Iraku limps to the centre of the duelling arena with support from his female companion, Iku. Iraku has long grey hair and is crippled due to a cleft foot. Later at the tournament, Fujiki Gennosuke, a young man with an amputated left arm competes against a blind swordsman called Iraku Seigen. Tadanaga does not take heed to the warning that desecrating the garden of Sunpu Castle with blood would surely be interpreted as an expression of rebellion against the Shogunate. Years earlier, in January 1629 at Sunpu Castle, Tokugawa Tadanaga orders a tournament inside the Castle with 21 contestants armed with real swords rather than bokken ('wooden sword'). Tokugawa Tadanaga, the Lord of Sunpu Castle and the younger brother of Shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, has been sentenced to commit seppuku for atrocities and immoral conduct. The licensing was announced in May 2008 and the full series was released on March 31st, 2009 on Blu-ray and DVD. The anime was licensed in North America by Funimation Entertainment under the fully translated title Shigurui: Death Frenzy. The series is noted for its realistic graphic violence and nudity as well as its abrupt ending. The series was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, written by Seishi Minakami, and produced by Madhouse Studios.

“Death Frenzy”) is a manga series by Takayuki Yamaguchi, based on the first chapter of the novel Suruga-jō Gozen Jiai by Norio Nanjō.Īn animated television adaptation, based on the first 32 chapters (or the initial six and a half volumes) of the manga, aired on WOWOW July 19th, 2007 to October 12th, 2007. Shigurui: Death Frenzy Screenshot Shigurui

Shigurui manga