Samurai Flamenco

Samurai Flamenco
Cover of the first home video release volume, featuring Masayoshi Hazama
サムライフラメンコ
(Samurai Furamenko)
Genre
Created byManglobe
Anime television series
Directed byTakahiro Omori
Produced by
  • Shinichirō Kobayashi
  • Kōji Yamamoto
Written byHideyuki Kurata
Music by
  • Agehasprings
  • Kenji Tamai
StudioManglobe
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run October 11, 2013 March 28, 2014
Episodes22
Manga
Samurai Flamenco: Another Days
Written bySeiko Takagi
Illustrated byShō Mizusawa
Published bySquare Enix
ImprintG Fantasy Comics
MagazineMonthly GFantasy
Original runOctober 18, 2013July 18, 2014
Volumes2

Samurai Flamenco (Japanese: サムライフラメンコ, Hepburn: Samurai Furamenko) is a Japanese anime television series conceptualized by Manglobe and produced by Aniplex, Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Dentsu, Hobibox, Movic and DeNA. It was directed by Takahiro Omori, with Hideyuki Kurata handling series composition, Chinatsu Kurahana and Yoshimitsu Yamashita designing the characters, Masaki Yamada serving as main animator, and Agehasprings and Kenji Tamai composing the music. The series focuses on Masayoshi Hazama, a young adult who aspires to become a superhero despite having no superpowers. In doing so, he meets several people who support his cause.

It was broadcast for 22 episodes on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from October 2013 to March 2014. Aniplex of America has licensed the series for North America. A manga series by Seiko Takagi and Shō Mizusawa, titled Samurai Flamenco: Another Days, was published in Square Enix's Monthly GFantasy from October 2013 to July 2014, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes.