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“Edo dojo heir Shinjuro balances swordswomen students and shogunate duty against cunning thieves.”
Samurai: Hunt for the Sword
快刀乱麻 THE ANIMATION
5.93
11,015 rank · 3,109 viewers · 1 favorites
Action
Adventure
Martial Arts
Samurai
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Synopsis
Edo dojo heir Shinjuro balances swordswomen students and shogunate duty against cunning thieves.
It is the late Edo period, and there are many who desire to usurp the Tokugawa shogunate. Shinjuro Tateoka is the unassuming son of a notable dojo's leader. When his father Tessyusai is suddenly sent on a mission by the shogunate, the dojo's management falls into Shinjuro's hands. After losing most of its regular students, the dojo welcomes several young girls into its walls. Despite the changes, life at the swordsmanship school is surprisingly peaceful—until the shogunate calls upon all prominent dojos to patrol the city following a slew of burglaries. Now facing a group of cunning thieves who seem to have greater aims than just stealing a few treasures, Shinjuro struggles to find a balance between his exciting life with beautiful women and the needs of the government.
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
4.8
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 1
σ 2.28
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.28 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 1.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Apr 2010 → Nov 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Hunt For The Sword Samurai was a blind buy for me and though very little impressed me or could be considered exciting, it was certainly not a waste of time. The plot has been regurgitated from...”
- 5 “This is an OVA series about a young man who has to fight against an evil group bent on obtaining the hilt to an evil sword in order to take over the world. His father runs a swordmanship school,...”
- 1 “Despite being only an hour, Kaitouranma was awful. Visual novel anime are notorious for reducing any interesting elements to background noise. The medium is so oversaturated with samey porn games...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 25%
Long · 50%
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A Ova Production
AIC.- Format 2 × 28′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 56m all episodes
- Aired Nov 1999 – Dec 1999
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-2276 catalog
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- Media Blasters Licensor