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Karin (TV)

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[ adapted from Chibi Vampire (manga) ]

Alternative title:
かりん (Japanese)
增血鬼果林 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: parody, vampire
Plot Summary: In the 21st century, a family of vampires settled down on the grounds of Japan and lived a modest life whilst sucking on the blood of humans discreetly. However, the eldest daughter of the family, Karin Maaka, has an embarassing secret which cannot be revealed to anyone. Even though she is a vampire, she does not lack blood like her family members. Instead, she overproduces blood to the extent that she transfuses the excess into her victims, hence increasing their blood levels. Despite her troubling body characteristic, she attends school like any other high school student, that is until a new transfer student, Kenta Usui, enters her life.
User Ratings: 1635 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 124 votes (sub:110, dub:12, ?:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Excellent: 350 votes (sub:309, dub:32, Spa.sub:5, raw:2, Por.sub:2)
 Very good: 497 votes (sub:443, dub:40, Spa.sub:9, raw:2, Fre.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 366 votes (sub:319, dub:35, Spa.sub:7, Rus.sub:2, raw:1, Pol.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Decent: 180 votes (sub:158, dub:13, ?:3, raw:3, Por.sub:2, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 62 votes (sub:57, ?:2, dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Not really good: 23 votes (sub:21, dub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Weak: 21 votes (sub:18, dub:2, Fre.sub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, Fre.sub:1)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:5, Ita.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2960 users, rank: #167
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.639 (Very good-.36), std. dev.: 1.5058, rank: #762
Weighted mean: 7.488 (Good+.48), rank: #823 (seen all: 7.64 / seen some: 6.44 / won't finish: 4.39)
Bayesian estimate: 7.488 (Good+.48), rank: #626
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2005-11-03 to 2006-05-11
Releases: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"scarlet" by BRACE;d
Ending Theme:
"Mou hitotsu no birthday" by Fm.θ
Trivia: We have 4
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Related reviews:
    Karin DVD 4
    Karin DVD 3
    Karin DVD 2
    Karin DVD 1

Related releases:
    Karin - Complete Series Box Set (DVD) 2009-05-05 (from $43.89)
    Karin - Infusion (DVD 1) 2007-05-29 (from $18.99)
    Karin - Infusion Limited Edition + Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-05-29 (from $18.72)
    Karin - Infusion (DVD 1) 2008-09-02 (from $17.82)
    Karin (DVD 2) 2007-07-15 (from $18.99)
    Karin - Vampire Hunter (DVD 2) 2008-09-02 (from $17.99)
    Karin - Thicker than Blood (DVD 3) 2007-09-18 (from $18.99)
    Karin (DVD 3) 2008-09-02 (from $17.99)
    Karin - Human or Vampire (DVD 4) 2007-11-13 (from $16.99)
    Karin - Ascendance (DVD 5) 2008-10-14 (from $16.99)
    Karin (DVD 6) 2008-11-25 (from $16.99)
    Karin + Box (DVD 1) 2008-09-02 (from $23.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Shinichiro Kimura

Series Composition: Yasunori Yamada

Script:
Jun'ichi Shintaku
Masaharu Amiya
Saharu Amiyama
Sumio Uetake
Takashi Aoshima
Yasunori Yamada

Storyboard:
Hideaki Uehara
Shigeyuki Ookawa
Shinichiro Kimura
Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Tokio Yamauchi
Youhei Suzuki
Yuuichi Nihei

Episode Director:
Daisuke Takashima
Hideaki Uehara
Kouichi Sasaki
Shinichiro Kimura
Takeshi Yoshimoto
Tokio Yamauchi
Youhei Suzuki

Music: Masara Nishida

Original creator: Yuna Kagesaki

Character Design: Yumi Nakayama

Art director: Rie Ota

Chief Animation Director: Yumi Nakayama

Animation director:
Haruko Iizuka
Hideaki Shimada
Hiroyuki Shimizu
Isao Kamei
Jiro Nakano (eps 8, 20)
Kyou Takamura
Mitsuharu Kajitani
Osamu Sugimoto
Shiro Shibata
Takafumi Hino
Yoshiko Nakajima
Yumi Nakayama

Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Director of Photography: Yutaka Kurosawa

Producer:
Makoto Chiba
Soumei Tanaka
Tomoko Suzuki
Yoshito Danno
Yuji Matsukura

3D CG: Kenichi Yoshimoto

Animation producer: Yuji Matsukura

Art Supervision: Shinichiro Kobayashi

Background Art:
Osamu Imai
Yoko Saito

Color design:
Maya Muranaga
Tomomi Andou

Color setting: Maya Muranaga

Digital Paint:
Akiko Uchida
Kyousuke Ishikawa
Maya Muranaga
Mayumi Misehashi
Miho Kimura
Miyuki Ishida
Rie Suzuki
Syouko Mori
Tomomi Andou
Yukiko Itou

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama (TAVAC)

Eyecatch: Yutaka Kurosawa

In-Between Animation:
Emiko Kobayashi
Hiroki Kai
Kozue Koneyama
Kumi Tejima
Tomoya Yamada
Yuri Kanemaru

In-Between Check:
Hiroki Okamoto
Takako Kawano

In-between Scan:
Kaori Maruyama
Miyumi Nakahara
Sayuri Shingaki

Key Animation:
Akira Takahashi
Atsushi Shimizu
Ayako Tauchi
Daisuke Agata
Daisuke Nakamura
Eri Sano
Fusako Nomura
Haruko Iizuka
Hideyasu Okamoto
Hiroko Saito
Hiroshi Ohkawa
Hiroshi Sasaki
Hiroyuki Kaidou
Hiroyuki Shimizu
Hiroyuki Uchida
Isao Kamei
Isao Kurozawa
Kaoru Sekitani
Kazuki Miura
Kazumi Hasegawa
Kazumi Kawase
Kazuya Nakamura
Kenta Taniguchi
Kumiko Kawahara
Mai Matsuura
Makiko Kamimura
Makoto Ito
Mamiko Nakanishi
Manabu Shioda
Manao Miyazaki
Mariko Ito
Masahiro Fujii
Masumi Fujii
Mina Itou
Minoru Watanabe
Mitsuharu Kajiya
Mitsumasa Kimura
Naoko Nakamoto
Naoko Yoshimori
Noboru Kawamori
Noriko Takahashi
Noriko Takiyama
Reiko Fujita
Rumi Abe
Rumi Miyata
Shinichi Wada
Shinichiro Kimura
Shinsuke Yasuda
Shiro Shibata
Shirou Tamashiro
Sunao Komiya
Tadashi Shimizu
Takafumi Hino
Takahiko Yoshida
Takashi Otsuka
Takashi Tsuda
Taro Ikegami
Tatsuya Urano
Tetsuya Takeuchi
Yasue Ohno
Yasunori Kimura
Yoko Sakurai
Yoshiaki Katayama
Yoshihiro Nakamura
Yoshinori Deno
Yuichiro Fukaya
Yuji Gotou
Yuki Imoto
Yuki Terano
Yukio Okano
Yumi Masuda
Yumi Nakayama
Yumiko Kinoshita
Yuriko Ikehara

Photography:
Jun Shiota
Yutaka Kurosawa

Planning:
Hiroyuki Nakamura
Kazuo Kuroi
Takeru Yasuda
Tomohisa Abe
Yoshihiro Kamitamari
You Kogawa

Planning Support:
Jun Matsushita
Koji Takagi
Masaki Yamada
Takahiko Shirayama
Tsuyoshi Sugawara

Production Advancement: Jiro Nakagawa

Prop Design: Haruko Iizuka

Recording Assistant: Hiroyuki Sato

Sound Adjustment: Ryoji Kameda

Sound Producer: Akira Yoshikawa

Theme Song Arrangement:
a.k.a. dRESS (OP)
Masatomo Ota (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
a.k.a. dRESS (OP)
Masatomo Ota (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics:
a.k.a. dRESS (OP)
Yuriko Mori (ED)

Theme Song Performance: BRACEd (OP)

 

Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenta Usui

Sayuri Yahagi as Karin Maaka (debut)

Aya Hisakawa as Fumio Usui

Emi Shinohara as Carrera Marker

Hirofumi Nojima as Boogie-kun

Hiroshi Matsumoto as Henry Marker

Junichi Suwabe as Ren Maaka

Junpei Takiguchi as Narration

Kouki Miyata as Winner Sinclair

Mikako Takahashi as Maki Tokitou

Yuka Inokuchi as Anju Maaka

Ayumi Tsuji as Woman (ep 11)

Ayumi Tsunematsu as Female Student C (ep 7)

Chikara Oosaka as
Employee (ep 2)
Police (ep 12)

Daiki Matsubayashi as Delinquent B (ep 21)

Daisuke Kirii as Paramedics (ep 10)

Daisuke Ono as Interviewer (ep 6)

Hinako Sasaki as Girl (ep 8)

Hirofumi Nojima as Julian's Manager

Hitomi Nabatame as
Child (eps 19, 21)
Female Student (ep 15)
Female Student A (ep 15)
Girl (ep 16)

Ikuya Sawaki as Alfred's father (ep 16)

Jun Fukuyama as Makoto Fujitani (ep 18)

Junko Shimeno as Girl (ep 8)

Katsumi Chou as Victor Sinclair

Kaya Miyake as Woman (ep 11)

Keikou Sakai as Interviewer (ep 6)

Kotomi Yamakawa as Woman (ep 11)

Mari Fujidou as Female Student (ep 1)

Masato Funaki as Customer (ep 10)

Masayuki Katou as Interviewer (ep 6)

Sayaka Narita as Female Student B (ep 7)

Sayori Ishizuka as
Announcer (ep 11)
Child (ep 9)
Female Student (eps 3-4)
Female Student B (ep 15)
Girl (ep 12)
Homeroom Teacher (ep 10)
Mother (ep 21)
Receptionist (ep 6)
Suzuki (ep 17)
Teacher (eps 1, 7-8)

Shigenori Sôya as Fumio's Boss (ep 2)

Shiho Hisajima as Office Lady (ep 4)

Shion Hirota as Female Student B (ep 10)

Takafumi Kawakami as
Committee Chief (ep 15)
Customer (ep 10)
Delinquent A (ep 21)
Father (ep 19)
Pupil (ep 16)
Salaryman (ep 1)

Takahiro Sakurai as Kurobara no Ouji (ep 18)

Takahiro Yoshino as Paramedics (ep 10)

Taketoshi Kawano as
Male Student (ep 8)
Vampire A (ep 16)

Tetsuharu Ohta as Male Student (ep 15)

Tetsuji Ota as Staff (ep 8)

Tomokazu Sugita as Alfred (eps 16-17)

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kurobara no Prince (ep 18)

Yuko Gibu as
Bodyguard (ep 8)
Female Student (ep 5)
Female Student A (eps 7, 10)
Fukumi Naito (ep 15)
Fukumi Naitou (eps 1, 3)
Girl (ep 9)
Nurse (ep 4)
Owner (ep 12)
Vampire B (ep 16)
Woman (ep 11)

Yuri Shiratori as Elda Maaka

Japanese companies 

2nd Key Animation:
Garan
Studio Mark

Animation Production: J.C. Staff

Background Art: Kobayashi Production

Broadcaster: WOWOW (2005-11-03)

Digital Paint:
Nendai Animation
Tanto

Editing Studio: Tabac

Finish Animation: T.D.I

In-Between Animation:
A-Line
AZETA PICTURES
Buyu
Feel
Frontline
Kaos Project
Nendai Animation
Studio Mark
Tatsunoko
TNK
VENET
Xebec
XEBEC M2

Key Animation:
AZETA PICTURES
Studio Gimlet
Studio MAT
VENET

Music Production: Frontier Works

Planning Support: Fujimi Shobo

Post Production: Tokyo Video Laboratory

Production:
Karin Production Committee
WOWOW

Recording Studio: Studio T&T

Sound Production: Half H.P Studio

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Paul John Pistore

Chelsea Curto as Karin Maaka

Yahav Rom as Kenta Usui

Chio Su Ping as Carrera Marker

Denise Tan Shu Fen as Elda Marker

George N. Cahill III as Victor Sinclair

Hillary Blazer-Doyle as Maki Tokito

James Shubert as Winner Sinclair

Jerry Szombathy as
Narration
Owner of Julian's
Ren Maaka

Marian Elizabeth Spencer as Anju Maaka

Meriem Bekka as Fumio Usui

Paul John Pistore as
Boogy
Henry Marker

Candice de Rozario as Female Student (ep 15)

Chio Su Ping as Girl (ep 16)

Coral Tong as
Female Student (ep 15)
Teacher

Edward Choy Keng Shoong as Committee Chief (ep 15)

George N. Cahill III as Alfred's father (ep 16)

George N. Cahill IV as
Alfred
Male Student (ep 15)
Student (ep 16)

Jerry Szombathy as Vampire B (ep 16)

Marian Elizabeth Spencer as Fukumi Naito

William Gary Ladick as Vampire A (ep 16)

English companies 

ADR Production: Odex Private Ltd.

Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Top-Insight International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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