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Shigurui: Death Frenzy (TV)

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©2007 Norio Nanjo•Takayuki Yamaguchi (Akitashoten) / Shigurui Partners


[ adapted from Shigurui (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Shigurui (Japanese)
シグルイ (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Themes: historical
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were fought with wooden swords. This time, real swords will be used. One-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and blind Irako Seigen will fight each other in this match. Both are disciples of Iwamoto Kogan, who is known as Japan's greatest swordsman. Each of them are determined to prove himself the successor of Iwamoto's school. However, there can only be one champion. So begins a story of intertwining fates, conflict, and strange destinies.
Video:
User Ratings: 296 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 36 votes (sub:31, dub:3, Spa.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Excellent: 53 votes (sub:49, dub:2, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 66 votes (sub:54, dub:9, ?:1, Spa.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Good: 69 votes (sub:54, dub:12, Spa.sub:2, Por.dub:1)
 Decent: 27 votes (sub:19, dub:6, Spa.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:14, dub:2, raw:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:5, Ita.sub:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 501 users, rank: #1079
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.331 (Good+.33), std. dev.: 2.0414, rank: #1148
Weighted mean: 7.099 (Good+.09), rank: #1349 (seen all: 7.40 / seen some: 5.58 / won't finish: 3.41)
Bayesian estimate: 7.113 (Good+.11), rank: #1153
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2007-07-01 (special preview episode)
2007-07-19
2008-01-16 (Ep. 1-3, Italy - Future Film Festival)
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Related releases:
    Shigurui: Death Frenzy - Complete Series Box Set (Blu-Ray) 2009-03-10 (from $41.39)
    Shigurui: Death Frenzy - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-03-10 (from $33.58)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hirotsugu Hamazaki

Series Composition: Seishi Minakami

Music: Kiyoshi Yoshida

Original creator: Norio Nanjo

Original Manga: Takayuki Yamaguchi

Art director: Hidetoshi Kaneko

Sound director: Yasunori Honda

Cgi director: Hiroshi Souma

Assistant director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara

Color design: Chikako Kamata

Editing: Satoshi Terauchi

Planning: Masao Maruyama

 

Daisuke Namikawa as Gennosuke Fujiki

Emi Shinohara as Iku

Houko Kuwashima as Mie Iwamoto

Nozomu Sasaki as Seigen Irako

Seizo Katou as Kogan Iwamoto

Asako Dodo as House Keeper (ep 2)

Asami Yaguchi as Lady in Waiting (ep 7)

Bin Shimada as Kurouemon Yamazaki

Chikao Ohtsuka as Ichidensai Funaki

Cho as Narration

Haruka Kimira as
Peasant Girl (eps 2-3)
Sato

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Tomoruku

Hiromu Koudo as Heihachirou

Ikuya Sawaki as Tadaaki Ono (ep 10)

Katsuhisa Houki as Rokurobee Neoya (eps 11-12)

Kazuki Yao as Kogan Iwamoto (young)

Kenji Hamada as Iemon Shigaraki

Kenji Nomura as Kamaemon

Kousuke Meguro as Masterless Samurai 1 (ep 8)

Kyoko Hikami as O-Yoh

Masaaki Tsukada as Mosuke

Masaki Terasoma as Jingorou Higaki (ep 8)

Masashi Hirose as Naotsugu Andou

Minoru Inaba as Hikobe Mariko

Misato Sakamoto as Woman in the Bath House (ep 4)

Mitsuko Horie as Suzunosuke Kondou

Motoi Koyanagi as Gunzou

Motomu Kiyokawa as Masahisa Hanbee Hyuga

Nobuaki Fukuda as Hansinken Ibuki (eps 11-12)

Osamu Saka as Nobumasa Asakura (The Lord Chikugo)

Rikiya Koyama as Sanjuurou Okitsu

Ryusuke Oobayashi as Shinpachirou Munakata

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Unryusai Kanaoka (eps 11-12)

Shiho Kawaragi as Woman (ep 4)

Shinji Ogawa as Takamasa Saegusa (The Lord Izu)

Shozo Iizuka as School Inspector (eps 9-12)

Tadahisa Saizen as Steward (ep 9)

Taiten Kusunoki as Hyouma Funaki

Takashi Kondo as
Kazuma Funaki
Munenori Yagyu

Takayuki Okada as Masterless Samurai 2 (ep 8)

Tamio Ohki as Syume Sudou (ep 11)

Tomohisa Asou as Ukon

Yasuhiro as
Disciple 1 (ep 11)
Samanosuke
Semimaru (ep 9)
Servant (ep 2)
Yamauchi

Yasuyoshi Hara as Tsutanoichi

Yasuyuki Kase as Masazumi Honda

Yoshihiro Kanemitsu as
Denki
Kyouhei Hirose

Yoshisada Sakaguchi as Naritsugu Torii (The Lord Tosa)

Yuki Matsuda as Tadanaga Tokugawa (eps 1, 12)

Yukitoshi Tokumoto as
Disciple 2 (ep 11)
Kakiemon
Ootsubo

Yutaka Aoyama as Henyasai Tanba

Yuusaku Yara as Gonzaemon Ushimata

Yuzuru Fujimoto as Kanmotsu Watanabe

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster: WOWOW (2007-07-19)

DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Christopher Bevins

Script:
Christopher Bevins (eps 4, 6)
Eric Vale (eps 1-3, 5, 7-12)

Translation:
Jack Wiedrick
Masako Ollivier

Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Carly Hunter
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer:
Scott Sager
Tyler Piersall (eps 5-12)

DVD Authoring:
Matthew O'Hara
Russ Coffman
Trace Furniss

DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin

DVD Editor: Jeremy Jimenez

DVD Menu Audio: Jim Welch

DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon

DVD Producer: Clarine Harp

DVD Quality Control:
Caesar Lopez
Christine Bertolino
DJ Fonner
Jason Gee
Kris Bryan

Head Writer: Eric Vale

Line Producer: Christopher Bevins

Mix Engineer: Neal Malley

Production Assistant: Susie Nixon

Subtitling:
Ben Phillips
Brandy Richmond
Brian Thomas
Chiye Green
Shojin Bateman

Talent Coordinator: Tara Williams

Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Robert Bell

Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs

Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler

 

J. Michael Tatum as Seigen Irako

John Burgmeier as Gennosuke Fujiki

Jerry Russell as Kogan Iwamoto

Laura Bailey as Mie Iwamoto

Mike McFarland as Narrator

R Bruce Elliott as Gonzaemon Ushimata

Wendy Powell as Lady Iku

Andy Mullins as Ukon (ep 7)

Anthony Bowling as
Jingorou Higaki (ep 8)
Kakiemon (ep 7)

Barry Yandell as
Marauder A (ep 11)
Tadanaga Tokugawa (eps 1, 12)

Ben Phillips as Munenori Yagyu (ep 2)

Bill Jenkins as Kanmotsu Watanabe (ep 1)

Bob Carter as Unryusai Kanaoka (eps 11-12)

Brandon Bristow as Kyouhei Hirose (ep 1)

Brina Palencia as
Lady in Waiting (ep 7)
Peasant Girl (eps 2-3, 7)
Sacrificial Girl (ep 4)
Servant A (ep 3)

Bruce Lewis as Hikobee Mariko

Charles Baker as Shinpachirou Munakata

Charles Campbell as Henyasai Tanba (ep 7)

Cherami Leigh as Servant B (ep 3)

Chris Rager as Hyouma Funaki (ep 3)

Christopher Bevins as
Heihachirou (ep 7)
Tomoroku
Yamauchi

Cole Brown as Naritsugu Torii (ep 1)

Daniel Katsük as
Kamaemon (ep 7)
Senior Clerk (ep 5)

Daniel Penz as
Elder A (ep 1)
Hasinken Ibuki (eps 11-12)
Masazumi Honda

Doug Burks as
Head Chef (ep 2)
Samurai A (ep 1)

Grant James as Mosuke

Ian Sinclair as
Marauder B (ep 11)
Steward (ep 9)

Jakie Cabe as Tsutanoichi (ep 9)

Jamie Marchi as Sato (ep 7)

Jeff Johnson as Samanosuke (ep 7)

Jeremy Inman as Kazuma Funaki (ep 3)

Jerome Fifty-Seven as Heibee (ep 4)

Jerry Zumwalt as Ichidensai Funaki (ep 3)

Jim Johnson as
Marauder C (ep 11)
Sadakatsu (ep 2)
Syume Sudou (ep 11)
Takamasa Saegusa (ep 1)

John Gremillion as Nobumasa Asakura (ep 1)

John Swasey as Kengyou Shizuhata

Juli Erickson as O-Yoh (eps 5-6)

Kenny Green as
Head Clerk (ep 3)
Masahisa Hanbee Hyuga (ep 1)

Kent Williams as
Noh Song (ep 5)
Sanjuro Okitsu

Kevin M. Connolly as Chikara (ep 7)

Kim Whalen as House Keeper (ep 2)

Kyle Hebert as Naotsugu Andou (ep 4)

Mark Stoddard as Kuroemon Yamazaki

Robert McCollum as Rokurobee Neoya (eps 11-12)

Scott Hinze as Gunzou (ep 7)

Sean Hennigan as Denki (ep 7)

Sean Michael Teague as Suzunosuke Kondou

Sonny Strait as
Creepy Face (eps 9, 11)
Tadaaki Ono (ep 10)

Taliesin Jaffe as
Iemon Shigaraki (ep 4)
Pupil C (ep 1)

Todd Haberkorn as Ootsubo (eps 1-3)

English companies 

Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel

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

Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment

 
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