Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
- Studio: Production I.G. 1
- Episodes: 26. 1
- MAL score: 8.12. 1
- Aired: April 7 – September 29, 2007. 1
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy. 1
Balsa is a spear-for-hire who comes to the imperial city on business and leaves it with a boy — the emperor's younger son, marked by a water spirit and already given up by his own court. 1
Production I.G adapted the first of Nahoko Uehashi's Moribito novels across 26 episodes, with Kenji Kamiyama directing and Kenji Kawai on the score. 12
If you liked
- Kemono no Souja Erin — Nahoko Uehashi's other adaptation: a girl and the great beast she raises, told with the same patience about a life in someone else's care. 3
- Sword of the Stranger — a swordsman guarding a boy on the run: the same quiet before the fight breaks, and the era's benchmark for hand-drawn blade work. 4
Four swipes, then episode 1.
References
- 1Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit — MyAnimeList
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- 3Kemono no Souja Erin — MyAnimeList
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- 4Sword of the Stranger — MyAnimeList
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- 5Moribito — pictures — MyAnimeList
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- 6Moribito — AniList
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