BBK/BRNK
BBK/BRNK
TV ShowEnded

BBK/BRNK

6.8 / 10
2016
1 season
24 episodes
AnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

It’s been ten years since Azuma Kazuki has been in Japan, and upon his arrival he is taken prisoner by a group of armed men. Azuma is saved by his childhood friend, Kogane Asabuki, thanks to a living weapon she wields on her right hand, known as a Bubuki. Learning about these weapons, Azuma becomes a Bubuki wielder himself and sets out on a journey.

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Seasons

  • The Witch's Son

    1.The Witch's Son

    09-01-201624m

    Kazuki Azuma returns to Japan after ten years away, only to be chased down by the Bubuki police. He's saved by a childhood friend, Asabuki Kogane, and her right-hand-shaped Bubuki....

  • Fire Titan

    2.Fire Titan

    16-01-201624m

    Azuma stares in stunned shock at Oubu, now reduced to bones, as Hiiragi, Kogane, and the others successfully hold off Matobai. Hiiragi realizes this is the best chance to awaken Ou...

  • Heart and Limbs

    3.Heart and Limbs

    23-01-201624m

    Ten years ago, many Buranki fell to Earth and were destroyed by Banryuu Reoko and her Buranki, Entei. That was the day Reoko and Entei's reign of terror began. In the present, Azum...

  • Right Hand and Gun

    4.Right Hand and Gun

    30-01-201624m

    Kogane's enraged cry of "I'll gouge out your everything!" rings out as she engages Matobai in battle, but her opponent's attack power overwhelms her. When Azuma tries to help her,...

  • Swords and Rings

    5.Swords and Rings

    06-02-201624m

    The Bubuki battle continues aboard the train that's carrying Oubu toward Treasure Island. A beam fired from Arabashiri's Bubuki ring hits Kinoa, causing her own past to replay in h...

  • The Gray Jewel

    6.The Gray Jewel

    13-02-201624m

    Azuma's companions have won their second Bubuki battle, but the next opponent is one of Reoko's Four Gods who was in disguise as their friend Horino. Hiiragi and the others are sho...

  • The Headless Titan

    7.The Headless Titan

    20-02-201624m

    When Azuma sees the Buranki approaching the train that's transporting Oubu, he recognizes it as the headless Buranki that attacked his family on Treasure Island ten years ago. Froz...

  • The Stopped Heart

    8.The Stopped Heart

    27-02-201624m

    The only two Buranki currently on Earth that possess a beating heart are Oubu and Entei. What's more, Reoko has defeated the headless Buranki, also called the "déraciné," and obtai...

  • Fist Against Fist

    9.Fist Against Fist

    05-03-201624m

    Azuma does everything he can to restart the heart of Oubu, which stopped beating during the battle with the American Bubuki users. Hiiragi tries to protect Azuma from a vicious att...

  • The Shattered Heart

    10.The Shattered Heart

    12-03-201624m

    As Oubu finally achieves its complete form, Entei stands before it controlled not by Reoko, but by Zetsubi. Laughing boldly, she tells the shocked Azuma that he can't beat Entei, b...

  • The Immortal Girl

    11.The Immortal Girl

    19-03-201624m

    The foreign teams continue to hunt the headless déraciné Buranki, so they can take its heart and use it to awaken Buranki in their home countries. Meanwhile, Arabashiri is fighting...

  • The Boy from Treasure Island

    12.The Boy from Treasure Island

    26-03-201624m

    As Reoko, full of bitter resentment, grasps Migiwa in Entei's hand to try to crush her, both women look back to when they were sixteen years old and best friends. Reoko called fort...

  • Black Oubu

    13.Black Oubu

    01-10-201624m

    Half a month after the battle on Treasure Island, Kogane, Kinoa, Shizuru, and Hiiragi ride through the lively streets of Taiwan in a taxi... but Azuma got stuck in immigration and...

  • The False Heart

    14.The False Heart

    08-10-201624m

    Guy praises Leticia for destroying most of the headless Buranki lurking around Europe. This irritates Kaoruko, who wants Guy to acknowledge her as the number one heart user. Then,...

  • The Right Hand's Scar

    15.The Right Hand's Scar

    15-10-201624m

    As Azuma and Kaoruko stare each other down, their respective limbs battle it out with their Bubuki. Angus is on the defensive against Kinoa's fierce attacks, Shepherd is overwhelme...

  • The Hunter's Bullet

    16.The Hunter's Bullet

    22-10-201624m

    The Buranki Entei flies freely through the sky... and the one controlling it is not Reoko, but Kaoruko. Demokratia, led by Guy, has used its technology to make Entei recognize Kaor...

  • The Island Fortress

    17.The Island Fortress

    29-10-201624m

    In a room somewhere deep in Demokratia's island fortress, Kaoruko discovers the identity of the Bubuki users that Guy had called "traitors." She asks Double why she never knows wha...

  • The Butterfly and the Gallows

    18.The Butterfly and the Gallows

    05-11-201624m

    Kaoruko has been trying to find a way to see her father again ever since he left her at a boarding school in Taiwan. One day, Guy tells Kaoruko that her father reunited with her mo...

  • Older Brother and Younger Sister

    19.Older Brother and Younger Sister

    12-11-201624m

    Peaceful scenery passes by outside the car window, but Azuma has no idea that the kind old man giving him a lift toward the island fortress is Guy himself. Meanwhile, back at their...

  • The Rebellious Limb

    20.The Rebellious Limb

    19-11-201624m

    The Buranki Epimew soars over hills and plains, faster and lighter than the wind, disappearing from sight in an instant only to rise high into the sky again. In the cockpit, Laetit...

  • Swan Song

    21.Swan Song

    26-11-201624m

    After rescuing Reoko from Guy's island fortress, Azuma and the others rest of the Japanese crew flies back to Japan... but the moment they're over Japanese waters, a flying craft a...

  • The Comet Opens Its Eyes

    22.The Comet Opens Its Eyes

    03-12-201624m

    Inheritance: if one were to express it with a different word, it would be "curse." Guy, an inheritor of a heart Bubuki, was released from the curse through the only possible method...

  • The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy

    23.The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy

    10-12-201624m

    The massive Deus Magna seems to pierce the heavens as it makes its appearance amidst a raging storm, and inside its cranium is the enemy, Guy. The Buranki Batolov and Mega-lala, al...

  • The Adventurers

    24.The Adventurers

    17-12-201624m

    It's been a year. Peace has returned, and everyone is back to living their old lives again. Azuma has started living on his own and now attends the same high school as Kogane. All...

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