10.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestTamaki doesn't know what to do when some freshmen show up to check out the kendo club. Kirino ponders life after high school, and a familiar face returns to the dojo.
Tamaki’s reflexes catch the eye of Toraji, an awful Kendo instructor. His only hope for redemption: sign Tamaki as his star pupil. If Toraji can make her feel like part of the team, he might turn his girls into a fearsome sisterhood of the bamboo blade!
Writing
Tamaki's deadpan obsession with Blade Braver parodies real otaku culture perfectly.
Acting
Ryo Hirohashi captures Tamaki's social awkwardness and hidden competitive fire.
Production
Authentic kendo choreography supervised by actual practitioners — rare for 2007.
Ryo Hirohashi
Tamaki Kawazoe (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Toraji Ishida (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
Kirino Chiba (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
Miyako Miyazaki (voice)
Sachiko Kojima
Sayako Kuwahara (voice)
Rina Sato
Satori Azuma (voice)
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Yūji Nakata (voice)
Akira Ishida
Danjūrō Eiga (voice)
Mai Nakahara
Reimi Odajima (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Rin Suzuki (voice)
Tetsu Inada
Kenzaburō Ishibashi (voice)
Atsushi Imaruoka
Akira Toyama (voice)
Chiwa Saito
Shinobu Toyama (voice)
Kei Shindo
Konatsu Harada (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The manga ran simultaneously in Young Gangan while the anime aired, forcing the anime to pace carefully without overtaking source material.
Bamboo Blade arrived during the mid-2000s sports anime boom alongside Eyeshield 21 and Prince of Tennis, but focused on female competitors in a male-dominated genre space.
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