REVENGER Anime Crosses Swords with Touken Ranbu Online in Celebratory Visual
To open up the new year, a new key visual has been released that crosses over REVENGER‘s lead Kurima Raizo with Touken Ranbu‘s Samonji Kosetsu. At first glance, both characters couldn’t be further apart in terms of personality, with Kurima Raizo being a warrior who would give his life for those he has pledged allegiance to at all costs, while Samonji Kosetsu is a pacifist who believes prayer will heal all wounds and sorrow.
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The connection comes from the fact that both characters were designed by Jiro Suzuki, and the crossover goes even deeper, with both characters “exchanging” costumes and swords in the visual released ahead of the REVENGER anime’s premiere later this week.
1月5日(木)の放送スタートを記念して #鈴木次郎 (@jirosuzuki)さんがキャラクターデザインを担当した
「刀剣乱舞ONLINE」の江雪左文字と、「REVENGER」の繰馬雷蔵がお互いの衣装と刀を交換❕#とうらぶ #リベンジャー #2023冬アニメ pic.twitter.com/M1G0LXcbBY
— 【公式】アニメ「REVENGER」(リベンジャー) (@Revenger_anime) January 3, 2023
REVENGER is directed by Masaya Fujimori and features animation production by Ajia-do Animation Works. The series will broadcast on Japan on TOKYO MX, BS NTV, and other stations beginning on January 05, 2023, and it will also stream on Crunchyroll as part of the winter 2023 anime simulcast lineup. Crunchyroll describes the story:
As master assassin Usui Yuen looks into a series of assassinations made on the grand samurai clan, the Satsuma, he encounters Kurima Raizo, member and survivor of one of the attacks. Together, they discover the true nature of these murders is bigger than over stolen resources. As they get closer to the truth, will they come out alive to exact revenge?
Sources: Comic Natalie, Revenger Official Site