Ikki Tousen
Ikki Tousen ("Bakunyu" Hyper-Battle Ikki Tousen") is a 13-episode anime series which bases on the manga by Yuji Shiozaki. The anime is full of fan service - espescially in the person of Hakufu who constantly fights in short skirts and dresses - and some light erotic scenes.
The TV series ran on AT-X from July 30, 2003 to December 26, 2003. All 13 episodes are currently licensed in North America by Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. and are available on four DVDs.
Plot summary
Seven schools are constantly at war with each other, and the students within - both male and female - have become skilled fighters and constantly battle with rival schools. Their lives and fates are guided by strange jewels that contain the spirits and destinies of warriors from the Sangokushi period. One girl, Sonsaku Hakufu, has recently moved to Japan and is apparently destined to unite the schools as her counterpart united seven countries long ago. But, like all heroes, there is a darker side to her fate, and as always there is a constant struggle by those around her to break the chains of their own destinies and make their own lives.
Japanese seiyuu=
- Masumi Asano - Hakufu Sonsaku
- Satoshi Hino - Kokin Shuyu
- Yuko Kaida - Shimei Ryomou
- Hajime Iijima - Gakushu
- Kikuko Inoue - Goei
- Shoutarou Morikubo - Genpo Saji
- Akino Watanabe - Ryofu Housen
- Daisuke Namikawa - Toutaku Chuuei
- Haruhi Terada - Kaku Bunwa
- Hiroe Oka - Chin-Kyuu Koudai, Kan-U Unchou
- Kenta Miyake - Kakou-Ton Genjou, Narrator
- Youji Ueda - Kan-Nei Kouha
- Yumiko Kobayashi - Kankichi
American voice actors=
- Carrie Savage - Hakufu Sonsaku
- Ted Sroka - Kokin Shuyu
- Willow Lane - Shimei Ryomou
- Ivan Buckley - Gakushu
- Wendee Lee - Goei
- Justin Gross - Genpo Saji
- Robin Rhodpa - Ryofu Housen
- Sam Regal - Toutaku Chuuei
- Hunter MacKenzie Austin - Kaku Bunwa
- Jennifer Sekiguchi - Chin-Kyuu Koudai
- Josh Phillips - Kakou-Ton Genjou
- Taliesin Jaffe - Kan-Nei Kouha
Staff
- Director: Takashi Watanabe
- Script: Takao Yoshioka
- Original creator: Yuji Shiozaki
- Character Design: Shinya Hasegawa
- Art director: Yoshinori Hirose
- Animation: Takashi Wada
- Sound director: Tsuyoshi Takahashi
Episode titles
- "The Champions"
- "A Confrontation at Nanyou"
- "My Chastity is in Danger"
- "A Duel! Taishiji Vs Sonsaku"
- "An Angry Hafuku and a School Wide Counterattack"
- "The Great Tournament Begins"
- "A Confrontation With Destiny"
- "Why! The Betrayal Of Gouei!"
- "Viva Hot Springs!"
- "An Encounter Between the Ruler and the Devil"
- "Ryofu -- Love and Death"
- "Summer Comes to the Watermelon Patch"
- "Farewell to Hafuku and the Days of Fighting"