



A Day in the Limelight: One episode focuses on the goings-on with the Shogun and the nobility, showing that things are getting pretty bad behind the scenes as well, to the point that both noble houses are actually staging regular assassination attempts on the opposing house's heir.Adaptation Title Change: Basilisk is based on the 1958 novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls.The anime expands considerably on it as well. The same goes for the novel the manga/anime is based on.The anime in itself follows the manga rather closely but gives more room for Character Development, also expanding the backstories of several characters (particularly Gyoubu).Or girls participating in a deadly contest against their loved ones.Actor Allusion: It's not the first time Nana Mizuki voices a ninja.
