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Meiji Gekken: 1874 (TV)

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Alternative title:
明治撃剣-1874- (Japanese)
Themes: historical
Plot Summary: In 1874, it's been seven years since the start of the Meiji Era, and the Japanese government is pushing its policies to catch up with the might of the Western nations. Former Aizu retainer Shizuma Origasa has thrown away his sword and gotten rid of his topknot and is now a rickshaw driver in Tokyo, but his swordsmanship skills from the Boshin War are still alive and well. He is looking for his wife, Sumie Kanomata, who went missing during the Boshin War. Shizuma is recruited into the police force after he ends up thwarting the assassination attempt of a government official. At the same time, Kyōshirō Shuragami is a talented one-eyed swordsman who is a member of the Moriya-gumi yakuza gang that is embroiled in a turf war in Tokyo. The Moriya-gumi are working with wealthy merchants in the trafficking of opium, and the profits are being paid to a mastermind plotting to overthrow the government to return Japan to a place for samurai.
User Ratings: 15 ratings have been given [details]
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Seen in part or in whole by 89 users, rank: #5377 (of 9509)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.600 (Decent−), std. dev.: 1.9596, rank: #8104 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 5.854 (Decent), rank: #7612 (of 9647) (seen all: 6.54 / won't finish: 3.82)
Bayesian estimate: 6.638 (Good−), rank: #4756 (of 7244)
Vintage: 2024-01-14
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Jin Tamamura
Series Composition: Naoki Tozuka
Original Concept:
Naoki Tozuka
Tsukasa Sakurai
Character Design: Masayori Komine
Satoshi Mikami as Kyōshirō Shuragami
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Sumie Kanomata/Hinazuru
Yūichi Nakamura as Shizuma Orikasa

Daisuke Kasuya as Junpei Midorikawa
Hitoshi Bifu as British Ambassador Parks
Katsuhisa Hōki as Ryūzō Moriya
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Buhee Hiramatsu
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Gorō Fujita
Lynn as Senri Kuroki
Mie Sonozaki as Koto Nakazawa
Miyuki Satō as Koume
Nobuo Tobita as Toshiyoshi Kawaji
Rikuya Yasuda as Makino
Ruriko Aoki as Dario
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Ginji Gotou
Shunichi Toki as Kamejirou
Shunsuke Sakuya as Toshimichi Ōkubo
Takashi Matsuyama as Genjou
Takehiro Hasu as Guen
Yōji Ueda as Hidenobu Osanai
Yūki Ishikari as Katsuya Tokura

Hayato Watanabe as
Rinzou (eps 1, 5)
Tsushima (eps 2, 4)
Hiroki Yamada as
Kumakichi Takechi (eps 1-2)
Takayoshi Kido (eps 3, 7-8, 10)
Ikuko Tani as Otetsu (ep 3)
Jirō Saitō as
Billy (eps 6, 8, 10)
Katamori Matsudaira (ep 9)
Kazumasa Nakamura as
Blaze Mirror (ep 5)
Daigashi (ep 1)
Masahiro Tanba (eps 2-4, 8-10)
Ken Uo as Douyama (ep 1)
Kouji Kawakami as Macaulay (eps 8-9)
Miyuki Satō as Girl (ep 1)
Namiko MORIMOTO as Old woman (ep 1)
Nobuo Tobita as Referee (ep 5)
Rikuya Yasuda as Imperial Guard (ep 10)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as
Kikuma Takechi (ep 1)
Maximilian August Scipio von Brandt (ep 8)
Satoshi Hino as Gen'nosuke Kanomata (eps 1, 9)
Setsuji Satoh as
Gallo (eps 6, 8)
Masaomi Kuramoto (ep 3)
Shioya (eps 2, 4)
Shou Koneri as
Kichibei Fujishima (eps 2, 4-6)
Shimura (ep 8)
Takayuki Sugō as Tomomi Iwakura (eps 1, 7-8, 10)
Tōru Ohkawa as Takamori Saigo (eps 7-9)
Uko Tachibana as Mitsubaa (eps 2, 4)
Yōji Ueda as Minagawa (eps 6-7, 9-10)
Yūji Kameyama as Shinpei Etou (eps 1-2)
Yūki Ishikari as Fake Imperial Guard (ep 10)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab
Broadcaster: BS Shochiku Tokyu
Production: Crunchyroll
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
English cast
(none)

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