Bakumatsu Rock (幕末Rock) is a Japanese video game developed and published by Marvelous AQL. It was adapted into a manga series, Bakumatsu Rock -howling soul-, that began in May 2014 and into an anime television series, Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock-, that aired on July 2, 2014[2][3][4][5] to September 17, 2014. The anime was streamed on Crunchyroll.[6] Another game, Bakumatsu Rock: Ultra Soul, was released on September 25, 2014.[7]