Hakuouki: Wild Dance of Kyoto

Aug 24, 2013

1h 35m

★ 6.0

If there's something you want to protect, become a demon.

Overview

There's a war going on in ancient Kyoto. A war fought in shadows, between the forces of the Shogunate's armed enforcers, the Shinsengumi, and the vampire-like Ronin warriors known as the Rasetsu or Furies. And trapped in the middle is a young woman disguised as a man. Seeking her missing father, Chizuru Yukimura comes to Kyoto only to find her fate forever intertwined with the destinies of Shinsengumi Vice commander Toshizo Hijikata and his elite force of swordsmen. Because Chizuru's father has created a secret elixir that enhances the user's strength, speed and healing, and the furies will do anything and kill anyone in order to control that power!

Genres

Action

Animation

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

THE KLOCKWORX

Geneon Universal Entertainment

Frontier Works

Studio Deen

Hakuouki: Wild Dance of Kyoto Trailers

Cast

Chizuru Yukimura (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Toshizou Hijikata (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Souji Okita (voice)

Showtaro Morikubo

Heisuke Toudou (voice)

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Keisuke Sannan (voice)

Nobuo Tobita

Shinpachi Nagakura (voice)

Tomohiro Tsuboi

Susumu Yamazaki (voice)

Takayuki Suzuki

Kaoru Nagumo (voice)

Youko Itou

Chikage Kazama (voice)

Kenjiro Tsuda

Sanosuke Harade (voice)

Koji Yusa

Hajime Saitou (voice)

Kohsuke Toriumi

Isami Kondo (voice)

Toru Okawa

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