

As part of Funimation's partnership with Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll also streamed Drifters as it aired in Japan. Additionally, Funimation streamed Drifters in English beginning on November 6, 2016, at 10:00 p.m.
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The series has been licensed by Funimation for streaming in English-speaking countries and home video and on-demand distribution for the U.S.

In Japan, the anime is exclusively streamed on the AbemaTV service simultaneously as the anime aired on Japanese television, starting on October 7 at 11p.m. Additionally, the box set included a form for advance ticket sales for an event that was held on April 2, 2017, at Maihama Amphitheater in Chiba. Customers who pre-ordered the box set from participating retailers before November 6, 2016, would receive an exclusive illustration card set. The bonus extras disc contained an omake titled " Kokuō-sama Go-Ranshin ( 黒王様御乱心)", promotional videos, and other materials. The box set includes all twelve episodes (with added unaired footage), an exclusive box illustrated by Hirano, a 200-page animation sketch collection by chief animation director Ryoji Nakamori, a 52-page booklet, a bonus extras disc, and a two-CD original soundtrack. A special limited-pressing Blu-ray box set was released on December 30, 2016. A specially edited version of the first and second episodes with a runtime of 36 minutes was bundled with the manga's fifth volume, and released on June 6, 2016. The 12-episode series began airing on October 7, 2016, on Tokyo MX. The opening theme, "Gospel Of The Throttle 狂奔REMIX ver.", is performed by Minutes til Midnight, while the ending theme, "Vermillion", is performed by Maon Kurosaki. Yasushi Ishii and Hayato Matsuo composed the music together. The anime was directed by Kenichi Suzuki, produced by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, animated by Hoods Drifters Studio, written by Hideyuki Kurata and Yōsuke Kuroda, featuring character designs by Ryoji Nakamori. A production site for the anime has been released.

In the May 2015 issue of Young King OURs, it was announced that a Drifters anime adaptation was in the works. The short, produced under the supervision of Ryoji Nakamori, technical director Kazuya Miura, and animation director Masayori Komine, featured the voices of Yūichi Nakamura as Shimazu Toyohisa and Mitsuru Miyamoto as Murasaki, with music composed by Yasushi Ishii.

However, the world is at war, with the humans waging a losing conflict against another group of great warriors, the "Ends", who wish to take over the world and kill all of the Drifters. This world contains both native humans and a number of fantastical races, including elves, dwarves, and hobbits. There, Toyohisa meets other great warriors like him who have been transported as well, to be part of a group known as "Drifters". This man, Murasaki, sends Toyohisa through the nearest door where he wakes up in another world. As he walks from the field wounded and bleeding, Toyohisa finds himself transported to a corridor of doors, where a bespectacled man at a desk waits for him. Shimazu Toyohisa, while involved at the Battle of Sekigahara, manages to mortally wound Ii Naomasa, but is critically injured in the process.
