Anime Spotlight - Samurai Flamenco
by Justin Sevakis,Key Staff
- Director: Takahiro Omori
- (Natsume's Book of Friends, Hell Girl, Baccano!, Durarara!!)
- Series Composition: Hideyuki Kurata
- (Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens; Now and Then, Here and There; The World Only God Knows)
- Character Design: Yoshimitsu Yamashita
- (Blade of the Immortal, Murder Princess, Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~)
- Animation Production
- manglobe
Introduction
For adults who never wanted to grow up—
Director - Takahiro Omori
Series Composition - Hideyuki Kurata
Character Design - Chinatsu Kurahana
Production - manglobe
Story
A fresh! Bold! Thrilling new original animation is born here.
Masayoshi Hazama is regular man who became a hero of justice on his own without any special powers, or any enhancement surgery. Hidenori Goto is a policeman who uncovered his identity in a cruel twist of fate, and has been getting caught up in his trouble ever since. This show follows these two as it presents a dramatic rendition of the troubles and meaning behind acting as a hero of justice in the modern world, with a comical and serious take on the drama born from that, as well as the birth of a true hero.
Director Takahiro Omori, a man reputed for his ability in depicting real life stories like Durarara! and Natsume's Book of Friends, Hideyuki Kurata, a man with a unique sense for Series Composition shown in ROD and GunXSword, Chinatsu Kurana, an Original Character Designer who's gained vast support for her work on Uta no Prince –sama and Aquarion EVOL, as well as manglobe, a team seeking to reach new heights with original animation such as Michiko and Hacchin and Samurai Champloo, are in charge of production for this anime!
A tale of love of justice for adults who never wanted to grow up, by adults who never wanted to grow up.
Characters
Masayoshi Hazama
VA: Toshiki Masuda Age: 19
A young man who acts as a model in a fashion magazine. Thanks to his grandfather who loved action heroes, he grew up admiring heroes since he was young, and then he finally makes his debut as the new hero, “Samurai Flamenco”, an idea his grandfather came up with. Will he punish evil with the hammer of justice? |
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Hidenori Goto
VA: Tomokazu Sugita Age: 24
A police officer working a police box. He's diligent about his work in the police box, but he's normal, average young man with no particular feelings towards justice in his private life. One day he happens to learn about the hero of justice, Samurai Flamenco, by chance. Ever since then his days have been more chaotic… |
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Mari Maya
VA: Haruka Tomatsu Age: 18
She's a talented who works as the center in a three-member idol group, Mineral Miracle Muse, and composes their music and lyrics. She's a bright, happy mood maker who can approach anyone. |
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Mizuki Misawa
VA: M・A・O Age: 19
Mineral Miracle Muse's leader. She's from Kansai. She's very caring and works hard to keep the group together. |
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Moe Morita
VA: Erii Yamazaki Age: 17
A member of Mineral Miracle Muse. She's currently in high school, and a bit shy and laid back. Her English pronunciation is close to native. |
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Joji Kaname
VA: Jurota Kosugi Age: 43
An Actor currently playing the lead role in “Red Axe”, an ongoing hero action show. Apparently he travels the world. |
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Jun Harazuka
VA: Toru Okawa Age: 48
An older man who works in the development department of Monsters Stationary, a large stationary manufacturer. |
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Sumi Ishihara
VA: Chie Nakamura Age: 28
A talented manager working for Ceaser Pro, an entertainment production company. She works hard every day trying to sell justice and heroism to the public. |
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Akira Konno
VA: Satoshi Mikami Age: 32
The man who runs High Rollers Hi, a web news site. He takes an interest in Samurai Flamenco and begins plotting to reveal his identity. |
Cast
- Masayoshi Hazama
- Toshiki Masuda
- Hidenori Goto
- Tomokazu Sugita
- Mari Maya
- Haruka Tomatsu
- Mizuki Misawa
- M・A・O
- Moe Morita
- Erii Yamazaki
- Joji Kaname
- Jurota Kosugi
- Jun Harazuka
- Toru Okawa
- Sumi Ishihara
- Chie Nakamura
- Akira Konno
- Satoshi Mikami
Staff
- Original Creator
- manglobe
- Director
- Takahiro Omori
- Series Composition
- Hideyuki Kurata
- Original Character Design
- Chinatsu Kurahana
- Character Design
- Yoshimitsu Yamashita
- Action Director
Design - Tatsuo Yamada
- Prop Design
- Shinobu Tsuneki
- Art Director
- Hiroshi Kato
- Color Design
- Shigenobu Kaihou
- Director of Photography
- Kenji Takahashi
- Editing
- Kazuhiko Seki
- Music
- Kenji Tamai
agehasprings - Animation Production
- manglobe
- Production
- Project Samumenco
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