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Shinigami no Ballad: momo the girl god of death (TV)

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© K-Ske Hasegawa / Mediaworks•PONY CANYON


[ related to Ballad of a Shinigami (manga) ]
Alternative title:
Ballad of a Shinigami
Момо, маленькая богиня смерти (Russian)
しにがみのバラッド。 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, fantasy, psychological, romance, supernatural
Themes: shinigami, tragedy
Plot Summary: A girl wrapped in white, her name is Momo...in her hand lies a blunt yet shiny scythe. By her side is a wingged black cat by the name of Daniel. Carrying the souls of humans, the girl's existence parallels to that of a "Death God" or "Shinigami". At the instant when this white Death God touches the hearts of humans, the world is filled with kindness and grief...
User Ratings: 565 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 34 votes (sub:31, Ger.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, dub:1)
 Excellent: 77 votes (sub:74, dub:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Very good: 130 votes (sub:124, Fre.sub:3, Ita.sub:2, dub:1)
 Good: 166 votes (sub:148, dub:6, Spa.sub:5, raw:3, Fre.sub:2, Spa.edit.dub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Decent: 77 votes (sub:70, dub:4, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 So-so: 51 votes (sub:48, Spa.sub:1, dub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:14, Pol.sub:1)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1017 users, rank: #602
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.159 (Good+.15), std. dev.: 1.6335, rank: #1387
Weighted mean: 7.080 (Good+.07), rank: #1384 (seen all: 7.21 / seen some: 6.52 / won't finish: 4.45)
Bayesian estimate: 7.087 (Good+.08), rank: #1190
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage: 2006-03-02
Opening Theme:
"no one" by KOY
Ending Theme:
"White Messenger" by KOY
Official website:
Shinigami no Ballad Official Site (Japanese)
Shinigami no Ballad WOWOW Site (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 2
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Related releases:
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Tomomi Mochizuki

Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida

Script: Reiko Yoshida (eps 1-6)

Storyboard: Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 1-2, 4, 6)

Episode Director:
Ryuichi Kimura (eps 1, 3)
Satoshi Nakagawa (eps 2, 5)
Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 4, 6)

Music: Moka

Original creator: Keisuke Hasegawa

Original Character Design: Nanakusa

Character Design: Hiroyuki Horiuchi

Art director: Kazuyuki Hashimoto

Chief Animation Director: Hiroyuki Horiuchi

Animation director:
Hiroyuki Horiuchi (eps 1, 3, 6)
Kenichi Imaizumi (ep 4)
Yuji Ushijima (eps 2, 5)

Sound director: Tomomi Mochizuki

Director of Photography: Masahide Okino

Background Art:
Aiko Nagamine
Kazuyuki Hashimoto

Color design: Naoko Satou

Digital Paint: Mikako Ohshima

Editing: Yuuji Oka

In-Between Animation:
Hitomi Hasebe
Miyuki Mochizuki

In-Between Check: Shirou Tamashiro

Key Animation:
Ayumi Ono
Naoko Igarashi
Shirou Tamashiro
Tsukasa Sakurai
Tsuyoshi Yoshinaga

Photography:
Daisuke Inoue
Masahide Okino

Recording Adjustment: Hiroyuki Suzuki

Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki

Sound Production: Kimiko Hayashi

Theme Song Arrangement: macado (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
macado (OP)
namahage (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: MACHA (ED)

Theme Song Performance: KOY (OP,ED)

 

Ai Shimizu as Daniel

Akiko Kobayashi as Momo

Akiko Kimura as Subaru Asano (ep 2)

Akiyo Kanada as Kouta Nodo (eps 1, 3, 5)

Asami Yaguchi as Nakayama (ep 4)

Chiwa Saito as Mai Makihara (eps 1, 3, 5)

Daisuke Ono as Matsumoto (ep 6)

Eriko Kigawa as Kouta's mother (eps 1, 3)

Eriko Nakamura as Sawako (ep 6)

Fumi Oda as Kantarou's mother (ep 3)

Fuyuka Oura as
Eko Miyazaki (ep 5)
Girl A (eps 1, 3)

Hikari Yono as Mitsuki's mother (ep 2)

Hiroshi Shimozaki as Guard A (ep 5)

Hozumi Gôda as Koutarou Ichihara (ep 3)

Kana Ueda as Yutaka Fujishima (ep 2)

Kanako Mitsuhashi as Tomato Fujiwara (ep 3)

Kouji Hiwatari as Chiaki's father (ep 4)

Makoto Igarashi as Man 2 (ep 2)

Masatoshi Iida as Guard B (ep 5)

Miwa Matsumoto as Wako Miyazaki (ep 5)

Natsuki Mori as Doctor (ep 2)

Nobuyuki Kobushi as Sakura's father (ep 6)

Orie Kimoto as Ayame Kozakai (ep 6)

Reiko Takagi as Saiki (eps 1, 3, 5)

Rie Nakagawa as Member (ep 5)

Ryoko Shiraishi as Fuyuki Kazama (ep 4)

Sayori Ishizuka as Mizuki (ep 6)

Shinsuke Fukui as Man A (ep 6)

Sumi Shimamoto as Chiaki's mother (ep 4)

Tae Okajima as Kanako (ep 4)

Tetsuya Kakihara as Man 1 (ep 2)

Tomo Shigematsu as Eko's mother (ep 5)

Tomoko Sadohara as Chiaki Kazama (ep 4)

Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kantarou Ichihara (ep 3)

Yoko Sasaki as Sakura's mother (ep 6)

Youko Sakamoto as Sakura Kozakai (ep 6)

Yuki Kaida as Mitsuki Asano (ep 2)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production:
Ginga-ya
Group TAC

Broadcaster: WOWOW

In-Between Animation:
Hoshiyama Kikaku
TASK

Production: Pony Canyon

Sound Production: Jinnan Studio

Video Editing Studio: TOVIC

English staff 
(none)
English companies 

Licensed by: Seven Seas Entertainment (novel)

English cast 
(none)
 
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