[b]Touken Ranbu[/b] (刀剣乱舞, lit. "Boisterous Sword Dance", often abbreviated [i]Tourabu[/i]) is a Japanese free-to-play browser game developed by Kadokawa Games and [[Nitroplus]] released in January 2015. A mobile version of the game called [i]Touken Ranbu Pocket[/i] was released in March 2016.

The gameplay typically centers around controlling and managing [i]touken danshi[/i] (刀剣男士, lit. "sword warriors"), male personifications of historical Japanese [[sword]]s. Players assume the role of a [[saniwa_(touken_ranbu)|]] (審神者) that creates these characters in order to fight against [[jikan sokougun|monstrous]] [[kebiishi_(touken_ranbu)|enemies]] within different eras. Like in [[Kantai Collection]], battling is automated, but players can manually forge, repair, and team up their characters.

The game has two anime adaptations: one called [[Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru]] which is animated by Dogakobo and began airing in October 2016, and another, [[Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu]], animated by Ufotable which begain airing in July 2017. The game also has a series of musicals ([[Musical Touken Ranbu]]) and stage plays based on it.

h4. See also

* [[Shinken!!]], a game formerly hosted on the same website
* [[Tenka Hyakken]]
* [[Kiwame (Touken Ranbu)]]
* [[List of Touken Ranbu characters]]

h4. External links

* "Game Portal":http://www.dmm.com/netgame/feature/tohken.html
* "Official Twitter":https://twitter.com/tkrb_ht
* "Staff Twitter":https://twitter.com/touken_staff
* "Wikipedia Article (JP)":https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%80%E5%89%A3%E4%B9%B1%E8%88%9E
* "Touken Ranbu Wiki (JP)":http://wikiwiki.jp/toulove/
* "Touken Ranbu Wiki (EN)":http://touken-ranbu.wikia.com/wiki/Touken_Ranbu_Wiki
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