NisiOisin's Katanagatari Promo Video Streamed

posted on 2009-12-29 03:39 EST

Bakemonogatari author's 12-volume novel animated as 12 monthly specials

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The official website of the anime adaptation of NisiOisin's Katanagatari novel has begun streaming a new 185-second promotional video. The anime will air as 12 monthly one-hour specials — one for each novel volume — starting on January 25. This anime will be the second one based on a NisiOisin work after Bakemonogatari.

The 12-volume novel centers on Shichika Yasuri, the seventh generational head of the Kyotō-ryū school of martial arts in medieval Japan. He and his older sister Nanami live on an isolated island, until a military advisor named Togame tells him of the final 12 swords forged by a legendary swordsmith. At Togame's bidding, Shichika embarks on a journey to find all 12 of the swords.

The earlier television commercials that were unveiled in September and November are still available on the same page as the other videos.

Source: Eastern Standard