(CR) Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman

[totoum]

Synopsis (from MAL):

The story takes place in Kyoto in the late 19th century. Manjiro has two faces. During the day, he works as a helper for people in Kyoto, but he also acts in secret to get back people's properties from the men of power. As a get-backer "Roman", Manjiro is getting involved in a nationwide conspiracy.

The staff:

Director: Ogura Hirofumi (Black Butler II , Knight in the Aera)
Series Composition: Higuchi Tatsuhito
Original Character Design: Monkey Punch (Lupin III manga)
Anime Character Design: Hirayama Satoshi (Lupin III tv specials, Cat's Eye)
Music: Takaki Hiroshi (AKB0048, Kyousogiga)
Production: TMS Entertainment (Lupin III , Kamisama Kiss , Zetman)

The cast:

Roman: Nakai Kazuya
Koharu: Kitamura Eri
Magoichi: Suzumura Kenichi
Okuni: Uchida Maaya
Kanade: Sudo Saori
Hans: Matsuyama Takashi
Gennai: Ogata Kenichi
Yasuhiro: Suzuki Chihiro
Yanagisawa: Tachiki Fumihiko

Starts airing Winter 2013.

Can't say the staff has me crazy excited but it looks fun anyway!

[MisaoFan]

It's sad to see the Bakumatsu theme declining in today's anime standards, but looks somewhat unusual in both visuals and story. I'm going to see how it goes.

[monir]

Sounds like a story right out of Lupin. He looks like Lupin too without the beard.

[leokiko]

Robin Hood?

Looks cool.

[totoum]

And we have a PV!

No actual animation but I do like the song

YouTube

https://youtu.be/DW4afeB6cZE

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[AleX_MytH]

And here goes the PV2 with an actual animation footage. Nice song, and the show itself looks promising.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=sR-39Ax8o1Q

[Utsuro no Hako]

Crunchyroll get.

[MisaoFan]

Spoiler for Episode 1:

The story takes place in Bakumatsu era (1853-1867) where money flourishes nicely. Manjiro has two faces : on daytime, he works as helper to the most precious of all people and always work with a young girl named Koharu. On nighttime, he works as a get-backer nicknamed Roman, who steals money from evil by giving them to the poor population. The story was pretty good so far, with nostalgic visuals done by Monkey Punch (Lupin III, Musashi Gundoh). When watching this, it has the feeling of a old-school action show filled with silly amount of humor (I had good laughs on some parts) and can get serious at occassional times. Given the episodic nature, I'm expecting a climax arc around the end, but at the moment, it has a comical flow. It also has great music and Roman happens to be one of the hidden shows blossoming the winter season.

[GDiddy]

I liked it a lot, despite the fact that it reminded me of an Edo Version of Lupin.

[BrolyToguro]

I'm liking this show. The story is simple, but this stuff is rare these days so it doesn't feel cliche'. The main character is lame in his daily life, but decent in his superhero time. I like how blood is not censored during fighting, and there is a little bit of fanservice here and there. As long as they keep this quality, I'll be following this.

[novalysis]

Leverage with a Late Edo Era Japanese twist?

[articuzwolf]

have a mixed feeling about this show...it's silly in few scenes but it's quite fun in the same time

the premise is very good

a wacky (foreigner) doctor, inventor old man with his telescope, shrine priestess with her superb disguising skill and thief's sibling with most likely brocon little sister

let's just see how well they execute this good premise and setting in the next few episodes

[Hakuromatsu]

Originally Posted by GDiddy

I liked it a lot, because of the fact that it reminded me of an Edo Version of Lupin.

Fixed that for you

[ookamigirl]

The money rocket was a nice touch.
Looks like that guy is pretty useless during daytime.
At night he's a complete opposite to himself.
This is some sort of a comedy.
The thing is it's just nothing special.
I'm not saying it's bad, because it's not.
Dropping it, not feeling the vibe.

[Master_Yoma]

Not to bad it seem that there going to be a lot of wackiness in this and the zombie is awesome

[tera_ha]

No love for this anime? Its actually quite entertaining

[ars89]

I was surprised that there was no discussion going about it either.

[MisaoFan]

Originally Posted by ars89

I was surprised that there was no discussion going about it either.

It's recently finished, but I don't see how an anime like this doesn't get enough attention. At least Monkey Punch's another original anime Musashi Gundoh was so bad (due to its hilarious animation) to the point I find very entertaining.

[Master_Yoma]

Well that was a fun anime and that old dude was just awesome just so perverted


8/10 its just a shame that it more popular