Samurai Flamenco | |
Cover of the first DVD and Blu-ray of the series
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サムライフラメンコ (Samurai Furamenko) |
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Genre | Superhero, comedy-drama |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Takahiro Omori |
Written by | Hideyuki Kurata |
Music by | Agehasprings Kenji Tamai |
Studio | Manglobe |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
Original run | October 10, 2013 – March 27, 2014 |
Episodes | 22 |
Manga | |
Samurai Flamenco: Another Days | |
Written by | Seiko Takagi |
Published by | Square Enix |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | G Fantasy |
Original run | October 18, 2013 – July 18, 2014 |
Volumes | 2 |
Samurai Flamenco (サムライフラメンコ Samurai Furamenko?) is a television anime series directed by Takahiro Omori at Manglobe. It started airing on Fuji TV's noitaminA block on October 10, 2013. It focuses on Masayoshi Hazama, a young adult who aspires to become a superhero despite having no superpowers. In doing so, he meets several people who support his cause. Aniplex of America has licensed the series for North America. A manga series by Seiko Takagi was also published by Square Enix.
Male model Masayoshi Hazama decides to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero, despite having no superpowers or the technology to create a high-powered suit. He becomes the hero Samurai Flamenco and begins to fight crime in the name of justice. Police officer Hidenori Gotō finds out about Samurai Flamenco and his real identity by a twist of fate, which leads to him getting involved into lots of trouble, especially when they come across enemies that were not thought to exist outside of fiction. Nonetheless, these two young men will come face to face with hardships of being crime-fighters while discovering what it truly means to be a hero of justice.
The series, directed by Takahiro Omori and written by Hideyuki Kurata, began airing on Fuji TV's noitamina programming block from October 10, 2013 and is being simulcast by Crunchyroll. The episodes are being collected in both DVD and Blu-ray volumes with the first being released on December 25, 2013. The series is licensed by Aniplex of America in North America, Anime Limited in the United Kingdom, and Madman Entertainment in Australia.