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Utawarerumono (TV)

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Related anime:
Utawarerumono (OAV) (spinoff)
Utawarerumono (manga)

Alternative title:

Heldenlied (German)

Le Chant des Rêves (French)

The One Being Sung

うたわれるもの (Japanese)

受讚頌者 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, mystery, romance, science fiction

Themes: dog girls, giant weapons, gods, gore, harem, military, religion, war

Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)

Plot Summary:

An injured man named Hakuoro is found unconscious in the forest by Eruruu, grand daughter of the local healer Tuskuru. He awakens to find a mask attached to his face and that he lacks any memories of his past. He quickly rises in importance because he is seen as a natural leader who helps those in need.

An injured, amnesiac man with a mysterious mask is found abandoned in the forest. After he is nurtured back to health, he is given the name Hakuoro. After saving the village from a wrathful deity, he adopts the role of the village's leader. Although wishing to live in peace, fate eventually forces him down the path of war and battle...

Hakuoro has lost his memory after succumbing to serious injuries; but thanks to a elderly woman and her granddaughter Eruruu, he is nursed back to health. His face is covered by a strange irremovable mask and he occasionally sees beastly visions. Eruruu now cares for him as he becomes accustomed to the village and its inhabitants who all bear strange ears (the women have tails too). Though these people venerate the forces of nature, desecration of an alter forces them to take drastic measures to preserve their lives from the wrath of Mutikapa-sama, guardian of the forest.

Video:

User Ratings: 1482 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 213 votes (sub:185, dub:21, raw:4, Por.sub:1, ?:1, Spa.sub:1)

Excellent: 408 votes (sub:333, dub:60, Spa.sub:6, raw:3, Por.sub:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)

Very good: 407 votes (sub:339, dub:53, Spa.sub:4, Pol.sub:3, raw:2, ?:2, English:1, Rus.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, Ger.sub:1)

Good: 263 votes (sub:217, dub:35, raw:3, Spa.sub:3, Rus.sub:2, Fre.sub:2, Rus.dub:1)

Decent: 102 votes (sub:88, dub:11, Spa.sub:3)

So-so: 42 votes (sub:35, dub:7)

Not really good: 19 votes (sub:14, dub:4, Ger.dub:1)

Weak: 22 votes (sub:16, dub:4, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)

Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)

Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 2544 users, rank: #219
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.011 (Very good+.01), std. dev.: 1.5157, rank: #427
Weighted mean: 7.861 (Very good-.13), rank: #513 (seen all: 8.01 / seen some: 7.28 / won't finish: 4.88)
Bayesian estimate: 7.859 (Very good-.14), rank: #316

Running time: 23 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 26

Episode titles: We have 26

Vintage: 2006-04-03 to 2006-09-25

Releases: We have 6

Opening Theme:

"Musouka (夢想歌)" by Suara

Ending Theme:

#1: "Madoromi no Rinne (まどろみの輪廻)" by Eri Kawai (eps 1-25)

#2: "Kimi ga Tame (キミガタメ)" by Suara (ep 26)

Official website:

Funimation's Official Utawarerumono Website

Madman's Official Utawarerumono Sales Site

Tokyo MX TV's Utawarerumono Website (Japanese)

Utawarerumono (Japanese)

Utawarerumono @ VAP (Japanese)

Links: We have 8

Trivia: We have 2

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Reviews:
Utawarerumono DVD 6
Utawarerumono DVD 5
Utawarerumono DVD 2
Utawarerumono DVD 1

DVD

Utawarerumono - Box Set (DVD) 2009-01-27 (from $44.39)

Utawarerumono - Complete Collection (Viridian Collection) (DVD) 2009-11-03 (from $29.99)

Utawarerumono - Mask of a Stranger (DVD 1) 2007-01-16 (from $4.00)

Utawarerumono - A Haunted Past (DVD 3) 2007-05-15 (from $4.00)

Utawarerumono - Price of Freedom (DVD 4) 2007-07-24 (from $4.00)

Utawarerumono - Beast Within (DVD 5) 2007-08-28 (from $4.00)

Utawarerumono - In the Face of Evil + Box (DVD 2) 2007-01-30 (from $6.00)

Utawarerumono - In the Face of Evil (DVD 2) 2007-03-20 (from $4.00)

Utawarerumono - A Song for Posterity (DVD 6) 2007-09-25 (from $4.00)

Utawarerumono Collection (R4 DVD) 2007-12-05

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Tomoki Kobayashi

Series Composition: Makoto Uezu

Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Yano (6 episodes

eps 2, 4, 7, 11-12, 14

)
Hitoshi Nanba (eps 3, 9)
Seiji Okuda (eps 17, 19)
Shinji Satoh (7 episodes

eps 5-6, 10, 13, 16, 20-21

)
Tomoki Kobayashi (eps 1, 15, 18)
Toshiyuki Kashiyama (ep 8)

Episode Director:
Hironobu Aoyagi (eps 9, 13, 19)
Kazuhisa Nakamura (eps 10, 17)
Kiyotaka Isako (ep 21)
Kouji Fukazawa (eps 2, 8, 15)
Masahiko Watanabe (5 episodes

eps 1, 7, 11, 14, 18

)
Motoki Tanaka (ep 5)
Shuuji Miyahara (4 episodes

eps 6, 12, 16, 20

)
Toshiyuki Kashiyama (ep 3)
Yumi Kamakura (ep 4)

Music:
Hijiri Anze
Miyu Nakamura

Character Design: Masahiko Nakata

Art Director: Kenji Kato

Animation Director:
Hirokazu Shouji (ep 15)
Kazuhisa Nakamura (ep 10)
Masahiko Nakata (eps 1, 8, 17)
Motoki Tanaka (ep 5)
Naoto Hosoda (ep 14)
Shinichi Yoshino (eps 7, 11, 18)
Takuji Yoshimoto (ep 18)
Takuya Matsumoto (ep 2)
Tomohiro Koyama (4 episodes

eps 4, 9, 13, 19

)
Yasunori Yamaguchi (ep 3)
Yumenosuke Tokuda (eps 6, 12, 21)

Sound Director: Susumu Aketagawa

Director of Photography: Takaya Mizutani

Producer:
Katsumi Koike
Toshio Hatanaka
Yasuo Ueda
Yutaro Mochizuki

Color design: Tatsue Ohzeki

Key Animation: Eri Yuzuki (eps 15, 18)

Property Design: Kouji Fukazawa

Theme Song Arrangement: Masumi Itou (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
Masumi Itou (ED)
Michio Igasa (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics: Aki Hata (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Eri Kawai (ED)
Suara (OP)

Rikiya Koyama as Hakuoro

Ryoka Yuzuki as Eruru

Akeno Watanabe as
Dori
Gura

Akira Tomisaka as Kuuya (ep 16+)

Atsuko Tanaka as Karura

Daisuke Kirii as Oboro

Daisuke Namikawa as Benawi

Hisako Kyouda as Tuskuru

Kaori Mizuhashi as Sakuya

Kaya Miyake as Touka

Mai Nakahara as Yuzuha

Masayuki Katou as Derihourai (ep 18+)

Miyuki Sawashiro as Aruru

Rie Kugimiya as Kamyu

Sayaka Ohara as Urutori

Shuuichi Ikeda as Dii

Takayuki Kondou as Suonkasu (ep 18+)

Tsuyoshi Koyama as Kurou

Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as Mukkuru

Akeno Watanabe as Hauenkua

Ayumi Tsunematsu as Younger sister (ep 14)

Hiroaki Ishikawa as Teoro

Hirofumi Nojima as Hien

Hiroshi Shirokuma as
Commanding officer (ep 20)
Emuro (eps 9, 15)
Houki (ep 14)
Katumau
Munto
Soldier (eps 3-4, 11)
Village chief (ep 6)
Villager (ep 2)

Hiroyuki Yoshino as Nuwangi

Masayuki Katou as
Ikoru (eps 9, 15)
Shikuma (ep 14)
Ship captain (ep 10)
Soldier (ep 20)
Tuskuru civilian (ep 13)
Villager
Ya (eps 3, 5-7, 11)

Mitsuru Ogata as Orikakan

Rie Kugimiya as Mutsumi

Ryoka Yuzuki as Mikoto

Satsuki Yukino as Sopoku

Shozo Iizuka as Genjimaru

Takafumi Kawakami as Villager (ep 1)

Takayuki Kondou as
Aide (ep 14)
Bonahoi (ep 20)
Inaushi (eps 9, 15)
Ship captain (ep 10)
Soldier (eps 3-4, 7)
Tuskuru civilian (ep 13)
Villager (eps 1-2, 5-6)

Tamio Ohki as Waabe (ep 7)

Tetsuharu Ohta as
Aide (ep 14)
Chikinaro
Enemy commander (ep 15)
Gate Guard (ep 4)
Na Tunk soldier (ep 19)
Official (ep 21)
Soldier (ep 7)
Tamua (ep 18)
Tuskuru civilian (ep 13)
Villager (eps 1-3, 5)

Toru Ohkawa as
Inkara
Sasante

Tsuguo Mogami as Kanhorudari

Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as
Forest Chief (eps 1-2)
Official (ep 21)
Ouren (ep 14)
Soldier (eps 9-10)
Woo (eps 3, 5-7, 11)

Yoshinori Sonobe as Villager (ep 1)

Yousuke Akimoto as Niue

Yuko Gibu as Older sister (ep 14)

Japanese companies

2nd Key Animation:
Angle (9 episodes

eps 1, 5, 8-11, 13-14, 22

)
Anime R (eps 7, 10, 23)
Big Bang (ep 7)
Chaos Project (eps 1-2, 6, 13)
Double R (ep 14)
FLAME GEAR (9 episodes

eps 13, 15-19, 22, 24-25

)
Front Line (5 episodes

eps 4, 6-7, 10, 26

)
Garan (eps 15, 18)
KURENAIGUMI (eps 23, 25)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 7)
Meta Studio (eps 16, 22)
Mook Animation (4 episodes

eps 13, 15, 24-25

)
Mouse (eps 10, 15, 18)
Nakamura Production (4 episodes

eps 4, 9, 23, 25

)
RIC (eps 4-5, 7)
Snow Light Staff (ep 1)
Studio Ad (eps 10, 14)
Studio Boomerang (ep 18)
Studio Jungle Gym (ep 1)
Studio Mark (ep 2)
Studio Onepack (5 episodes

eps 2, 13, 19, 21, 25

)
Wish (ep 5)

Animation Production: Oriental Light and Magic (Team Iwasa)

Background Art: Studio Pinewood

Broadcaster:
Asahi Broadcasting (ABC) (2006-04-03)
AT-X (2006-06-28)
Chiba TV (2006-04-03)
Tokyo MX TV (2006-07-07)
TV Aichi (2006-04-05)
TV Saitama (2006-04-08)
TVK (2006-04-09)

Digital Animation Cooperation: OLM Digital

Editing Assistance: Jay Film

Finish Animation:
Angle (eps 8, 10-12)
cube A motion (eps 21, 25)
Front Line (7 episodes

eps 16-17, 19-22, 24

)
Mook Animation (5 episodes

eps 13, 17, 19, 24-25

)
RIC (8 episodes

eps 8, 10, 12-13, 16, 19, 22, 24

)
Wish (10 episodes

eps 5-6, 9, 14, 21-26

)

In-Between Animation:
Angle (5 episodes