Katanagatari

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Synonyms: Sword Story
Japanese: 刀語
English: Katanagatari
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 26, 2010 to Dec 11, 2010
Premiered: Winter 2010
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 01:10 (JST)
Licensors: NIS America, Inc.
Studios: White Fox
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, RomanceRomance
Themes: HistoricalHistorical, Martial ArtsMartial Arts
Duration: 49 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 8.301 (scored by 217124217,124 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #2702
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #396
Members: 571,069
Favorites: 10,812

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Synopsis

In an Edo-era Japan lush with a variety of sword-fighting styles, Shichika Yasuri practices the most unique one: Kyotouryuu, a technique in which the user's own body is wielded as a blade. The enigmatic seventh head of the Kyotouryuu school, Shichika lives quietly in exile with his sister Nanami until one day—the wildly ambitious strategist Togame barges into their lives.

Togame brazenly requests that Shichika help in her mission to collect twelve unique swords, known as the "Deviant Blades," for the shogunate. Shichika accepts, interested in the girl herself rather than petty politics, and thus sets out on a journey. Standing in their way are the fierce wielders of these legendary weapons as well as other power-hungry entities who seek to thwart Togame's objective. In order to prevail against their enemies, the duo must become an unbreakable team as they forge ahead on a path of uncertainty and peril.

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Background

Katanagatari is a complete adaptation of Nisio Isin's light novel series of the same title with each episode adapting 1 volume. The anime was released monthly, mimicking the release style of the original novels.

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Opening Theme

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"Hakushi Kassai Uta Awase (拍手喝采歌合)" by supercell (noitaminA rebroadcast)
1: "Meiya Kadenrou (冥夜花伝廊)" by Minami Kuribayashi (eps 1-7)
2: "Katana to Saya (刀と鞘)" by ALI PROJECT (eps 8-12)
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Ending Theme

"Koto no Ha (言ノ葉)" by Piko (noitaminA rebroadcast)
1: "Tasogare no Gekka (誰そ彼の月華)" by Yousei Teikoku
2: "Refulgence" by Shoujobyo
3: "Senbonsenyo no Hamariuta (千本千女の刃毬唄)" by Hata Aki
4: "Kyomu no Hana (虚無の華)" by kukui
5: "Ai to Makoto (愛と誠)" by Tamura Yukari
6: "Yuki no Onna (雪ノ女)" by ALI PROJECT
7: "Mayoigo Sagashi (迷い子さがし)" by Nakahara Mai
8: "Karakuri Nemuri Dan (からくり眠り談)" by Nomiko
9: "Akashi (証)" by Annabel
10: "Ina, to Hime wa Subete wo Katarazu (否、と姫は全てを語らず)" by Tomatsu Haruka
11: "Bourei-tachi yo Yabou no Hate ni Nemure (亡霊達よ野望の果てに眠れ)" by Faylan
12: "Toki Sude ni Hajimari wo Kizamu (時すでに始まりを刻む)" by Kuribayashi Minami




Reviews

Sep 14, 2024
This is currently my favorite anime. I've rewatched it many times. The presentation, characters, and dialog are all amazing. Every character has unique motivations and realistic approaches. The dialog is very witty, and it has to be since that's most of the show.

Usually a format where they need to collect 12 swords and they collect one each episode would bring a show down, but this show is almost parodying the trope. The only thing that I could possibly mark it off for is the fights not having as much animation as one might like, but it only stood out to me after multiple watches.

The ending ...
Mar 12, 2023
Mixed Feelings
(spoiler free) If you are bored of seeing the same show over and over this may be a breath of fresh air, though with twelve 48 minute episodes it can feel slow and fast paced at the same time. This show is very irregular in how it tells its story yet still follows an episodic formula, this is what kept me watching. Enjoyed the moral ambiguity. Though you root for them, the protagonists were not perfect enforcers of justice and the question of whether what their doing is right can be raised.

The character design and art style were unique and looked great. Some ...
Sep 12, 2024
First episode is good, the rest became a long drag of nothing ever happening and nothing leading anywhere.

On top of that, the storytelling is so weird, every episode it feels like parts of the story were just glossed over, add to that weird attempts at "start telling at the end" which often left me feeling like I missed an episode. The constand back-and-forth just felt weird and, at the end, unfulfulling.
The whole point of the anime was that there is no point, which left me askin "why did I watch this?"
- the story leads nowhere
- the misteries lead nowhere
- the romance leades nowhere
- the fights ...

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