Underplayed Gems

Shin Hakkenden

Shin Hakkenden poster
Genre
science fiction anime and manga, adventure anime and manga
Country
Japan
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Japanese anime series set in the future that adapts an epic novel about eight warriors wielding magical swords. In a spacefaring martial arts world, conflicts arise as characters pursue destiny and battle foes.

futuristicadventurousaction-packeddramaticsword-wieldingspacefaringfast-pacedmythic

What happens

Shin Hakkenden (神八剣伝, "legend of the eight divine swords") is a Japanese anime series. The anime is based on the epic novel Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (which also had an earlier OVA adaptation, The Hakkenden) except it is set in the future. Directed by Katsuyoshi Yatabe, the anime's 26 episodes were broadcast on TV Tokyo between April 3, 1999, and September 25, 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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