Ikki Tousen (season 1)

Ikki Tousen is an anime television series based on the manga by Yuji Shiozaki, published by Wani Books and serialized in the seinen manga magazine Comic GUM. The anime is produced by J.C.Staff, directed by Takashi Watanabe, series composition by Takao Yoshioka, music by Hiroshi Motokura and Project IKKI, characters by Shinya Hasegawa, and produced by Nobuhiro Osawa and Yuji Matsukura. The series aired 13 episodes on AT-X from July 30 to October 22, 2003, with subsequent runs on TVK, Mie TV, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, and Sun Television. The opening theme is "Drivin' Through The Night" by M.o.v.e while the two ending themes are "Let me be with you" by Shela for episodes 1-7, and Fate by Masumi Asano for episodes 8-13. The series was licensed in North America by Geneon Entertainment and Enoki Films.[1] Funimation Entertainment now licenses the series.[2] The series is also licensed in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment and in the United Kingdom by MVM Films.

Ikki Tousen
Season 1
Cover of the Ikki Tousen Season 1 DVD box set released by Media Factory on January 25, 2008
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkAT-X, TVK, Mie TV, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, Sun Television
Original releaseJuly 20 (2003-07-20) –
October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22)
Season chronology

Episode list
No.Translated title/Funimation's dub title [lower-alpha 1]Original air date [4]
1"One" / "The Champions"
Transcription: "Ichi" (Japanese: 壱)		July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30)
2"Two" / "Confrontation with the Big Four of Nanyo High!"
Transcription: "Ni" (Japanese: 弐)		August 6, 2003 (2003-08-06)
3"Three" / "My Virtue is in Danger!"
Transcription: "San" (Japanese: 参)		August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13)
4"Four" / "A Duel! Taishiji vs. Sonsaku"
Transcription: "Yon" (Japanese: 四)		August 20, 2003 (2003-08-20)
5"Five" / "Get Angry, Hakufu! The School of Counterattack!"
Transcription: "Go" (Japanese: 伍)		August 27, 2003 (2003-08-27)
6"Six" / "The Bloody Big Fighters Tournament!"
Transcription: "Roku" (Japanese: 六)		September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03)
7"Seven" / "The Fatal Confrontation!"
Transcription: "Nana" (Japanese: 七)		September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)
8"Eight" / "Goei's Betrayal! Why?"
Transcription: "Hachi" (Japanese: 八)		September 17, 2003 (2003-09-17)
9"Nine" / "Viva La Hot Spring!"
Transcription: "Kyuu" (Japanese: 九)		September 24, 2003 (2003-09-24)
10"Ten" / "The Sho Haou Encounters the Devil!"
Transcription: "Jitsu" (Japanese: 拾)		October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01)
11"Eleven" / "Ryofu, Her Love and Death!"
Transcription: "Jitsu Ichi" (Japanese: 拾壱)		October 8, 2003 (2003-10-08)
12"Twelve" / "Summer Comes to a Watermelon Field"
Transcription: "Jitsu Ni" (Japanese: 拾弐)		October 15, 2003 (2003-10-15)
13"Thirteen" / "Good-bye Hakufu! The Battle Days!"
Transcription: "Jitsu San" (Japanese: 拾参)		October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22)

Home Media release

Japanese

Seven DVD volumes were released by Media Factory between November 22, 2003 and May 25, 2004.[5][6] A DVD box set was later released on January 25, 2008, and a Blu-ray box set was released on April 27, 2011.[7][8]

English

Geneon Entertainment and Enoki Films released the series on four DVD volumes between August 10, 2004 and March 1, 2005. A box set was later released on July 19, 2005 by Geneon.

Funimation Entertainment released a box set of the series on May 26, 2009.

Notes
  1. Titles in this season were listed as numbers. The Funimation dub has a different title.[3]

References
  1. "Geneon Licenses". Anime News Network. November 1, 2003. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  2. "Funimation Adds Ikki Tousen Anime, Beta Video Portal (Updated)". Anime News Network. December 22, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  3. "Ikki Tousen's Funimation dub titles". Funimation. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  4. Anime series mediaarts-db.jp
  5. 一騎当千 第1巻 (in Japanese). Media Factory. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  6. 一騎当千 第7巻 (in Japanese). Media Factory. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  7. "一騎当千DVD-BOX" (in Japanese). Media Factory. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  8. "一騎当千Blu-ray BOX" (in Japanese). Media Factory. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
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