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Buso Renkin (TV)

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[ adapted from Buso Renkin (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Arms Alchemist
武装錬金 (Japanese)
Themes: alchemy
Plot Summary: One night, Kazuki Muto jumps in to try to save what he thinks is a girl in distress from a monster and instead gets impaled through the heart. The girl, Tokiko, is actually an alchemic warrior with a Busou Renkin, name of Valkerie Skirt, with the mission to exterminate Homunculi. She implants the only other successful work of alchemy than the Homunculus, the Kakugane, to take the place of Kazuki's heart. The Kakugane resonates with his fighting spirit and forms a Busou Renkin (in his case a spear) so he can fight the Homunculus monsters who prey on humans. Kazuki joins with Tokiko to battle with the Homunculi and protect his friends and his sister Mahiro.
User Ratings: 1100 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 114 votes (sub:98, dub:12, Spa.sub:2, raw:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Excellent: 246 votes (sub:218, dub:13, Spa.sub:4, raw:4, Por.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 276 votes (sub:242, dub:24, Spa.sub:5, Fre.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Good: 254 votes (sub:209, dub:34, Spa.sub:4, raw:2, Fre.sub:2, Por.sub:2, Pol.sub:1)
 Decent: 99 votes (sub:82, dub:13, Pol.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 51 votes (sub:44, dub:6, raw:1)
 Not really good: 25 votes (sub:20, dub:4, Rus.sub:1)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:14, dub:1)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 2257 users, rank: #249
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.604 (Very good-.39), std. dev.: 1.7245, rank: #800
Weighted mean: 7.442 (Good+.44), rank: #889 (seen all: 7.69 / seen some: 6.47 / won't finish: 3.97)
Bayesian estimate: 7.443 (Good+.44), rank: #683
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2006-10-04
Releases: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Makka Na Chikai" by Yoshiki Fukuyama
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hoshiakari" by Jyukai
#2: "Itoshiki Sekai" by Aya Kagami
Official website:
Busou Renkin (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 5
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Related reviews:
    Buso Renkin DVD Box Set 2
    Buso Renkin DVD

Related releases:
    Buso Renkin - Set 1 (DVD) 2008-04-29 (from $29.99)
    Buso Renkin - Set 2 (DVD) 2008-10-07 (from $29.99)
    Buso Renkin - Collection 1 (R4 DVD) 2009-05-20

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Takao Kato

Series Composition: Akatsuki Yamatoya

Episode Director: Shunji Yoshida

Music: Kouhei Tanaka

Original creator: Nobuhiro Watsuki

Character Design:
Akio Takami
Hatsue Kato

Art director: Yoshito Watanabe

Chief Animation Director:
Akio Takami
Hatsue Kato

Sound director: Takeshi Takadera

Director of Photography: Katsutoshi Hirose

3D CG:
Daisuke Kusaka
Mitsuaki Endo

3D Production: Akiko Yagi

Assistant Animation Director: Takuya Matsumura

Background Art:
Hiroyuki Tsubaki
Keita Suzuki
Kenji Sasaki
Naoto Hoshino
Tomoko Sasaki
Toshihide Kawana

Clean-Up Animation:
Kozue Arai
Mariko Miba

Clean-up Inspection: Chitose Kimura

Color setting: Chitose Kimura

Colour Design: Natsuyo Ban

Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto

Editing Assistant: Ayumi Takahashi

Ending Animation: Akio Takami

In-Between Animation:
Erika Kimura
Kanako Ono
Manami Okumura
Mayu Shinohara
Ran Kawamura
Shunsuke Honma
Tomomi Nakamura

In-Between Check:
Kazue Yoshida
Ryuichi Akahori

Key Animation:
Atsushi Shibata
Chizuru Kobayashi
Eiichi Kuboyama
Eiji Komatsu
Hideo Nakamura
Kai Mori
Kaori Saito
Kayo Nomichi
Kazuhiro Shimamoto
Ken Takahashi
Koichi Sakamoto
Makoto Iino
Nobuyoshi Habara
Ryo Kobayashi
Ryosuke Kimiya
Satoshi Sakai
Tatsuya Urano
Tomoyo Sawada
Tomoyuki Kitamura
Toshiyuki Chiba
Tsukasa Sakurai
Yuichi Ouka

Opening Animation:
Chizuru Kobayashi
Daisuke Hiramaki
Hatsue Kato
Koichi Kikuchi
Kyoko Taketani
Nobuyoshi Habara
Shinichi Yamaoka
Taeko Hori
Yuichi Ouka

Photography:
Takeshi Aoki
Yoshiko Sato
Yuki Kudo

Production Advancement:
Megumi Nagayama
Yusuke Shibata

Publicity:
Machiko Ishii (TV Tokyo)
Yukari Matsumura

Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kageyama

Special Effects: Hidero Sakurai

System Management: Tsuyoshi Hirota

Theme Song Arrangement:
Yoshiaki Dewa (ED)
Zentaro Watanabe (ED)

Theme Song Composition: Yoshiaki Dewa (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Manami Watanabe (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Jyukai (ED)
Yoshiki Fukuyama (OP)

Video Editing:
Kaemi Gotou
Koji Nakamura

 

Jun Fukuyama as Kazuki Muto

Ryoka Yuzuki as Tokiko Tsumura

Aya Hirano as Mahiro Muto

Hitomi Nabatame as Ouka Hayasaka

Kishô Taniyama as Shuusui Hayasaka

Masashi Ebara as Captain Bravo

Mitsuaki Madono as Koushaku "Papillon" Chouno

Sayuri Yahagi as Hanaka Busujima

Yu Kobayashi as Chitose Tateyama

Chihiro Suzuki as Shii (ep 9)

Hiro Yuuki as Kawazui (eps 2-3, 13)

Hiroshi Shirokuma as Tai (ep 9)

Hiroshi Tsuchida as Kinjou (eps 7-8)

Junko Minagawa as Madoka Maruyama

Katsumi Chou as Dr. Butterfly

Keiichi Sonobe as Shishaku Chouno (ep 6)

Kenji Hamada as Shinobu Negoro

Kentarou Itou as Washio (eps 2-5, 13)

Makoto Yasumura as Rintarou Inukai

Masako Katsuki as Alexandria

Masaru Harasawa as Crewmember One

Mitsuaki Madono as Jirou Chouno (ep 6)

Nobuhiro Watsuki as Buhiro Watsukino (ep 7)

Noriko Shitaya as Saori Kawai

Rie Kugimiya as Victoria

Rikiya Koyama as Victor

Ryotaro Okiayu as Mita (ep 1)

Sayaka Ohara as Mayumi Hayasaka (Siblings' mother) (ep 11)

Shinji Kawada as Gouta Nakamura

Sho Hayami as Shosei Sakaguchi

Susumu Chiba as Jinnai (ep 8)

Takayuki Kondou as Kouji Rokumasu

Takayuki Sugo as Captain of the Deep Blessing

Tetsu Inada as Saruwatari (ep 1)

Tomokazu Seki as
Moon Face
Sekima Hiwatari

Tsuyoshi Koyama as Genji Ikusabe

Wasabi Mizuta as Angel Gozen

Yasuhiko Kawazu as Crewmember Two

Yoshinori Sonobe as Masashi Daihama

Yu Kobayashi as Shuusui Hayasaka (Child) (ep 11)

Yuka Inokuchi as Chisato Wakamiya

Yuko Kato as Hanabusa (eps 3, 13)

Yuuto Kazama as Hideki Okakura

Japanese companies 

3D CG: Studio Neji

Animation Production: Xebec

Background Art: KLAS

Broadcaster:
TV Aichi
TV Hokkaido
TV Osaka
TV Setouchi
TV Tokyo
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

Clean-Up Animation:
K Production
Studio Eru
Triple A
Uni Animation

In-Between Animation:
K Production
Triple A
Uni Animation
Xebec

Key Animation:
GAINAX (ep 10)
Nakamura Production (ep 10)

Music Production: Imagine

Production:
Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Shueisha
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.

Production Collaboration: Studio DEEN

Recording Studio: Half H.P Studio

Sound Production: Half H.P Studio

Video Editing: Q Tech

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Script:
Donald Roman Lopez
Rene Veilleux

Executive producer:
Akira Fujita
Hidemi Fukuhara

ADR Mixer:
Jeff Kettle
Jonathan Palomo Abelardo
Josh Huber
Mark Mercado

Casting: Rene Veilleux

Co-Producer:
Jason Bergenfeld
Miki Macaluso

Creative Consultant: Amy Yu

Dialogue Editing:
Jonathan Palomo Abelardo
Mark Mercado

Production Assistant: Tokio Inoue

Production Associate: Lilly Fuentes-Joy

Production Coordination: Marc Schmidt

Production Supervision: William Germain

Video Editor: Greg Louie

Voice Direction: Rene Veilleux

Patrick Seitz as Captain Bravo

Spike Spencer as Koushaku "Papillon" Chouno

Steve Staley as Kazuki Muto

Tara Platt as Tokiko Tsumura

Darrel Guilbeau as Kouji Rokumasu

Deborah Sale Butler as Chitose Tateyama

Dick Smallberries Jr. as Shusui Hayasaka

Karen Strassman as Mahiro Muto

Liam O'Brien as Hideki Okakura

Stephanie Sheh as Hanaka Busujima

Yuri Lowenthal as Victor

Christopher Smith as
Moon Face
Saruwatari (ep 1)

David Lodge as
Angel Gozen
Bakushaku Chouno

Gina Bowes as Victoria

Keith Silverstein as
Masashi Daihama
Mita (ep 1)

Kirk Thornton as Shishaku Chouno (ep 6)

Kyle Hebert as
Kinjo
Sekima Hiwatari

Liam O'Brien as Gota Nakamura

Richard Epcar as Narrator

Sam Regal as Madoka Maruyama

Tom Gibis as
Captain of the Deep Blessing (ep 21)
Jinnai
Jirou Chouno

Yuri Lowenthal as
Shinobu Negoro
Washio

Caroline Kinsolving

Cindy Robinson

Danny Katiana

Dick Smallberries Jr.

Doug Erholtz

Jonathan Palomo Abelardo

Kelly Lake

Kirk Thornton

L.C. Curci

Melora Harte

Rene Veilleux

Tom Gibis

English companies 

ADR Production: Salami Studios

Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)

Licensed by: Viz Media

 
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