Bamboo Blade Box1-2 ~ Tv Series Perfect Collection
Themes: kendo, moe, sports
Director: Hisashi Saito Screenplay: Hideyuki Kurata Music: Kiyohiko Senba Original creator: Aguri Igarashi (art), Masahiro Totsuka (story) Character Design: Naoto Hosoda Art Director: Maho Takahashi Animation Director: Yooichi Ueda Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami Director of Photography: Tatsuya Nomura
Plot Summary: Toraji Ishida is a high school kendo teacher. His friend and fellow kendo teacher makes him a bet: if Ishida can assemble a girls' kendo team that can defeat his girls' team in a practice match, he'll treat Ishida to free meals at his father's sushi restaurant for a whole year. Now Ishida must find five girls to join the team.
Running time: half hour per episode Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 2007-10-01 to 2008-03-31
Opening Theme: ""BAMBOO BEAT"" by Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima, Houko Kuwashima & Rina Satou Ending Theme: ""STAR RISE"" by Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima, Houko Kuwashima & Rina Satou #2: ""BAMBOO BEAT"" by Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima, Houko Kuwashima & Rina Satou (ep 26) "