Blade \u0026 Soul (Korean: 블레이드 앤 소울; RR: Beulleideu aen soul) is a Korean fantasy martial-arts massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by NCSOFT (Team Bloodlust). On September 13, 2012, NCSOFT announced that Blade \u0026 Soul would release in Western territories, which eventually happened on January 19, 2016.[1] A Japanese animated television adaptation aired on April 3, 2014 on TBS and other stations[2] then finished on June 26, 2014.