Season
- Season 1 1998-10-08
Episode
- Episode 1: Attack on Ikedaya - The Great Duel at the Bakamatsu
- Episode 2: Attack in the Rain - To Kamo Serizawa
- Episode 3: Soji Okita - Love and Sword
- Episode 4: Shinsengumi's Announcement
- Episode 5: The Moving Sozaburo with the Bangs
- Episode 6: A Premeditated Attack, Yamanami's Desertion
- Episode 7: Infiltration, Choshu's Spy
- Episode 8: The Woman Who Followed Isami Kondo
- Episode 9: Internal Division, the Duel of Aburanokoji
- Episode 10: The Last Farewell From Kondo, Hijikata and Okita
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi Season 1 Attack on Ikedaya - The Great Duel at the Bakamatsu
The arrival of Matthew Perry's Black Ships rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of isolation from the world. Men set their eyes beyond Japan and began to demand change in society. Old clashed with the new, and thus began an age of turmoil. Amidst this confusion, one group remained true to the old ways and risked their lives to preserve the traditional shogunate system. Led by their charismatic captain, Kondo Isami, the Shinsengumi upheld the code of honor of the samurai. Tales abound of the feats of men like Kondo, Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Soshi. In general, the passion and glory of these men who lived during these turbulent times in Japanese history are given exploration.
