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Touken Ranbu (刀剣乱舞, Tōken Ranbu, lit. "Wild Dance of Swords") is a free-to-play collectible card browser video game developed by Nitroplus and DMM Games. The game was launched in Japan in January 2015, and worldwide in April 2021.

The franchise has inspired and been adapted as three anime productions, a two separate productions of a long-running stage play series, a live-action film, and a spin-off game.

Players assume the role of a sage (審神者, saniwa) who travels into the past to defeat evil forces, and has the ability to animate legendary swords, which are depicted as attractive young men. Touken Ranbu is essentially a gender-swapped clone of Kantai Collection, another game by DMM, which uses moe anthropomorphism to portray historical warships as young girls. Character designs in Touken Ranbu are inspired by the type of sword they portray as well as the period of history they come from.
Combat is largely automated, with progress mainly dependent on resource management and grinding. Farming the four types of materials available in the game is required to forge and collect more swords. A number of actions in game are controlled by real time countdowns, such as repairs and forging or collecting new swords.

Touken Ranbu can be played in a web browser or in a phone application. The worldwide version of the game is hosted on the website of Chinese game developer Johren.