Blade of the Immortal Season 1

(2019) October | # of Episodes : 24

Ratings

7.2

Series Details

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 24

Creators:

Networks: Prime Video , Tokyo MX , MBS

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Oct 10, 2019

Recent Air Date: Mar 26, 2020

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: Japanese

Age Rating: NR

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Production Companies: LIDENFILMS

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Main Cast

Houko Kuwashima

Makie Otono-Tachibana (voice)

Age : 48 | Popularity : 10%

Ayane Sakura

Rin Asano (voice)

Age : 30 | Popularity : 33%

Kenjiro Tsuda

Manji (voice)

Age : 52 | Popularity : 27%

Ako Mayama

Yaobikuni (voice)

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Nozomu Sasaki

Kagehisa Anotsu (voice)

Age : 57 | Popularity : 7%

Shinya Fukumatsu

Sōsuke Abayama (voice)

Age : 65 | Popularity : 5%

Masato Obara

Araya Kawakami (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Chikahiro Kobayashi

Shinriji (voice)

Age : 40 | Popularity : 3%

Episodes

Episode 1

10 October 2019 - Act One - Meeting

The Edo period. Daughter of a martial arts dojo, Rin embarks on a journey to take revenge for her slain parents. For her bodyguard on the journey, she has chosen the immortal man Manji, nicknamed the Slayer of Hundreds. Her target is the head of the Ittou-ryu, Kagehisa Anotsu, the man she hates. The adventure of the man who never dies and the girl who's sworn to live for revenge unfolds.

Episode 2

10 October 2019 - Act Two - Founding

Rin announced that she will go meet with her father's friend Souri, the painter, in her journey for revenge. Souri cannot lend her a hand, but instead gives her funds. Rin, now with a full wallet and no leads, finds her father's sword at the blacksmith from which it was supposedly stolen. However, its wielder is a swordsman of the Ittou-ryu, 'Taito Magatsu.'

Episode 3

17 October 2019 - Act Three - Dream Pangs

A prostitute approaches Manji as he waits for Rin. Though Manji sees through the prostitutes ruse, he accepts her invitiation. But this woman, 'Makie Otonotachibana', seem to weak to be a warrior of the Ittou-ryu as she claims. After sparing Makie's life, she appears before Manji again with different eyes and hair.

Episode 4

24 October 2019 - Act Four - Rin at Odds

Wanting to become stronger herself, Rin received training from Manji, but is still a long way off from matching him in ability, much less the Ittou-ryu. Rin, in her melancholy, is drawn in by a sound, and finds a man training on his own. 'Some day I'll be like him', Rin tells herself, then is astonished upon seeing the man's face. It's her arch-nemesis, the head of the Ittou-ryu, Kagehisa Anotsu.

Episode 5

31 October 2019 - Act Five - Song of the Bugs

After seeing Kagehisa, Rin becomes weak at the knees. Lost in thought over her circumstances, Rin and her guard Manji are approached by a Buddhist monk. The monk is 'Eiku Shizuma' of the Ittou-ryu. He fights with Manji but is swiftly cut down. However, despite the lethal blow, Shizuma stands back up, his wound mending itself completely. Shizuma possesses an 'immortal' body, just like Manji.

Episode 6

07 November 2019 - Act Six - Wing Roots

Rin, who has come to see the festival, meets a cheeky little kid, Renzou. At the mask shop, things get dangerous between Manji and Araya, until Araya's son Renzou shows up and the hostility dissolves. Araya and Renzou then leave. Having watched Manji from behind, for some reason Rin continues glaring at Araya with eyes full of shock and hatred.

Episode 7

14 November 2019 - Act Seven – Evil's Shadow

Discussions of the task of naming the instructor at the Ittou-ryu school, allotted them by the shogunate, have begun. They will make the Ittou-ryu's sword known to the world. Taito Magatsu vows to make that a reality, but decides to leave from Kagehisa Anotsu's side. At the same time, Ittou-ryu leaders start to be targeted. The tip of that blade is also pointed at Magatsu.

Episode 8

21 November 2019 - Act Eight - Mugai-ryu

Manji and Rin involve the four known as Mugai-ryu, who hold information on Kagehisa, in order to assassinate him. Lying in wait on the road that leads out of Edo, based on information only known to Rin, she and Shira close in on Kagehisa as he tries to flee from the others.

Episode 9

28 November 2019 - Act Nine - Gathering

Rin was told of Kagehisa's whereabouts by Giichi, and now her and Manji are suspected of indiscriminate murder. Suspected criminals cannot pass the checkpoint. But thanks to a maid who was acquaintance of Rin's, she has a countermeasure. She heads alone to a village that can help her slip through the checkpoint.

Episode 10

05 December 2019 - Act Ten - Animal

Manji wants to go after Rin, but he has no pass. That's when Souri and Magatsu appear before him. Souri tells Manji that he can acquire as many passes as Manji likes, but there's a condition. Meanwhile, a gray-haired, one-armed Shira appears before Hyakurin and Shinriji as they re-work their plan for assassinating Kagehisa.

Episode 11

12 December 2019 - Act Eleven – Fall Frost

Having become traveling partners for the sake of their goals, Manji and Magatsu are assaulted by a group of bald men. Manji, groaning in pain, is approached from behind by Shira, who then lops off Manji's arm. Shira had reconstructed his body, and desired a rematch with Manji. But now Magatsu, whose important woman was killed by Shira, stands in his path.

Episode 12

19 December 2019 - Act Twelve – Blood of Finality

Having left for Kaga in pursuit of Kagehisa, a collapsed Rin is rescued by the very same Kagehisa. Then, having to cooperate with Kagehisa who is pursued by the Shingoto-ryu, Rin starts to see Kagehisa, her enemy, as a human being.

Episode 13

26 December 2019 - Act Thirteen - Twilight

The Ittou-ryu had its members slaughtered by the shogunate. Kagehisa gathers the remaining members of Ittou-ryu in secrecy, and plots revenge against the shogunate. Manji is invited to the Mugai-ryu by Giichi, but he refuses, and they clash swords. Giichi's weapon breaks, so a truce is called. Manji decides to go meet the head of the Mugai-ryu, Habaki.

Episode 14

02 January 2020 - Act Fourteen – Ammendments

Habaki's scheme gets Manji trapped in a dungeon. Habaki uses a doctor, Burando Ayame, to try and solve the mystery of the immortality. For the sake of the advancement of medicine, Burando sinks a scalpel into Manji's body. Meanwhile, while waiting for Manji's return, Rin is caught up in a strange cohabitation with Doua and Isaku, who had been searching for a place to stay.

Episode 15

16 January 2020 - Act Fifteen – Acquisition of Guts

Burando succeeds in transplanting Manji's left arm onto the test body of Dewanosuke. From that starting point, more tests succeed. But Habaki puts pressure on Burando, and demands results. Habaki's blade closes in on the imperfectly immortalized Dewanosuke. Rin meets with Doua and Isaku in the street as she searches for Manji. That's when the official that Doua knocked over appreaches them.

Episode 16

23 January 2020 - Act Sixteen – Altered Limb

Ever since the Dewanosuke incident, Burando kept making blunders. He is finally thrown in solitary confinement by Habaki, and goes insane. But as a result of his madness, Burando grasps something important about the immortality experiments: That humans are essentially otters. Meanwhile, Rin and Doua resolve to infiltrate Edo Castle to rescue the surrounded Manji and Isaku.

Episode 17

30 January 2020 - Act Seventeen – Ceremonial Bond

Manji and Rin finally reunite. But the formidable foe they made in Habaki in the dungeon blocks their escape. Then Doua and the presumed dead Isaku arrive as backup. The dungeon begins to cave in. As their escape nears, an unexpected person appears before Rin and Manji. Then, the answer that Burando arrived at from the results of his experiments...

Episode 18

06 February 2020 - Act Eighteen – Banshee's Cries

After his failure at Edo Castle, Habaki is dismissed as head clerk. But still, in order to annihilate the Ittou-ryu, he heads up the Rokki-dan in hopes of subjugation. However, the new head clerk, Ugen, decides that Ittou-ryu, having left Edo, is now in the clear. Furthermore, to ensure he abides by the agreement, Habaki's wife and children are taken hostage.

Episode 19

13 February 2020 - Act Nineteen – Massacre

The Ittour-ryu are pursued by the Rokki-dan, lead by Habaki. Upon hearing this, Run and Manji decide to pursue as well. Even with all these people leaving Edo to chase the Ittou-ryu, the four leasers appointed by Kagehisa Anotsu are nowhere to be found. Then, in the wee hours of the morning, Kagehisa and the other three stand at the Ootemon in front of Edo Castle.

Episode 20

27 February 2020 - Act Twenty – Unending

Rin and Manji chase after Kagehisa, but Shira attacks them and Rin is taken away. Manji goes to rescue her, and meets not only Shinra, but Renzou as well. Manji fights Shinra in order to rescue Rin. But astoundingly, what slashes at Manji is Shira's left arm, which should have been lost.

Episode 21

05 March 2020 - Act Twenty One – Trap

Manji is wounded from his duel with Shinra. Renzou picks up a sword and tries to kill Manji, but Rin and the others talk him down. Meanwhile, Habaki is livid upon learning of the attack on Edo Castle. Habaki wants to pursue Ittou-ryu, even in absence of its leader. As a result, one of the Ittou-ryu enters a mountain village. Habaki's daughter, Ryou, tries to subdue him to be of use to her father.

Episode 22

12 March 2020 - Act Twenty Two – Ten Final Pushes

Arashino, Hasshuu, and Murasaki of the Rokki-dan act as the vanguard in the clash with the Ittou-ryu. The crucial Abayama manages to escape with the help of his followers. But then he hast to confront Giichi and Hyakurin, who pursued Abayama to assist Habaki.

Episode 23

19 March 2020 - Act Twenty Three – 100 Spectacular Dances

The Ittou-ryu, Rokki-dan, and Manji and Rin all gather in Nakaminato, as if guided there. They all bear their motives on their swords in the moment they begin their final deathmatch. Deceive, subdue, and dance in chaos. Sparks will fly in the decisive batte between the strongest. The last laugh belongs to...

Episode 24

26 March 2020 - Final Act – Blade of the Immortal

The lives of those gathered fizzle out one after another. Those remaining are battered and bruised. Yet still they take up their swords, and slam their convictions against one another. The last one standing... And the revenge that was fulfilled... The curtain now closes on the tale of the man with an eternal life, and of those people whose finite lives were a blaze of passion.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Sound	Eiko Ishibashi
	Sound Effects	Akiko Muto
	Sound Director	Yoji Shimizu
Visual Effects	3D Director	Koji Ichikawa
	Color Designer	Aiko Shinohara
	Character Designer	Shingo Ogiso
Art	Art Direction	Tadashi Kudo
Directing	Director	Hiroshi Hamasaki
Camera	Director of Photography	Yukihiro Masumoto
Editing	Editor	Mai Hasegawa
Writing	Original Story	Hiroaki Samura
	Series Composition	Makoto Fukami
Production	Producer	Hiroyuki Aoi
	Executive Producer	Toshihiro Maeda
Department	Role	Name

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