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Kaiji (TV)

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©Nobuyuki Fukumoto / KODANSHA LTD. ©DNDP, VAP, Madhouse


[ adapted from Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji (Japanese)
Ultimate Survivor Kaiji
Кайджи (Russian)
逆境無頼カイジ (Japanese)
역경무뢰 카이지 (Korean)
Plot Summary: Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay of their debts. After some coercing kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear himself and make a bit of money as well...
User Ratings: 335 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 68 votes (sub:60, Por.sub:3, raw:3, dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Excellent: 84 votes (sub:82, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Very good: 103 votes (sub:96, dub:4, Spa.sub:2, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 50 votes (sub:46, raw:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, dub:1)
 Decent: 18 votes (sub:17, dub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 556 users, rank: #995
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.233 (Very good+.23), std. dev.: 1.4881, rank: #256
Weighted mean: 8.092 (Very good+.09), rank: #270 (seen all: 8.21 / seen some: 7.71 / won't finish: 5.12)
Bayesian estimate: 8.075 (Very good+.07), rank: #192
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2007-10-02 to 2008-04-01
Opening Theme:
"Mirai wa Bokura no Te no Naka" by Kaiji with Redbourn Cherries
Ending Theme:
"Makeinutatsu no Requiem" by Hakuryuu 
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Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yuzo Sato

Series Composition: Hideo Takayashiki

Storyboard: Keiji Gotoh (ep 12)

Music: Hideki Taniuchi

Original creator: Nobuyuki Fukumoto

Character Design: Haruhito Takada

Theme Song Performance:
Hakuryuu (ED)
Masato Hagiwara (OP as Kaiji)

 

Masato Hagiwara as Kaiji

Masane Tsukayama as Hyoudou Kazutaka

Fumihiko Tachiki as Narrator

Hakuryuu as Tonegawa

Hideo Ishikawa as Funai

Hiroshi Yanaka as Ishida

Kazuki Yao as Kitami

Masahiro Komoto as Sahara

Naoya Uchida as Endou

Toshiharu Sakurai as Andou

Yasunori Matsumoto as Furuhata

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster: NTV (2007-10)

 
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