Kurozuka Season 1
Kurozuka Season 1

Kurozuka Season 1: The Plain of Adachi-ga-hara
01. The Plain of Adachi-ga-hara
Oct 07, 2008

Kuro and Benkei, fleeing pursuers, seek refuge in the forest home of Kuromitsu. When Kuro falls ill, Benkei leaves to seek medicine. The pursuers attack Kuro and Kuromitsu, mortally wounding Kuro. Kuromitsu offers Kuro eternal life.

Kurozuka Season 1: The Tomb Of Karma
02. The Tomb Of Karma
Oct 14, 2008

A corrupt wandering samurai attacks Kuro and Kuromitsu in the town near her home and beheads Kuro. Kuromitsu kills the samurai and attaches Kuro's head to the samurai's body. In flashback, Kuro drinks Kuromitsu's blood, but before his transformation can complete, they are attacked by an enemy who has been hunting Kuromitsu for the secret to her immortality. Kuro is beheaded by Benkei, whom the enemy had recruited to be their new leader.

Hiroaki Shimizu
Hiroaki Shimizu

Animation Director

Kurozuka Season 1: Asuka
03. Asuka
Oct 21, 2008

Without any memory of how he got there, Kuro awakens in the forest in a post-apocalyptic world. Upon entering a crumbled city of Asuka in search of Kuromitsu, he meets Haniwa resistance member Karuta. The Red Imperial Army attacks the club fronting for the Haniwa HQ. Kuro attacks the Red Imperial Army when he recognizes their emblem as the same as those who hunted Kuromitsu.

Kurozuka Season 1: Haniwa Man
04. Haniwa Man
Oct 28, 2008

Kuro recovers from the fight with the Red Imperial Army at Rai's apartment. Rai takes Kuro to Izana, who claims he can reunite Kuro with Kuromitsu if Kuro joins the Haniwa rebels against the Red Imperial Army.

Kurozuka Season 1: Saniwa
05. Saniwa
Nov 04, 2008

The Haniwa take Kuro to meet the rebel leader, Saniwa. She promises to reunite him with Kuromitsu. The Red Imperial Army seeks Kuromitsu's blood to breed an army of enhanced soldiers.

Kurozuka Season 1: Miitsu
06. Miitsu
Nov 11, 2008

Arashiyama and the Red Imperial Army attack Haniwa HQ and Saniwa's residence in search of Kuromitsu's blood.

Oyunam
Oyunam

Director

Kurozuka Season 1: Kagura Village
07. Kagura Village
Nov 18, 2008

Kuro and the Haniwa travel to the underground village of Kagura, but discover the residents slaughtered and Kuromitsu gone.

Hiroaki Shimizu
Hiroaki Shimizu

Animation Director

Kurozuka Season 1: The Ghost-Weep Vine
08. The Ghost-Weep Vine
Nov 25, 2008

The Red Imperial sorceress Kagetsu tortures Saniwa to learn the whereabouts of Kuromitsu. Kuromitsu appears, kills Kagetsu, tells Kuro to go to the Red Imperial HQ, and disappears again. Saniwa dies.

Kurozuka Season 1: Running the Gauntlet
09. Running the Gauntlet
Dec 02, 2008

Kuro and the Haniwa travel to the Red Imperial HQ in Tokyo. Karuta dies.

Kurozuka Season 1: The Castle of Mirage
10. The Castle of Mirage
Dec 09, 2008

Kuro and Rai are captured by the Red Imperial Army. Kuon is revealed to be, among other things, a Red Imperial agent who infiltrated the Haniwa at Kuromitsu's command.

Kurozuka Season 1: The Unending War
11. The Unending War
Dec 16, 2008

Hasegawa plans to remove Kuro's head for his experiments. Kuro kills Hasegawa. Kuon kills Rai, then tells Kuro that Kuromitsu planned to use his body as Kuro's perfect new body. Kuro kills Kuon.

Kurozuka Season 1: The Black Tomb
12. The Black Tomb
Dec 23, 2008

Kuro confronts the Red Emperor, who is revealed to be Benkei, and kills him. Kuromitsu beheads Kuro and places his head on a new body. Kuro awakens in the forest, having lost his memory, and begins again his search for Kuromitsu.

Tetsuro Araki
Tetsuro Araki

Director