Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit - The Complete Series (English Dub)

2007 • Viz Media
4.8
50 reviews
TV-14
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Season 1 episodes (26)

1 Balsa, the Female Bodyguard
4/7/07
Season-only
Balsa, a female spear wielder from Kanbal, has returned to the Shin Yogo Empire after two years to have her spear repaired.
2 Hunters, Hunted
4/14/07
Season-only
Balsa makes preparations to leave the capital with Chagum. She must leave the city without being noticed, a task made difficult by the prince being overcome with the grief of leaving his family.
3 Fight to the Death
4/21/07
Season-only
Balsa discovers that she and Chagum are being followed by the secret hunters, having no choice but to fight against these pursuers while Chagum runs away.
4 Torogai's Letter
4/28/14
Season-only
The Emperor is told that the secret hunters failed to capture the prince and finish Balsa off. After Torogai, an elderly magic weaver, defeats Hyoku and Rai, two warriors also sent by the Emperor, she sends a letter to the star diviners, warning them of a drought that is predicted to befall the kingdom and offering her help to prevent this from happening.
5 Secret Plan, the Blue Hand
5/5/07
Season-only
Torogai reveals that Chagum is carrying the egg of the water spirit, chosen to be its guardian. Balsa knows that the Emperor will never openly search for the prince, so she comes up with a plan to throw the Emperor off her trail.
6 To Die in the Misty Blue
5/12/07
Season-only
Balsa and Chagum, now with his hair cut off, set off and head toward the mountains. Unable to pinpoint the location of the bodyguard and the prince, all of the Emperor's hunters split into separate areas.
7 Chagum's Resolve
5/19/07
Season-only
In the city, Balsa proves to Chagum and Tanda that the whole town has been telling stories about her, some of which are false. While the three stop by at a shop for some medicinal herbs, Tanda comments on how Balsa treats Chagum as her child.
8 The Swordsmith
5/26/07
Season-only
Balsa and Chagum visit a great swordsmith to get a new blade for Balsa's spear. The swordsmith agrees to forge her a new blade once he is convinced that she did not kill the prince.
9 Shuga Thirsts
6/2/07
Season-only
After having noticed the drought sign has not diminished, Shuga soon finds out that Gakai, another master star diviner, is taking the stone scrolls from the sacred chambers to give to Sagum, the first prince of the empire.
10 Soil and Heroes
6/9/07
Season-only
Balsa tells Toya to teach Chagum how to act more like a city dweller. Toya shows him how to negotiate with a concession stand seller by lowering the price of the food.
11 Flower Wine for Tanda
6/16/07
Season-only
Unhappy with her arranged marriage, Saya's soul leaves her body, something Toya anticipated would happen. Tanda performs a soul summoning on his own to guide her back, with Balsa keeping watch.
12 The Summer Solstice Festival
6/23/07
Season-only
The Summer Solstice Festival is drawing near, and the Rucha Festival Tournament will be held the next evening. A boy named Yarsam challenges one of the village boys to a sparring match, which he proves to be quite skilled at. After Yarsam leaves in disappointment, Chagum challenges Yarsam to a match during the festival tournament.
13 Neither Human nor Tiger
6/30/07
Season-only
Balsa gets challenged to a duel via letter by a former rival named Karbo, but she declines when she meets with him. Karbo hires a stone shooter named Gyopsal to target a traveling couple, named Tandor and Sena, in order to draw out her anger.
14 The Knot
7/7/07
Season-only
Torogai makes contact with the water creatures of the spirit realm and finds out that Chagum must die in order to protect the egg of the water spirit. Balsa, after realizing that she has not broken her vow, find Torogai in a pool of charcoal oil in a rice terrace and takes her to be treated by Tanda.
15 Untimely Death
7/14/07
Season-only
While Chagum goes out to look for some yamabime, split-opened purple fruit, in the mountains, Torogai tells Balsa and Tanda that Chagum is destined to die and that the egg of the water spirit will hatch during the Spring Equinox.
16 With All One's Heart
7/21/07
Season-only
Hibitonan sends Mon and Zen to prevent Shuga from going down into the canyon, since that is where Chagum and Balsa were said to be killed. Shuga then learns that Sagum has finally died from overwork and grief.
17 The Water Mill Burns
7/28/07
Season-only
Shuga, locating him in the city, wants to escort Chagum back to the palace, but Shuga is soon stopped by Balsa. He informs of Sagum's recent death, raising a grave concern for Chagum. After Balsa takes Chagum away from Shuga, they head back to meet up with Tanda.
18 The Ancient Village
8/4/07
Season-only
Chagum, Balsa, Tanda, and Torogai travel to Tomi Village in the hope of learning the ancient story of the water spirit.
19 Escape
8/11/07
Season-only
Chagum runs away with Nimka early in the morning in an attempt to return to the palace and to avoid being killed by the Egg Eater. Determined to keep Chagum safe, Balsa goes after him in the mountains.
20 To Hunter's Hole
8/18/07
Season-only
Torogai explains to Shuga that the prince will be inevitably killed by the Egg Eater once the egg of the water spirit hatches. He agrees to return to the court and decipher the remainder of the ancient stone scrolls.
21 Jiguro Musa
8/25/07
Season-only
Balsa tells Chagum the story of how she met Jiguro Musa twenty-four years ago. Karna Yansa, her father, was ordered to poison the king of Kanbal by Logsam, the king's younger brother, in which failing to comply would have Balsa killed.
22 Season of Awakening
9/1/07
Season-only
Balsa witnesses as Jiguro takes out each hunter one by one. From that day on, Balsa swore an oath to save the same number of lives that Jiguro had taken away for her protection.
23 In Search of the Shigu Salua
9/8/07
Season-only
Later, spring has arrived and Chagum has grown both physically and mentally, being given new clothes and his own sword. Chagum, Balsa, Tanda, and Torogai embark on a journey to Aoike Pond, later reuniting with Shuga and the hunters.
24 The Last Hope
9/15/07
Season-only
Balsa and Tanda, along with the hunters, are unable to catch up to Chagum, since the egg of the water spirit is controlling the way he moves.
25 Celebration
9/22/07
Season-only
Tanda gives Balsa, along with the hunters, some sig saluas to pursue the Egg Eater and save Chagum. As Chagum finally makes it to Sanaan, Balsa and the hunters locate him.
26 Departure
9/29/07
Season-only
Chagum returns to the palace and is now the crowned prince and the child of heaven. While Chagum is reunited with his mother, Balsa contemplates the future. After Balsa, Tanda, and Torogai were awarded by the Emperor for protecting Chagum, they resume their journey back home.

About this show

She carries the pain of eight souls. He carries the burden of one sacred spirit. Young Prince Chagum has been suspected of demonic possession by court advisors who see only one solution: death. But his salvation may lie in the hands of Balsa, the spear-wielding bodyguard from Kanbal, the kingdom across the mountains. Her vow to save eight worthy souls has led her to the imperiled Chagum and into the mystery of the water spirit, a mystical entity that may hold the key to saving millions of lives from drought. Her skill and tenacity are legendary, but can she fend off an entire empire?

Ratings and reviews

4.8
50 reviews
Miss Powell
June 18, 2015
one of my favorites. The action is amazing. The characters are wonderful and you really fall in love with them especially bolsa. The plot is well worth watching it's a very unique story and I really wish that they would do the rest of the books into movies.
Masamune
July 15, 2015
My heart has always craved adventure but I've lived in this adventureless town my whole life called owasso oklahoma, but this series inspired me to follow my dream because of the beautiful adventure in it so I threw all my savings at moving too a really small town called fujieda japan and the landscape Is very similar too the series landscape I just wanna say thank you too the creators of this series and too balsa;) also I am currently listening too the theme song on which I downloaded through mp3 file. TY
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Anacani Zamora
April 8, 2017
This show is hard to watch throughout it but it also moves my soul because it has a great storyline that intrigues me and and also it's something that I've never seen before because of the storyline is so ancient history that it just it just blows me away!!!!!!