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Master Keaton (TV)

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© Shogakukan • VAP.


[ adapted from Master Keaton (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Master Keaton (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
マスターキートン (Japanese)
危險調查員 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Taichi Keaton is a man of many talents: father, historian, frequent traveler, negotiator, archaeologist, former survival instructor, and all while working as an insurance investigator for Lloyd's of London. While his methods may seem a bit unorthodox, he gets the job done when needed, but not without a little something to learn or teach in the process. Through all of his adventures, some people call him a quack. Those who know him well call him a master of life...
User Ratings: 122 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:4)
 Excellent: 31 votes (sub:20, dub:11)
 Very good: 35 votes (sub:23, dub:11, raw:1)
 Good: 21 votes (sub:16, dub:5)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:4)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 238 users, rank: #1621
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.844 (Very good-.15), std. dev.: 1.589, rank: #588
Weighted mean: 7.835 (Very good-.16), rank: #505 (seen all: 8.30 / seen some: 7.00 / won't finish: 4.42)
Bayesian estimate: 7.810 (Very good-.18), rank: #344
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 1998-10-06 to 1999-03-29
Releases: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Opening Theme" by Kuniaki Haishima
Ending Theme:
#1: "eternal wind" by BLÜE (eps 1-13)
#2: "A Sigh" by KneuKid Romance (eps 14-24)
Links: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Master Keaton DVD 4

Related releases:
    Master Keaton - Excavation I (DVD 1) 2003-06-10 (from $6.00)
    Master Keaton - Excavation 2 (DVD 2) 2003-08-12 (from $23.98)
    Master Keaton - Killer Conscience (DVD 3) 2003-10-14 (from $6.00)
    Master Keaton - Blood & Bullets (DVD 4) 2003-12-09 (from $23.98)
    Master Keaton - Blood & Dust (DVD 5) 2004-02-10

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Masayuki Kojima

Script:
Hideo Takayashiki (7 episodes

eps 4-5, 7-8, 11, 14, 18
)
Shinzo Fujita (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 10, 12, 17, 20, 23
)

Tatsuhiko Urahata (4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 15, 24
)

Tomoko Konparu (4 episodes
eps 9, 16, 21-22
)

Tomoko Ogawa (ep 3)
Tsutomu Kaneko (ep 19)

Storyboard:
Fumihiro Yoshimura (ep 18)
Hiroko Tokita (ep 7)
Hiroshi Aoyama (eps 6, 11, 24)
Hiroshi Hara (eps 9, 14)
Jouji Shimura (eps 8, 10)
Kitaro Kousaka (ep 22)
Kou Matsuo (ep 15)
Masayuki Kojima (eps 1-2, 4, 13)
Nanako Shimazaki (ep 12)
Satoshi Kuwahara (ep 19)
Shinsaku Sasaki (eps 5, 21)
Tomihiko Ohkubo (ep 20)
Toshiharu Sato (eps 17, 23)
Toshio Hirata (eps 3, 16)

Episode Director:
Fumihiro Yoshimura (ep 18)
Genjuro Tachibana (ep 8)
Hiroshi Aoyama (4 episodes

eps 6, 11, 16, 24
)
Hiroshi Hara (eps 4, 9, 14)
Jouji Shimura (ep 10)
Kitaro Kousaka (ep 22)
Kou Matsuo (ep 15)
Mamoru Kanbe (ep 3)
Masayuki Kojima (eps 2, 13)
Nanako Shimazaki (eps 7, 12, 20)
Satoshi Kuwahara (ep 19)
Shin-ichi Masaki (ep 1)
Shinsaku Sasaki (eps 5, 21)
Toshiharu Sato (eps 17, 23)

Music: Kuniaki Haishima

Original Manga:
Hokusei Katushika
Naoki Urasawa

Character Design: Kitaro Kousaka

Art director: Yuji Ikeda

Animation director:
Chikako Oka (eps 17, 23)
Ei Inoue (eps 10, 15)
Kenichi Shimizu (eps 6, 16)
Kitaro Kousaka (eps 1, 5, 22)
Kunio Kazuki (ep 8)
Makoto Koga (ep 3)
Mamoru Sasaki (eps 12, 20, 24)
Masahiko Ohta (ep 7)
Masayoshi Nishida (ep 18)
Shigeru Fujita (eps 2, 21)
Shinji Seya (ep 19)
Tomohashi Miyoshi (eps 9, 14)
Tsutomu Awada (ep 13)
Yasuhiro Hayashi (ep 14)
Yoshishige Kosako (eps 6, 11, 16)
Yuki Iwai (ep 4)

Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai

Producer:
Hiroshi Yamashita
Manabu Tamura
Masao Maruyama
Mitsuru Ohshima

Animation producer: Satoru Yoshimoto

Planning:
Akito Yamashita
Ayao Ueda
Kazuaki Ito
Umeo Ito

Series Structure: Tatsuhiko Urahata

Sound Effect Director: Yasunori Honda

 

Norihiro Inoue as Taichi Hiraga Keaton

Houko Kuwashima as Yuriko Hiraga

Ichirô Nagai as Tahei Hiraga

Keaton Yamada as Narrator

Shinichi Kotani as Daniel O'Connel

Ai Satou as Anna's Mother (ep 6)

Akemi Okamura as Helen (ep 20)

Akiko Takeguchi as Charlie's Mother (ep 10)

Akira Murayama as Walter Goldman (ep 12)

Aruno Tahara as
Michael Robert (ep 15)
Moreau (ep 5)

Ayaka Takano as Clara (ep 14)

Ayumi Uno as Flora (ep 3)

Ben Hiura as Bruce Kendall (ep 23)

Chie Satou as Little Connelly (ep 13)

Chikako Akimoto as Mrs. Shinjo (ep 7)

Chikao Ohtsuka as Andrei Semionov (ep 4)

Daisuke Gouri as Davis (ep 24)

Eiji Maruyama as Gotrope (ep 14)

Emi Shinohara as Sofia (ep 1)

Fumihiko Tachiki as Libero (ep 22)

Fumito Yamano as Ox Bayer (ep 1)

Goro Naya as Shou (ep 11)

Hidetoshi Nakamura as Hunter (ep 15)

Hideyuki Tanaka as Powell (ep 24)

Hiroshi Hosoi as Angus (ep 21)

Hiroshi Ito as Greenpark (ep 16)

Hiroshi Kamiya as Shinsuke Funase (ep 19)

Hiroshi Naka as Petrol Station Clerk (ep 23)

Hoshihiko Kojima as John (ep 2)

Iemasa Kayumi as Stuart Pitock (ep 2)

Issei Futamata as Webb (ep 18)

Junpei Takiguchi as Colonel Foster (ep 20)

Katsuhisa Houki as Donovan (ep 13)

Katsunosuke Hori as Yuri Scott (ep 5)

Kazuaki Ito as Inspector (ep 10)

Kazuo Kamiya as Franco (ep 3)

Keiko Kuge as Lady Langley (ep 6)

Keiko Yanagawa as Mrs. Takita (ep 8)

Ken Nishida as Inspector Douglas (ep 8)

Kenji Nomura as Priest (ep 3)

Kikuko Inoue as Karen Wolf (eps 38-39) 

Kiyonobu Suzuki as Shreider (ep 14)

Kousuke Meguro as Atkins (ep 24)

Mami Koyama as Marguerite (ep 22)

Masaharu Satou as Prof. Stevens (ep 24)

Masahiko Tanaka as Richard Connelly (ep 13)

Masashi Ebara as Robert Fenders (ep 16)

Masashi Hirose as Klause (ep 14)

Masashi Sugawara as Charlie Chapman (eps 10, 17)

Maya Okamoto as Secretary (ep 16)

Michio Hazama as Lord Fenders (ep 16)

Michiro Ikemizu as Shinsuke's Father (ep 19)

Mifuyu Hiiragi as Son-Rei (ep 11)

Mikio Terashima as Old Man (ep 13)

Minoru Yada as Prof. Benington (ep 18)

Miru Hitotsuyanagi as Teresa (ep 14)

Misa Watanabe as Anna (ep 3)

Miyoko Asou as Mrs. Burnham (ep 12)

Motomu Kiyokawa as Jonathan (ep 20)

Mugihito as Victor (ep 22)

Naoki Tatsuta as Mikami (ep 21)

Narumi Hidaka as Hanna (ep 14)

Nobuaki Fukuda as Walter (ep 2)

Nobuaki Sekine as
Andy (ep 23)
Tonio (ep 2)

Norio Wakamoto as Herman (ep 20)

Osamu Kobayashi as Stephane (ep 18)

Reiko Niimura as Helmina (ep 9)

Ritsuo Sawa as Jack Carol (ep 8)

Ryuji Nakaki as Det. Rupert (ep 20)

Sanae Takagi as Shinsuke's Mother (ep 19)

Sayuri Ikemoto as Ann (ep 21)

Seiko Tomoe as Old Woman (ep 6)

Seizo Katou as Kouzo Takita (ep 8)

Sen Hoshino as McBain (ep 10)

Shigeru Nakahara as Roddy (ep 11)

Shinya Ohtaki as Karol (ep 20)

Shozo Iizuka as Superintendent Costner (ep 8)

Suemi Ozawa as Ms. Belnine (ep 3)

Sumi Shimamoto as Anna Plummer (ep 6)

Sumie Baba as Anna (child; ep 6)

Taiten Kusunoki as Eric (ep 20)

Takashi Taniguchi as Alan (ep 3)

Takaya Hashi as Shuji Takita (ep 8)

Takayuki Sugo as Leon Papas (ep 1)

Takehiro Koyama as Malone (ep 16)

Takeshi Aono as Huk-Shu (ep 11)

Takeshi Endo as Priest (ep 17)

Tamio Ohki as
Douglas (ep 30)
Markus (ep 1)

Taro Arakawa as Tomasz (ep 20)

Terue Nunami as Adult School President (ep 5)

Tetsuo Goto as Edward Langley (ep 6)

Tohru Furusawa as Heinrich (ep 9)

Toshiharu Sakurai as Otto (ep 20)

Toshihiko Kojima as Fumio Hisayama (ep 8)

Toshiya Ueda as Prof. Amada (ep 21)

Yousuke Naka as Mr. Shinjo (ep 7)

Yukari Nozawa as Doris Goldman (ep 12)

Yukiko Takabayashi as Patricia Keaton (ep 7)

Yukimasa Kishino as Travis (ep 18)

Yuko Minaguchi as Flora Lyman (ep 17)

Yuusaku Yara as Galade (ep 18)

Yuzuru Fujimoto as
Connelly's Grandfather (ep 13)
Kohl (ep 14)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster:
NHK (2007-03-10)
NTV

Production:
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
VAP

English staff 
English cast 

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer: Yukio Kusumoto

ADR Producer: Diana Gage

DVD Engineer: Joe Torcello

Production Coordination: Travis Fraser

Re-Recording Mixing: Mark M. Pinder

Recording engineer:
Marc Matsumoto
Timur Kalyuzhnyy

Script Adaptation: Robert Chomiak

Subtitle Script: Kevin McKeown

Voice Direction: Teri Snelgrove

 

Ted Cole as Taichi Keaton-Hiraga

Kelly Sheridan as Yuriko Hiraga

Michael Kopsa as Narrator

William Samples as Tahei Hiraga

Alaina Burnett as Akemi

Alex Doduk as Charlie Chapman (Teen)

Alison Raine as Anna Plummer

Alistair Abell as Roddy (ep 11)

Andrew Kavadas as Edward Langley

Anna Cummer as Ann MacRae (ep 21)

Ari Solomon as Victor Chanbonne (ep 22)

Beatrice Zeilinger as Teresa (ep 14)

Bill Switzer as Shinsuke Yunase (ep 19)

Brenna O'Brien as Clara

Brian Dobson as Kidnapper

Brian Drummond as
Adult Student
Alan
Conductor
Party Guest
Reporter
Tonio

Cathy Weseluck as
Anna's Mother
Mrs. Shinjo
Old Woman
Taichi (Child)

Chantal Strand as Flora

Colin Murdock as Shreider (ep 14)

Dale Wilson as Stuart Pitock

Daphne Goldrick as Lady Langley

David Kaye as Shinsuke's Father (ep 19)

David Palffy as
Karim Muhammad (ep 25)
Leon Papas

Derek Peakman as Ox Bayear

Don Brown as Inspector

Donna Yamamoto as Mrs. Takita

Doug Abrahams as Lord Fenders

Eli Gabay as Hunter (ep 15)

Ellen Kennedy as
Adult Student
Student

Ellie King as Charlie's Mother

Farrell Spence as Shinsuke's Mother (ep 19)

Fred Henderson as Jonathan (ep 20)

French Tickner as David Markus

Hiro Kanagawa as Fumio Hisayama

Iris Quinn as Marguerite (ep 22)

James O'Shea as Donovan (ep 13)

Jillian Michaels as Hanna (ep 14)

John Murphy as Robert Fenders (ep 16)

Jonathan Holmes as
Angus
Frank Miller

Kelly Sheridan as Anna (Child)

Ken Pak as Kouzo Takita

Lee Tockar as
John
Priest

Mackenzie Gray as Professor Bennington (ep 18)

Mark Gash as Powell (ep 24)

Mark Oliver as Herman (ep 20)

Matt Walker as Detective Rupert (ep 20)

Michael Adamthwaite as Heinrich

Michael Andaluz as Shou (ep 11)

Michael Dobson as
Bounty Hunter
Conductor
Driver
Party Guest

Michael Kopsa as
John (ep 34)
Karol (ep 20)
Medovich (ep 27)
Prof. Amada (ep 21)
Richard Connelly (ep 13)

Moneca Stori as Flora Lyman (ep 17)

Nicole Leroux as Helen (ep 20)

Nicole Oliver as
Patricia Keaton
Reporter

Pam Hyatt as Mrs. Murata

Patrick Creery as Atkins (ep 24)

Patti Allan as Helmina

Paul Dobson as
Adult Student
Bayer's Associate
Bounty Hunter
Charlie Chapman

Paul Kloegman as
Michael Robert (ep 15)
Old Man (ep 13)

Pauline Newstone as
Adult School President
Ms. Belnine

Reece Thompson as Young Connelly (ep 13)

Richard Newman as Andrei Semionov

Richard Yee as Huk-Shu (ep 11)

Ron Halder as Yuri Scott

Rosa Yee as Son-Rei (ep 11)

Ross Douglas as Daniel O'Connell

Russell Roberts as Inspector Douglas

Samuel Vincent as Bounty Hunter

Sanders Whiting as Webb (ep 18)

Scott McNeil as
Adult Student
Resistance Member
Walter

Shirley Millner as Mrs. Burnham (ep 12)

Terry Klassen as Foster (ep 20)

Trevor Devall as
Adult Student
Conductor
Franco
Reporter

Venus Terzo as Sofia

Vitaly Kravchenko as Stefan Razin

Ward Perry as
Mr. Shinjo
Office Secretary

William Samples as Superintendent Costner

English companies 

Adaptation: The Ocean Group

DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD

DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC

DVD Production: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Recording Studio: Ocean Studios

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Benoit Dupac

Adaptation:
Joffrey Grosdidier
Laurence Duseyau
Olivier Le Treut
Sabrina Boyer
Tim Stevens

ADR Coordination:
Jean-Yves Rigaud
Sandrine Ringuière

Sound Engineer: Benjamin Cabaj

 

Jérome Keen as Taichi Hiraga Keaton

Dominique Vallee as Yuriko

Luc Boulad as
Daniel
Père de Keaton

Agnès Manoury as
Doris Goldman
Sofia
Son-Rei

Aurélien Ringelheim as Journaliste

Benoit Dupac as Dissident

Brigitte Guedj as Mme Takita

Chantal Baroin as Gerry Burnham

Cyrille Monge as Douglas

Eric Chevallier as Tonio

Eric Missoffe as Père de Takita

Frederic Norbert as Stuart

Frederic Popovic as Mr Carol

Gérard Surugue as Chef Cuisinier

Jean-Baptiste Marcenac as Narrateur

Maud Heywang as Anna

Nathalie Bleynie as Hermina

Romain Altché as Journaliste

Samuel Poirier as Etudiant

Stéphane Ronchewski as Connery

Thierry Mercier as Charlie Chapman

Vincent Ribeiro as Rudy

Yann Peira as Etudiant

French companies 

Distributor: IDP Home Video Music

Dubbing: Midisync


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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