SWORDGAI The Animation

SWORDGAI The Animation is a 2018 web anime series based on the manga series with the same name written by Toshiki Inoue, character illustrations by Keita Amemiya, and scenario illustrations by Wosamu Kine. It was serialized and published in Hero's Inc.'s Monthly Hero's magazine from 2012 to 2015, with a total of 6 volumes.

The ONA series was animated by LandQ Studios, directed by Tomohito Naka, chief directed by Takahiro Ikezoe, and premiered worldwide on Netflix on March 23, 2018, consisting of 12 episodes. The second season of the series was released on July 30, 2018, consisting of 12 episodes. Thus making the series consisting overall of 24 episodes.

It was originally scheduled to air in April of 2016, but was delayed indefinetly until Netflix streamed the series a few years later.

On March 30, 2021, Sentai Filmworks's home video distributor Section23 Films announced that the series would have a Blu-Ray release in late June, which was released on June 29, 2021^[1].

Synopsis

History is strewn with legendary cursed weapons. Those who bond with them can gain great power but are also prone to being taken over and going on bloody rampages; those who irrevocably become so are called Busoma. An organization called Shohidai is dedicated to collecting these weapons and finding a way to treat those bonded to them, even if that means putting them in cold sleep to slow the rate of their conversion to Busoma. Even the Shoshidai's own members aren't immune to the allure of the cursed weapons, as their director Miura gets sucked in by Zsoltgewinn, the most powerful blade.

Meanwhile, a heavily pregnant woman comes into contact with the cursed sword Shiryu but takes her own life before the bloodlust can consume her. The boy she birthed beforehand is raised as Gai by a weaponsmith, but Gai's destiny is forever linked to Shiryu, which the smith uses to create an artificial arm for Gai.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Shoshidai
	Gai Ogata Shiryu of the Shadows	Yūto Uemura	Khoi Dao
	Gai Ogata Shiryu of the Shadows	Ayaka Nanase (young)	¿?
	Seiya Ichijō Chakram	Yuichiro Umehara	Billy Kametz
	Kyōka Kagami	Rina Satō	Erica Lindbeck
	Kyōka Kagami	Rina Satō	Erica Lindbeck
	Naoki Miki Fallgon & Halberd	Tomokazu Sugita	Greg Chun
	Marcus Lithos Azoth	Hiro Shimono	Zach Aguilar
	Mystery Face A	Takaya Hashi	Kyle Hebert
	Mystery Face B	Masaaki Yano	Paul Stewart
	Mystery Face C	Shinnosuke Ogami	Patrick Seitz
	Mina Hiraya Aya Takagi	Yū Shimamura	Mela Lee
Busoma / Armed Demons
	Grimms	Takaya Kuroda	Chris Tergliafera
	Takuma Miura Zsoltgewinn	Toshihiko Seki	Patrick Seitz
	Arnys	Michiko Neya	Michelle Ruff
	Midoriko Flamberge	Ayane Sakura	Faye Mata
	Yasuko Tanaka Galon Hammer	Urara Takano	Jessica Gee
	Issei Ariga Nebestigma	Kōhei Murakami	Steve Staley
	Tatsumi Tonbokiri	Kenji Hamada	Austin Lee Matthews
Matoba Group
	Kazuma Matoba	Takaya Hashi	Richard Epcar
	Shin Matoba Shiryu	Nobunaga Shimazaki	Griffin Burns
	Shin Matoba Shiryu	Nobunaga Shimazaki	Cristina Vee (young)
	Rie Matoba	Maria Naganawa	Xanthe Huynh
Gabishu
	Himiko	Maaya Uchida	Lauren Landa
	Kazumo	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Xander Mobus
	Soin	Shunsuke Takeuchi	Richard Epcar
	Kuromaru Iron Maiden	Ayumu Murase	Laura Stahl
Humans
	Sayaka Ogata	Yūka Aisaka	Kayli Mills
	Sayaka Ogata	Yūka Aisaka	Kayli Mills
	Amon Ogata	Jōji Nakata	Jamieson Price
	Kigetsu	Masaharu Satō	John DeMita
	Leader	Shinya Fukumatsu	TBA
	Wakaba	Tomoe Hanba	Allegra Clark
	Takashi	Yūto Uemura	Steve Staley
	Hakim	Kōsuke Toriumi	Chris Hackney
	Kiyomi	Hitomi Harada	Cristina Vee
	Erika Saeki	Ami Koshimizu	Erika Harlacher
	Toshio Tanabe	Masaaki Yano	Christopher Niosi
	Kei	Sumi Shimamoto	Philece Sampler
	Shoko	Haruka Shiraishi	Allegra Clark
	Sayori	Akane Fujita	Michelle Ruff
	Kagatsuka	Junichi Yanagita	Jordan Reynolds
Others
	Herero Dragon	TBA	TBA

Additional Voices[]

Credits[]

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date(s)	Category	Format	Content		Classification	Country
	March 23, 2018	TV Series / Netflix Original Series	Digital	Season 1	12 eps.	TV-MA	United States
	July 30, 2018	TV Series / Netflix Original Series	Digital	Season 2	12 eps.	TV-MA	United States

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
	2021		The Complete Series	A DVB-T	United States
	2021		3 Discs	A DVB-T	United States

References[]

↑ Section23 Films Announces June Slate

External Links[]

SWORDGAI The Animation at the Internet Movie Database.
SWORDGAI The Animation (ONA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
SWORDGAI The Animation on Behind The Voice Actors.

[1] Section23 Films Announces June Slate

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