Black Lion
時元戦国史 黒の獅士 陣内篇
“1580 Japan: immortal samurai Ginnai slays for Nobunaga; lone ninja Shishimaru seeks revenge against the unstoppable killer.”
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Synopsis
1580 Japan: immortal samurai Ginnai slays for Nobunaga; lone ninja Shishimaru seeks revenge against the unstoppable killer.
The year is 1580. Using an army of soldiers equipped with sophisticated weaponry, Nobunaga Oda is on the verge of ruling Japan with an iron fist. One of his enforcers is Ginnai Doma - a fallen samurai reborn into an indestructible killing machine. As Ginnai continues his killing spree on ninjas and those who oppose Nobunaga's rule, Shishimaru of the Iga Ninja - going against the Koga Ninja's plans - pursues a one-man vendetta to avenge the deaths of his comrades and kill the immortal warrior. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
6.2/10
What 9
viewers
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83% recommend
Score distribution
Agreement
MixedMostly aligned
σ 1.40 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.4 ptsRecommenders 7.4 · others 4.0
Yes
7.4
No
4.0
Score over time
0.78Verbosity
Short · 44%
Medium · 33%
Long · 22%
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7/10 “Style of animation is like Puppet Princess or even Ninja Scroll. Pretty good story with decent violence and graphic gore. Nothing too outstanding, but I feel Puppet Princess was better....”
- 7/10 “Really enjoyed this one,nothing spectacular but with enough flavor and style to keep it interesting.Its your typical ninja anime with your evil emperor want to take over japan by wiping out the...”
- 7/10 “before i start this review i want to thank bobsamurai for his youtube video about this OVA without it i wouldn't get the chance to watch this hidden gem. the creator of this is GO NAGAI so you...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Black Lion begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-1599
- Format
- 1 × 42′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 0h 42m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Nov 1992 – Nov 1992
- Fall 1992
- Source
- Ova
- media type
- Rated
- R
- 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref.
- BS-1599
- catalog