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Kaiba (TV)

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Alternative title:
カイバ (Japanese)
Themes: fanservice
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: One day a man, Kaiba, wakes up in a broken room. He has no memories, only a pendant with a picture of an unknown woman. Outside of the room are grotesque floating electrical clouds of disjointed memories. Kaiba is suddenly assaulted, and escapes into space. He travels to various planets, encountering various people and retrieving his memories. Memories of an inconsistent and decaying world, of his own agony and of Niero, the woman in the picture.
User Ratings: 676 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 196 votes (sub:183, dub:7, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 194 votes (sub:173, dub:7, ?:3, others:11
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 130 votes (sub:118, dub:3, raw:2, ?:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 81 votes (sub:74, dub:3, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 37 votes (sub:34, dub:1, others:2
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:7)
Seen in part or in whole by 1017 users, rank: #1214 (of 10139)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.364 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.7869, rank: #269 (of 10315)
Weighted mean: 8.299 (Very good+), rank: #281 (of 10315) (seen all: 8.44 / seen some: 7.45 / won't finish: 4.26)
Bayesian estimate: 8.283 (Very good+), rank: #162 (of 7757)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2008-04-10 to 2008-07-24
2009-02-01 (Ep. 1-3, Italy - Future Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Never" by Seira Kagami
Ending Theme:
"Carry Me Away" by Seira Kagami
Insert song:
"Ki no uta" (木の歌) by Ai Orikasa (ep 6)
"the tree song" by Minako "mooki" Obata (ep 7, ep 12)
Review:
Kaiba - DVD (Jan 25, 2012)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Kaiba - The Complete Series (Sub.Blu-ray) 2022-08-30 (from $61.95)
    Kaiba - The Complete Series (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2017-09-26 (from $59.99)
DVD (Region 4)
    Kaiba (DVD) 2011-06-22

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Script:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (eps 2-3, 7)
Eun Young Choi (ep 5)
Masaaki Yuasa (eps 1-12)
Michio Mihara (ep 4)
Tomoya Takahashi (ep 6) 
Storyboard:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (eps 2-3, 7, 9)
Eun Young Choi (eps 5, 8)
Jamie Vickers (ep 6)
Masaaki Yuasa (eps 1, 10-12)
Masahiko Kubo (ED)
Michio Mihara (ep 4)
Tomoya Takahashi (ep 6) 
Episode Director:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (eps 2-3, 7, 9)
Eun Young Choi (eps 5, 8)
Masaaki Yuasa (OP; eps 1, 10, 12)
Masahiko Kubo (ep 11)
Michio Mihara (ep 4)
Tomoya Takahashi (ep 6) 
Unit Director:
Masaaki Yuasa (OP)
Masahiko Kubo (ED)
Music: Kiyoshi Yoshida
Original creator: Masaaki Yuasa
Character Design: Nobutake Ito
Art Director: Ryō Kōno
Chief Animation Director: Nobutake Ito (ep 2)
Animation Director:
Akira Honma (ep 2)
Eun Young Choi (eps 5, 8)
Jamie Vickers (ep 6)
Masahiko Kubo (ep 10)
Michio Mihara (ep 4)
Nobutake Ito (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12
)
Ryōtarō Makihara (ep 11)
Sound Director: Keiichi Momose
Executive producer:
Hiroshi Hirayama (VAP)
Jungo Maruta (Madhouse)
Naoki Takamizawa (WOWOW)
Producer:
Hiroyuki Kitaura (WOWOW)
Manabu Tamura (VAP)
Yukiko Ninokata (Madhouse)

2nd Key Animation:
Aiko Wakatsuki (ep 11)
Akiko Taniguchi (eps 2, 7, 11)
Chihiro Hayashi (ep 6)
Etsuko Kawano (eps 6, 11)
Hiromi Hata (ep 2)
Masafumi Nakagawa (ep 2)
Masaki Matsumura (ep 6)
Midori Uchiyama (eps 10, 12)
Miki Wasada (ep 11)
Nobushige Ishita (eps 1-2)
Nozomi Goto (ep 2)
Ryouko Sekiya (ep 2)
Shōko Nishigaki (ep 11)
Takashi Kawaguchi (ep 2)
Animation: Masahiko Kubo (ED)
Animation producer: Tsutomu Fujio
Assistant Animation Director: Masahiko Kubo (ep 2)
Background Design: Jamie Vickers (ep 6)
Effect Design: Masahiko Kubo (ep 12)
Finishing:
Hye Mi Shin (DR MOVIE; eps 1-10)
Jung Ah Lim (eps 1-8, 10)
Ki Jeong Choi (DR MOVIE; eps 1-9)
Kyung Ai Chung (ep 12)
Mi Yeon Lee (ep 12)
Min Sun Kim (eps 9, 11)
Sung Hee Seo (1-7, 9, 11)
In-Between Animation:
Eun Mi Choi (eps 9, 11)
Hyun Su Jung (eps 8-12)
Jeong-Hui Kim (DR MOVIE; 9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-9, 11
)
Michio Mihara (ep 4 all)
Sun Hee Kim (ep 8)
Key Animation:
Aiko Wakatsuki (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 9, 12
)
Akiko Taniguchi (eps 6, 9)
Akira Amemiya (eps 3, 7)
Akira Honma (ep 7)
Akitoshi Yokoyama (ep 12)
Atsuko Yamazaki (ep 3)
Chūji Nakajima
Emi Kamiishi (ep 3)
Eun Young Choi (eps 5, 8, 11)
Hideki Hamasu (eps 9, 12)
Hideki Kakita (ep 11)
Hidetoshi Owashi (ep 11)
Hiromi Hata (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8-9, 11-12
)
Hirotaka Marufuji (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Nishimura (ep 12)
Hitomi Hasegawa (ep 3)
Ikuo Kuwana (ep 7)
Jamie Vickers (eps 3, 5-6, 11)
Jun Uemura (ep 1)
Kaori Komori (ep 7)
Katsuzō Hirata (ep 1)
Kenichi Yamaguchi (OP; eps 1, 9-10, 12)
Kōichi Arai (eps 2, 5-6)
Mariko Ishikawa (ep 11)
Masafumi Nakagawa (ep 6)
Masahiko Kubo (eps 8, 10-12)
Masashi Karino (ep 3)
Meiying Hong (ep 5)
Michio Mihara (3 episodes
eps 4 all, 8, 11
)
Miki Wasada (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-9, 12
)
Mikine Kuwabara (eps 1, 9, 12)
Nagisa Nakajima (eps 3, 7)
Naoyuki Asano (ep 11)
Natsuko Shimizu (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-9, 11-12
)
Nobumasa Shinkawa (eps 6, 8-9)
Nobutake Ito (eps 9, 12)
Nozomi Goto (ep 6)
Ryōko Nakano (ep 3)
Ryōtarō Makihara (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 10-12
)
Shōko Nishigaki (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 7-9, 12
)
Sōichirō Matsuda (ep 3)
Takaaki Wada (ep 3)
Takashi Kawaguchi (ep 6)
Takayuki Hamada (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 9-12
)
Takeo Shudou (ep 2)
Takuo Noda (eps 6, 9, 12)
Tetsurō Karai (ep 1)
Tomohiro Kamitani (ep 12)
Yūichirō Sueyoshi (OP)
Yuko Yazaki (ep 2)
Photography: Atsurō Saitō (ep 1)
Planning: Masao Maruyama
Prop Design: Takayuki Hamada (eps 1-2, 12)
Setting Design Cooperation: Yasunori Miyazawa (eps 1-2, 12)
Theme Song Performance: Seira Kagami
Houko Kuwashima as Kaiba
Mamiko Noto as Neiro
Romi Park as Popo

Hisao Egawa as Vanilla
Wasabi Mizuta as Hyohyo

Ai Orikasa as
Cafe (ep 6)
Moka (ep 3)
Aiko Hibi as Kochu
Akihiko Ishizumi as Jack Chuu (ep 1)
Atsushi Ii as Grandpa (ep 4)
Ayumi Fujimura as
Cheki
Ed (ep 3)
Chiwa Saitō as Chronico
Chō as Patch (ep 5)
Iemasa Kayumi as Triton (ep 6)
Kazuki Ogawa as Buuju (ep 7)
Kiyomi Yazawa as Senna (ep 3)
Makoto Yasumura as Takehiko (ep 8)
Mami Kingetsu as Lum (ep 2)
Masaki Terasoma as Libera (ep 7)
Naomi Shindoh as Kona (ep 3)
Natsuki Katou as Chibi Warp (ep 12)
Reiko Suzuki as Grandma (ep 4)
Sakiko Tamagawa as Negi (ep 3)
Seiko Ueda as Naru (ep 3)
Tamotsu Nishiwaki as Butter (ep 2)
Tesshō Genda as
Dada-sama
Narration
Tetsuya Iwanaga as
Bori (ep 4)
Kera (ep 4)
Kichi
Unshō Ishizuka as Baby (ep 5)
Wasabi Mizuta as Babo
Yūko Kaida as
Parm (eps 1-2)
Sate
Yūko Sanpei as Copy Warp
Yumiko Kobayashi as Guri (ep 3)

Dai Matsumoto (ep 3)
Daichi Endō (eps 9-11)
Eri Yasui (ep 1)
Fumi Oda (ep 1)
Genki Yoshimoto (ep 9)
Gō Shinomiya (eps 2-3, 7)
Hikaru Miyata (ep 6)
Hirofumi Nojima (ep 6)
Kazunari Tanaka (ep 1)
Kazuya Kobayashi (ep 7)
Keiko Tsukamoto (ep 1)
Kenjirō Tsuda (ep 1)
Kōsei Hirota (ep 1)
Kumi Sakuma (eps 4-5)
Kyōko Yamaguchi (ep 1)
Naoki Imamura (ep 8)
Ryōko Shiraishi (ep 1)
Saori Seto (ep 6)
Shukuko Tsugawa (eps 6, 9, 11)
Takahiro Yoshimizu (ep 1)
Takamasa Ōhashi (ep 5)
Takayuki Masuda (ep 6)
Taketora (eps 1-2, 9-11)
Tamotsu Nishiwaki (ep 1)
Tetsuo Sakaguchi (ep 7)
Tomo Adachi (ep 2)
Tsuguo Mogami (ep 5)
Yōhei Ōbayashi (ep 1)
Yōji Ueda (ep 4)
Yoshiko Takemura (eps 8, 11)
Yukiko Kurihara
Yūko Kaida (ep 4)
Yūko Sanpei
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation: AIC Takarazuka (ep 12)
Animation Production: Madhouse
Background Cooperation:
My Bell Animation (ep 12)
Satelight
Broadcaster: WOWOW (2008-04-10)
Finish Animation:
cube A motion
DR Movie
drop
MADBOX
Studio Elle
Triple A
In-Between Animation:
cube A motion
DR Movie
Original Creator: Madhouse
Production:
Madhouse
Sony PCL
VAP
WOWOW
English companies
English staff
Translation: Sam Pinansky

Production Assistant: Mark Clark
Distributor: Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (2019)
Midnight Pulp
Peacock
RetroCrush
Tubi TV
Licensed by: Discotek Media (USA)
English cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Dynit
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
Italian cast
(none)

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