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Hiwou War Chronicles (機巧奇傳ヒヲウ戦記)
Overview
8 years ago, Western Civilization visited 19th century Japan. Mechanized dolls and new steam-powered creations began spreading throughout the country. The Wind Gang is a group of doll and steam users who believe in using their creations to violently bring about a new Industrial Era. They attack and destroy the peaceful village of a young doll user named Hiwou one day. Hiwou and his friends escape with a giant doll named Homura. Hiwou now wants to find his father, so that he can help defeat the Wind Gang, and bring peace back to Japan.
Key Crew
Producer: Masahiko Minami, Shiro Sasaki, Mitsuyuki Yokohama, Katsuhiko Gotō, Korefumi Seki, Mitsuru Oshima
Writer: Sho Aikawa
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Seasons
Season 1 (2000)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Run!! Homura
2000-10-24A group of children use mechanical puppets at village festivals. But sometimes they use them for mischief. A group of warriors attack his village.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 2: Look! This Is a Clockwork Doll
2000-10-31After the attack, the children return to their village in search of their mother but find it burned. They know machine people.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 3: Revenge Attack!? Shogunate Heroes Appear
2000-11-07On their way, the brothers encounter a samurai who is holding a member of the machine people prisoner. He with hatred claims clockwork dolls are for war.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 4: Win or Lose! Arashi Versus Hiwou
2000-11-14Following the attempted kidnapping of Hiwou's sister by the Machine Men, the fight between their giant Clockwork Dolls is inevitable. They also meet a member of the Wind Gang who opposes the opening of Japan.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 5: Goodbye? Tetsu and the Wooden Dolls
2000-11-21On their way to Takayama, the brothers are accommodated in the forest house of a kind lady who lost two children and offers to stay with the two younger brothers.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 6: Our Aim! To the Mountain's Horizon
2000-11-28The brothers have an accident with their vessel Clockwork Doll and need to fix it. A merchant leads them to a blacksmith who is a despotic and unfriendly man.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 7: Protect Them! The Secret of Hana and Yuki
2000-12-05Hiwou and his brothers arrive in a town and at the inn they find two girls who are looking for their grandfather because their mother has been killed by some mysterious Clockwork Dolls.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 8: Betrayal? Machi Disappears Into the Snowy Mountain
2000-12-12Winter is coming on the journey of Hiwou and his brothers, now accompanied by the two princesses. But the Wind Gang with their Clockwork Dolls chase them attacking.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 9: Intense Battle! Where Is My Father
2000-12-19They finally arrive in Takayama, the city famous for its Clockwork puppet artisans. But there is not his father who apparently has fled to make Clockwork Dolls of steam.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 10: A Westerner! Big Commotion at the Snow Inn
2001-01-09Foreigners cannot enter the interior of Japan but an English botanist does. The Wind Gang discovers him and wants to kill him. Hiwou protects him.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 11: But Why? The Man Who Hates Clockwork Dolls
2001-01-16The brothers are joined by a group of samurai who are chased by the Wind Gang. They take refuge in a temple where a priest lives who is afraid of clockwork dolls. But in the fight that comes he has to overcome those fears.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 12: Punishment from Heaven! But Who is Right?
2001-01-23Hiwou and his brothers arrive in Kyoto in search of their father, but they cannot find him. There they discover an intrigue about the lord of the place and that the two princesses are one - and a prince.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 13: Cheater! Swords Flash in Demon World Kyoto
2001-01-30In Kyoto the conspiracy of the shogunate continues. The Wind Gang wants to make Steam Clockwork Dolls to attack Hiwou.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 14: That's Huge! The Goblin Sword Sleeps in the Human World
2001-02-06The New Years festival requires performances by Clockwork Dolls. The struggle of the shogunate and the emperor for the opening of the country continues.
Runtime: 25 min