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Bamboo Blade (TV)

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[ adapted from Bamboo Blade (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Бамбуковый меч (Russian)
バンブーブレード (Japanese)
뱀부 블레이드 (Korean)
Themes: kendo, moe, sports
Plot Summary: Toraji Ishida is a high school kendo teacher. His friend and fellow kendo teacher makes him a bet: if Ishida can assemble a girls' kendo team that can defeat his girls' team in a practice match, he'll treat Ishida to free meals at his father's sushi restaurant for a whole year. Now Ishida must find five girls to join the team.
Video:
User Ratings: 711 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 63 votes (sub:59, dub:2, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 164 votes (sub:151, dub:5, Spa.sub:3, raw:2, Kor.sub:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 239 votes (sub:227, dub:7, Spa.sub:4, ?:1)
 Good: 162 votes (sub:150, dub:5, Rus.sub:2, Spa.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 48 votes (sub:45, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 20 votes (sub:19, dub:1)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1414 users, rank: #424
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.861 (Very good-.13), std. dev.: 1.3466, rank: #578
Weighted mean: 7.725 (Very good-.27), rank: #592 (seen all: 7.89 / seen some: 7.06 / won't finish: 4.95)
Bayesian estimate: 7.722 (Very good-.27), rank: #419
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Production cost: ¥9,500,000 (per episode approx.)
Vintage: 2007-10-01 to 2008-03-31
Opening Theme:
"BAMBOO BEAT" by Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima, Houko Kuwashima & Rina Satou
Ending Theme:
"STAR RISE" by Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima, Houko Kuwashima & Rina Satou
#2: "BAMBOO BEAT" by Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima, Houko Kuwashima & Rina Satou (ep 26)
Trivia: We have 7
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Related releases:
    Bamboo Blade - Part 1 (DVD) 2009-11-24 (from $33.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hisashi Saito

Screenplay: Hideyuki Kurata

Music: Kiyohiko Senba

Original creator:
Aguri Igarashi (art)
Masahiro Totsuka (story)

Character Design: Naoto Hosoda (PN 双柳雪智)

Art director: Maho Takahashi

Animation director: Yooichi Ueda

Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Director of Photography: Tatsuya Nomura

3D Work: Tatsuya Watanabe

Art Setting:
Maho Takahashi
Yoshinori Shiozawa

Chief Production Director: Tatsuya Igarashi

Color design: Rumiko Suzushiro

Design Work: Yoshihiro Watanabe

Editing: Seiji Morita

Planning:
Kouji Taguchi
Shiro Sasaki

Theme Song Lyrics: Eri Kawai (OP/ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Houko Kuwashima (OP/ED)
Megumi Toyoguchi (OP/ED)
Rina Satou (OP/ED)
Ryou Hirohashi (OP/ED)
Sachiko Kojima (OP/ED)

 

Houko Kuwashima as Miyako Miyazaki

Katsuyuki Konishi as Toraji Ishida (nickname: Kojirou)

Megumi Toyoguchi as Kirino Chiba

Rina Satou as Satori Azuma

Ryou Hirohashi as Tamaki Kawazoe

Sachiko Kojima as Sayako Kuwahara

Akira Ishida as Danjūrō Eiga

Daisuke Sakaguchi as Yūji Nakata

Kaori Nazuka as Mei Ogawa (Seimei Jihou; eps 12-13)

Maaya Sakamoto as Rin Suzuki (Shuugyoku Taishou)

Mai Nakahara as Reimi Odajima

Tetsu Inada as Kenzaburō Ishibashi

Aika Fujiha as Kawaguchi (ep 13)

Atsushi Imaruoka as Toyama

Azumi Asakura as Takahashi (Seimei Senpou; eps 12-13)

Banjou Ginga as Narration (ep 11)

Chiwa Saito as Shinobu Toyama (ep 26)

Daisuke Matsuoka as Ozawa (eps 20-21)

Fumie Mizusawa as Aoki (Toujou Senpou; eps 16-17)

Hideyuki Hori as Shinaider (eps 20-21, 26)

Hinako Sasaki as Yoshikawa-sensei (eps 11, 13, 26)

Hirofumi Nojima as Takachiho Suginokouji (ep 16)

Juurouta Kosugi as Toraji's father (ep 10)

Kanako Hirano as
Kirino's mother (eps 16, 18)
Toujou High Advisor (eps 17-18)

Katsumi Chou as Tamaki's father

Katsuyuki Konishi as Red Braver

Kayo Sakata as Suzushiro (Seimei Taishou; eps 12-13)

Kazuko Kojima as
Muscular girl (eps 11-12)
Nozomi (ep 12)

Kei Shindou as Konatsu Harada (Machido Senpou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)

Keiko Han as Toraji's mother (ep 10)

Kenji Nojima as Ano Kiyomura (ep 16)

Kiyomi Yazawa as Maya Yokoh (Machido Taishou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)

Kouji Watanabe as Hayami (eps 20-21)

Kouzou Douzaka as Reimi's Papa

Kujira as Reimi's Mama

Kyosuke Suzuki as
Bike Guy (ep 17)
Male student B (ep 1)
Matsugi (ep 13)
Young Man A (ep 12)

Masaki Makiguchi as Iguchi (Toujou Fukushou; eps 16-17)

Masayuki Omoro as Director (ep 21)

Mayuko Omimura as Yūri Andō (Machido Fukushou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)

Mika Teratani as Receptionist B (ep 25)

Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as
Assistant Director (ep 21)
Chief Umpire (eps 16-17, 22)
Male student A (ep 1)
Math Teacher (ep 11)
Mysterious Person (ep 20)
Oden Shopkeeper (ep 26)
Sugimoto (ep 12)

Natsuki Mori as Karen Nishiyama (Machido Chuuken; eps 5-7, 14, 22)

Richa Kazama as School Girl B (ep 19)

Riki Kitazawa as Nobu-chan (ep 25)

Saki Kondou as Akemi Asakawa (Machido Jihou; eps 6-7, 14, 22)

Sanae Kobayashi as Carrie Nishikawa (4 episodes

eps 19, 21-22, 25
)

Sayaka Narita as School Girl A (ep 19)

Sayaka Ohara as Moo Moo House Manager

Shinji Ogawa as Tadaaki Hayashi

Tae Okajima as
Satou (Toujou Chuuken; eps 16-17)
Toujou Girl A (ep 18)

Takashi Nagasako as Sakaguchi

Teruaki Ogawa as Cosmo One (ep 20)

Tetsu Inada as Death Armor (eps 2, 13, 20)

Tomoko Nakamura as Nomura (Seimei Chuuken; ep 13)

Tsubasa Takanohashi as
Takasugi
Young Man B (ep 12)

Tsubasa Yonaga as Fujimura (ep 21)

Yoshinori Fujita as Makoto Iwasa (ep 26)

Yuka Harui as Receptionist A (ep 25)

Yuu Asakawa as Konishi (Toujou Taishou; eps 16-17)

Yuuichi Ishigami as Iwasa

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: AIC A.S.T.A.

Background Art: Studio Tulip

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2007-12-05)
TV Aichi (2007-10-04)
TV Osaka (2007-10-10)
TV Tokyo (2007-10-01)

Photography: Anime Film

Sound Production: Half H.P Studio

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director:
Chris Cason (eps 10-13)
Tyler Walker (eps 1-9)

Script:
Andrew Rye (eps 1, 3, 8-9)
Jack LaRouche (ep 10)
Luci Christian (eps 5, 7, 12)
Tyler Walker (eps 2, 4, 11)

Translation: Shoko Oono

Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Carly Hunter
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer:
Justin Houston (eps 10-13)
Kory Charlot (eps 1-9)

Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt

DVD Authoring:
John Andreas
Matthew O'Hara
Trace Furniss

DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin

DVD Editor: Jeremy Jimenez

DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia

DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon

DVD Producer: Clarine Harp

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

Head Writer: Andrew Rye

Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook

Post-Production Assistant:
Casey Barteau
Niki Cooper

Production Assistant:
Gino Palencia
Susie Nixon
Trenton Jons

Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez

Subtitling:
Ashley Hayward
Ben Phillips
Brandy Richmond
Brian Thomas
Shojin Bateman

Talent Coordinator: Tara Williams

Video Editor:
Jessie Mancilla
Joe Harris
Josh Tyler
Robert Bell

Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs

Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler

 

Brina Palencia as Sayako Kuwahara

Carrie Savage as Satori Azuma

Cherami Leigh as Tamaki Kawazoe

Ian Sinclair as Toraji Ishida

Leah Clark as Miyako Miyazaki

Luci Christian as Kirino Chiba

Chris Burnett as Yuuji Nakata

Christopher R. Sabat as Kenzaburō Ishibashi

Kristi Bingham as Rin Suzuki

Monica Rial as Reimi Odajima

Sean Micheal Teague as Danjuro Eiga

Alexis Tipton as Yūri Andō (Machido Fukushou; eps 5-7, 14, 22) 

Anastasia Munoz as Nozomi (ep 12)

Andrew Sensenig as
Chief Umpire (ep 5)
Vice Principal (ep 6)

Barry Yandell as Teacher (ep 7)

Ben Phillips as Math Teacher (ep 11)

Brian Mathis as Senpai (ep 10)

Brittney Karbowski as Mei Ogawa (Seimei Jihou; eps 12-13)

Charles Campbell as Toraji's Father (ep 10)

Chris Cason as
Male Customer (ep 10)
Nobu (eps 8, 25)
Reimi's Father (ep 10)

Christopher R. Sabat as Dorchil (eps 8, 10)

Clarine Harp as Shop Owner (eps 8-10)

Cole Brown as Narrator (ep 11)

Colleen Clinkenbeard as Maya Yokoo (Machido Taishou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)

Cris George as Iwasa

David Trosko as Sugimoto (ep 12)

Didi Duron as Takahashi (Seimei Senpou; eps 12-13)

Duane Deering as Schoolboy B (ep 1)

Gina Circelli as Junior Student A (ep 10)

Greg Dulcie as Tadaaki Hayashi (eps 12-13)

J. Michael Tatum as
Blue Braver (ep 2)
Schoolboy A (ep 1)

Jad Saxton as Konatsu Harada (Machido Senpou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)

Jason Grundy as Matsuki (ep 11)

Jean-Luc Hester as Takasugi

Jerry Jewell as Schoolboy A (ep 5)

Jessica Foster as
Girl (ep 2)
High School Girl (ep 8)
Nomura (ep 13)

Jonathan Brooks as Red Braver (eps 2, 13)

Kate Oxley as Akemi Asakawa (Machido Jihou; eps 6-7, 14, 22)

Leslie Patrick as Junior Student B (ep 10)

Lindsay Seidel as Kazuhiko (ep 7)

Majken Bullard as
Cat (ep 13)
Muscular Girl (ep 11)

Mark Stoddard as Tamaki's Father

Melinda Wood Allen as Sayako's Mother (ep 3)

Newton Pittman as Toyama (eps 1-2)

Orion Pitts as Schoolboy B (ep 12)

Pam Dougherty as
Reimi's Mother (ep 10)
Supermarket Woman (ep 9)

R Bruce Elliott as Sakaguchi

Scott Freeman as
Schoolboy B (ep 5)
Yellow Braver (ep 2)

Shelton Windham as Shop Staff (ep 9)

Stephanie Young as Yoshikawa (4 episodes

eps 2, 11, 13, 26
)

Tia Ballard as Kawaguchi (ep 13)

Trina Nishimura as Karen Nishiyama (Machido Chuuken; eps 5-7, 14, 22)

Tyler Walker as Death Armor (eps 2, 13, 20)

Wendy Powell as Toraji's Mother (eps 8, 10)

Z. Charles Bolton as Schoolboy A (ep 12)

Alex Valle

Anthony Bowling

Brittany Redfield

Corey Cleary-Stoner

Cynthia Cranz

James Cave

Joel McDonald

Kassandra Keeton

Kim Whalen

Kory Charlot

Laura Wetsel

Mary Morgan

Maxey Whitehead

Scott Porter

Tia Lynn Ballard 

English companies 

Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment

 
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