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Kingdom (TV)

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Alternative title:
キングダム (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama, thriller
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In the Warring States Period of ancient China (475-221 BCE), Shin and Hyou are war-orphans in the kingdom of Qin. They dream of one day proving themselves on the battlefield. One day, however, Hyou is taken to the palace by a minister. Winding up on the losing side of a power-struggle, Hyou manages to return to the village, barely alive. Shin then meets a boy who closely resembles Hyou, Ei Sei. For now he is the king of Qin; later he will become the emperor Shi Huangdi.
User Ratings: 307 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 31 votes (sub:28, dub:2, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 78 votes (sub:70, dub:6, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 90 votes (sub:80, dub:6, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 50 votes (sub:44, dub:4, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 17 votes (sub:17)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:2, ?:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, ?:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 475 users, rank: #2206 (of 9583)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.550 (Very good−), std. dev.: 2.0403, rank: #1649 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 7.506 (Very good−), rank: #1649 (of 9705) (seen all: 7.74 / seen some: 7.08 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.505 (Very good−), rank: #1366 (of 7286)
Number of episodes: 38
Episode titles: We have 38
Vintage: 2012-06-04
Opening Theme:
"Pride" by Nothing's Carved in Stone
Ending Theme:
"Voice of Soul" by Takumi Ishida
#2: "Destiny Sky" by Yūki Wakai
#3: "Never Ending" by Dasoku
Official website:
キングダム (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
Kingdom DVD (Apr 8, 2016)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Kingdom - The Complete First Season (DVD) 2016-01-26

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Jun Kamiya
Series Composition: Naruhisa Arakawa
Script:
Katsura Murayama (8 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 16, 20, 25, 29, 34
)

Masahiko Shiraishi (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 19, 24, 28, 33, 37
)

Masaki Wachi (8 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 18, 22, 27, 32, 36
)

Naruhisa Arakawa (5 episodes
eps 1, 15, 23, 30, 38
)

Tsuyoshi Tamai (8 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 21, 26, 31, 35
)

Storyboard:
Atsuo Tobe (eps 35-36)
Atsushi Wakabayashi (7 episodes
eps 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 22, 27
)

Hajime Horinouchi (6 episodes
eps 2, 8, 16, 21, 29, 34
)

Jun Kamiya (eps 1, 38)
Jun Shishido (ep 32)
Ken'ichirō Murakawa (5 episodes
eps 1, 9, 18, 31, 36
)

Kiichi Takaoka (eps 4, 26)
Mitsutoshi Satō (ep 33)
Satoshi Nishimura (4 episodes
eps 12, 19, 28, 37
)

Shinji Satō (ep 25)
Tetsu Kimura (ep 3)
Tsutomu Naniwa (6 episodes
eps 6, 10, 20, 23-24, 30
)

Yūzō Satō (eps 14, 17)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Tsukushi (6 episodes
eps 3, 9, 14, 18, 25, 32
)

Jun Kamiya (eps 1, 38)
Kiichi Takaoka (9 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 15, 20, 26, 30, 35, 38
)

Masahiro Takada (5 episodes
eps 4, 12, 16, 22, 27
)

Mitsutaka Noshitani (eps 28, 34)
Mitsutoshi Satō (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 13, 17, 21, 33, 37
)

Shigeki Kawai (ep 29)
Shintaro Itoga (4 episodes
eps 19, 24, 31, 36
)

Shuu Watanabe (ep 23)
Takenori Mihara (ep 7)
Music: Minako Seki
Original creator: Yasuhisa Hara
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Animation Director:
Atsuo Tobe (eps 1, 11, 38)
Hiroaki Kawaguchi (eps 14, 20)
Hiroshi Saitō (ep 24)
Itsuko Takeda (ep 7)
Kumiko Tokunaga (eps 14, 26, 33)
Mariko Aoki (ep 31)
Masatoshi Hakanda (8 episodes
eps 3, 6, 12, 15, 18, 21, 27, 37
)

Masatoshi Hamata (ep 37)
Noriko Otake (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 16, 22, 29, 34
)

Ryoji Nakamori (ep 35)
Shinichiro Minami (eps 25, 30)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (eps 19, 32)
Toshihiko Masuda (ep 23)
Yukari Takeuchi (6 episodes
eps 4, 9, 13, 17, 28, 36
)

Sound Director: Hajime Takakuwa
Cgi Director: Yuuko Okumura
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Yoshida
3D Animation:
Ai Murakami (Shiitake Digital; 5 episodes
eps 2, 12, 19, 28, 37
)

Akimune Takada (Picona Creative Studio; ep 9)
Akio Tanaka (Picona Creative Studio; eps 7, 14)
Akito Satō (F-Sik; 6 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 21, 30, 36
)

Atsue Yamanaka (F-Sik; eps 29, 34)
Ayuki Katayama (Atelier Bitol; eps 22, 27)
Bin Tang (POLYG; eps 6, 11)
Etsuko Saitō (Type Zero; ep 10)
Fumika Nakajima (Picona Creative Studio; ep 7)
Gamondilock Panyapidipat (F-Sik; eps 15, 36)
Haruki Takeda (Picona Creative Studio; eps 18, 26, 31)
Hidekazu Suda (Type Zero; ep 10)
Hiroaki Ozawa (Shiitake Digital; 5 episodes
eps 2, 12, 19, 28, 37
)

Hiroki Hagiwara (Picona Creative Studio; eps 7-8)
Hiroko Umemura (Atelier Bitol; ep 27)
Jia Fei Xie (Picona Creative Studio; ep 14)
Kazuhide Miyata (Picona Creative Studio; eps 14, 25)
Kazuyuki Kitahara (POLYG; eps 6, 11)
Ken Masuda (Shiitake Digital; eps 19, 28, 37)
Ken Yoshida (Picona Creative Studio; eps 1, 7-8)
Kenji Kabashima (Picona Creative Studio; eps 9, 18, 25)
Koji Waragaki (Kinematics Japan; eps 30, 33, 36)
Kojiro Kojima (ep 22)
Kōtarō Shishido (IKIF+; ep 1)
Mai Yamada (Picona Creative Studio; eps 9, 25, 31)
Masaaki Suzuki (F-Sik; eps 5, 16)
Masanori Numata (IKIF+; ep 38)
Masaya Suzuki (Picona Creative Studio; 5 episodes
eps 18, 26, 32, 35, 38
)

Megumi Hasegawa (Picona Creative Studio; ep 25)
Michinobu Inaba (Strobolights; eps 13, 20)
Miho Suzuki (Picona Creative Studio; eps 14, 26, 31)
Miki Yoshida (POLYG; eps 6, 11)
Mitsuaki Endo (Picona Creative Studio; eps 7-9)
Momoko Yamada (IKIF+; 7 episodes
eps 1, 16-18, 26, 32, 38
)

Munehiro Nishiyama (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment; ep 3)
Naomi Tsujishita (Picona Creative Studio; ep 8)
Nobuaki Shinozaki (F-Sik; 6 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15-16, 21, 30
)

Nobuhiro Kunishima (Picona Creative Studio; ep 31)
Nobuyuki Ikigame (Shiitake Digital; ep 2)
Rie Terada (F-Sik; eps 29, 34)
Ritsuka Nagashima (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment; ep 3)
Rui Zhao (Picona Creative Studio; ep 9)
Ryōji Shirakawa (Aera Laboratory; eps 3, 34)
Sadanori Kaneda (F-Sik; 4 episodes
eps 13, 20, 29, 34
)

Satoshi Yoshizaki (Picona Creative Studio; ep 31)
Seiji Iseda (POLYG; eps 6, 11)
Shōichi Enomoto (WELZ Animation Studio; ep 17)
Shoji Kusaba (Picona Creative Studio; ep 33)
Shota Kawamura (Strobolights; ep 35)
Taisuke Goto (Shiitake Digital; 4 episodes
eps 12, 19, 28, 37
)

Takuya Sagawa (CLIP+BISON; ep 33)
Tatsuya Okayasu (WELZ Animation Studio; 4 episodes
eps 13, 17, 22, 35
)

Teppei Sushiro (Atelier Bitol; ep 27)
Tomoko Shima (IKIF+; 11 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 16-18, 20, 29, 32, 35, 38
)

Tōru Miyatake (Shiitake Digital; eps 2, 12)
Vitsul Jilordgun (F-Sik; 7 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15-16, 21, 30, 36
)

Waralee Gordvitchan (F-Sik; 4 episodes
eps 15, 21, 30, 36
)

Wataru Matsunaga (ep 20)
Yang Wang (POLYG; eps 6, 11)
Yoshiki Kawasaki (IKIF+; ep 32)
Yoshitaka Itai (Aera Laboratory; 6 episodes
eps 3, 13, 20, 22, 29, 34
)

Yosuke Matsuo (Picona Creative Studio; eps 14, 26, 33)
Yue Mao (Shiitake Digital; 5 episodes
eps 2, 12, 19, 28, 37
)

Yuka Hirono (Picona Creative Studio; ep 3)
Yuki Koyano (Atelier Bitol; ep 27)
Yukiko Nakagawa (Picona Creative Studio; eps 25, 33)
Yūsuke Suzuki (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment; ep 17)
Yuta Natori (Atelier Bitol; eps 22, 27)
Yuuko Okumura (IKIF+; 4 episodes
eps 21, 32, 35, 38
)

3DCG Motion Director: Satoru Utsunomiya (ep 1)
Animation producer: Maiko Isogai
Background Art: Mirai Saito (Studio Easter; 35 episodes
eps 1-26, 28-32, 34, 36-38
)

Color design: Mika Iwami
Conceptual Design: Takeshi Takahashi
Key Animation:
Ai Yamazaki (ep 35)
Atsuo Tobe (ED1,ED2,ED3)
Atsushi Shibata (eps 3, 8)
Atsushi Wakabayashi (ep 1)
Ayuko Etō (ep 1)
Ayumi Tsukishita (ep 33)
Bruges Kim (4 episodes
eps 1, 4, 12, 35
)

Chiaki Abe (ep 32)
Chihiro Nishikawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 22, 29, 32
)

Chūji Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 1, 4, 28, 37
)

Eri Fujii (eps 3-4, 32)
Eri Shibusawa (ep 4)
Fujio Inose (ep 3)
Hiroki Tsuji (eps 18, 34)
Hiromi Muranaka (eps 4, 8, 24)
Hiroshi Saitō (ep 6)
Hiroshi Yamashita (eps 1, 8)
Hiroyuki Kamura (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 13, 17, 20, 29
)

Hiroyuki Terada (eps 4, 25, 34)
Junichi Nagano (eps 18-19, 24)
Junko Nakamura (eps 1, 12)
Kan Ogawa (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 29
)

Kanako Nakai (eps 4, 16)
Katsuhiro Takagi (ep 32)
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (eps 3, 21, 37)
Kazuki Baba (ep 3)
Kazuko Matsumura (ep 33)
Kazuo Iimura (eps 18-19, 24)
Kazuya Saitō (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 17, 36
)

Kiichi Takaoka (eps 26, 30)
Kiyoshi Nohji (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 25, 30
)

Kumiko Horikoshi (ep 5)
Kumiko Kakoi (eps 1, 4, 6, 30)
Kumiko Matsushita (ep 31)
Kumiko Tokunaga (5 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 13, 15
)

Makoto Shimojima (eps 28, 37)
Mami Taniguchi (eps 7, 16)
Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 23)
Masaharu Tada (ep 7)
Maya Uenishi (ep 31)
Megumi Koyama (ep 2)
Megumi Okazaki (eps 4, 7, 16)
Michiyuki Nōjō (ep 24)
Mifumi Tomita (ep 1)
Miho Inoue (ep 1)
Miho Sekimoto (ep 4)
Mika Ookubo (ep 1)
Mika Saitō (ep 33)
Mitsuki Kosaka (ep 28)
Miyako Matsumoto (ep 23)
Miyako Tsuji (eps 3, 18)
Miyuki Inoue (ep 23)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (7 episodes
eps 5, 11, 14, 19, 25, 28, 30
)

Naoki Shimizu (ep 1)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 31)
Rie Ikegami (ep 31)
Rui Kondou (ep 31)
Ryō Nagashima (ep 3)
Sahori Uchida (eps 4, 8)
Shinichiro Minami (eps 4, 15, 17)
Shū Honma (ep 1)
Taeko Ōgi (ep 33)
Takashi Narikawa (ep 24)
Takato Fukuyama (4 episodes
eps 21, 25, 29, 37
)

Teruaki Tokumaru (ep 1)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (eps 1, 3, 37)
Tomoe Nishio (eps 21, 30)
Tsuneo Ninomiya (ep 15)
Xiao Zhu (ep 3)
Yasuhiko Uetake (6 episodes
eps 1, 9, 13, 17, 21, 33
)

Yasuhiro Ito (ep 4)
Yoshiko Kuwano (eps 1, 15)
Yoshiko Nakajima (eps 5, 28)
Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 23, 35)
Yūko Hineno (ep 4)
Yūko Matsui (ep 1)
Yūsuke Shingū (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 16, 20, 32
)

Yuta Ito (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 22, 25, 29
)

Recording Adjustment: Takayuki Yamaguchi
Sound Effects: Masami Kitakata
Sound Production: Yayoi Tateishi
Theme Song Lyrics: BOUNCEBACK (ED2-3)
Theme Song Performance:
Nothing's Carved in Stone (OP)
Yūki Wakai (ED2)
Jun Fukuyama as Ei Sei
Masakazu Morita as Ri Shin

Junichi Suwabe as Lord Changping
Kōji Yusa as Heki
Kōki Miyata as Seikyō
Masaya Takatsuka as Hou Ken (Pang Nuan)
Mie Sonozaki as Yang Duan He (You Tan Hei)
Rie Kugimiya as Karyō Ten
Rikiya Koyama as Ō Ki
Yōko Hikasa as Kyō Kai
Yutaka Nakano as Shōbun-kun

Aki Kanada as
Piao (Hyō) (young; 4 episodes
eps 9-10, 14, 32
)

You (Yū) (Li Dian's son; ep 1)
Akimitsu Takase as Si Shi
Akio Kato as
Long Guo (Ryū Koku) (eps 33, 35)
Teng
Ao Takahashi as Liao (Kyō) (ep 36)
Asaki Takase as Qin child (ep 8)
Chado Horii as Fa Jian (Batsu Ken) (eps 18, 27)
Eimi Okada as You Lian (Yū Ren) (ep 23)
Fumie Mizusawa as Meng Yi (Mō Ki)
Haruka Iwai as Qin child (ep 8)
Haruo Satō as Ze Gui (Taku Kei)
Hidenari Ugaki as Fu Hushen (Baku Koshin) (eps 18-20)
Hidenori Takahashi as
100-man General (ep 18)
Bandit (ep 23)
Chong Wan (Sū Gen) (eps 30-33, 38)
Communications officer (ep 19)
Long Chuan (Ryū Sen) (eps 27-28, 37)
Long Tai (Ryū Tai) (ep 17)
Soldier (eps 6, 36)
Subordinate (ep 20)
Tajif
Xiao Ding (Gyō Tei) (ep 24)
Zhu Gui (Shu Ki) (ep 21)
Hiroaki Tajiri as
Lu Wuwei (Roku Omi) (ep 29)
Soldier (ep 36)
Tian Yong (Den Ei) (eps 30-32, 35)
Jirō Saitō as Gongsun Long (Kōson Ryū) (eps 29, 31, 35)
Jun Fukuyama as Piao (Hyō)
Kazunori Hara as
Bandit (ep 23)
Enemy (ep 24)
Foot soldier (ep 17)
Soldier (ep 22)
Wang Qi (Ō Ki) soldier (ep 37)
Wei soldier (ep 18)
Kazuyoshi Hayashi as
Old person (ep 24)
Tian You (Den Yū)
Zhao army staff officer (ep 37)
Kenji Hamada as Feng Ji (Fū Ki) (eps 27-28)
Kenjiro Tsuda as Zhao Zhuang (Chō Sō)
Komatsuna Sakato as Qin child (ep 8)
Kōsuke Toriumi as Wei Ping
Manabu Sakamaki as
Enemy soldier (ep 12)
Soldier (ep 4)
Xie Ci (Kyō Ji) (4 episodes
eps 17-18, 25, 30
)
Masako Isobe as Old woman (ep 23)
Masaya Takatsuka as
Narration
Wei Dao (Bi Tō)
Masayuki Omoro as Gong Yuan (Kyū Gen) (eps 19-20)
Miki Fukui as Xin (young; 5 episodes
eps 1, 9-10, 14, 32
)
Mitsuo Senda as Cai Ze (Sai Taku) (ep 16)
Miyuki Satō as You Li (Yū Ri) (eps 25, 32)
Moemi Makino as Dong Mei (Tō Bi) (eps 25, 32)
Momoko Ohara as Wu Qing (young; ep 22)
Rei Igarashi as Elder (ep 23)
Sayuri Yoshida as Qiang Xiang (Kyō Shō) (eps 23, 31)
Seira Ryū as Gong's mother (ep 24)
Shinpachi Tsuji as Jie Shi (Ketsu Shi)
Shiori Ikeda as Gong (Kō) (ep 24)
Shirō Saitō as Biao Gong (Hyou Ko) (eps 17-19)
Susumu Akagi as
Gan Yang (Kan Ō) (eps 30-31)
Li Dian (Ri Ten) (ep 1)
Muta (eps 3-6)
Po Shi (Haku Shi) (eps 2, 10)
Wu Qing (Go Kei) (eps 17, 20-22)
Yuan (En)
Tadashi Miyazawa as Elder (eps 8, 13)
Tadashi Mutou as Wan Ji (Man Goku) (eps 29, 31-32)
Taiten Kusunoki as Meng Wu (Mō Bu)
Takuya Kirimoto as Li Bai (Ri Haku) (eps 27, 29)
Tarusuke Shingaki as Ba Jio
Tesshō Genda as Lü Buwei (Ryo Fui) (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 25-26
)
Tetsuo Kanao as King Zhao (Shō) (eps 15, 36)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Li Mu (Ri Boku)
Tsuyoshi Aoki as
Bai Guixi (Haku Kisai) (ep 22)
Dun (Ton) (ep 1)
Li Si (Ri Shi) (eps 16, 25-26)
Long You (Ryū Yū) (ep 31)
Messenger soldier (ep 38)
Platoon leader (ep 7)
Qing (Kei) (ep 32)
Shan He (San Ka) (6 episodes
eps 17, 19, 21, 27-28, 30
)

Shunmen (ep 13)
Soldier (eps 9, 18)
Wei Xing (Gi Kō) (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 10-12, 14
)
Tsuyoshi Koyama as Pei Lang (Hai Rō)
Yasuhisa Hara as Soldier (ep 38)
Yoshiyuki Shimozuma as Qu Hai (Kyo Gai) (4 episodes
eps 30-31, 35, 38
)
Yū Mizushima as She Meng (Shō Mō) (eps 29, 33)
Yuuki as Kaine (6 episodes
eps 29-30, 33-34, 37-38
)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Pierrot
Broadcaster:
BS Premium
NHK
In-Between Animation: Studio Wombat (eps 2-4)
Internet Streaming: Disney+
Key Animation: Studio Wombat (eps 1-2)
English cast
English staff
Translation: Nora Stevens Heath (season 2)

Recording engineer: Hennie Britton
Cole Howard as Xin

Adam Fedyk as
Muta
Shi Shi
Alex Atley as Xu Wang
Callyn Dorval as
Mao
Xin (young)
You
Robert Thrift as Tajifu

English companies
Dubbing: Azur Studios
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (2017)
FUNimation Entertainment
Wakanim (Nordic countries and the Netherlands)
French staff
French cast
Arthur Pestel as Ri Shin
Benjamin Penamaria as Ei Sei

Amandine Longeac as Kyou Kai
Angelique Heller as Karyo Ten
Anny Vogel as Sei Kyou
Damien Laquet as O Ki
Hyppolite Audouy as Shobun-kun
Jean-Christophe Acquaviva as Shouhei-kun
Pascal Gimenez as Hou Ken
Rody Benghezala as Heki

Bruno Munda as Riboku
Cécile Crépiat as Kaine
Jacques Chambon as Ryo Fui
Jean-Marc Galera as Narrateur
Julien Rampon as
Hyo
Mobu
Shokaku
Thierry Rousset as Muta
Waléry Doumenc as
Ba Jiou
Bi Tou

French companies
Distributor: Black Box
Dubbing: O' Bahamas
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Spain)
Anime Box (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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