Plot Synopsis

Based on the series of video games of the same name, ONIMUSHA is a half-hour anime set in Japan's Warring States period. The focus of this adaptation is on Miyamoto Musashi, modeled after the late Japanese screen icon Toshiro Mifune. Set in the early Edo Period, a time when Japan was transitioning towards peace, and warfare was fading into history, an aging Musashi embarks on a covert mission. Armed with the mythical "Oni Gauntlet," Musashi embarks on an epic journey to vanquish the lurking demons. All eight half-hour episodes of ONIMUSHA dropped on Thursday, November 2, 2023 on Netflix.