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Region：Japan / China
Type：TV
English name：Soul Buster
Official name：侍霊演武：将星乱
Chinese name：侍灵演武：将星乱
Other names：ソウルバスター / Soul Buster: Shousei Ran / 侍灵演武
Premiered：October 4, 2016
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Fantasy / Historical / Combat / Source manga
Original author：白猫
Director：渡部穏寛 / 静野孔文
Scenario：本田雅也
Storyboard：渡部穏寛 / 福島利規 / 朝倉カイト
Co-director：ながはまのりひこ / 高本宣弘 / 佐藤光敏 / 渡部穏寛
Studios：Studio Pierrot
Copyright：©白猫・尚漫 / SOUL BUSTER ANIMATION PROJECT
Family：Soul Buster
Official website：http://soulbuster.jp/
Rating：12+

Soul Buster

The anime is based on the classical Chinese novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and is set in present-day China, where famous figures from history and the novel can be summoned using cards.

The story centers on Son Shin, a high school student who hates studying China's Warring States period, and Shuu Yu, a female general from the Chinese state of Wu who has been revived in the present day.

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Oct 4, 2016

EP1 - Soul Buster

Sonshin is a young high school boy in China who finds himself caught up in an ancient battle between the forces attempting to revive the emperor Kentei and who would stop them. A mysterious benefactor gives him a choice of cards, which will allow him to summon warriors from the romance of the three kingdoms to do his bidding. He summons the great general Shuuyu, but very quickly finds out that the game is more deadly than he bargained for...
Oct 11, 2016

EP2 - Enlightenment

Chou-sensei continues to pursue Shuuyu and Sonshin throughout the school. Sonshin lacks the spiritual power needed to fully use Shuuyu's abilities, so he has no choice but to flee. The situation grows even more dire when the two of them are trapped on the roof, and Gien destroys the fire escapes, leaving them nowhere to run...
Oct 18, 2016

EP3 - Twilight

Trapped on the roof, Sonshin has nowhere to run against Chou-sensei. He's forced to fight, but his spiritual power is weak. He attempts to surrender to spare Shuuyu any further pain, but as her armor glints in the setting sun, it seems he has another plan in mind...
Oct 25, 2016

EP4 - Disaster

With Chou-sensei defeated, the real bad guy is revealed: Hakuanshi, a servant of Kentei who was manipulating him for his own purposes. Hakuanshi uses more powerful generals, and more than just one. Even with the help of his mysterious classmate Ryofu, Sonshin has no choice but to flee. But Hakuanshi isn't willing to let him go easily...
Nov 1, 2016

EP5 - Arrowhead

Ryouun and Sonshin continue to fight against Hakuanshi's generals. Sonshin's spiritual energy is beginning to run out, and it won't be long before he's completely dry. But even after he temporarily repels this foe, he still has to deal with a reckless and angry Shuuyu, who blunders straight into a trap...
Nov 8, 2016

EP6 - Ebisu

Ryouun and Sonshin are fleeing to the Southern Palace, pursued by another of Hakuanshin's generals. On their way, they are trapped in a labyrinthine neighborhood, and led into an ambush by a group of neighborhood thugs. But the head thug is tougher than the others, and he's strong enough to even fight Ryouun's general!
Nov 15, 2016

EP7 - Servant

Ryouun and Sonshin proceed to the Southern Palace, which is located in a lake at the back of a bamboo forest. But Hakuanshin's plots run deeper than they suspected, and a second assassin awaits. When Ryouun is badly wounded, her general goes off to duel the assassin...
Nov 22, 2016

EP8 - Flames

Sonshin finally takes the badly wounded Shuuyu to the southern palace, where Ryouun's grandfather agrees to treat her. But in other to cure her from the poison that consumes her energy, he'll have to go deep inside his mind, where the bond between Lord and General will be tested.
Nov 29, 2016

EP9 - Vow

After the loss of her last General, Ryouun wants power, and a lot of it. She turns to the enshrined warrior of the southern palace, the legendary war god Kanu. But will she be able to master his incredible might, or will he drain her of her own power and drive her to her death?
Dec 6, 2016

EP10 - Demon

The legendary card, Kanu, is revealed to be the object of Hakuanshi's pursuit. But when Ryouuun gets the card first, she goes out of control. Can Sonshin restore her sanity?
Dec 13, 2016

EP11 - Collapse

With the Southern Palace collapsing around them, Sonshin and Ryouun frantically search for a way out. But Hakuanshi summons a revived, and even more powerful Gien to stop them!
Dec 20, 2016

EP12 - Tomorrow

A massive rock blocks the way out of the Southern Palace. Only by combining the powers of General and Lord can Ryouun and Sonshin hope to move it. Hakuanshin waits outside for the palace to collapse, because when it does he will get the last bit of Kanu's card. Can they escape the collapsing palace in time? And if they do, what will be their next destination?