And its good points more than make up for its flaws.
#Sengoku basara 2 ep 1 series#
I'll admit that some of the characters are fairly shallow (a couple don't even have any personality at all), but given the source material (the SB games have a LOT more action than plot) and that the series is so short & so crowded, it does good with what it's got. One character even has a motorcycle handle bars and exhaust pipes on his horse! If you think that sounds over the top.well, thats the whole idea. Several of the characters are even based on actual people.but here they are given flashy, colorful outfits that make them look like medieval superheroes/villains, wield badass kung-fu weapons, have nicknames like "One-Eyed Dragon", "Tiger of Kai" and "The Devil King", spout dialog that sounds like Sheakespeare on testosterone (it's cooler than it sounds), and use Dragon Ball Z-style super powered martial-arts moves that boldly defy the laws of physics. You see, the "Sengoku" of the title refers to the "Sengoku" or "Warring States" period of Japanese history, which lasted over 100 years and saw constant battle as numerous factions fought for territory and control. And he is coming for Oda Nobunaga's head, and for ultimate supremacy!īased on a video game series that itself turned Japanese history into a comic book, this is the coolest anime show I've seen in quite some time.
He is known as Date Masamune, the One-Eyed Dragon. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2 Episode 13 English Dubbed Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2 Episode 12 English Dubbed. But now, a young general clad in azure makes his unexpected appearance in this confused scenario, heading a huge army of cavalrymen from the Northern provinces. He was the lord of Owari, the Sixth Heavenly Devil King. In this never-ending conflict, one man finally seemed to be just one step from establishing total control over the country. As war spread throughout the country, the map of power underwent rapid and dramatic changes. They were Takeda Shingen from Kai, Sanada Yukimura, Uesugi Kenshin from Echigo, Azai Nagamasa from Omi, Tokugawa Ieyasu from Mikawa, and many more. Ambitious daimyos from every corner of the Archipelago had shouted their battle cry. In the age of the Warring Countries, Japan was fragmented in semi-independent provinces, governed by feudal lords or daimyo, who confronted each other in an endless struggle for power.