戦国BASARA
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings
Sengoku Basara drops you directly into the burning battlefields of feudal Japan, where rival warlords hack and slash their way to total domination. Each conqueror wields a special attack that boosts their powers of devastation, and each commands a horde of relentless warriors. But when a supreme evil - the Demon Lord - threatens the land, these fierce generals launch a co-op campaign of annihilation and build an army of armies to obliterate their common foe. As the front line grows crowded with gun-toting, mechanized samurai and mystical ninja, some will say that war is hell - but Sengoku Basara proves it can also be kick ass. (Source: Manga Entertainment)
Names
| Original | 戦国BASARA (han) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Sengoku BASARA |
| English | Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 23 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2009-04-02 → 2009-06-18 (Spring 2009) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| Source | Video game |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | ActionDramaFantasy |
| Themes | SwordplayHistoricalPrimarily Male CastSamuraiSuper PowerWarAnachronismMale Protagonist |
Reception
| Community score | 7.02 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.11 / 10 |
| Composite | 50.1 |
| On lists | 26,386 |
| Favourited | 241 (0.9%) |
| Completion | 77.1% |
| Drop rate | 8.6% |
| In backlog | 44.0% |
| Score spread σ | 1.63 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Spring 2009 | C | 32 of 76 |
| Year | 2009 | C | 99 of 261 |
| Studio | Production I.G | D | 146 of 250 |
| Source material | Video game | C | 169 of 530 |
| Era | Late 2000s | C | 434 of 1,149 |
| Season (all years) | Spring | C | 853 of 1,868 |
| Genre | Fantasy | C | 1,038 of 2,142 |
| Genre | Drama | D | 1,145 of 1,917 |
| Length | Single-cour | C | 1,216 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Action | D | 1,414 of 2,765 |
| Format | TV series | C | 1,640 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | C | 3,166 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Itsurou Kawasaki, Yoshikazu Iwanami, Tooru Ookubo |
|---|---|
| Character design | Tooru Ookubo |
| Music | Hiroyuki Sawano |
| Original creator | Capcom |
Franchise — 戦国BASARA
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E🚪Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| sequel | 2010 | Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2 |
| side story | 2010 | Sengoku BASARA: Setonai no Gekitotsu! Hi wo Fuku Umi no Daiyousai - Fugaku!! |
| side story | 2009 | Mini Sengoku BASARA: Chousokabe-kun to Mouri-kun |
| other | 2014 | Sengoku BASARA - End of Judgement |
| alternative | 2018 | Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School |
AniList id 5355 · MAL id 5355 · Bangumi 1429 · record updated 2026-08-27