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The Samurai (OAV)

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Alternative title:
ザ・サムライ (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, romance
Themes: fanservice, ninjas, samurai, twins
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Sixteen-year-old high school student Takeshi Chimatsuri has devoted his life to being a master samurai like his father was. Then one day, the Toki twins, two ninja sisters he's known since childhood, transfer to his school and issue him a challenge to take back their family dagger from him. Unfortunately for him, they have discovered his one weakness: the fear of the naked female body. Now, Takeshi must undergo special training from his classmates Atsuko and Torai, and his teacher Miss Ayatsugi to resist the combined brute strength of Akari and the temptation of her sex-crazed twin Kagiri. Class will never be in order with these three constantly fighting each other.
User Ratings: 42 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Very good: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Good: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:6, ?:1)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:3)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 79 users, rank: #2499
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.714 (Good-.28), std. dev.: 1.8681, rank: #2151
Weighted mean: 6.400 (Decent+.39), rank: #2524 (seen all: 6.40)
Bayesian estimate: 6.613 (Good-.38), rank: #1941
Running time: 45 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1987-11-01
Releases: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Winner" by Yoshi Sawamuki
Ending Theme:
"Holy Night" by Yoshi Sawamuki
In the news 7 times:
2002-12-12   New ADV Release Dates
2002-02-07   AnimeTrax Announces New Soundtracks!
2002-01-21   Production I.G. English Website Revamp
2001-07-25   Life in Japan Update.
2000-02-15   ADV Katsucon Announcements
1999-06-10   Companies make announcements at A-kon
1999-04-28   Anime Central, Baka-Con wrap up
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Related releases:
    The Samurai (DVD) 2003-04-22 (from $15.21)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Kazuo Yamazaki

Screenplay: Takayoshi Miki

Storyboard: Kazuo Yamazaki

Music: Kouhei Tanaka

Original story: Mitsuhiro Kasuga

Character Design: Masayuki Goto

Art director: Mitsunori Nakamura

Animation director: Kazuko Kodama

Sound director: Hiroshi Mizumoto

Director of Photography:
Hirosuke Moriguchi
Toshio Shirai

Producer:
Mitsuru Tanaka (TBS)
Ryuji Miki
Takao Shiozaki (CBS Sony)
Takayoshi Miki (Suna Kobo)
Yasuhiko Kondo

Color design: Kiyoko Waki

Mechanical Director:
Masayuki Goto
Nobuo Tobe

Theme Song Performance: Yoshi Sawamuki

 

Toshihiko Seki as Takeshi Chimatsuri

Chika Sakamoto as Akari Toki

Kazue Komiya as Miss Ayatsugi

Kazuhiko Inoue as Torai

Naoko Matsui as Kagiri Toki

Yuko Mizutani as Atsuko Yamaguchi

Junichi Kanbara as Student B

Masako Ebisu as Mrs. Toki

Michiko Munakata as Mrs. Chimatsuri

Minoru Inaba as Kagemaru Toki

Mitsuhiro Kasuga as Grandpa Toki

Moriko Eto as Female student

Nanaseko Watanabe as
Ayako
Takeshi's younger sister

Naoko Kida as Granny Toki

Nozomu Sasaki as Tamahara

Toshinobu Sakurai as Uemura

Toshiwaku Wasaki as Naizo Chimatsuri

Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Student A

Yoko Yano as Atsuko's mother

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Anime Spot
Big Bang
Hadashi Production
Pigmon 8
Studio Beat
Studio DEEN
Studio Donguri
Studio Mu
Studio Takurange
Studio Warp
Studio Yumin
Workshop

Production:
CBS Sony
Suna Kobo
TBS

Recording Facility: Iizaka Studio

Sound Effects: Anime Sound

Sound Recording: Zak Productions

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Steven Foster

Art director: Ruby Halipoto

ADR Script: Corey Henson

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Producer: Steven Foster

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Graphics: Chris Hawley

DVD Packaging: Veronica Diaz

DVD Producer: David Williams

Editing: Neil O'Sullivan

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant: Carole Pavlik

Project Translator:
Masumi McLeod
Tacey Miller

Sound Design: Brent Marshall

Subtitle Script: Janice Williams

Subtitle Script & Timing: Sean Broestl

Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes

 

David Matranga as Takeshi Chimatsuri

Christine M. Auten as Miss Ayatsugi

Kaytha Coker as Atsuko

Kelly Manison as Kagiri Toki

Shelley Calene-Black as Akari Toki

Ty Mayberry as Torai

Brent Marshall as Samurai Player C

Chris Hawley as Samurai Player B

James Bates as Samurai Player A

Jamie Stern as
Grandpa Toki
Tamahara

John Swasey as Granny Toki

Kelli Cousins as Takeshi's older sister

Laura Chapman as Takeshi's mother

Marcy Bannor as Atsuko's mother

Shelly Thomas as Takeshi's younger sister

English companies 

ADR Production: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

 
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