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- Region:Japan
- Type:TV
- English name:Juuni Taisen / Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
- Official name:十二大戦
- Chinese name:十二大战
- Other names:Jūni Taisen
- Premiered:October 3, 2017
- Status:Finished Airing
- Tags:Fantasy / Combat / Source novel
- Original author:西尾維新
- Director:細田直人
- Scenario:山田哲弥 / 村井さだゆき / 高木登 / 髙橋龍也
- Storyboard:久保雄介 / 牧原亮太郎 / 細田直人 / 小野竜太 / 原博
- Co-director:香川豊 / 小野竜太 / 道解慎太郎 / 原博 / 中野彰子
- Studios:グラフィニカ
- Production cooperation:寿門堂
- Producers:十二大戦製作委員会
- Copyright:©西尾維新・中村 光 / 集英社・十二大戦製作委員会
- Family:Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
- Rating:16+
Juuni Taisen
The record of the bloody battle between the twelve proud warriors—
The 12th Twelve Tournament that gets held every twelve years...
Twelve brave warriors who bear the names of the signs of the zodiac fight each other for the lives and souls.
The participants are twelve very strange warriors: "Rat," "Ox," "Tiger," "Rabbit," "Dragon," "Snake," "Horse," "Goat," "Monkey," "Rooster," "Dog," and "Pig.
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The victor of this tournament gets to have one wish granted, whatever the wish may be.The one wish they want granted—
Who will be the final survivor?
Note: The first two episodes received an advance premiere screening on September 16, 2017.
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EP1 - Even Boars May Become Pigs After Seven Generations
The Juni Taisen takes place every twelve years. The participating warriors must kill each other until only one remains. Inonoshishi, Warrior of the Boar and the daughter of the last Taisen's winner, ends up fighting her first enemy in an unexpected way.
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EP2 - Tricks Both Mongrel and Fowl
Warrior of the Dog, Dotsuku, is known for his powerful bite, Mad Dog's Vise. However, he has a secret skill: the ability to create and secrete a variety of poisons from his body. This gives him an advantage when all of the participants are poisoned!
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EP3 - Cutting a Chicken with a Beef Cleaver
Warrior of the Chicken, Niwatori, isn't as powerful as the others, but her ability to see with a birds-eye-view has helped her survive many battles. She can also betray without feeling any remorse, until she first meets the Monkey Warrior, Sharyu.
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EP4 - The Enemy, a Noble Primate
Warrior of the Monkey, Sharyu, is a powerful fighter able to manipulate the three states of matter, but uses her power to bring peace around the world. She seeks peace at the Juni Taisen as well, until her lone ally asks if people are really worth saving.
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EP5 - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Warrior of the Ram, Hitsujii, is a legendary warrior and winner of the 9th Juni Taisen. In this new Taisen, Hitsujii ranks the other warriors by their abilities and plots a scheme using the poison Juseki crystal.
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EP6 - Even a Champion Racehorse May Stumble
Warrior of the Horse, Uuma, has trained his body to its limits to acquire the ultimate defensive technique, Stirrup. But his confidence in that ability faltered during his meeting with the Warrior of the Ox.
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EP7 - In Like a Dragon, Out Like a Snake Part 1
Warrior of the Snake, the younger Tatsumi Brother, is a dangerous individual who would have become a pyromaniac if he hadn't become a warrior. On their way to the Juni Taisen, he remembers the day his brother saved his life.
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EP8 - In Like a Dragon, Out Like a Snake Part 2
Warrior of the Dragon, the elder Tatsumi Brother, is an arrogant but cool-headed warrior who acts as commander when working with his brother. Using his Heaven's Holding ability to fly, he watches over Snake and waits for his chance to join the battle.
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EP9 - The Man Who Chases Two Rabbits Catches Neither
Warrior of the Rabbit, Usagi, is a Necromantist who makes other warriors into his friends. Warrior of the Ox, Ushii, and Warrior of the Tiger, Tora, end up facing off against two of these friends, the Tatsumi Brothers.
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EP10 - A Tiger May Die, but it Leaves it's Skin
Warrior of the Tiger, Tora, once met a warrior who seemed to brim with righteousness. She joined the Juni Taisen in order to meet that warrior again, and now, it seems her dream of a duel with him may be granted...
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EP11 - To Treat a Man to Beef from his own Cow
The Warrior of the Ox, Ushii, is seen by other fighters as extremely powerful. The genius combatant uses his systematic killing style to slaughter any enemy he comes across.
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EP12 - The One Wish that must be Granted, and the Ninety-nine that can be done Without
Nezumi, Warrior of the Rat, is an ordinary high school student in his normal life. He used his ability, Hundred Paths of Nezumi-san, to become the Taisen's lone survivor, and in the process learned the wishes of the battle's other participants.