Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman / Roman the Animation
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Genres: action, comedy, drama, romance, science fiction
Themes: conspiracy, feudal Japan, historical, parody, power suits, secret agents, secret identities, special abilities, thieves, vigilantes
Objectionable content: Significant
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2013-01-07
Opening Theme: “RanTiKi” by Yukino
Ending Theme: “Zarathustra” by HiGEPlot Summary: Manjirō Tatsukeya works as a jack of all trades, helping troubled people in town for not much money that he ends up losing on bets. However, at night, he turns into a Japanese-style Robin Hood, the phantom thief Roman. In order to protect the smiles of the people in his town, he continues to fight against injustice with his sister Koharu and friends. (from ANN)
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