would be directed by Kōichi Mashimo and produced by Bee Train in summer 2008. The series aired from July 13 to December 28, 2008, on AT-X. The opening theme is by Makura no Sōshi, and the closing theme is "Wants" by GRAPEVINE. In North America, Media Blasters licensed the series and released it on September 29, 2009. A second anime adaptation titled was listed on the cover of the July issue of Monthly Afternoon on May 10, 2019. It was later announced that the anime adaptation will be a complete adaptation. The series is animated by Liden Films and directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, with Makoto Fukami handling series composition, Shingo Ogiso designing the characters, and Eiko Ishibashi composing the music. It aired from October 10, 2019, to March 25, 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. Kiyoharu performed the series' opening theme song "Survive of Vision". On October 15, 2020, Sentai Filmworks announced that they had licensed the anime for home video and released it on Blu-ray Disc on January 19, 2021. Film In 2017, the manga was adapted into a live action film, directed by Takashi Miike with the screenplay by Tetsuya Oishi and starring Takuya Kimura as Manji. Reception Blade of the Immortal won the Excellence Prize at the 1st Japan Media Arts Festival in 1997; and the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award in 2000 for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material. The manga had 5 million copies in print as of February 2017. References External links Official 2008 anime website Official 2019 anime website Official 2008 anime blog 1993 manga 2008 Japanese television series endings 2019 anime ONAs Amazon Prime Video original programming Anime and manga about revenge Anime series based on manga AT-X (TV network) original programming Bee Train Production Dark fantasy anime and manga Dark Horse Comics titles High fantasy anime and manga Historical fantasy anime and manga Japanese serial novels Kodansha manga Liden Films Manga adapted into films Manga adapted into television series Media Blasters Ninja in anime and manga Production I.G Samurai in anime and manga Seinen manga Sentai Filmworks