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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

20077.81 Season26 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Balsa the spearwoman is a wandering warrior, who takes on the task of saving lives, in atonement for a past sin. On her journey, she happens to save a prince, and is tasked with becoming his bodyguard. And he is going to need one, for his own father, the emperor, wants him dead. Throughout the story, Balsa's past will come to light and they will uncover mysteries about Chagum's condition while developing a family-like relationship with each other and others.

Created by Shoutarou Suga
Written by Shoutarou Suga, Nahoko Uehashi, Kenji Kamiyama
NetworksNHK BS2

Top Cast

Mabuki Ando

Mabuki Ando

Balsa (voice)

Naoto Adachi

Naoto Adachi

Chagumu

Koji Tsujitani

Koji Tsujitani

Tanda

Ako Mayama

Ako Mayama

Torogai

Mayumi Asano

Mayumi Asano

Toya

Yoshinari Kobayashi

Yoshinari Kobayashi

Sagumu

Takkô Ishimori

Takkô Ishimori

Hibitonan

Hirofumi Nojima

Hirofumi Nojima

Shuga

Hiroshi Naka

Hiroshi Naka

Gakai

Atsushi Ono

Atsushi Ono

Emperor/Rai

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or booksurrogate motheron the runredemptionanimeisekaifantasyadventurefemale bodyguard

About Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit is a animation, action & adventure, drama, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2007 exploring themes of based on novel or book, surrogate mother, on the run, redemption, anime, isekai. Created by Shoutarou Suga, it stars Mabuki Ando, Naoto Adachi, Koji Tsujitani. Balsa the spearwoman is a wandering warrior, who takes on the task of saving lives, in atonement for a past sin. On her journey, she happens to save a prince, and is tasked with becoming his bodyguard. And he is going to need one, for his own father, the emperor, wants him dead. Throughout the story, Balsa's past will come to light and they will uncover mysteries about Chagum's condition while developing a family-like relationship with each other and others.

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