Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran (Animation, Japanese)
Genres: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Anime
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2000-01-26
Ended: 2000-04-19
Network: WOWOW
Country: JP
Airs on: Wednesday
Air time: 19:00
Runtime: 25 minutes
This series details the adventures of a wandering female samurai and a Chinese martial arts "expert" who playfully refers to herself as Myao-oneesan. Tsukikage Ran, the main character, is a female ronin whose swordsmanship is second to none, while Myao`s commands the often amusing but deadly display of NekoTekken (Cat Iron Fist). Together, they form an unstoppable crime fighting duo. Each episode builds up to an amazing sword-action sequence which are all spectacularly animated and choreographed, with comic relief supplied by the oft boastful and hilariously over-the-top Myao. The series plays with many themes typical to "feudal-Japan-anime" like corruption, Yakuza, and the search for really good sake.