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Drifters(TV show/series, 2016)

Original title: "ドリフターズ" (Japanese/JA)
TV-MA
| 24min per episode | Genres: Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 12 episodes

DriftersRating: 3.7/5 (with 37 votes)
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About Drifters

Shimazu Toyohisa is a real-life samurai who fought in the pivotal Battle of Sekigahara. In his dying moments, Shimazu is transported to a world of magic with other famous warriors throughout history. These warriors are forced to fight each other in an endless battle.

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Drifters Seasons and Episodes

10/07/2016Season 1 - 12 episodes
A commander from medieval Japan is pulled into a mysterious world of legendary warriors and magical semihumans to battle evil as a "Drifter."
#1 | 10/07/2016Fight Song
2.8/5 (with 4 votes)
In the aftermath of the Battle of Sekigahara, warrior Shimazu Toyohisa is suddenly thrust into a mysterious world where he is shocked to encounter the supposedly Oda Nobunaga and the historical figure Nasu Suketaka Yoichi.
#2 | 10/14/2016Footsteps
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)
As Orte sets the Elven village ablaze in the distance, Nobunaga and Yoichi are dragged into action by Toyohisa's fearless forward charge. Meanwhile on the other side of the world, the march of the Black King is about to Commence.
#3 | 10/21/2016Army of Ours: Sortie at Dawn
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)
The Black King’s army is marching on the Northern Wall of Carneades while the Octobrists attempt to convince Carneades' defenders to hand over control of the defensive force to Hannibal and Scipio. This will be the "Ends” debut on the battlefield.
#4 | 10/28/2016Active Heart
2.8/5 (with 2 votes)
The Black King is dealing with the aftermath of the conquest of Carneades. Simultaneously, on the other side of the empire, the Drifters are preparing for backlash and starting to grow their own ambitions.
#5 | 11/04/2016Bring Back Love
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)
As the lord's suppression force marches into the seemingly abandoned Elven village, a trap laid by the Drifters waits to be sprung. As a result of the clash, the lack of Elven women in the village is explained, and the flames of vengeance ignited.
#6 | 11/11/2016Men of Destiny
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)
As the Elves tear apart the magistrate’s castle, a new player with unknown allegiances looms. Meanwhile, Oda starts work on creating the final nail in Orte’s coffin and bringing about a change that will shatter the foundations of this world.
#7 | 11/18/2016Chaos Diver
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)
As Toyohisa and Joan clash in the moonlight, the strings of fate that tie the Drifters together start to converge, and the strength of their alliance is revealed. As the dust settles, the identity of the leader of the Octobrists is unveiled.
#8 | 11/25/2016Mystery Call Me
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)
With the dust settling throughout the battlefield, Toyohisa declares that he acts based on his own rules. Far from the battlefield, the axis powers of World War II reunite, and proceed to fall apart. Elves liberated, next up...the Dwarves.
#9 | 12/02/2016Serious Bomber
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)
Gadolka begins with the culmination of the effort spent on black powder and ends with a paradigm shift in the warfare of the new world. The full extent of the Dwarves suffering reveals itself, and a new cog is added to the war machine.
#10 | 12/09/2016Baba Yetu
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)
After freeing the Dwarves, the Drifters’ plans continue getting derailed as unexpected guests show up. Meanwhile, far to the north, the Black King’s plan continues to unfurl as the Ends regroup and recover in preparation to strike back.
#11 | 12/16/2016The Adventure of the Pistol Daimyo: Bullet Counting Song
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)
The coup begins yet right from the start there is an unexpected wrench thrown into the plans. The roar of muskets now rips across the new world, and the Drifters find their places leading armies.
#12 | 12/23/2016Staring at Shinsengumi: The Song of the Fervid Kyushu Man
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)
As Toyohisa and Hijikata dance a deadly duet in the inferno of a capital, Nobunaga slowly moves to turn the tide. As the ashes settle on the city, a Pyrrhic victory is achieved with the line between victory and defeat not being so clear cut.
#13 | 12/30/2016Episode 13
#13 | 12/23/2017OVA: Rewrite
The day after the battle in Verlina, Nobunaga and Saint-Germi think of strategies for the future. Meanwhile, two spies from the Octobrist Organization sneak into a castle town of Northern-Wall where Ends army have been staying.
#14 | 12/23/2017Bring on a War
The merchant guild Gu-Binnen led by a noble man Shylock VIII crushed the Orte Empire Navy with the cooperation of one of Drifters, Yamaguchi Tamon, a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Nobunaga asks Saint-Germi for the diplomatic negotiations with Gu-Binnen.
06/06/2016Specials - 4 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:
Production country: Japan
Based on: "Drifters" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 15 languages: Arabic (AR), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 10/07/2016
Last episode released on: 12/23/2016
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Drifters Battle In A Brand-New World War"
"ドリフターズ"

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