Shigurui: Death Frenzy
Shigurui: Death Frenzy

Shigurui: Death Frenzy

At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were fought with wooden swords. This time, real swords will be used. One-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and blind Irako Seigen will fight each other in this match. Both are disciples of Iwamoto Kogan, who is known as Japan's greatest swordsman. Each of them are determined to prove himself the successor of Iwamoto's school. However, there can only be one champion. So begins a story of intertwining fates, conflict, and strange destinies.

At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were fought with wooden swords. This time, real swords will be used. One-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and blind Irako Seigen will fight each other in this match. Both are disciples of Iwamoto Kogan, who is known as Japan's greatest swordsman. Each of them are determined to prove himself the successor of Iwamoto's school. However, there can only be one champion. So begins a story of intertwining fates, conflict, and strange destinies.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Sword Match at Sunpu Castle

Two damaged warriors share a twisted and violent past. Now they must face off within a brutal samurai tournament arrange

EP 2

The Yodare-Azuki Ceremony

Years before the tournament, Gennosuke Fujiki was the stoic star pupil of the Kogan dojo, and Seigen Irako was a brash y

EP 3

Kamaitachi

Once a year, Kogan awakes from his death-like slumber to oversee his dojo. Locked in a decaying state, the master demand

EP 4

A Children's Song

For years, the tormented Lady Iku believed her body was cursed. Children mocked her and the masses fled at her approach.

EP 5

Secret Swordplay Technique Instruction

As questions arise about Seigen's past, Gennosuke disappears from the dojo after being passed over as heir. Master Kogan

EP 6

Birth Cry

Betrayed and seething with anger, Kogan begins the systematic destruction of his former heir. Arrogant Seigen, blinded b

EP 7

Fangs

In the years since Seigen was sent away, packs of rogue samurai have begun wandering dangerously close to the secrets of

EP 8

Chorus of Cicadas

Shortly after his battle with the ronin, Gennosuke finds the mangled head of a comrade – a disturbing warning that cou

EP 9

Tiger Cubs

Mie’s despair over her cruel treatment eats away at her mind. Her body – starved to the point of near paralysis –

EP 10

Kengyou’s House of Punishment

A letter arrives summoning the Kogan clan to the palace of Kengyou Shizuhata. Upon arrival, Shizuhata wastes no time in

EP 11

Moonlight

Seigen has returned, and he is out for blood. Although blinded during his brutal punishment, he appears to have regained

EP 12

Mumyo Sakanagare

As a battered Lady Iku watches, Seigen prepares to extract the full measure of vengeance for his former master’s sins.

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