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Koi Kaze (TV)

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[ adapted from Koikaze (manga) ]
Alternative title:
Love Wind
Love's Zephyr
恋風 (Japanese)
연풍 (Korean)
Genres: drama, psychological, romance, slice of life
Themes: incest
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Saeki Koushirou works as a wedding planner, but his own love life is a shambles. His background makes it difficult for him to commit himself wholeheartedly to love. The child of a divorced couple, he lives with his father. He has a mother and a sister, but he has not seen them in years. After being dumped by his girlfriend, a chance encounter with a female high school student shakes Koushirou's calm and awakens new feelings in him - but he learns that the girl is in fact his sister, who will now be staying with his father and him. Yet, the feelings in Koushirou's heart...
User Ratings: 719 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 122 votes (sub:95, dub:20, ?:2, Spa.sub:2, Spa.edit.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 191 votes (sub:159, dub:26, Ger.sub:2, Ita.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 185 votes (sub:150, dub:29, Fre.sub:2, raw:1, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Kor.sub:1)
 Good: 117 votes (sub:105, dub:7, Pol.sub:2, Spa.sub:2, Ita.sub:1)
 Decent: 41 votes (sub:36, dub:5)
 So-so: 26 votes (sub:23, dub:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, Ita.sub:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1173 users, rank: #515
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.929 (Very good-.07), std. dev.: 1.8434, rank: #511
Weighted mean: 7.885 (Very good-.11), rank: #449 (seen all: 8.06 / seen some: 6.46 / won't finish: 3.56)
Bayesian estimate: 7.880 (Very good-.12), rank: #293
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2004-04-01 to 2004-06-17
Releases: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Koikaze" by éf
Ending Theme:
"Futari Dakara" by Masumi Ito
Official website:
KoiKaze Website (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
In the news 6 times:
2005-07-28   Shelf Life - When Nerds Collide
2004-10-29   Geneon February and March Releases
2004-07-31   Geneon Entertainment Licenses
2004-06-09   TV Station Skips Koikaze Episode
2004-04-02   Koikaze Licensed?
2004-03-18   Koikaze Trailer
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Related reviews:
    Koi Kaze DVD 3
    Koi Kaze DVD 2
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Related releases:
    Koi Kaze - Box Set (DVD) 2006-07-18 (from $44.99)
    Koi Kaze - The Reunion (DVD 1) 2005-03-08 (from $6.00)
    Koi Kaze - The Reunion + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-03-08 (from $5.21)
    Koi Kaze - Budding Attraction (DVD 2) 2005-05-31 (from $6.00)
    Koi Kaze - The Decision (DVD 3) 2005-07-26 (from $6.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Takahiro Omori

Series Composition: Noboru Takagi

Scenario: Noboru Takagi

Music:
Makoto Yoshimori
Masanori Takumi

Original creator: Motoi Yoshida

Character Design: Takahiro Kishida

Art director: Chikara Nishikura

Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Director of Photography: Naoyuki Ohba

Producer: Shojiro Abe

Color Coordination: Rumiko Suzushiro

Color Key: Rumiko Suzushiro

Editing: Yasuaki Takeuchi

Sound Adjustment: Ryoji Kameda

Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata

Sound Managing Producer: Michiko Kayasaki

Sound Producer: Toru Nakano

Theme Song Arrangement: Masumi Itou (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
Masumi Itou (ED)
Yukari Hashimoto (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hata (ED)
Ritsuko Okazaki (OP)

Theme Song Performance: Masumi Itou (ED)

 

Kenta Miyake as Koushirou Saeki

Yuuki Nakamura as Nanoka Kohinata

Akemi Okamura as Kaname Chidori

Kousuke Okano as Kei Odagiri

Ryoka Yuzuki as Yoiko Akimoto

Ryouichi Tanaka as Zensou Saeki

Kazuko Isizaki as Middle Aged Woman (ep 9)

Kazuya Kobayashi as Male Worker (ep 11)

Kunihiro Kawamoto as Teacher (ep 5)

Miharu Iijima as
Female customer
Female high school student

Riichi Nishimoto as Teacher (ep 11)

Risa Shimizu as
Ouko Tamaki
Youko Kan

Satomi Akesaka as Futaba Anzai

Shizuka Itou as Wakaba Anzai (ep 10)

Takafumi Kawakami as Mr. Yamazaki (ep 9)

Tetsuya Kakihara as Friend B (ep 7)

Yuko Kato as Makie Kohinata (Koushirou and Nanoka's mother)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: A.C.G.T.

Broadcaster:
KIDS STATION
TV Asahi

Music Production: Lantis

Production:
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Rondo Robe
TV Asahi

English staff 

Translation: Saeka Kusu

ADR Script: Liam O'Brien

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer:
Jonathan Klein
Reiko Matsuo

Assistant producer: Sawako Furuya

Audio Layback Engineer: Gregg Hall

DVD Subtitles: Yohei Shikano

Exectutive Producer: Nobu Yamamoto

Online Editor: Chris LadeGaard

Recording engineer: Julian Beeston

Sound Mixing: Julian Beeston

Supervising Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto

Voice Direction: Liam O'Brien

English cast 

Patrick Seitz as Koshiro Saeki

Tiffany Hsieh as Nanoka

Doug Stone as Zenzo Saeki

Kirsty Pape as Shoko

Liam O'Brien as Kei

Michelle Ruff as Kaname

Tara Hudson as Futaba

Aimee Zannoni as
Girl (ep 11)
Middle-Aged Lady B (ep 13)

Amy Kincaid as Woman (ep 11)

Barbara Goodson as Woman

Darrel Guilbeau as Asano (ep 7)

Erika Weinstein as Wakaba Anzai (ep 10)

Heather Klinke as Ouko

Kevin Hatcher as Kazuya Miyauchi (eps 6-7)

Maureen Stevenson as Middle Aged Woman (ep 8)

Mike McFarland as Teashop Owner (ep 13)

Sam Regal as Mr. Yamazaki

Wendee Lee as Makie Kohinata

English companies 

Audio Layback: Soundscape, Inc.

DVD Authoring: DIVITEK

DVD Menu Design: DIVITEK

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Production: New Generation Pictures

Recording Studio: Central Command Studios

Video Editing Facilities: The Post Office, LLC

 
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