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Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ayakashi ~ Japanese Classic Horror
怪~ayakashi~ Japanese Classic Horror (Japanese)
Themes: historical
Plot Summary: A collection of three classic Japanese horror stories: "Yotsuya Kaidan," the story of a wife betrayed by her husband who seeks vengeance even in death, "Tenshu Monogatari," the story of forbidden love between a goddess and a human, and "Bakeneko," the story of a mysterious cat monster with a vendetta against a certain family.
User Ratings: 343 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 24 votes (sub:21, dub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 61 votes (sub:53, dub:4, Rus.sub:2, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Very good: 108 votes (sub:92, dub:11, Spa.edit.dub:1, ?:1, Rus.dub:1, raw:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 89 votes (sub:77, dub:10, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 36 votes (sub:34, dub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 735 users, rank: #815
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.554 (Very good-.44), std. dev.: 1.5029, rank: #851
Weighted mean: 7.470 (Good+.47), rank: #848 (seen all: 7.63 / seen some: 6.82 / won't finish: 4.95)
Bayesian estimate: 7.471 (Good+.47), rank: #650
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage:
2006-01-12 (Fuji TV)
2007-01-18 (Ep. 9-11, Italy - Future Film Festival)
2007-07-31 to 2007-10-09 (USA - ImaginAsian TV)
Opening Theme:
"HEAT ISLAND" by Rhymester
Ending Theme:
"Haru no Katami (Memento of Spring)" by Chitose Hajime
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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Related releases:
    Ayakashi - Goddess of the Dark Tower (DVD 1) 2007-04-17 (from $7.00)
    Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales (DVD 2) 2007-07-10 (from $7.00)
    Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales (DVD 3) 2007-09-04 (from $7.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Hidehiko Kadota (Tenshu Monogatari - anime)
Kenji Nakamura (Bakeneko)
Kouzou Nagayama (Tenshu Monogatari)
Tetsuo Imazawa (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Script:
Chiaki J. Konaka (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Michiko Yokote (Bakeneko)
Yuuji Sakamoto (Tenshu Monogatari)

Storyboard:
Kenji Nakamura (eps 9, 11)
Takahiro Okao (ep 10)

Episode Director:
Kenji Nakamura (eps 9, 11)
Takahiro Okao (ep 10)
Yukio Okazaki

Music: Yasuharu Takanashi (Bakeneko)

Original Work:
Kyouka Izumi (Tenshu Monogatari)
Nanboku Tsuruya (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Original Character Design: Yoshitaka Amano (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Character Design:
Hideki Ito (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Takashi Hashimoto (Bakeneko)
Yasuhiro Nakura (Tenshu Monogatari)

Art director:
Hiroshi Kato (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Masami Abe
Shinzo Yuki (Tenshu Monogatari)

Art:
Osamu Kato
Takashi Kurahashi (Bakeneko)
Yumi Hosaka (Bakeneko)

Chief Animation Director:
Hideki Ito (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Takashi Hashimoto (Bakeneko)
Yasuhiro Nakura (Tenshu Monogatari)

Animation director:
Kiyotoshi Aoi (ep 10)
Takashi Hashimoto (eps 9, 11)

Art design:
Hiroshi Kato
Takashi Kurahashi (Bakeneko)

Cgi director: Nobuhiro Morita (Bakeneko)

Producer:
Atsutoshi Umezawa
Atsuya Takase
Hiroaki Shibata
Kouji Yamamoto
Yukihiro Ito

Art Implementer: Osamu Honma

Background Art:
Aya Kuginuki
Aya Mitsumoto
Izumi Hoki
Kiroku Ataru
Kumiko Ono
Megumi Kato
Michie Suzuki
Naoto Ozaki
Shinichi Mizushima
Shinya Sanda
Shuichi Tsuji
Taikyo Takashi
Tatsuya Kushida
Yuka Hirama
Yukiko Ono
Yumi Morikawa
Yumiko Narita
Yurina Kakoi

CG Animation Director: Naoki Miyahara (Bakeneko)

Color design: Tsutomu Tsukada

Color Inspection:
Tomomi Asawa
Yukiko Nagahama

Color setting: Shinichi Toyonaga

Colour Design: Hiroshi Morita (Bakeneko)

Colour Setting: Haruko Nobori (ep 10)

Conceptual Design: Takashi Hashimoto (Bakeneko)

Digital Paint:
Aki Morimitsu (ep 10)
Katsunori Kaneko
Katsuyuki Takahashi
Masanori Iizuka
Mayuko Kamioka
Noritomo Mori
Yoshitomo Miura

Digital Photography:
Hisashi Hagi
Kenichi Nagao
Masato Takagi
Naoto Sawa
Yuichiro Okano
Yusuke Yamamoto

Director Assistant: Nobukage Kimura

Editing: Kenta Katase

End Production Implementer: Shin Kuroda

Key Animation:
Ai Saito (ep 9)
Akira Sato
Akira Takata (ep 11)
Daisuke Niitsuma (ep 9)
Einoshin Kubota
Hideki Hashimoto
Hideki Kakita (eps 9, 11)
Hideo Amamiya
Hideoki Kusama (eps 9, 11)
Hirokazu Nakazawa
Hisashi Saito (ep 11)
Hitoshi Katama
Ippei Ichii
Jimmy Stone (ep 9)
Kazuhiko Udagawa
Kazuyuki Fushida
Keiichi Ichikawa (ep 11)
Keisuke Goto (ep 9)
Ken Mutou (eps 9, 11)
Ken Ootsuka (ep 11)
Kenji Kuroyanagi (ep 11)
Kenzo Koizumi
Kiyotoshi Aoi (ep 10)
Koji Miura (ep 10)
Kouhei Hatano (ep 11)
Kozue Komatsu (ep 9)
Kumi Nakajou (ep 11)
Kyoko Kayano (ep 11)
Makoto Hokoma
Masaya Ichikawa (ep 11)
Megumi Sanbon
Michiko Noda
Miho Azuma
Mika Yamamoto
Misato Ootani (eps 9, 11)
Mitsuo Satou (eps 9, 11)
Motoki Yagi
Naoko Igarashi (ep 9)
Nobuyuki Iwai
Osamu Kamijō (ep 11)
Rie Saitou (ep 9)
Rumie Hamanaka (ep 11)
Ryouko Nakano (ep 11)
Satomi Kani
Shigeki Kuhara (ep 11)
Shinnosuke Kon (ep 10)
Shirou Tamashiro (ep 9)
Shota Ibata
Shota Ihata
Shuichi Ito
Soichiro Matsuda (ep 11)
Somsak Mahamongkol (ep 9)
Tadaharu Meguro
Tae Gen An (ep 11)
Takaaki Yamashita (ep 11)
Takashi Hashimoto (eps 9-11)
Takayuki Chiba (ep 10)
Takuo Suzuki (ep 11)
Tatsuzou Nishida (ep 11)
Tetsuya Ishikawa
Tomoyuki Kojima (eps 9, 11)
Toru Shigeta
Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Tsukasa Sakurai (ep 9)
Yasuaki Aoki (ep 10)
Yoshinori Tanabe (ep 11)
Yoshio Usuda (ep 10)
Yosuke Jinbo (ep 11)
Yosuke Yabumoto (ep 11)
You Satou
Yu-sig Jang (ep 11)
Yuki Kawabara
Yumi Hayashi (ep 11)
Yuuhei Ueda (eps 9, 11)

Producer Aide: Kohei Obara

Production:
Hiroaki Muto
Hiroaki Sano
Kenji Shimizu
Kouichi Uchida
Kozo Morishita
Masarou Toyoshima
Yutaka Sugiyama

Production Implementer: Kojiro Kuroki

Production manager:
Ryuichi Sugimoto
Yukio Noda

Publicity: Takako Masaoka (Fuji TV)

Recording: Mamiko Ogawa

Recording Assistant: Naoya Sato

Song Selection: Kosuke Nishikawa

Sound Effects: Michihiro Ito (Sound Ring)

Sound Recording: Erina Watanabe

Special Effects:
Nobuhiro Shimokawa
Yumi Ushiyama

Theme Song Arrangement:
Masataka Matsutouya (ED)
Mr. Drunk (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
Mr. Drunk (OP)
Yumi Matsutouya (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Daisuke Sakama (OP)
Shiro Sasaki (OP)
Yumi Matsutouya (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Chitose Hajime (ED)
Rhymester (OP)

 

Hikaru Midorikawa as Zoshonosuke Himekawa (Tenshu Monogatari)

Hiroaki Hirata as Iemon Tamiya (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Houko Kuwashima as Tomihime (Tenshu Monogatari)

Mami Koyama as Oiwa Tamiya (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Takahiro Sakurai as Medicine seller (Bakeneko)

Yuko Nagashima as Osode Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Akemi Kanda as Usu (Tenshu Monogatari)

Ako Mayama as Shitanaga-uba (Tenshu Monogatari)

Chikao Ohtsuka as Yoshiyuki Sakai (Bakeneko)

Keiichi Sonobe as Naosuke Gonbei (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Kôzô Shioya as Harima-no-kami Takeda (Tenshu Monogatari)

Kozue Kamada as Kikyou (Tenshu Monogatari)

Mari Yoshikura as Kuzu (Tenshu Monogatari)

Naoki Tatsuta as Yoshikuni Sakai (Bakeneko)

Natsuki Sakamoto as Ogi (Tenshu Monogatari)

Orie Kimoto as Nadeshiko (Tenshu Monogatari)

Ryou Hirohashi as Oume Itou (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Saeko Chiba as Oshizu (Tenshu Monogatari)

Seiji Sasaki as Yoshiaki Sakai (Bakeneko)

Tetsu Inada as Odajima (Bakeneko)

Wataru Takagi as Yomoshichi Satou (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Yoko Soumi as Mizue Sakai (Bakeneko)

Yui Kano as Wominaheshi (Tenshu Monogatari)

Yukana as Kayo (Bakeneko)

Yurika Hino as Sato (Bakeneko)

Eiji Takemoto as Sasaoka

Kappei Yamaguchi as Kaikaimaru (Tenshu Monogatari)

Kenichi Morozui as Choubee Akiyama (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Kimiko Saito as Omaki (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Kiyonobu Suzuki as Yahei (Bakeneko)

Kokoro Kikuchi as Jiroukichi (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Kozue Kamada as
Mao Sakai (Bakeneko)
Musume Zaisyo (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Tamaki (Bakeneko)

Masaharu Satou as Genshiro (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Masato Hirano as Samon Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Masaya Onosaka as Kikimaru (Tenshu Monogatari)

Minoru Inaba as Takuetsu (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Naomi Kusumi as Kihee Ito (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Osamu Saka as Tsuruya Nanboku (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Reiko Suzuki as Okuma (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Ryouhei Nakao as Liegeman (Tenshu Monogatari)

Taiki Matsuno as Kohei Kobotoke (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Takahiro Fujimoto as Cat (Bakeneko)

Yutaka Shimaka as Katsuyama (Bakeneko)

Japanese companies 

Animation Digital Paint:
Buyuu
TAP Kagura

Animation Production: Toei Animation

Broadcaster:
Fuji TV
Kansai TV (2006-01-16)
Tokai TV (2006-01-12)

Casting Cooperation: Aoni Production

Collaboration: Oiwa Inari Tamiya Shrine

Digital Photography: ACC Production Studio

Key Animation: Anime Support

Music Collaboration:
Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Sony Music Entertainment
Toei Animation Music Publishing

Music Studio: Tavac Studio

Online Compilation: TOVIC

Production: Ayakashi Production Team

Production Assistance: Rikuentai (ep 10)

Production Collaboration: Plum

Project Collaboration: Laterna

English cast 
English staff 

Translation:
David M. Takaya
Jennifer Fairweather

Executive producer: Katsuhiko Tsurumoto

Producer:
Diana Gage
Manabu Kameya (Vol.2 & 3)
Yukio Kusumoto

Associate producer: Dennis Hrehoriac

Casting Director: Randi Riediger

Dialogue Editing:
Aaron MacDonald
Donovan Johnson
Gabriella Cheung

DVD Engineer: Joe Torcello

Recording engineer: Donovan Johnson

Script Adaptation: Kathleen Westlake

Script Editing: Jennifer Fairweather

Subtitle Script: Karen Chrcek

Talent Coordinator: Theresa MacFarlane

Video Post-Production:
Michael Hey
Sean McConkey
Shannon Lum

Voice Direction: Keith A. Goddard

Kirby Morrow as Zushonosuke Himekawa (Tenshu Monogatari)

Willow Johnson as Tomihime (Tenshu Monogatari)

Cathy Weseluck as Shita-naga-uba (Tenshu Monogatari)

Lalainia Lindbjerg as Kikyou (Tenshu Monogatari)

Samuel Vincent as Kikimaru (Tenshu Monogatari)

Alec Willows as Kaikaimaru (Tenshu Monogatari)

Alison Matthews as Mizue Sakai (Bakeneko)

Alistair Abell as Takeroku (Tenshu Monogatari)

Andrew Francis as Medicine Seller (Bakeneko)

Andrew Kavadas as Sasaoka (Bakeneko)

Anna Cummer as Ominaeshi (Tenshu Monogatari)

Brenna O'Brien as Kuzu (Tenshu Monogatari)

Brian Dobson as Iemon Tamiya (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Brian Drummond as Takuetsu (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Cathy Weseluck as Hagi (Tenshu Monogatari)

Don Brown as Kihee Ito (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Fred Henderson as Samon Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Henry Coombs as Tamiya Iemon (Yotsuya Kaidan - animax)

Jason Simpson as
Choubee Akiyama (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Kihei (Tenshu Monogatari)

John Novak as
Shuri Odawara (Tenshu Monogatari)
Yoshiaki Sakai (Bakeneko)

Kathy Morse as Okuma (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Kelly Sheridan as
Kaya (Bakeneko)
Susuki (Tenshu Monogatari)

Ken Kramer as Katsuyama (Bakeneko)

Lalainia Lindbjerg as
Houzuki (Tenshu Monogatari)
Okou (Tenshu Monogatari)
Oume Itou (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Lee Tockar as Harima-no-kami Takeda (Tenshu Monogatari)

Michael Adamthwaite as Yomoshichi Satou (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Michael Dobson as Kuhei Yamazumi (Tenshu Monogatari)

Moneca Stori as Nadeshiko (Tenshu Monogatari)

Nicole Oliver as Oiwa Tamiya (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Paul Dobson as Yoshikuni Sakai (Bakeneko)

Rebecca Shoichet as
Jiroukichi (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Osode Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Ron Halder as Tsuruya Nanboku (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Russell Wait as Medicine Seller (Bakeneko - animax dub)

Samuel Vincent as Naosuke Gonbei (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Scott McNeil as
Cat (Bakeneko)
Gatekeeper (Bakeneko)
Yoshiyuki Sakai (Bakeneko)

Shirley Miller as Omaki (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Tabitha St. Germain as
Mao Sakai (Bakeneko)
Sato (Bakeneko)
Tamaki (Bakeneko)

Terry Klassen as Kohei Kobotoke (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Tracey Power as Oshizu (Tenshu Monogatari)

Trevor Devall as
Odajima (Bakeneko)
Yahei (Bakeneko)

English companies 

ADR Production: The Ocean Group

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
iaTV

Casting: Interpacific Productions

DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD

DVD Menu Design: SpeeDVD

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

French staff 
French cast 

Directeur De Plateau: Bruno Mullenaerts (ep 9 , 10 , 11)

Directrice De Plateau: Delphine Moriau

 

Alexandra Correa as Oiwa

Daniel Dury as Nanboku

Dominique Wagner as Osode

Michel GERVAIS as Samon , Yoshiyuki

Nathalie Hons as Maki , Nadeshiko

Philippe Tasquin as Naosuke

Sébastien Hebrant as Zoshonosuke Himekawa

Christophe Hespel as Kohei

Claire Tefnin as Tamoki

David Manet as Naosuke Gonbei

Emmanuel Dekoninck as Kokichi

Hélène Couvert as Oiwa Tamiya

Jacqueline Ghaye as Mizue Sakai

Jean-Michel Vovk as Okaymo

Jean-Paul Clerbois as Genshiro

Jean-Paul Landresse as Ito , Yoshiyuki Sakai

Jean-Pierre Denuit as Kikimaru

Jennifer Barré as Kayo

Maia Baran as Ume

Martin Spinhayer as Takuetsu , Katsuyana

Nathalie Stas as Sato

Olivier Cuvelier as Yomoshichi Satou , Yamazu

Patrick Donnay as Sasaoka

Romain Barbieux as Kihei

Thierry Janssen as Yoshikumi Sakai

Alice Ley

Audrey D'Hulstere

Delphine Moriau

Mélanie Dermont

Nicole Shirer

Sophie Landresse

French companies 

Broadcaster: MCM Belgique

Distributor: Kaze

Dubbing: Chinkel Belgique

 
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