Busou Renkin
- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 26
- Episode Duration
- 24 minutes
- Status
- finished
- Start Date
- 10-5-2006
- End Date
- 3-29-2007
- Season
- fall 2006
- Average Score
- 6.8
- Mean Score
- 6.8
- Studios
- Xebec
- Producers
- NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Viz Media Yomiko Advertising
- Source
- manga
- Genres
- Action Comedy Fantasy Supernatural
The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up in his school dorm, believing it to have been a dream. However, he soon finds out that dream wasn't a dream at all when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tokiko Tsumura, the girl he saved, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when he was rescuing her. However, she, feeling responsible for him, revived him by placing a Kakugane medallion in his chest, serving as a replacement heart.
The Kakugane, as Tokiko explains, is an alchemical device that, when activated, takes a certain form based on the Kakugane's user, forming a unique Buso Renkin. The Buso Renkin is the only thing that can destroy a homunculus monster. Using this, Kazuki creates his own Buso Renkin (the "Sunlight Heart", a huge lance). Along with Tokiko and her own Buso Renkin (the "Valkyrie Skirt", an execution scythe), Kazuki joins the fight against the homunculi and their master.
Characters
Koushaku Chouno
main
Mitsuaki Madono
Japanese
Mamoru Sakimori
main
Masashi Ebara
Japanese
Kazuki Muto
main
Jun Fukuyama
Japanese
Tokiko Tsumura
main
Ryouka Yuzuki
Japanese
Shousei Sakaguchi
supporting
Shou Hayami
Japanese
Mahiro Muto
supporting
Aya Hirano
Japanese
Staff
Nobuhiro Watsuki
Original Creator
Takao Kato
Director
Akio Takami
Character Design
Takeshi Takadera
Sound Director
Kouhei Tanaka
Music
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Script
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Koushaku Chouno
main
Mitsuaki Madono
Japanese
Mamoru Sakimori
main
Masashi Ebara
Japanese
Kazuki Muto
main
Jun Fukuyama
Japanese
Tokiko Tsumura
main
Ryouka Yuzuki
Japanese
Shousei Sakaguchi
supporting
Shou Hayami
Japanese
Mahiro Muto
supporting
Aya Hirano
Japanese
Gouta Nakamura
supporting
Shinji Kawada
Japanese
Sekima Hiwatari
supporting
Tomokazu Seki
Japanese
Chitose Tateyama
supporting
Yuu Kobayashi
Japanese
Hanaka Busujima
supporting
Sayuri Yahagi
Japanese
Genji Ikusabe
supporting
Tsuyoshi Koyama
Japanese
Madoka Maruyama
supporting
Junko Minagawa
Japanese
Shinobu Negoro
supporting
Kenji Hamada
Japanese
Rintarou Inukai
supporting
Makoto Yasumura
Japanese
Shusui Hayasaka
supporting
Yuu Kobayashi
Japanese
Ouka Hayasaka
supporting
Hitomi Nabatame
Japanese
Victor
supporting
Rikiya Koyama
Japanese
Victoria
supporting
Rie Kugimiya
Japanese
Alexandria Powered
supporting
Masako Katsuki
Japanese
Moon Face
supporting
Tomokazu Seki
Japanese
Gozen
supporting
Wasabi Mizuta
Japanese
Hideyuki Okakura
supporting
Yuuto Kazama
Japanese
Kouji Rokumasu
supporting
Takayuki Kondou
Japanese
Masashi Daihama
supporting
Yoshinori Sonobe
Japanese
Chisato Wakamiya
supporting
Yuka Inokuchi
Japanese
Nobuhiro Watsuki
Original Creator
Takao Kato
Director
Akio Takami
Character Design
Takeshi Takadera
Sound Director
Kouhei Tanaka
Music
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Script
Shunji Yoshida
Episode Director
Takao Kato
Storyboard
Akio Takami
Chief Animation Director
Ryousuke Kimiya
Key Animation
Tomoyo Sawada
Key Animation
Yuuichi Oka
Key Animation
Tsukasa Sakurai
Key Animation
Kouhei Kawase
Producer
Jyukai
Theme Song Performance (ED1)
Kento Shimoyama
Script (eps 4-5, 9, 13, 19, 23-24)
Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
Episode Director (eps 1, 12, 21, 26)
Hideya Takahashi
Episode Director (ep 18)
Osamu Tsuruyama
Storyboard (eps 3, 7, 9, 17, 20, 23)
Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
Storyboard (ep 12, 26)
Sunao Chikaoka
Animation Director (eps 18, 25)
Sunao Chikaoka
Key Animation (ep 25)
Yoshiki Fukuyama
Theme Song Performance (Opening)
Yoshiaki Dewa
Theme Song Arrangement (ED)
Yoshiaki Dewa
Theme Song Composition (ED)
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