The series started broadcast on Japan's Central Broadcasting Company in April 2009, and other networks broadcast the episodes within a few days, including TBS, MBS, and Animax. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings is an anime TV series adaptation of the Capcom video game series of the same name made by Production I.G, planned and written by Yasuyuki Muto and chiefly directed by Itsuro Kawasaki and Kazuya Nomura.