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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, comedy
Objectionable content: Significant
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. 
User Ratings: 70 ratings have been given [details]
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 Excellent: -
 Very good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Good: 21 votes (sub:11, dub:10)
 Decent: 17 votes (sub:9, dub:8)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:7, dub:7)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:2, ?:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
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 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 151 users, rank: #2735 (of 5563)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.614 (Decent−), std. dev.: 1.5973, rank: #4597 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 5.639 (Decent−), rank: #4566 (of 5553) (seen all: 5.65 / seen some: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 5.898 (Decent), rank: #3734 (of 4226)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 1999-11-26 to 1999-12-23
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
#1: "I MUST LIVE" by uco
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DVD (Region 1)
    Samurai: Hunt for the Sword (DVD) 2001-05-29 (from $12.44)

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

Audio Post-Production Supervisor: Kaeko Sakamoto
Design: Alissyn Brock
Editing: Scott Marchfeld
Engineering Assistant: Matthew J. Mondrick
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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