Kurozuka (TV)

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Alternative title:

Куродзука (Russian)

黒塚 (Japanese)

Genres: action, horror, romance

Themes: vampire

Objectionable content: Intense

Plot Summary: Kuro, a 12th-century man, flees into the mountains after losing to his brother, where he meets a strange, beautiful woman named Kuromitsu. Kuro falls in love with Kuromitsu but realizes she conceals a dark secret. She is unable to die and continues to live for thousands of years as Japan evolves into a future society.

User Ratings: 613 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 40 votes (sub:34, dub:3, edit.dub:1, others:2

2 Russian subtitled

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Excellent: 85 votes (sub:74, dub:8, others:3

1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled

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Very good: 121 votes (sub:111, dub:5, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:3

1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled

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Good: 163 votes (sub:147, dub:7, raw:2, others:7

4 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled

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Decent: 93 votes (sub:82, dub:7, others:4

1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled

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So-so: 52 votes (sub:49, dub:1, others:2

1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled

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Not really good: 22 votes (sub:20, dub:2)

Weak: 19 votes (sub:15, raw:1, others:3

2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled

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Bad: 13 votes (sub:11, others:2

2 Spanish subtitled

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Awful: 5 votes (sub:5)

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 1147 users, rank: #903 (of 5921)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.963 (Good), std. dev.: 1.8632, rank: #2465 (of 5914)
Weighted mean: 6.872 (Good), rank: #2506 (of 5914) (seen all: 6.96 / seen some: 6.75 / won't finish: 4.60)
Bayesian estimate: 6.885 (Good), rank: #2239 (of 4468)

Number of episodes: 12

Episode titles: We have 12

Vintage: 2008-10-07

Opening Theme:

"SYSTEMATIC PEOPLE" by WAGDUG FUTURISTIC UNITY featuring Maximum the Ryo-kun [Maximum the Hormone]

Ending Theme:

"Hanarebanare" (ハナレバナレ) by Shigi

Official website:

Animax's Official Kurozuka Website (Japanese)

BS11's Official Kurozuka Website (Japanese)

Madhouse's Official Kurozuka Website (Japanese)

Official Kurozuka Website (Japanese)

News: Show: 1 9 11

Sony USA to Offer Kurozuka, Ultraviolet, Viper's Creed DVDs (Oct 22, 2012)

North American Stream List: February 20-26 (Feb 26, 2012)

North American Stream List: Feb. 13-19 (Feb 19, 2012)

North American Stream List: February 6-12 (Feb 12, 2012)

North American Stream List: Jan. 30-Feb. 5 (Feb 5, 2012)

North American Stream List: January 23-29 (Jan 29, 2012)

Animax to Stream Kurozuka Series on Crackle (Jan 17, 2012)

Kurozuka's 1st Episode Streamed by Crackle in U.S. (Jan 11, 2012)

1 of Kannagi's 8 Stations Drops Program from Lineup (Oct 8, 2008)

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DVD (Region 1)

Kurozuka - The Complete Series (DVD) 2012-12-21 (from $41.39)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Tetsuro Araki

Series Composition: Tetsuro Araki

Script: Osamu Morikawa (eps 4, 7)

Storyboard:
Atsuko Ishizuka (ED)
Hiroshi Hamasaki (eps 6, 11)
Takayuki Hirao (ep 9)
Tetsuro Araki (OP; eps 1, 12)
Tomohiko Ito (ep 3)

Episode Director:
Takayuki Hirao (ep 9)
Tetsuro Araki (ep 12)
Tomohiko Ito (ep 3)

Unit Director:
Atsuko Ishizuka (ED)
Naoyasu Hanyu (OP)

Music: Kiyoshi Yoshida

Original creator: Baku Yumemakura

Character Design: Masanori Shino

Chief Animation Director: Masanori Shino

Animation Director: Gi Du Kim (ep 6)

In-Between Animation:
Ai Yokoyama (ep 6)
Hye Jin Lee (eps 4, 8)

Key Animation:
Asami Moromasa (ep 10)
Chihiro Hayashi (ep 1)
Daisuke Niizuma (ep 9)
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 1)
Hiroaki Shimizu (ep 7)
Hiroshi Murayama (ep 9)
Hiroyasu Aoki (OP)
Jimmy Stone (ep 6)
Kana Miyai (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 12)
Koichi Nakaya (ep 10)
Kouhei Iwasaki (ep 9)
Kozue Matsui (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 12)
Kunio Takahide (ep 1)
Makoto Nakamura (ep 9)
Masanori Shino (ep 12)
Masato Ishii (ep 9)
Michiko Takahashi (ep 1)
Miki Kamata (ep 10)
Minami Yoshida (ep 1)
Minoru Morita (ep 7)
Sae Nishino (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Shin'ichi Yokota (ep 1)
Shinji Nagata (ep 1)
Shinobu Ookawa (ep 7)
Shinya Suzuki (ep 1)
Taichi Shinko (Studio Wanpack; ep 12)
Taiki Imamura (ep 1)
Takaaki Iwamoto (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 12)
Takeshi Itou (ep 7)
Takuji Abe (ep 9)
Tatsunori Sakamoto (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 12)
Tetsuya Wakano (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 12)
Tomomi Shimazaki (ep 1)
Tomomi Yabuki (ep 1)
Toshinori Yamamoto (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Yoshifumi Nakamura (Studio Wanpack; ep 12)
Yoshinori Kanemori (ep 9)
Yousuke Nakajima (ep 10)
Yuji Araki (ep 10)
Yuka Koiso (ep 1)
Yukari Matsuo (ep 7)
Yuki Nakajima (ep 10)
Yuki Tsugihashi (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 12)
Yuu Kaneshiro (ep 7)

Photography:
Daichi Nogami
Kazumi Yokoo
Kazuto Furuya
Kenji Takahashi
Megumi Fujisaka
Ryou Iijima
Takumi Haneda
Wakana Moriya
Yousuke Motoki
Yuki Teramoto

Setting Production: Chie Yamashiro (eps 1-12)

Theme Song Composition: Shigi (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Shigi (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Maximum the Ryo-kun (ED)
Shigi (ED)

Mamoru Miyano as Kuro

Romi Park as Kuromitsu

Kazuhiko Inoue as Izana

Toshiko Fujita as Saniwa

Banjou Ginga as Kurumasou

Chado Horii as
Jiutai(ep 12)
Soldier(eps 6, 10)

Houko Kuwashima as Rai

Jouji Nakata as Musashibo Benkei (Yamato Bo)

Junpei Takiguchi as Man in Black(ep 4)

Kaori Yamagata as Kagetsu

Keiji Fujiwara as Karuta

Ken Uo as Tonba

Makoto Yasumura as Heita(ep 1)

Miyu Irino as Kuon

Motoyuki Kawahara as
Commanding officer(ep 9)
Jiutai(ep 12)
Soldier(eps 5-7, 10)

Naoki Imamura as Shopkeeper(ep 4)

Shinichiro Miki as Arashiyama

Shinya Hamazoe as
Jiutai(ep 12)
Soldier(eps 5-7, 9-10)

Takamitsu Kineya as Narration

Takashi Matsuyama as
Red Emperor
Wheelchair Man(ep 8)

Takeshi Maeda as
Jiutai(ep 12)
Man(ep 5)
Soldier(eps 4, 6-7, 9)

Toru Ohkawa as Hasegawa

Yui Shoji as Female Soldier(ep 6)

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Animation Production Cooperation:
Asahi Production (eps 2, 7)
Studio Gazelle (eps 4, 9)
Sunny Side Up (ep 10)

Backgrounds:
Art Max
Art Rain
GIMC
Studio Beam
Studio Jack (OP; eps 1-12)
Tezuka Productions

Broadcaster:
Animax (2008-10-07)
BS11 Digital (2008-10-11)

CG Animation: Tatsunoko Production (OP; eps 1-11)

In-Between Animation:
Asahi Production
BUSAN DR
Dr. Movie
Eagle Entertainment
Fanout
Frontline
Hanil Animation
Hayashi KK
Kyung Kang ANIA
Madhouse Studios
MSJ
office DCI
Studio Wanpack
Triple A
Xuyang Animation
Yuhodo

Ink & Paint:
BUSAN DR
Dr. Movie
Eagle Entertainment
Fanout
Frontline
Hanil Animation
Hayashi KK
Kyung Kang ANIA
MSJ
office DCI
Studio Elle
Triple A
Xuyang Animation

Key Animation:
Dr. Movie (ep 12)
Eagle Entertainment (eps 4, 8)
Ginga Ya (ep 7)
Hanil Animation (ep 10)
Studio Wanpack (eps 5, 11)

Photography:
Asahi Production (OP; eps 1-12)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 12)

Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment

special effects: Team Taniguchi

English staff

English cast

Translation: Paul Baldwin

Producer: Diana Gage (Ocean)

Associate producer: Jiro Okada (Ocean)

Casting Coordination:
Randi Reidiger
Sonoka Ehara

Dialogue Editing: Gabriella Cheung

Re-Recording Mixing: Derek Simpson

Recording engineer: Benjamin Dove

Script Adaptation: Stephen Hedley

Video Post-Production:
Ryan Smith
Sam Mynott
Tuyet Le
Tyuet Le

Voice Direction: James Corrigall

Brad Swaile as Kuro

Janyse Jaud as Kuromitsu

Cathy Weseluck as Saniwa

Kelly Sheridan as Rai

Kirby Morrow as Hasegawa

Michael Dobson as Izana

Samuel Vincent as Kuon

Trevor Devall as Karuta

Adrian Petriw as
Commanding Officer(ep 9)
Kuon 2(ep 10)

Alistair Abell as
Manbi
Soldier(ep 4)

Don Brown as
Kurumazou(eps 5, 7-9)
Shop Owner(ep 4)

Jason Simpson as
Gang Boss(ep 3)
Soldier B(ep 5)
Tobi

Kirby Morrow as Musha A(ep 7)

Michael Adamthwaite as
Arashiyama(eps 3, 5-6)
Shojo
Soldier A(ep 5)

Michael Daingerfield as
Musha C(ep 7)
Soldier A(ep 9)
Soldier C(ep 10)

Michael Dobson as
Heita(ep 1)
Kentoku
Soldier A(ep 10)
Tomba(ep 7)

Nicole Oliver as Kagetsu(eps 5, 7-9)

Paul Dobson as
Man with Wheelchair(ep 8)
Musashibo Benkei
Musha B(ep 7)
Okina
Sekitei(ep 5)

Samuel Vincent as Soldier B(ep 9)

Ted Cole as Knucker(ep 3)

Trevor Devall as
Buaku(ep 2)
Man Clad All in Black(ep 4)
Soldier B(ep 10)

English companies

Casting: Interpacific Productions

Internet Streaming:
Crackle
YouTube

Licensed by: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Production: Ocean Productions Inc.

Recording Studio: Ocean Studios

Tagalog staff

Tagalog cast

Dubbing Director: Danny L. Mandia

Grace Cornel as Kuromitsu

RYAN BONDOC as Kuro

Tagalog companies

Broadcaster: Hero

Dubbing: Creative Programs, Inc.

Portuguese staff

Portuguese companies

(none)

Distributor: Sony

Internet Streaming: Crackle (Brazil)

Portuguese cast

(none)

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