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Yasuri Shichika, seventh successor of the Kyotouryuu (bladeless) sword art, lives on an isolated island with his older sister, Nanami. One day Shichika is visited by a woman named Togame, who requests his aid in her quest to find and collect the final twelve swords forged by the legendary master swordsmith, Shikizaki Kiki. Shichika and Togame begin their odyssey by leaving the island he called home for over 20 years. They will face twelve individuals who possess and protect Shikizaki's legendary swords. Join Shichika and Togame on an exciting, epic adventure that defies reality as they discover the true potential of the Kyoutoryuu sword style! (Source: NIS America)
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NISIOISINOriginal Creator
TakeOriginal Character Design
Keitarou MotonagaDirector
Makoto UezuSeries Composition
Tsuyoshi KawadaCharacter DesignAkira SaitouTitle Logo DesignTadashi KudouArt DirectorKumiko TaniguchiSpecial Effects SupervisorAkemi TeshimaColor Design
Keisuke NakamuraDirector of PhotographyJun TagumaEditing
Yasunori EbinaSound Director
Shichika YasuriYoshimasa Hosoya
TogameYukari Tamura
Nanami YasuriMai Nakahara
Mutsue YasuriTooru Ookawa
Koumori ManiwaChihiro Suzuki
Takahito HidaTokuyoshi Kawashima
Ginkaku UneriMitsuru Miyamoto
Shirasagi ManiwaWataru Hatano
Hakuhei SabiHikaru Midorikawa
Meisai TsurugaAtsuko Yuya
Kamakiri ManiwaMakoto Yasumura
Mitsubachi ManiwaHiroaki Miura
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__Katanagatari Review (No Spoilers)__ Nishio Ishin Light Novels are considered impossible to adapt, since his light novels run a mockery of the readers with his cheeky wordplay and the level of depth he gives to the world and to the people is unfathomable, but the anime adaptation of Katanagatari is…
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Read full review on AniList →<center><h5>(Obligatory disclaimer that English isn’t my native language! Please feel free to point out any glaring typos or mistakes, or hmu if you wanna discuss anything else)</h5></center> <p> Let me preface this by stating that this is more of an interpretation of the series' ending filtered thr…
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Read full review on AniList →# Summary _This review may contain spoilers._ The anime is a mix of Samurai Champloo and Kimetsu no Yaiba. The first half of the series feels a bit slow and boring, but it gets interesting in the second half when the main character, Shichika, voices his opnions more and feels more like a human be…
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