TV series
Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood
Overview
The year is 1931. Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu holds absolute control over Japan. Remnants of the Meiji era’s culture can be seen around the city, but scientific technology and Japanese esoteric cosmology Onmyodo are also developing. Yet lurking behind the glitz is Kuchinawa, a dissident group planning the assassination of the prince. Tasked to extinguish these dissidents is Nue, the government’s secret executioner group. Sawa Yukimura, who works for this organization, suffered at the hands of the Kuchinawa boss. Her entire family was murdered and she dedicated her life to avenging their death.
Details
- First air date
- 2021-03-31
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Action & Adventure
- Network
- Nippon TV
- Production
- BAKKEN RECORD
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Suzuko Mimori as Sawa Yukimura (voice)
- Shouta Aoi as Makoto Tsukishiro (voice)
- Raychell as Elena Hanakaze (voice)
- Ayasa Ito as Asahi Nakamura (voice)
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Jin Kuzuhara (voice)
- Shinya Takahashi as (voice)
- Kouichi Souma as (voice)
- Ryo Sugisaki as (voice)
- Kengo Kawanishi as Takeru Karasumori (voice)
- Naoto Kobayashi as (voice)
- Aya Endo as Shōwa Karasumori (voice)
- Maho Tomita as Kyōko Shimozono (voice)
Creators and crew
- Hiroyasu Oyama - Executive Producer
- Ruriko Kikuchi - Producer
- Susumu Kudo - Director
- Masashi Nakamura - Director
- Seo Hye-jin - Director
- Takeru Ogiwara - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Confidential File 101, The Blue Flower of Carnage
The year is 1931, the 64th year of the Meiji era. The 15th Shogun, Yoshinobu Tokugawa, continues to wield absolute power thanks to complete monopolization of a special natural resource known as "Ryumyaku." Supporting the Tokugawa regime from the shadows are the deadly agents of the covert organization known as Nue.
Episode 2: Confidential File 033, The Treasurer
With confidential Nue files having been leaked to their enemies at Kuchinawa, a search is underway for the traitor who provided the information.
Episode 3: Confidential File 614, The Enemy Within
Asahi and Yukimura struggle with the nature of their relationship, while the mole leaking Nue secrets is found... or is he?
Episode 4: Confidential File 099, Kuchinawa
Asahi has been kidnapped by Janome, and loyalties are called into question all throughout Nue. Will Yukimura be able to save her adopted sister in time? And will her employers in the Tokugawa government even let her try?
Episode 5: Confidential File 620, Divine Right
Now that her revenge is complete, Sawa doesn't know what to do with herself. With Tsukishima on the run and Elena facing a major change, what will become of the agents of Nue now that their primary target has been dealt with?
Episode 6: Confidential File 623, Daybreak
It's become clear that Nue agents don't leave the shogun's service and live to tell the tale, so it's up to Asahi to find a way for Sawa to break free of the life of violence she's become trapped in.
Episode 7: Confidential File 637, A Fleeting Spring
After faking Sawa's death, she and Asahi have fled Tokyo for a peaceful life in the country... but can they really escape the cycle of killing?
Episode 8: Confidential File 642, The Witching Hour
Sawa's brief respite from the cycle of violence has been irreversibly shattered. But even if she defeats the monster who brought an end to her dream, will she have anything left afterwards?
Episode 9: Confidential File 668, Ethereal Love
With her life in tatters, Sawa struggles to find a reason to keep going. Accompanied by another Nue executioner, she decides to look to her past while considering her future.
Episode 10: Confidential File 089, Star Sign
Jin Kuzuhara is the ruthless, enigmatic head of the shogun's personal group of assassins, Nue. But how did he come to serve the Tokugawa regime? And what is his secret connection to Sawa?
Episode 11: Confidential File 701, Past and Future
Sawa confronts Jin Kuzuhara about the truth behind what happened to her family and her village, but before she can get real answers a squadron of the shogun's troops arrives to try and capture her.
Episode 12: Confidential File 707, The Land of Blessed Words
Asahi is alive, but Sawa has seen too much to ignore the crimes perpetrated by Jin Kuzuhara in the name of the Tokugawa regime. Hoping to secure a brighter future for the girl she has adopted as a sister, the assassin once known as Yukimura takes up her sword once again...
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