Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto

Intrigue in the Bakumatsu - Irohanihoheto is a 2006 original net animation series created by Ryōsuke Takahashi and Hajime Yatate.

It was animated by Sunrise, directed by Ryōsuke Takahashi and Yoshimitsu Ōashi, and was broadcasted on the Japanese Internet streaming channel, GyaO from October 6, 2006 to April 6, 2007, consisting of 26 episodes.

Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime, produced an English Dub, and released the anime on Blu-ray and DVD on September 4, 2012 and November 27, 2012.

Synopsis

In the final years of the Bakumatsu, wandering mercenary Yojiro Akizuki travels the length and breadth of Japan. And while he employs his sword in the usual fashion, he also uses it to help him locate supernatural items which he pursues with single-minded determination, often with bloody results. In the course of his quest, he crosses paths with a traveling theater group whose members have their own dark agenda. Is it a chance meeting or the result of some, as yet, undiscovered conspiracy?

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Yōjirō Akizuki	Daisuke Namikawa	Houston Hayes
Benimaru	Etsuko Kozakura	Kalin Coates
Kōzō Shiranui	Junichi Suwabe	David Matranga
Sotetsu Ibaragi	Kazuhiko Inoue	Illich Guardiola
Takeaki Enomoto	Kazuhiro Nakata	Mike Yager
Kakashi no Keishin	Kenji Nomura	Steve Fenley
Sakyonosuke Kanna	Kōsuke Toriumi	Clint Bickham
Ebisu no Zukin	Masahito Yabe	Greg Ayres
Toshizō Hijikata	Nobuyuki Hiyama	John Gremillion
Kakunojo Yuyama	Rina Satou	Emily Neves
Kaishu Katsu	Shōto Kashii	David Wald
Zagashira	Takashi Nagasako	Carl Masterson
Jube Nakaiya	Tetsuo Komura	John Swasey
Kobako	Yuki Matsuoka	Brittney Karbowski
Kai Shimada	Kenji Nomura	Brett Weaver
Ryōma Sakamoto	Kōichi Yamadera	Andrew Love
Takamori Saigō	Tanuki Sugino	Rob Mungle
Tetsunosuke Ichimura	Naomi Shindō	Connor Leach
Koma no Shouten-sama	Kōsei Yagi	John Kaiser
Kotoha	Mie Sonozaki	Carli Mosier
Narration	Masane Tsukayama	Andy McAvin

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s)
Kyunosuke Masumitsu	Masato Amada	Jessie James Grelle	1
Kyunosuke Masumitsu	Masato Amada	Christopher Ayres	5, 7
Tesshu Yamaoka	Tōru Ōkawa	Christopher Ayres	1
Tesshu Yamaoka	Tōru Ōkawa	Mark X. Laskowski	5, 7-8, 10
Tsuginosuke Kawai	Takeharu Ōnishi	Mark X. Laskowski	1-2
Genba Hario	Tanuki Sugino	George Manley	2
T.B. Glover	Tōru Ōkawa	Scotty Fults	2-3
Magozo Saiga	Tomohisa Asō	Christopher Ayres	3-4
Kurota Karasuma	Masahiro Ogata	Kalob Martinez	5-6
Geasai Hachisuka	¿?	Rob Mungle	5-6
Meifu Hata	Naoki Bandō	Jessie James Grelle	5, 7-8
Hanjirō Nakamura	Osamu Sakuta	Bobby Linhart	7
Hanjirō Nakamura	Osamu Sakuta	Kalob Martinez	8
Tatsugoro Shinmon	Naoki Bando	Andy McAvin	6, 9-14
Masujiro Omura	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Christopher Ayres	9-10
Soji Okita	Takuma Takewaka	Leraldo Anzaldua
Oryou	Rei Dan	Tiffany Grant
Rook	Masahito Yabe	Greg Ayres	14-18
Geisha 2	Junko Hagimori	Genevieve Simmons	15
Geisha 3	Hisayo Yanai	Caitlynn French	15
Okoma	Maya Okamoto	Luci Christian	15, 25
Onodera	¿?	Scotty Fults	18
Riku	Yuri Sawaya	Luci Christian	19-20
Ryoun Takamatsu	Moriya Endō	Kalob Martinez	19-20, 22, 24, 26
Yoda	¿?	Mark X. Laskowski	19, 22, 24
Mitsu	Masako Katsuki	Shelley Calene-Black	20
Gengo Koga	¿?	Christopher Ayres	21
Nakagoro Togo	¿?	Eric Daugherty	21
Ikunosuke Arai	¿?	David Wald	21-22
Taro Matsudaira	¿?	Jon Duckworth	21-22
Ryosuke Kuroda	Minoru Inada	Mark X. Laskowski	21, 24-25
Kumakichi Yanagawa	¿?	Scotty Fults	22, 25-26