"Honô no mirâju" (2002) TV series

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Susumu Kudo

Writers:

Yuki Enatsu (script)
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (script)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

24 June 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | History | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

Takaya, an ordinary high school boy, gets drawn into an ancient war of darkness and tragedy when he discovers that he is the reincarnation of a feudal lord from Japan's Warring States Period.

Plot Keywords:

Reincarnation | Samurai | Betrayal | Historical | Exorcism

Cast

Jane Alan

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Yuiko Takeda (unknown episodes)

Also Known As:

"Mirage of Blaze" (USA)

Runtime:

Japan:325 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese | English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Company:

Madhouse Studios

Quotes:

Nobutsuna Naoe: [Exorcising a spirit] "Bai!"

Soundtrack:

Blaze 2002

Wow. And from an accidental viewing.

"Just a 9"? To quote an Eastwood character, "I'll give her a two, but that's only because I've never seen a one." I happened to hit the recall button after another show and the "Endless Void" episode popped up at a point where I thought, "great, more Pokemon-quality garbage" and the perfect moment of a transition to curiosity based upon an image and I took my finger off of the remote.

I lost nearly all of my Japanese and essentially any Chinese I had via a concussion in a car accident eleven years ago (she ran a red light at double the speed limit) as I'm not a native speaker of either language. Now, I long for Nihongo (Japanese) to have the opportunity to enjoy this in its original form.

An accidental viewing and I stayed for the followup "Sorrowful Betrayal", which aired immediately after.

Very, very well done.

Oh, I'm not "into" anime. That should say even more for staying to watch both episodes.