Nobunagun

Nobunagun
Cover of Nobunagun volume 1 by Earth Star Entertainment. The character on the cover is the protagonist Shio Ogura.
ノブナガン (Nobunagan)
Genre	Action
Manga
Written by	Masato Hisa
Published by	Earth Star Entertainment
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Comic Earth Star
Original run	2011 – ongoing
Volumes	3
Anime television series
Directed by	Nobuhiro Kondo
Written by	Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Studio	Bridge
Licensed by	NA Funimation
Network	Tokyo MX, ytv, CTV, BS11, AT-X
English network	Crunchyroll
Original run	January 5, 2014 – ongoing

Nobunagun (ノブナガン, Nobunagan) is an action manga series, serialized in Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star from 2011. An anime television series adaptation by Bridge began airing from January 5, 2014.

Plot

Shio Ogura is a Japanese high school student, who is visiting Taiwan on a school trip when she is suddenly attacked by monsters called "Evolutionary Invasion Objects." Agents known as "E-Gene Holders" from the government agency DOGOO also arrive, who wield weapons infused with the spirits of historical figures. Shio is revealed to also be an E-Gene Holder when the soul of Oda Nobunaga awakens after she tries to rescue a friend.

Characters

Defense Organization aGainst Outer Objects or DOGOO

First Platoon

Lemon/Geronimo (レモン/ジェロニモ, Remon/Jeronimo)

Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō

Ibukidān Erdenbileg/Suho (イブキギーン・エルデネビルグ/スーホ, Ibukidān Erudenebirugu/Sūho)

Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura

Gaudi (real name unknown)/Antoni Gaudi (ガウディ（本名不明）/アントニ・ガウディ, Gaudi (honmyō fumei)/Antoni Gaudi)

Voiced by: Ayumu Murase

Second Platoon

Shio Ogura (小椋しお, Ogura Shio)

Voiced by: Shiori Mutō

A student from Japan who attends an all girls school, she is also E-Gene Holder of Oda Nobunaga. She is very clumsy and a bit of an air head that most of her classmates, except for Asao, would stay away from her. However, she is a kind, loyal friend. She was the only one of Asao's friends willing to go back to save her in the first episode. She is an excellent fighter, and is noted by many for her sniping talent. She has a fascination for military equipment that her classmates would find it weird. She was forced to join DOGOO, after the Kaohsiung incident.

Nobunagun (Oda Nobunaga) (ノブナガン（織田信長）, Nobunagan (Oda Nobunaga))

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita

Adam Muirhead/Jack the Ripper (アダム・ミューアヘッド/切り裂きジャック, Adamu Mūaheddo/Kirisaki Jakku)

Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki

The E-Gene Holder of Jack the Ripper and the first that Ogura came into contact. His AU weapon is a huge hunting knife. Though he and Ogura fight very well together, they still get really irritated of each other at time.

Mahesh Mirza/Mahatma Gandhi (マヘシュ・ミルザ/マハトマ・ガンジー, Maheshu Miruza/Mahatoma Ganjii)

Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki

The E-Gene Holder of Gandhi. His AU can produce forcefields. He seems to like cute girls.

Jess Beckham/Isaac Newton (ジェス・ベッカム/アイザック・ニュートン, Jesu Bekkamu/Aizakku Nūton)

Voiced by: Yū Asakawa

The E-Gene holder of Issac Newton. Her AU weapon can manipulate gravity. She is the only other female in the platoon and easily made friends with Ogura when she joined the platoon. She has lewd pesrsonality as she always French kiss as a greeting.

Third Platoon

Real name unknown/Dai Zong (本名不明/戴宗, Honmyō fumei/Tai Sō)

Fourth Platoon

Real name unknown/Nostradamus (本名不明/ノストラダムス, Honmyō fumei/Nosutoradamusu)

Real name unknown/Alfred Nobel (本名不明/アルフレッド・ノーベル, Honmyō fumei/Arufureddo Nōberu)

Special Squad

Vidocq (real name unknown)/François Vidocq (ヴィドック (本名不明)/フランソワ・ヴィドック, Vidokku (honmyō fumei)/Furansowa Vidokku)

Voiced by: Akira Ishida

Hunter (real name unknown)/John Hunter (ハンター (本名不明)/ジョン・ハンター, Hantā (honmyō fumei)/Jon Hantā)

Voiced by: Makoto Yasumura

Gariko (real name unknown)/Galileo Galilei (ガリ子 (本名不明)/ガリレオ・ガリレイ, Gariko (honmyō fumei)/Garireo Garirei)

Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka

Upper echelon

Commander (壱与, Iyo)

Voiced by: Ai Satō

DOGOO (土偶, Dogō)

Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe

St. Germain (サンジェルマン, Sanjeruman)

Voiced by: Kōji Yusa

Of unknown affiliation

Annus/Robert Capa (アヌシュ/ロバート・キャパ, Anushu/Robatto Kapa)

Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda

Real name unknown/Babe Ruth (本名不明/ベーブ・ルース, Honmyō fumei/Bēbu Rūsu)

Real name unknown/William Tell (本名不明/ウィリアム・テル, Honmyō fumei/Wiriamu Teru)

Real name unknown/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (本名不明/ヴォルフガング・アマデウス・モーツァルト, Honmyō fumei/Worufugangu Amadeusu Mōtsaruto)

Real name unknown/Grigori Rasputin (本名不明/グリゴリー・ラスプーチン, Honmyō fumei/Gurigorii Rasupūchin)

Others

Kaoru Asao (浅尾かおる, Asao Kaoru)

Voiced by: Haruno Inoue

She is the most popular student in Ogura's school and she is only one who befriended Ogura during the school's field trip to Kaohsiung Taiwan ,it was the invasion of the Evolutionary Invasion Object at Kaohsiung that has led Ogura to rescue her and eventually activate her E-Gene upon bumping into Jack the Ripper who was then wounded after failing to notice another monster attacking him.

Christopher Colombus (クリストファー・コロンブス, Kurisutofā Koronbusu)

Florence Nightingale (フローレンス・ナイチンゲール, Furōrensu Naichingēru)

Media

Anime

An anime television series adaptation by Bridge began airing from January 5, 2014.^[1] The opening theme is "Respect for the dead man" by Pay Money to My Pain. Funimation will stream the series on their video website, beginning on January 6.^[2]

References

External links

• Official website (Japanese)