Bakumatsu

The Bakumatsu was an era in which the souls of young men burned with anxiety for their country's future. Takasugi Shinsaku, a soldier of fortune from Choshu, sneaks aboard a government ship with his comrade Katsura Kogorou in search of a mysterious "timepiece" with the power to manipulate time that he fears the government wishes to keep for themselves. Rather than allow such power to fall into the wrong hands, Takasugi plans to destroy the artifact, but having obtained it, the artifact is quickly stolen, forcing the pair to follow the mysterious thief to the seat of government in Kyoto. However, when they arrive in the capital, they discover that the government has been overthrown and the deity Susanoo now reigns in its place. The streets of the city and the people in them are much different than Takasugi and Katsura remembered. The times may have changed but their mission hasn't - Takasugi and Katsura resolve to reset time and save their nation from the nefarious forces trying to hijack it.

(Source: Tokyo Otaku Mode)

Katsura, Kogorou Main

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Okita, Souji Main

Yonaga, Tsubasa Japanese

Okada, Izou Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Hijikata, Toshizou Main

Someya, Toshiyuki Japanese

Tokugawa, Yoshinobu Main

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Yamazaki, Susumu Main

Yashiro, Taku Japanese

Saitou, Hajime Main

Tada, Keita Japanese

Sakamoto, Ryouma Main

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Takasugi, Shinsaku Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Seimei Main

Nakajima, Yoshiki Japanese

Shimosato, Satoru Producer

Maeda, Mayu Producer

Wada, Kaoru Producer

Watanabe, Masaki Director

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Dec 1, 2018

sepid_96

Recommended

Preliminary (8/12 eps)

i tried watching this anime out of no where really...i just decided to watch this because the characters seemed gorgeous :D

STORY 6/10 :okay..i agree....the story is not that impressive...but its not that you will not enjoy it at all...there are alot of jokes and fights there for you to watch
there are a bunch of guys who fight against the big bad boss of japan :D thats all really :)))

ART 10/10: art is really perfect...specially the three main characters Shinsaku Takasugi and Ryouma Sakamoto and Kogorou Katsura...other characters are really well animated too.

SOUND 9/10:actually i loved the soundtracks...op and ed both perfect *~*

CHARACTER 8/10:
Shinsaku Takasugi:a charming ... guy with a lot of energy and spirit to save the japan from the big bad boss...he acts recklessly all the time and thats what is interesting about him.

Kogorou Katsura:Shinsaku Takasugi's best friend...he is the cautious one...the smart one which thinks and acts :D but he always gets himself into the same troubles with Shinsaku Takasugi :))))

Ryouma Sakamoto: Shinsaku Takasugi's other friend who pursue this dream of a happy exciting country to build :D

others are just pretty characters running around them really :D :D

ENJOYMENT 7/10: i'm not gonna lie it was so boring for me to watch at first but i got used to the story and characters so it became enjoyable for me :D

OVERALL 7/10: so if you like pretty anime boys fight with swords and running around doing some crazy stuff to defeat the big bad boss of japan this anime is gonna be a good one for you :D

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 16, 2023

PokerHeel

Mixed Feelings

Bakumatsu is really intriguing.

I love the genre and especially the era so I quickly jumped into it. It's beautiful and the characters are endearing.

I would describe this first season as okay, average. The fights are surprisingly nice and everything seems logical, it's fluid, and even if the story can sometimes seem to get a little lost, the atmosphere and the relationship between our two protagonists makes up for its flaws. However, not enough to go beyond 5.

A little bonus point for the antagonist that I really liked. To better describe the anime and better reflect my rating of 5, I would say that it is ... a flower that finished watering after a week. Starts off well, but passable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Dec 21, 2018

bovibea

Not Recommended

I chose to watch this anime as I've started going through a huge phase of loving the history of the bakumatsu period of Japan. First glance, the show looks colourful, the boys look pretty, and the plot line doesn't sound so bad. But that's where it gets you. You can see all my comments on kissanime and how much shade I give it every episode, eventually my comments saying "Me watching this show is now a running gag I have with myself." And that's exactly what this show was; a joke.

Playing with the element of time in any show has to be done well. It ... can't be done in a way where the protaginists stumble upon an obsticle, overcome it, only for it to be restarted with the villain going back in time and replacing that obsticle once again MULTIPLE times. There's no advancement to the plot, the episode feels like a complete waste, and there is no tension built. Not once did this show leave me feeling jittery in anticipation of what was to happen next. All predictable and nothing left to the imagination of the viewer.

All throughout the episodes there are many things that don't make a sliver of sense in the way of logic. You could probably define it as ridiculously OP plot armour, or laziness on the writers' part. It frustrated me the amount of times the makers believed they can get away with not addressing some problem, or even how a resolution came to be, by literally putting it on the backburner and moving on to the next tihng without question. Even characters' intentions were blurry and hard to understand 70% of the time, or why even certain characters existed when they literally did nothing the entire series.

Overall, a waste of time. If you're looking for good story, action, tension and all the good parts that entices an avid anime lover to fall into the trap of "just one more episode" at 2:30am, you won't find it here. I literally only watched this for the ability to write my first negative review, and I have to say watching 12 terrible episodes over 12 weeks while it was airing, albeit leaving me in a laughing fit in disbelief of how terrible this show is, it wasn't worth it. Don't do it to yourself.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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19th Century

by danyelll

9 Entries · 22 Restacks

TV Anime 'Bakumatsu' Gets Sequel

Upon the final broadcast on Friday, it was announced that Bakumatsu TV anime will get a second season. It will broadcast in 2019. Bakumatsu is based on the otome ga...read more

Dec 20, 2018 8:00 PM by tsubasalover | Discuss (16 comments)

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