Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Synopsis

Balsa the spearwoman is a wandering warrior, who takes on the task of saving lives, in atonement for a past sin. On her journey, she happens to save a prince, and is tasked with becoming his bodyguard. And he is going to need one, for his own father, the emperor, wants him dead. Throughout the story, Balsa's past will come to light and they will uncover mysteries about Chagum's condition while developing a family-like relationship with each other and others.

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Cast

Mabuki Ando

Balsa (voice)

Naoto Adachi

Chagumu

Koji Tsujitani

Tanda

Ako Mayama

Torogai

Mayumi Asano

Toya

Yoshinari Kobayashi

Sagumu

Takkô Ishimori

Hibitonan

Hirofumi Nojima

Shuga

Hiroshi Naka

Gakai

Atsushi Ono

Emperor/Rai

Naomi Kusumi

Mon

Masaya Matsukaze

Jin

Kenichi Mochizuki

Zen

Shinji Kawada

Yun

Kohei Fukuhara

Taga

Yuuki Masuda

Sun

Takayuki Sasada

Hyoku

Rintaro Nishi

Jiguro

Kensho Ono

Yasamu

Keiji Fujiwara

Karuna

Crew

Art

• Yusuke Takeda Art Direction

Camera

• Koji Tanaka Director of Photography

Directing

• Kenji Kamiyama Director
• Masayuki Yoshihara Assistant Director

Editing

• Junichi Uematsu Editor

Sound

• Kenji Kawai Music
• Kazuhiro Wakabayashi Sound Director

Visual Effects

• Yumiko Katayama Color Designer
• Gatou Asou Character Designer

Writing

• Nahoko Uehashi Novel
• Kenji Kamiyama Writer
• Shoutarou Suga Writer

Seasons & episodes