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Samurai: Hunt for the Sword (OAV)

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© IMAGINIA / KING RECORD • MOVIC


Alternative title:
Kai Toh Ran Ma: The Animation
Kaitouranma: The Animation
快刀乱麻 THE ANIMATION (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy
Themes: historical
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Shinjuro may be a little young to be the master of a swordsmanship school, but fate didn't give him a choice. Now his position and martial arts skill land him right in the middle of serious trouble when the rogue samurai Mikage faces off against the Tokugawa government. Caught in the middle, Shinjuro and the small group of swordsmen who train at his school must protect the town from harm.
Video:
User Ratings: 55 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: -
 Very good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Good: 15 votes (sub:9, dub:6)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:6)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:5)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, ?:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 122 users, rank: #2153
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.673 (Decent-.32), std. dev.: 1.5262, rank: #3457
Weighted mean: 5.737 (Decent-.26), rank: #3366 (seen all: 5.75 / seen some: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.010 (Decent+.00), rank: #2709
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 1999-11-26 to 1999-12-23
Releases: We have 2
Ending Theme:
#1: "I MUST LIVE" by uco
Official website:
Samurai: Hunt for the Sword @ Starchild
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Related releases:
    Samurai: Hunt for the Sword (DVD) 2001-05-29 (from $15.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Masahiro Sekino

Music: Yuzo Hayashi

Character Design: Shuichi Shimamura

Animation director: Shuichi Shimamura

Executive producer:
Koji Asano
Masaki Sawanobori

Producer:
Akihiko Terashima
Yutaka Takahashi

Production Design: Koji Higashi

Theme Song Performance: uco (ED #1)

 

Showtaro Morikubo as Shingurou Tateoka

Ayako Kawasumi as Mayura

Enami Kawashima as Shindou

Hidetoshi Nakamura as Yoshimune Tokugawa

Hiro Yuuki as Mahoro Mikage

Houko Kuwashima as Sana Koishikawa

Kazuhiko Inoue as Torai Nanban

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Sawa

Machiko Toyoshima as Koharu Fujishiro

Michie Tomizawa as Shukuno Kotoharu

Naoko Matsui as Kageri

Tesshô Genda as Tesshusai Tateoka

Toshihiko Seki as Chimatsuri

Yui Horie as Lei Lin

Yuka Imai as Miren Hanafusa

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: AIC

Co-Production: ANIMATE

Production Cooperation: APPP


English cast 
English staff 

Director: Eric P. Sherman

Translation: Takashi Sakuda

ADR Script: Tom Wyner

Executive producer: John Sirabella

Assistant Engineer: Matthew J. Mondrick

Audio Post-Production Supervisor: Kaeko Sakamoto

Design: Alissyn Brock

Editing: Scott Marchfeld

Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux

Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Rozett

Spotting: Clark Cheng

G. Gordon Baer as
Ninjas
Patient
Samurai
Shogun's Servant

George C. Cole as
Courie
Ninjas
Officer

Jackson Daniels as Enra

Jane Arden as Shukuno

Lia Sargent as Sana

Melissa Charles as Lei Lin

Michelle Ruff as Mayura

Richard Epcar as Tesshusai

Sonja J. Fox as Miren

Steve Cannon as Mahoro Mikage

Tara Jayne as Koharu

Tom Wyner as
Ninjas
Yoshimune

Tony Oliver as Shinjuro

English companies 

Casting: Love-Chan Casting

Licensed by: Media Blasters

Recording Studio: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Released by: AnimeWorks

 
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