 It was revealed at AnimeJapan 2016 that the online collectible card game Touken Ranbu will be receiving a TV anime adaptation in 2017 by animation studio ufotable. Touken Ranbu, which began service in January 2015, is developed by visual novel developer Nitroplus and e-commerce company DMM Games. The game was originally built for a capacity of 500,000 users, but that limit was quickly reached, prompting the opening of a second server two months later. A mobile application version of the game was launched on March 1 and has been downloaded more than 1 million times as of March 16. Players assume the role of a Saniwa sage who travels into the past to defeat evil forces that are trying to change the course of history. As a sage, the player has the ability to breathe life into inanimate objects, including famous historical swords. Source: Hachima Kikou News submitted by Jiharo Touken Ranbu on MAL Update March 26  An official website was opened and announced via a teaser PV that there will be two anime projects in production. The second is a TV anime series titled Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru scheduled to air in Fall 2016. Staff Director: Takashi Naoya (Luck & Logic) Character Design: Junichirou Taniguchi (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) Series Composition, Script: Pierre Sugiura (Barakamon) Studio: Doga Kobo Cast Yamatonokami Yasusada: Mitsuhiro Ichiki (Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note) Kashuu Kiyomitsu: Toshiki Masuda (Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!) PV Official site: http://touken-hanamaru.jp/ Official Twitter: @touken_hanamaru Source: Ota☆Suke Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru on MAL |
Sakana-sanMar 26, 2017 1:02 PM
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| OH YESSSSSSSSSSSS HOTARUMARUUUUUUUUUUU AND MIKA AND TSURUUUU OH BABIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS |
| sword boys the animation woo it was only a matter of time before this announcement |
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| fuck ufotable they are going to produce another pile of cgi shit backgrounds with horrible character designs and gloss them over with adobe after effects ill watch |
| Not a fan of Bishies, but will watch just for "Ufotable's" animated action scenes.... |
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| At long last \o/ Hopefully it won't be utter trash. Dmmd and Kancolle had, imo, disappointing adaptations so hopefully Torabu's will be at least sorta good. Not expecting much, but still pretty excited tbh |
| GOOD Now it's official Touken Ranbu actually has backstories for the different families and groups of swords, so I'm curious to see what they will create with this Anime. The seiyuu are already known knowledge but if anyone's curious: http://touken-ranbu.wikia.com/wiki/Official_Voice_Actors I can't wait! |
| This was long overdue...however the choice of studio is a nice surprise for me. Looking forward to seeing Nakigitsune in animated form, there's no doubt he'll be a fan favorite around here. |
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| I wonder if Ufotable still plans to make any other Fate related series next year at this rate. They got at least 3 projects now. And yeah, it was inevitable that this would get an anime someday. Good for the fans. |
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| TOUKEN RANBU TOUKEN RANBU TOUKEN RANBU TOUKEN RANBU TOUKEN RANBU I'm so excited for bishies and voice actors Just ufotable no God Eater animation/visuals please. |
| not really surprising this is getting an adaptation. will watch for the bishies i guess :p |
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Kryptiq said: R-really? I thought Jiji or Tsuru would be the most popular LOLLooking forward to seeing Nakigitsune in animated form, there's no doubt he'll be a fan favorite around here. Well, I guess with the male fanbase, CCP or Kogi Raina- said: PLEASE GOD NOJust ufotable no God Eater animation/visuals please. |
NotThisShitAgain said: I'm pretty sure they'll keep the seiyuu.Mayuka said: GOOD Now it's official Touken Ranbu actually has backstories for the different families and groups of swords, so I'm curious to see what they will create with this Anime. The seiyuu are already known knowledge but if anyone's curious: http://touken-ranbu.wikia.com/wiki/Official_Voice_Actors I can't wait! Are that seiyuu official in anime adaptation later?? I hope it doesn't become others card game like Kantai Collection, I trust Ufotable. It won't be like Kancolle because they literally had no backstories or source material plot to use in the Anime but Touken actually has a lot of historical stuff to work with already. |
Mayuka said: More like Midare is popular with males, you know what I mean lolKryptiq said: R-really? I thought Jiji or Tsuru would be the most popular LOLLooking forward to seeing Nakigitsune in animated form, there's no doubt he'll be a fan favorite around here. Well, I guess with the male fanbase, CCP or Kogi |
| Kancolle was victimized by Diomedea, Touken Ranbu is now the next victim by Ufotable. I feel sorry to Touken Ranbu fans. |
GridleyMar 25, 2016 7:26 AM
| Do you play Azure Lane? Then please join my fanclub https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=74907 |
| Looks like a fujo bait cash grab series. But I will try just because its ufotable |
| Yay! That's some really good news. Can't wait to watch it. And it'll be done by ufotable? Nice! I hope it turns out really good. Now I'll be able to see Kogi and Mikazuki animated *-* |
| finally I GET TO SEE NAKIGITSUNE ANIMATED!! |
| It was kinda expected so I'm not really surprised about this. Anyways I'm excited to see all the boys animated, especially Kashuu and Hotarumaru~ |
| enough with the card games already |
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Stark700 said: It was revealed at AnimeJapan 2016 that the online collectible card game Touken Ranbu You should replace "online card game" to "online web browser game" as this isn't really a card game at all.. more like collectible sword game |
| Annd ufotable keeps digging in the trash for adaptations. In before next season of musaigen phantom world is by ufotable, since they are about to reach that level. |
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| ufotable man :( Staph animating games. Everyone want type-moon stuff man. |
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| All I know about this is that several of the character designs are nice and that there's a lot of R-18 entires on Pixiv of it. In other words, sign me the fuck up. |
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| The world of fan art is over. They are already have fan following but it will explode with anime adaptation. Now fan art site will be flooded even more. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
Fai said: Annd ufotable keeps digging in the trash for adaptations. In before next season of musaigen phantom world is by ufotable, since they are about to reach that level. Could be worse could be Fate/Grand Order anime. But knowing how popular F/GO is sadly its a possibility. |
| Ufotable? Game adaptation? Not Type-Moon related? Masterpiece incoming! Lmao. |
| At last. Here's to hoping saniwa won't be a whiny moe waste of space. |
| "by animation studio ufotable" i'm in :D |
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royaldocks said: Fai said: Annd ufotable keeps digging in the trash for adaptations. In before next season of musaigen phantom world is by ufotable, since they are about to reach that level. Could be worse could be Fate/Grand Order anime. But knowing how popular F/GO is sadly its a possibility. I fully expect them or A1 to do that since they are all about dat Aniplex money right now. Ufo has not produced a single good thing since fate zero and knk. And now they are working on THREE awful game(one of which is for kids, the other is the worst tales game and the third - a mobile/web based fujoshi bait) adaptations. |
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| BISHOUNEN ANIME FUCK YEAH |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| oh no whyyyyyyyyyyyyy |
| heck yesssss so excited to see the cast huehuehue |
SanaeK10 said: oh no whyyyyyyyyyyyyy Look at the bright side - its still better than the abomination of "why is this a thing" that is Classicaloid. |
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| this is the male version of Kantai, but with ufotable. Hope is good |
yakami95 said: oh yeah, try imagine a BL scene with a sword and another sword.Oh, well, I will watch this for see a one character. if it becomes a hard Bl o anything I can always Dropped it |
| The year of the fujo continues. Congrats to fans of this, hopefully Ufotable doesn't fuck this up. |
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| Can we stop giving game adaptations to ufotable, Japan? Thanks. |
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Psyche_Izaya said: yakami95 said: oh yeah, try imagine a BL scene with a sword and another sword.Oh, well, I will watch this for see a one character. if it becomes a hard Bl o anything I can always Dropped it Psyche_Izaya said: yakami95 said: oh yeah, try imagine a BL scene with a sword and another sword.Oh, well, I will watch this for see a one character. if it becomes a hard Bl o anything I can always Dropped it a sword x a sword this sounds hot |
| YES MORE FUJOBAIT Sword x sword when???? |
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