TV series
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Overview
The story takes place in the year 1614. Two ninja clans, Tsubagakure of the Iga and Manjidani of Kouga, battle each other to determine which grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu will become the next shogun. The deadly competition between 10 elite ninja from each clan unleashes a centuries-old hatred that threatens to destroy all hope for peace between them.
Details
- First air date
- 2005-04-12
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 48 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama
- Network
- AT-X
- Production
- GONZO, GDH
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Hotarubi (voice)
- Nana Mizuki as Oboro Iga (voice)
- Risa Hayamizu as Kagerou (voice)
- Kohsuke Toriumi as Gennosuke Kouga (voice)
- Yasushi Miyabayashi as Narrator (voice)
- Show Hayami as Yakushiji Tenzen (voice)
- Misa Watanabe as Akeginu (voice)
- Wataru Hatano as Chikuma Koshiro (voice)
- Yoji Ueda as Kisaragi Saemon (voice)
- Uoken as Amayo Jingoro (voice)
- Kenji Utsumi as Mino Nenki (voice)
- Katsuhiro Kitagawa as Kasumi Gyoubu (voice)
Creators and crew
- Go Nakanishi - Executive Producer
- Kensuke Tateishi - Executive Producer
- Takuya Matsushita - Executive Producer
- Koji Kajita - Executive Producer
- Renta Suzuki - Producer
- Hideyuki Nanba - Producer
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