Witchblade (TV)
Witchblade Takeru (manga)
Alternative title:
Клинок ведьм (Russian)
ウィッチブレイド (Japanese)
魔女之刃 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content:
Intense
Copyright notice:
©2006 Top Cow Productions, Inc.•GONZO/CBC•GDH•SPWT
Plot Summary:
In 22nd-Century Japan, Masane Amaha, one of the surviving catastrophe that destroyed Tokyo becomes the latest in an ancient line of women-only warriors to wield the mysterious sentient weapon known only throughout history as "the Witchblade". Protecting her little girl, she will face her worst fear ....
User Ratings:
1217 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
half hour per episode
Number of episodes:
24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2006-04-06 to 2006-09-21
2008-01-04 to 2008-06-13 (USA - Independent Film Channel)
2009-04-13 (TV5 Animega)
2009-04-13 to 2009-05-14 (Philippines, Animega on TV5)
Opening Theme:
"XTC" by Psychic Lover
#2: "Dear Bob" by KOOLOGI (eps 14-23)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Ashita no Te (あしたの手)" by Mamiko Noto (eps 01-13)
#2: "Kutsu Himo" by Asami Yamamoto (eps 13-23)
#3: "kodou ~get closer~ (鼓動～get closer～)" by PSYCHIC LOVER (ep 24)
Official website:
Official Witchblade Homepage (Japanese)
Witchblade @ hicbc.com (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 4
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 5
Comment:
Based on the American comic book published by Top Cow.
Reviews:
Witchblade DVD 6 (May 21, 2008)
Witchblade DVD 5 (Apr 28, 2008)
Witchblade DVD 4 (Feb 23, 2008)
Witchblade DVDs 2 and 3 (Dec 19, 2007)
Witchblade DVD 1 (Sep 25, 2007)
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| Blu-Ray |
| Witchblade - Complete Collection (Blu-Ray) 2009-11-03 (from $188.88) |
| Witchblade - Complete Collection (Classic Line) (Blu-Ray) 2011-10-25 (from $25.05) |
| DVD (Region 1) |
| Witchblade - Complete Collection (Classic Line) (DVD) 2011-10-25 (from $22.25) |
| Witchblade (DVD 1) 2007-09-25 (from $3.59) |
| Witchblade (DVD 2) 2007-11-06 (from $7.46) |
| Witchblade (DVD 3) 2007-12-04 (from $3.59) |
| Witchblade (DVD 4) 2008-01-29 (from $3.59) |
| Witchblade (DVD 5) 2008-03-11 (from $3.59) |
| Witchblade (DVD 6) 2008-04-29 (from $3.59) |
| Witchblade - Box Set (DVD 1-6) 2008-10-28 |
| Witchblade + Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-09-25 |
| Witchblade DVD Complete Series (Hyb) - Viridian Collection- (DVD) 2010-06-15 (from $19.99) |
| DVD (Region 4) |
| Witchblade (DVD 1) 2007-12-05 |
Director: Yoshimitsu Ohashi Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi Script: Kiyoko Yoshimura (5 episodes eps 14-20 even, 21 )Toshiki Inoue (ep 9) Yasuko Kobayashi (18 episodes eps 1-8, 10-13, 15, 17, 19, 22-24 )Storyboard: Akira Nishimori (eps 7, 18) Hidetoshi Namura (eps 11, 21) Hiroyuki Morita (eps 10, 14, 24) Kazuma Fujimori (4 episodes eps 2, 9, 15, 23 )Koichi Chigira (ep 22) Kunihisa Sugishima (ep 5) Masaharu Tomoda (eps 17, 23) Masahiro Sekino (eps 3, 20) Satoshi Saga (ep 16) Takahiro Tanaka (ep 8) Takashi Sano (eps 6, 13, 19) Tomohiro Hirata (OP, ED 1) Yoshimitsu Ohashi (OP 1; eps 1, 24) Episode Director: Eiichi Kuboyama (ep 9) Hiroatsu Agata (ep 3) Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (ep 1) Man Kawasaki (ep 11) Masaharu Tomoda (eps 8, 17, 23) Masahiro Sekino (ep 20) Masanori Takahashi (ep 14) Matsuo Asami (ep 18) Naotaka Hayashi (4 episodes eps 2, 10, 19, 24 )Satoshi Saga (eps 6, 16) Yasushi Shingou (ep 22) Yoshinobu Tokumoto (ep 7) Yukio Okazaki (ep 13) Yuu Nobuta (eps 15, 22) Music: Masanori Takumi Character Design: Makoto Uno Art Director: Junichi Higashi Chief Animation Director: Makoto Uno Animation Director: Akiko Nakano (ep 9) Hiraku Kaneko (ep 16) Makoto Uno (OP, ED 1-2; ep 24) Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 2) Masahiro Yamanaka (ep 20) Masaki Hyuga (ep 11) Masumi Fujii (eps 4, 13, 19) Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 5) Shingo Suzuki (eps 1, 8, 15) Shou Kojima (eps 10, 17, 23) Shuzilow.HA (ep 14) Tadashi Sakazaki (ep 21) Tatsuya Oka (ep 7) Toshimitsu Kobayashi (4 episodes eps 3, 12, 18, 23 )Yasushi Shingou (eps 6, 22) Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa Executive producer: Koji Kajita 2nd Key Animation: Masahiro Yamanaka (ep 24) Assistant Animation Director: Kazuyuki Matsubara (ep 8) Masahiro Yamanaka (ep 14) Miyabi Ozeki (ep 11) Shinya Ogura (eps 1-3) Color design: Yuuko Satou Conceptual Design: Shinya Ogura Design: Kazuyuki Matsubara Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose First Key Animation: Takehiro Miura (ep 15) Key Animation: Eun Young Choi (ep 2) Hideaki Onishi Hiraku Kaneko (eps 1, 22, 24) Kan Ogawa (ep 9) Kazuyuki Matsubara (OP) Kouichi Hashimoto (ep 1) Makoto Uno (ED 2) Masahiro Yamanaka (8 episodes eps 1-4, 8, 12, 14-15 )Miyabi Ozeki (ep 11) Shingo Fujii Shinya Ogura (OP) Tomohiro Hirata (ED 1) Yoko Sonoda Yoshimitsu Ohashi (ep 24) Mechanical animation Director: Shinya Ogura (ep 5) Music Performance: Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp) Planning: Arthur Smith (GDH) Kenji Shimizu (SkyPerfect Well Think) Naotsugu Kato (CBC) Taito Okiura (Gonzo) Setting Reseach: Shinya Ogura | Akemi Kanda as Mamiko Noto as Masaya Matsukaze as Mie Sonozaki as Nana Mizuki as Rikiya Koyama as Shinji Ogawa as Shizuka Itou as Akeno Watanabe as Aki Sasamori as Daisuke Kirii as Daisuke Ono as Kazuhiro Nakata as Kazunari Tanaka as Kenichi Suzumura as Kenta Miyake as Maiko Itou as Masashi Hirose as Mika Itou as Nobuyuki Hiyama as Ryoko Ono as Sakiko Tamagawa as Saori Yumiba as Shouto Kashii as Tetsu Inada as | |||
2nd Key Animation: G&G Entertainment GK Entertainment M.S.J Musashino Production Mook Animation White Line Animation Production: Gonzo Original Concept: Top Cow Productions, Inc. | ||||
ADR Director: Christopher Bevins ADR Engineer: Scott Sager Asst. ADR Script: Chris Cason DVD Authoring: Dylan Rogers DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez DVD Menu Audio: Nathan Madsen DVD Menu Design: Kris Pierce DVD Producer: Clarine Harp Head Writer: Eric Vale Line Producer: Christopher Bevins Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook Talent Coordination: Tara Williams | Carrie Savage as Jamie Marchi as Cherami Leigh as Christopher Bevins as Colleen Clinkenbeard as Gwendolyn Lau as Jerry Russell as Kent Williams as Laurie Steele as Mark Stoddard as Monica Rial as R Bruce Elliott as Robert McCollum as Alison Viktorin as Allison Tolman as Andrew Haskett as Anthony Bowling as Barry Yandell as Bob Carter as Brad Hutson as Brandon Potter as Brett Weaver as Brina Palencia as Bruce Lewis as Caitlin Glass as Chris Cason as Clarine Harp as Ian Sinclair as J. Michael Tatum as John Gremillion as Josh Martin as Kate Oxley as Kenny Green as Kevin M. Connolly as Laura Bailey as Leah Clark as Luci Christian as Mary Morgan as Pam Dougherty as Scott Hinze as Sean Hennigan as Stephanie Young as T.J. Colligan as Trina Nishimura as | |||
ADR Production: FUNimation Studios Digital Download: Direct2Drive Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment Translation: JN Productions | ||||
(none) | Carmen Calvell as Sofia Garcia as Carmen Ambrós as Daniel Albiac as Isabel Muntané as Jesús López as Maria Rosa Guillén as Susana Damas as Tasio Alonso as Ariadna Jiménez as Mar Nicolas as Angel del Río Ivan Canovas Jordi Naro María Rosa Gil Oriol de Balle | |||
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel Dubbing Studio: Cristal Media (Spain dub) Translation: TRADUCCIONES IMPOSIBLES (Spain dub) | ||||
Dialogbuch: Fritz Rott Disposition: Martina Eckert Mixing And Postproduction Engineer: Willi Grossmann | Cordula Leisse as Kirstin Hesse as Kordula Leiße as René Dawn-Claude as Rieke Werner as Dennis Saemann as Edda Fischer as Gregor Höppner as Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as Jülide Gülgec as Jürg Löw as Katja Liebing as Luise Charlotte Brings as Olaf Reitz as Petra Glunz-Grosch as Rolf Berg as Silke Haupt as Silke Linderhaus as Simon T. Roden as Susanne Dobrusskin as Ulrike Hötzel as Volker Wolf as | |||
Distributor: Panini Video Dubbing: G&G Tonstudios | ||||
(none) | Grace Cornel as Marvi Medina as Bon Reyes as Rose Barin as Bon Reyes as Marvi Medina as | |||
Broadcaster: TV5 | ||||
(none) | Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd. | |||
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