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Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning

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Alternative title:
Gekijō-ban Tiger & Bunny -The Beginning- (Japanese)
劇場版 TIGER & BUNNY -The Beginning- (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Kotetsu T. Kaburagi is a super-powered hero who fights crime in the name of corporate sponsors on Hero TV. After being forced by a merger to work for a new company, he is assigned an antagonistic partner named Barnaby Brooks, Jr. As their tumultuous relationship as the first hero duo progresses, they must capture a capable thief who now threatens the reputation of all the heroes.
User Ratings: 108 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:6, raw:1)
 Excellent: 18 votes (sub:11, dub:6, raw:1)
 Very good: 26 votes (sub:17, dub:7, ?:2)
 Good: 38 votes (sub:23, dub:15)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:2)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 199 users, rank: #3816 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.528 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.2653, rank: #1712 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.518 (Very good−), rank: #1598 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.52)
Bayesian estimate: 7.514 (Very good−), rank: #1322 (of 7244)
Running time: 93 minutes
Vintage: 2012-09-22
Premiere date:
2012-09-22 (Japan)
Opening Theme:
"Earth Diver" by NOVELS
Ending Theme:
"Linear Blue wo Kikinagara" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN
Insert song:
"Yakusoku (約束; Promise)" by Rihwa
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning (Blu-ray) 2013-10-01 (from $19.97)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning [UK] [Collector's Edition] (BD+DVD) 2014-03-24 (from $38.74)
DVD (Region 1)
    Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning (DVD) 2013-10-01 (from $15.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshitomo Yonetani
Screenplay: Masafumi Nishida
Music: Yoshihiro Ike
Original creator: Hajime Yatate
Original Character Design: Masakazu Katsura
Character Design:
Kenji Hayama
Tokuhiro Itagaki
Art Director: Kinichi Okubo
Chief Animation Director:
Kenji Hayama
Tokuhiro Itagaki
Art design: Yohei Kodama
Mecha design: Kenji Andō
3D Director: Keisuke Sasagawa (Trick Block)
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Director of Photography:
Haruhi Gotō
Yui Tanaka
Executive producer:
Jun Takei
Masayuki Ozaki
2nd Key Animation:
Ai Mochida
Asami Gouda (Anitus Kobe)
Atsuko Abe (Anitus Kobe)
Chiharu Satō
Chika Nōmi (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Hanae Uraoka (Anitus Kobe)
Hayato Torii (Anitus Kobe)
Katsuhisa Yamamoto (Anitus Kobe)
Kazuya Takahashi
Maki Sugizono
Makoto Yamada
Manabu Katayama (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Nozomi Tachibana (Anitus Kobe)
Reika Shinada (Anitus Kobe)
Risa Miyadani (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Takana Ioka (Anitus Kobe)
Takumi Yamakawa (Wombat)
Takurō Naka
Tomomi Noda (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Toshiharu Suzuki (Wombat)
Toshiko Inada
Yoko Sugita (Wombat)
Yōna Okada (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Yūsuke Sōen (Anitus Kobe)
3D CG:
Kazuaki Hashimoto (Trick Block; OP)
Keisuke Sasagawa (Trick Block; OP)
Kenji Iwasaki (Trick Block; OP)
Naoki Nakano (Trick Block; OP)
Saki Fukuzawa (Trick Block; OP)
Yuushi Hatakenaka (Trick Block; OP)
Art Assistant: Yuka Ohashi
Assistant Director of Photography: Noriyuki Murakami
Color design: Rumiko Nagai
Coordination: Yoshito Ashino
Design: Masami Ozone
Design Assistant: Hiroki Harada
Editing: Hiroshi Okuda
Hero Design: Masakazu Katsura
In-Between Animation:
Akane Ogawa (Diomedea)
Akiko Sugizono (A-1 Pictures)
Atsuko Hikimoto (APPP)
Atsushi Kanō (Diomedea)
Ayana Hori (Jumondo)
Ayumi Ono (Diomedea)
Azusa Kudō (Wombat)
Chie Masuda (OLM)
Chizuru Muramatsu (A-1 Pictures)
Chuji Masujima (Diomedea)
Emiri Yamamoto (OLM)
Fujika Enomoto (OLM)
Hanako Egami (Anitus Kobe)
Haruna Ōba (OLM)
Hiroaki Otsuji (Anitus Kobe)
Hirokatsu Maruyama (A-Line)
Hiromasa Katō (Diomedea)
Hiromi Itō (OLM)
Hiromi Minamibayashi (Anitus Kobe)
Hiromi Sakata (Wombat)
Hiroshi Higashiura (Wombat)
Hirotoshi Akiyama (Jumondo)
Kana Inao (Jumondo)
Kana Iwasaki (OLM)
Kasumi Kikuchi (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Kayoko Nishimori (A-Line)
Kazue Yoshida
Keigo Nagao (Asahi Production)
Keisuke Adachi (Wombat)
Kimiko Hoshi
Kimiko Nakagawa (Anitus Kobe)
Kōki Hirano (Jumondo)
Komami Yoshida (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Kyōsuke Maeda (Diomedea)
Mai Teshima (Anitus Kobe)
Maiko Ono (APPP)
Manami Naya (APPP)
Maria Takagaki (OLM)
Masaaki Nibe (Diomedea)
Masaru Okuwaki (Studio Takuranke)
Masayo Okuzumi (OLM)
Miho Fujii (OLM)
Miyuki Yano
Mizue Shōuchi (A-Line)
Momoko Aida (Anitus Kobe)
Mutsuki Kawanishi (Marvy Jack)
Naoki Sugiyama (Jumondo)
Naomi Tachibana (Pierrot Plus)
Naomi Takehara (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Natsuki Yamashita (Jumondo)
Nayuta Mori (Anitus Kobe)
Rei Chimoto (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Reika Shinada (Anitus Kobe)
Rika Murakami (OLM)
Risa Kameoka (Jumondo)
Ritsuko Taniguchi (APPP)
Saki Yoshimura (Jumondo)
Saori Inukai (Wombat)
Saori Tomita (A-1 Pictures)
Satomi Arayama (Jumondo)
Satomi Tabuchi (A-1 Pictures)
Satsuki Muramatsu (Studio Cockpit)
Sayaka Maruyama (Jumondo)
Sayaka Ueno (Jumondo)
Shingo Tamagawa (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Shiori Araki (Jumondo)
Shō Asakawa (Diomedea)
Shoichiro Nishimi (Diomedea)
Shuma Arie (Wombat)
Shunki Ofuji (Jumondo)
Shunpei Mochizuki (Diomedea)
Taira Hirasawa (Diomedea)
Takahiro Tajima (Jumondo)
Takana Matano (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Takanori Suzuki (OLM)
Tamotsu Anzai (Wombat)
Tetsuya Itō (Wombat)
Tomohide Kikunaga (Asahi Production)
Tomoyasu Kudo (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Toshiaki Kimura (Jumondo)
Yoko Matoba (Anitus Kobe)
Yoshitake Nakakōji (APPP)
Yui Kanou (Jumondo)
Yuichiro Mizutani (Diomedea)
Yuka Hayashi (Asahi Production)
Yuka Iwabe (Sunrise Animation Studio)
Yukari Saka (APPP)
Yuki Masutani (Studio Takuranke)
Yuki Shimazaki (Pierrot Plus)
Yukie Watanabe (Studio Cockpit)
Yūko Tanahara (Jumondo)
Yūsuke Sōen (Anitus Kobe)
Literature: Chigusa Kasai
Monitor Graphics: Azusa Tamura
Music producer:
Fumihito Fukino (Toys Factory)
Hideo Hirata (Toys Factory)
Kanayo Saho (Sunrise Music Publishing)
Shigeru Saitō (Lantis)
Yukie Iwashita (Lantis)
Music Selection: Maiko Gōda
Paint:
Mayu Saitou (OP)
Takako Ito (OP)
Planning Assistant:
Keiichi Satō
Tadayoshi Kubo (Gambit)
Production Committee:
Fumi Teranishi (Shochiku)
Hiraku Sekitani (Toys Factory)
Hiroshi Kawashima (Shochiku)
Hiyoshi Takano (Sunrise)
Keisuke Furusawa (Bandai)
Ken Saitō (Toys Factory)
Kenji Hamada (Bandai Visual)
Kōta Kuroda (Shochiku)
Kunihiko Shibata (ADK)
Masashi Onoguchi (Bandai)
Masaya Ikebe (MBS)
Naoko Itō (ADK)
Naoto Hagiwara (T-Joy)
Tsuneko Sato (MBS)
Production Desk: Hiroshi Kimura
Recording Assistant:
Jiro Miyazawa (Tokyo TV Center)
Junpei Tsuchikawa (Omnibus Japan)
Mutsumi Mizutani (Tokyo TV Center)
Recording engineer: Kazutoshi Yamamoto (Omnibus Japan)
Setting Design Assistance:
Mika Yamamoto
Motoko Watanabe
Setting Production:
Asuka Ogawa
Shingo Ishizuka
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Sound Production Manager: Takurō Okada
Story Director: Masafumi Nishida
Theme Song Performance:
NOVELS (OP)
Unison Square Garden (ED)
Title Logo Design: Daisuke Umino
Hiroaki Hirata as Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Wild Tiger
Masakazu Morita as Barnaby Brooks, Jr.

Gō Inoue as Keith Goodman/Sky High
Kappei Yamaguchi as Robin Baxter
Kenjiro Tsuda as Nathan Seymour/Fire Emblem
Mariya Ise as Pao-Lin Huang/Dragon Kid
Minako Kotobuki as Karina Lyle/Blue Rose
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone
Taiten Kusunoki as Antonio Lopez/Rock Bison
Yūko Kaida as Agnes Joubert

Arisa Shida as Passenger
Emi Sagara as Mikey's Mother
Eri Gouda as Announcement in the Women's Garden
Hideto Nitta as Policeman A
Hiroki Gotō as Driver
Hiroshi Iwasaki as Saito
Izumi Toyoda as Hesperides Finance CEO
Jūrōta Kosugi as Mr. Legend
Katsuhisa Hōki as Ben Jackson
Katsuki Donoshita as Narration
Kensuke Satō as Robber B
Kiyoshi Katsunuma as Cain Morris
Kōji Yusa as Yuri Petrov
Maaya Sakamoto as Tomoe Kaburagi
Miyu Irino as Isaac
Mutsumi Tamura as Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Young)
Naoki Tamanoi as Titan Industry CEO
Nobuaki Fukuda as Albert Maverick
Riho Fushida as Mary Rose
Rina Hidaka as Kaede Kaburagi
Rinko Hayashi as Old Woman at the Shop
Sayaka Hirao as Child
Sayuri Sadaoka as Anju Kaburagi
Shinichirō Ōta as Mario
Taichi Setogawa as Robber A
Taisuke Nishimura as Criminal A
Takahide Adachi as Criminal C
Takahiro Miyamoto as Policeman B
Takeshi Watanabe as Father
Teruyuki Tanzawa as Robber C
Tsubasa Yonaga as Tony
Tsuyoshi Watanabe as Father 
Wataru Yokojima as Alexander Lloyds
Yuka Nagayoshi as Barnaby Brooks Jr. (young)
Yūki Hayashi as Criminal B
Yūmi Kawashima as Girl
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Sunrise
Distributor:
Shochiku
T-Joy
Finish Animation:
AI
M.S.J Musashino Production
Studio Elle (series footage)
Wish
Music Production Assistance: Studio Kitchen
Photography: Asahi Production
Photography Assistance: Assez Finaud Fabric.
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English cast
English staff
Executive producer: Ken Sasaki
Producer: Jamie Simone

Post-Production Supervision: James Lafferty
Production Coordination:
Ryo Shibata
Sierra Leoni
Production Supervision:
Brian Ige
Julie McDonald
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Ettel
Script Adaptation: Steve Kramer
Video Editing: Sean Kelley
Voice Direction: Suzanne Goldish
Wally Wingert as Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Wild Tiger
Yuri Lowenthal as Barnaby Brooks, Jr.

Jason Spisak as Robin Baxter
John Eric Bentley as Nathan Seymour/Fire Emblem
Kari Wahlgren as Karina Lyle/Blue Rose
Laura Bailey as Pao-Lin Huang/Dragon Kid
Michael Sinterniklaas as Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone
Patrick Seitz as Keith Goodman/Sky High
Tara Platt as Agnes Joubert
Travis Willingham as Antonio Lopez/Rock Bison

Beau Billingslea as Ben Jackson
Daran Norris as
Alexander Lloyds
Mario
Dave Wittenberg as Doc Saito
Eden Riegel as Kaede Kaburagi
Jamieson K. Price as Albert Maverick
Kari Wahlgren as Anju Kaburagi
Keith Silverstein as Cain Morris
Kyle Hebert as Mr. Legend
Laura Bailey as
Mary Rose
Tomoe Kaburagi
Tony
Lucien Dodge as
Issac
Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Young)

English companies
ADR Production: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
Broadcaster: Neon Alley
Distributor:
Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
Warner Home Video (United States and Canada)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
Viz Media
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Subtitle Translation: Natividad Puebla (Netflix; Spain)
Distributor:
Arcade Media (Latin America)
Madness Entertainment (AniFest 5)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Licensed by: Arcade Media (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Alfred Labatos as Barnaby Brooks, Jr.
Carlo Christopher Caling as Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Wild Tiger

Carlo Landrito as Keith Goodman/Sky High
Pinky Rebucas as Karina Lyle/Blue Rose
Yeyet Masangcay as Antonio Lopez/Rock Bison
Tagalog companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: Arcade Media (Brazil)
Licensed by: Arcade Media (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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