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The Twelve Kingdoms (TV)

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©2002 FUYUMI ONO • KODANSHA/NHK • NEP21 • SOGOVISION


Alternative title:
Doce Reinos (Spanish)
Dwanaście królestw (Polish)
Els Dotze Regnes
Juuni Kokki (Japanese)
Les 12 Royaumes (French)
Двенадцать королевств (Russian)
Двенадцать Царств (Russian) 
Хроники Двенадцати Царств (Russian) 
十二国記 (Japanese)
십이국기 (Korean)
12 Kingdoms
12 Kokuki (Japanese)
12 Reinos (Portuguese)
Plot Summary: Yoko Nakajima, an unhappy high school student, is one day suddenly faced with a strange man who swears allegiance to her. After a battle with demon-like beasts, he then takes her to another world along with two of her classmates. There, her appearance has changed and she can understand the language even though her classmates cannot. But their status as "Kaikyaku" (people who come from Earth) makes them hunted fugitives, so they wander the land of the 12 countries, simply trying to survive and to figure out the reason why they were brought to this world.
Video:
User Ratings: 2076 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 708 votes (sub:562, dub:123, raw:6, ?:5, Spa.dub:4, Fre.sub:3, Ger.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Excellent: 593 votes (sub:463, dub:108, Spa.dub:5, raw:4, ?:3, Spa.sub:3, edit.dub:1, Kor.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Por.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 362 votes (sub:279, dub:68, raw:5, Rus.sub:3, Pol.sub:2, Spa.dub:2, ?:2, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 200 votes (sub:160, dub:33, Spa.dub:2, Ger.dub:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 82 votes (sub:57, dub:18, Spa.dub:4, Spa.sub:1, ?:1, Fre.sub:1)
 So-so: 54 votes (sub:39, dub:12, Tag.dub:1, Por.dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:14, Por.dub:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 29 votes (sub:19, dub:7, ?:1, Por.dub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:3, Spa.sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 3473 users, rank: #133
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.506 (Excellent-.49), std. dev.: 1.7655, rank: #173
Weighted mean: 8.454 (Very good+.45), rank: #163 (seen all: 8.74 / seen some: 7.27 / won't finish: 4.54)
Bayesian estimate: 8.450 (Very good+.44), rank: #62
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 45
Episode titles: We have 45
Vintage:
2002-04-09 to 2003-03-11
2005-05-11 to 2005-08-25 (Singapore, Arts Central)
2007-04-30 (Animax Latin America)
2009-05-04 (Malaysia, Animax Mobile)
Opening Theme:
"Juuni Genmukyoku (十二幻夢曲)" by Kunihiko Ryo
Ending Theme:
"Getsumei Fuuei (月迷風影)" by Mika Arisaka
Links: We have 10
Trivia: We have 10
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Reviews:
    Twelve Kingdoms Novel 3
    The Twelve Kingdoms Novel 2
    The Twelve Kingdoms DVD 10
    Twelve Kingdoms DVD 9
    Twelve Kingdoms DVD 1

DVD
    The Twelve Kingdoms - Box Set 1 (DVD 1-5) 2005-09-27 (from $63.99)
    The Twelve Kingdoms - Collection One (DVD 1-5) 2007-06-19 (from $31.99)
    The Twelve Kingdoms - Premium DVD Box Set 2 (DVD 6-10) 2005-11-15 (from $63.99)
    The Twelve Kingdoms - Collection Two (DVD 6-10) 2007-06-19 (from $34.84)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-06-30 (from $44.99)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Shoku (DVD 1) 2003-07-29 (from $20.69)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Empress (eps 6-10) (DVD 2) 2003-09-30 (from $19.99)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Coup (DVD 3) 2003-11-18 (from $19.99)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Reunion (DVD 4) 2004-01-27 (from $19.99)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Forgotten (DVD 5) 2004-03-30 (from $19.99)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Oppression (DVD 6) 2004-06-29 (from $19.99)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Reflection (DVD 7) 2004-08-31 (from $20.69)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Alliance (DVD 8) 2004-10-26 (from $19.99)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Atonement (DVD 9) 2004-12-28 (from $19.99)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Reverie (DVD 10) 2005-03-22 (from $20.69)
Novel
    The Twelve Kingdoms - Sea of Wind (Hardcover) (Novel 2) 2008-03-11 (from $11.26)
    The Twelve Kingdoms (Novel 1) 2007-03-13 (from $110.60)
    The Twelve Kingdoms (paperback) (Novel 1) 2008-02-12 (from $6.21)
    Twelve Kingdoms - Sea of Wind (Novel 2) 2009-02-03 (from $5.99)
    Twelve Kingdoms - The Vast Spread of the Seas (Hardcover) (Novel 3) 2009-03-17 (from $10.95)
    Twelve Kingdoms - The Vast Spread of the Seas (Novel 3) 2009-11-03 (from $6.08)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Script: Shou Aikawa
Original Character Design: Akihiro Yamada
Animation Director: Hiroto Tanaka
Original Novel: Fuyumi Ono
Sound Director: Tsutomu Kashiwagura
Director of Photography: Atsuo Matsumoto
Producer: Ken Suekawa

Color setting: Yuuko Satou
Theme Song Composition: Tomohiko Kira (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Keiko Kitagawa
Theme Song Performance: Mika Arisaka (ED)
 
Aya Hisakawa as Yoko Nakajima

Aya Ishizu as Yuka Sugimoto
Houko Kuwashima as Shoukei (eps 23-39) 
Keiji Fujiwara as Saku Gyousou
Kenichi Suzumura as Rakushun
Kousuke Okano as Aozaru
Masaki Aizawa as Shouryuu
Masako Katsuki as Sanshi Haku
Naomi Wakabayashi as Suzu (eps 23-39)
Rie Kugimiya as Taiki / Kaname Takasato (Child; eps 15-22)
Yuji Ueda as Ikuya Asano

Ai Satou as Ritsuko Nakajima
Akiko Hiramatsu as Seishu (eps 28-30, 32) 
Akiko Takeguchi as
Circus master (ep 8)
Gobo (eps 24-26)
Head of theatre company (ep 7)
Akira Ishida as
Kenro Shinkun
Kouya
Aya Ishizu as Rokuta (young)
Chiemi Chiba as Kei-Kei
Daisuke Sakaguchi as
Hakuchi (eps 21, 23)
Suguru Takasato (eps 15, 20)
Emi Motoi as Kouya (child)
Fumihiko Tachiki as Ganchou (ep 19)
Hidekatsu Shibata as Genkai (eps 43, 45)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Heki Rakujin (4 episodes
eps 9-10, 12, 14
)
Hirofumi Nojima as Taishi (ep 22)
Hiroshi Yanaka as
Shukou
You Shukou (eps 10-12)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Cat man (ep 8)
Hisao Egawa as Goson (eps 16-17)
Jin Horikawa as
Jyouyuu
Messenger (ep 6)
Officer 1 (ep 8)
Saibou
teacher Watanabe
Jiro Saito as Rou-hansei (ep 30)
Jouji Nakata as Koutetsu
Junko Noda as Suguru Takasato (young) (eps 15-16)
Kan Tokumaru as Chuutatsu (eps 23, 25)
Kanji Suzumori as Man 1 (ep 4)
Katsuhisa Houki as Itan (eps 41-42, 44)
Katsuyuki Konishi as
Hou (ep 21)
Ikuta
Kazuhiro Nakata as Gahou (eps 24, 33)
Kazuya Nakai as
Chuchin (ep 22)
Gaishi
Kazuya Tatekabe as Houroushi
Keiichi Sonobe as Master of Shuusei
Keiko Koumyouji as Rokuta's Mother
Kenji Nojima as Sekki
Kenji Nomura as Koukan (eps 39-40)
Khiroshi Nojima as King Kou's Son
Kinryuu Arimoto as Hakutaku (eps 42-45)
Kouji Ishii as Shoushiba (eps 35, 37)
Kousuke Okano as
Hankyo
Kaname Takasato (Teen)
Kumiko Takizawa as Rakushun's mother
Makoto Higo as
Mousen (eps 41-44)
Rikaku
Mami Kingetsu as Shuukanchou
Mami Kosugi as Minister of Law
Mami Koyama as Joei (ep 13)
Mamiko Noto as Suzu's sister (ep 23)
Mari Yokoo as Kaname's mother
Masaaki Ohkura as
Actor (ep 3)
Atsuyu
Village Man (ep 2)
Masahiko Tanaka as Gekkei (eps 23, 26, 40)
Masaya Oshima as
Man at Inn (ep 4)
Sailor (ep 8)
Soldier 3 (ep 6)
Mayumi Yamaguchi as Seishu's mother (ep 29)
Miki Machii as
School Girl 2 (ep 1)
Student girl 3 (ep 4)
Miki Narahashi as Master's Wife
Minami Takayama as Riyou (eps 23-25, 27)
Mitsuaki Madono as Seishou (eps 41-42, 44)
Mitsuru Ogata as Ekishin (eps 41, 45)
Miyuki Matsushita as Hourin (ep 23)
Motomu Kiyokawa as Tenkanchou (eps 24-25)
Naoko Kyooda as Kaname's Grandmother
Naomi Shindoh as
Kaiko
Risai
Naomi Wakabayashi as
School Girl 1 (ep 1)
Student girl 1 (ep 4)
Narumi Hidaka as Yokuhi Haku (eps 11, 43)
Reiko Suzuki as
Old woman (ep 2)
Saiou (eps 26-27)
Rie Kugimiya as Syoushun
Rintarou Nishi as Koshou
Rumi Ochiai as
Kaka (ep 23)
Keika
Ruri Asano as
Actress (ep 3)
Sairin (eps 26-27)
Ryoukichi Takahashi as Public officer (ep 7)
Ryuuzou Ishino as Yuuzen
Sakiko Tamagawa as Meishin (eps 35, 43)
Sayuri as Bishin
Seiji Sasaki as Seikyou
Shigenori Sôya as narrator
Shinya Ohtaki as General Jinrai
Shoko Tsuda as
Gyokuyou (Hekika genkun)
Takki
Shutetsu Tokaichi as Rokuta's father (ep 10)
Takaya Hashi as king Kou
Takehiro Murozono as Kakugo (eps 32, 37-38)
Takehito Koyasu as
Advisor (ep 26)
Preview Narrator
Takeru Watanabe as Masashi Nakajima
Tomokazu Sugita as
Officer 3 (ep 8)
Soldier 1 (ep 6)
Tomoko Kaneda as Gyokuyou
Tomoko Kawakami as Rangyaku
Tomomichi Nishimura as
Enho
Old minister (ep 10)
Toru Ohkawa as
Kaname's Father
Kyouki (eps 27-28)
Shoukou
Toshiko Fujita as Jokaku (ep 17)
Toshitaka Shimizu as
Hyouki
Local Governor (ep 3)
Wakana Yamazaki as Kyouou
Yorie Terauchi as Gyokuyou (older)
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Hyouki (eps 29, 35-37)
Yoshinori Sonobe as
Guard 2 (ep 7)
Man 2 (ep 4)
Soldier 2 (ep 6)
State governor (ep 5)
Yu Shimaka as Rohaku
Yuji Ueda as Gouran
Yuka Inokuchi as Secretary 2 (ep 9)
Yukana as Youka
Yuko Kaida as
School Girl 3 (ep 1)
Secretary 1 (ep 9)
Student girl 2 (ep 4)
Yuko Sasaki as Kourin
Yuko Sato as King Kou's Daughter
Yumi Touma as Renrin (ep 15)
Yutaka Shimaka as Rohaku
Yuuto Kazama as
Guard 1 (ep 7)
Man (ep 9)
Meiken (ep 39)
Officer 2 (ep 8)
Shushi
Japanese companies 
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot
English staff 
English cast 
ADR Director: Lex Lang
Executive producer: John Sirabella
ADR Writer: Lex Lang
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Dialogue Recording Engineer:
Humberto Zamores
Justin Kohler
Rick Tetzlaff
DVD Author: Stephen Poole
Editing: Justin Kim
Engineering Assistant: Deb Munini
Graphic Design: Merideth Mulroney
Post-Production Manager: Scott Marchfeld
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Re-Recording Mixing:
Humberto Zamores
Rick Tedzlaff
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Translation Manager: Anna Yamamoto
 
Kate Davis as Shoukei
Kurt Strauss as Keiki
Midge Mayes as Yoko Nakajima

Kirsty Pape as Yuka Sugimoto
Mia Lee as Suzu
Yuri Lowenthal as
Seishuu (eps 28-30)
Sekki (eps 32-35)

Abe Lasser as Shokou
Alfred Thor as King Hou Chuutatsu
Andrew Watton as Meiken
Anthony Mozdy as Rokuta's Father
Barbara Goodson as
Bishin
Gyokuyou
Gyokuyou (Hekika genkun)
Gyoukuyou (Youko's Handmaiden)
Takki
Catherine Luciani as Circus Master
Chris Kent as Saku Gyousou/Emperor of Tai
Dave Lelyveld as
Rokuta
Saibou
Dave Mallow as
Gaishi
Ikuta
Sensei Watanabe
Shouko
David Mallow as
Gahou
Shukou
David Orosco as
Chikan Officer
Kakugo
Masashi Nakajima
Matsuyama
Edward Villa as Aozaru
Eric Hudson as Goson
G. Gordon Baer as Koutetsu
James Lyon as Jyouyuu, Heki Rakujin
Jamieson Price as Koshou
Jane Alan as
Kaiko
Ritsuko Nakajima
Jennifer Jean as Youka
Jessica Gee as Old Woman
Jessica Stenuis as
Keika
King Kou's Daughter
Sairin
Jim Taggert as Rakushun
Joey Capps as Astuyu
John Daniels as Soushiba
John Smallberries as
Hakutan
King Kou
Joshua Seth as Ikuya Asano
Julianne Grossman as Lady Riyou
Julie Maddalena as
Queen Kyou
Syoushun
Julie Ann Taylor as
Haku Sanshi
Kei Kei
Jull Grossman as Riyou
Karen Thompson as Kouya (child)
Kevin Hatcher as Kaname Takasato
Kirk Thornton as Seikyou
Lex Lang as
Hankyou
King En
Shouryu/Emperor of En
Mela Lee as Rangyoku
Mia Lee as Gyokuyou (eps 27-28)
Michael McConnohie as
Enho
Gekkei
Governor
Officer
Michelle Ruff as
Risai
Rokuta (Child)
Uikyou
Paul St. Peter as Kantai 
Philip Willburn as Cat Man 
Phillip Wilburn as Cat Man
Robert Gallery as Young Man
Ron Allen as Chuuchin
Sam Carr as Meishin
Sam Regal as Seishou
Sean Roberts as Sekki
Sonja S. Fox as
Gyokuyou
Yo-Ou Jokaku
Sparky Thornton as
Guard
Village Man
Terrence Stone as Koukan
Terry Sutton as Taiki
Therese Nguyen as Nyosen
Tony Oliver as
General Jinrai
Sugure Takazato
Wendee Lee as
Former Minister of Law
Gyokuyou
Gyokuyou (Candy Vendor)
Kourin
Teiei

English companies 
Broadcaster: iaTV
Distributor:
AnimeWorks
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
French staff 
French cast 
ADR Director: Frédéric Souterelle

 
Julie Deliquet as Yoko Nakajima

Antoine Tome as Shôryu
Gwenäelle Julien as Yuka Sugimoto
Nicolas Beaucaire as Ikuya Asano

Cathy Cerda as Taiki
Cyril Aubin as Rakushun
Julie André as Kourin

French companies 
Distributor: Kaze
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
Dubbing Director: Abel Navarro
Translation:
Alessandra Moura (Spain dub)
Ayako Koike (Spain dub)
 
Maria Lluïsa Maganya as Yoko Nakajima (Catalan dub)

Angel Sacristán as Kocho-Keiki (Spain dub)
Nuria Doménech as Yuka Sugimoto (Catalan dub)
Pilar Coronado as Seishu (Spain dub)
Roger Pera as Ikuya Asano (Catalan dub)
Rosa Vivas as Sugimoto (Spain dub)
Yolanda Gil as Taiki (Spain dub)

Abel Navarro as
Narrator (Spain dub)
Rakushun
Alfredo Martínez as Heki (Spain dub)
Ana De Lima as Bishin (Spain dub)
Ana San Millán as Queen Yo (Spain dub)
Angela González as Queen Riyo (Spain dub)
Belén Rodríguez as Shoshun (Spain dub)
Carlos Del Pino as Shoriu (Spain dub)
Carmen Podio as Yoko Nakajima
Carolina Tak as Queen of Kyo (Spain dub)
Eugenio Barona as Shuko (Spain dub)
Francisco Andrés Valdivia as Hankyo (Spain dub)
Gador Martín as Yoka (Spain dub)
Jesús Alberto Pinillos as Suguru (Spain dub)
Jorge Saudinós as Shouryu
Jose Manuel Vieira as Keiki (Latin America Dub)
Juan Carlos Lozano as Ikuta (Spain dub)
Julia Martínez as Takki (Spain dub)
Leopoldo Ballesteros as Watanabe (Spain dub)
Luis Vicente Ivars as Koshou (Spain dub)
María Teresa Neila as Boss (Spain dub)
Mariano García as
Asano (Spain dub)
Yaname
Matilde Conesa as Saiou (Spain dub)
Pepa Agudo as Kei-Kei (Spain dub)
Pilar Gentil as Queen of Sai (Spain dub)
Rafael Calvo as Enho-Ho (Spain dub)
Raquel Cubillo as Rokuta (Spain dub)
Ricardo Escobar as Meiken (Spain dub)
Rosa Campillo as Yoko's mother (Spain dub)

Rebeca Aponte (Venezuelan dub)
Spanish companies 
Broadcaster:
All Toons
Animax Latin America (Latinamerica)
Buzz Channel
Canal Sur (Spain)
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Distributor: Arait Multimedia
Dubbing Studio:
Arait Multimedia (Spain)
Estudios Lain (Latin America)
DVD Distribution: Suevia Films (Spain)

German staff 
(none)
German companies 
Distributor: Anime-Virtual
German cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast 
(none)

Tagalog cast 
Tagalog staff 
Dubbing Director: Pinkee Rebucas (Hero Dub)
Hazel Hernan as Yoko Nakajima
Yvette Tagura as Yoko Nakajima (Hero dub)

maynard llames as Rakushun (Hero dub)
Owen Caling as
Shusei (Hero dub)
Yuka Sugimoto (Hero dub)
Rene Tandoc as Keiki (Hero Dub)
Rouel Masangcay as Ikuya Asano (Hero dub)

Bon Reyes as Keiki
Dada Carlos as Kourin
Fourth Lee as Ikuya Asano
Grace Cornel as Yuka Sugimoto
Tagalog companies 
Broadcaster:
GMA Network
Hero
QTV Channel 11 (April 15, 2006)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 
Dubbing Director: Márcia Regina

Insert Song Performance: Kate Kelly (Minha Boneca Linda)
 
Márcia Regina as Yoko Nakajima
Pedro Alcântara as Taiki / Kaname Takasato (criança)
Priscila Concépcion as Suzu (2nd voice)
Rita Almeida as Suzu (1st voice)
Rodrigo Andreatto as Taiki / Kaname Takasato

Adriana Pissardini as Yuka Sujimoto (Sugimoto)
Alexandre Marconato as Saku Gyousou
Dado Monteiro as Rakushun
Kate Kelly as Shoukei (eps 23-39)
Letícia Quinto as Sanshi Haku
Marcelo Campos as Macaco Azul (Aozaru)
Mauro Eduardo as Shouryuu
Sílvio Giraldi as Ikuya Asano (2nd voice)
Thiago Zambrano as Ikuya Asano (1st voice)
Yuri Chesman as Rokuta

Afonso Amajones as Koutetsu
Cecília Lemes as Shusei (woman) (2nd voice)
César Marchetti as Prof. Watanabe
Fábio Lucindo as Suguru Takasato
Fátima Noya as Joei
Fernanda Bulara as
Classmate (ep 1)
Kyouou
Flora Paulita as Shusei (girl)
Isabel Cristina de Sá as Rakushun's mother
Júlia Castro as Seishu (eps 28-30, 32)
Marcelo Pissardini as Yoko's Father
Patrícia Scalvi as Lady Gyokuyo
Pedro Alcântara as Young Rokuta
Priscila Concépcion as Pink-haired Girl (ep 1)
Samira Fernandes as
Classmate (ep 1)
Teiei
Sidney Lilla as Ko'ou (1st voice)
Tatiane Keplermaier as Classmate (ep 1)
Ursula Bezerra as Suguru Takasato (criança)
Wendel Bezerra as Kyouki
Zaira Zordan as Saiou
Portuguese companies 
Broadcaster: Animax (Brasil)
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
 
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