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Lunar Legend Tsukihime (TV)

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Alternative title:
Lenda Lunar Tsukihime (Portuguese)
Lunar Legend Moon Princess
Moon Princess
Shingetsutan Tsukihime (Japanese)
True Lunar Chronicle Tsukihime
真月譚 月姫 (Japanese)
Themes: vampires
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Shiki Tohno sustained a life threatening injury as a child, and due to that incident he was sent away from the Tohno household and was given to a relative to be raised. Years later, when Shiki is in high school, the head of the Tohno household—his father—dies, and he is ordered to move back in by his sister Akiha, who is the new head of the household. However, Shiki holds a huge secret. Ever since that injury, he has been seeing lines on objects, and only with a special pair of glasses is he able to stop seeing them. Also he is unable to remember anything well from the time before his accident. The day he moves back to the Tohno household is the day he stumbles upon a woman named Arcueid Brunstud and decapitates her with one stab of his knife in a temporary fit of insanity. When she suddenly showed up beside him later alive and well, and ask him to be her bodyguard, Shiki's journey to unravel the mysteries of his past begins.
User Ratings: 3559 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 629 votes (sub:560, dub:48, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:18
12 Spanish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 1052 votes (sub:938, dub:78, raw:4, ?:3, Eng:1, others:28
9 Spanish subtitled
7 Spanish dubbed
5 French subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 Polish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 799 votes (sub:616, dub:139, ?:6, raw:5, others:33
15 Spanish subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Good: 536 votes (sub:410, dub:92, ?:4, raw:4, others:26
7 Spanish subtitled
7 Spanish dubbed
4 French subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
3 Portuguese dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 257 votes (sub:193, dub:46, ?:3, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:13
6 Spanish subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 So-so: 127 votes (sub:93, dub:24, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:6
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 57 votes (sub:45, dub:7, others:5
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 62 votes (sub:52, dub:7, raw:3)
 Bad: 23 votes (sub:18, dub:4, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Awful: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 5282 users, rank: #145 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.022 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.7177, rank: #558 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.922 (Very good), rank: #695 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.98 / seen some: 6.85 / won't finish: 4.28)
Bayesian estimate: 7.920 (Very good), rank: #460 (of 7243)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2003-10-09 to 2003-12-25
2005-08-03 to 2005-10-19 (Animax Latin America)
Opening Theme:
"The Sacred Moon" by Toshiyuki Omori
Ending Theme:
"Rinne no Hateni..." by Fumiko Orikasa
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 7
Reviews:
Tsukihime DVD 3 (May 2, 2005)
Tsukihime 1 (Oct 14, 2004)
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New DVD Set Releases (Jul 12, 2005)
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Tsukihime licensed? (Apr 22, 2004)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Lunar Legend Tsukihime - Life Threads (DVD 1) 2004-10-12 (from $37.95)
    Lunar Legend Tsukihime - Life Threads + Artbox [Limited Edition] (DVD 1) 2004-10-12 (from $84.66)
    Lunar Legend Tsukihime - Lunar Dance (DVD 2) 2004-12-28 (from $39.27)
    Lunar Legend Tsukihime - Nocturnal Fate (DVD 3) 2005-02-22 (from $30.36)
    Lunar Legend Tsukihime - Complete Collection (DVD 1-2) 2009-01-20 (from $281.95)
    Lunar Legend Tsukihime - Complete Collection [Sentai Selects] (DVD 1-2) 2015-12-01 (from $47.77)
    Lunar Legend Tsukihime - Box Set (DVD 1-3) 2005-10-04 (from $149.99)
Soundtrack
    Lunar Legend Tsukihime - Moonlit Archives (OST 1) 2004-07-06 (from $7.49)
    Lunar Legend Tsukihime - Moonlit Memoirs (OST 2) 2005-02-08 (from $9.96)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Script:
Hiroko Tokita (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
Hideyo Yamamoto (ep 12)
Hiromichi Matano (ep 7)
Hiroyuki Shimazu (ep 8)
Katsushi Sakurabi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 12
)

Kōji Ogawa (ep 4)
Masahiro Hosoda (ep 9)
Masami Shimoda (ep 11)
Takao Abo (ep 3)
Takashi Watanabe (ep 10)
Episode Director:
Hiromichi Matano (ep 7)
Iku Suzuki (ep 8)
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 12)
Kōji Ogawa (ep 4)
Matsuo Asami (eps 1-2, 6, 10)
Takao Abo (eps 3, 9)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (eps 5, 11)
Original Concept: Kinoko Nasu (TYPE-MOON)
Original Character Design: Takashi Takeuchi
Character Design: Kaoru Ozawa
Chief Animation Director:
Kaoru Ozawa (ep 9)
Keiko Kawashima (ep 6)
Takashi Wada (eps 6, 8, 10-11)
Animation Director:
Hidetoshi Sano (ep 10)
Hideyuki Kataoka (ep 11)
Hiroshi Yamamoto (eps 4, 9)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (eps 2, 6, 9)
Kaoru Ozawa (eps 1, 5, 9, 12)
Kazumi Takaishi (eps 3, 9)
Ryozo Sugiyama (eps 6, 8-9, 11)
Shiro Shibata (ep 10)
Takao Abo (ep 11)
Takashi Wada (ep 11)
Tomohiro Koyama (eps 7, 9)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (eps 8, 10)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Jiro Tazawa
Executive producer: Tetsuo Gensho
Assistant Animation Director:
Hidetoshi Sano (ep 5)
Hiroto Katō (ep 2)
Masumi Hattori (ep 5)
Yoshitaka Kohno (ep 2)
Assistant Director: Takao Abo
Background Art:
Hidenori Sano (Studio Easter)
Junko Sakurai (Studio Easter)
Kimitoshi Sugishita (J.C. Staff)
Makiko Hirasawa (Studio Easter)
Mie Kasai (Studio Easter)
Noriko Ikehata (J.C. Staff)
Color design: Tomomi Andō
In-Between Animation:
Fusako Nomura (ep 1)
Hiroko Hashimoto (ep 7)
Kaori Miyazaki (eps 1, 3, 11-12)
Kaoru Ohki (ep 1)
Miho Uemura (eps 1-3, 10, 12)
Mizuki Maedomari (eps 1, 12)
Saki Sadamori (eps 1, 3, 11-12)
Satoshi Tezuka (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 10, 12
)

Shingo Natsume (5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 11-12
)

Takehiko Kageyama (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 10, 12
)

Yuki Imoto (eps 1, 3, 5, 11)
Yuko Miyazaki (ep 7)
Key Animation:
Akira Watanabe (eps 3, 9)
Asami Endo (ep 2)
Atsushi Tsukamoto (eps 6, 8)
Atsushi Yamamoto (ep 8)
Ayaka Suga (ep 11)
Chieko Miyakawa (ep 11)
Chiyomi Tsukamoto (ep 3)
Eiji Kaneda (eps 1, 6)
Eriko Kiguchi (ep 11)
Fumio Sasaki (ep 6)
Genichi Murakami (eps 3, 12)
Haruka Tanaka (ep 3)
Hidetoshi Sano (eps 1-2)
Hiroaki Ikeda (ep 4)
Hironobu Saitō (ep 7)
Hiroshi Kosuga (eps 3, 11)
Hiroshi Sasaki (ep 4)
Hiroshi Yamamoto (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Hashimoto (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 12)
Hisashi Mitsui (ep 4)
Hitoshi Suzuki (eps 3, 11)
Jun Arai (eps 6, 10)
Jun Ōwada (ep 6)
Jun Watanabe (ep 7)
Junko Komatsuzaki (ep 8)
Junko Matsushita (eps 6, 12)
Kanji Hara (ep 8)
Kaoru Ozawa (ep 9)
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 12)
Katsuya Kikuchi (eps 8, 10)
Kazuhiro Fujitani (eps 3, 9, 11)
Kazuki Toi (eps 3, 9)
Kazuko Matsumura (eps 6, 10)
Kazunori Iwakura (ep 1)
Keiko Motoya (ep 8)
Kenichi Iino (ep 7)
Kenichi Umemoto (eps 3, 9)
Koji Hirauma (eps 5, 12)
Kōji Ogawa (ep 4)
Kunihiro Abe (OP; ep 10)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 1)
Mamoru Abiko (ep 1)
Manabu Imura (ep 4)
Masaharu Morinaka (ep 1)
Masakazu Yamazaki (Studio Wanpack; ep 12)
Masaki Hosoyama (ep 1)
Masatomo Sugawara (ep 4)
Masayuki Ozaki (ep 1)
Michio Satō (ep 11)
Miho Kojima (Studio Wanpack; ep 12)
Miho Uemura (ep 7)
Miki Kato (eps 5, 10)
Misa Kuwabara (ep 9)
Misao Abe (eps 1, 5, 10)
Mitsuhiro Okumura (ep 8)
Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 5)
Miyuki Ueda (ep 7)
Naoki Hisatsune (ep 7)
Naoki Yamauchi (eps 1, 6)
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (ep 7)
Nozomu Abe (eps 5, 10)
Rie Kaneko (ep 1)
Ryozo Sugiyama (ep 12)
Satoshi Ishino (OP)
Seiji Masuda (ep 6)
Shigemi Aoyagi (ep 9)
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 5, 10)
Shigeru Uchihara (ep 11)
Shiho Tamai (eps 3, 11)
Shinichi Wada (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 12
)

Shintaro Muraki (eps 3, 9)
Shinya Hasegawa (OP)
Shinya Yamada (ep 2)
Shiro Shibata (ep 10)
Soichiro Matsuda (eps 9, 12)
Sugako Yamazaki (eps 1, 9)
Tadahiro Hirakawa (ep 7)
Taeko Oda (eps 11-12)
Taichi Nakaguma (eps 5, 10)
Takaaki Sonoda (ep 7)
Takanori Suzuki (ep 2)
Takao Abo (ep 9)
Takashi Hashimoto (OP)
Takashi Iwao (ep 9)
Takashi Tsuda (eps 6, 8, 11-12)
Takashi Tsuge (eps 2, 5)
Takashi Wada (ep 6)
Takayuki Gorai (ep 2)
Takumi Koyama (eps 3, 9)
Takumi Murakami (ep 5)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP; 1, 6, 12)
Tomonori Sudō (eps 5, 8, 12)
Tomoyuki Shitaya (OP; ep 6)
Toshiharu Matsuno (ep 9)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (ep 12)
Yasue Ohno (ep 2)
Yasuhide Kaneda (ep 4)
Yasunori Kimura (ep 3)
Yōko Iizuka (ep 2)
Yoshie Sakata (eps 1, 10)
Yoshio Usuda (eps 1-2, 5-6, 9)
Yousuke Toyama (Azeta Pictures; ep 12)
Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 8, 12)
Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 5)
Yuki Imoto (ep 9)
Yuki Terano (ep 4)
Yukio Okano (ep 10)
Music Performance: Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Publicity Producer: Takashi Iida
Series Story Editor: Hiroko Tokita
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakano
Theme Song Arrangement:
Toshiyuki Omori (OP)
Yōko Ueno (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Toshiyuki Omori (OP)
Yōko Ueno (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Makoto Iriyama (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Fumiko Orikasa (ED)
Hitomi Nabatame as Arcueid Brunestud
Kenichi Suzumura as Shiki Tohno

Akiko Kimura as Aoko Aozaki
Fumiko Orikasa as Ciel
Kana Ueda as Kohaku
Kaori Tanaka as Satsuki Yumizuka
Kenta Miyake as Nero Chaos
Shizuka Itō as Akiha Tohno
Takahiro Sakurai as Arihiko Inui
Yumi Kakazu as Hisui

Akiko Kurumado as
Female Student A (ep 6)
Girl (ep 5)
Daisuke Kirii as
Male Host (eps 4, 8)
Male Newscaster (ep 12)
Teacher (eps 1-2, 9)
Variety Show Voice (ep 3)
Daisuke Ono as
Announcer (ep 1)
Classmate A (ep 6)
Clerk (eps 7-8)
Corpse (ep 10)
Keiko Nemoto as Shiki (Young)
Kinryuu Arimoto as Makihisa Tohno (ep 11)
Kumiko Higa as Female Reporter (ep 8)
Makoto Yasumura as
Classmate B (ep 6)
Male Student (ep 4)
Rio Natsuki as
Female Host (eps 4, 8)
Female Newscaster (ep 12)
Grandmother (eps 1-2)
Ryoko Kurumado as Woman (eps 1-2)
Shinji Kawada as Boy (ep 5)
Shouto Kashii as Doctor (eps 1-2, 9)
Tadasuke Oomizu as Male Student (ep 5)
Takako Honda as Roa (Young)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Backgrounds:
E-cho (2-12 even)
J.C. Staff (2-12 even)
Studio Easter (1-11 odd)
Effects: T2 Studio
Key Animation:
AZETA PICTURES (ep 12)
Big Bang (eps 9-10)
Chaos Project (ep 12)
DR Movie (ep 4)
E-cho (ep 9)
Frontline (ep 11)
Garan (eps 2, 5, 11)
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (ep 4)
Hayashi (5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8-9, 11
)

Kagura (ep 9)
Keystone (ep 9)
Kibana (eps 1, 5)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 4)
Last House (ep 5)
Nakamura Production (eps 1-2, 6, 11)
Niandai Animation (6 episodes
eps 2-4, 8-9, 11
)

Studio Angle (eps 2, 5)
Studio Donguri (ep 8)
Studio Mark (5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10-11
)

Studio Wanpack (ep 12)
Yumeta Company (eps 1-2, 5-6)
Music Production: PH Sound
Original Creator: Type-Moon
Photography: T2 Studio
Photography Assistance: J.C. Staff
Production Cooperation:
Cosmic Ray (eps 3, 9)
Dangun Pictures (ep 7)
REMIC (ep 4)
English staff
English cast
Translation: Susan Ayako Allen
ADR Script: Michael McConnohie
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai Filmworks)
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
John Ledford (Sentai Filmworks)
ADR Writer: Kirk Thornton
Assistant producer: Mami Okada
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Dialogue Editing:
Eric Marin
Patrick Rodman
DVD Authoring:
Neal Barnes (ADV Re-release; Sentai Selects)
DVD Menu Design:
Larry Koteff (ADV Re-release; Sentai Selects)
DVD Producer: Kevin Chu
Engineering Assistant: Deb Munini
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (ADV Re-release)
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff (ADV Re-release, Sentai Selects)
Post-Production Assistant:
Akiteru Adachi (eps 5-12)
Dean Ray Johnson (eps 5-12)
Nick Cherry (eps 1-4)
Production:
Janice Williams (Sentai Selects)
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai Selects)
Luke Patterson (Sentai Selects)
Son Phan Le (Sentai Selects)
Production Assistant:
Annie Nguyen (Sentai Selects)
Crystal Ruiz (Sentai Selects)
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai Selects)
Emiko Hikita (eps 1-4)
Jose DeArmas (Sentai Selects)
Kjell Doucet (Sentai Selects)
Kristal Harwood (eps 9-12)
Megumi Kunisada (eps 9-12)
Ned Gayle (Sentai Selects)
Shannon Reed (Sentai Selects)
Stephanie Takemoto (eps 5-12)
Yoshihiro Watanabe (eps 1-8)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Sentai Selects)
Production manager:
Joey Goubeaud (ADV Re-release)
Luke Patterson (ADV Re-release, Sentai Selects)
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Rozett
Recording engineer:
Patrick Rodman (eps 5-8)
Rick Tetzlaff (eps 1-4)
Sean Thomas Foye (eps 5-12)
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai Selects)
Voice Direction: Kirk Thornton
Michelle Ruff as Arcueid
Steve Cannon as Shiki Tohno

Carrie Savage as Satsuki Yumitsuka
David Lelyveld as Arihiko Inui
Julie Ann Taylor as Akiha Tohno
Kate Davis as Hisui
Leah Allen as Kohaku
Mia Bradly as Aoko Aozaki
Taylor Henry as Nero
Todd Crump as Roa
Wendee Lee as Ciel

Dave Mallow as
Male Student
Ride Attendant
Michael McConnohie as
Doctor
Makihisa
Male Announcer
Todd Crump as TVS Newscaster
Wendee Lee as TVS Newscaster
Wendee Young as Shiki (Young) 
English companies
Distributor:
ADV Films (North America; 2009)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Section23 Films (North America; 2015)
DVD Authoring: 342 Media DVD Center
DVD Menu Design: 342 Media DVD Center
DVD Production:
Amusement Park Media (Sentai Re-release)
Geneon Entertainment Inc.
Sentai Filmworks (Sentai Selects)
Internet Streaming: The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
Sentai Filmworks (2008)
Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai Selects)
Recording Studio: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
Korean cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
(none)
Angel Balam as Shiki Tohno
Citlalli Godoy as Arcueid Brunestud

José Granadillo as Arihiko Inui
Lidia Abautt as Satsuki Yumizuka
Maria Teresa Hernandez as Akiha Tohno
Rolman Bastidas as Nero Chaos
Valeria Castillo as Aoko Aozaki
Yensi Rivero as Kohaku

Adolfo Nittoli as Makihisa Tohno (ep 11)
Carlos Vitale as Doctor (eps 1-2, 9)
Héctor Indriago as Tohno Shiki ("Roa")
Ivette García as TVS Newscaster
Juan Guzmán as TVS Newscaster
Rebeca Aponte as Grandmother (ep 1)

Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Animax
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Angelica Santos
Suzy Pereira as Akiha Tohno
Tânia Gaidarji as Arcueid Brunestud
Ulisses Bezerra as Shiki Tohno

Affonso Amajones as Nero Chaos
Angelica Santos as Ciel
Letícia Quinto as Satsuki Yumizuka
Luciana Baroli as Kohaku
Mauro Eduardo as Roa
Tatiane Keplmair as Hisui

Fernanda Bullara as Akiha Tohno (criança)
Sérgio Corsetti as Arihiko Inui
Yuri Chesman as Shiki Tohno (criança)

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Brazil (Dubbed)
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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