Shigurui: Death Frenzy is a 2007 anime series based on the manga with the same name written and illustrated by Takayuki Yamaguchi. It was published by Akita Shonen and ran from August 2003 to September 2010 with a total of 15 volumes.
The anime series was animated by Madhouse, directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, and aired in Japan originally from July 19, 2007 to October 12, 2007, consisting of 12 episodes. Funimation licensed the series and produced an English Dub which was released on March 10, 2009.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Gennosuke Fujiki | Daisuke Namikawa | John Burgmeier | |
| Seigen Irako | Nozomu Sasaki | J. Michael Tatum | |
| Mie Iwamoto | Hōko Kuwashima | Laura Bailey | |
| Kogan Iwamoto | Seizō Katō | Jerry Russell | |
| Kazuki Yao (young) | |||
| Lady Iku | Emi Shinohara | Wendy Powell | |
| Suzunosuke Kondō | Mitsuko Horie | Sean Michael Teague | |
| Shinpachirō Munakata | Ryūsuke Ōbayashi | Charles Baker | |
| Kurouemon Yamazaki | Bin Shimada | Mark Stoddard | |
| Hikobee Mariko | Minoru Inaba | Bruce Lewis | |
| Sanjūrō Okitsu | Rikiya Koyama | Kent Williams | |
| Mosuke | Masaaki Tsukada | Grant James | |
| Tomoroku | Hidenobu Kiuchi | Christopher Bevins | |
| Yamauchi | Yasuhiro Fujiwara | ||
| Masazumi Honda | Yasuyuki Kase | Daniel Penz | |
| Narrator | Chō | Mike McFarland |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s.) |
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| Takamasa Saegusa (The Lord Izu) |
Shinji Ogawa | Jim Johnson | 1 | |
| Nobumasa Asakura (The Lord Chikugo) |
Osamu Saka | John Gremillion | ||
| Naritsugu Torii (The Lord Tosa) |
Yoshisada Sakaguchi | Cole Brown | ||
| Masahisa Hanbee Hyūga | Motomu Kiyokawa | Kenny Green | ||
| Kanmotsu Watanabe | Yuzuru Fujimoto | Bill Jenkins | ||
| Ōtsubo | Yukitoshi Tokumoto | Todd Haberkorn | 1-3 | |
| Tadanaga Tokugawa | Yūki Matsuda | Barry Yandell | 1, 12 | |
| Munenori Yagyuu | Takashi Kondō | Ben Phillips | 2 | |
| Sadakatsu | ¿? | Jim Johnson | ||
| House Keeper | Asako Dodo | Kim Whalen | ||
| Ichidensai Funaki | Chikao Ōtsuka | Jerry Zumwalt | 3 | |
| Kazuma Funaki | Takashi Kondō | Jeremy Inman | ||
| Hyōma Funaki | Taiten Kusunoki | Chris Rager | ||
| Naotsugu Andō | Masashi Hirose | Kyle Hebert | 4 | |
| Kyōhei Hirose | Yoshihiro Kanemitsu | Brandon Bristow | ||
| Iemon Shigaraki | Kenji Hamada | Taliesin Jaffe | ||
| Noh Song | ¿? | Kent Williams | 5 | |
| O-Yoh | Kyōko Hikami | Juli Erickson | 5-6 | |
| Kamaemon | Kenji Nomura | Daniel Katsük | 7 | |
| Denki | Yoshihiro Kanemitsu | Sean Hennigan | ||
| Hen'yasai Tanba | Yutaka Aoyama | Charles Campbell | ||
| Gunzou | Motoi Koyanagi | Scott Hinze | ||
| Sato | Haruka Kimura | Jamie Marchi | ||
| Heihachirō | Hiromu Kondō | Christopher Bevins | ||
| Kakiemon | Yukitoshi Tokumoto | Anthony Bowling | ||
| Ukon | Tomohisa Asō | Andy Mullins | ||
| Lady in Waiting | Asami Yaguchi | Brina Palencia | ||
| Chikara | ¿? | Kevin M. Connolly | ||
| Jingorō Higaki | Masaki Terasoma | Anthony Bowling | 8 | |
| Steward | Tadahisa Saizen | Ian Sinclair | 9 | |
| Semimaru | Yasuhiro Fujiwara | ¿? | ||
| Tsutanoichi | Yasuyoshi Hara | Jakie Cabe | ||
| Kengyō Shizuhata (School Inspector) |
Shōzō Iizuka | John Swasey | 9-12 | |
| Tadaaki Ono | Ikuya Sawaki | Sonny Strait | 10 | |
| Syume Sudō | Tamio Ōki | Jim Johnson | 11 | |
| Rokurobee Neoya | Katsuhisa Hōki | Robert McCollum | 11-12 | |
| Hanshinken Ibuki | Nobuaki Fukuda | Daniel Penz | ||
| Unryūsau Kanaoka | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | Bob Carter |
Additional Voices[]
- Kenny Green
- Taliesin Jaffe
- Jim Johnson
- Daniel Katsük
- Cherami Leigh
- Brina Palencia
- Daniel Penz
- Ian Sinclair
- Sonny Strait
- Barry Yandell
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| FUNimation Entertainment | 2009 | 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC |
United States | 
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A DVB-T | |||||
External Links[]
- Shigurui: Death Frenzy at the Internet Movie Database
- Shigurui: Death Frenzy (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Shigurui: Death Frenzy on Behind The Voice Actors