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Basilisk

★ 7.8 5K votes 2005–2005 1 season · 24 episodes Ended AT-X
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 7/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 7/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 7/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Laura BaileyNana MizukiKohsuke ToriumiTroy BakerYasushi MiyabayashiBill Jenkins
Starring
Laura BaileyNana MizukiKohsuke ToriumiTroy BakerYasushi MiyabayashiBill Jenkins
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Star-crossed ninjas locked in a death match"

Two rival ninja clans, the Iga and Kouga, are forced by an ancient decree to resume a bloody feud, pitting ten warriors from each side against one another in a fight to the death. Caught in the middle are two young lovers from opposing clans, bound by an arranged marriage neither wants broken. The show is dark, fast, and unapologetically brutal, mixing supernatural ninja powers with tragic romance. It moves briskly through violent duels while building a mournful, doomed atmosphere that lingers past the fighting.

Watch it for

the tragic doomed romance woven through a brutal, stylish ninja death tournament.

Maybe skip if

you dislike heavy bloodshed or stories where tragedy feels inevitable from the start.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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O Pergaminho Secreto dos Kouga2005
7.62K249h 36m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Sôshi sôsatsu7.7
10824 min
▶2Taidô niba7.3
9224 min
▶3Kyôchû muzan7.6
8724 min
▶4The Horned Owl7.6
8424 min
▶5Shinobi no rikugi7.5
8124 min
▶6Kôrui renbo7.5
8024 min
▶7Hitohada jigoku7.7
7924 min
▶8Chikemuri mujô7.9
7824 min
▶9Aizetsu rin'u8.2
8224 min
▶10Shinso gojô6.1
7624 min
▶11Sekireki mukoku7.7
7524 min
▶12Tsuisô gentô7.4
7324 min
▶13Kochô ranbu7.3
7324 min
▶14Sange kaikyô7.8
7424 min
▶15Hatô gokumon7.2
7424 min
▶16Kaihô tanga7.2
7124 min
▶17Konmei rubô7.4
7024 min
▶18Mumyô futsugyô7.4
7124 min
▶19Môjo kanbô7.3
7024 min
▶20Jinji ryûryû7.8
6924 min
▶21Misatsu no kagerô7.7
7024 min
▶22Kikoku shûshû7.8
6924 min
▶23Mugen hôyô8.0
6924 min
▶24Raise kaikô8.4
8824 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Laura Bailey Oboro Iga
Nana Mizuki Oboro Iga
Kohsuke Toriumi Gennosuke Kouga
Troy Baker Gennosuke Kouga
Yasushi Miyabayashi Narrator, Muroga Hyoma
Bill Jenkins Narrator
Show Hayami Yakushiji Tenzen
Mark Stoddard Yakushiji Tenzen
Jennifer Seman Akeginu
Misa Watanabe Akeginu

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