About
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
Mamoru Miyano
as Saburō (voice)
Yuki Kaji
as Oda Nobunaga (voice)
Nana Mizuki
as Kichō (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
as Kinoshita Tōkichirō (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
as Oichi (voice)
Akira Ishida
as Hori Hidemasa (voice)
Ayumu Murase
as Mori Ranmaru (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino
as Mori Nagayoshi (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
as Tokugawa Ieyasu (voice)
Kazuyuki Okitsu
as Ikeda Tsuneoki (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
as Takugen (voice)
Kenta Miyake
as Sassa Narimasa (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
as Yasuke (voice)
Koki Uchiyama
as Oda Nobuyuki (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa
as Hirate Masahide (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
as Shigeta Katsuie (voice)
Ryohei Kimura
as Asai Nagamasa (voice)
Ryo Sugisaki
as Mori Yoshinari (voice)
Shintaro Asanuma
as Maeda Toshiie (voice)
Shinya Takahashi
as Niwa Nagahide (voice)
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Saburou Nobunaga
Saburou Nobunaga
preparing to die in an effort to dissuade one's lord
Viper of Mino
Battle of Okehazama
Love Letter
Saburou tries to take Mino by force and fails because of Inabayama castle. He's rejoined by Matsudaira Takechiyo the womanizer. Saburou is in need of a stratagem to scare Mino's people: Tokichirou comes up with the idea of building a fortress in one night. Saburou has also been sending letters to Mino's main retainers who then take Inabayama and side with Owari. Matsudaira changes his name to Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mitsuhide Akechi
The original Nobunaga contacts Saburou and enters his service under the name of Akechi Mitsuhide while keeping his face hidden. Through his connections, they enter Tokyo to petition Ashikaga Yoshiaki to be the new shougun, and succeed, Mitsu taking care of the court formalities in place of Saburou. He also convinces Oichi to accept Saburou's proposal of marrying Azai to strengthen the Oda clan.
Kill Nobunaga
Oichi, now married to Azai Nagamasa, has a daughter Chacha. Saburou names four generals: Shibata Katsuie, Niwa Nagahide, Mitsuhide and Tokichirou, who changes his name to Hashiba Hideyoshi for the occasion. Saburou orders Hideyoshi against the Asakura clan. Saburou meets Matsunaga Hisahide, also a time traveler. The shougun asks various daimyou to destroy Nobunaga: the Azai clan answers the call.
An Unthinkable Betrayal
After conquering Kanegasaki during the Asakura campaign, the Oda forces are facing a pincer manoeuvre due to the treacherous Azai who attacks from Oumi. Saburou quickly decides to retreat to Kyoto: Hideyoshi volunteers to lead the rear-guard so he can finally exact revenge on the Oda. But Mitsuhide and Takenaka Hanbei from Mino accompany Hideyoshi, which leaves him no choice but to fight valiantly.
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