Nobunaga the Fool
English title: Nobunaga the Fool
Japanese title: ノブナガ・ザ・フール
Type: TV
Source: Other
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 6, 2014 to Jun 23, 2014
Broadcast: Unknown
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studios: Satelight
Producers: TV Tokyo, Sotsu, Lantis, Media Factory
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
Themes: Historical, Mecha

Guided by her visions revealing the location of the King of Salvation, Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc flees with the polymath Leonardo da Vinci from the West Star to the East Star. There, she encounters Nobunaga Oda—the son of a local feudal lord who, following a brutal defeat dealt by an enemy clan, has sworn to conquer the world with his friends.

Quickly convinced that Nobunaga is indeed the King of Salvation, Jeanne pledges allegiance to the Oda clan. Meanwhile, King Arthur, the ruler of the West Star, sends his ruthless general Gaius Julius Caesar and his combat machine army to conquer Nobunaga's planet and seize the Holy Grail. Although Kaguya believes that Arthur is the King of Destruction, the reckless behavior of Nobunaga "The Fool"—who named his own combat suit after his nickname—on the battlefield sows doubt in his capability as a leader.

With the help of Himiko, the Yamato Queen, Nobunaga and his clan must unify in order to overcome tragedies, recover from betrayals, and eventually save the world.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Nobunaga the Fool is a part of The Fool multidimensional project by Shouji Kawamori. Stage productions of the series featured a combination of live action and animation by Satelight, where onstage actors and the voice cast work in tandem to enhance the performances. Three acts of the play were performed from December 8, 2013 to July 20, 2014. The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan from April 25, 2014 to November 26, 2014, and in North America by Sentai Filmworks from April 28, 2015 to September 29, 2015. A smartphone video game based on the series titled Nobunaga the Fool: Senran no Regalia was released by Bank of Innovation on June 30, 2014.