Katanagatari
刀語
Synopsis
In an Edo-era Japan lush with a variety of sword-fighting styles, Shichika Yasuri practices the most unique one: Kyotouryuu, a technique in which the user's own body is wielded as a blade. The enigmatic seventh head of the Kyotouryuu school, Shichika lives quietly in exile with his sister Nanami until one day—the wildly ambitious strategist Togame barges into their lives. Togame brazenly requests that Shichika help in her mission to collect twelve unique swords, known as the "Deviant Blades," for the shogunate. Shichika accepts, interested in the girl herself rather than petty politics, and thus sets out on a journey. Standing in their way are the fierce wielders of these legendary weapons as well as other power-hungry entities who seek to thwart Togame's objective. In order to prevail against their enemies, the duo must become an unbreakable team as they forge ahead on a path of uncertainty and peril. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Staff

Hariu, Masayuki
Producer

Iwasa, Gaku
Producer

Ozaki, Noriko
Producer

Toba, Yousuke
Producer

Motonaga, Keitarou
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Ebina, Yasunori
Sound Director

Kobayashi, Tomoki
Episode Director, Storyboard

Kobayashi, Kouji
Episode Director

Satou, Shinji
Episode Director, Storyboard

Sokuza, Makoto
Episode Director, Storyboard

Tanaka, Motoki
Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation

Decouzon, Mélanie
Script

Machida, Touko
Script

Uezu, Makoto
Script, Series Composition

Kodera, Katsuyuki
Storyboard

ALI PROJECT
Theme Song Performance

Annabel
Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics

Faylan
Theme Song Performance

Hata, Aki
Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance

Itsuki, Yui
Theme Song Lyrics

Katou, Tatsuya
Theme Song Arrangement

Kuribayashi, Minami
Theme Song Performance

Nakahara, Mai
Theme Song Performance

Nakayama, Masato
Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement

Nomico
Theme Song Performance
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- "Hakushi Kassai Uta Awase (拍手喝采歌合)" by supercell (noitaminA rebroadcast)
- 1: "Meiya Kadenrou (冥夜花伝廊)" by Minami Kuribayashi (eps 1-7)
- 2: "Katana to Saya (刀と鞘)" by ALI PROJECT (eps 8-12)
Endings
- "Koto no Ha (言ノ葉)" by Piko (noitaminA rebroadcast)
- 1: "Tasogare no Gekka (誰そ彼の月華)" by Yousei Teikoku
- 2: "Refulgence" by Shoujobyo
- 3: "Senbonsenyo no Hamariuta (千本千女の刃毬唄)" by Hata Aki
- 4: "Kyomu no Hana (虚無の華)" by kukui
- 5: "Ai to Makoto (愛と誠)" by Tamura Yukari
- 6: "Yuki no Onna (雪ノ女)" by ALI PROJECT
- 7: "Mayoigo Sagashi (迷い子さがし)" by Nakahara Mai
- 8: "Karakuri Nemuri Dan (からくり眠り談)" by Nomiko
- 9: "Akashi (証)" by Annabel
- 10: "Ina, to Hime wa Subete wo Katarazu (否、と姫は全てを語らず)" by Tomatsu Haruka
- 11: "Bourei-tachi yo Yabou no Hate ni Nemure (亡霊達よ野望の果てに眠れ)" by Faylan
- 12: "Toki Sude ni Hajimari wo Kizamu (時すでに始まりを刻む)" by Kuribayashi Minami
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