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Oda Nobunaga

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (JP), Scott Gibbs (EN)
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The first son of Oda Nobuhide and thus, the next lord of Owari. His brash and carefree attitude caused his father and the clan's retainers to dislike him and nicknamed him "the fool". However, behind his chaotic nature, Nobunaga was a highly intelligent man with boundless ambition and great strength and courage to back it up.

"There is no end to the path that I take! It will take me to the infinite heavens and earth!"
  • Bash Brothers: With Mitsuhide and Hideyoshi.
  • Big Brother Instinct: He's clearly fond of Oichi.
  • Big Brother Mentor: He plays this role with Nobukatsu, obviously, and in a way also with Jeanne.
  • Blood Knight: His grin when he does battles is wide and vicious.
  • Catchphrase: "It was inevitable!" Reputedly the historical Nobunaga's final words.
  • The Chosen One: Only the Star Savior is supposed to be able to pilot the mecha he easily takes over. Joan also has visions of him. According to Joan, he can prevent a calamity from befalling both stars.
  • Expy: Of Takuto Tsunashi. Nobunaga's hair is basically a gray and black version of Takuto's Ginga Bishonen red and yellow hair style, neither are lacking in the "flair" department, and they share the same voice actor
  • Falling into the Cockpit
  • Forgotten Childhood Friend: He met Himiko when they were children, but he doesn't seem to remember her.
  • Historical Beauty Update: Somewhat justified in that this is not supposed to be the Nobunaga from history, and is heavily implied to be Oda's reincarnation.
  • I Call It "Vera": He names his mecha The Fool after himself.
  • I Hate Past Me: Has had nightmares of the real life Nobunaga since he was a kid, and he has hated and feared that he could be such a person since.
  • Idiot Hero: Subverted. It's obvious that Nobunaga is very shrewd. He quickly figures out how his friend figured out he was talking about a girl, and when he discovers an enemy raiding party he immediately reports it rather then charging in. However, he also does not care at all for social niceties, choosing to ditch his own brother's coming of age ceremony for hunting. Hence his nickname, "The Fool".
  • Improbable Aiming Skills: He manages to take our three mecha units using nothing but a bow and arrow by firing through the small openings in the heads that allow the pilots to see.
  • Know When to Fold 'Em: He chose to retreat after Caesar, who was also his father's killer, back-stabbed Shingen rather than stay to fight Caesar and Shingen's men.
  • Psychic Dreams for Everyone: The beginning of episode one has him having a dream of his previous life's death. It also gave him a glimpse of Jeanne
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: A hint of his true cunning and prowess in battle.
  • Reincarnation: Obviously.
  • Tarot Motifs: As fitting with the rest of the show. His Tarot is "The Fool", the quintessential adventurer at the beginning of his quest.

Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc/Mori Ranmaru

Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa (JP), Juliet Simmons (EN)
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A young woman from the Western Planet who frequently dreamed of a woman being burned at stake and was ridiculed for it. When Leonardo da Vinci offered her a chance to find out what destiny has in store for her, Jeanne took a leap of faith and traveled with the genius inventor to Eastern Planet. There, she met Oda Nobunaga whom she reluctantly served under the guise of a man.
I'm the "Demon Possessed", my parents were glad to be rid of me.
  • Barrier Maiden: The power of her Regalia takes the form of a banner that can be only used defensively, keeping with Joan of Arc's historical conduct on the battlefield.
  • Bifauxnen: See Dragged into Drag below.
  • Breast Plate: Her armor consists of a single pauldron on her left shoulder.
  • But Not Too Foreign: Jeanne Kaguya D'Arc. Made especially ridiculous since the equivalent of Japan is on ANOTHER PLANET.
  • Buxom Beauty Standard: She has a very large bust, much to Hideyoshi's joy.
  • Composite Character: Like with names up top say, she's Jeanne d'Arc (prophetic visions), Kaguya-hime (girl from space who lands in Japan), and Ranmaru (Nobunaga's follower and (probably) lover).
  • Dragged into Drag: Nobunaga has her hide her real gender and call herself Ranmaru because he knows how suspicious suddenly being followed around by a buxom foreign woman would be.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has blonde hair and is the most innocent character in the cast.
  • Historical Beauty Update: While the real Jeanne D'arc was indeed buxom, though probably not quite to Kaguya's extreme, she had short, black hair and wore male clothing, whereas Kaguya has long blonde hair, big blue eyes and skimpy clothes. Though she does wear male clothing later.
  • I Just Want to Be Badass: She starts learning how to use a bow and also a sword. She even gets her own "war armor".
  • Innocent Blue Eyes: Although the people of her village would call them Occult Blue Eyes.
  • Jeanne d'Archétype: As she's shown to be reincarnated from Joan of Arc herself, it's not surprising that fulfills a similar role.
  • Ms. Fanservice: Her Western garb is very kind to her voluptuous figure, unlike when she's disguised as a man.
  • Nice Girl: She's a kind and altruistic young lady, though she doesn't hesitate to punch Hideyoshi for trying to grope her.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: The first time Himiko meets Jeanne, she immediately opens her shirt to confirm her suspicion. And Caesar just needs one look at her from afar to know she's a woman. Even Ichihime seems to know that she is female.
  • Primal Fear: Of fire. Most likely caused by her connection to the actual Jeanne D'arc and possibly Mori Ranmaru.
  • Psychic Dreams for Everyone: Just like Nobunaga, she was having dreams of her prior incarnation's death.
  • Reincarnation: She had two past lives, first as Joan of Arc, and later as Mori Ranmaru.
  • Reluctant Fanservice Girl: She does not like it when Hideyoshi stares at her outfit's Cleavage Window.
  • The Rival: Himiko deems Jeanne as her rival for Nobunaga's affections.
  • Undying Loyalty: She ends up developing this for Nobunaga, "The Savior King".
  • Waif Prophet: Hears voices which predict what she needs to do next.
  • Younger Than They Look: She looks older than her official age of 15.

Akechi Mitsuhide

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (JP), Mike Yager (EN)
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Totoyomi Hideyoshi/Son Goku

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji (JP), Greg Ayres (EN)
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Leonardo da Vinci

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (JP), David Wald (EN)
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    Eastern Planet 

Ichihime

Voiced by: Minori Chihara (JP), Luci Christian (EN)
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  • Arranged Marriage: To Caesar, so they can seal a truce between his side and the Oda Clan.
  • Big Brother Worship: She adores her brother, and recognizes his hidden potential.
  • Composite Character: Appears to be based on Oichi, Nobunaga's little sister, and Nouhime, his wife.
  • Implied Love Interest: She appears to return Mitsuhide's interest in her.
  • Love Triangle: Both Mitsuhide and Caesar fall in love with her, and it appears she feels something for each of them in return.
  • Naginatas Are Feminine: As appropriate for a warlord's daughter, she carries one while preparing to defend her clan.
  • The Narrator: She serves as this on occasion.
  • Princesses Prefer Pink: In contrast to the other, rougher heroines in the series.
  • Reincarnation: She was Oda's little sister in her past life and this one.
  • Silk Hiding Steel: She seems gentle and kind, but she reveals an iron will and sharp political instincts when necessary.
  • Together in Death: With Caesar.
  • Undying Loyalty: To her older brother of course.
  • Yamato Nadeshiko: To the core. She is a true daughter of a noble warlord, elegant and soft-spoken much of the time but revealing a keen insight and will of iron when necessary. She supports her clan without a second thought, accepting an Arranged Marriage by threatening to kill her betrothed if he crosses her clan. When the castle comes under siege, she prepares to defend the castle with Naginata in hands.

Oda Nobukatsu

Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki (JP), Gabriel Regojo (EN)
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  • Big Brother Worship: He adores his brother and supports him wholeheartedly.
  • Killed Off for Real: Assassinated by Mitsuhide in order to secure Nobunaga's leadership.
  • Nice Guy: He's far too kind, and has no interest in ruling the Oda Clan.
  • Non-Action Guy: And he knows it.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Subverted. He turns out to be the kindest, most humble member of the Oda clan. It does not end well for him.
  • Too Good for This Sinful Earth: His death in episode six signifies a turning point in the series.
  • Succession Crisis: While he has no interest in usurping his brother's inheritance, many of the Oda clan vassals prefer him as heir because he's better at observing the proprieties associated with being a nobleman. Mitsu assassinates him to pre-emptively and permanently resolve the question in Nobunaga's favor.
  • Undying Loyalty: He is loyal to his older brother.
  • Unfit for Greatness: Mitsu believes that Katsu would be a far better peacetime lord than Nobu ever would. Unfortunately, the times are not peaceful, and Katsu by his own admission doesn't have what it takes to be a warlord, even when war is unavoidable. This plays a major role in Mitsu's decision to murder him.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: We don't see much of him before he's killed off.
  • The Wise Prince: In contrast to his brother, he is modest and level-headed.

Oda Nobuhide

Voiced by: Hiroshi Yanaka (JP), Luis Galindo (EN)
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Shibata Katsuie

Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya (JP), Steve Fenley (EN)


Hayashi Hidesada

Voiced by: Shinobu Matsumoto (JP), Stephen E. Moellering (EN)
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Hiraga Gennai

Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (JP), Shannon Emerick (EN)
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Himiko

Voiced by: Nao Tōyama (JP), Krystal LaPorte (EN)
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Takeda Shingen

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (JP), Rob Mungle (EN)
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Uesegi Kenshin

Voiced by: Hiroki Nanami (JP), Clint Bickham (EN)
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  • The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Though it was too late for Kenshin to play the trope straight, states that he was supposed to be the one to defeat Shingen, and is disappointed that Nobunaga beat him to it.

    Western Planet 

King Arthur

Voiced by: Yoshinori Fujita (JP, credited as "Keisuke Oda"), Leraldo Anzaldua (EN)
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  • Big Bad: The ruler of the Western Planet, with his sights set on conquering the East.
  • Cool Sword: Well, of course.
  • The Faceless: His face is obscured from view by an eerie light. He seems to be able to make himself appear as whatever his target wants to see, appearing as an Ambiguously Brown man to Alexander and a stunning beautiful woman to Caesar. Their reactions, weeping Tears of Joy and swearing undying loyalty, suggest this allows Arthur to influence them.
    • Innocent Blue Eyes: Appears to Caesar as a maiden with beautiful blue eyes and golden hair, while playing up the innocent image associated with them.
  • Gold and White Are Divine: He plays this up, surrounding himself with such imagery while claiming that he is the Savior King.
  • Historical Villain Upgrade: Unlike the legendary Arthur, he's a tyrant that seems to gather psychotic followers.
  • In the Hood: His robes include a hood, to help conceal his true appearance.
  • Lie to the Beholder: His true form is a decrepit old man, but he shows a different face to each person he allows to see under his mask.
  • Light Is Not Good: The only thing visible out of his hood is an extremely bright light.
  • Orcus on His Throne: Bonus points for having an actual flying throne.
  • Purple Is Powerful: His robes are the color of nobility, signifying his power.
  • Vocal Dissonance: He has a very harmonic and soft voice for what can only be presumed to be the series's Evil Overlord.

Gaius Julius Caesar

Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura (JP), Houston Hayes (EN)
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  • Arranged Marriage: He agrees to side with the Oda Clan, in exchange for Ichihime's hand in marriage. She accepts, threatening to kill him if he goes back on his word. He greatly admires this, and shows genuine efforts to earn her affection.
  • BFG: After his 11th-Hour Superpower.
Caesar: "VENI. VIDI. VICI!"
  • Big Damn Heroes: Rescues everyone from Hannibal and Charlemagne, blasting away their ice-cloud and turning the tide of battle.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy: After seeing King Arthur's "face", which appears to him as a stunningly beautiful woman. This causes him to act as Arthur's agents, summoning Arthur's castle to the eastern planet and declaring his intentions to help Arthur bring about a new world. He even tries to destroy the Oda clan, before being freed by Nobu.
  • Cool Mask: It covers half of his face. He tells Mitsu that it originally covered an injury from a duel, but he found women were so fascinated by it that he decided to keep it. It shatters when Nobu frees him from Arthur's mind control.
  • 11th-Hour Superpower: Rare villainous example. When Nobunaga is about to defeat him in Episode 12 he manages in desperation to "become a Dragon", overloading his mech on the quantum energy of the leylines.
  • Et Tu, Brute?: Well, he is Caesar. The imps turn on him, killing him and Ichihime.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Unscrupulous as he is, he draws the line at killing women.
  • Died in Your Arms Tonight: Dies in Ichihime's arms.
  • Heel–Face Turn: After his Arranged Marriage with Ichihime, he mellows down and joins Nobunaga's cause.
    • Love Redeems: His affection for Ichihime brings him over to Nobu's side.
  • Hypocrite: He called Nobunaga a coward for running away while he himself just stabbed a dying man in the back.
  • Icy Blue Eyes: Signifying his cool, ruthless personality.
  • Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: When the imp twins turn on him, running him and Ichihime through with a spear.
  • Love at First Sight: He falls in love with Ichihime after seeing her through his periscope once.
  • Love Freak: While brainwashed by King Arthur.
  • Love Triangle: He is in love with Ichihime, but so is Mitsuhide.
  • Pet the Dog: His interactions with his new bride reveal a more gentle side of him.
  • The Power of Love: Declares it as a Badass Boast, when he arrives to rescue Nobunaga and the others.
  • Real Men Cook: He likes baking sweets and is quite good at it.
  • The Rival: Seems to have some sort of enmity with Alexander.
  • Sharp-Dressed Man: He's quite dashing, in his uniform.
  • Together in Death: With Ichihime.
  • White Hair, Black Heart: Zigzagged. He's extremely ruthless, but turns out to have his own code of morals and is genuinely kind to his bride-to-be.
  • Wouldn't Hit a Girl: One of his personal code of morals.

Marcus Junius Brutus

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (JP), Jonathan Gonzalez (EN)
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  • Number Two: To Caesar.
  • Red Herring: Any knowledge of history or Shakespeare would foreshadow him later betraying Caesar, actually the Twin's kill Caesar and he doesn't show up much.

Nell and Bianchi

Voiced by: Ibuki Kido (Nell) and Haruka Ishida (Bianchi) (JP), Margaret McDonald (Nell) (EN), Kalin Coates (Bianchi) (EN)
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Nell
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Bianchi

Alexander

Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (JP), Josh Morrison (EN)
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Magellan

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (JP), Mark X. Laskowski (EN)
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Cesare Borgia

Voiced by: Takayuki Kondō (JP), David Matranga (EN)
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  • He-Man Woman Hater: His track record with women so far is.....poor.
  • Kick The Son Of A Bitch: Kills Hannibal after says she going to flay Jeanne alive.
  • In the Back: Stabs Hannibal in the back, when she is proclaiming that she will "flay [Jeanne] alive..", saying that he cannot allow that to happen.

Charlemagne

Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (JP), Jay Hickman (EN)


Charlemagne: "Oui, mon Empress"

Hannibal Barca

Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (JP), Allison Sumrall (EN)
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Niccolo Machiavelli

Voiced by: Aya Endo (JP), Carli Mosier (EN)
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  • Gender Flip: Machiavelli was a man, in contrast to the feminine woman featured.

Chandra Gupta

Voiced by: Takahiro Fujiwara (JP), Robert Meek (EN)
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  • BFG: His Giant War Armor can be described as a giant armoured cannon
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: Is killed by Kenshin four minutes into episode 18 as he was ravaging the Takeda lands.

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