“Modern Chinese teen Sonshin battles Three Kingdoms general Gien after prophetic dreams and a mysterious woman's intervention.”
Soul Buster
侍霊演武[ソウルバスター]
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Synopsis
Modern Chinese teen Sonshin battles Three Kingdoms general Gien after prophetic dreams and a mysterious woman's intervention.
Keishuu, China. The history books say that in the era of the Three Kingdoms, this land was a place of never-ending war. A young high school boy, Sonshin, who hates his city's history, is troubled by a certain dream. When he wakes up from the dream, strange things begin to happen one after another, and without understanding what's going on, he suddenly finds himself facing Gien, one of the generals from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who's trying to kill him! Just before Gien's blade strikes home, a mysterious beautiful woman appears in front of Sonshin. What trials await Sonshin, as he witnesses this terrible battle between two generals of the Three Kingdoms? (Source: Crunchyroll)
What people say
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.28 · split reception
5.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 2.0
↑ 1.25
Running avg · Dec 2016 → Jun 2022
- 7 “Anime based on card games are a dime a dozen but mix it with Chinese lore such as The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and you get an interesting take on it. A Chinese co production Soul Buster based...”
- 2 “Ok, so as this Chinese inspired anime, which is based from a Chinese manhua ends, we are left to wonder about that "Tomorrow" sign that was left at the end of this anime, in fact I'm a little bit...”
- 3 “Soul Buster???...more like Eye Sore! Plot-wise, it's a really simple Fate stay night plotline of "evil masters wants to kill the main protagonists with their servants" and "main protagonists tries...”
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- Format 12 × 13′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 36m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 Fall 2016
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-11686 catalog
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- MAGES. Producer