Basilisk
2005 • GONZO
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2005
- Episodes
- 24
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- GONZO · GDH · Funimation · Kodansha
- Genres
- Action · Adventure · Drama · Romance
The heirs to the Kouga and Iga ninja clans, Gennosuke and Oboro, hoped the unsteady truce between their tribes would last—but fate denies the lovers, thrusting their people into war after centuries of peace. The terms are set on two scrolls. One bears a list of Kouga warriors. The other holds a list of those who fight for Iga. The names found on these scrolls can only be crossed out in blood.
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Basilisk: The Koga Ninja Scrolls was produced by the studio GONZO and released in 2005. It is an adaptation of the 1958 historical novel The Koga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada, reimagined with a stylized, high-contrast aesthetic typical of the mid-2000s anime boom. The series is set during the early Edo period and follows the tragic, Romeo-and-Juliet-inspired conflict between the Iga and Koga ninja clans, who are forced into a battle to the death to determine the next shogunate.
The character designs were handled by Michinori Chiba, who emphasized distinct, ornate silhouettes to differentiate the diverse cast of ninjas, each possessing surreal and grotesque supernatural abilities. Upon its release, the series was received as a dark, intense take on the period drama genre, praised for its visceral action sequences and uncompromising tone, which helped solidify GONZO's reputation for experimental visual storytelling at the time.
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