Shigurui: Death Frenzy
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“One-armed Fujiki and blind Irako, disciples of Japan's greatest swordsman, duel to the death in a deadly Edo tournament.”
7.36
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Episodes · 12
12/12 aired
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Synopsis
One-armed Fujiki and blind Irako, disciples of Japan's greatest swordsman, duel to the death in a deadly Edo tournament.
At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were fought with wooden swords. This time, real swords will be used. One-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and blind Irako Seigen will fight each other in this match. Both are disciples of Iwamoto Kogan, who is known as Japan's greatest swordsman. Each of them are determined to prove himself the successor of Iwamoto's school. However, there can only be one champion. So begins a story of intertwining fates, conflict, and strange destinies. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 48 sampled reviews
7.0/10
What 48
viewers
settled on.
77% recommend
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 2.27 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.3 ptsRecommenders 8.5 · others 3.2
Yes
8.5
No
3.2
Score over time
1.98Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 31%
Long · 29%
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10/10 “Shigurui hooks you immediately with its dark yet amusing vibe and stands as perhaps the most realistic and honorable samurai show out there, with the grotesqueness being absolutely—okay,...”
- 10/10 “At the risk of fanboying, this is one of the few if not the only series's I've ever encountered that manages to not idealize feudal era Japan. It truly reflects the stoic and jarring world of honor...”
- 7/10 “This anime is exquisitely drawn and edited, features some of the most graphic violence I've ever seen, and has awesome characters, making it very good and enjoyable overall. However, the ending was...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Shigurui: Death Frenzy begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-2030
- Format
- 12 × 23′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 4h 36m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Jul 2007 – Oct 2007
- Summer 2007
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- R+
- Mild Nudity
- Ref.
- BS-2030
- catalog