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Katanagatari (TV)

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Alternative title:
刀語 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, romance
Themes: historical
Plot Summary: This story teakes place in the Edo era where Yasuri Shichika is the seventh head of the Kyotou school of Japanese sword martial arts living in Fushou Island with his sister Nanami. With the order from a female samurai general Togame, he sets out for a trip to collect the twelve treasured swords created by a legendary swordsmith Shikizaki Kiki.
User Ratings: 130 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 53 votes (sub:49, dub:1, others:3
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Excellent: 31 votes (sub:28, dub:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (raw:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (?:1, sub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 449 users, rank: #1291
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.485 (Very good+.48), std. dev.: 2.0314, rank: #198
Weighted mean: 8.323 (Very good+.32), rank: #212 (seen all: 8.37 / seen some: 8.77 / won't finish: 3.54)
Bayesian estimate: 8.272 (Very good+.27), rank: #116
Running time: one hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2010-01 to 2010-12
2010-01-25 (Episode 1)
2010-02-08 (Episode 2)
2010-03-08 (Episode 3)
2010-04-16 (Episode 4)
2010-05-21 (Episode 5)
2010-06-04 (Episode 6)
2010-07-09 (Episode 7)
2010-08-13 (Episode 8)
2010-09-10 (Episode 9)
Releases: We have 6
Opening Theme:
#01: "Meiya Kadenrou (冥夜花伝廊)" by Minami Kuribayashi (eps 1-7)
#02: "Katana to Saya (刀と鞘)" by ALI PROJECT (eps 8-12)
Ending Theme:
#01: "Tasogare no Gekka" (誰そ彼の月華) by Yousei Teikoku
#02: "Refulgence" by Shoujobyo
#03: "Senbon Sennyo no Hamari Uta" (千本千女の刃毬唄) by Aki Hata
#04: "Kyomu no Hana" (虚無の華) by kukui
#05: "Ai to Makoto" (愛と誠) by Yukari Tamura
#06: "Yuki no Onna" (雪ノ女) by ALI PROJECT
#07: "Mayoigo Sagashi" (迷い子さがし) by Mai Nakahara
#08: "Karakuri Nemuridan" (からくり眠り談) by nomico
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Series Composition: Makoto Uezu
Script:
Makoto Uezu (eps 1-2, 5, 7)
Seiko Nagatsu (eps 3, 6)
Touko Machida (ep 4)
Storyboard:
Goichi Iwahata (assist. Eps. 1-2, 6)
Keitaro Motonaga (eps 1, 6)
Makoto Sokuza (ep 2)
Motoki Tanaka (ep 7)
Shinji Satoh (ep 4)
Tomoki Kobayashi (ep 3)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 5)
Episode Director:
Keitaro Motonaga (eps 1, 5-6)
Makoto Sokuza (ep 2)
Motoki Tanaka (ep 7)
Shinji Satoh (ep 4)
Tomoki Kobayashi (ep 3)
Original creator: NisiOisin
Original Character Design: Take (Illustrator)
Character Design: Tsuyoshi Kawada
Art Director: Tadashi Kudo
Chief Animation Director: Tsuyoshi Kawada
Animation Director:
Atsushi Itagaki (eps 1, 5)
Daisuke Mataga (eps 1, 5)
Ikuo Yoshida (eps 2, 6)
Kazuhisa Nakamura (eps 2, 6)
Motoki Tanaka (ep 7)
Soji Ninomiya (ep 3)
Taro Ikegami (ep 4)
Tensho Sato (ep 4)
Yuji Moriyama (ep 3)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
Director of Photography: Keisuke Nakamura

Background Art:
Fumie Nuibe
Hayao Yoshida (Studio Pinewood)
Hisako Saitou (Studio Fuga)
Hisayoshi Takahashi (Studio Pinewood)
Kaori Hagiwara (Moon Flower)
Katsufumi Hariu (Studio Fuga)
Katsumi Akimoto (Studio Pinewood)
Kuniko Iwatani (Moon Flower)
Reiko Okada (Studio Pablo)
Sachiho Motoda (Moon Flower)
Saori Iwatani (Studio Pinewood)
Taro Goto (Moon Flower)
Tomoko Zama (Studio Pablo)
Yuho Akagami (Studio Fuga)
Yuka Kawaai (Studio Pablo)
Color design: Akemi Teshima
Editing: Jun Takuma
In-between Animation Supervision:
Kōsuke Kobashi
Yoshiki Ito
Yutaka Sugiura
Key Animation:
Akihide Muraji (ep 3)
Akiko Kumata (ep 5)
Asako Inayoshi (ep 7)
Atsushi Itagaki (eps 1-2, 5)
Atsushi Okita (ep 5)
Aya Nagumo (ep 3)
Ayano Ōwada (eps 2-4, 7)
Daisuke Mataga (eps 1, 5)
Emi Sakamoto (ep 3)
Fumiko Yoshida (ep 7)
Fumio Matsumoto (eps 3, 7)
Hiromi Nanbe (ep 6)
Hiromi Shudō (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Hiroshi Tomioka (eps 4, 6)
Ietaka Son (ep 2)
Ikuma Fujibe (ep 2)
Ikuo Yoshida (eps 1-2, 6-7)
Ikurou Kuwana (ep 1)
Kaori Urata (eps 1-2, 4-6)
Katsumi Aoshima (eps 2-3)
Kazuhisa Nakamura (eps 1-2, 5-6)
Kazuki Ito (ep 2)
Keisei Noguchi (eps 2, 6)
Keisuke Katayama (ep 4)
Ken Mori (ep 5)
Kenichirou Yamamoto (ep 3)
Kiyoshi Nohji (eps 3-4)
Koichi Takai (ep 3)
Kouji Ogawa (ep 3)
Masahiko Nakata (eps 3-4)
Masakuni Kaneko (eps 2, 6)
Masaru Hyodo (ep 5)
Masumi Hoshino (ep 3)
Midori Uchiyama (ep 5)
Mie Ōishi (eps 2, 6)
Mika Tomiya (eps 1-6)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 3)
Motoki Tanaka (ep 7)
Nao Tokunaga (ep 5)
Naoko Takeichi (eps 1-6)
Natsumi Hattori (eps 1, 3-6)
Ryosuke Kimiya (eps 1, 4-5, 7)
Ryou Kodama (ep 2)
Shiho Tamai (ep 4)
Shin Matsunaga (eps 1-7)
Shin'ya Segawa (eps 4, 6)
Shinobu Ookawa (ep 5)
Shintaro Muraki (ep 4)
Shiro Shibata (ep 4)
Soji Ninomiya (eps 1, 3-4, 7)
Takahiro Kuroishi (eps 4-5)
Takashi Igari (ep 5)
Takayuki Kanouchi (ep 5)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 3, 7)
Takeo Shudou (ep 5)
Taro Ikegami (eps 4-7)
Tensho Sato (eps 1, 4, 6)
Tomonori Sudou (ep 5)
Tomoshige Inayoshi (ep 3)
Tomotsugu Sakakibara (eps 2, 4)
Toru Yoshida (eps 3, 6)
Toshifumi Niijima (eps 3, 7)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (ep 1)
Yoshikatsu Inoue (ep 6)
Yoshiko Nakajima (ep 3)
Yoshimi Satō (ep 6)
Youhei Yamamoto (ep 2)
Yuichi Hirano (ep 6)
Yuichi Nakazawa (ep 6)
Yuji Moriyama (ep 3)
Yusuke Suzuki (ep 2)
Yuuko Yamada (ep 4)
Production Advancement:
Keisuke Fukunaga (eps 3, 7)
Masahiro Matsumoto (eps 2, 6)
Shin'ichirō Katō (eps 1, 4-5)
Special Effects Supervisor: Kumiko Taniguchi
Theme Song Arrangement:
Daisuke Kikuta (OP)
Kudo (ED2) (Shōjobyō)
Myu (ED4)
Tatsuya Katou (ED3)
Theme Song Composition:
Aki Hata (ED3)
Kudo (ED2) (Shōjobyō)
Myu (ED4)
Noriyasu Agematsu (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hata (OP/ED3)
Haruka Shimotsuki (ED4)
Mitsuki (ED2) (Shōjobyō)
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Hata (ED3)
Ali Project (ED6/OP2)
Kukui (ED4)
Mai Nakahara (ED7)
Minami Kuribayashi (OP)
Mitsuki (ED2) (Shōjobyō)
Nomiko (ED8)
Yousei Teikoku (ED1)
Yukari Tamura (ED5)
 
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shichika Yasuri
Yukari Tamura as Togame

Atsuko Yuya as Meisai Tsuruga (ep 3)
Chihiro Suzuki as Kōmori Maniwa
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Chouchou Maniwa (ep 4)
Haruka Tomatsu as Hiteihime
Hiroaki Miura as Mitsubachi Maniwa (ep 4)
Kaori Yamagata as Oshidori Maniwa
Mai Nakahara as Nanami Yasuri
Makoto Yasumura as Kamakiri Maniwa (ep 4)
Masako Ikeda as Narrator
Michiko Neya as Kyouken Maniwa (ep 6)
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Ginkaku Uneri
Rikiya Koyama as Emonzaemon Souda
Rina Hidaka as Konayuki Itezora (ep 6)
Ryotaro Okiayu as Hōoō Maniwa
Ryou Hirohashi as Pengin Maniwa
Toshihiko Seki as Maniwa Umigame
Tsuyoshi Koyama as Kanara Azekura (ep 5)

Asuka Horiguchi as Black Miko A (ep 3)
Aya Endo as Biyorigou (ep 8)
Chiemi Ishimatsu as Brain Truster A (ep 3)
Daichi Endō as Strong Swordsman (ep 5)
Emi Shinohara as Migiri Yasuri
Fumihiro Okabayashi as Ronin B (ep 3)
Hidemitsu Shimizu as Ronin A (ep 3)
Hikaru Midorikawa as Hakuhei Sabi
Keiichi Takahashi as Shopkeeper (ep 2)
Keiko Nemoto as Kanara Azekura (young; ep 5)
Kentaro Yamazaki as Pirate C (ep 5)
Kōichi Bandō as God Guard Group Members (ep 7)
Kokoro Kikuchi as Kokoro (Kanara's young sister; ep 5)
Kouzou Douzaka as Pirate A (ep 5)
Kozue Harashima as Black Miko C (ep 3)
Kyosuke Suzuki as Pirate B (ep 5)
Miho Miyagawa as Black Miko B (ep 3)
Miki Makiguchi as Young Priest (ep 7)
Misao Nakahara as Girl (ep 2)
Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as Ronin A (ep 2)
Motoko Kumai as Shichika Yasuri (young)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Umpire (ep 5)
Rumi Ookubo as Girl (ep 4)
Shinji Kawada as Maniwa Kawauso (ep 6)
Takafumi Kawakami as
Ronin B (ep 2)
Ronin C (ep 3)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Takahito Hida
Tomohiro Tsuboi as Kuizame Maniwa (ep 3)
Toru Ohkawa as Mutsue Yasuri
Wataru Hatano as Shirasagi Maniwa (ep 2)
Yu Shimamura as Brain Truster B (ep 3)
Yukito Souma as Boatman (ep 1)
Japanese companies 
Animation Production: WHITE FOX
Key Animation Assistance: Anime R (ep 3)
Photography: T2 Studio
special effects: Team Taniguchi
 
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