Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (TV)
Alternative title:
Guardian of the Sacred Spirit
Seirei no Moribito (Japanese)
精霊の守り人 (Japanese)
정령의 수호자 (Korean)
Themes:
female bodyguard,
historical
Plot Summary:
Balsa the spearwoman is a wandering warrior, who takes on the task of saving lives, in atonement for a past sin. On her journey, she happens to save a prince, and is tasked with becoming his bodyguard. And he is going to need one, for his own father, the emperor, wants him dead.
Balsa, the spear wielder and bodyguard, is visiting the New Yogo Empire. She is hired to protect the Second Prince, Chagum, who is endangered because he is possessed by a being despised by his father, the Emperor, who ordered his assasination. The two go on a perilous adventure for the survival of the prince. Throughout the story, Balsa's past will come to light and they will uncover mysteries about Chagum's condition while developing a family-like relationship with each other and others.
Video:
User Ratings:
1364 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2007-04-07 to 2007-09-29
2008-08-24 (USA, Cartoon Network - Adult Swim)
Releases: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Shine" by L'Arc-en-Ciel
Ending Theme:
"Itoshii Hito e (愛しい人へ; To the loved one)" by Sachi Tainaka
Official website:
NHK's Seirei no Moribito Website (Japanese)
Seirei no Moribito Website (Japanese)
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 3
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Reviews:
Moribito DVDs 5-6 and 7-8
Moribito DVD 4
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Novel
Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit DVD 1
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| Moribito - Two Pack (DVD 3-4) 2009-06-23 (from $19.99) | ||||||||
| Moribito - Two Pack (DVD 5-6) 2009-10-13 (from $19.99) | ||||||||
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| Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (Novel) 2008-06-01 (from $10.37) |
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Director: Kenji Kamiyama Script: Kenji Kamiyama (eps 1-5) Ryou Higaki (ep 4) Shôtarô Suga Shunpei Okada (eps 2, 5) Yoshiki Sakurai (ep 3) Storyboard: Kenji Kamiyama (ep 1) Makoto Bessho (eps 2, 5) Masaki Tachibana (ep 3) Masayuki Yoshihara (ep 4) Naoki Arakawa Tomoki Kyoda (OP) Episode Director: Kiyoko Sayama (ep 2) Masaki Tachibana Shigeru Ueda (ep 5) Soichi Masui Tomoki Kyoda (OP) Toshiya Niidome (ep 3) Toshiyuki Kono (ep 1) Yukio Takahashi (ep 4) Music: Kenji Kawai Original story: Nahoko Uehashi Character Design: Gatou Asou Art Director: Yusuke Takeda Animation Director: Keiichi Kondo (ep 5) Masahiro Yamanaka (ep 4) Noboru Sugimitsu (ep 2) Satoru Nakamura (ep 3) Takayuki Goto (ep 1) 3D Director: Makoto Endo Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi Director of Photography: Hiroshi Tanaka Assistant Director: Masayuki Yoshihara Chief Editor: Junichi Uematsu Color design: Yumiko Katayama Design: Shigeto Koyama Key Animation: Ryousuke Sawa (eps 19, 24) Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami | Mabuki Andou as Naoto Adachi as Ako Mayama as Atsushi Ono as Hirofumi Nojima as Kouji Tsujitani as Mayumi Asano as Rintarou Nishi as Ryou Hirohashi as Ryouya Kobayashi as Akihiko Ishizumi as Atsushi Ono as Emi Shinohara as Fumihiko Tachiki as Hajime Iijima as Hiroki Touchi as Hiroshi Naka as Kappei Yamaguchi as Katsumi Chou as Katsunosuke Hori as Keiji Fujiwara as Kensho Ono as Marika Hayashi as Masaya Matsukaze as Misato Fukuen as Naomi Kusumi as Naomi Shindoh as Reiko Suzuki as Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Shiro Saito as Sousuke Komori as Takayuki Sasada as Takkou Ishimori as Takuma Takewaka as Tetsu Shiratori as Tomie Kataoka as Wasabi Mizuta as Yonehiko Kitagawa as Youko Asagami as | |||||||
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ADR Director: Kristi Reed Art Director: Merideth Mulroney Translation: David Fleming ADR Script: Kristi Reed Additional Translation: Yuki Urakawa Associate Casting Director: Mami Okada Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto Co-Producer: Mami Okada Dialogue Editing: Patrick Rodman DVD Authoring: Dave Beinlich Editing: Derek Lieu Engineering Assistant: Jeff Prosser Post-Production Assistant: Barry Weir Post-Production Manager: Christian Moran Production Assistant: Charles Ohta David Beltier Emily Nicholas Midoriko Omori (Ep. 11-) Stephanie Trautwein (ep 18) Production Manger: Megumi Kunisada Re-Recording Mixing: Patrick Rodman Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman Special Thanks To: Gary Conner Spotting: Tetsuya Fujita Subtitling: Robby Huang | Cindy Robinson as Mona Marshall as Barbara Goodson as Chris Kent as Erika Weinstein as Kyle Hebert as Peter Doyle as Steve Cannon as Yuri Lowenthal as Barbara Goodson as David Lodge as Erika Weinstein as Grant George as Greg Howard as Jason C. Miller as Joe DiMucci as Johnny Yong Bosch as Kira Buckland as Marianne Miller as Patrick Seitz as Russell Thor as Taylor Henry as Turbo Jettson as | |||||||
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