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TV series

The Elusive Samurai

Original title: 逃げ上手の若君

2024 · Ended

Overview

Set between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, during the Kenmu Restoration, the story follows the tale of Hojo Tokiyuki, a boy on the run after his family is overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji. With his only allies being a shady priest and his followers, the young lord must seek revenge and regain his glory, with his only weapon: a superhuman ability to flee and hide.

Cast

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Asaki YuikawaTokiyuki Hojo (voice)

Yuichi NakamuraYorishige Suwa (voice)

Hinaki YanoShizuku (voice)

Mari HinoKojiro (voice)

Sayumi SuzushiroAyako (voice)

Aoi YukiKazama Genba (voice)

Kikunosuke ToyaFubuki (voice)

Nina HanamiyaMima Sasaki (voice)

Toshiki MasudaYoshisue Shibukawa (voice)

Yuu HayashiTsuneie Iwamatsu (voice)

Yasuyuki KaseNoriaki Uesugi (voice)

Ayumu MuraseMajogoro Shiba (voice)

TMDB ID: 222623 ↗
First aired: 2024-07-06
Last aired: 2026-10-02
Status: Ended
Episode runtime: 24 min
Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure
Creators: Unknown
Countries: JP
Languages: Japanese

Ratings

TMDB audience7.7/1054 votes

Family guidance

Age ratings

—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)

—Not rated in Spain (ES)

—Not rated in France (FR)

TV-14United States of America (US)

This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.

—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)

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All regional certifications (8)

TV-14United States of America (US)

This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.

MAustralia (AU)

Recommended for mature audiences; M-rated content may only be broadcast between 8:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on any day, and additionally between 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on schooldays.

16Brazil (BR)

Content suitable for viewers over the age of 16.

TV-14Puerto Rico (PR)

No additional details available.

M18Singapore (SG)

No additional details available.

12+Taiwan (TW)

Not suitable for viewing by children under the age of twelve, split from the former rating Parental Guidance.

น 15+Thailand (TH)

Nor 15+ Movies appropriate for audiences aged 15 and older. Some violence, brutality, inhumanity, bad language or indecent gestures allowed.

TV-14US Virgin Islands (VI)

No additional details available.

Seasons

Specials1 episodes

Season 112 episodes

Season 212 episodes

Crew

Directing14

Yusuke KawakamiDirector, Assistant Director Yuta YamazakiSeries Director, Director Yuichiro KomuroDirector Nanase TomiiDirector Yoshihiro HiramineDirector Youko KikuchiDirector Qiu ChengruiDirector Ai SunadokeiDirector Ayako KurataDirector Yasushi TomodaDirector Midori YuiDirector Yosuke YamamotoDirector Arifumi ImaiDirector Akari KiyunaDirector

Writing5

Yusei MatsuiComic Book, Original Story Yoriko TomitaWriter, Series Composition Rino YamazakiWriter Dai KatarayamaWriter Dai HashiyamaWriter

Production13

Yuichi FukushimaProducer Miho MatsumotoProducer Tomoyuki OhwadaProducer Michio KaibaProducer Amiko YamamotoProduction Supervisor Akifumi FujioExecutive Producer Hiroyuki ShimizuExecutive Producer Aina NemotoProducer Rieko NagamineProducer Masanori MiyakeExecutive Producer Tatsuro HayashiExecutive Producer Nobuhiro NakayamaExecutive Producer Naoto ShojiProducer

Editing1

Daisuke HirakiEditor

Art19

Yusei MatsuiOriginal Series Design taracodArt Designer Haruhi InoueProp Designer Ayumi KojimaArt Direction TakaoArt Designer takaoArt Designer Yusuke KawakamiStoryboard Artist Yuichiro KomuroStoryboard Artist Yuta YamazakiStoryboard Artist Nanase TomiiStoryboard Artist Yoshie WasanoBackground Designer Tomohiro MorishitaBackground Designer Yuri SatoBackground Designer Akari KiyunaStoryboard Artist Ayako KurataStoryboard Artist Youko KikuchiStoryboard Artist Yoshihiro HiramineStoryboard Artist Qiu ChengruiStoryboard Artist Arifumi ImaiStoryboard Artist

Sound7

Akiyuki TateyamaOriginal Music Composer Akiko FujitaSound Director Koki AdaniyaMusic Director, Music Producer Tomokazu MiiSound Effects Anna YoshiharaMusic Producer, Music Director BotchiBoromaruTheme Song Performance Masaharu YamanouchiMusic Producer

Visual effects181

Yasushi NishiyaAnimation Director, Key Animation, Supervising Animation Director, Character Designer Kazuko NakashimaColor Designer Katsuaki MiyajiCGI Director Ren JieCGI Director Hozo ArisawaCGI Director Kenta CorcoranAnimation Director, Key Animation Ruka ShojiAnimation, Key Animation Maya ShindoKey Animation, Animation Director Mari TomitaKey Animation, Animation Director NogyaKey Animation, Animation Director Yuka YoshikawaKey Animation goggletokkiKey Animation, Animation Yuki ItoKey Animation, Animation Director Keisuke KobayashiKey Animation, Animation Director Ryota ArimaAnimation Director, Key Animation Sakika SuzukiAnimation Director, Key Animation Saki TakahashiKey Animation, Animation Director Shichiza NakamuraKey Animation Kanako HigashiKey Animation Shuhei MiwaAnimation Director, Key Animation Aya TakanoAnimation Director, Key Animation Takashi MiyauchiAnimation Director, Key Animation KeroriraKey Animation 8doAnimation, Key Animation Lin RuhaiKey Animation Mahmoud MoftahAnimation, Key Animation Wu TingyiKey Animation, Animation Director bs_kimKey Animation Akitoshi YoshinoAnimation Director, Key Animation Shoka SugiyamaKey Animation Akira HamaguchiKey Animation Sakura PokariKey Animation Shouta SannomiyaKey Animation Jun YamazakiAnimation Director BijiKey Animation Atsunori OkamotoKey Animation Shinnosuke OtaAnimation Director, Key Animation kagaminoriKey Animation Kenji SawadaKey Animation Chiemi NishikawaKey Animation Ayumi NagayamaKey Animation, Animation Director Lim Ju-eunKey Animation, Animation Director Qiu ChengruiKey Animation Hu ZongdiKey Animation MaikoKey Animation Yasuho TamuraKey Animation hoodieboiKey Animation Hatsue KoizumiKey Animation, Animation Director Tomoyoshi TsuchiyaKey Animation Keishu YoneharaKey Animation Aiko WakatsukiKey Animation, Animation Director KokonokaKey Animation Yuyu BandoKey Animation Miki YokoyamaKey Animation AmphibiKey Animation Kazumasa IshidaKey Animation, Animation Director Ayaka HozumiKey Animation Muhammad PalmerKey Animation Yui YokoyamaKey Animation Toshiyuki SatoKey Animation Akari HimuroKey Animation, Animation Director Xie FengtaoKey Animation Yuusei KoumotoKey Animation Tomoki OgawaKey Animation RaisuKey Animation Youko KikuchiKey Animation Sakura WatabeKey Animation Zhang YunKey Animation Yuya UetakeAnimation Director Ichiro KitaKey Animation Keiko UotaKey Animation Marin InaiKey Animation Momoka UchidaKey Animation 36.5°CKey Animation Hayate NakamuraKey Animation Fuma TashiroKey Animation Aoi KakinumaKey Animation Yusuke KawakamiKey Animation Yuka MasudaKey Animation Wu JiazhenKey Animation Haruto ArimaKey Animation HimechiKey Animation Sayaka KoisoKey Animation StringDKey Animation Ding DoKey Animation Hiroto NakagawaKey Animation Hironori TanakaKey Animation Li XuKey Animation Keiko NakajiKey Animation Yuto OkumuraKey Animation Ayano KuramochiKey Animation Hiroaki NakamichiKey Animation KIKey Animation Yuu YoshiyamaKey Animation Nozomi BeniyaKey Animation Li XinyuKey Animation GitsAshAnimation Tomohiro KawaharaKey Animation Tetsuya YoshimotoKey Animation Mami TakaishiKey Animation Ayako KurataKey Animation Hideyuki SatakeKey Animation Unaka ShinshuKey Animation Huang YuxuanKey Animation Kyohei EbataKey Animation Takaharu ArahiraKey Animation Yang XianrunKey Animation Keisuke OkuraKey Animation Yuusuke YamamotoKey Animation Deng YuanfangKey Animation aniAnimation Liu WeihangKey Animation Maiko KobayashiKey Animation Jinya OnukiKey Animation Takumi IshikawaKey Animation Daisuke MurataKey Animation Ken TakahashiKey Animation Kazuhiro MiwaKey Animation Haruhito UsuiKey Animation Kaku NaitouKey Animation Harumi OzekiKey Animation Kyoshiro GotoKey Animation Higashiko HasegawaKey Animation tomadoKey Animation Bao HaiKey Animation Yuri NakajimaAnimation Director Ken SeoKey Animation Shogo YamakitaKey Animation Hong YianKey Animation Ken ImaizumiKey Animation Shiro ShibataKey Animation Nagisa TaharaKey Animation Yousuke ToyamaKey Animation FASTOKey Animation Mizuki NakaneAnimation Masataka KawaiKey Animation Kanako AwadaKey Animation Yuki AkutagawaKey Animation Wang JunjieKey Animation Ryo KodamaKey Animation Chihiro TanakaKey Animation Yu ChiKey Animation Shun EnokidoKey Animation Yuki SuzukiKey Animation Takahito SakazumeKey Animation hajikkonekoKey Animation Junpei ChikazawaKey Animation Momoko GokyuKey Animation Seitetsu UnetaniKey Animation Chen ChanganKey Animation Airi SekinoKey Animation Yamihen EkiKey Animation Kenji IwataKey Animation Keiji ShigesawaKey Animation Youhei YaegashiKey Animation Vongprai PholtaraKey Animation Akari KiyunaKey Animation Akito TakahashiKey Animation Koshou IttakuKey Animation Masaki YamadaAnimation Director Zhang JiahaoKey Animation h. sKey Animation Maya YamadaKey Animation Masaho HoriKey Animation Sou MiyazakiKey Animation Mumei FukamiKey Animation Yoko YamamotoKey Animation Aya KobayashiKey Animation Yuugen_RBKey Animation Li KooKey Animation Enrico NobiliKey Animation Sayo KunoKey Animation Etsuko KawanoKey Animation Theo KowalKey Animation Takamitsu KondouKey Animation Shuichi TeruyaKey Animation Ye XinKey Animation Shun ShibataKey Animation Mitsuko BabaKey Animation Yukina KosakaKey Animation Chen WeiliKey Animation

Camera1

Yuya SakumaDirector of Photography

Crew1

Chiemi IrisaSpecial Effects

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