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Kämpfer (TV)

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Alternative title:
けんぷファー (Japanese)
캠퍼 (Korean)
Genres: action, comedy, romance
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: Senō Natsuru is your normal, everyday high school student. However, he's been chosen to be a Kämpfer, who's objective consists on fighting other Kämpfer with either guns, swords or magic. However, there's catch—first, you can't chose if you're a Kämpfer or not, and second, you must have the body of a girl to use your powers.
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User Ratings: 1500 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 67 votes (sub:58, dub:6, raw:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 123 votes (sub:106, dub:10, raw:1, others:6
2 Russian dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Very good: 259 votes (sub:230, dub:16, raw:5, ?:1, others:7
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 278 votes (sub:251, dub:14, ?:2, raw:1, others:10
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 czech subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 264 votes (sub:245, dub:7, ?:1, raw:1, others:10
6 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 132 votes (sub:127, dub:2, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 116 votes (sub:102, dub:8, ?:1, others:5
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Weak: 96 votes (sub:91, dub:3, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 81 votes (sub:80, dub:1)
 Awful: 42 votes (sub:41, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 42 votes (sub:32, dub:10)
Seen in part or in whole by 2612 users, rank: #425 (of 9798)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.997 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.4236, rank: #7579 (of 9936)
Weighted mean: 5.768 (Decent−), rank: #8020 (of 9936) (seen all: 6.38 / seen some: 5.81 / won't finish: 3.14)
Bayesian estimate: 5.783 (Decent−), rank: #6924 (of 7502)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2009-10-01 to 2009-12-17
Opening Theme:
"Unreal Paradise" (あんりある パラダイス) by Minami Kuribayashi
Ending Theme:
"One Way Ryō Omoi" (ワンウェイ両想い) by Marina Inoue and Megumi Nakajima
Official website:
Kämpfer @ TBS (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 21
Review:
Kampfer DVD (Apr 4, 2011)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Kämpfer - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2019-05-28 (from $28.45)
    Kämpfer - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2014-09-23 (from $105.95)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Kämpfer - Complete Collection [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-03-28
DVD (Region 1)
    Kämpfer - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2011-01-18 (from $23.97)
DVD (Region 2)
    Kämpfer - Complete Collection [UK] (Sub.DVD) 2016-03-28

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yasuhiro Kuroda
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Script:
Hiroko Fukuda (eps 3, 6-7, 12)
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (eps 1-2, 8, 11)
Takashi Aoshima (eps 4-5, 9-10)
Episode Director:
Akane Inoue (ep 11)
Hikaru Sato (ep 2)
Hisatoshi Shimizu (ep 6)
Jirō Asuka (ep 5)
Matsuo Asami (eps 4, 7)
Mitsue Yamazaki (eps 1, 10)
Satoshi Saga (ep 3)
Seiji Masuda (ep 12)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 9)
Yoshitaka Nagaoka (ep 8)
Music: Tatsuya Katō
Original creator: Toshihiko Tsukiji
Original Character Design: Senmu
Character Design: Mariko Fujita
Art Director: Yoshinori Hirose
Chief Animation Director: Naoto Nakamura (ep 2)
Animation Director:
Akira Koshiishi (eps 6, 10)
Eri Baba (eps 2, 10)
Haruo Ōgawara (eps 4, 7)
Hisashi Shimokawa (ep 6)
Ju Young Lee (ep 3)
Kenji Ōta (eps 5-6, 11)
Kumi Ishii (ep 9)
Makoto Koga (ED)
Mariko Fujita (OP+Ep. 1)
Masafumi Tamura (ep 10)
Naoki Yamauchi (ep 1)
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 6)
Shuuji Miyazaki (ep 2)
Takao Takegami (ep 5)
Takashi Uchida (ep 8)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 12)
Yūji Yanase (eps 6, 12)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Yoshida
3D Animation: Kentaro Sasaki
Assistant Animation Director:
Akio Hirakawa (ep 3)
Akira Koshiishi (ep 11)
Chisato Kikunaga (ep 12)
Hiroki Tsuji (ep 7)
Ju Young Lee (ep 11)
Kanetoshi Kamimoto (ep 3)
Kenji Ōta (ep 12)
Kōji Sugimoto (ep 12)
Masayuki Tanaka (ep 11)
Seiji Hagiwara (ep 7)
Shinji Yamamoto (eps 11-12)
Shinya Ojiri (ep 11)
Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 12)
Background Assistance: Chieko Hanada
Color design: Hiroko Umezaki
Composite:
Fujiko Tabata (Studio Cosmos)
Kazuhiro Udagawa (Studio Cosmos; 10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-12
)

Kō Kamisawa (Ryusei)
Kōichi Gonda (Studio Cosmos)
Masaki Nogami (Ryusei)
Masato Andō (Studio Cosmos)
Naohisa Haijima (Studio Cosmos)
Rikiya Hirooku (Ryusei)
Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos)
Tatsuaki Koike (Studio Cosmos)
Tōru Sugawara (Studio Cosmos)
Toshihiro Fujita (Ryusei)
Yūji Shirai (Studio Cosmos)
Yūko Orikasa (Studio Cosmos)
Yumiko Morimoto (Studio Cosmos)
Yumiko Suibun (Studio Cosmos)
Yurie Tadano (Studio Cosmos)
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
Finish Animation: Fumiko Numahata
Key Animation:
Akihide Miya (ep 8)
Akio Kitahara (eps 5-6, 9, 11)
Akira Hayashi (eps 9, 11)
Atsushi Nikaidō (eps 1, 5, 11)
Atsushi Tsukamoto (ep 8)
Aya Nagumo (eps 1, 6)
Ayako Karatani (ep 3)
Chie Yamazaki (Gonzo; ep 11)
Dai Nishino (ep 4)
Daisuke Agata (eps 1, 5)
Daisuke Kurose (Gonzo; ep 11)
Daisuke Kusakari (ep 10)
Daisuke Nakamura (eps 10, 12)
Daisuke Saitō (eps 6, 12)
Eiji Fukuyama (ep 3)
Eisuke Matsubara (ep 8)
Eitarō Abe (ep 8)
Emi Sakamoto (ep 11)
Eri Baba (eps 1, 9, 12)
Eriko Murakami (ep 3)
Fumiko Kon (ep 10)
Gakushi Maeda (ep 3)
Hajime Maruo (ep 1)
Hideki Ito (ep 9)
Hiroaki Kawaguchi (ep 1)
Hiroaki Konno (Big Bang; ep 1)
Hiroko Shigekuni (ep 8)
Hiromi Funatsu (ep 8)
Hiromi Ono (ep 9)
Hiroshi Tatezaki (eps 5, 11)
Hiroto Katō (ep 8)
Hirotoshi Arai (AI; ep 2)
Hiroyuki Kasugai (OP+Eps. 1, 5, 9, 12)
Hitonori Aki (AI; ep 12)
Hitoshi Ueda (ep 1)
Ikuma Fujibe (eps 1, 10)
Itaru Saito (OP+Eps. 8, 12)
Jung Woo Kim (AI; ep 2)
Kanako Ōyabu (eps 4, 7)
Katsuya Shigehara (Studio Gamei; ep 9)
Katsuyuki Sato (ep 3)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (ep 9)
Kazuhiko Yano (ep 8)
Kazuhiro Ono (Studio Gamei; ep 9)
Kazuki Ito (ep 1)
Kazuko Shibata (ep 11)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 3)
Kazunori Ozawa (AI; ep 2)
Kazuto Nakazawa (eps 1-2, 6, 8)
Kazuya Tsukamoto (Studio Gamei; ep 9)
Ken Mutou (eps 1, 8, 11)
Kenichi Umemoto (eps 6, 12)
Kenji Ōta (OP+Eps. 5, 11)
Kenta Mizusaki (AI; ep 2)
Kim-Young Sik (AI; ep 12)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (I&S Factory; ep 11)
Kōichi Takai (ep 10)
Kōichirō Ono (OP+Ep. 10)
Kōji Matsuyama (ep 8)
Kōji Miura (eps 6, 12)
Maki Fujita (ep 10)
Manabu Shioda (ep 10)
Masahiro Yamanaka (ep 1)
Masahito Onoda (OP)
Masanobu Aoyama (ep 3)
Masanori Hashimoto (Big Bang; eps 1, 4)
Masato Nishikawa (ep 11)
Masaya Ōnishi (ep 9)
Mayo Koike (AI; ep 2)
Michio Satō (ep 10)
Michiyuki Nōjō (ep 4)
Mika Inoue (AI; ep 2)
Mika Suzuki (Sunrise Animation Studio; ep 6)
Min Bae Lee (AI; ep 12)
Misae Kimura (ep 10)
Miyako Ōta (eps 1-2, 6, 10)
Miyuki Inoue (ep 3)
Mizue Ogawa (I&S Factory; ep 11)
Momoko Higashiyoko (ep 3)
Naoki Yamauchi (eps 6, 9, 12)
Naoto Nakamura (OP+Ep. 1)
Nobuyuki Hata (ep 10)
Noriko Sato (eps 2, 6)
Noriko Yamashita (ep 9)
Reiko Sato (ep 5)
Reina Takada (eps 2, 6, 10)
Rie Harada (ep 3)
Rie Ōmori (ep 3)
Risako Yoshida (eps 1, 5)
Sachiko Mori (ep 1)
Saki Kobayashi (eps 2, 6, 9)
Sakiko Uda (Sunrise Animation Studio; ep 6)
Satomi Kitahara (ep 3)
Satomi Watabe (Sunrise Animation Studio; ep 6)
Satoru Yamashita (ep 3)
Seiji Hagiwara (ep 4)
Seiji Masuda (eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Shigeru Uchihara (ep 3)
Shingo Nakamura (ep 8)
Shinichi Iimura (OP+Eps. 8, 12)
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 9)
Shinpei Nagai (Gonzo; ep 11)
Shinsuke Yanagi (eps 4, 7)
Shinya Kameyama (eps 6, 12)
Shinya Ojiri (ep 1)
Shōsuke Shimizu (ep 3)
Shun Odajima (ep 9)
Shunsuke Itai (ep 11)
Sung Woo Kim (AI; ep 2)
Takaaki Fujikura (ep 11)
Takafumi Torii (ep 9)
Takahiro Kuroishi (eps 8, 12)
Takao Takegami (OP+Ep. 2)
Takashi Hirabayashi (ep 11)
Takashi Narikawa (OP+Ep. 12)
Takashi Uchida (eps 8, 11)
Takayo Mitsuwaka (OP+Eps. 5, 10)
Takayuki Kidou (ep 8)
Takehiro Nakayama (OP)
Takeshi Morita (ep 1)
Takeshi Okada (eps 1, 5, 11)
Takeshi Shirato (eps 2, 6)
Tatsuhiko Hatano (ep 3)
Tetsuya Koshizaki (eps 1, 5, 11)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (eps 1, 11)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (eps 1, 5, 10)
Tōru Yoshida (ep 11)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (OP+Eps. 1-2, 6, 9)
Toshinari Yamashita (ED)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 12)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (eps 2, 6, 10)
Yōko Iizuka (Seigasha; ep 12)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (ep 2)
Yoshie Kawamura (ep 9)
Youko Kuboyama (ep 8)
Yūki Nakajima (eps 1, 5, 11)
Yukihide Oku (ep 1)
Yukihiro Kitano (OP+Eps. 5-6, 9, 12)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (ep 6)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 3)
Yukiko Muta (Big Bang; ep 1)
Yūma Shimizu (ep 4)
Yūsuke Suzuki (ep 4)
Yūsuke Uda (Kagura; eps 11-12)
Production Advancement:
Akihiko Ōsawa (eps 1, 5, 11)
Kazumasa Fukuda (ep 8)
Sayuri Ōi (eps 6, 12)
Shunpei Ryo (ep 2)
Taichi Mitani (eps 4, 7)
Takanobu Akita (ep 9)
Tomoyoshi Umino (ep 3)
Yasuhiro Fujikawa (ep 10)
Yasumasa Amano (ep 3)
Setting Production: Takanori Yano
Special Effects: Yuichi Furuichi
Theme Song Performance:
Marina Inoue (ED)
Megumi Nakajima (ED)
Minami Kuribayashi (OP)
Kana Asumi as Mikoto Kondō
Kaori Nazuka as Shizuku Sangō
Marina Inoue as Natsuru Senō
Megumi Nakajima as Kaede Sakura
Yui Horie as Akane Mishima

Eri Nakao as Sayaka Nakao
Junko Minagawa as Hitomi Minagawa
Kana Ueda as Rika Ueda
Kenji Utsumi as Hiaburi Lion
Kotomi Yamakawa as Ryouka Yamakawa
Mamiko Noto as Norainu Chissoku
Michiko Nomura as Tora Harakiri
Nana Mizuki as Kanden Yamaneko
Shiori Mikami as Masumi Nishino
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Mikihito Higashida
Yukari Tamura as Seppuku Kuro Usagi

Akira Nakagawa as
Commander (ep 5)
Teacher (ep 3)
Atsushi Tamaru as Male Student (ep 1)
Aya Natsume as Female Student (ep 5)
Ayako Tsuchiya as Female Student (ep 3)
Eri Nakao as Spectator D (ep 5)
Eri Ozaki as Female Student (ep 6)
Hiroko Kusunoki as Female Student (ep 6)
Hiroyuki Endō as Male Student (ep 5)
Izumi Maruyama as Female Student (ep 3)
Junko Minagawa as Spectator A (ep 5)
Kazuki Watanabe as Male Student (ep 5)
Kazusa Aranami as Treasurer
Kei Tanaka as Surfer (ep 9)
Kotomi Yamakawa as Spectator B (ep 5)
Kunie Takahashi as Female Student (ep 6)
Marie Tanuma as Female Student (ep 5)
Sachi Yoshioka as Female Student (ep 3)
Shiina Udagawa as Female Student (ep 12)
Shiori Mikami as Female Student (ep 1)
Sho Shibasaki as Male Student (ep 6)
Takuya Isozaki as Male Student (ep 4)
Takuya Satō as Male Student (ep 1)
Tatsuya Fujii as Male Student (ep 5)
Tomoe Watanabe as Female Student (ep 5)
Tomomi Nishigata as Female Student (ep 12)
Tomoya Takahashi as Male Student (ep 4)
Tomoyuki Higuchi as Male Student (ep 5)
Toshifumi Sakai as Male Student (ep 4)
Yoriko Nagata as Female Student (ep 1)
Yuki Ishida as Surfer (ep 9)
Yūki Kobayashi as Committee Chairman
Yūko Gotō as Assistant Committee Chairperson

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Nomad
Backgrounds: J.C. Staff Art Dept.
Broadcaster:
BS-i (2009-10-31)
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-10-08)
Sun TV (2009-10-11)
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2009-10-01)
Music Production: Lantis
Production Assistance:
Beat Frog (ep 3)
Studio Tama (eps 4, 7)
Sound Production: Dax Production
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Shannon Reed
Translation: Jackie McClure
ADR Script: Marta Bechtol
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Toru Iwakami (2019 release)
Producer:
David Del Rio (2014 release)
Griffin Vance (2019 release)
John Ledford (2014, 2019 releases)

Assistant ADR Director:
David Wald
John Swasey
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Packaging Design:
Andrea Rodriguez (2014 release)
Larry Koteff
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (2019 release)
Janice Williams (2019 release)
Joey Goubeaud (2019 release)
Son Phan Le (2019 release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (2019 release)
E.W. Rector, III (Original release, 2019 release)
Kayla King
Luke La Padula (2019 release)
Mariana Valverde (2019 release)
Natalie Jones (2019 release)
Ned Gayle (2019 release)
Paul Mericle (2019 release)
Ryan Anthony (2019 release)
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones
Subtitling: Neal Barnes (2019 release)
Supervising Translator: Ian Fagen (2019 release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Avery Smithhart as Kaede Sakura
Brittney Karbowski as Akane Mishima
Christina Kelly as Mikoto Kondo
Howard Wang as Natsuru Seno (male)
Katelyn Barr as Shizuku Sango
Sabrina Owen as Natsuru Seno (female)

Andrew Love as Burnt Alive Lion
Caitlynn French as Ryoka Yamakawa
Christie Guidry as Sayaka Nakao
Joe Daniels as Mikihito Higashida
Juliet Simmons as Black Seppuku Rabbit
Kira Vincent-Davis as Electrocuted Wildcat
Maggie Flecknoe as Masumi Nishino
Margaret McDonald as Disemboweled Tiger
Natalie Rial as Rika Ueda
Savanna Menzel as Strangled Stray Dog
Shelby Blocker as Hitomi Minagawa

Allison Sumrall as Vice-President
Carli Mosier as President
Elissa Cuellar as Treasurer
Katelyn Barr as Exploded Penguin
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled) 
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
MVM (UK & Ireland)
Sentai Filmworks
Post Production: Seraphim Digital
Production: Sentai Studios (2019 release)
German cast
German staff
ADR Director: Detlef Klein
Script: Detlef Klein
Anna Grisebach as Natsuru Senō (female)
Daniela Reidies as Seppuku Kuro Usagi
Kaya Möller as Akane Mishima
René Dawn-Claude as Natsuru Senō (male)

Anita Hopt as Kaede Sakura
Anja Rybiczka as Kanden Yamaneko
Antje von der Ahe as Hitomi Minagawa
Axel Lutter as Hiaburi Lion
Gundi Eberhard as Masumi Nishino
Katie Pfleghar as Rika Ueda
Katrin Zimmermann as Shizuku Sangō
Manja Doering as Mikoto Kondō
Maxi Häcke as Sayaka Nakao
Nicole Hannak as Ryouka Yamakawa
Oliver Bender as Mikihito Higashida
Santiago Ziesmer as Tora Harakiri

Josefin Hagen as Vice-Class Representative
Lisa Mitsching as Class Treasurer
Tanja Schmitz as Class Representative

German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand

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