

Blade of the Immortal
2008-07-14 · 24 min / episode · ★ 6.1
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
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- Production I.G, Kodansha, BeeTrain, Media Blasters
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- Japan
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Rina SatoRin Asano (voice)
Tomokazu SekiManji (voice)
Daisuke NamikawaAraya Kawakami (voice)
Hirofumi NojimaKagehisa Anotsu (voice)
Katsuyuki KonishiEiku Shizuma (voice)
Kazuya NakaiTaito Magatsu (voice)
Mamiko NotoMakie Otono-Tachibana (voice)
Masashi EbaraSabato Kuroi (voice)
Megumi ToyoguchiHyakurin (voice)
Shin-ichiro MikiShira (voice)
Toshiyuki MorikawaGiichi (voice)
Yuuya UchidaShinriji (voice)
Hisako KyodaYaobikuni (voice)
Keiko NemotoKagehisa Anotsu (child) (voice)
Maaya SakamotoMachi (voice)
Saeko ChibaRen (voice)
Takashi KondoTatsumasa Saitou (voice)
Takaya KurodaNisaburou Tsuchimochi (voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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