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Black Lion (OAV)

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©1989 GO NAGAI / DYNAMIC PLANNING, INC. / NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD.


[ adapted from Kuro no Shishi (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Jigen Sengokushi Kuro no Shishi: Jinnai-hen (Japanese)
Kuro no Shishi: Jinnai-hen (Japanese)
時元戦国史 黒の獅士 陣内編 (Japanese)
Themes: historical
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: The year is 1580. Using an army of soldiers equipped with sophisticated weaponry, Nobunaga Oda is on the verge of ruling Japan with an iron fist. One of his enforcers is Ginnai Doma - a fallen samurai reborn into an indestructible killing machine. As Ginnai continues his killing spree on ninjas and those who oppose Nobunaga's rule, Shishimaru of the Iga Ninja - going against the Koga Ninja's plans - pursues a one-man vendetta to avenge the deaths of his comrades and kill the immortal warrior.
User Ratings: 77 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Excellent: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Very good: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Good: 19 votes (sub:13, dub:6)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:4)
 So-so: 6 votes (dub:4, sub:2)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Awful: 7 votes (dub:3, sub:3, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 137 users, rank: #2058
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.364 (So-so+.36), std. dev.: 2.6281, rank: #3674
Weighted mean: 5.353 (So-so+.35), rank: #3648 (seen all: 5.38 / seen some: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 5.601 (Decent-.39), rank: #2975
Running time: 45 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1992-11-21
Releases: We have 1
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Related releases:
    Black Lion - Fear the Black Lion! (DVD) 2003-03-04

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Takashi Watanabe

Screenplay:
Ritsuko Hayasaka
Yasunori Takagi

Music: Yoshitaka Anzai

Original creator: Go Nagai

Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi

Animation director: Hideyuki Motohashi

Mechanical design: Koichi Ohata

Director of Photography: Akihiko Takahashi

Executive producer:
Genji Hiruta (Nippon Columbia)
Takashi Nagai (Dynamic Planning)

Producer:
Kenji Nagai (Dynamic Planning)
Masato Takami (Nippon Columbia)
Satsuki Mizuno (Dynamic Planning)
Suguru Yamazaki (Minamimachi Bugyosho)

Continuity: Takashi Watanabe

Design Work: Satoru Minowa

 

Yasunori Matsumoto as Shishimaru

Yuusaku Yara as Ginnai Doma

Ai Orikasa as Hayabusa

Kan Fujimoto as Momoji

Jo Maemoto as Nagatoji

Kazunori Sogabe as Nobunaga

Masashi Hirose as Saburota

Michitaka Kobayashi as Kichihoushi

Naoki Tatsuta as Yurimaru

Nobuo Tobita as Giri

Takushi Tsujitani as Kojiro

Yuri Amano as Oyu

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Minamimachi Bugyosho
Tokyo Kids

Editing: Jay Film

Film Processing: Imagica

Production:
Dynamic Planning
Nippon Columbia

Titles: Maki Productions

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Gary Dehan

Art director: Ruby Halipoto

ADR Script: Gary Dehan

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa

Producer: Gary Dehan

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Graphics: Larry Koteff

DVD Producer: David Williams

Editing: David Grundy

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Packaging Design: Larry Koteff

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant: Carole Pavlik

Project Translator:
Hiromi Hartman
Michael Hartman

Recording engineer: Charles Campbell

Subtitle Script: Janice Williams

Subtitle Timing: William McBee

 

David Stokey as Shishimaru

Jose Brown as Ginnai Doma

Kathryn Dineen as Hayabusa

Robert Rudie as Momoji

Brad Pfister as Ninja C

Charles Campbell as Nobunaga (Warlord)

Ed Neal as Nagatoji

Gary Dehan as Nobunaga (Space)

Greg Dorchak as Yurimaru

Jessica Looney-Wilson as Oyu

Ken Webster as Kojiro

Kevin Madden as Ninja B

Lowell Bartholomee as Ninja A

Mark Commagere as The Black Lion

Ryan Wickerham as Kichihoshi

English companies 

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

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Productions

Recording Facility: Monster Island

 
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