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Basilisk is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masaki Segawa. It was published in Japan in 2003 and 2004 in Kodansha's Young Magazine Uppers magazine, based on the novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada published in 1958. The anime, produced in 2005 by Gonzo, closely follows the manga aside from a handful of distinctions. The manga won the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga. Segawa continued producing serialized adaptations of Futaro Yamada's novels with The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls in 2005, Yama Fu-Tang in 2010, and Jū: Ninpō Makai Tensei in 2012. Additionally, a two-part novel sequel titled TheOuka Ninja Scrolls: Basilisk New Chapter , penned by Masaki Yamada, was published in 2015 with illustrations by Segawa; a manga adaptation, Basilisk: TheOuka Ninja Scrolls , illustrated by Tatsuya Shihira with character designs by Masaki Segawa, began serialization in 2017, and an anime adaptation by Seven Arcs Pictures premiered in January 2018.
Original Release
04/12/2005
US Release
08/08/2006
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Laura Bailey | Oboro Iga |
Nana Mizuki | Oboro Iga / Iga Oboro |
Kosuke Toriumi | Gennosuke Kouga / Kouga Gennosuke |
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 |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Sôshi sôsatsu | Tuesday, 12 April 2005 |
2 | Taidô niba | Tuesday, 19 April 2005 |
3 | Kyôchû muzan | Tuesday, 26 April 2005 |
4 | The Horned Owl | Tuesday, 03 May 2005 |
5 | Shinobi no rikugi | Tuesday, 10 May 2005 |
6 | Kôrui renbo | Tuesday, 17 May 2005 |
7 | Hitohada jigoku | Tuesday, 24 May 2005 |
8 | Chikemuri mujô | Tuesday, 31 May 2005 |
9 | Aizetsu rin'u | Tuesday, 07 June 2005 |
10 | Shinso gojô | Tuesday, 14 June 2005 |
11 | Sekireki mukoku | Tuesday, 21 June 2005 |
12 | Tsuisô gentô | Tuesday, 28 June 2005 |
13 | Kochô ranbu | Tuesday, 05 July 2005 |
14 | Sange kaikyô | Tuesday, 12 July 2005 |
15 | Hatô gokumon | Tuesday, 19 July 2005 |
16 | Kaihô tanga | Tuesday, 26 July 2005 |
17 | Konmei rubô | Tuesday, 02 August 2005 |
18 | Mumyô futsugyô | Tuesday, 09 August 2005 |
19 | Môjo kanbô | Tuesday, 16 August 2005 |
20 | Jinji ryûryû | Tuesday, 23 August 2005 |
21 | Misatsu no kagerô | Tuesday, 30 August 2005 |
22 | Kikoku shûshû | Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
23 | Mugen hôyô | Tuesday, 13 September 2005 |
24 | Raise kaikô | Tuesday, 20 September 2005 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Laura Bailey | Oboro Iga |
Nana Mizuki | Oboro Iga / Iga Oboro |
Kosuke Toriumi | Gennosuke Kouga / Kouga Gennosuke |
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 |
Wataru Hatano | Chikuma Koshiro / Youth Danjo |
John Burgmeier | Chikuma Koshiro |
Risa Hayamizu | Kagerou / Kagero |
Yôji Ueda | Kisaragi Saemon |
Miyuki Sawashiro | Hotarubi / Iga Ogen / Youth Ogen |
Stephanie Young | Kagero |
Jason Liebrecht | Kisaragi Saemon |
J. Paul Slavens | Amayo Jingoro |
Ken Uo | Amayo Jingoro |
Colleen Clinkenbeard | Hotarubi / Kunichiyo |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gen Fukunaga | Executive Producer |
Carly Hunter | Producer |
Justin Cook | Producer |
Mike McFarland | Producer |