Series synopsis
Nobunaga Concerto, also known as 信長協奏曲 is a Japanese animation comedy drama sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Fuji TV on October 13, 2014. It ended on December 22, 2014. It was created by Hiroaki Matsuyama. It stars Shun Oguri, Ko Shibasaki, Osamu Mukai and Takayuki Yamada.
Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda, though, is physically weak, and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
Premise
Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda, though, is physically weak, and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Shun Oguri as Saburo / Nobunaga Oda
- Ko Shibasaki as Kicho
- Osamu Mukai as Tsuneoki Ikeda
- Takayuki Yamada as Denjiro Tahara
- Masahiro Takashima as Katsuie Shibata
- Taisuke Fujigaya as Inuchiyo Maeda
- Kaho as Yuki
- Kiko Mizuhara as Ichi
Supporting cast
- Naohito Fujiki as Hanbee Takenaka
- Gaku Hamada as Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Yoshiyuki Morishita as Yoshinari Mori
- Masanobu Sakata as Nagahide Niwa
- Shinnosuke Abe as Narimasa Sassa
- Denden as Takugen
Guest cast
- Yuya Yagira as Nobuyuki Oda
- Jiro Dan as Nobuhide Oda
- Taichi Saotome as Danzo
- Hirofumi Arai as Yoshitatsu Saito
- Toshiyuki Nishida as Dosan Saito
- Atsuko Maeda as Oharu
- Gin Maeda as Muranaga
- Katsuhisa Namase as Yoshimoto Imagawa
- Shotaro Mamiya as Tatsuoki Saito
- Issey Takahashi as Nagamasa Azai
- Kunio Murai as Hisamasa Azai
- Arata Furuta as Hisahide Matsunaga
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | January 23, 2016 | January 23, 2016 |
| Season 1 | 11 | October 13, 2014 | December 22, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 23, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
High School Student to the Sengoku High school student Saburo travels back in time to the Sengoku period. There, he meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. |
October 13, 2014 |
| 2 | Student Uniform VS Police Uniform | October 20, 2014 |
| 3 | Miracle in Okehazama | October 27, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 13, 2014 |
| Last aired | December 22, 2014 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 01:50:00 |