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The Story of Saiunkoku (TV)

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© Sai Yukino, Kadokawashoten / NHK, Sogovision


Related anime:
    (The) Story of Saiunkoku (manga)
    (The) Story of Saiunkoku Second Series (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
ColourCloud Palace
Saiunkoku Monogatari
حكاية بلاد الغيوم الملونة (Arabic)
彩雲国物語 (Japanese)
彩雲國物語 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary: Saiunkoku is a world of eight provinces or houses, each named after a different colour. The new Emperor, Shi Ryuuki, has gained for a reputation for being uninterested in courtly matters and for flaunting his love for men. Shuurei, although born of the important Kou family, has difficulty making ends meet. She easily accepts an invitation to be the Emperor's concubine in order to turn him into a good ruler. The mysterious Seiran, a young man who was adopted by her father, goes with her as Ryuuki's bodyguard. Entering the imperial palace revives Shuurei's dream of being a court official, and, together with the many companions she meets along the way, continues moving bravely forward while trying to fend off the Emperor's advances.
User Ratings: 743 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 137 votes (sub:125, dub:10, raw:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 251 votes (sub:215, dub:31, Spa.sub:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 161 votes (sub:139, dub:15, raw:5, Spa.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 99 votes (sub:86, dub:8, raw:2, Spa.sub:2, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 47 votes (sub:40, dub:5, Rus.sub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:20, dub:4)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1455 users, rank: #427
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.187 (Very good+.18), std. dev.: 1.6071, rank: #328
Weighted mean: 8.035 (Very good+.03), rank: #347 (seen all: 8.29 / seen some: 7.62 / won't finish: 5.32)
Bayesian estimate: 8.028 (Very good+.02), rank: #220
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 39
Episode titles: We have 39
Vintage: 2006-04-08 to 2007-02-24
Opening Theme:
"Hajimari no kaze" by Ayaka Hirahara
#01: "Hajimari no Kaze" by Ayaka Hirahara
Ending Theme:
"Saikou no Kataomoi" by Sachi Tainaka
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Reviews:
    The Story of Saiunkoku Season 1 Part 2 DVD
    The Story of Saiunkoku DVD 2
    The Story of Saiunkoku DVD 1

DVD
    Story of Saiunkoku - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-10-06 (from $44.39)
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 1) 2007-08-28
    The Story of Saiunkoku - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-08-28
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 2) 2007-10-16
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 3) 2007-12-04
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 4)
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 1) 2008-10-07 (from $14.99)
    The Story of Saiunkoku - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2008-10-07 (from $17.99)
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 2) 2008-10-07 (from $14.99)
    The Story of Saiunkoku - w/ Season 1 Part 1 Box (DVD 3) 2008-10-07 (from $14.99)
    The Story of Saiunkoku - Season 1 Part 2 (DVD 4-6) 2008-12-02 (from $34.99)
    The Story of Saiunkoku - Season 1 Part 3 (DVD 7-9) 2009-01-27 (from $34.99)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Jun Shishido
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Script:
Ayuna Fujisaki (ep 2)
Kurasumi Sunayama (ep 3)
Reiko Yoshida (eps 4-5)
Storyboard:
Hiromi Yokoyama (eps 2, 12)
Jun Fujiwara (ep 3)
Jun Shishido (eps 1, 5)
Kimiko Tamai (ep 7)
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 9)
Shigeru Kimiya (ep 8)
Takeo Takahashi (ep 4)
Yo Miura (ep 6)
Yumi Kamakura (ep 10)
Episode Director:
Hajime Ohtani (eps 2, 5, 8)
Hiromi Yokoyama (eps 4, 9)
Makoto Shinohara (eps 1, 7)
Shota Kawajiri (ep 6)
Tokio Yamauchi (eps 3, 10)
Original creator: Sai Yukino (novel)
Original Character Design: Kairi Yura (novel illustration)
Character Design: Miwa Oshima
Art Director: Chikara Nishikura
Animation Director:
Ki Duk Park (ep 9)
Kimiko Tamai (ep 4)
Kyong Seok Choi (ep 8)
Nam Yul Park (ep 2)
Seong Jong Kim (ep 6)
Tatsuyuki Maeda (eps 1, 7)
Tomoko Shimizu (ep 3)
Sound Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama
Director of Photography: Shinya Matsui
Clean-Up Animation: Hitomi Takei
Color design: Chiharu Tanaka
Conceptual Design: Kazuo Watanabe
In-Between Animation: Kanoko Abe
Key Animation: Mika Takazawa
Production Coordination:
Atsuko Kashiwagi
Hideo Ihara
Sound Effects: Shoji Kato
Theme Song Arrangement:
Akihira Koyama (ED)
Takeshi Fujii (ED)
YANAGIMAN (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
ID (OP)
Sachi Tainaka (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Sachi Tainaka (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Ayaka Hirahara (OP)
Sachi Tainaka (ED)
 
Hikaru Midorikawa as Seiran Shi
Houko Kuwashima as Shuurei Kou
Tomokazu Seki as Ryuuki Shi

Akemi Okamura as Shusui
Eri Sendai as Kourin
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Ryuuren Ran
Kazuhiro Nakada as Kijin Kou
Kentarou Itou as Ensei Rou
Kouji Ishii as Shoutaishi
Mitsuaki Madono as Reishin Kou
Mitsuru Ogata as Soutaifu
Naoki Bandou as Sataiho
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Kouyu Li
Shuuichi Ikeda as Shouka Kou
Susumu Chiba as Sai Shou
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shuei Lan

Akemi Okamura as Young Ryuuki (ep 4)
Azumi Yamamoto as Kinren (eps 2, 8)
Daisuke Namikawa as Eigetsu Tou
Daisuke Sasaki as Assassin (eps 6-7)
Eri Moritani as Man (ep 2)
Erika as Touwa
Hana Takeda as
Female Official (ep 3)
Prostitute (ep 12)
Woman (ep 5)
Hitoshi Nishimura as Jirou Kei
Izumi Satou as Female Official (ep 3)
Jin Nishimura as Official Kei
Jun Shiichi as Heki Hakumei
Junichi Suwabe as Sa Soujun
Kahoru Sasajima as Youshun
Kaori Yamagata as Kochou (ep 12)
Kaya Miyake as Prostitute (ep 12)
Kayato Ohashi as
Vassal (ep 4)
White general (ep 9)
Kayato Ohasi as General Haku
Kazuya Kobayashi as Courtier (ep 8)
Keiko Nemoto as Man (ep 2)
Keikou Sakai as
Guest (ep 12)
Rebel (ep 10)
Kousuke Toriumi as Sa Kokujun
Mami Horikoshi as Eiki Hyou
Masami Iwasaki as Sa Chuushou (ep 23)
Masataka Sawada as Doctor To
Matthew Erickson as Ryuuren Ran 
Miho Soda as Ryushin
Minoru Inaba as Seikintou leader (ep 12)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Hakushu Minister (ep 3)
Miwa Kohinata as
Customer (ep 2)
Prostitute (ep 12)
Nobutoshi Canna as Yuushun Tei (Lt Governor)
Noriaki Sugiyama as
Santa (ep 12)
Shourin
Rumi Shishido as Sa Shunki
Ryotaro Okiayu as Kou Kurou
Ryusaku Chijiwa as Seikintou man (ep 12)
Takashi Oohara as Courtier (ep 8)
Takehito Koyasu as Sa Sakujun (Lin Senya)
Takeshi Hayashi as High Official (ep 3)
Tomoko Yamada as Female Official (ep 3)
Tomoya Koizumi as High Official (ep 3)
Toshiyuki Kusuda as
Assassin (eps 6-7)
Guest (ep 12)
High Official (ep 3)
Ryushin's father (ep 11)
Yoko Sasaki as Sai Rin
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Guest (ep 12)
Japanese companies 
Animation Production: Madhouse Studios
Broadcaster: NHK
DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Production: NHK
Production Cooperation: Sogo Vision
English staff 
English cast 
Executive producer:
Katsuhiko Tsurumoto (eps 1-30)
Yushin Soga (eps 31-39)
Casting Director:
Gregory Berry (eps 20-39)
Randi Riediger (eps 1-19)
Dialogue Editing:
Aaron MacDonald (9 episodes
eps 8, 10, 23, 29, 31-33, 38-39
)

Derek Seaborn (ep 26)
Donovan Johnson (6 episodes
eps 6, 9, 22, 24-25, 36
)

Gabriella Cheung (8 episodes
eps 4, 11, 13-14, 28, 30, 34-35
)

Masako Uchiura (6 episodes
eps 16, 18-20, 27, 37
)

Matt Gauthier (ep 17)
Ryan McKinnon (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 12, 15, 21
)

Willis Lombard (ep 5)
Re-Recording Mixing:
Derek Simpson (eps 24-39)
Keith A. Goddard (eps 11-23)
Mark M. Pinder (eps 1-10)
Recording engineer:
Donovan Johnson (eps 1-5, 11-39)
Michael Iske (eps 6-10)
Script Adaptation: Michelle Clough
Subtitle Script: Kim Wishart Goddard
Supervising Producer: Diana Gage
Talent Coordination:
Robin Maria Koning (eps 1-5)
Theresa MacFarlane (eps 6-39)
Video Post-Production:
Kimmy Alexander (eps 20-39)
Michael Hey (eps 1-15)
Sean McConkey
Shannon Lum
Voice Direction:
Karl Willems (eps 1-15)
Keith A. Goddard (eps 16-19)
Marc Matsumoto (eps 24-39)
Michael Dobson (eps 20-23)
 
Andrew Francis as Seiran Shi
Brad Swaile as Ryuuki Shi
Kelly Sheridan as Shuurei Kou 
Russell Wait as Shi Seiran (Animax dub)

Andrew Toth as Koyu Ri
Brian Dobson as Shoutaishi/Advisor Sho (eps 30, 33-34)
Dale Wilson as Soutaifu/Advisor So
French Tickner as Sataiho/Advisor Sa
Jason Simpson as Ensei Rou
John Novak as Shoutaishi/Advisor Sho
Kyle Rideout as Kokajun Sa
Louis Chirillo as Reishin Hong
Mark Oliver as Kijin Kou
Matthew Erickson as Ryuren Ran
Michael Adamthwaite as Shuei Ran
Michael Kopsa as Shoka Hong 
Reece Thompson as Eigetsu To
Ted Cole as Sho Sai

Andrea Libman as Kinren
Andrew Toth as Assassin (eps 6-7)
Brenna O'Brien as Lady in Waiting (ep 32)
Brian Dobson as Courtier (ep 8)
Cathy Weseluck as
Court Lady (ep 3)
Lady of the Evening (ep 12)
Ryushin
Chantal Strand as Kourin
Colin Murdock as Meisho
David Orth as Kuro Hong
Don Brown as Secretary Sai (eps 14-18)
Drew Nelson as Spy (ep 17)
Fred Henderson as
Big Boss (ep 13)
Official Ro
Gabe Khouth as Hakumei Heki (eps 14, 16, 18)
Harvey Gold as Chusho Sa (4 episodes
eps 23, 27, 30, 33
)
Hiro Kanagawa as Kuku (ep 23)
Jacqueline Samuda as
Eiki Hyo
Lady Owner (ep 24)
Janyse Jaud as
Kocho
Lady of the Evening (ep 12)
John Murphy as
Sakujun Sa
Senya Rin
John Novak as
Bandit (ep 10)
General Haku
Visitor (ep 2)
John Payne as
Man B (ep 20)
Sa Family Member (ep 34)
Sojun Sa
Kelly Metzger as
Boy (ep 2)
Court Lady (ep 3)
Ryuuki (Young-ep 4)
Touwa/Toka
Ken Kramer as Yusa (ep 25)
Lisa Ann Beley as
Koyu Ri (Young; ep 15)
Lady of the Evening (ep 12)
Seien's Mother (ep 20)
Shokun Hong
Mark Oliver as Assassin (eps 6-7)
Matthew Erickson as Seiken Gang Member (ep 13)
Michael Adamthwaite as
Courtier (ep 8)
Man A (ep 20)
Townsman (ep 24)
Michael Coleman as Santa (eps 12-13)
Michael Daingerfield as
Customer (ep 12)
Official Kei
Michael Dangerfield as Official Kei 
Michael Dobson as
Department of Protocol Official (ep 14)
Santa's Father (ep 13)
Seikin Gang Member (eps 12-13)
Michael Kopsa as
Doctor To
Governor of Haku Province (ep 3)
Narrator
Sa Family Member (ep 34)
Mike Waterman as Shorin (eps 28, 30-33)
Natalie Walters as
Lady in Waiting (ep 32)
Shunki Sa (eps 34-36)
Nicole Oliver as
Boy (ep 2)
Court Lady (ep 3)
Shusui
Paula Lindberg as
Lady in Waiting (eps 32, 34)
Rin Sai (ep 37)
Ross Douglas as Shin Sai (eps 27, 29, 31)
Ryan Hirakida as Yoshun (eps 28, 30-31)
Scott McNeil as
Official Wa (ep 16)
Seikin Gang Boss (eps 12-13)
Shawn MacDonald as
Customer (ep 12)
Official (ep 22)
Ryushin's Father (eps 11, 18)
Senka Shi (ep 20)
Trevor Devall as
Enjun Sa
Guard (ep 25)
Sa Family Member (ep 34)
Vincent Tong as
Guard (ep 25)
Jun Yu (eps 28-31)
Yushan Tei (eps 22, 36)
English companies 
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
DVD Authoring: Blink Digital
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios

Korean staff 
(none)
Korean companies 
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
Korean cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster: Hyper
Polish cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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