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KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple (TV)

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© Syun Matsuena‧Shogakukan / KenIchi Project‧TV Tokyo


[ adapted from Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (manga) ]

Alternative title:
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
Kenichi
Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (Japanese)
The Mightiest Disciple Kenichi
史上最強の弟子ケンイチ (Japanese)
史上最強弟子兼一 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, comedy, romance
Themes: martial arts
Plot Summary: Shirahama Kenichi is an average student who has earned the nickname "Weak Legs" from always getting bullied. One day he meets a cute girl named Furinji Miu who helps him build the courage to begin training at a mysterious dojo where she lives. Here Kenichi faces intense training from masters of many different martial arts styles as he attempts to become stronger.
Video:
User Ratings: 1008 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 203 votes (sub:188, dub:13, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 350 votes (sub:326, dub:16, Spa.sub:4, Ger.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Very good: 232 votes (sub:204, dub:12, Spa.sub:9, raw:3, ?:1, Ita.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Good: 120 votes (sub:108, dub:12)
 Decent: 58 votes (sub:52, dub:5, Rus.sub:1)
 So-so: 22 votes (sub:16, dub:4, Fre.sub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1741 users, rank: #352
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.334 (Very good+.33), std. dev.: 1.4868, rank: #247
Weighted mean: 8.172 (Very good+.17), rank: #274 (seen all: 8.35 / seen some: 7.02 / won't finish: 5.31)
Bayesian estimate: 8.166 (Very good+.16), rank: #160
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 50
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 2006-10-07 to 2007-09-29
Releases: We have 13
Opening Theme:
#1: "Be Strong" by Kana Yazumi (eps 1-25)
#2: "Yahho~" by Miho Morikawa, Akira Asakura (eps 26-)
Ending Theme:
"Kimi ga iru kara" by Issei Eguchi
#2: "Catch Your Dream" by Koike Joanna (eps 16-25)
#3: "RunOver" by Koike Joanna (eps 26-45)
#4: "Kokoro Kara no Message" by Sakura (eps 46-)
#5: "Be Strong" by Kana Yasumi (ep 50)
Trivia: We have 1
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Reviews:
    KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple DVD Season 1 Part 2
    KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple DVD Season 1 Part 1

DVD
    KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple - Season 1 Part 1 (DVD) 2009-03-10 (from $27.99)
    KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple - Season 1 Part 2 (DVD) 2009-06-16 (from $31.70)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Hajime Kamegaki
Series Composition: Yoshiyuki Suga
Screenplay: Yoshiyuki Suga
Music: Joe Rinoie
Original creator: Shun Matsuena
Art Director: Nobuto Sakamoto
Sound Director: Akiyoshi Tanaka
Director of Photography: Akio Saitô

Color design: Shigenobu Kaihou
Theme Song Arrangement: Masanori Mine (OP1,2)
Theme Song Composition: Joe Rinoie (OP1-2,ED1-3)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Joanna Koike (ED2,3)
Kana Yazumi (OP1)
Theme Song Performance:
Akira Asakura (OP2)
Issei Eguchi (ED1)
Joanna Koike (ED2,3)
Kana Yazumi (OP1)
Miho Morikawa (OP2)
 
Tomokazu Seki as Kenichi Shirahama
Tomoko Kawakami as Miu Furinji

Hiroshi Arikawa as Hayato "Jijii" Furinji
Hiroya Ishimaru as Apachai Hopachai
Issei Futamata as Kensei Ma
Juurouta Kosugi as Akisame Koetsuji
Mamiko Noto as Shigure Kosaka
Unshou Ishizuka as Shio Sakaki

Ai Orikasa as Saori Shirahama
Akio Ohtsuka as Ishinsai Ogata
Atsuko Tanaka as Freya
Aya Hisakawa as Chihiro Takashima
Daiki Nakamura as Tanimoto's Foster Father
Daisuke Gouri as Genji Shirahama
Daisuke Namikawa as Shokatsukouan
Houko Kuwashima as Kaede Tanimoto
Isshin Chiba as Takashi Furukawa
Jouji Nakata as Berserker
Junko Minagawa as Shiratori
Katsuhisa Houki as Yanaga-sensei
Katsumi Toriumi as Matsui
Kazuki Yao as Ikki Takeda
Kazuya Ichijou as
Daimonji
Shinnosuke Tsuji
Ken Narita as Ryuto "Odein" Asamiya
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Tsukuba
Kouki Miyata as Ryuto Asamiya (young)
Mayumi Yamaguchi as Koga Taichi
Michiko Neya as Warukyure (4 episodes
eps 38-39, 44-45
)
Mika Kanai as Ba Ranka
Minami Takayama as Kisara "Valkyrie" Nanjo
Mitsuaki Madono as Siegfried
Naomi Kusumi as Thor
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Ryuugenson
Rikako Aikawa as No. 20
Ryo Horikawa as Natsu "Hermit" Tanimoto
Shigeru Shibuya as
Johnny
Kamioka
No. 25
Tanaka
Sho Hayami as Boss (ep 27)
Takashi Nagasako as Gonzui Kumatori
Takumi Yamazaki as Haruo Niijima
Tesshô Genda as Ba Sougetsu
Tomoe Sakuragawa as Honoka Shirahama
Toru Ohkawa as Kozo Ukita
Yukiko Iwai as Makoto Himeno
Japanese companies 
Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
English staff 
English cast 
ADR Director:
Charles Campbell
Joel McDonald (eps 5-8)
Jon Duckworth (eps 16-17)
Leslie Patrick (7 episodes
eps 15-19, 23-24
)

Monica Rial (17 episodes
eps 1-4, 9-15, 19-22, 25-26
)

Script:
Blair Rowan (Ep. 4, 6-7. 9-11, 16, 23)
Lan Freedman (eps 1, 8)
Sean Whitley (eps 18-19)
Spencer Prokop (8 episodes
eps 14-15, 20-22, 24-26
)

Steven Walters (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 12-13
)

Translation: Kaoru Bertrand
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer:
Cris George (eps 15-19)
Jon Duckworth (16 episodes
eps 1-4, 9-13, 20-26
)

Stephen Hoff (eps 5-8)
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Jim Welch
DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
Editing Assistant:
Joe Harris
Michael Rivas
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Line Producer: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Production Assistant: Susie Nixon
Talent Coordination: Tara Williams
 
Carrie Savage as Miu Furinji
Josh Grelle as Kenichi Shirahama

Chris Cason as Tochumaru
Christopher R. Sabat as Shio Sakaki
Kent Williams as Akisame Koetsuji
R Bruce Elliott as Hayato Furinji
Sonny Strait as Apachai Hopachai
Todd Haberkorn as Haruo Niijima
Trina Nishimura as Shigure Kosaka
Vic Mignogna as Kensei Ma

Ben Phillips as
Senior A (eps 1-2)
Senior I (ep 2)
Student (ep 10)
Subordinate C (eps 12-13)
Thug B (ep 13)
Bob Carter as Gonzui Kumatori (eps 17-18)
Brad Hutson as Thug 1 (ep 5)
Brina Palencia as Yuka Izumi
Bruce Lewis as Kurokawa
Charles Campbell as
Old Man (ep 1)
Senior F (ep 2)
Senior J (ep 2)
Teacher (ep 3)
Thug B (ep 1)
Cherami Leigh as
Honoka Shirahama
Makato
Chris Ayres as Daimonji
Chris Cason as Disciple 5 (eps 17-18)
Chris Rager as Shinnosuke Tsuji
Christopher Bevins as
Kung Fu Guy (ep 6)
Thug 2 (ep 5)
Thug A (ep 1)
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Kisara Nanjo
Cris George as
Disciple 8 (eps 17-18)
Disciple 9 (eps 17-18)
Subordinate B (eps 12-13)
Thug A (ep 13)
Cynthia Cranz as Saori Shirahama
Daniel Katsük as
Shimayama
Thug 3 (ep 5)
DJ Fonner as
Student (ep 10)
Subordinate D (eps 12-13)
Thug (ep 14)
Eric Cherry as Kamioka
George Manley as Leader
Greg Ayres as Koga Taichi
Greg Dulcie as Yasunaga
Halei Prichard as Boy (ep 17)
Ian Sinclair as
Ikeshita (ep 11)
Imai
Senior B (ep 1)
Senior C (ep 2)
Senior H (ep 2)
Thug C (ep 1)
J. Michael Tatum as
Ikki Takeda
Senior E (ep 2)
Jamie Marchi as
Female Student A (ep 5)
Gymnast A (ep 6)
Gynmast 2 (ep 16)
Jason Liebrecht as Natsu "Hermit" Tanimoto
Jerry Jewell as Ryuto "Odin" Asamiya
Joel McDonald as
Shiratori (ep 7)
Student A (ep 5)
Takashi Furukawa
John Gremillion as
Disciple 1 (eps 17-18)
Hoshino
John Swasey as
Mototsugu Shirahama
Wrestler (ep 8)
Jon Duckworth as Disciple 6 (eps 17-18)
Kristi Bingham as
Female Student 1 (ep 2)
Gymnast 1 (ep 16)
Gymnast B (ep 6)
Little Girl (ep 5)
Kristin Sutton as
Boy B (ep 15)
F. Student C (ep 13)
Makoto Himeno
Kyle Hebert as Tsukuba
Kyle Phillips as
Grocer (ep 12)
Subordinate A (eps 12-13)
Leah Clark as
Boy A (ep 15)
Chihiro Takashima
F. Student B (ep 13)
Mother (ep 7)
Voice B (ep 12)
Mary Morgan as
F. Student A (ep 13)
Female Student (ep 14)
Female Student 2 (ep 2)
Female Student B (ep 5)
Gymnast C (ep 6)
Store Clerk (ep 5)
Voice A (ep 12)
Young Child (ep 7)
Matthew Stephenson as Disciple 7 (eps 17-18)
Mike McFarland as
Kozo Ukita
Senior D (ep 2)
Nick Parker as Disciple 4 (eps 17-18)
Orion Pitts as
Stripe Thug (ep 23)
Tsutomu Tanaka
Robert McCollum as
Dad (ep 17)
Disciple 3 (eps 17-18)
Stephen Hoff as Student B (ep 5)
Terri Doty as Female Student C (ep 5)
Tony Patterson as
Senior B (ep 2)
Senior C (ep 1)
Senior G (ep 2)
Travis Willingham as
Disciple 2 (eps 17-18)
Loki

English companies 
Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
Dubbing Director: Gabriel Gama
 
Alondra Hidalgo as Furunji Miu
Antonio Galvez as Apachai
Claudia Gomez as Shigure
Gabriel Gama as Tanimoto
Gabriel Ortiz as Kenichi
Jesse Conde as Fuuringi Hayato
Jorge Ramirez as Ma Kensei
Rafael Pacheco as Niigima Haruo
Spanish companies 

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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