The Anime Network has a bit of a rare Sunday addition to their service for fans to dig into and is ideal for a cool fall day depending on where you are with Nobunaga the Fool. The complete series is now available for subscribers of the service to check out with its English language adaptation that saw its home video release earlier this year. The original Japanese language version with English subtitles is also available.
Sentai Filmworks has released both halves of the season on DVD and Blu-ray and you can read our reviews of the first half and second half.
This 24 show was originally directed by Eiichi Sato (Slayers Next, AD Police) with series composition by Shoji Kawamori (Macross Zero, Aquarion), original character designs by Yone Kazuki (Hakuoki, Hiiro no Kakera) and animation production by Satelight (AKB0048, Bodacious Space Pirates).
The English language cast for the series includes:
Nobunaga Oda – Scott Gibbs
Joan Kaguya d’Arc – Juliet Simmons
Akechi Mitsuhide – Mike Yager
Toyotomi Hideyoshi – Greg Ayres
Leonardo Da Vinci – David Wald
Ichihime – Luci Christian
Himiko – Krystal LaPorte
Nobuhide Oda – Luis Galindo
Nobukatsu Oda – Gabriel Regojo
Takeda Shingen – Rob Mungel
Kenshin Uesugi – Clint Bickham
Chacha – Katelyn Barr
Hatsu – Sara Ornelas
Gou – Brittany Djie
King Arthur – Leraldo Anzaldua
Alexander – Josh Morrison
Gaius Julius Caesar – Houston Hayes
Brutus – Jonathan Gonzalez
Cesare Borgia – David Matranga
Charlemagne – Jay Hickman
Hannibal Barca – Allison Sumrall
Niccolo Machiavelli – Carli Mosier
Chadra Gupta – Robert Meek
Magellan – Mark X Laskowski
Narrator – Winter Wallace
Plot concept: Long ago, in an age when the cosmos was still known as Chaos, the world was split into two planets, forming the West and East Stars. After years of war and strife, the Western Star has finally become united under a single king, the legendary Arthur. But conflict still threatens to consume all until hope arises in a vision: a vision of a champion who could save the futures of both worlds. Setting forth on a dangerous journey, Joan d’Arc must travel from the West world to the East, seeking the man she believes can use the devices of the great Leonardo Da Vinci and become their savior. But will Nobunaga Oda be the kind of man they are expecting? Will history’s greatest heroes find themselves choosing not a liberator, but a destroyer? Or is Nobunaga’s role that of the Fool from a deck of Tarot, the wild card whose purpose is to invoke change, no matter what the cost? Expect the unexpected as super-technology and giant robots collide with samurai warriors, and a pantheon of characters drawn from across history wage the ultimate battle against the forces of chaos in NOBUNAGA THE FOOL!
