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Giant Killing (TV)

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Alternative title:
ジャイアントキリング (Japanese)
자이언트 킬링 (Korean)
Themes: soccer
Plot Summary: Experiencing a long streak of poor performances for several years in the Japanese professional football league, the East Tokyo United (ETU) hires Takeshi Tatsumi as manager to try to break the curse that seems to have fallen over the team. Having spent three years in England, Tatsumi made the accomplishment of taking an amateur team to the top 32 teams of the FA Cup. Many consider him a bad choice and protest against this decision. They hold a grudge against Takeshi because they consider him a traitor for leaving ETU at the height of his career when he was still a football player. Unfazed by the negative mood that looms over the field, Tatsumi seems confident that he might be able to bring glory back to his team once again.
User Ratings: 267 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:15, dub:1)
 Excellent: 53 votes (sub:49, dub:1, others:3
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 92 votes (sub:83, dub:2, others:7
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 62 votes (sub:56, dub:2, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:25)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:10, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 504 users, rank: #2139 (of 10148)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.640 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3949, rank: #1454 (of 10319)
Weighted mean: 7.618 (Very good−), rank: #1381 (of 10319) (seen all: 7.67 / seen some: 7.65 / won't finish: 4.94)
Bayesian estimate: 7.611 (Very good−), rank: #1096 (of 7759)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2010-04-04 to 2010-09-26
2014-06 (Indonesia, RTV)
Opening Theme:
"My Story ~Mada Minu Ashita e~" (My story ～まだ見ぬ明日へ～) by THE CHERRY COKES
Ending Theme:
"Get tough!" by G.P.S
Official website:
Enoki Films Giant Killing Website (Japanese)
Japanese Official Site (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yuu Kou
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Kenichi Takeshita (7 episodes
eps 5, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 24
)
Tatsushi Moriya (7 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 15, 17, 20, 23
)
Toshifumi Kawase (12 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 8-9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 25-26
)
Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Namura (6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 19, 22, 26
)
Hideyo Yamamoto (ep 8)
Jōji Furuta (eps 20, 25)
Junichi Takaoka (ep 5)
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 3, 17, 26)
Kenichi Takeshita (ep 24)
Mamoru Sakisaka (ep 13)
Shinichi Tōkairin (eps 12, 18, 23)
Yasuo Ejima (eps 6, 14)
Yoshio Usuda (eps 2, 9)
Yuu Kou (ep 1)
Unit Director:
Hiroshi Kimura (ep 18)
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (ep 1)
Jōji Furuta (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 20, 25
)
Kenichi Takeshita (ep 24)
Kiyoshi Matsuda (ep 13)
Kōsuke Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Matsuo Asami (ep 3)
Shinpei Miyashita (ep 8)
Yasuo Ejima (eps 6, 14, 19)
Yutaka Hirata (eps 9, 23)
Music: Hideharu Mori
Original Concept: Masaya Tsunamoto
Original creator: Tsujitomo
Character Design: Tetsuya Kumagai
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Animation Director:
Akihito Asai (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 15, 25
)
Daisuke Takemoto (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 21, 25
)
Eri Sano (ep 12)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 2)
Kanae Matsunaga (ep 23)
Kumiko Horikoshi (eps 4, 23)
Masahiro Sekino (eps 2, 7, 24)
Masami Suda (ep 7)
Masao Ebihara (ep 12)
Mayumi Oda (4 episodes
eps 9, 17, 22, 26
)
Naoki Aisaka (ep 6)
Satoshi Kubo (ep 3)
Shinobu Nishiyama (eps 5, 9, 26)
Shōsuke Shimizu (eps 1, 6, 11)
Takashi Igari (ep 13)
Takeshi Kusaka (eps 17, 22)
Tomochi Kosaka (ep 19)
Tsutomu Nishiyama (eps 14, 16, 21)
Yūki Iwai (eps 5, 14, 19)
Sound Director: Tsuyoshi Takahashi
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondō
Executive producer:
Atsuya Hirooka
Yūji Shibata

Animation producer: Nobumitsu Urasaki
Color Coordination:
Eiko Kitazume (10 episodes
eps 1, 5-11 odd, 17-25 odd
)
Eriko Murata (eps 8, 18)
Sakiko Ito (ep 3)
Yasuji Sakagami (ep 13)
Yui Azumi (12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14-16, 20-26 even
)
Color design: Eiko Kitazume
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
In-Between Animation: Aki Nakagawa (9 episodes
eps 16-17, 19, 21-26
)
In-Between Check:
Ayako Togawa (13 episodes
eps 9, 12, 14-17, 19-20, 22-26
)
Natsuo Kawamura (ep 7)
Seiji Hagiwara (ep 3)
Tooru Sawamura (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 10-11, 21
)
Yasumi Tanaka (ep 13)
Key Animation:
Ai Hiromi (ep 23)
Ai Mochida (eps 8, 18, 25)
Aika Kawasaki (eps 10, 13)
Akihito Asai (ep 26)
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 5)
Atsushi Irie (ep 13)
Atsushi Komatsu (ep 24)
Aya Yoshioka (ep 13)
Ayako Nozawa (13 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 10, 14-15, 17, 19-20, 22, 24, 26
)
Ayumi Yamada (eps 10, 14, 23)
Chiho Fujiwara (eps 20, 25)
Daisuke Niitsuma (ep 1)
Eiichi Kuboyama (eps 15, 19)
Eiji Fukuyama (ep 3)
Eiji Kaneda (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 19, 23
)
Emi Tezuka (eps 5, 10, 20)
Eri Osada (eps 8, 18, 25)
Eriko Itō (ep 17)
Etsuko Yokoyama (eps 16, 21)
Fumiko Kon (eps 4, 11, 14)
Futoshi Fujikawa (ep 13)
Gorō Taki (ep 6)
Hanako Enomoto (eps 6, 14)
Haruka Satō (ep 21)
Haruo Ōgawara (ep 3)
Hideo Maru (ep 3)
Hiroaki Shimizu (9 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 14-15, 19, 24, 26
)
Hiroki Abe (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 24
)
Hiroki Ikeshita (ep 6)
Hiroko Seigan (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Hiroshi Kawashima (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 26
)
Hiroyoshi Iida (6 episodes
eps 7, 9, 12, 15, 20, 23
)
Hiroyuki Kamura (eps 10, 23)
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Terada (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 22, 25
)
Hisao Muramatsu (eps 5, 10, 20)
Hisashi Kagawa (ep 12)
Hisayoshi Nagamatsu (ep 5)
Hitoshi Kagiyama (ep 16)
Hitoshi Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 1, 11, 16, 23
)
Jun Hanzawa (ep 9)
Kanae Matsunaga (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 20, 22
)
Kanako Ono (ep 9)
Kanako Ōyabu (ep 3)
Kaoru Sekiya (eps 4, 14)
Kayo Nomichi (ep 9)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (ep 11)
Kazuma Uike (4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 20, 25
)
Kazushi Matsumoto (ep 3)
Kazuya Nakanishi (eps 4, 6, 9)
Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 14)
Keiji Tani (ep 23)
Kentarō Matsumoto (ep 21)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 3)
Kiyoshi Nohji (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 23
)
Kyōhei Ogura (eps 16, 21)
Kyōhei Ōyabu (ep 9)
Madoka Ozawa (ep 13)
Mariko Aoki (eps 8, 18, 26)
Masahiro Andō (ep 21)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 13)
Masahiro Sekino (eps 1, 14, 19)
Masako Onozawa (eps 16, 21)
Masami Suda (eps 2, 12, 17)
Masanori Hashimoto (ep 3)
Masato Katō (ep 3)
Masato Nishikawa (eps 4, 24)
Masayuki Yoshida (ep 13)
Mayu Fujimoto (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 22
)
Mayuko Kato (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 19, 24
)
Mayumi Oda (eps 1, 4-5)
Megumi Imai (eps 16, 21)
Miho Azuma (ep 21)
Miyuki Koga (ep 13)
Naoko Imaizumi (ep 24)
Naoto Yoshida (eps 11, 26)
Nobuhiro Mutō (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 25
)
Noriyuki Fukuda (eps 11, 18)
Rei Ikagawa (eps 15, 20)
Ryūta Nakahara (ep 18)
Sakae Shibuya (ep 8)
Shigeyuki Suga (eps 16, 21)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 9, 17, 19)
Shinichi Wada (ep 3)
Shinichiro Minami (ep 26)
Shinobu Nishiyama (ep 2)
Shinsuke Yanagi (ep 3)
Shōsuke Shimizu (eps 16, 21, 25)
Shunryō Yamamura (ep 18)
Takaaki Fukuyo (eps 16, 21)
Takafumi Hino (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 17
)
Takayuki Noguchi (ep 26)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 1, 5)
Takeshi Otani (ep 18)
Teruko Takeshima (eps 4, 23-24)
Teruo Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 14, 17, 19, 24
)
Tomoaki Sakiyama (eps 3, 23)
Tomochi Kosaka (4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 17, 22
)
Tomoyo Masuda (ep 22)
Tsutomu Nishiyama (ep 12)
Yasuko Higuchi (eps 1, 6, 20)
Yōko Nomura (eps 11, 16, 26)
Yoshihide Yūzumi (ep 13)
Yoshio Mizumura (eps 4, 6, 19)
Yōsuke Jinbo (ep 26)
Yū Katō (ep 8)
Yuichiro Miyake (5 episodes
eps 9, 12, 17, 20, 24
)
Yūki Iwai (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 10, 12, 25
)
Yumi Chiba (9 episodes
eps 2, 7-8, 12, 17, 19, 22, 25-26
)
Yuya Kishi (ep 3)
Tomokazu Seki as Takeshi Tatsumi

Daisuke Kirii as Yusaku Sugie
Daisuke Ono as Luigi Yoshida
Kentarō Itō as Kazuki Kuroda
Masumi Asano as Yuri Nagata
Nobutoshi Canna as Mochida
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Shigeyuki Murakoshi
Shinya Fukumatsu as President Nagata
Takahiro Mizushima as Daisuke Tsubaki
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Kōsei Gotō

Ai Hayasaka as
Child (eps 1-2)
Doctor (eps 14, 17)
Akimitsu Takase as Shimura
Atsushi Miyauchi as Haneda
David Ledges as Old Man (ep 1)
Eri Kitamura as Boy (ep 6)
Hayato Nakata as
Mr. Yama (ep 15)
Sonoda
Supporter (eps 8-9, 17)
Tani (eps 11-13)
Tatsuo Ishigami
Hiroe Oka as Katsura Fujisawa
Hiroki Yasumoto as
Commentator (ep 18)
TV Caster (ep 26)
Jirō Saitō as
Imai (eps 23, 25)
Itagaki (eps 9-13)
Kaneda (8 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26
)
Reporter (ep 5)
Yuji (eps 2, 15)
Kazunari Tanaka as Katayama
Keigo Manaka as
Katsuragi (ep 25)
Photographer (ep 13)
Satoshi Tanba
Keiichi Nakagawa as Kazumi Kiyokawa
Ken Uo as Matsubara
Kenji Fukuda as Hatake
Kensuke Satō as Tsuyoshi Miyano
Kenta Miyake as Hower
Kinryū Arimoto as Hiraizumi (eps 3-6)
Kujira as Goro's wife (eps 7, 14)
Kunio Ida as
Hiraka (eps 19-25)
Ibata (ep 8)
Sekine (eps 10, 13)
Supporter (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 9, 12, 16-17
)
Tanabe (ep 6)
Masahiro Yamanaka as Kubota
Masayuki Omoro as Fuwa
Minoru Hirota as
Kaga
Mamiya (ep 5)
Motoki (ep 26)
Shige Fukazawa
Naomi Kusumi as Dulfer
Nobunaga Shimazaki as
ETU Secretary (ep 3)
Komuro (eps 22-23)
Shingo Yano
Rie Takahashi as Mother (ep 14)
Saeko Zōgō as
Child (ep 9)
Okami (ep 8)
Yoshio Fukazawa
Satoshi Mikami as
Jousai (eps 4-5)
Sakamoto (eps 19, 21, 24)
Sumita (eps 2-3)
Suzuki (ep 7)
Sayaka Kinoshita as Secretary (eps 21, 24)
Seirō Ogino as Carlos
Shinji Kawada as Yoshinori Sakai
Shinshū Fuji as Hiroshi Midorikawa
Shinya Fukumatsu as
Bookstore Owner (ep 14)
Shopkeeper (ep 8)
Supporter (ep 16)
Shion Hirota as Child (eps 1-2)
Tadashi Mutō as Ryou Akashi
Taiten Kusunoki as Yotaro Natsuki
Taketoshi Kawano as Kyouhei Sera
Tamako Nohama as
Child (ep 17)
Tetta
Tetsuo Gotō as Vice-President Nagata
Tetsuya Oka as
Kenji Hotta
Manager (ep 14)
Passerby (ep 8)
Supporter (7 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 10-11, 22
)
Yamai (5 episodes
eps 6-7, 19, 21, 24
)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Takeshi Kamei
Tomoyoshi Fukazu as Osamu Ishihama
Tomoyuki Shimura as Zelberto
Toshihiko Kojima as Kurashige
Tsuyoshi Kurosawa as
Furuya (ep 16)
Hori (ep 5)
Katsu-chan (eps 10, 15, 24)
Koga (ep 13)
Supporter (eps 2, 11)
Terauchi (eps 20-22)
Tokoro (eps 9, 26)
Tokui (ep 19)
Yōhei Tadano as Goro Tanuma
Yūko Gibu as
Announcement (ep 12)
Kouta Tanuma
Reporter (ep 13)
Yutaka Nakano as Blan
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Broadcaster:
Disney XD Japan
NHK (2010-04)
Production: NHK
Production Cooperation: 8 bit (uncredited; ep 13)
English companies
English staff
Subtitle Editor: Tara L. Campbell
Distributor: Enoki Films
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (expired)
Hulu
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Samuel Oseguera
Benjamin Flores as Takeshi Tatsumi

Carlos Reynoso as Shigeyuki Morakoshi
Daniel Valladares as Kazuki Kuroda
Elliot Leguizamo as Luigi Yoshida
Erick Padilla as Daisuke Tsubaki
Ivan Fernandez as Mochida

Héctor Rocha as Matsubara
Jonathan Miranda as Hiroshi Midorikawa
Nacho Pineda Diaz as Mikumo

Abraham Castillo
Aldo Ramirez
Jorge Sánchez
Mario Hernandez
Spanish companies
ADR Production: Digital Post Services
Dubbing Studio: Universal Cinergia S.A.
Licensed by: Rose Entertainment
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Dubbing: Creative Programs, Inc.

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