Starring
Ryô HirohashiMegumi ToyoguchiHouko KuwashimaKatsuyuki KonishiDaisuke SakaguchiAkira Ishida
Written by
Masahiro Totsuka
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Bamboo Blade Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.3 |
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About
Tamaki’s reflexes catch the eye of Toraji, an awful Kendo instructor. His only hope for redemption: sign Tamaki as his star pupil. If Toraji can make her feel like part of the team, he might turn his girls into a fearsome sisterhood of the bamboo blade!
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Season 12007
9.12862610h 49m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | A Bamboo Broom and a Champion of Justice | 8.8 | 18 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Blade Bravers and Boxed Lunch | 8.7 | 13 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Black and Blue | 9.2 | 12 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Pink and Blue | 9.1 | 12 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Muroe High and Machido High | 9.4 | 12 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Tamaki Kawazoe and the Tardy Braver | 9.4 | 12 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Sushi and Mince Meat Cutlets | 9.0 | 12 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Tama and Part-time Work | 9.3 | 11 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Kojiro and the Crossroads of Fate | 9.3 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Miyako Miyazaki's Melancholy and the First Tournament | 9.0 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Animation and Dreams | 8.9 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Azuma's Circumstances and Mei's Circumstances | 8.9 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Teachers and Students | 8.9 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Satorin's Resolve and Nomming | 8.9 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | First Training Camp and First Public Bath | 9.3 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Kirino's Absence and the Preliminary Tournament | 9.1 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | Light and Shadow | 9.3 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | The Tournament and Muroe High After That | 9.1 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | The Armadillo and the Pangolin | 9.0 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | Braver and Shinaider | 9.1 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | Tamaki Kawazoe and Rin Suzuki | 9.1 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | Winners and Losers | 9.1 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Lie and Silence | 9.3 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | The Sword and the Way | 9.4 | 12 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | Kendo and What it Brings About | 9.4 | 10 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | "Since Then" and "From Here on Out" | 9.3 | 12 | 24 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Ryô Hirohashi Tamaki Kawazoe
Megumi Toyoguchi Kirino Chiba
Houko Kuwashima Miyako Miyazaki
Katsuyuki Konishi Toraji Ishida
Daisuke Sakaguchi Yuji Nakata
Akira Ishida Danjuro Eiga
Cherami Leigh Tamaki Kawazoe
Ian Sinclair Toraji Ishida
J. Michael Tatum Additional Voices
Vic Mignogna Additional Voices
Crew
Masahiro Totsuka
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