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Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys!

Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys!

20226.11 Season12 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

In an era when samurai ruled Japan, the Zomen no Oni wiped out all but one member of the Shinsengumi. A top-secret replacement operation is executed to protect the security of Kyoto—seven criminals are chosen as doubles to replace the Shinsengumi while being led by Ichibanboshi, whose parents were also killed by the Zomen no Oni. Now’s their time to shine the brightest!

Created by Tetsuo Hirakawa
Written by Tetsuo Hirakawa
Produced by Kang Yue, Kotaro Asanuma
NetworksTokyo MX

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Top Cast

Gen Sato

Gen Sato

Ichibanboshi (voice)

Shunichi Toki

Shunichi Toki

Sakuya (voice)

Sumire Uesaka

Sumire Uesaka

Akira (voice)

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Heisuke Todo (voice)

Yuto Uemura

Yuto Uemura

Suzuran (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Sougen (voice)

Wataru Takagi

Wataru Takagi

Gyatarou (voice)

Fukushi Ochiai

Fukushi Ochiai

Bo (voice)

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Themes & Keywords

samuraibattleshinsengumianimebakumatsu

About Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys!

Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys! is a animation, action & adventure, drama series that first aired in 2022 exploring themes of samurai, battle, shinsengumi, anime, bakumatsu. Created by Tetsuo Hirakawa, it stars Gen Sato, Shunichi Toki, Sumire Uesaka. In an era when samurai ruled Japan, the Zomen no Oni wiped out all but one member of the Shinsengumi. A top-secret replacement operation is executed to protect the security of Kyoto—seven criminals are chosen as doubles to replace the Shinsengumi while being led by Ichibanboshi, whose parents were also killed by the Zomen no Oni. Now’s their time to shine the brightest!

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