The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa, and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi.

It began airing on Adult Swim's revived Toonami block on August 19, 2012[2] and ended its run on February 10, 2013.

Set in a futuristic world that has just witnessed the end of a massive war, scores of villages are terrorized by Nobuseri bandits.

After heavy casualties for the samurai, and the near-destruction of Kanna village, the capital is finally defeated.

Under the emperor's employment, the bandit units rob farming villages of their rice, and occasionally women and children for the capital.