Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East is a tV series anime that premiered in winter 2013, produced by Studio DEEN.

About the production: the story comes from a manga, there are 13 episodes of about 24 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are action, fantasy and supernatural, with themes such as Shoujo and Urban Fantasy.

On AniList, Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East has an average score of 69%, a good score, and appears on 21,345 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun 2.

When their village was wiped out five years ago, only Shino Inuzuka, Sosuke Inukawa, and the girl Hamaji, who was raised as if she were their sister, survived. And both men inexplicably have the same peony-shaped birthmark. Genpachi Inukai and Kobungo Inuta were raised hundreds of miles away as foster brothers, but they too share the same birthmark. When they went north as part of the army three years ago, they went to confront demons and came back forever transformed. Now the Imperial Church has come for Shino and Sosuke and they must find eight mystical gems and their owners or face a fate worse than death at the hands of the Church. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Official synopsis from AniList.