Sword Gai The Animation

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Japanese: ソードガイ The Animation


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Type: ONA
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Mar 23, 2018
Producers: Production I.G
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: DLE, LandQ studios
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, SupernaturalSupernatural
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 22 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 5.741 (scored by 3362333,623 users)
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Ranked: #111012
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2648
Members: 73,596
Favorites: 45

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Synopsis

When the gods would not answer in humanity's desperate hour of need, it turned to a demon instead. The supposed savior came wielding the sword Zsoltgewinn, but its uncontrollable lust for blood led it to kill those who summoned it too. Although the sword was sealed away long ago, it has been uncovered by the Shoshidai, an organization that collects such cursed artifacts. However, Zsoltgewinn proves to be too strong to be tamed by humans when its corruptive power influences the administrator, Takuma Miura, to flee with it in his grasp.

At the same time, Gai Ogata's family is torn apart due to the possession of another demonic sword, Shiryu, leading his father to be murdered and his mother to hang herself shortly after giving birth to him. Abandoned in the forest clutching the blade, he is discovered by the blacksmith Amon. Unnaturally transfixed by the sword, Gai works tirelessly for years to hone his smithing skills. However, when an accident costs him his arm, he gains a new one—in the form of a reforged Shiryu.

Now having a cursed sword for an arm, Gai must learn to control its violent urges. All the while, Zsoltgewinn continues its rampage, leaving a path of blood in its wake.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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"Sadamegoto (サダメゴト)" by Yuuto Uemura
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Reviews

Apr 10, 2022
Finally a good anime after countless bullshit as the author takes a realistic approach for it instead of the magic power of friendship. For those who didn't get it, this whole anime and the second season is an allegory of PTSD.

Plot: 7

I haven't read the adapted work so i don't how it is, but the anime made a sacrifice to let the viewer understand the world better. It did a great job given it had to deliver so much lore on only 12 episodes. Thus the pacing is fast and the occasion to meet and follow the MC is rare. You have to get a ...
Mar 1, 2020
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Sword Gai The Animation (2018)

Well, here we have a show that for the first time has left me wondering if I can do the second season. The show has some positives but the main character just ruins the entire experience.

Story: Cursed weapons + humans with dark and/or sad emotions = possession. How quickly that possession takes over the person varies.

Art: The art when it is normal like the people, vehicles, surroundings are very good. What is not good and brings it down completely is the Busoma being the people who have given into darkness are absolutely awful. They are seriously out of ...
May 5, 2023
First things first, don't watch it, don't even bother it if you are looking for anything more than guilty pleasure. This anime is horribly bad, full of plot holes, irrational decisions and the most generic and unlikeable characters in human history. The art style is at best: average, a mix of 2D + 3D is horrible.

It's hard to find anything positive about this show but I'm going to try my best, fight scenes are okayish, the sound is ok, it is on Netflix (on the day of writing this review) and the most important thing, 1st season is WAY better than 2nd one. I ...

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