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Samurai Deeper Kyo (TV)

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©AKIMINE KAMIJO/KODANSHA


Alternative title:
鬼眼狂刀 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, fantasy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In the year 1600, during the battle of Sekigahara, warriors Kyoshiro Mibu and "Demon Eyes" Kyo - the legendary slayer of a thousand men - engaged in fierce combat. Both men disappeared when a meteor crashed in the battlegrounds. Four years later, Kyoshiro is spotted on a rural highway, acting as a traveling medicine salesman. He is captured by the female bounty hunter Yuya Shiina when she discovers that deep inside him is the dormant personality of "Demon Eyes" Kyo himself.
User Ratings: 2021 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 153 votes (sub:128, dub:22, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 442 votes (sub:350, dub:84, ?:2, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:3
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 441 votes (sub:288, dub:139, raw:2, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:9
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Tagalog edited dub
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Good: 407 votes (sub:271, dub:119, ?:3, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:11
3 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 255 votes (sub:173, dub:79, others:3
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 111 votes (sub:86, dub:21, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 73 votes (sub:50, dub:19, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 55 votes (sub:36, dub:16, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 45 votes (sub:33, dub:11, others:1
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Awful: 24 votes (sub:19, dub:5)
 Worst ever: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:7)
Seen in part or in whole by 4158 users, rank: #214 (of 10089)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.195 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.0471, rank: #3065 (of 10249)
Weighted mean: 7.134 (Good), rank: #3134 (of 10249) (seen all: 7.43 / seen some: 6.02 / won't finish: 3.58)
Bayesian estimate: 7.136 (Good), rank: #2921 (of 7724)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2002-07-02 to 2002-12-23
2004-07-05 (Philippines)
2006-07-31 to 2006-09-25 (USA - Encore WAM)
2008-06-05 to 2008-10-30 (Singapore, Arts Central)
Opening Theme:
"Ao no Requiem (Blue Requiem)" by Pipeline Project featuring Yuiko Tsubokura
Ending Theme:
"Love Deeper" by Pipeline Project featuring Yuiko Tsubokura
Official website:
SAMURAI DEEPER KYO | KING AMUSEMENT CREATIVE (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 2
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Samurai Deeper Kyo and Juuni Kokki Licensed (Jan 27, 2003)
SakuraCon 2003 Guest Announcements (Nov 6, 2002)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - The Demon Awakens (DVD 1) 2003-06-24 (from $14.18)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - The Demon Awakens + Artbox (DVD 1) 2003-06-24 (from $139.00)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - Curse of the Tokugawa (DVD 2) 2003-08-26 (from $11.75)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - Curse of the Tokugawa + T-Shirt [Walmart Exclusive] (DVD 2) 2003-08-26 (from $3.99)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - Sea of Trees (DVD 3) 2003-10-28 (from $13.62)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - Nobunaga's Ambition (DVD 4) 2003-12-16 (from $13.99)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - Fire and Ice (DVD 5) 2004-02-24 (from $29.99)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - A Shift in Time (DVD 6) 2004-05-11 (from $24.09)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - Complete Box Set (DVD 1-6) 2004-11-16
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - TV Series Perfect Collection (DVD 1-6) 2005-10-11 (from $114.79)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - The Complete Series + Game Boy Advance Game (DVD 1-6) 2008-02-12 (from $63.99)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - TV Series Perfect Collection [Litebox] (DVD 1-6) 2009-08-04 (from $193.79)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - TV Series Perfect Collection + T-Shirt (DVD 1-6) 2010-06-08
Soundtrack
    Samurai Deeper Kyo - Capriccio (OST) 2005-02-08 (from $8.01)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Junji Nishimura
Series Composition: Fūkyōshi Oyamada
Script:
Fūkyōshi Oyamada (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 14-15
)
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (eps 4-5, 11, 13)
Masashi Sogo (ep 1)
Naruhisa Arakawa (eps 21-22)
Rika Nakase (ep 10)
Tetsuo Tanaka (ep 11)
Storyboard:
Hideyo Yamamoto (ep 10)
Junji Nishimura (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 11, 14
)
Masakazu Enomoto (ep 15)
Yuki Hayashi (eps 4, 12-13)
Episode Director:
Hayato Goda (eps 10, 14)
Masakazu Enomoto (ep 15)
Masakazu Hashimoto (eps 3, 11)
Masami Furukawa (eps 2, 5)
Shigeki Takagi (eps 6, 13)
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 1)
Yuki Hayashi (eps 4, 12)
Original creator: Akimine Kamijyō
Character Design: Manabu Fukusawa
Art Director: Toshihisa Koyama
Animation Director:
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 2)
Manabu Fukusawa (ep 1)
Saburou Tanaka (eps 6, 10, 14)
Shinpei Tomooka (eps 3, 11, 15)
Takaaki Sekizaki (ep 13)
Takashi Shiokawa (ep 4)
Yashiaki Tsuhata (ep 5)
Yoshiaki Tsuhata (ep 12)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Noriko Kondo
Producer:
Nobumitsu Urasaki
Tomohiro Yamada

Animation: Hiroshi Nagahama (opening)
Art Assistant: Shin Watanabe (eps 3-26)
Color setting: Shinji Matsumoto
Creature Design:
Michinori Chiba
Tamotsu Shinohara
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Key Animation:
Aki Tango (ep 24)
Akira Nakamura (ep 21)
Atsuko Takahashi (eps 3, 21, 23)
Etsuko Tomita (ep 3)
Hideki Kumazawa (ep 3)
Hidetoshi Namura (eps 1, 4)
Hiroshi Yamamoto (eps 1-2)
Hisashi Saito (OP)
Hitoshi Suzuki (ep 2)
Junko Matsushita (eps 3, 21)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 4)
Kenji Yokoyama (eps 1-2)
Mamoru Abiko (eps 1-2, 21)
Masaaki Sakurai (ep 3)
Masahiro Kase (eps 3, 8)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (eps 1, 3)
Masaru Kimura (eps 3, 5, 7)
Naoki Aisaka (ep 3)
Nozomi Abe (ep 9)
Nozomu Abe (eps 9, 14, 26)
Sanae Narasaki (eps 1-2)
Setsuko Unno (eps 4, 21)
Shōgo Morishita (eps 1-2, 4)
Sōichirō Matsuda (ep 1)
Takaaki Sekizaki (eps 1-2)
Takaaki Wada (ep 3)
Takeshi Yoshioka (eps 9, 26)
Teruo Takahashi (eps 1-2)
Tomomi Ishikawa (ep 3)
Yoshimi Imagawa (eps 3, 21)
Yoshitaka Koyama (ep 3)
Yūichi Endō (ep 1)
Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 16)
Yukie Harada (ep 9)
Package Cover Design: Hiroshi Nagahama
Planning: Masahiro Nouchi
Project Cooperation:
Kiichiro Sugawara
Toshimi Horikawa
Special Effects: Shōichi Uehara
Theme Song Performance: Yuiko Tsubokura (Pipeline Project)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Kyoushirou Mibu / Onime no Kyo (Demon Eyes Kyo)
Yui Horie as Yuya Shiina

Akio Suyama as Makora/Kotaro
Akira Ishida as Sasuke Sarutobi
Megumi Ogata as Yukimura Sanada
Takashi Matsuyama as Saizou Kiragakure
Toshihiko Seki as Benitora
Yukana Nogami as Sakuya

Akio Suyama as Jimon
Asami Imai as
Little Kotaro
Sakuya's Handmaid
Waitress
Hajime Iijima as Genma Kitou
Hikaru Midorikawa as Migeira
Hiroki Takahashi as
Katsuie Sibata
Shuji Nishio
Hiroomi Sugino as Shigekata Tohgou
Hiroshi Iida as Kuro Sasori
Hitoshi Bifu as Yamino Genza
Isshin Chiba as Noboyuki Sanada
Kana Ueda as
Antera
Saisei
Katsuhiro Harasawa as
Bikara
Maki
Officer
Kazuhiko Inoue as Muramasa
Keiichi Sonobe as Tadaaki Ono
Kimiko Koyama as Ruru
Kōji Ishii as Mika's father
Kōki Miyata as Shirogarasu
Madoka Akita as Mayumi
Makoto Yasumura as Jaki
Makoto Yusumura as Mekira
Megumi Ogata as
Kousuke Anoyama
Rokuro Unno
Mikako Takahashi as
Mahiro
Makoto
Miki Choi as Santera
Miki Machii as Santera
Mugihito as Grand Master
Nana Mizuki as Mika
Norihisa Mori as Basara
Rakushi Iida as Kurosasaori
Sakiko Tamagawa as Shatora
Sakura Nogawa as Saishi
Shinpachi Tsuji as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Show Hayami as Nobunaga Oda
Sōichirō Hoshi as Akira
Sōichirō Tanaka as Haira
Susumu Chiba as
Jyukamen
Nobuyuki Sanada
Takahiro Sakurai as Kubira (ep 10)
Takayuki Yamaguchi as Shindara
Takehito Koyasu as
Hanzou Hattori
Hotaru
Tomokazu Seki as Shinrei
Yumi Kakazu as Izumo no Okuni
Yumiko Kobayashi as Sasuke Sarutobi (Young)
Yumiko Sobayashi as Little Sasuke
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Director:
Dan Green (eps 11-26)
Michael Sinterniklaas (eps 1-5)
Sean Schemmel (eps 6-10)
Script: Michael Sinterniklaas
Translation: Kiyoko McCrea
Executive producer: John Sirabella

DVD Author: Kaza Razat
Editing:
Justin Kim
Khalid Mills
Engineer: Michael Sinterniklaas
Engineering Assistant: Alexa Zimmerman
Graphic Design: Merideth Mulroney
Mixing: Michael Sinterniklaas
Production manager:
Kelvin Walker
Scott Marchfeld
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Script Adaptation:
Dan Green
Sean Schemmel
Translation Manager: Anna Yamamoto
Dan Green as Kyoshiro Mibu/Demon Eyes Kyo
Matt Bailey as Kyoshiro Mibu/Demon Eyes Kyo (Animax Asia)
Russell Wait as Demon Eyes Kyo (Animax)
Veronica Taylor as Yuya Shiina

Christopher Kromer as Yukimara Sanada
Deborah S. Craig as Izumo no Okuni
Jack Murphy as Benitora (Animax dub)
Lili Troncale as Sarutobi Sasuke (Animax Asia)
Marc Diraison as Saizo Kiragakure
Michelle Newman as Sasuke Sarutobi
Sonja Lingo as Sakuya
Wayne Grayson as Benitora

Addie Blaustein as Migeira
Benjamin Thomas as Hanzo Mattori
Chris Townsend as Jaki
Erica Schroeder as Saiko
Greg Miller as
Ieyasu Tokgawa
Mayumi 
Jack Lingo as Makaora
Jack Murphy as Shindara (Animax dub)
John Campbell as
Mika's Father
Shinrei
Yumi no Gensa
Kevin T. Collins as Shirogarusu
Lex Woutas as Jimon
Lili Troncale as
Mahiro (Animax Asia)
Santera (Animax Asia)
Lisa Ortiz as Mika
Matt Bailey as Hanzou Hattori (Animax Asia)
Matt Caplan as Maki
Megan Hollingshead as Kosuke Anayama
Michael Sinterniklaas as Akira
Michael Alston Baley as
Genma Kitoh
Nobunaga Oda
Michal Meadows as Saisei
Mike Pollock as Muramasa
Ollie Wyman as
Elder A
Shuji Nishio
Rosie Reyes as Kurosasori 
Ryan Brack as Shindara
Sean Schemmel as Nobuyuki Sanada
Sebastian Arcelus as Hotaru
Shelly Dean as Shatora
Stacey Williams as Mahiro
Tara Jayne as Santera
Zachary Alexander as Basara

Lili Troncale (Animax Asia)
English companies
Broadcaster:
Encore Action
Encore WAM
Okto (Singapore)
Distributor:
AnimeWorks
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Soundtrack)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Internet Streaming: Madman Screening Room (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Media Blasters
Recording Studio: NYAV Post
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Mabell
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Eduardo Del Hoyo (Spain dub)
Translation: Alberto Gracia (Spain dub)
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas
Conchi Lopez as Yuya Shiina (Spain dub)
Eduardo Del Hoyo as Kyoshiro Mibu (Spain dub)

Claudio Serrano as Yukimura Sanada (Spain dub)
Gloria Núñez as Izumo no Okuni (Spain dub)
Isabel Fernandez Avanthay as Sakuya (Spain dub)
Juan Antonio García Sáinz as Saizo Kirigakure (Spain dub)
Rafa Romero as Benitora (Spain dub)
Ricardo Escobar as Sasuke Sarutobi (Spain dub)

Alejandro García as Jyukamen (Spain dub)
Fernando Hernández as Ieyasu Tokugawa (Spain dub)
Iñaki Crespo as Kyo "Devil Eyes" (Spain dub; ep 1)
Juan Amador Pulido as Migeira (Spain dub)
Pablo Sevilla as Shirogarasu (Spain dub; eps 2-3)
Pepa Castro as
Kosuke Anoyama (Spain dub)
Narrator (Spain dub)
Pilar Martín as Mika (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Estudios EXA (Spain dub)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Patrizio Prata
Translation: Laura Valentini

Dialogues: Alessia Trombetta
Italian companies
Distributor:
Fool Frame
Shin Vision
Dubbing: Sample srl
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Maripette Narvasa
Alexx Agcaoili as Demon Eyes Kyo
Aya Bejer as Yuya Shiina

Alexx Agcaoili as Benitora
Daisy May Carino as Sakuya
Filipina Pamintuan as Sasuke Saruiobi
Michael Punzalan as Yukimara Sanada

Bernie Malejana as Migeira
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster:
HERO TV
Studio 23
Dubbing: ABS-CBN
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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