Sengoku Youko

Sengoku Youko (Japanese: 戦国妖狐, Hepburn: Sengoku Yōko, lit. 'Warring States Youko') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami. It was serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine from December 2007 to July 2014, and continued on the Comic Blade web manga service from September 2014 to May 2016. An anime television series adaptation produced by White Fox aired from January to December 2024.

Sengoku Youko
First tankōbon volume cover
戦国妖狐 (Sengoku Yōko)
Genre	Adventure[1] Fantasy[2]
Manga
Written by	Satoshi Mizukami
Published by	Mag Garden
English publisher	NA: Tokyopop
Imprint	Blade Comics
Magazine	Monthly Comic Blade (December 28, 2007 – July 30, 2014) Comic Blade (September 16, 2014 – May 20, 2016)
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 28, 2007 – May 20, 2016
Volumes	17
Anime television series
Directed by	Masahiro Aizawa
Written by	Jukki Hanada
Music by	Evan Call
Studio	White Fox
Licensed by	Crunchyroll (streaming) SA/SEA: Medialink
Original network	Tokyo MX, ABC, Mētele, BS Asahi
Original run	January 11, 2024 – December 26, 2024
Episodes	35

Characters

Jinka (迅火)

Voiced by: Soma Saito^[3]

Tama (たま)

Voiced by: Yūki Takada^[3]

Shinsuke (真介)

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura^[3]

Shakugan (灼岩)

Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa^[3]

Senya (千夜)

Voiced by: Hiroki Nanami^[3]

Tsukiko (月湖)

Voiced by: Maaya Uchida^[3]

Jinun (神雲)

Voiced by: Kenji Nomura^[4]

Nau (なう)

Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki^[4]

Dōren (道錬)

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada^[4]

Resshin (烈深)

Voiced by: Kazuki Miyagi^[4]

Mountain God (山の神, Yama no Kami)

Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki^[4]

Rinzu (りんず)

Voiced by: Aina Suzuki^[4]

Yazen (野禅)

Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda^[4]

Raidō Zanzō (雷堂斬蔵)

Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi^[4]

Mudo (ムド)

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka^[5]

Ashikaga Yoshiteru (足利義輝)

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano^[5]

Hanatora (華寅)

Voiced by: Shizuka Itō^[5]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami, Sengoku Youko was serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine from December 28, 2007, to July 30, 2014, when the magazine ceased publication. The series continued serialization on the Comic Blade web service from September 16, 2014, to May 20, 2016.^[6][7] Its chapters were collected in 17 tankōbon volumes from August 2008 to June 2016.^[8][9] Mag Garden published a six-volume shinsōban edition from November 9, 2023, to January 10, 2024.^[10][11]

The manga is licensed in English by Tokyopop.^[12]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	August 9, 2008[8]	978-4-86-127522-7	April 11, 2023[13]	978-1-42-787259-3
2	February 10, 2009[14]	978-4-86-127590-6	July 11, 2023[15]	978-1-42-787346-0
3	November 10, 2009[16]	978-4-86-127672-9	September 26, 2023[17]	978-1-42-787418-4
4	April 10, 2010[18]	978-4-86-127727-6	November 28, 2023[19]	978-1-42-787419-1
5	November 10, 2010[20]	978-4-86-127785-6	January 23, 2024[21]	978-1-42-787526-6
6	March 10, 2011[22]	978-4-86-127833-4	March 19, 2024[23]	978-1-42-787535-8
7	August 10, 2011[24]	978-4-86-127875-4	—	—
8	January 10, 2012[25]	978-4-86-127932-4	—	—
9	July 10, 2012[26]	978-4-80-000018-7	—	—
10	December 10, 2012[27]	978-4-80-000070-5	—	—
11	June 10, 2013[28]	978-4-80-000170-2	—	—
12	December 10, 2013[29]	978-4-80-000239-6	—	—
13	August 9, 2014[30]	978-4-80-000344-7	—	—
14	February 10, 2015[31]	978-4-80-000414-7	—	—
15	August 10, 2015[32]	978-4-80-000485-7	—	—
16	February 10, 2016[33]	978-4-80-000533-5	—	—
17	June 10, 2016[9]	978-4-80-000585-4	—	—

New edition

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	November 9, 2023[34]	978-4-8000-1383-5
2	November 9, 2023[35]	978-4-8000-1384-2
3	December 8, 2023[36]	978-4-8000-1402-3
4	December 8, 2023[37]	978-4-8000-1403-0
5	January 10, 2024[38]	978-4-8000-1413-9
6	January 10, 2024[11]	978-4-8000-1414-6

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in August 2023. It is produced by White Fox and directed by Masahiro Aizawa, with series composition by Jukki Hanada, characters designed by Yosuke Okuda, and music composed by Evan Call.^[3][39] The series premiered on Tokyo MX and other networks, and consists of three cours for a "complete" adaptation of the manga's two story arcs: the "Yonaoshi Kyōdai-hen" (世直し姉弟編, Siblings for World Reformation Arc), which aired from January 11 to April 4, 2024,^[a] and "Senma Konton-hen" (千魔混沌編, The Chaos of a Thousand Demons Arc), which aired from July 18 to December 26 of the same year.^[40][5][b]

For the first part, the opening theme song is "Hibana" (Spark), performed by MindaRyn, while the ending theme song is "Yūyami no Uta" (夕闇のうた, lit. 'Song of Twilight') composed by Yuki Kajiura and performed by Keiko.^[41] For the second part, the opening theme song is "Katawara", performed by Stereo Dive Foundation, while the ending theme songs are "Yoru no Sui" (夜の隨), performed by Hiroki Nanami for the first cour, and "Banri Ikkū" (万里一空), performed by Rainy for the second cour.^[42][43] Crunchyroll streamed the series.^[44] Medialink licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia and is streaming it on the Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.^[45]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in part	Title [46][47]	Directed by [c]	Storyboarded by [c]	Original release date [48][a][b]
Part 1: Siblings for World Reformation Arc
1	1	"We Are Those Who Lament This Barbaric Age" Transliteration: "Warera Eansei o Ureumono" (Japanese: 我ら乱世を憂う者)	Kayona Yamada	Masahiro Aizawa	January 11, 2024 (2024-01-11)
2	2	"Shakugan" Transliteration: "Shakugan" (Japanese: 灼岩)	Katsuya Yoshii	Masahiro Aizawa	January 18, 2024 (2024-01-18)
3	3	"Year Seven of the Eiroku Period" Transliteration: "Eiroku Nana-nen" (Japanese: 永禄七年)	Hiroto Katō	Masahiro Aizawa	January 25, 2024 (2024-01-25)
4	4	"Jinka and Humans" Transliteration: "Jinka to Ningen" (Japanese: 迅火と人間)	Yōhei Fukui	Yūzō Satō	February 1, 2024 (2024-02-01)
5	5	"Higan" Transliteration: "Higan" (Japanese: 氷岩)	Toshiyuki Sone	Kazuhiro Soeta	February 8, 2024 (2024-02-08)
6	6	"Fukou" Transliteration: "Fukō" (Japanese: ふこう)	Takashi Kojima	Jun'ichi Sakata	February 15, 2024 (2024-02-15)
7	7	"Kagan & Shakuyaku" Transliteration: "Kagan to Shakuyaku" (Japanese: 火岩と芍薬)	Kayona Yamada	Yūzō Satō	February 22, 2024 (2024-02-22)
8	8	"Mystic Swordsman" Transliteration: "Makenshi" (Japanese: 魔剣士)	Hiroyuki Tsuchiya	Jun'ichi Sakata	February 29, 2024 (2024-02-29)
9	9	"The Mountain Goddess (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Yama no Kami (Zen)" (Japanese: 山の神 (前))	Tamazao Michibitsuka	Tamazao Michibitsuka	March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07)
10	10	"The Mountain Goddess (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Yama no Kami (Go)" (Japanese: 山の神 (後))	Tomomi Mikawa	Shinji Itadaki	March 14, 2024 (2024-03-14)
11	11	"The Strongest of the Dangaisyuu" Transliteration: "Dankaishū Saikyō no Otoko" (Japanese: 断怪衆最強の男)	Yoshihiro Ueda	Kazuaki Mōri	March 21, 2024 (2024-03-21)
12	12	"Jinka & Douren, Takekichi & Barry" Transliteration: "Jinka to Dōren to Takekichi to Barī" (Japanese: 迅火と道錬と竹吉とバリー)	Satoshi Saga	Jun'ichi Sakata	March 28, 2024 (2024-03-28)
13	13	"Godbeast" Transliteration: "Kamijū" (Japanese: 神獣)	Kayona Yamada	Masahiro Aizawa & Shinji Itadaki	April 4, 2024 (2024-04-04)
Part 2: The Chaos of a Thousand Demons Arc
14	1	"Thousand Demon Night March" Transliteration: "Sen Oni Yagyō" (Japanese: 千鬼夜行)	Shuichi Sasaki & Yoshihiro Ueda	Yoshihiro Ueda	July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
15	2	"Black Dragon" Transliteration: "Kuro Ryū" (Japanese: 黒龍)	Tomomi Mikawa	Yoshifumi Sueda	July 25, 2024 (2024-07-25)
16	3	"Mad God of the Wild City" Transliteration: "Are Miyako no Kyō-shin" (Japanese: 荒れ都の狂神)	Kageyasu Saionji	Kageyasu Saionji	August 1, 2024 (2024-08-01)
17	4	"Senya & Tsukiko" Transliteration: "Sen'ya to Tsukiko" (Japanese: 千夜と月湖)	Takashi Watanabe	Takashi Watanabe	August 8, 2024 (2024-08-08)
18	5	"When the Time Comes" Transliteration: "Toki, Kitarubeku Kitaru" (Japanese: 時, 来たるべく来る)	Mamiko Sekiya	Yoshihiro Ueda	August 15, 2024 (2024-08-15)
19	6	"Above the Clouds" Transliteration: "Kumo no Ue Made" (Japanese: 雲の上まで)	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	August 22, 2024 (2024-08-22)
20	7	"End of a Journey" Transliteration: "Tabi no Owari" (Japanese: 旅の終わり)	Shuichi Sasaki	Yūzō Satō	August 29, 2024 (2024-08-29)
21	8	"Furuon" Transliteration: "Furuon" (Japanese: 古恩)	Mamiko Sekiya	Kou Matsuo	September 5, 2024 (2024-09-05)
22	9	"Senya and Jinun" Transliteration: "Sen'ya to Jinun" (Japanese: 千夜と神雲)	Hiroyuki Tsuchiya	Kayona Yamada	September 12, 2024 (2024-09-12)
23	10	"Senya's Eight Years" Transliteration: "Sen'ya no Hachi-nen" (Japanese: 千夜の八年)	Arisu Yamamichi	Kenichi Imaizumi	September 19, 2024 (2024-09-19)
24	11	"In Pursuit of the Thousandfold Chaotic Menagerie" Transliteration: "Sen Ma Konton o Megutte" (Japanese: 千魔混沌を巡って)	Shuichi Sasaki	Shinji Itadaki	October 10, 2024 (2024-10-10)
25	12	"To the Final Battleground" Transliteration: "Kessen no Chi" (Japanese: 決戦の地)	Mamiko Sekiya	Kazuaki Mōri	October 17, 2024 (2024-10-17)
26	13	"A Renewed Encounter" Transliteration: "Saikai" (Japanese: 遭遇 (さいかい))	Hiroyuki Tsuchiya	Shinji Itadaki	October 24, 2024 (2024-10-24)
27	14	"Awakening" Transliteration: "Kaigan" (Japanese: 開眼)	Yūki Nishiyama & Ryōji Tanaka	Shinji Itadaki	October 31, 2024 (2024-10-31)
28	15	"Banshou-oh Descends" Transliteration: "Banshō-ō, Kōrin" (Japanese: 万象王, 降臨)	Mamiko Sekiya	Hiromitsu Kanazawa	November 7, 2024 (2024-11-07)
29	16	"Dousuke & Kumozou" Transliteration: "Dousuke to Kumozou" (Japanese: 道介と雲蔵)	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	November 14, 2024 (2024-11-14)
30	17	"Feast of the Uncanny" Transliteration: "Igyō-tachi no Utage" (Japanese: 異形達の宴)	Satoshi Toba	Kageyasu Saionji	November 21, 2024 (2024-11-21)
31	18	"Above the Clouds" Transliteration: "Kumo o Tobikoete" (Japanese: 雲を跳び越えて)	Mamiko Sekiya	Hiromitsu Kanazawa	November 28, 2024 (2024-11-28)
32	19	"Dawn" Transliteration: "Yoake" (Japanese: 夜明け)	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	December 5, 2024 (2024-12-05)
33	20	"The One Who Is with Many" Transliteration: "Ōku to Tomo ni Aru Mono" (Japanese: 多くと共に在る者)	Takashi Watanabe	Takashi Watanabe	December 12, 2024 (2024-12-12)
34	21	"Jinka & Tama" Transliteration: "Jinka to Tama" (Japanese: 迅火とたま)	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	December 19, 2024 (2024-12-19)
35	22	"The Poem of Time's Colors in Bloom" Transliteration: "Toki no Iro no Uta ga Saku" (Japanese: 時の彩の詩が咲く)	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26)

Stage play

A stage play adaptation of the manga's first part, "Yonaoshi Kyōdai-hen" (世直し姉弟編, Siblings for World Reformation Arc), was announced in June 2024. It ran at Theatre1010 in Adachi, Tokyo from September 24 to October 4, 2024. The play was directed and written by Naohiro Ise, with choreography by Koichi Goseki and Seijiro Nakamura handling the sword fights. The cast included Kōsuke Honda as Jinka Yamato, Momoka Onishi as Tama, Yūya Uno as Shinsuke Hyōdō, and Ui Sakura as Shakugan.^[49]

Notes

1. Tokyo MX listed Part 1's premiere on January 10, 2024, at 24:00, which is effectively January 11 at midnight JST
2. Tokyo MX listed Part 2's premiere on July 17, 2024, at 24:00, which is effectively July 18 at midnight JST
3. Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode