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The Sacred Blacksmith (TV)

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Alternative title:
La espada sagrada (Spanish)
Seiken no Blacksmith (Japanese)
聖剣の刀鍛冶(ブラックスミス) (Japanese)
聖劍鍛造師 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: ©2009 Isao Miura/MEDIA FACTORY,EARTH STAR ENTERTAINMENT,JOQR,AT-X
Plot Summary: As the newest head of the prestigious Campbell household, young Cecily Campbell is following family tradition by becoming a Knight Guard of the Independent Trade City of Housman and taking up the family sword. While being attacked by a crazed veteran knight, she was saved by Luke, the Sacred Blacksmith. Alongside Lisa, his assistant, Luke has the power to forge powerful swords capable of defeating the so feared demons—demons which could once again bring the world close to an end.
User Ratings: 1186 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 36 votes (sub:25, dub:9, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 108 votes (sub:70, dub:35, Eng:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 258 votes (sub:158, dub:86, raw:2, edit.dub:2, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 364 votes (sub:250, dub:101, ?:2, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:8
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 220 votes (sub:143, dub:61, raw:3, ?:2, others:11
4 Spanish subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 So-so: 89 votes (sub:69, dub:19, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 41 votes (sub:28, dub:9, raw:1, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 37 votes (sub:30, dub:5, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 22 votes (sub:19, edit.dub:1, raw:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 2110 users, rank: #558 (of 9794)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.776 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7121, rank: #4843 (of 9934)
Weighted mean: 6.648 (Good−), rank: #5221 (of 9934) (seen all: 6.81 / seen some: 6.28 / won't finish: 3.58)
Bayesian estimate: 6.657 (Good−), rank: #4813 (of 7501)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2009-10-03 to 2009-12-19
Opening Theme:
"JUSTICE of LIGHT" by Mayumi Gojo
Ending Theme:
"Miracle Happy Day" (みらくるハッピーディ) by Aki Toyosaki
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Sacred Blacksmith - The Complete Series (DVD 1-2) 2011-01-25 (from $64.98)
    The Sacred Blacksmith - The Complete Series [Limited Edition] (DVD 1-2) 2011-01-25 (from $74.01)
    The Sacred Blacksmith - The Complete Series (DVD 1-2) 2012-07-31 (from $59.99)
    The Sacred Blacksmith - The Complete Series [S.A.V.E. Edition] (DVD 1-2) 2015-06-09 (from $18.99)
DVD (Region 4)
    The Sacred Blacksmith - The Complete Series (DVD) 2011-03-16

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masamitsu Hidaka
Series Composition: Masashi Suzuki
Script:
Masashi Suzuki (eps 1-4, 8-12)
Rie Koshika (eps 5-7)
Storyboard:
Hideto Komori (ep 4)
Kotomi Deai (eps 2, 5, 7)
Masamitsu Hidaka (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 10, 12
)

Mitsutaka Noshitani (ep 6)
Tamayo Yamamoto (eps 8, 12)
Yoshihiro Oka (eps 3, 9, 11)
Episode Director:
Jun Soga (eps 4, 8)
Kei Tsunematsu (eps 1-2, 12)
Kotomi Deai (ep 7)
Mitsutaka Noshitani (ep 6)
Mitsutoshi Satō (ep 5)
Yoshihiro Oka (eps 3, 11)
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 9)
Yuuichi Sugio (ep 10)
Original creator: Isao Miura
Original Character Design: Runa
Character Design: Jun Nakai
Art Director: Michie Watanabe (GREEN)
Animation Director:
Akira Satō (ep 8)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 5)
Daisuke Kamei (ep 9)
Eiji Abiko (eps 2, 6, 12)
Hideto Komori (ep 4)
Jun Nakai (eps 1, 10, 12)
Masako Matsumoto (ep 11)
Naoaki Hōjō (eps 7, 11)
Yūko Matsui (eps 3, 7, 11)
Sound Director: Satoshi Yano
Director of Photography:
Kenji Takahashi (Asahi Production)
Ryō Iijima (assistant)
2nd Key Animation:
Ai Ishimori (GoHands; eps 4, 8)
Akiko Kawazoe (Wao World; ep 2)
Arumi Tamichi (GoHands; eps 4-5, 8, 10)
Asami Gouda (GoHands; eps 4, 10)
Chie Ōtsuki (eps 2-3)
Chihiro Shimada (GoHands; eps 4-5, 8, 10)
Emi Hirano (ep 12)
Hiromi Yoshinuma (eps 1, 6, 8, 12)
Hisa Ōhashi (ep 1)
Katsumasa Yokomine (GoHands; eps 4-5, 10)
Kiko Morifuji (eps 2-4)
Kimiko Hiraguchi (GoHands; eps 4, 10)
Koji Asawa (ep 9)
Kururu Shiozawa (eps 1, 12)
Mai Gōda (GoHands; ep 5)
Mariko Sasaki (eps 1, 5, 12)
Masaki Kōsaka (ep 9)
Masako Matsumoto (ep 12)
Masami Kobayashi (ep 3)
Masashi Nishikawa (eps 2-3, 6)
Masayuki Tachibana (GoHands; eps 4-5, 8, 10)
Miyuki Mori (GoHands; eps 4-5, 8, 10)
Ryō Iwasaki (eps 4, 12)
Sachiko Suzuki (GoHands; eps 4-5, 8, 10)
Sachiyo Matsubayashi (eps 5, 9)
Saori Koike (ep 1)
Shōta Ueno (Wao World; ep 2)
Sunao Chikaoka (ep 8)
Taeko Igo (eps 3, 7)
Takahiro Ninagawa (ep 9)
Tetsuro Uetake (GoHands; eps 4-5, 8, 10)
Tomoko Kawauchi (ep 3)
Yohko Ariizumi (ep 3)
Yuka Koiso (ep 7)
Yuki Fujita (GoHands; eps 4-5, 10)
Yuki Ōmori (ep 12)
Yuki Terano (GoHands; eps 4-5)
Yuki Tsuchiki (GoHands; eps 4-5, 10)
Yukie Matsumoto (ep 7)
Yukiko Kawakita (Wao World; ep 2)
Yūko Matsui (ep 12)
Yūsuke Banjōya (GoHands; eps 4-5, 10)
Assistant Animation Director:
Masako Matsumoto (eps 6, 8)
Michio Satō (ep 8)
Assistant Director: Kei Tsunematsu
Background Art:
Ayako Shirase (GREEN)
Ayami Yoshida (GREEN)
Ayumi Satō (GREEN)
Bin Xu (Feng Animation)
Chun Mei Xiang (Feng Animation)
Jingwei Liu (Feng Animation)
Liao Zhang (Feng Animation)
Ling Liu (Feng Animation)
Qiuyue Li (Feng Animation)
Sheng Liang Shi
Wei Zhang (Feng Animation)
Xiao Dan Zhu (Feng Animation)
Xiaohong Ma (Feng Animation)
Xifeng Chen (Feng Animation)
Xingning Zhao (Feng Animation)
Xuesong Wang (Feng Animation)
Yan Er Su (Feng Animation)
Yu Liu (Feng Animation)
Yu Guang Qi (Feng Animation)
Yuanzhen Zhang (Feng Animation)
Color design: Takahiro Mogi
Digital Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa (Studio Ray Art)
Editing: Emi Onodera (Jay Film)
Editing Assistant: Kenichi Hirai
Effects Assistant Animation Director: Akira Satō (ep 4)
Finish Check: Makiko Doi
HD Editing Supervisor: Takayuki Tabata (Q-Tec)
HD Video Editing:
Kōji Nakamura
Masaru Kitamoto (assistant)
Key Animation:
Ai Ishimori (GoHands; ep 10)
Akane Umezu (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8, 11-12
)

Akiko Kumada (ep 7)
Akio Uchino (eps 5, 8)
Akira Satō (OP; eps 1, 4, 8, 12)
Aoi Yamamoto (ep 1)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (Nakamura Pro; ep 9)
Bomin Kim (eps 6, 11)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (eps 1, 3, 5, 12)
Dai Imaoka (ep 8)
Daisuke Mataga (ep 7)
Daisuke Niinuma (eps 5, 8)
Eiji Abiko (OP; eps 1-2, 12)
Eiji Komatsu (eps 2, 6, 12)
Eimi Hirano (5 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 11-12
)

Eizō Kawada (eps 3, 7)
Fujio Inose (ep 7)
Hidemi Kanazawa (GoHands; ep 10)
Hideo Nakamura (Nakamura Pro; ep 9)
Hideto Komori (eps 1, 4, 12)
Hidetomo Esuda (ep 7)
Hiroaki Karasu (ep 12)
Hiromi Okazaki (eps 1, 5, 8)
Hiromi Takasaka (eps 5, 8)
Hiromi Yoshinuma (ep 8)
Hiroshi Fujimoto (ep 9)
Hiroshi Okubo (GoHands; ep 10)
Hiroya Takahashi (eps 3, 6)
Hiroyuki Yoshii (eps 6, 11)
Itsuko Takeda (ep 5)
Kanta Kamei (ep 12)
Kaoru Hokiyama (ep 9)
Katsuya Shigehara (Studio Gamei; ep 9)
Kazuaki Imoto (GoHands; ep 10)
Kazuhiko Ishii (Accel; ep 9)
Kazuhiro Ono (Magic Bus; ep 6)
Kazuto Nakazawa (ep 4)
Kazuya Saitō (ep 11)
Kazuya Tsukamoto (Studio Gamei; ep 9)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 2)
Kiko Morifuji (eps 7, 12)
Koichi Kikuta (GoHands; ep 10)
Kōichi Sugitani (eps 7, 12)
Kōsuke Kawamura (eps 1, 7, 12)
Kōsuke Yoshida (Nakamura Pro; ep 9)
Kururu Shiozawa (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-7, 11
)

Maki Fukui (Nakamura Pro; ep 9)
Maki Sawai (ep 7)
Makoto Furuta (GoHands; ep 10)
Makoto Nakamura (ep 12)
Mariko Sasaki (eps 1, 3, 7, 11)
Masaharu Tomoda (eps 1, 8)
Masahiro Suwa (eps 2, 12)
Masako Matsumoto (eps 1, 3, 8)
Masami Kobayashi (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 11-12
)

Masashi Nishikawa (ep 11)
Masashi Sato (ep 9)
Masataka Akai (eps 3, 11)
Mayumi Oda (ep 6)
Megumi Yamazaki (eps 2, 8)
Michinori Shika (eps 2, 5, 8)
Michio Hasegawa (ep 5)
Michio Satō (eps 1, 8)
Miho Daidōji (ep 8)
Miho Ogawa (eps 3, 6-7)
Mikihiko Ando (ep 6)
Mitsunori Yamaguchi (ep 3)
Motonori Nishibe (ep 9)
Naoaki Hōjō (eps 1, 5, 7, 12)
Naoto Abe (ep 8)
Naoyuki Asano (ep 1)
Nobuhiro Kashiwagi (ep 9)
Noriko Ōzeki (eps 2, 6)
Reiko Fujita (eps 3, 6, 11)
Ryo Haga (ep 2)
Ryō Iwasaki (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-7, 11
)

Ryōtarō Akao (Magic Bus; ep 6)
Saori Koike (ep 3)
Satoshi Kamiya (Magic Bus; ep 6)
Sawako Shigematsu (ep 9)
Sayaka Ikeda (eps 5, 8)
Sayaka Takase (eps 5, 8)
Shingo Suzuki (GoHands; ep 10)
Shinichi Takahashi (eps 2, 6, 11)
Shinji Nagata (eps 5, 12)
Shinpei Kamada (eps 1-2, 6-7)
Shōko Kushibiki (ep 11)
Shōta Ihata (eps 5, 8)
Takaaki Tanabe (Nakamura Pro; ep 9)
Takashi Igari (eps 1, 12)
Takayuki Uchida (GoHands; ep 10)
Takumi Nishiwaki (ep 9)
Teppei Taketani (ep 11)
Tōko Nakamura (ep 3)
Tomohiro Furukawa (ep 5)
Tomoyo Sawada (ep 5)
Tomoyuki Kinoshita (ep 3)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (eps 6, 11)
Tōru Kaneyasu (ep 7)
Toshie Kawamura (OP, ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11-12
)

Toshiyuki Satō (Magic Bus; ep 6)
Wataru Ami (ep 3)
Wataru Yamamoto (eps 2, 5)
Yohko Ariizumi (ep 9)
Yoshikazu Samura (ep 12)
Yoshimitsu Yamashita (ep 4)
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 9)
Yuka Hasegawa (ep 5)
Yuka Koiso (ep 3)
Yuki Ōmori (eps 2, 5, 7)
Yuki Terano (GoHands; ep 10)
Yūki Yamashita (Nakamura Pro; ep 9)
Yukiko Kawakita (ep 3)
Yūko Matsui (eps 1, 3, 7)
Yūko Yamamoto (eps 2, 7)
Yuuichi Sugio (GoHands; ep 10)
Logo Design: Nozomu Ishimatsu
Music producer: Tomoko Shibuya
Photography:
Azusa Tamura (Asahi Production)
Daichi Nogami (Asahi Production)
Kazumi Yokoo (Asahi Production)
Noriyuki Murakami (Asahi Production)
Rie Yamazaki (Asahi Production)
Tomoya Kamijō (Asahi Production)
Wakana Moriya (Asahi Production)
Yui Tanaka (Asahi Production)
Planning Assistant:
Taiji Misaka
Takuya Kodama
Production Advancement:
Jun Koizumi (ep 9)
Mitsutoshi Murakami (ep 4)
Takeo Ōtaka (eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Taku Takizawa (eps 2, 6, 11)
Tomo Yamashita (ep 10)
Tōru Arai (eps 3, 7)
Yūki Takada (ep 9)
Production Business: Chigusa Yamada
Production Cooperation:
Daisuke Kobayashi (Quaras)
Yoshimi Nakajima (Quaras)
Production Design: Tsutomu Tanahashi
Production Desk: Junya Yamamoto
Prop Design: Hideto Komori
Setting Production: Tomoko Nimori
Sound Editor: Nobutaka Hirooka
Sound Effects: Michiyo Saito
Sound Mixing: Naotsugu Uchida
Sound Producer: Takeshi Nishina
Sound Production Manager: Kanako Shimazaki
Theme Song Arrangement: Riki Arai (OP/ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Riki Arai (ED)
Takafumi Iwasaki (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Yuriko Mori (OP/ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Toyosaki (ED)
Mayumi Gojo (OP)
Aki Toyosaki as Lisa
Ayumi Fujimura as Cecily Cambell
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Luke Ainsworth

Kazuhiko Inoue as Hugo Housman
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Siegfried
Yousuke Akimoto as Hannibal Quasar

Ai Asagiri as
Child (ep 3)
Townspeople (ep 12)
Woman (ep 1)
Ai Orikasa as Lucy
Banjō Ginga as Narration (ep 2)
Gō Inoue as Knight (ep 4)
Hideki Tasaka as Reginald Drummond
Hideyuki Umezu as Areviy Irving
Hinako Sasaki as Lisa Orkwood (ep 9)
Hiromu Miyazaki as Fishmonger (ep 1)
Hiroshi Shirokuma as Blacksmith (eps 1, 9)
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Augustus Arthur (eps 2, 10-11)
Kana Uetake as Woman (ep 3)
Kaori Fukuhara as Charlotte E Firobisher
Kayou Nakajima as
Apothecary (ep 10)
Priestess (ep 1)
Kikuko Inoue as Justina Olbright
Kimiko Saitō as Anna (ep 5)
Kiyohito Yoshikai as Merchant (ep 1)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Jack Stradar
Kouji Takahashi as
Knight (eps 1, 11-12)
Prisoner (ep 3)
Madoka Yonezawa as Host (ep 4)
Manabu Sakamaki as Knight (ep 4)
Masumi Asano as Francisca (eps 10-12)
Michiru Yuimoto as Patty Baldwin
Mikako Takahashi as Penelope
Minori Chihara as Margot
Miyuki Sawashiro as Doris
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as
Enemy Soldier (ep 3)
Farmer (ep 5)
Knight (eps 2, 4, 12)
Shopkeeper (eps 6-7)
Tamahagane Salesman (ep 1)
Nozomi Masu as Fio Atkins
Ryoko Shintani as Elsa (eps 9-10)
Satsuki Yukino as Evadne (eps 6-7)
Shōgo Tomikawa as
Knight (eps 1, 11-12)
Prisoner (ep 3)
Shunzō Miyasaka as Jailer (ep 3)
Tomohisa Asō as Old Knight (Elsa's Father; eps 9-10)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Lancelot Douglas
Toshiko Maeda as Old Woman (ep 5)
Tsuyoshi Aoki as Bandit (ep 2)
Yoshiko Taniguchi as Woman (ep 5)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Manglobe
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2009-10-03)
Chiba Television (2009-10-04)
Chukyo TV. Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2009-10-05)
Sun TV (2009-10-07)
Television Kanagawa (2009-10-04)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2009-10-05)
Tokyo MX (2009-10-06)
Photography: Asahi Production
Production Assistance:
Buyuu (ep 9)
GoHands (ep 10)
Publicity Assistance: Tokyo Animator Gakuin (eps 1-12)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Christopher Bevins
Script: Monica Rial
Translation: Steven J. Simmons
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer: Cris George
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia
DVD Menu Design: Young Wang
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Sarah Mueller
Line Producer: Zach Bolton
Mix Engineer: Dallas Taylor
Post-Production Assistant:
Aya Spann
Jason Weems
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler
Anastasia Munoz as Aria
Blake Shepard as Luke Ainsworth
Cherami Leigh as Cecily Campbell
Monica Rial as Lisa

Christopher Bevins as Hugo Housman
J. Michael Tatum as Siegfried
Mark Stoddard as Hannabal Quasar

Alexis Tipton as Charlotte E. Firobisher
Barry Yandell as Areviy Irving
Brina Palencia as Elsa
Chris Cason as Reginald Drummond
Clarine Harp as Evadne
Cole Brown as Elsa's Father
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Francesca
Cynthia Cranz as Justina Albright
Grant James as Lancelot Douglas
Jamie Marchi as Penelope
Jerry Russell as Narrator
Kara Edwards as Patty Baldwin
Kenny Green as Augustus Arthur
Leah Clark as Fio Atkins
Lydia Mackay as Lucy Campbell
Maxey Whitehead as Doris
Monica Rial as Lisa Oakwood
R Bruce Elliott as Jack Strader
Trina Nishimura as Margot
Wendy Powell as Anna (ep 5)

English companies
Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Anime News Network
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand)
FUNimation Entertainment
Hulu
Madman Screening Room (Australia & New Zealand)
YouTube
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Ricardo Mendez
Translation: Ricardo García
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas

Dialogue Editing: Bernardo Méndez
Mix Engineer: Bernardo Méndez
Production: Cristina Flores
Recording engineer: Bernardo Méndez
Andrea Arruti as Lisa
Arturo Castañeda as Luke Ainsworth
José Polo as Luke Ainsworth (Spain dub)
Liliana Barba as Cecily Campbell
Melissa Gedeón as Aria
Sara Couce Manso as Cecily Campbell (Spain dub)

Alfredo Gabriel Basurto as General Arvey Irving
Analiz Sánchez as Margot
Carla Castañeda as Francesca
Circe Luna as Elsa
Cristina Hernandez as Lisa Oakwood
Georgina Sanchez as Penelope
Guillermo Coria as Lancelot Douglas
Maggie Vera as Charlotte E Firobisher
Manuel Campuzano as Reginald Drummond
Octavio Rojas as Hannibal Quasar
Ricardo Mendez as Siegfried
Roberto Mendiola as Hugo Housman
Rossy Aguirre as Doris
Valentina Souza as Patty Baldwin
Victor Covarrubias as Augustus Arthur

Chus Álvarez as Margot (Spain dub)
Claudia Motta as Fio Atkins
Diana Perez as Lucy Campbell
Jesse Conde as Jack Strader
Migca Kazius as Doris (Spain dub)

Gabriel Cronauer (Spain dub)
Migca Kazius (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: ETC...TV (Chile)
Distributor: Yowu Entertainment (Latin America)
Internet Streaming:
AniJapan
Claro Video (Latin America)
Crunchyroll (Spain; Latin America)
Dailymotion
Filmin (Spain)
Licensed by:
Yowu Entertainment (Latin America; expired; Spain)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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