Brave 10

The action takes place during the Sengoku period , Japan . The brigands attack the Shinto shrine and kill all its inhabitants, but the young priestess Isanami managed to escape. In her hairpin lies the power with which you can conquer the world. She meets a ninja in the forest named Saizo Kirigakure and in despair persuades her to protect her. As the plot develops, more and more volunteers agree to accompany Isanami and Saizo, forming a dozen brave men in the future.

Saizo Kirigakure ( 霧 隠 才 蔵 )

Seiyu : Daisuke Ono

Ninja Iga, before the events, led a lonely lifestyle and is known as a ruthless killer. With difficulty, but agrees to defend Isanami. The pacific and eternally displeased young man. Prone to rudeness, but soon becomes attached to the Isanas and seriously decides to protect her. It is the personification of light.

Isanami (伊佐那 海 )

Seiyu: Rina Sato

The young priestess and the only survivor of the attack on the temple began to follow Saizo and at first bothered him for a long time, from the very beginning trusted him, claiming that Saizo was good. Since she has lived all her life in the temple, she knows little about etiquette and, without a drop of shame, can attack men. Despite its purely positive qualities, it is the personification of darkness, which kills all life. And her hairpin, as it turned out, all this time restrained the power of the powerful dark goddess. Many hunt for her, believing that having tamed her strength, they will be able to rule the world.

Sasuke Sarutobi ( 猿 飛 佐 助 )

Seiyu: Tetsuya Kakihara

Subordinate Sanada. Ninja wears a green suit. The forest has a major advantage. It has a calm and laid-back character, sometimes serious. He loves animals very much and gets along well with them. He owns the magic that controls plants. He is sometimes called a monkey. Personalizes the power of nature / forest.

Yukimura Sanada ( 真 田 幸 村 )

Seiyu: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Famous and rich samurai at the dawn of his fame. Always calm and optimistic, helps the main characters, but does not form the top ten brave men. Good at katana. Decides to use the power of Saizo and Isanami along with the Ten Brave to expand their holdings in the future. After an accident with a local nobleman, he was forced to flee to avoid execution.

Anastasia ( Jap. ア ナ ス タ シ ア )

Seiyu: Yu Asakawa

Ninja Iga. She has unusual blond hair and eyes for the Japanese. For a long time followed the main characters. Controls the magic of ice. But in fact, she turned out to be a spy, whose goal is to get the power of the Isans and the eye of Rokuro, in which valuable information was hidden. In fact, she comes from Europe, from a noble family, but during a storm she was thrown to the coast of Japan, and in order to prove her name, Anastasia must find the heirloom that appears at Hanzo. Thus, he forces her to work for herself. In the end, it turns out that Hanzo’s relic turned out to be a fake. Embodies the ice.

Masamune Date ( Japanese 伊達 政 宗 )

Seiyu: Takehito Koyasu

Famous Samurai. Once he managed to abduct Isanami successfully, but the main characters returned her, but Date does not intend to stop. He was also persuaded by the nobleman to kill Sanada Yukimura, staging an accident, but he managed to recapture the sword from Masamune, who nearly killed the shogun.

Hanzo Hattori ( 服 部 半 蔵 )

Seiyu: Takahiro Sakurai

The main villain of the series. Head of the Five Iga organization. He wears a scarf on his face, very cruel, longs to rule the world in order to achieve his goals, may resort to the most dirty methods, but he is destroyed by the power of darkness by the Isanas.

Kamanosuke Yuri ( 由 利 鎌 之 介 )

Seiyu: Tagaki Motoki

The most mentally unbalanced of the Brave tens, thirsts for a lot of blood. First, he was kidnapped by the Isanami in order to get Saizo's attention for battle, but he is defeated. Then he suddenly falls in love with him and decides to follow him. In her dreams she is a girl and a princess. He owns wind magic and uses sickles on chains as a weapon. Embodies the power of the wind.

Judo Kakei ( Japanese 筧 十 蔵 )

Seiyu: Ryotaro Okiyayu

One of the subordinates of Sanada. As a weapon, he uses an exotic firearm from the west - a musket to which he is very attached and even depressed when Seikai broke it. Embodies the power of metal.

Jimpati Nezu ( 根 津 甚 八 )

Seiyu: Template: Kazuya

Pirate. A free man who travels on a pirate ship, since he believes that only there a man can truly be free. He was previously familiar with Sanada, an old friend of Kakei. Embodies the power of lightning.

Seikai Miyoshi ( Japanese 三好 清 海 入道 )

Seiyu: Kazunari Tanaka

Buddhist monk. He believes that he has achieved enlightenment, a fanatically religious person who justifies all his actions by saying that everyone around him is a sinner, in particular, requires free food in restaurants. Later it is clear that he is not a bad person at all, as he presented himself in the beginning. He is very attached to the Isanas, grew up with her in the temple, suffers from the complex of his brother and, in particular, unquestioningly fulfills her requests. It has tremendous physical strength, can destroy walls and cause earthquakes, as well as repel the blows of any weapon with its muscles. Embodies the power of the earth.

Rokuro Unno ( 海 野 六郎 )

Seiyu: Hiroshi Kamiya

Subordinate Sanada. Fluent in water magic. Very calm and laconic. It can also save the necessary information in its eye. He has extremely important information that the Iga ninja needs, and Anastasia tries to tear out his right eye, but only hurts him. Personalizes the power of water.

Bemmaru (望月六郎 (弁 丸) )

Seiyu: Izumi Kitta

Child. Masterfully makes traps, of which few got out. Known with gunpowder and makes incendiary shells. Decides to follow Sanada, who was able to circumvent all of his traps. Embodies the power of fire.

The representative of Anime News Network noted that the series is of the type when you understand from the first series that it will be about nothing. The plot is completely empty and consists of numerous battles. All the characters turned out to be very stereotypical. Isanami in the first series demonstrates her spiritual potential, but in the next series she becomes an ordinary pawn, and her relationship with Saizo practically does not develop. The character design turned out to be original and bright, but completely unnatural for that time period. In terms of the quality of the animation, the work came out at the level of the 2000s. The series may appeal to those who are most interested in battle scenes ^[4] .

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