You like history, yeah? You like insanely skilled war lords duking it out spectaculary? You like good music with your anime, characters that will remain with you even after finishing watching it? Well, if yes, you are missing on a cult series if you haven't watched this yet.

The first episode might baffle you after seeing how explosions on nuclear level occur during a simple sword duel. You might find the characters too boisterous, showy, arrogant, etc. But you'll be positively surprised at how much you'll like the premise and the characters in the end.

I consider the voice acting of Yukimura's and Masamune's seiyuus exeptional among all the anime I've watched. The music is epic. The animation quality is good and the pace of the story is fast. It makes you want to go buy the game and play it till you drop dead.

Watch its sequel and the movie, too. You won't be disappointed. (show less)

Sengoku Basara gets a 8/10 and here's why. Again the characters and sound really sold this anime, the story could have been longer than 12 episodes, which by the way really made me feel that the guys at Production I.G. didn't think that this anime was going to be a success, or maybe some other alterer motive. The other reason was because of the story, it felt more or less unoriginal (despite it is an historical anime) I guess I might have been looking for something more. I was leaning towards a 9.5/10 but felt that was way too strong. I know there is a season 2 which I intend on watching sometime this week or next depending on my schedule. Well that's it, your moment of Zen wrapped up pretty nicely. I highly recommend this anime to anyone who's into history, laced with action, samuria and of course an anime that brings a great deal of comedy, even in the smallest of forms. If you guys want you can read my full review over at http://www.anime-planet.com/users/MugenNeS/reviews/3589 (show less)