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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
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Signature profile
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the midst of an industrial revolution, the people of Hinomoto fight hordes of undead creatures, known as Kabane, using powerful armored trains.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E02
Never-ending Darkness
Ikoma somehow survives and heads towards the last Hayajiro left in Kenkin Station, the Kotetsujyo. Meanwhile, Ayame and her people were left behind to fend off the Kabane when a young girl named Mumei appears before them. The girl clears open a path to the Kotetsujyo with incredible combat prowess.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi

S01E06
Gathering Light
The Kotetsujyo is standing before a giant cluster of Kabane, the Black Smoke, and all seems hopeless. Meanwhile, Ikoma and Mumei find themselves at the bottom of an abandoned station. Surrounded by Kabane, Mumei buried under rubble, and no backup in sight, the situation is dire, yet Ikoma still somehow stands forward to face it.
- Directed by Yasuhiro Akamatsu
- Written by Hiroshi Seko

S01E05
Inescapable Darkness
The Kotetsujyo picks up survivors from Yatsushiro Station which has been destroyed by the Kabane. Among the survivors is Enoku, an old friend of Mumei's. He points out to Mumei how weak she'd become as he witnessed how close she's grown to the people of the Kotetsujyo. Rattled, Mumei chooses to throw herself into a reckless fight and finds herself in a dangerous situation.
- Directed by Hironori Aoyagi, Tetsuo Hirakawa
- Written by Hiroshi Seko

S01E01
Frightened Corpse
Kabane, the immortal monsters, attacked Aragane Station. Ikoma, a steamsmith boy who lives in Aragane Station, ran against the waves of terrified civilians. He is going to fight against Kabane using the weapon he has been secretly developing - the Piercing gun. He fights for his own past and dignity.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tetsuro Araki
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi

S01E08
The Silent Hunter
The older brother Mumei serves is Biba Tenshin, leader of the Hunters - a special division dedicated to hunting Kabane. However, while the people praise Biba as a hero, Ikoma does not trust him. That is because he is the one who turned Mumei into a Kabaneri.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kunihiro Mori
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi

S01E12
Iron Fortress
Biba's plan, Mumei's Nue transformation, and the influx of Kabane were all too much for Kongokaku to withstand. That is when Ikoma arrives. Having modified his body once again, Ikoma enters Kongokaku in order to rescue Mumei, despite the danger he will have to face.
- Directed by Takayuki Hirao, Hiroyuki Tanaka
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E12
Iron Fortress
- Directed by Takayuki Hirao, Hiroyuki Tanaka
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi

S01E11
Burning Life
- Directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kunihiro Mori
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi

S01E10
The Attacking Weak
- Directed by Tokihiro Sasaki, Hiroyuki Tanaka
- Written by Hiroshi Seko

S01E09
Fang of Ruin
- Directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hironori Aoyagi
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi

S01E08
The Silent Hunter
- Directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kunihiro Mori
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi

S01E07
Begging the Heavens
- Directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama, Fumihiro Ueno
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Kiyoshi Nagai
Executive producer

Masuo Ueda
Executive producer
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Yuichi Nakao
Executive producer

George Wada
Executive producer
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Yoshio Yokozawa
Executive producer

Koji Yamamoto
Executive producer
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Kenji Shimizu
Executive producer

Ichiro Okouchi
Writer

Hiroshi Seko
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kiyoshi NagaiExecutive Producer
- Masuo UedaExecutive Producer
- Yohei ShintakuProducer
- Yuka OkayasuProducer
- Yuichi NakaoExecutive Producer
- George WadaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Ichiro OkouchiWriter
- Hiroshi SekoWriter
Direction
- Tokihiro SasakiDirector
- Takayuki HiraoDirector
- Hiroyuki TanakaDirector
- Kunihiro MoriDirector
- Tetsuro ArakiDirector
- Hironori AoyagiDirector
Cinematography
- Kazuhiro YamadaDirector of Photography
Music
- Hiroyuki SawanoOriginal Music Composer
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