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Kurozuka (TV)

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Alternative title:
Куродзука (Russian)
黒塚 (Japanese)
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: 686 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 42 votes (sub:36, dub:3, edit.dub:1, others:2
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 88 votes (sub:75, dub:10, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 136 votes (sub:121, dub:9, ?:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 181 votes (sub:157, dub:14, raw:3, others:7
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 112 votes (sub:95, dub:12, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 61 votes (sub:53, dub:6, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 27 votes (sub:24, dub:3)
 Weak: 21 votes (sub:17, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:11, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1258 users, rank: #959 (of 9757)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.918 (Good), std. dev.: 1.8316, rank: #4320 (of 9886)
Weighted mean: 6.840 (Good), rank: #4449 (of 9886) (seen all: 6.93 / seen some: 6.72 / won't finish: 4.53)
Bayesian estimate: 6.851 (Good), rank: #4059 (of 7486)
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
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DVD (Region 1)
    Anime 3-Series Collection - Ultraviolet Code 044 / Kurozuka / Viper's Creed (Dub.DVD) 2018-06-05 (from $9.33)
    Kurozuka - The Complete Series (Dub.DVD) 2012-12-21 (from $45.32)

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 Habu (OP)
Original creator: Baku Yumemakura
Character Design: Masanori Shino
Chief Animation Director: Masanori Shino
Animation Director: Gi Du Kim (ep 6)

2nd Key Animation: Yōko Iizuka (ep 2)
Finish Animation: Sun Hee You (eps 4, 8)
In-Between Animation:
Ai Yokoyama (ep 6)
Hye Jin Lee (eps 4, 8)
Key Animation:
Asami Moromasa (ep 10)
Chihiro Hayashi (ep 1)
Daisuke Niitsuma (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)
Kōhei Iwasaki (ep 9)
Koichi Nakaya (ep 10)
Kozue Matsui (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 12)
Kunio Takahide (ep 1)
Makoto Nakamura (ep 9)
Masanori Shino (ep 12)
Masato Ishii (ep 9)
Mi Young Jung (ep 4)
Michiko Takahashi (ep 1)
Miki Kamata (ep 10)
Minami Yoshida (ep 1)
Minoru Morita (ep 7)
Sae Nishino (Studio Wanpack; ep 5)
Shinichi Yokota (ep 1)
Shinji Nagata (ep 1)
Shinobu Ookawa (ep 7)
Shinya Suzuki (ep 1)
Tadashi Narigasawa (ep 9)
Taichi Atarashi (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)
Yū Kaneshiro (ep 7)
Yuji Araki (ep 10)
Yuka Koiso (ep 1)
Yukari Matsuo (ep 7)
Yūki Nakajima (ep 10)
Yuki Tsugihashi (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 12)
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

Airi Sakuno as Mother (ep 3)
Banjō Ginga as Kurumasou
Chado Horii as
Jiutai (ep 12)
Soldier (eps 6, 10)
Jōji Nakata as Musashibo Benkei (Yamato Bo)
Junpei Takiguchi as Man in Black (ep 4)
Kaori Yamagata as Kagetsu
Kazunari Tanaka as Buaku (ep 2)
Keiji Fujiwara as Karuta
Keisuke Kōmoto as Man (ep 3)
Ken Uo as Tonba
Kenji Akabane as Tobi (ep 2)
Makoto Yasumura as Heita (ep 1)
Miyu Irino as Kuon
Motoyuki Kawahara as
Commanding officer (ep 9)
Jiutai (ep 12)
Manbi (eps 1-2)
Soldier (eps 5-7, 10)
Naoki Imamura as
Gang Boss (ep 3)
Shopkeeper (ep 4)
Shinichirō Miki as Arashiyama
Shinya Hamazoe as
Jiutai (ep 12)
Pickpocket (ep 3)
Soldier (eps 5-7, 9-10)
Takamitsu Kineya as Narration
Takashi Matsuyama as
Old Man (eps 1-2)
Red Emperor
Wheelchair Man (ep 8)
Takeshi Maeda as
Jiutai (ep 12)
Kentoku (ep 2)
Male Customer (ep 3)
Man (ep 5)
Soldier (eps 4, 6-7, 9)
Warrior (ep 1)
Tamotsu Nishiwaki as Old Informer (ep 3)
Tōru Ohkawa as Hasegawa
Yui Shoji as Female Soldier (ep 6)
Yuka Saitō as Woman (ep 3)

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse
Animation Production Cooperation:
Asahi Production (eps 2, 7)
Studio Gazelle (eps 4, 9)
Sunny Side Up (ep 10)
Broadcaster:
Animax (2008-10-07)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2008-10-11)
CG Animation: Tatsunoko Production (OP; eps 1-11)
Key Animation:
DR Movie (ep 12)
Eagle Entertainment (eps 4, 8)
Ginga Ya (ep 7)
Hanil Animation (ep 10)
Studio Wanpack (eps 5, 12)
Photography:
Asahi Production (OP; eps 1-12)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 12)
special effects: Team Taniguchi
English staff
English cast
Translation: Paul Baldwin
Producer: Diana Gage (Ocean)

Associate producer: Jiro Okada (Ocean)
Casting Coordination:
Randi Riediger
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
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
Internet Streaming:
Crackle (Expired)
YouTube
Production: The Ocean Group
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crackle (Latin America; expired)
Licensed by: Sony Pictures (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Danny L. Mandia
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: Sony
Internet Streaming: Crackle (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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