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CANAAN (TV)

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©CHUNSOFT/Project CANAAN

Alternative title:

Ханаан (Russian)

كانان (Arabic)

كنعان (Arabic)

カナン (Japanese)

428 the animation

Genres: action, mystery

Themes: biological warfare, terrorism

Plot Summary:

Two years ago, Shibuya was ravaged by a biological terrorist attack using the deadly Ua virus. Maria Osawa was saved when her father inoculated her against the virus, but is left with partial amnesia from the shock. Now working as a cameraman, she reunited with her friend Canaan in Hong Kong. Canaan is an assassin gifted with synesthesia, and she's being targeted by the terrorist squad Snake. Meanwhile, numerous groups converge on Hong Kong, all after either Canaan or Maria.

Two years ago, Shibuya was ravaged by a biological terrorist attack using the deadly Ua virus. Maria Osawa was saved when her father inoculated her against the virus, but is left with partial amnesia from the shock. She works as a cameraman when she reunites with a girl named Canaan in Shanghai, China. A gifted assassin with synesthesia, she is under orders from an unknown organization for a yet unspecified mission.

User Ratings: 393 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 31 votes (sub:26, raw:3, Spa.sub:1, dub:1)

Excellent: 107 votes (sub:94, Spa.sub:5, dub:5, Ger.sub:1, raw:1, Por.sub:1)

Very good: 114 votes (sub:100, dub:9, Ger.sub:3, Fre.sub:2)

Good: 80 votes (sub:74, dub:5, Spa.sub:1)

Decent: 26 votes (sub:26)

So-so: 12 votes (sub:11, Rus.sub:1)

Not really good: 10 votes (sub:8, Rus.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)

Weak: 9 votes (sub:9)

Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)

Awful: -

Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)

Seen in part or in whole by 714 users, rank: #859
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.715 (Very good-.28), std. dev.: 1.6547, rank: #738
Weighted mean: 7.571 (Very good-.42), rank: #776 (seen all: 7.68 / seen some: 7.77 / won't finish: 4.07)
Bayesian estimate: 7.570 (Very good-.43), rank: #548

Running time: 24 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 13

Episode titles: We have 13

Vintage: 2009-07-04 to 2009-09-26

Opening Theme:

"mind as Judgment" by Faylan

Ending Theme:

"My heaven" by Annabel

Official website:

CANAAN (Japanese)

Links: We have 1

Trivia: We have 2

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2009-10-29 Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 19-25 (Updated)

2009-10-27 Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, October 19-25

2009-10-19 Seikon no Qwaser Mature TV Anime's Promo Streamed

2009-09-30 Angel Beats!, Randys Promo Videos Streamed (Updated)

2009-08-17 Tatakau Shisho - The Book of Bantorra's 2nd Promo Streamed

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Masahiro Ando

Series Composition: Mari Okada

Script: Mari Okada (eps 1-13)

Storyboard:
Junji Nishimura (eps 9-10)
Masahiro Ando (7 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 6, 11-13

)
Soichi Masui (ep 8)
Tensai Okamura (eps 3, 5, 7)

Episode Director:
Masahiro Ando (eps 1, 13)
Takefumi Anzai (4 episodes

eps 5, 7, 11, 13

)
Tomoaki Ohta (ep 8)
Toshiyuki Yahagi (ep 4)
Yoshiyuki Asai (eps 2, 6, 10)

Music: Hikaru Nanase

Original Character Design: Takashi Takeuchi

Character Design: Kanami Sekiguchi

Art Director: Takeshi Waki

Chief Animation Director: Kanami Sekiguchi

Animation Director:
Akiharu Ishii (eps 4, 9, 13)
Chang Pyo Hong (eps 3, 8)
Hiroyuki Horiuchi (ep 4)
Jae Chong Heo (eps 8, 12)
Kanami Sekiguchi (eps 1, 13)
Kousuke Kawazura (ep 6)
Kyoko Kotani (ep 12)
Misaki Suzuki
Moriyasu Taniguchi
Yoshimitsu Yamashita (ep 13)
Yuriko Ishii (eps 7, 11)
Yuuko Yoshida (eps 2, 5)

3D Director: Yoshimasa Yamazaki

Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa

Director of Photography: Satoshi Namiki

Executive producer:
Hisato Usui
Kazuyoshi Fukuba
Koichi Nakamura
Kouji Morimoto
Masashi Yabe
Naohiro Futono
Takaaki Kitani
Takanori Andō
Toyonori Ōta
Yoshiyuki Ito

Producer:
Jin Kawamura
Jirō Ishii
Kei Fukura
Kenji Horikawa
Shigeru Saitō
Takayuki Mizutani (Emotion)
Yasushi Ōshima

2nd Key Animation:
Akiko Kumata (ep 6)
Emiko Matsuno (ep 6)
Kondo Ritsuko (ep 9)
Mao Yamazaki (ep 9)
Noriko Tsutsumiya (ep 9)
Osamu Kurosawa (eps 7, 10)
Satomi Naitou (ep 9)
Yūji Wada (ep 9)
Yuna Takase (ep 9)

3D CG:
Kōsuke Haruta
Seiji Murata
Sujin Kim (Union Cho)
Yōhei Hirata

Animation Check:
Aya Takada (5 episodes

eps 2, 5, 7, 10, 13

)
Chikako Hanatani (eps 7, 10, 13)
Young Rim Lee (eps 3, 8, 12)
Yukiko Mita (5 episodes

eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 11

)

Associate producer:
Fuminori Yamazaki
Nobuyuki Nakamura
Ryūji Kosaka
Tsuyoshi Oda

Background Art:
Aimi Kodama (GREEN)
Ayako Iwanaga (GREEN)
Ayumi Sato (GREEN)
Chihiro Fuji (GREEN)
Guilan Zhao (Feng Animation)
Guoqiang Sun (Feng Animation)
Hong Wei Ma (Beijing Golden Pinasters)
Jing Wei Liu (Feng Animation)
Jun Hirai (GREEN)
Kyōko Mamae (GREEN)
Kyouko Matsugae (GREEN)
Li Yuan Yang (Beijing Golden Pinasters)
Liang Liu (Beijing Golden Pinasters)
Manami Masuda (GREEN)
Mayumi Abe (GREEN)
Mika Nakajima (GREEN)
Qiuyue Li (Feng Animation)
Tamaki Sōshin (GREEN)
Xiao Qi Liu (Beijing Golden Pinasters)
Xifeng Chen (Feng Animation)
Xuesong Wang (Feng Animation)
Yan Er Su (Feng Animation)
You Jun Shang (Feng Animation)
Yukari Yasuda (GREEN)
Yun Xia Tian (Beijing Golden Pinasters)
Zhu Xiao Dan (Feng Animation)

Color design: Katsushi Inoue

Color Key:
Makiko Yamanaka (Studio Road - Ep. 7)
Mika Yokoi (Studio Road - Eps. 8, 11)
Naomi Nakano (Studio Road - Eps.1,2,5,6,13)
Yuki Moriyama (ep 12)
Yuko Koshida (Studio Road - Eps. 4, 9, 10)

Editing: Ayumi Takahashi

Editing Assistant: Ken'ichi Hirai

Finish Animation:
Akane Yoshioka (Studio Road - Eps. 7, 9)
Akiko Ohba (Studio Road - Ep. 2)
Asuka Seo (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 9)
Chie Iwamoto (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 7)
Chie Oku (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 7, 9)
Chisato Momiyama (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 7, 9)
Hanae Yokota (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 7)
Kumiko Sone (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 7, 9)
Makiko Kojima (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 9)
Makiko Yamanaka (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 9)
Miho Tanaka (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2)
Mika Yokoi (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 8)
Naomi Nakano (Studio Road - Ep. 7)
Rie Arai (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 8)
Saori Narita (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 7, 9)
Taeko Mizuno (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2)
Yuki Moriyama (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 7)
Yuko Hamada (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 7)
Yuko Koshida (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2, 7)
Yuriko Taniguchi (Studio Road - Eps. 1, 2)

Finish Check:
Asuka Seo (assistance)
Chie Oku (assistance)
Chisato Momiyama (assistance)
Naomi Nakano (Studio Road)
Taeko Mizuno (Studio Road)
Yuko Koshida (Studio Road)

In-Between Animation:
Akiko Fujiwara (PA Works-Ep.1,2,5-7,9,10,11,13)
Asami Hayakawa (ep 1)
Aya Takada (ep 1)
Aya Yokota (PA Works - Eps. 1, 2, 5-7, 9)
Chikako Hanatani (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5,6,9,11,13)
Eriko Nakajima (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5-7,9-11,13)
Fumihiko Suganuma (eps 1-2)
Hiromi Yaegashi (PA Works - Eps. 6, 7, 9-11, 13)
Kanae Oku (ep 1)
Kazuko Amano (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5-7,9,10)
Manabu Hanawa (PA Works - Eps. 6, 7, 9-11, 13)
Mari Tomita (PA Works - Eps. 6, 7, 9-11, 13)
Miki Ōnishi (PA Works - Eps. 6, 7, 9-11, 13)
Momoko Shirashiki (eps 1-2, 5-7)
Ryo Miyaki (PA Works - Eps. 6, 7, 9-11, 13)
Sachiko Yajima (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5-7,9-11,13)
Saki Hagino (PA Works - Eps. 6, 7, 9-11, 13)
Saori Takashiro (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5-7,9-11,13)
Satoru Kakutani (PA Works - Eps. 6, 7, 9-11, 13)
Tomoya Nishiguchi (PA Works-1,2,5,6,7,9-11,13)
Tsukasa Miyazaki (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5-7,9-11,13)
Tsutomu Iwanami (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5-7,9-11,13)
Yayoi Akimoto (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5-7,9-11,13)
Yōko Kubara (eps 1-2)
Yuki Akiyama (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5-7,9-11,13)
Yuriko Abe (PA Works - Eps.1,2,5-7,9-11,13)
Yūsuke Kitano (PA Works - Eps. 6, 7, 9-11, 13)

Key Animation:
Ai Yamazaki (Studio Mark - Ep. 11)
Aiko Kasumi (PA Works - Eps. 1, 2, 5, 12)
Akihide Muraji (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Akiko Kumata (eps 7, 11)
Akira Takahashi (eps 4-7)
Asami Hayakawa (P.A. Works - Eps.5-7,10,11,13)
Asami Watanabe (C-Station - Ep. 13)
Asuka Kojima (PA Works - Eps.1,2,4-6,8,10-13)
Asuka Suzuki (PA Works - Ep. 9)
Atsuko Sugawara (Studio Mark - Ep. 9)
Ayumi Nishibata (PA Works - Ep. 9)
Daisuke Endo (C-Station - Ep. 13)
Emiko Matsuno (eps 4, 7)
Fumihiko Suganuma (P.A. Works - Eps. 5-8, 11-13)
Hideki Takahashi (ep 2)
Hideoki Kusama (ep 3)
Hiroko Kanehara (eps 5, 7)
Hiromi Makino (PA Works - Eps.1,2,6,10,11,13)
Hyeon U Ju (Union Cho - Ep. 9)
Jae Seon Heo (Union Cho - Ep. 9)
Jung Chul Kim (Union Cho - Ep. 9)
Kanae Oku (P.A. Works - Eps.5,6,9,12,13)
Kaori Oka (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Kaori Saito (Studio Mark - Ep. 11)
Kaori Tsuta (PA Works - Eps.2,4,5,7-9,12,13)
Kayano Tomizawa (ep 5)
Kenichi Ishimaru (PA Works - Ep. 9)
Kenichirou Yamamoto (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Kenji Honda (PA Works - Eps. 1, 2, 4, 5)
Kenji Kondo (Studio Mark - Ep. 10)
Kento Toya (PA Works - Eps.1,2,4,7,11-13)
Kimiko Matsushita (ep 4)
Koichi Takai (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Kouhei Yamashita (Studio Mark - Ep. 10)
Kouichi Satou (PA Works - Eps. 1, 2, 4, 7)
Kousuke Kawazura (PA Works - Eps.1,2,4,6,11,12)
Kyouhei Tezuka (PA Works - Ep. 9)
Lee Young Eun (Union Cho - Ep. 9)
Maki Hashimoto (Studio Mark - Ep. 10)
Masahiro Sato (ep 2)
Mayumi Miyaoka (PA Works - Eps.1,2,4,6,10,11)
Misaki Suzuki (PA Works - Eps.1,2,4,5,10,13)
Mitsutoshi Kubo (PA Works - Eps.1,2,4,6,7,10-13)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Mutsumi Sasaki (C-Station - Ep. 13)
Nahoko Iiyama (PA Works - Ep. 9)
Noboru Sugimitsu (ep 6)
Reiko Okamura (ep 4)
Rika Satou (PA Works-Eps.1,2,4,7,10,11,13)
Rintarou Maeda (PA Works - Eps. 2, 12)
Rui Kondou (Studio Mark - Ep. 11)
Sanae Ikeda (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Saori Kasai (ep 7)
Satomi Kawashima (Studio Mark - Ep. 9)
Shunsuke Masuda (Studio Mark - Ep. 11)
Takahiro Kuroishi (ep 6)
Takashi Nozawa (eps 6, 11)
Takashi Tomioka (C-Station - Ep. 13)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 6)
Tatsuya Oka (eps 6, 11)
Tomohiro Shinoda (PA Works - Ep. 10)
Tomoyo Sawada (ep 4)
Toshifumi Niijima (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Wakako Shigemoto (PA Works - Ep. 10)
Yasuo Fujii (PA Works - Eps.1,2,4,6,9,12,13)
Yasuyuki Kai (ep 6)
Yoritada Shigesa (Studio Mark - Ep. 11)
Yoshio Yoshimatsu (Studio Mark - Ep. 9)
Yu Kobayashi (Studio Mark - Ep. 10)
Yuito Matsubayashi (ep 4)
Yuka Fujisawa (PA Works - Eps. 1, 2, 4)
Yukito Shinkai (Studio Mark - Ep. 10)
Yukiyoshi Shikiji (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Yūko Hineno (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Yumiko Kinoshita (Anime R - Ep. 10)
Yurie Oohigashi (PA Works-Eps.1,2,4,5,7,9,11,13)
Yuriko Ishii (eps 3-4, 7, 11)
Yuuko Yoshida (ep 1)

Line Producer: Mitsuhito Tsuji

Managing Director: Nobuhiro Kikuchi

Music Production: Shigeru Saitō

Online Editor:
Kazuhiro Nagao (Goodjob Tokyo)
Yoshihiro Kohama (Goodjob Tokyo)

Original Scenario: Kinoko Nasu

Photography:
Eri Katō
Hironobu Horikoshi
Jirō Kageyama
Jiro Tazawa

Production manager:
Akiko Okutsu (ep 4)
Junji Matsuda (ep 11)
Junko Omotani (eps 1, 6, 10)
Shōji Sōma (eps 2, 7)
Yūko Horikawa (ep 5)
Yūko Matsuda (ep 9)

Program Manager: Tomo Mayo

Recording Assistant: Tetsuya Ōnuki

Recording engineer: Nobuhiro Negishi

Setting Production: Keigo Koyanagi

Sound Effects: Hiroshi Nakano

Sound Production Manager: Rie Tanaka

Special Effects:
Masahiro Murakami
Sumie Murakami

Theme Song Performance:
Annabel (ED)
Faylan (OP)

Maaya Sakamoto as Alphard

Miyuki Sawashiro as Canaan

Akio Ohtsuka as Sham

Haruka Tomatsu as Yunyun

Hiroaki Hirata as Santana

Junko Minagawa as Natsume

Kenji Hamada as Minoru Minorikawa

Mamiko Noto as Hakkoo

Rie Tanaka as Liang Qi

Toru Ohkawa as Cummings

Yoshino Nanjou as Maria Oosawa

Ayahi Takagaki as Nene

Hironari Amano as Shinya Kano

Jouji Nakata as Taxi Driver (ep 2)

Narumi Konno as Hitomi

Japanese companies

2D Works: Bee Train Digital

2nd Key Animation:
Studio Mark
Yuhodo

Animation Assistance: union CHO (eps 3, 8, 12)

Animation Production: P.A. Works

Backgrounds:
Beijing Golden Pinasters Animation Company
Feng Animation
Green

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2009-07-28)
Chiba TV (2009-07-06)
Kansai TV (2009-07-07)
Tokai TV (2009-07-09)
Tokyo MX TV (2009-07-04)
TV Kanagawa (2009-07-07)
TV Saitama (2009-07-04)

Editing Studio: Jay Film

Finish Animation:
AIC
Buyu
Daejin (ep 8)
M.S.J Musashino Production
MSC
Production I.G
Studio Road
union CHO