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Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief (TV)

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[ adapted from Nijū-Mensō no Musume (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Chiko, L'Héritière de Cent-Visages (French)
Nijū-Mensō no Musume (Japanese)
The Daughter of Twenty Faces
وريثة ذو العشرين وجها (Arabic)
二十面相の娘 (Japanese)
20面相之娘 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure, drama, mystery
Themes: detective, thief
Plot Summary: Chiko, who had been leading a lonely life because of her parents death. Together with the Phantom Thief Nijū-Mensō (20-Faces), she sets out on a journey into the real world. She gradually changes as she encounters new friends and places. But strange events start happening revolving around the mystery of "Legacy of the 20-Faces". So Chiko has to move forward, regardless on how checkered her life will become.
User Ratings: 221 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 23 votes (sub:20, raw:2, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 62 votes (sub:55, dub:2, raw:2, Ger.sub:1, Ara.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Very good: 63 votes (sub:61, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 39 votes (sub:39)
 Decent: 16 votes (sub:15, ?:1)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:9, Fre.sub:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, Spa.sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 485 users, rank: #1103
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.869 (Very good-.13), std. dev.: 1.5179, rank: #570
Weighted mean: 7.736 (Very good-.26), rank: #582 (seen all: 7.84 / seen some: 7.99 / won't finish: 5.39)
Bayesian estimate: 7.727 (Very good-.27), rank: #414
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 22
Episode titles: We have 22
Vintage: 2008-04-12
Releases: We have 8
Opening Theme:
"Kasumi (霞; Mist)" by 369
Ending Theme:
"unnamed world" by Aya Hirano
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Nobuo Tomizawa

Series Composition: Michihiro Tsuchiya

Screenplay:
Ikuko Takahashi
Michihiro Tsuchiya
Naohiro Fukushima
Natsuko Takahashi
Reiko Yoshida

Storyboard:
Hiroshi Aoyama
Hiroshi Matsuzono
Kazuhide Tomonaga
Nobuo Tomizawa
Ryou Watanabe
Shinsaku Sasaki

Episode Director:
Geisei Morita
Hiromichi Matano
Hiroshi Iketomi
Keiko Oyamada
Minoru Yamaoka
Minoru Yamazaki
Takashi Morimiya
Yuichiro Yano

Music: Kazunori Miyake

Original creator: Shinji Ohara

Character Design: Koichi Horikawa

Art director: Hiromasa Ogura

Chief Animation Director: Hiroaki Noguchi

Animation director:
Atsushi Aono
Koichi Suenaga
Kumiko Shishido
Mitsue Mori
Mitsuru Soma
Shinichi Miyamae
Taiichi Komata
Takehiro Hamatsu
Yoshihiro Nagamori

Mechanical design: Kazuhide Tomonaga

Sound director: Hiromi Kikuta

Director of Photography: Junko Miyakawa

Executive producer:
Kazuya Watanabe (Yomiko Advertising)
Koji Takeuchi (Telecom Animation Film)
Masahiko Minami (BONES)
Teruki Matsumoto (Shochiku)
Yoshiki Kumazawa (Geneon Entertainment)
Yukihiro Ito (Fuji TV)

Producer:
Kouji Yamamoto (Fuji TV)
Kyotaro Kimura (Yomiko Advertising)
Noritomo Yonai (BONES)
Tadashi Taniguchi (Telecom Animation Film)
Yoshihiro Iwasaki (Shochiku)
Yuki Mori (Geneon Entertainment)

CG Producer: Norikazu Kamibayashi

Color design: Tomoko Yamamoto

Editing: Yoshihiro Kasahara

In-Between Animation:
Chie Nishihara
Megumi Tomita
Minoko Takasu

Key Animation:
Akiko Taniguchi
Kumiko Haruhi
Naoki Yamauchi
Shinichi Kurita
Shogo Morishita
Takayuki Kitakawa
Youichi Takada
Yumiko Shirai

Organization: Hiroaki Nakajima (Fuji TV)

Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi

Theme Song Arrangement:
Katsuhiko Kurosu (ED)
nishi-ken (ED)
tasuku (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
Katsuhiko Kurosu (ED)
tasuku (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hata (ED)
Ryoji (OP)

Theme Song Performance: Aya Hirano (ED)

 

Aya Hirano as Chizuko "Chiko" Mikamo

Houchu Ohtsuka as Professor (eps 16-21)

Masaya Matsukaze as Ken

Rina Satou as Shunka Koito

Satomi Arai as Tome

Yuya Uchida as Nijū-Mensō

Atsuko Tanaka as "White-haired demon"

Daisuke Endou as Gatekeeper (ep 5)

Daisuke Matsuo as Tetsu (eps 2-6)

Eriko Kigawa as Rin (ep 2)

Fumie Mizusawa as Angie (eps 5-6)

Fumihiro Okabayashi as Yasu (eps 1-6)

Hiromi Igarashi as Spectator E (ep 5)

Hiroshi Shirokuma as
Inspector Kawada (eps 1-2)
Subordinate C (ep 6)

Junko Minagawa as M

Kazuhiro Anzai as
Announcer (eps 1-2)
Fukuchou (Executive Officer) (ep 3)

Kenji Hamada as Akechi (ep 3)

Kenta Miyake as Muta (eps 2-6)

Koutarou Nakamura as Senchou (Skipper) (eps 1-6)

Madoka Takatsu as Spectator D (ep 5)

Masahiro Yamanaka as Policeman (eps 1-2)

Masanori Takeda as Detective Akine (eps 3-4, 6)

Mitsuru Ogata as Chen (ep 2)

Miyuki Sawashiro as Nozomi Kayama

Mutsumi Tamura as Ken (Young)

Noriko Fujii as Spectator C (ep 5)

Reina Fujita as Spectator B (ep 5)

Rintarou Nishi as Tora (Tiger) (eps 1, 5-6)

Seiko Yoshida as Spectator A (ep 5)

Shinpachi Tsuji as Yashiro (ep 1)

Shunya Miura as Guard (ep 4)

Susumu Chiba as Hans (eps 2-6)

Takashi Mito as Kai (eps 2-6)

Taketora as Subordinate B (ep 6)

Takuya Satou as Hide (eps 2-6)

Tamio Ohki as Kawai (butler) (ep 1)

Tetsuya Kakihara as Goro (eps 2-6)

Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Kurosaki (ep 4)

Tomoyuki Shimura as Kanchou (Captain) (ep 3)

Toshimitsu Oda as Shouji Mikamo (Uncle) (ep 1)

Yasuhiro as Subordinate A (ep 6)

Yumi Touma as
Q
Yoshie Mikamo (Aunt) (ep 1)

Yutaka Nakano as Mayor of Toran (eps 5-6)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production:
BONES
Telecom Animation Film

Broadcaster:
BS Fuji
Fuji TV (2008-04-12)
Kansai TV (2008-04-22)
Tokai TV

CG Production: Trilogy Future Studio

DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.

Music Production:
Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Lantis

Production: The Daughter of Twenty Faces Production Committee

Production Committee:
BONES
Fuji TV
Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Shochiku Film
Telecom Animation Film
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.

Production Cooperation:
ARP (ep 09)
Diomedea (ep 04)
Satelight (ep 16)
SILVER LINK (ep 05)
Studio Comet (eps 14, 19)
Studio El (eps 15, 22)

Recording Studio: Studio Mausu

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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