Hakuoki
Hakuoki (薄桜鬼 〜新選組奇譚〜, Hakuōki ~Shinsengumi Kitan~, Demon of the Fleeting Blossom: The Tale of the Shinsengumi) is a Japanese otome video game series by Idea Factory, first released for the PlayStation 2 on the 18th September 2008 and ported to many other platforms. It has been adapted into an anime series by Studio Deen; the first series was broadcast from April to June 2010, and the second series was broadcast from October to December 2010. An OVA series, titled Hakuoki: A Memory of Snow Flowers and adapting from Hakuoki: Stories of Shinsengumi was released from August 2011 to July 2012. A third series based on the prequel, Hakuoki Reimeiroku was broadcast from July to September 2012. The series has also been adapted as two different manga series.
| Hakuoki | |
| 薄桜鬼 〜新選組奇譚〜 (Hakuoki: Shinsengumi Kitan) | |
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| Genre | Otome, historical fantasy |
| Anime television series | |
| Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamasaki |
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| Music by | Kow Otani |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Original network | TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, AT-X, Tokyo MX TV, TV Aichi |
| Original run | April 4, 2010 – June 20, 2010 |
| Episodes | 12 |
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| Hakuoki: Record of the Jade Blood | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamasaki |
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| Music by | Kow Otani |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Original network | TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, AT-X, Tokyo MX TV, TV Aichi |
| Original run | October 10, 2010 – December 12, 2010 |
| Episodes | 10 |
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| Hakuoki: A Memory of Snow Flowers | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamasaki |
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| Music by | Kow Otani |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Released | August 5, 2011 – July 27, 2012 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 6 |
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| Hakuoki: Dawn of the Shinsengumi | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamasaki |
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| Music by | Kow Otani |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Original network | Yomiuri TV, AT-X, Tokyo MX TV, TV Kanagawa, TV Aichi, BS11, ANIPLUS |
| Original run | July 9, 2012 – September 24, 2012 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime film | |
| Hakuoki: Wild Dance of Kyoto | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamasaki |
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| Written by | Osamu Yamasaki Tsunekiyo Fujisawa |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Released | August 24, 2013 |
| Runtime | 96 minutes |
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| Hakuoki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamasaki |
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| Written by | Osamu Yamasaki Tsunekiyo Fujisawa |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Released | March 8, 2014 |
| Runtime | 87 minutes |
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| Hakuoki: Otogisōshi | |
| Directed by | Parako Shinohara |
| Studio | DLE |
| Original run | April 5, 2016 – June 28, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
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| Directed by | Osamu Yamasaki |
| Music by | Kow Otani |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Released | November 14, 2021 – January 24, 2022 |
| Episodes | 3 |
Two films were released in 2013 and 2014. The first was released in August 2013 and on DVD in February 2014. The film is a retelling of both seasons in greater detail and with a slightly different ending. The second film was released on March 8, 2014. A short anime television series adaptation of a new instalment of the game, titled Hakuoki: Otogisōshi and produced by DLE, aired from April to June 2016. A new OVA series by Studio Deen was released from November 2021 to January 2022.
The anime television series and films have been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.