Onihei

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English: Onihei

Japanese: 鬼平

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 10, 2017 to Apr 4, 2017

Premiered: Winter 2017

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 02:05 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, TMS Entertainment, Bungeishunjuu, Jidaigeki Channel

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Studio M2

Source: Novel

Genres: Historical, Seinen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.35¹ (scored by 9,743 users)

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Ranked: #2273²

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Popularity: #2404

Members: 28,211

Favorites: 74

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Winter 2017TVStudio M2

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The blade arts of the "Devil" tasked with striking down evils threatening a peaceful Edo! Heizou Hasegawa, upholding the role of chief officer protecting against crime and arson! In 1783, the heart of the Tenmei era, Hasegawa held the office of chief director of the department charged with sustaining safety in the region, suppressing the most vile of thieves and criminals, an individual largely feared, renowned as Devil Heizou...

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Adaptation:	Onihei Hankachou
Prequel:	Onihei: Sono Otoko, Heizou Hasegawa

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Hasegawa, Heizou

Main

Horiuchi, Kenyu
Japanese

Kimura, Chuugo

Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko
Japanese

Ojun

Supporting

Senbongi, Sayaka
Japanese

Hisae

Supporting

Iwao, Junko
Japanese

Omasa

Supporting

Park, Romi
Japanese

Hattori, Suminosuke

Supporting

Takaguchi, Kousuke
Japanese

Takasugi, Ginpei

Supporting

Fujiwara, Takahiro
Japanese

Matsuoka, Juubei

Supporting

Terasoma, Masaki
Japanese

Riemon

Supporting

Nishimura, Tomomichi
Japanese

Kiemon's Wife

Supporting

Tomoe, Seiko
Japanese

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Maruyama, Masao

Producer

Miya, Shigeyuki

Director, Character Design

Mima, Masafumi

Sound Director

Hirao, Takayuki

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"Onihei ~Edo wo Hashiru~" by Kouhei Tanaka

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"Soshite.. Ikinasai (そして・・生きなさい)" by Saori Yuki (由紀さおり)

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Apr 3, 2017

13 of 13 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Cinefil_original (All reviews)

66 people found this review helpful

My Opinion:
This show is grossly underrated both popularity-wise and rating-wise. I am here to right that wrong, through a short review that will touch the more important points.
Onihei is a well written show featuring nice characters, unfortunately the story felt a bit too segmented and without a clear direction.
However, it was one hell of a watching experience that had some meaningful life lessons which I will remember for some time.

Story: 8/10
The story revolves around Heizou Hasegawa who is the chief of the Arson Theft Control division which consists of a small group of people charged with keeping the peace and stopping criminals at read more

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Apr 5, 2017

13 of 13 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Adi (All reviews)

15 people found this review helpful

On one side of a brittle, canvas Shoji, lies a group of bandits—found in all shapes and sizes, though all donning the same, uniform black garments. Whispering to themselves in memorization the code of a true thief: to never kill, to never rape, and to never, ever steal from the poor whose earnings come from good work. More meaningless muttering occurs throughout the mob as they neatly organize their arsenal of tools; small daggers, picks for a lock, and of course their sharpened Katana—they don’t dare be spotted without one. On the other side of that same, brittle, canvas Shoji, lies a concealed troop of read more

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Apr 4, 2017

13 of 13 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

jsmrcrzgrdl_ (All reviews)

8 people found this review helpful

ONIHEI ANIME REVIEW

Onihei tells the story of Arson Theft Control's chief, Heizo "The Oni" Hasegawa on how he captures and deals with the thieves.

I'm declaring that this anime is the best hidden gem of Winter 2017.

Everything about this anime is enjoyable to watch. The story's great because you learn the underlying reasons and secrets of every thief. Every episode you will learn a new thing.

The art's good as well. It was set on traditional Japan so every bit was great especially the soundtracks. It's like I've been to Japan after listening to that opening song. It was damn great.

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Apr 6, 2017

13 of 13 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

LaLeLuLiLo (All reviews)

6 people found this review helpful

Onihei is a series of japanese hitorical novels that have been adapted into many forms such as live-action TV, Movie, Manga, and even a theater play. Now the story has been adapted into Anime format, and not only that, but is also the first anime that the new studio M2 has created.

The story of Onihei is set during the Edo period in Edo(tokyo) , and revolves around Heizou Hasegawa the chief officer protecting against crime and arson. him and everyone else in the department hold a duty with keeping peace and safety with in region, and bring down any criminal or thieves. the entire anime itself is episodic which sometimes focuses on Heizo, our main character, or other people who work for him. each episode also focuses on a moral message or life lesson for the viewers based on what has transpired during the episode. any semblance of plot or progression in the story comes from new characters that are added into the roster who are usually involved in an episode later down the road. even then the story just boils down to a cop story with a criminal-of-the week formula. some of the episodes follow the same beats to the point that it becomes repetitive and annoying, and makes watching the show a drag to watch at times. i can't say much for pacing since it's an episodic show, but each episode does a good job at filling out their time. however in terms of writing, the show fluctuates from being good to being rather dumb , questionable, and sometimes uninteresting

the show has a somewhat big cast of characters which split of into two categories. the main cast that stays through out the whole show, and the episodic cast that just stays for one episode and are never to be seen again. nonetheless it doesn't really matter when none of the characters really do stand out from the rest other than Heizo. Heizo is a rather interesting character who is fleshed out decently throughout the story either by flashbacks, or by the interactions he has with people and environment around him which shows off a multi-faceted personality. other characters also get time to be fleshed out with their given screen-time and backstory, but it's usually for one episode and is used only for the story of that episode. there are no character arcs , and no one really develops as a character. in the end there is no point to get invested in the characters other than the main character.

the art style is good even when considering that this is the studios first show. the character designs are decent for the most part with some looking rather nice and detailed while others...they look like they needed a lot more work. the background art is good as well capturing the look of edo period japan, but i can't say it brought a lot of atmosphere to it. there's noticeable use of cgi when it comes to the background characters with how the city crowd contrasts itself with the background and foreground characters. there's also the lighting with a noticeable amount of minute flickering which i guess comes from the candle flames, but become annoying to the eyes, but the rest is good. the animation is done pretty well to say the least, but a large chunk of this show is just walking, sitting , and talking. the action scenes are decent if it's two people fighting, but becomes confusing when it's large police raids and the "camera" is moving all about.

the voice acting for the show was decent enough with everyone sounding there part. the soundtrack is pretty much absent or at least it goes in one ear and comes out the other with the only thing worth noting is the jazz that plays during the action scene, but that's about it

honestly i felt like dropping this show more than once. some episodes were a bore to watch even more so than a slice-of-life series. nothing got me invested. however there's nothing quite like this show in anime, but that still doesn't it make it good. overall for a first time show the production value is fine with slight hiccups, the stories had their ups and downs, and the characters filled their purpose.

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