Soul Buster

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Shi Ling Yanwu
Japanese: 侍霊演武[ソウルバスター]
English: Soul Buster
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 4, 2016 to Dec 11, 2016
Premiered: Fall 2016
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 18:30 (JST)
Producers: MAGES.
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Pierrot
Source: Web manga
Genre: ActionAction
Theme: SamuraiSamurai
Duration: 13 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 5.741 (scored by 73317,331 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #110742
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4875
Members: 21,852
Favorites: 14

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Synopsis

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?

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Characters & Voice Actors

Ryou, Un

Main
Ryu, Seira
Japanese

Shuu, Yu

Main
Tanabe, Rui
Japanese

Son, Shin

Main
Mizushima, Daichuu
Japanese

Barin, Yi

Supporting
Kakihara, Tetsuya
Japanese

Sou, Sei

Supporting
Horie, Shun
Japanese

Hou, Ga

Supporting
Koshimizu, Ami
Japanese

Shuu, Sou

Supporting
Toyonaga, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Chou

Supporting
Shingaki, Tarusuke
Japanese

Tei, Fu

Supporting
Sugou, Takayuki
Japanese

Bo, Anzi

Supporting
Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Staff

Ayane
Theme Song Performance
Zwei
Theme Song Performance


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"SOUL BUSTER" by Ayane
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Ending Theme

"MY OWN LIFE" by Zwei

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Reviews

Dec 21, 2016
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 on a manhua of the same name certainly sets itself out from the pack through its unique visuals but is there more to it?

Son Shin has a bizarre dream containing all sorts of mythical and unnatural imagery only to awaken when he sees something extraordinary. He then comes across a card and suddenly comes under attack from his teacher who has some sort of warrior ...
Jun 15, 2022
I could begin this analysis with an explanation of why I find Soul Buster so bad, but by not having such words for that fact, I will go me abdicate any comments that might attack the director’s honor directly. So I will express myself in a respectful manner, so that no one will be offended here. Since that I do not gratuitously hate any form of artistic representation, even though this art is ugly and a frequent nuisance to my eyes, but still thus with its cultural value. I could easily say that the reason of Soul Buster fail as much how an action piece ...
Dec 20, 2016
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 to defend and defeat them"...sure there's character development but the plot seems more focused on their one-note fights than the character development themselves. Yeah, the main protagonists Shin Son, Yu Shuu and Un Ryou and Yi Barin do "get" what little character development they get but they shape more to their Fate stay night counterparts only in lesser detail.

*Shin Son = Emiya Shirou only MUCH worse
*Yu Shuu = Saber, only her development and backstory is rushed ...

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