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Akado Suzunosuke (TV)

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Alternative title:
Little Samurai
Redbreast Suzunosuke
赤胴鈴之助 (Japanese)
Genres: adventure
Themes: historical
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage: 1972-04-05 to 1973-03-28
Opening Theme:
"Ganbare! Akadō Suzunosuke" (がんばれ！赤胴鈴之助) by Tōkyō Jōhoku Boys & Girls Choir
Ending Theme:
"Akadō Ondo" (赤胴音頭) by Naoto Kaseda & Honey Knights
"Akadō Shinkū Giri" (赤胴真空斬り) by Vocal Shop
Official website:
TMS 赤胴鈴之助 (Japanese)
TMS: A Little Samurai
News:
Akado Suzunosuke Manga Gets Live-Action Series Sequel on January 8 (Dec 8, 2021)
Disney to Release 'Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki' Blu-ray Set (Jul 30, 2015)
Miyazaki's 1st Directorial Work Listed in 13-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Box Set (Mar 31, 2014)
Other article: Show:
RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Welcome to the Scathing Reviews! (Oct 23, 2007)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki [Amazon Exclusive] (Blu-ray) 2015-11-17

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Screenplay:
Haruya Yamazaki (13 episodes
eps 2, 5, 13, 17-18, 23, 26, 32, 34, 37, 41, 45, 51
)
Mon Shichijō (12 episodes
eps 1, 9, 14, 20-21, 27-28, 33, 39, 44, 47, 49
)
Tatsuo Tamura (5 episodes
eps 8, 11, 19, 22, 29
)
Yoshitake Suzuki (11 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 15, 24, 30, 36, 40, 43, 48, 52
)
Yutaka Kaneko (11 episodes
eps 4, 7, 12, 16, 25, 31, 35, 38, 42, 46, 50
)
Storyboard:
Hayao Miyazaki (eps 26-27, 41)
Kenzo Koizumi (eps 39, 45, 51)
Masahiro Sasaki (ep 11)
Minoru Okazaki (7 episodes
eps 5, 8, 13, 17, 22, 30, 36
)
Noboru Ishiguro (eps 19, 23, 43)
Osamu Dezaki (15 episodes
eps 2, 9-10, 14, 18, 20-21, 24-25, 29, 31-32, 35, 40, 49
)
Shigetsugu Yoshida (ep 52)
Sōji Yoshikawa (ep 1)
Tameo Kohanawa (eps 33, 37)
Teruo Ishikawa (5 episodes
eps 15, 28, 34, 38, 48
)
Tetsuo Imazawa (eps 44, 46)
Toshio Hirata (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 16
)
Yoshio Kuroda (eps 42, 47, 50)
Music: Takeo Watanabe
Original creator:
Eiichi Fukui
Tsunayoshi Takeuchi
Art Director:
Jin Kageyama
Masato Itō
Animation Director:
Hideo Kawauchi (9 episodes
eps 5, 8, 12, 19, 26, 29, 35, 38, 47
)
Keiichiro Kimura (10 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 22, 28, 34, 40, 46, 52
)
Kenzo Koizumi (11 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 11, 18, 21, 27, 32, 39, 45, 51
)
Kōichi Murata (10 episodes
eps 5, 9, 14, 20, 24, 31, 37-38, 43, 50
)
Norio Shioyama (eps 1, 3)
Shingo Araki (9 episodes
eps 6, 10, 16, 23, 28, 33, 41, 48, 52
)
Takao Kōzai (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 13, 17, 25, 30, 36, 42, 44, 49
)
Director of Photography: Katsuji Misawa

Acting Chief Director: Isao Takahata
Animation: Hayao Miyazaki
Animation Supervisor: Daikichirō Kusube
Background Art:
Hiroko Igarashi (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 10, 13-16, 26
)
Hirotsugu Tani (eps 9, 11-12)
Kōichi Kudō (9 episodes
eps 17, 22, 25, 30, 33, 38, 44, 46, 50
)
Shōhei Kawamoto (9 episodes
eps 17, 22, 25, 30, 33, 38, 44, 46, 50
)
Tadao Kubota (4 episodes
eps 19, 23, 27, 40
)
Yasuyuki Chiba (39 episodes
eps 1-16, 18, 20-21, 24, 26, 28-29, 31-32, 34-37, 39, 41-43, 45, 47-49, 51-52
)
Yuko Tahara (27 episodes
eps 1, 4-8, 18, 20-21, 24, 29, 31-32, 34-37, 39, 41-43, 45, 47-49, 51-52
)
Editing: Hiroko Koshino
In-Between Animation:
Fumi Fukoku (9 episodes
eps 6, 10, 16, 23, 33, 40-41, 48, 52
)
Masahiro Sasaki (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 14, 20, 24
)
Michishiro Yamada (5 episodes
eps 5, 19, 29, 35, 47
)
Minoru Maeda (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 13, 17, 25, 30, 36, 42, 44, 49
)
Seiji Arihara (5 episodes
eps 5, 19, 29, 35, 47
)
Yoshinori Kanada (4 episodes
eps 6, 16, 23, 33
)
Yoshinori Tanabe (9 episodes
eps 4, 8, 11, 18, 21, 27, 32, 39, 45
)
Yoshitaka Gokami (9 episodes
eps 2, 10, 15, 22, 28, 34, 40, 46, 52
)
Key Animation:
Eiichi Nakamura (ep 47)
Hisatoshi Motoki (4 episodes
eps 12, 29, 35, 38
)
Kakuko Hoshino (8 episodes
eps 4, 8, 11, 18, 21, 27, 32, 39
)
Kazuyoshi Shimada (ep 51)
Keiichiro Kimura (6 episodes
eps 2, 15, 22, 34, 40, 46
)
Kenzo Koizumi (ep 45)
Kiyoshi Nakamura (ep 6)
Kōichi Murata (5 episodes
eps 3, 31, 37, 43, 50
)
Masami Abe (9 episodes
eps 6, 10, 16, 23, 28, 33, 41, 48, 52
)
Masashi Kubota (ep 51)
Michiko Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 18, 21, 32, 51
)
Nobue Toyokawa (eps 5, 19, 26)
Norio Shioyama (eps 9, 14)
Satoshi Jingu (4 episodes
eps 10, 16, 23, 33
)
Satoshi Oshima (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 14, 20, 24
)
Shigeru Kogawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 27, 39
)
Shunji Saida (12 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 9, 14, 20, 24, 31, 37-38, 43, 50
)
Takao Kōzai (10 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 17, 25, 30, 36, 42, 44, 49
)
Takashi Asakura (eps 18, 21, 32)
Tetsuo Imazawa (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 13, 17, 25, 30, 36, 42, 44, 49
)
Toshiyuki Honda (eps 8, 19)
Tsutomu Tanaka (ep 38)
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (10 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 22, 28, 34, 40, 46, 52
)
Yoshifumi Kondō (6 episodes
eps 5, 12, 19, 26, 29, 35
)
Yoshinori Kanada (eps 41, 48)
Yukio Suzuki (eps 41, 48)
Yuzo Aoki (eps 8, 47)
Recording Director: Akira Yamazaki
Sound Effects: Yozo Kataoka
Keiko Yamamoto as Akadō Suzunosuke Konno

Ichirō Nagai as Namino Jūzō
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Onikōbe Jūrōta
Kōichi Chiba as
Chiba Shūsaku
Narrator
Kurumi Kobato as Chiba Sayuri
Makio Inoue as Yagyū Ichitarō
Reiko Katsura as Namino Daisuke
Shingo Kanemoto as Tatsumaki Rainoshin
Tamio Ohki as Konno Tetsunosuke
Toshiko Maeda as Konno Hideka
Toshiko Sawada as Shikikyōdayu

Ichirō Nagai as Gaikotsuki
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Ginpatsuki

Gentarō Inoue
Hikojiro Matsumura
Ryuuji Takada
Susumu Mizushima
Japanese companies
Finish Animation:
Easy World Pro (16 episodes
eps 6, 10-11, 14, 16, 20, 22, 24, 28, 32, 34, 39, 41, 45, 48, 51
)
Studio Junio (eps 42, 44, 49)
Studio Robin (18 episodes
eps 6, 9-11, 14-15, 18, 21, 23, 27, 31, 33, 37, 40, 43, 46, 50, 52
)
Production:
Fuji Television Network
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Production Cooperation:
A Production
Eion
Tokyo Laboratory
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney (eps 26-27, 41)
English cast
(none)

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