibana |
Cristina Valenzuela | Machi / (voice) |
Liam O'Brien | Araya Kawakami |
Melissa Fahn | Ohatsu |
Maaya Sakamoto | Machi (voice) / Machi |
Dave Mallow | Sori |
Artt Butler | Sabato Kuroi |
Masashi Ebara | Sabato Kuroi (voice) / Sabato Kurui |
Toshiyuki Morikawa | Giichi (voice) / Giichi |
Daisuke Namikawa | Araya Kawakami (voice) / Araya Kawakami |
Katsuyuki Konishi | Eiku Shizuma (voice) / Eiku Shizuma |
Christine Marie Cabanos | (voice) |
Mamiko Noto | Makie Otono-Tachibana (voice) / Makie |
Julie Ann Taylor | Young Kagehisa Anotsu |
Megumi Toyoguchi | Hyakurin (voice) / Hyakurin |
Tim Powers | Knife Dealer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Masayuki Haryu | Executive Producer |
Michiru Ishikawa | Executive Producer |
Takuya Matsushita | Producer |
Tetsuya Kinoshita | Producer |
Hideaki Muraoka | Producer |
John Sirabella | Producer |
Noboru Yamada | Producer |
Ryoji Maru | Producer |
Nakuru Yamatani | Producer |
Takayasu Shimizu | Producer |
Kenichiro Tanaka | Producer |
Katsuji Morishita | Producer |