Format
TV
Episodes
26
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Fall 2006
Aired
2006-10-05 to 2007-03-29
Source
Manga
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Action
School
Shounen
Supernatural
Studios
Xebec
Producers
Geneon Universal Entertainment
Yomiko Advertising
Shueisha
Imagine
Licensors
VIZ Media
Busou Renkin (武装錬金)
The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up in his school dorm, believing it to have been a dream; however, he soon finds out that dream wasn't a dream at all when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tokiko Tsumura, the girl he saved, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when he was rescuing her; however, she, feeling responsible for him, revived him by placing a Kakugane medallion in his chest, serving as a replacement heart. The Kakugane, as Tokiko explains, is an alchemical device that, when activated, takes a certain form based on the Kakugane's user, forming a unique Buso Renkin. The Buso Renkin is the only thing that can destroy a homunculus monster. Using this, Kazuki creates his own Buso Renkin (the "Sunlight Heart," a huge lance). Along with Tokiko and her own Buso Renkin (the "Valkyrie Skirt," an execution scythe), Kazuki joins the fight against the homunculi and their master.