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Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto (TV)

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Alternative title:
幕末機関説 いろはにほへと (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, drama, fantasy, mystery, supernatural
Themes: historical
Plot Summary: The Shogunate is in its final years, and war is fast approaching. When Akizuki Yojiro, a dark and mysterious mercenary, nears something supernatural with some kind of importance to him, the ornament on the end of his sword hilt waves in its direction, his eyes glow mysteriously, and he is driven to go after it. He comes across a traveling theater group who is out for revenge for the killing of the parents of the group's leader, and whose mysterious playwright likes to secretly help along events of history. Yojiro joins them to lend them his skill against their enemies, while dark conspiracy continues to follow behind him.
User Ratings: 434 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 29 votes (sub:23, raw:2, dub:2, Fre.sub:1, English:1)
 Excellent: 87 votes (sub:84, dub:2, raw:1)
 Very good: 101 votes (sub:89, dub:7, Spa.sub:3, raw:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Good: 102 votes (sub:96, dub:3, raw:1, Pol.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Decent: 47 votes (sub:43, Spa.sub:1, raw:1, Pol.sub:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 33 votes (sub:33)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:11, ?:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 964 users, rank: #637
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.242 (Good+.24), std. dev.: 1.8638, rank: #1279
Weighted mean: 7.130 (Good+.12), rank: #1295 (seen all: 7.22 / seen some: 7.26 / won't finish: 5.20)
Bayesian estimate: 7.138 (Good+.13), rank: #1111
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2006-10-06 to 2007-04-06
Releases: We have 9
Opening Theme:
"Kouya Ruten (荒野流転)" by FictionJunction YUUKA
Ending Theme:
"Ai no Tsurugi (愛の剣)" by TAKAKO & THE CRAZY BOYS
Official website:
アニメ 幕末機関説 いろはにほへと @ GyaO (Japanese)
幕末機関説 いろはにほへと (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
In the news 2 times:
2007-06-01   See-Saw's Chiaki Ishikawa to Perform at Anime Expo
2006-10-02   New Anime Trailers Online
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Chief Director: Yoshimitsu Ohashi

Series director: Ryousuke Takahashi

Screenplay:
Junichi Miyashita
Shin Yoshida (eps 15, 21)
Yasuyuki Suzuki (eps 16-18, 23)

Storyboard:
Atsushi Shigeta (eps 3, 22)
Hirotaka Endo (ep 21)
Iwao Teraoka (OP,2,5,6,12,13,16,17,19,23,25)
Kazu Yokota (ep 14)
Kou Matsuo (eps 9-10)
Masayuki Miyaji (eps 7-8, 11)
Satoshi Kuwabara (4 episodes

eps 15, 18, 20, 24
)
Tatsuya Suzuki (ep 4)
Yoshimitsu Ohashi (eps 1-2, 26)

Episode Director:
Akira Yoshimura (4 episodes

eps 2, 5, 12, 19
)
Hirotaka Endo (4 episodes
eps 8, 15, 21, 25
)
Iwao Teraoka (ep 6)
Kazu Yokota (eps 1, 14)
Kota Iwata (eps 13, 20)
Masaki Kitamura (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 18, 24
)
Masato Miyoshi (eps 3, 23)
Naotaka Hayashi (eps 9, 17)
Shin-ichi Masaki (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 16, 22
)
Yoshimitsu Ohashi (ep 26)

Music: Hideyuki Fukasawa

Original creator:
Hajime Yatate
Ryousuke Takahashi

Character Design: Yuusuke Kozaki

Art director:
Emi Suzuki
Jirou Kouno

Animation director:
Atsushi Okuda (4 episodes

eps 2, 13, 20, 25
)
Atsushi Shigeta (ep 3, 8, 17 (asst.), 22)
Eiji Abiko (ep 1 asst., 12, 21)
Ken Sakuma (ep 11)
Kenji Fukazawa (ep 6)
Naoyuki Onda (OP; 4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 19, 26
)
Shinichi Wada (eps 7, 11, 16)
Tatsuya Suzuki (ep 5 asst., 4, 14, 23)
Tomohiro Takayama (eps 5-6)
Yuka Takemori (eps 9, 18, 24)

Sound director: Sadayoshi Fujino

Director of Photography: Tatsuya Nomura

Producer:
Keiichi Matsumura
Koji Morimoto

2nd Key Animation:
Akehide Miya (ep 2)
Chisato Nakata (11 episodes

eps 1-2, 4-5, 8-10, 12-15
)
Kyohei Ohyabu (ep 1 - Yuhodo)
Mariko Ito (ep 1 - Seigasha)
Masaki Miyauchi (ep 9)
Megumi Miyazaki (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 8-10, 12-15
)
Minoru Watanabe (ep 5)
Misao Abe (ep 9)
Tomohito Matsuhiro (ep 1 - Yuhodo)
Tsuyoshi Moriyama (ep 1 - Yuhodo)
Yoko Iizuka (ep 1 - Seigasha)
Yukiharu Kase (eps 1-2, 4-5, 9)
Yuusuke Noma (ep 2)

3D Animation: Kentaro Sasaki (CG Planning)

Assistant Colour Setting:
Yuka Yamakoshi (13 episodes

eps 1-3, 5-11, 13-15
)
Yukiko Shigemitsu (eps 1-9, 11-14)

Background Art:
Fumiko Takahashi (ep 1-15 odd)
Junichi Higashi (ep 8, 12, 14 - Studio Easter)
Junko Shimizu (ep 8, 12, 14 - Studio Easter)
Masaru Sotoya (ep 1-15 odd)
Minoru Yasuhara (eps 11, 13, 15)
Noriko Ooishi (ep 1-15 odd)
Rei Ooyama (ep 1-15 odd)
Shinji Takasuka (ep 2,4,6,10 - Studio Easter)

Calligraphy Design: Masumi Narita (Fudejiya)

CG Work: Saori Kibe

Color design:
Koji Hamaoka (assistant, ep 10 onwards)
Takako Suzuki

Colour Setting:
Kenji Chiba (ep 7, 11 - Studio Alpha)
Koji Hamaoka (eps 3, 6, 9, 13)
Mayu Saito (eps 2, 5, 8, 14)
Reiko Iwasawa (ep 1)
Yuka Yamakoshi (eps 4, 12)
Yukiko Shigemitsu (eps 10, 15)

Cultural Advisor: Hidehiko Maki

Digital Paint:
Ikuko Kitagawa (eps 6, 9, 12)
Megumi Koishikawa (eps 6, 9, 12)
Mitsuko Kanamori (eps 6, 9, 12)
Takahiro Mochizuki (eps 6, 9, 12)
Yuichi Kuboki (ep 2)
Yuusuke Satou (eps 6, 9, 12)

Editing: Yukiko Nojiri

HD Online Editing:
Hiroyuki Kasahara (Q-Tech)
Mitsuna Fukazawa (Q-Tech)

Illustration: Yuusuke Kozaki (eyecatch, ED from ep 3)

In-Between Animation:
Fuminori Tsukida (eps 6, 9, 12)
Hiroshi Hariki (eps 6, 9, 12)
Kanako Oikawa (ep 13)
Keiko Abu (5 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 8, 14
)
Keiko Oyama (eps 12-13)
Keiko Watanabe (8 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8, 10, 12-14
)
Masahito Wada (eps 6, 9, 12)
Miyuki Aoki (ep 14)
Setsuko Takenouchi (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 8, 10, 12-14
)
Youhei Araki (eps 6, 9, 12)
Yuutarou Muramatsu (eps 6, 9, 12)

In-Between Check:
Keiko Oyama (6 episodes

eps 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14
)
Yukiharu Kase (4 episodes
eps 2, 4, 13, 15
)
Yuusuke Satou (eps 6, 9, 12)

Insert Song (Namida) Ep19: Chiaki Ishikawa

Key Animation:
Akehide Miya (eps 8, 14)
Akira Matsunaga (ep 14 - Nakamura Production)
Atsushi Okuda (4 episodes

eps 1, 8, 10, 13
)
Atsushi Shigeta (OP; 4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 13, 15
)
Chiyuki Tanaka (ep 1)
Dai Imaoka (ep 13)
Eiji Abiko (OP; eps 1-2, 5, 12)
Eiji Komatsu (eps 2, 5, 14)
Eri Yuzuki (ep 10, 15- Studio Mark)
Erika Uchiyama (ep 15 - Studio Mark)
Fujio Inose (4 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 14
)
Hiromi Muranaka (ep 13 - Studio Mu)
Hiromu Matsumoto (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 10, 13
)
Hironori Sawada (eps 2, 14)
Hiroyuki Ohkaji (ep 15 - Studio Gimlet)
Hitoshi Ueda (ep 2)
Iwao Teraoka (OP, ep 6, 9, 12 - AD Cosmo)
Jun Mori (ep 15 - Studio Mark)
Kayo Daibou (ep 3)
Kazuhiko Shibuya (eps 7, 11)
Kazuki Itou (eps 10, 13)
Kazunori Higuchi (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 10, 13, 15
)
Keiko Ichihara (ep 4, 9, 14- Studio Mu)
Keisuke Nitano (ep 8, 12 - Studio Wanpac)
Ken Sakuma (eps 7, 11)
Kenichi Nagai (ep 2)
Kenji Fukazawa (ep 3, 6, 9, 12 - AD Cosmo)
Kenta Taniguchi (ep 8 - Studio Wanpac)
Kiyomi Komatsubara (eps 8, 14)
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 14)
Koji Maruoka (ep 12 - Studio Wanpac)
Koji Nagatomi (ep 3)
Kota Iwata (OP, 10)
Makoto Oda (ep 3, 6 - AD Cosmo)
Mami Tezuka (ep4, 5, 8, 9,12,15-Studio Kuma)
Marie Tagashira (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 12, 15
)
Masaaki Yamano (eps 13-14)
Masaki Nakaya (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15
)
Masako Kawai (ep4,5, 8, 9,12,15- Studio Kuma)
Masayuki Ozaki (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 10, 15
)
Misao Abe (eps 1, 4-5, 10)
Naoki Aisaka (ep 1)
Naoko Hayashi (ep 8 - Studio Wanpac)
Naoko Igarashi (ep 13 - Studio Kuma)
Naotaka Hayashi (ep 9)
Nobuaki Yoshida (ep 2)
Nobunori Niwa (ep 9 - Studio Kuma)
Onkou Watabe (ep 15 - Studio Mark)
Rika Kato (ep 8, 14 - Studio Gimlet)
Rika Sugano (ep3, 6, 9, 12 - AD Cosmo)
Sachiyo Komito (ep 14)
Saho Saito (ep 14)
Sayaka Koiso (ep 2)
Se Jun Kim (eps 2, 5)
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 10, 14)
Shingo Abe (ep 2)
Shinichi Wada (eps 7, 11)
Shinji Nagata (ep 3, 15 - AD Cosmo)
Shinya Kameyama (eps 10, 15)
Shirou Tamashiro (ep 4, 8, 9,12 - Studio Kuma)
Shou Matsui (OP; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 13, 15
)
Shouichi Funaki (ep 15 - Studio Mark)
Somsak Mahamongkol (ep 9, 13 - Studio Kuma)
Tadashi Matsuzaki (eps 13, 15)
Takashi Nishikawa (ep 12 - Studio Wanpac)
Takuya Suzuki (OP; ep 8)
Tamotsu Tanaka (eps 3-4)
Tatsu Matsunaga (ep 3, 6 - AD Cosmo)
Tatsunori Sakamoto (ep 8, 12 - Studio Wanpac)
Tatsuo Nakajima (ep 15 - Nakamura Production)
Tatsuya Suzuki (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 10, 12, 14
)
Tetsurou Yamada (ep 15 - Nakamura Production)
Tetsuya Wakano (ep 12 - Studio Wanpac)
Tomohiro Takayama (eps 1, 5, 12)
Tomoko Fukunaga (ep 4, 8, 14- Studio Mu)
Tomoyuki Fujii (eps 2, 5)
Tomoyuki Ohshita (ep 10, 13 - Studio Gimlet)
Tomoyuki Tajima (ep 15 - Nakamura Production)
Toshihiko Fukano (ep 1, 2, 5 - Anime Torotoro)
Toshihiro Nakajima (OP; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 13, 15
)
Toshio Mori (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 10, 13
)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (7 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 8, 10, 13-14
)
Tsukasa Sakurai (ep 4 - Studio Kuma)
Tsutomu Nishiyama (ep 1, 2, 5 - Anime Torotoro)
Yasuko Chiba (ep 3, 6, 9, 12 - AD Cosmo)
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP)
Yoshiaki Katayama (ep 12 - Studio Wanpac)
Yoshikazu Samura (ep 5)
Yoshitaka Sato (ep 8)
Yoshiyuki Takayanagi (ep 3 - AD Cosmo)
You Satou (ep 10, 15 - Studio Mark)
Yuka Takemori (ep 3,6,9,12 - AD Cosmo)
Yuki Chika (eps 1-2, 8, 10)
Yukiharu Kase (4 episodes
eps 8, 10, 14-15
)
Yuko Dangi (ep 2, 4, 5, 8, 14 - Studio Mu)
Yumi Nakayama (ep 10)
Yuu Yonezawa (ep 13)
Yuuko Mukai (ep 12 - Studio Wanpac)
Yuusuke Noma (eps 8, 14)

Main Title: Eiichi Hagiwara (bigbody)

Music producer:
Keiichi Nozaki
Noboru Mano

Planning:
Kazumi Kawashiro
Kenji Uchida

Planning Manager: Shunsuke Ikuchi

Production manager: Takayuki Nagatani (Bandai Visual)

Programming Manager:
Keisuke Gotou (USEN)
Takanori Ajiki (Bandai Channel)
Takeshi Matsumoto (USEN)

Prop Design:
Etsunobu Iwanaga
Takayuki Yanase

Recording Adjustment: Norio Nishizawa

Recording Assistant: Yoshie Somazawa

Settings Production: Atsuhiko Sekiguchi

Shamisen Performance: Hiromitsu Kineya (ep 15)

Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kageyama (Fizz Sound Creation)

Sound Effects Production:
Chizuko Maruyama (Clues)
Youko Satou (Clues)

Special Effects: Mutsuko Shibata

Theme Song Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
Takako Shirai (ED)
Yuki Kajiura (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Takako Shirai (ED)
Yuki Kajiura (OP)

Theme Song Performance: FictionJunction YUUKA (OP)

Unit Director: Hirotaka Endo (OP)

 

Daisuke Namikawa as Yojiro Akizuki

Etsuko Kozakura as Benimaru

Junichi Suwabe as Kozo Shiranui

Kazuhiko Inoue as Sotetsu Ibaragi

Kazuhiro Nakata as Takeaki Enomoto (ep 11-)

Kenji Nomura as Kakashi no Keishin

Kousuke Toriumi as Sakyonosuke Kanna

Masashi Yabe as Ebisu no Zukin

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Toshizou Hijikata (ep 16-)

Rina Satou as Kakunojo Yuyama

Shouto Kashii as Kaishu Katsu

Takashi Nagasako as Zagashira

Tetsuo Komura as Jube Nakaiya

Yuki Matsuoka as Kobako

Dai Matsumoto as Shinzaemon Tatewaki (Akizuki's teacher)

Hiromi Sugino as
Genba Hario
Takamori Saigo

Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Masujirou Oomura (eps 9-10)

Hisayo Yanai as Geisha 3 (ep 15)

Hitoshi Kamibeppu as Knight (ep 14-)

Junko Hagimori as Geisha 2 (ep 15)

Kouichi Yamadera as Ryouma Sakamoto

Kousei Yagi as Koma no Shouten-sama (High Priest of Koma)

Makiko Ohmoto as Sounosuke Gotou (ep 16)

Masako Katsuki as Mitsu (ep 20)

Masane Tsukayama as Narration

Masashi Hirose as Jules Brunet (ep 12-)

Masashi Yabe as Rook (eps 14-18)

Masato Amada as Kyuunosuke Masumitsu

Maya Okamoto as Okoma (Geisha 1; ep 15)

Mie Sonozaki as Kotoha

Moriya Endou as Ryouun Takamatsu (eps 19-20)

Naoki Bandou as
Hata Meifuu (eps 5-8)
Tatsugorou Shinmon (eps 6, 9-14)

Naomi Shindoh as Tetsunosuke Ichimura (ep 19-)

Osamu Sakuda as Hanjirou Nakamura (eps 7-8)

Rei Dan as Oryou (eps 9-10)

Takeharu Onishi as Tsuginosuke Kawai

Takuma Takewaka as Souji Okita (eps 9-10)

Tomohisa Asou as Magozou Saiga (eps 3-4)

Tomoko Kawakami as Queen (ep 14-)

Tomomichi Nishimura as Harry Smith Parkes

Toru Ohkawa as
Tesshuu Yamaoka
Thomas Blake Glover

Yuuri Sawaya as Riku (ep 20)

Japanese companies 

2nd Key Animation:
A I (ep 11)
AD Cosmo (eps 2, 13)
Buyuu (ep 9)
Dogakobo (ep 13)
Nakamura Production (7 episodes

eps 1, 5, 8-10, 13, 15
)
Seigasha (ep 2)
Studio Kuma (ep 9)
Studio Wombat (ep 13)
Yuhodo (eps 9-10)

Background Art:
Image Room Jiro (7 episodes

eps 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
)
Team's Art Productions (ep 2-14 even)

Broadcaster: GyaO

Digital Paint:
AD Cosmo (eps 1-6, 9)
Buyuu (7 episodes

eps 2, 4-5, 8, 10, 13-14
)
D-COLORS (ep 10)
Dr. Movie (ep 15)
drop (eps 5, 10, 15)
Eagle Entertainment (eps 7, 11)
FAI (eps 3, 5)
Hayashi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 11
)
NARA Animation Studio (eps 7, 11)
RIC (9 episodes
eps 2-5, 8, 10, 13-15
)
Studio Gallop (ep 8)
Studio L (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 8, 13-14
)
Triple A (ep 8)

Digital Photography:
Anime Film
w-sky (asst.)

In-Between Animation:
A I (ep 13)
AD Cosmo (eps 1-6, 9, 13)
Ansa Studio (eps 3-5)
APPP (eps 4, 14)
asread (ep 13)
Buyuu (7 episodes

eps 1-2, 4-5, 8, 10, 14
)
Dogakobo (ep 2)
Dr. Movie (ep 15)
drop (eps 5, 10, 15)
Eagle Entertainment (eps 7, 11)
FAI (eps 3, 5)
Hayashi (eps 7, 11)
Nakamura Production (eps 3, 5, 8, 14)
NARA Animation Studio (eps 7, 11)
RIC (9 episodes
eps 2-5, 8, 10, 13-15
)
Studio Ad (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 13
)
Studio Line (ep 4)
Studio Mu (eps 5, 8, 12-14)
Studio Takuranke (6 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 12-14
)
Triple A (eps 8, 13)
Yuhodo (eps 4, 8, 14)

Key Animation:
AD Cosmo (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Eagle Entertainment (eps 7, 11)
NARA Animation Studio (eps 7, 11)
Studio Kuma (ep 4)
Studio Mu (ep 4)

Production:
Bandai Visual
Sunrise

Production Assistance: Studio Gazelle (4 episodes

eps 7, 11, 16, 22
)
 
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