Touken Ranbu

Touken Ranbu
Developer(s)Nitroplus
Publisher(s)DMM Games
Platform(s)Adobe Flash (EoL), .NET Core
Release
Genre(s)Online web browser game

Touken Ranbu (Japanese: 刀剣乱舞, Hepburn: Tōken Ranbu, lit. "Wild Dance of Swords") is a free-to-play collectible card browser video game developed by Nitroplus and DMM Games. The game was launched in Japan in January 2015,[1] in Mainland China in 2017, and worldwide in April 2021.[2]

The franchise has inspired and been adapted as four anime productions, a two separate productions of a long-running stage play series, a Kabuki theatre production, two live-action films, and a spin-off game.

There are also several official comic anthologies and three manga series that use an anthology format.

  1. ^ Ashcraft, Brian (10 June 2015). "Japan's Newest Trend: Katana Women". Kotaku. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ Prince, April (5 May 2021). "'Touken Ranbu' is an Online, Free-To-Play, Sword Raising Simulation Game". Black Girl nerds. Retrieved 30 June 2021.