Battle Girls: Time Paradox
A schoolgirl is transported to an all-female feudal Japan.
Battle Girls: Time Paradox is a 2011 Japanese anime television series based on the CR Sengoku Otome pachinko game series. Produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Hideki Okamoto, it aired on TV Tokyo from April to June 2011. The series was licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Quick Facts
- Creator
- Heiwa
- Director
- Hideki Okamoto
- Producer
- Masaru Nikaidō
- Ryōsuke Ōno
- Tetsuya Kinoshita
- Yū Kiyozono
- Writer
- Touko Machida
- Music
- Eishi Segawa
- Voices
- Satomi Akesaka
- Mariya Ise
- Sachi Kokuryu
- Rei Mochizuki
- Eri Kitamura
- Rina Hidaka
- Opening theme
- "Kagerou" by Tenka Tori Tai
- Animator
- TMS Entertainment
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Characters
The characters share the names of various historic figures in Feudal Japan, with their given names spelled out in katakana. Yoshino, nicknamed "Hideyoshi" after Toyotomi Hideyoshi, is a ditsy schoolgirl transported to an alternate Feudal Japan made up of women. She struggles to fit in and brings modern ethics to the era, finding uses for her mobile phone despite no reception. She becomes Oda's retainer after showing skill with a staff, though she cannot fight or use magic. Oda Nobunaga is a feudal lord who desires pieces of a mystical armor to unite nations. Short-tempered and aggressive, she becomes more benevolent under Hideyoshi's influence. She wields a large sword, controls flames, and carries a kiseru given by her grandmother Nobubasa. Akechi Mitsuhide is Nobunaga's humble aide, bemused by Hideyoshi's odd behavior and secretly infatuated with Nobunaga. She seeks the Crimson Armor to make Nobunaga happy and is jealous of Hideyoshi's interactions with her. She resembles one of Hideyoshi's classmates and is nicknamed "Akerin." Her weapon is the kunai. Date Masamune, a warrior affiliated with Nobunaga and Mitsuhide, is secretly Hideyoshi's teacher from the present. She traveled back in time to find the Crimson Armor after witnessing a family member from the distant future, aiming to put Japan's history under her family's rule. She cannot fight and has no magical abilities. Imagawa Yoshimoto is a feudal lord who uses a yumi and lost the left leg of the Crimson Armor to Nobunaga in a game. She finds Nobunaga fun and views Tokugawa as a cute little sister; she is revealed to be a yuri fan.
Media
The series ran on TV Tokyo from April 5 to June 27, 2011, with Crunchyroll providing a simulcast. Sentai Filmworks handled the North American home video release, putting out a DVD and Blu-ray Disc on February 26, 2013. Tenka Tori Tai performed both the opening, "Heatwaves," and the ending, "A Flaming Arrow Comes." A PlayStation Vita action game, Sengoku Otome: Legend Battle, launched on August 25, 2016.
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