The story is set during Japan's Sengoku Jidai (Era of the Warring States) and centers on Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of the great warlord Oda Nobunaga and a man obsessed with tea ceremony and material desires in his pursuit of a fortuitous life. Having learned from Oda and the legendary tea master Sen no Soueki, Furuta walks the way of the Hyouge Mono.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Details

Genres

Studios

• Bee Train
• Sogo Vision
• NHK

Staff

• Kou Ootani — Music
• Makiko Kojima — Color Design
• Hiroshi Morioka — Episode Director (eps 4, 10, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36)
• Kouichi Mashimo — Director, Storyboard (ep 1)
• Yoshimitsu Yamashita — Animation Director (eps 1, 38), Character Design
• Hideyo Yamamoto — Storyboard (eps 3, 7, 12, 20, 24, 28, 32)
• Kouji Sawai — Episode Director (eps 1, 5, 11, 15, 19, 23, 29, 34, 39), Storyboard (eps 1, 5, 11, 15, 19, 23, 29, 34, 39)
• Tomoyuki Kurokawa — Episode Director (eps 6, 13, 17, 22, 27, 33, 38)
• Yoshimi Umino — Art Director
• Hiroyuki Kawasaki — Script (eps 1-39), Series Composition
• Tooru Nakano — Sound Director
• Yoshiaki Tsubata — Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 39)
• Masayuki Kurosawa — Editing
• Shinya Kawatsura — Episode Director (ep 9), Storyboard (ep 9)
• Yutaka Hirata — Episode Director (eps 2, 7, 12, 18, 24, 28, 32, 37)
• Yuki Saitou — Theme Song Performance (ED1)