Abarenbo Shogun
Season 1
1978207 episodes
Episode 1
The Star of Edo
Jan 7, 197845m
Roughhousing daimyo Tokugawa Yoshimune of Kishu reluctantly becomes the Shogun so that he may bring prosperity to everyone in the country. On his procession to Edo Palace, he runs into his old friend Tatsugoro, and a little girl begging for a pardon for her father on death row. Yoshimune decides to sneak out of Edo Palace and do a little detective work.
Episode 2
The Remarkable Charlatan
Jan 14, 197845m
Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
Episode 3
The First Fireman Banner
Jan 21, 197845m
Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.
Episode 4
Mother From Long Past
Jan 28, 197845m
A hatamoto's spoiled brat daughter is in the habit of thieving and blaming it on commoners. Meanwhile, Yoshimune becomes preternaturally obsessed with a den-den taiko (a type of child's toy).
Episode 5
Spring in the O'oku
Feb 4, 197845m
Episode 6
The Splendid Potato Samurai
Feb 11, 197845m
Episode 7
The Man of River Styx
Feb 25, 197845m
Episode 8
The Befouled Truncheon
Mar 4, 197845m
Episode 9
The Chivalrous Thief
Mar 11, 197845m
Episode 10
The Blossoming Meyasubako
Mar 18, 197845m
Episode 11
The Finest Kiyari Song
Mar 25, 197845m
Episode 12
The Amazing Kishu Woman
Apr 1, 197845m
Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
Episode 13
The Perilous Souvenir Gift
Apr 8, 197845m
Yoshimune's old friends from Kishu, Sakichi and Onatsu of the lumber store, are leaving town, so Yoshimune comes to bring them a present. He ends up getting in the way of a drug bust and is mistaken for a drug dealer.
Episode 14
The Golden Crow Charms
Apr 15, 197845m
Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
Episode 15
The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring
Apr 22, 197845m
Even though he has been made surgeon-general, nobody trusts Ogawa Shosen or Yoshimune's city hospital. Yoshimune decides to get himself admitted as Shin-san to investigate from within.
Episode 16
Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara
Apr 29, 197845m
Episode 17
Love and the Guardian Deity
May 6, 197845m
Satsuma domain bully a store that is in their debt by trying to steal the storekeeper's girlfriend, and by framing them for theft. Only a man of stone can save Tamba-ya from destruction!
Episode 18
The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo
May 13, 197845m
Yoshimune really wants to attend a festival in Edo, but he has important business to attend to in the palace. Jii says he can go out as long as he is back by 4 PM. This doesn't seem likely, since Yoshimune gets involved in a big fistfight and village drama.
Episode 19
A Ballad of a Fireman
May 20, 197845m
Tatsugoro's family is indebted to a samurai family, so Tatsugoro gives the samurai family his very best fireman to adopt, since the samurai have no heir of their own. The other samurai do not like him.
Episode 20
Iris and Sympathy
May 27, 197845m
Episode 21
Fireman's Standard was Watching
Jun 3, 197845m
Episode 22
Friendships Support the World
Jun 17, 197845m
Episode 23
Rage of the Fishmonger
Jun 24, 197845m
Episode 24
The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers
Jul 1, 197845m
Episode 25
Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo
Jul 8, 197845m
Episode 26
The Drunken Man Who was Promoted
Jul 15, 197845m
Episode 27
The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family
Jul 22, 197845m
Episode 28
A Flower Blooms in the Dark
Jul 29, 197845m
Episode 29
The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo
Aug 19, 197845m
Episode 30
The Misjudged Betrayer
Sep 9, 197845m
Episode 31
The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground
Sep 16, 197845m
Episode 32
The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan
Sep 23, 197845m
Ryuko and Isonokaze were sumo wrestlers for a clan who tried to make them throw a match. Ryuko hides out at the fire house and meets Shin-san, who is very excitable and really, really wants to wrestle him. Eventually Shin-san learns of the wrestling drama that is unfolding...
Episode 33
A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant
Sep 30, 197845m
A certain han ruled by a child lord is having money trouble, so one of the han's samurai starts a sweet bean soup restaurant to try and raise funds. The samurai has some trouble getting customers...
Episode 34
The Women Who Dance in a Tempest
Oct 7, 197845m
Episode 35
The Bride with an Explosive
Oct 14, 197845m
A land reclamation project is taking place largely with Shogunate funds, carried out by contract with 2 companies (which are marrying their kids together as the ultimate symbol of the contract). One of the companies invents a bomb with a long fuse, to blow up a mountainous area in the reclamation zone. The other company decides to assassinate the first company, and steals the bomb...
Episode 36
The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye
Oct 21, 197845m
Episode 37
Feel Her Heart
Oct 28, 197845m
Episode 38
The Woman Who Challenged Her Master
Nov 4, 197845m
Episode 39
A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu
Nov 11, 197845m
Episode 40
Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners
Nov 18, 197845m
Episode 41
Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate
Dec 2, 197845m
Episode 42
A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy
Dec 9, 197845m
Episode 43
The Shogun's Secret Ninja
Dec 16, 197845m
Female ninja Osono's dad Seiemon comes to town. He is now a cotton-farming country samurai. Needs dried sardines for fertilizer. The hatamoto of sardineland is driving the fishermens' prices down so all the farmers secretly sell to Seiemon. The merchant tries to assassinate Seiemon and fails, since Seiemon is a ninja. Seiemon stays at the firehouse and plans to secretly assassinate the criminals, then kill himself, because he's depressed.
Episode 44
Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword
Dec 23, 197845m
Episode 45
The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man
Dec 30, 197845m
A man makes little pretty sugar candies for kids and tells funny stories. He used to be a counterfeiter because of his great manual dexterity, but vowed to turn his life around. Shin-san becomes interested in candy just when the guy's old friends force him to counterfeit again...
Episode 46
A Grand New Year's Gift
Jan 6, 197945m
Episode 47
The Female Doctor with a Fist
Jan 13, 197945m
Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.
Episode 48
Hell in the Heavenly Bath
Jan 20, 197945m
Episode 49
The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
Jan 27, 197945m
Episode 50
The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman
Feb 3, 197945m
Episode 51
The Bride of the Fish Market
Feb 10, 197945m
Episode 52
The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami
Feb 17, 197945m
A bad gang leader kidnaps Tadasuke's wife (who never appeared before or since), as she went to the shrine to pray for a baby. Tadasuke decides that justice outweighs his bride and prepares to prosecute the gang leader anyway, so Shin-san lets the prisoner go secretly to try and follow him to Tadasuke's bride...
Episode 53
The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son
Feb 24, 197945m
Clannish Edoite sake sellers turn against a travelling Osakan female sake seller to force her out of the market; only her long-lost son, an Edoite sake seller, can save her.
Episode 54
The Female Doctor Who Loves Money
Mar 3, 197945m
Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, is in charge of a temple that gives free medical service to orphans, but it is reputed that she is stealing all the money instead.
Episode 55
This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago
Mar 10, 197945m
Shoheiko, the official Shogunate college, has an admissions scandal where the bureaucrats turn out to have been accepting bribes for admissions. Yoshimune suggests opening it to commoners and calls up some obscure scholars; the vicious bureaucrats attack and kill one. Shin-san absolutely loses his mind, but Tatsugoro is there to give him a helping hand.
Episode 56
The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring
Mar 17, 197945m
Ryuko's friend is killed by a rice wholesaler. Shin-san investigates this and discovers a whole sordid rice-based drama, including collective punishment, famine, and assassination.
Episode 57
Eliminations of Black Sheep
Mar 24, 197945m
Episode 58
The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo
Mar 31, 197945m
Episode 59
The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul
Apr 7, 197945m
Episode 60
Only the Sun Knew
Apr 14, 197945m
Episode 61
The Perished Love in a Spring Storm
Apr 21, 197945m
Episode 62
A Single Flower in the Dark
Apr 28, 197945m
Episode 63
The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance
May 5, 197945m
Episode 64
Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear
May 12, 197945m
Episode 65
The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip
May 19, 197945m
Episode 66
Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road
May 26, 197945m
Episode 67
Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!
Jun 2, 197945m
Episode 68
A Bogus Complaint
Jun 9, 197945m
Episode 69
Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword
Jun 16, 197945m
An unbalanced ronin wants to become the sword teacher to a daimyo, so he can get enough money to buy back his really sexy sword from the pawn shop. However, a competitor attacks him, crippling the ronin's hand. Shin-san is really mad about this, even though the ronin attacked him earlier.
Episode 70
A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain
Jun 23, 197945m
Episode 71
The Best Godfather in Japan
Jun 30, 197945m
Episode 72
Revenge Colored with Safflowers
Jul 7, 197945m
A pregnant safflower farmer's husband is run over by the local lord's horse. She's lured to the daikan's office to get compensated but is raped and turned into the lord's concubine instead. She schemes to have herself murdered so Ooka Echizen will enter the manor and discover these great crimes.
Episode 73
A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji
Jul 14, 197945m
A kind but untalented kitchen-supervisor samurai is assigned to accompany his domain's gift to the Shogun: big blocks of ice. Shin-san, tramping around Shinjuku, accidentally discovers this delivery and starts accompanying it too, and discovers a rival domain is trying to kill the ice to humiliate the first domain.
Episode 74
Kick the Edo Illness Out!
Jul 21, 197945m
A mysterious illness (beriberi) becomes common and Yoshimune calls his doctor to find out what the cause is. His doctor says only his own special blend of medicine (very expensive) can cure it. Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, however, believes the solution is more simple (and involves punching people).
Episode 75
Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance
Aug 11, 197945m
Kano Gorozaemon, who is practically Yoshimune's adoptive father, goes out into Edo to get a surprise present for the Shogun, and is kidnapped by a nutter who wants to frame him for murder to steal his job.
Episode 76
Suspicion Begets Idle Fears
Aug 18, 197945m
A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.
Episode 77
The Bride That Came From Kishu
Aug 25, 197945m
Kikue, the daughter of a potter, comes to Edo and meets her old friend Shin-san, who she recognizes as the Shogun. She came to marry Kano Gorozaemon, who proposed to her when she was eight (??!) but Kano backed out.
Episode 78
A Man Hunting the Whole Country
Sep 8, 197945m
The Ogobanshu (kind of like a guild of hatamotos) want to hunt, but in setting the borders of the hunting area they recklessly steal the corner of a VERY sensitive farmer's farm.
Episode 79
Peerless! The Taste of Momma
Sep 15, 197945m
Matsumae domain officials and the store Ebisu-ya are conspiring to give predatory loans to alcohol shops. Lady merchant Omasa from Osaka wants to get a better deal, and her son unfortunately took the debt from his main sake supplier, so now she needs to get money to save both their skins.
Episode 80
The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild
Sep 22, 197945m
Hatamotos, a domain, a runaway killer samurai from the domain, the firemen, and jii for some reason, all end up in a gigantic free for all fight.
Episode 81
Heroes in the Darkness
Sep 29, 197945m
Episode 82
Angelic Neighborhood Bully
Oct 13, 197945m
Episode 83
Thief Targeting the Nation
Oct 20, 197945m
Episode 84
O-sai Flies!
Oct 27, 197945m
Episode 85
Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear
Nov 3, 197945m
Episode 86
The Shogun Permitted a Thief
Nov 10, 197945m
Episode 87
Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku
Nov 17, 197945m
Episode 88
Burn! Even If You Must Die
Nov 24, 197945m
Episode 89
Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation
Dec 1, 197945m
Episode 90
Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro
Dec 8, 197945m
Episode 91
Duel! In the Stormy Castle
Dec 15, 197945m
Episode 92
Cheers! Quack Doctor
Dec 22, 197945m
Episode 93
The Will of the Raging Samurai
Dec 29, 197945m
Episode 94
The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge
Jan 5, 198045m
Episode 95
I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames
Jan 12, 198045m
Episode 96
Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!
Jan 19, 198045m
Episode 97
I Don't Need a Mother!
Jan 26, 198045m
Episode 98
The Girl From the Wolf Village
Feb 2, 198045m
Episode 99
A Dohyori of Fire!
Feb 9, 198045m
Episode 100
The Fake Shogun
Feb 16, 198045m
Episode 101
The Eight Million Koku Porter
Feb 23, 198045m
Episode 102
The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head
Mar 1, 198045m
Episode 103
Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!
Mar 8, 198045m
Episode 104
Japan's Most Wanted Bride
Mar 22, 198045m
Episode 105
Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage
Mar 29, 198045m
Episode 106
What is a Shogun?
Apr 5, 198045m
Episode 107
Watch Out! A Female Spy
Apr 12, 198045m
Episode 108
The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!
Apr 19, 198045m
Episode 109
Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day
Apr 26, 198045m
Episode 110
Youth of Edo, Stand Up!
May 3, 198045m
Episode 111
Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!
May 10, 198045m
Episode 112
The Proud and Naive Samurai
May 17, 198045m
Episode 113
The Man Who Didn't Stop
May 24, 198045m
Episode 114
I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat
May 31, 198045m
Episode 115
Beware of the Quick Bucks
Jun 7, 198045m
Episode 116
The Man Who Died and Flourished
Jun 14, 198045m
Episode 117
Courage in the Face of Injustice
Jun 21, 198045m
Episode 118
Thief Training
Jun 28, 198045m
Episode 119
The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy
Jul 5, 198045m
Episode 120
The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession
Jul 12, 198045m
Episode 121
The Flourishing of the Female Bushido
Jul 19, 198045m
Episode 122
The Sad Song of the South
Jul 26, 198045m
Episode 123
The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher
Aug 2, 198045m
Episode 124
The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning
Aug 9, 198045m
Episode 125
Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life
Aug 16, 198045m
Episode 126
Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu
Aug 23, 198045m
Episode 127
The Trap in the Wolf Village
Aug 30, 198045m
Episode 128
Melancholy Ninja Love
Sep 6, 198045m
Episode 129
Dad, You Used to Be Someone
Sep 13, 198045m
Episode 130
My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman
Sep 27, 198045m
Episode 131
There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!
Oct 4, 198045m
Episode 132
Run! The Shogun's Horse!
Oct 11, 198045m
Episode 133
Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master
Oct 18, 198045m
Episode 134
A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell
Oct 25, 198045m
Episode 135
Duel on the Steam of Hell
Nov 1, 198045m
Episode 136
The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire
Nov 8, 198045m
Episode 137
Edo's Female Chief
Nov 15, 198045m
Episode 138
Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle
Nov 22, 198045m
Episode 139
The One Who Flirted Was to Blame
Nov 29, 198045m
Episode 140
The Wild Spear Everyone Fears
Dec 6, 198045m
Episode 141
The Bandit Harusame's Mother
Dec 20, 198045m
Episode 142
Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan
Dec 27, 198045m
Episode 143
I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World
Jan 10, 198145m
Shin-san accidentally gets involved with two low-class thieving morons, to Tatsugoro's horror. Tatsugoro finally manages to get rid of them, and one of them is promptly killed by evil ninjas for having seen something he should not have. Yoshimune learns they were raising a bunch of orphans in an awful shack with their scammed money, and decides he must avenge the dead criminal.
Episode 144
One Life For One Isshou of Shochu
Jan 17, 198145m
Episode 145
The Silent Man's Divorce Letter
Jan 24, 198145m
Episode 146
Ah! Justice Has Tears!
Jan 31, 198145m
Episode 147
Megumi Clan's Love Bridge
Feb 7, 198145m
Episode 148
Japan's Number One Little Thief
Feb 14, 198145m
Episode 149
Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union
Feb 21, 198145m
Episode 150
The White Waves That Shame the Flowers
Feb 28, 198145m
Episode 151
Sado, the Shining Yellow
Mar 7, 198145m
Episode 152
The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat
Mar 14, 198145m
Episode 153
When a Man Sparks
Mar 21, 198145m
Episode 154
The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin
Mar 28, 198145m
Episode 155
I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride
Apr 11, 198145m
Episode 156
Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid
Apr 18, 198145m
Episode 157
The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos
Apr 25, 198145m
Episode 158
Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m
May 2, 198145m
Episode 159
Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns
May 9, 198145m
Episode 160
The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring
May 16, 198145m
Episode 161
The One Who Smiled in the End
May 23, 198145m
Episode 162
The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish
May 30, 198145m
Episode 163
The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry
Jun 6, 198145m
Episode 164
Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness
Jun 13, 198145m
Episode 165
Whose Ungrateful Son is it
Jun 20, 198145m
Episode 166
Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword
Jun 27, 198145m
Episode 167
The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai
Jul 4, 198145m
Episode 168
Legitimate Marital Fight
Jul 11, 198145m
Episode 169
Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer
Jul 18, 198145m
Episode 170
The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu
Aug 1, 198145m
Episode 171
Burning Tears of the Traitor
Aug 8, 198145m
Episode 172
The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom
Aug 15, 198145m
Episode 173
Waves of the Seto Maiden
Aug 22, 198145m
Episode 174
Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge
Aug 29, 198145m
Episode 175
The Million Kokus Dependent
Sep 5, 198145m
Episode 176
The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter
Sep 12, 198145m
Episode 177
The Morning When Demons Wept
Sep 19, 198145m
Episode 178
The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring
Sep 26, 198145m
Episode 179
The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat
Oct 3, 198145m
Episode 180
The Man Who Steals While Preaching
Oct 10, 198145m
Episode 181
Oath of Brothers
Oct 17, 198145m
Episode 182
The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't
Oct 24, 198145m
Episode 183
The Night Flower That Blooms Once
Oct 31, 198145m
Episode 184
The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
Nov 7, 198145m
Episode 185
The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
Nov 14, 198145m
Episode 186
The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum
Nov 21, 198145m
Episode 187
Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk
Nov 28, 198145m
Episode 188
Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi
Dec 5, 198145m
Episode 189
The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry
Dec 12, 198145m
Episode 190
The Number One Rain Man in Japan
Dec 19, 198145m
Episode 191
Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman
Dec 26, 198145m
Episode 192
Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi
Jan 9, 198245m
Episode 193
The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman
Jan 16, 198245m
Episode 194
The Poor and Nameless Grass
Jan 23, 198245m
Episode 195
The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama
Jan 30, 198245m
Episode 196
Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?
Feb 6, 198245m
Episode 197
A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish
Feb 13, 198245m
Episode 198
Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay
Feb 20, 198245m
Episode 199
The Villain Who Laughed Last
Feb 27, 198245m
Episode 200
Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo
Mar 6, 198245m
Episode 201
The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte
Mar 13, 198245m
Episode 202
The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi
Mar 20, 198245m
Episode 203
The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche
Mar 27, 198245m
Episode 204
Farewell Flower, Night Gust
Apr 10, 198245m
Episode 205
Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi
Apr 17, 198245m
Episode 206
You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!
Apr 24, 198245m
Episode 207
The Farewell of the 808 Towns
May 1, 198245m