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Sankarea: Undying Love (TV)

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Alternative title:
さんかれあ (Japanese)
殭屍哪有那麼萌? (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Chihiro Furuya, who loves zombies above all else, meets the sweet girl Rea Sanka by chance, and he ropes her into "resurrecting" his dead cat. But then Rea claims she actually has become a zombie, and asks him to take responsibility for it.
User Ratings: 1080 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 58 votes (sub:46, dub:8, raw:2, others:2
2 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 180 votes (sub:154, dub:18, ?:2, raw:2, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Very good: 333 votes (sub:274, dub:46, raw:2, ?:1, others:10
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 304 votes (sub:246, dub:43, raw:2, ?:1, others:12
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 111 votes (sub:87, dub:17, raw:2, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 58 votes (sub:47, dub:5, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:14, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 1885 users, rank: #635 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.459 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.4682, rank: #1968 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.334 (Good+), rank: #2229 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.36 / seen some: 7.50 / won't finish: 4.56)
Bayesian estimate: 7.336 (Good+), rank: #1984 (of 7243)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 15
Vintage: 2012-04-05
Opening Theme:
"Esoragoto" (絵空事;Pipe Dream) by nano.RIPE
Ending Theme:
"Above Your Hand" by Annabel
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Sankarea (Aug 18, 2012)
News: Show:
Daily Briefs (Sep 28, 2013)
Funimation panel (Jul 28, 2012)
Interest:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Sankarea: Undying Love - Complete Series [Uncut] [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2019-04-23 (from $19.99)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Sankarea: Undying Love - Complete Series (BD+DVD) 2013-10-01 (from $10.29)
    Sankarea: Undying Love - Complete Series [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2013-10-01 (from $60.68)
    Sankarea: Undying Love - Complete Series [Uncut] (BD+DVD) 2015-03-31 (from $69.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mamoru Hatakeyama
Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
Script:
Kenji Sugihara (eps 4, 7, 10-11)
Kōsuke Takeda (eps 5, 8-9)
Noboru Takagi (eps 1-3, 6, 12)
Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Namura (ep 11)
Hiroshi Kotaki (ep 4)
Ken Koyama (ep 9)
Kiyokazu Ōyama (ep 10)
Mamoru Hatakeyama (OP, ED; eps 1-3, 6, 12)
Mitsue Yamazaki (eps 5, 8)
Tomochi Kosaka (ep 7)
Episode Director:
Hideki Takayama (ep 7)
Hiroaki Nishimura (eps 2, 6, 9)
Mamoru Hatakeyama (OP, ED; ep 1)
Masayuki Matsumoto (eps 5, 10)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 4, 8, 12)
Taro Kubo (eps 3, 11)
Original creator: Mitsuru Hattori
Character Design: Kyuta Sakai
Art Director: Hirotsugu Kakoi
Chief Animation Director:
Kyuta Sakai
Masaki Hinata
Animation Director:
Akio Hirakawa (eps 2, 4, 8, 11)
Hye-Jung Heo (eps 5, 10)
Jung Yi Han (ep 10)
Kang Won Kim (ep 10)
Kyuta Sakai (OP, ED)
Mika Takazawa (ep 7)
Miki Takihara (eps 3, 12)
Momoko Makiuchi (ep 13)
Soon Yeon Kim (eps 3, 7)
Tomoaki Kado (eps 6, 8, 11)
Tomochi Kosaka (ep 9)
Yoshihiro Ujiie (eps 2, 6, 9, 12)
Youki Ebisu (eps 1, 4)
Art design: Hiroshi Katō
Sound Director: Tatsuhito Nakagawa
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondo
2nd Key Animation:
Aki Nakagawa (ep 14)
Natsuo Kawamura (eps 12-13)
Yohko Ariizumi (ep 5)
Art Supervision: Hiroshi Katō
Casting Assistant: Kazuo Shiota
Color design: Hiroshi Watanabe
Design Production: Hitoshi Yoneoka
Editing: Rie Matsubara
Editing Assistant: Yuki Koike
Key Animation:
Eikichi Takahashi (OP1)
Hiroyoshi Iida (eps 0, 14)
Hyung Sik Shin (NARA Animation; ep 10)
Kikuko Sadakata (ED)
Miyako Yatsu (ep 13)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (eps 2, 7, 11)
Music producer: Yuka Sakurai
Music Selection: Chikako Kobayashi
Official HP Design: Akiko Noguchi
Post Production: Hiromitsu Sega (Tokyo Laboratory)
Production manager: Kaoru Wada
Prop Animation Director: Chikai Okado
Prop Design: Tomochi Kosaka
Publicity Producer:
Hiromi Inoue
Mika Nakamura
Recording Adjustment: Mitsuharu Ito
Recording Assistant: Miki Aragaki
Sound Effects: Tsutomu Ueno
Sound Effects Assistant: Maki Takuma
Sound Production Manager: Takuma Takai
Texture Design: Emi Akiba
Theme Song Performance:
Annabel (ED)
nano.RIPE (OP)
Maaya Uchida as Rea Sanka
Ryōhei Kimura as Chihiro Furuya

Mayumi Asano as Aria Sanka
Misato Fukuen as Baabu
Saori Hayashi as Mogi
Sayuri Yahagi as Ranko Saōji
Seirō Ogino as Doon Furuya
Shirō Saitō as Jogorō Furuya
Shuuhei Iwase as Yasutaka
Unshō Ishizuka as Dan'ichirō Sanka
Yuka Iguchi as Mero Furuya

Ai Matayoshi as Kazue Shinoda (eps 8-9)
Albert as Man (ep 7)
Arisa Nishiguchi as Maid A (ep 2)
Asuka Minamori as Mizuki Yamanouchi (ep 9)
Atsuko Ōta as Maid Himuro (eps 2, 4, 11-12)
Chinatsu Akasaki as Boy B (ep 7)
Eiji Miyashita as Edogawa (ep 0)
Emiri Katō as Maid Akino (6 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 10-12
)
Eri Saitō as Kaoru Saōji (ep 7)
Hidenori Takahashi as Cap man (ep 8)
Houko Kuwashima as Head maid Satsuki (eps 0, 2, 11-12)
Kanoko Inada as Boy (ep 7)
Kaoru Kadowaki as
Boy A (ep 7)
Classmate B (ep 2)
Female student (ep 12)
Heroine (ep 1)
Maid B (ep 10)
Purser (ep 11)
Store employee (ep 8)
White woman (ep 0)
Kazusa Aranami as Aya Morizono
Kōtarō Nishiyama as Chubby man (ep 8)
Mamiko Hanada as Housewife (ep 9)
Masahito Yabe as Driver (eps 10-11)
Minae Tamura as Woman (ep 7)
Momo Kuraguchi as Miko Yasaka (eps 8-9)
Narumi Beppu as
Classmate B (ep 2)
Customer B (ep 7)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Sanka family butler (eps 0, 3-4, 10)
Nozomi Furuki as Maid C (ep 10)
Rei Mochizuki as Juri Nagadai (ep 2)
Robin Dupuy as French person (ep 10)
Ryoko Shintani as Chihiro Furuya (child; eps 7, 11)
Ryou Sugisaki as Store manager (ep 7)
Saki Fujita as Deputy head maid Natsukawa (eps 2, 4, 11-12)
Sakiko Fukata as Customer C (ep 7)
Shintarō Takatsuka as Customer A (ep 7)
Shiori Mikami as
Classmate A (ep 2)
Heren Shino (eps 4-5)
Shuuhei Iwase as Zombie (ep 2)
Takahiro Shimada as Relative B (ep 10)
Takashi Narumi as
Driver (ep 1)
Husband (ep 9)
Relative C (ep 10)
Tatsuya Takagi as Glasses man (ep 8)
Terumi Nakano as Maid A (ep 10)
Teruo Seki as Raizō Samukawa (ep 0)
Tomohisa Hashizume as Tan'o Baba (ep 0)
Tsutomu Shiori as Relative A (ep 10)
Yasuyuki Kase as Dan'ichirō Sanka (young)
Yuka Yokobori as Maid D (ep 10)
Yumi Uchiyama as
Bishōjo zombie (ep 1)
Classmate A (ep 2)
Girl (ep 7)
Yuri Yamaoka as Mysterious girl (OVA eps)
Yurika Hino as Yuzuna Furuya
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Ashi Productions (ep 3)
Beat Frog (eps 8-9)
Studio Victory (ep 3)
Studio Wanpack (ep 3)
Toei Animation Philippines (eps 11-12)
Wao World (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 8, 11-12
)

Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Backgrounds: Totonyan
Finish Animation:
Danni Animation (eps 1-12)
E-cho (eps 1-12)
In-Between Animation:
Danni Animation (eps 1-12)
E-cho (eps 1-12)
Music Production: Lantis
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Production: Dax Production
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Joel McDonald
Script:
Blair Rowan (eps 2, 5, 7-9)
Monica Rial (eps 1-13)
Translation: Steven J. Simmons
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer: Alyssa Galindo
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
Blu-Ray Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-Ray Menu Audio:
Andrew Manson
Gino Palencia
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Enrique Echavarria
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp
Blu-ray Production Assistant:
Monica Crespo
Sarah Alys Lindholm
Commentary:
Aaron Dismuke (ep 3)
David Wald (ep 11)
Joel McDonald (ep 11)
Terri Doty (ep 11)
Tia Ballard (ep 3)
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia
DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
DVD Production Assistant:
Monica Crespo
Sarah Alys Lindholm
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Jacob Martin
Line Producer: Mike McFarland
Mix Engineer: Neal Malley
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Engineer:
Andrew Manson
Jason Weems
Video Post-Production: Matthew O'Hara
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Aaron Dismuke as Chihiro Furuya
Tia Ballard as Rea Sanka

Christopher Smith as Do’on Furuya
David Trosko as Yasutaka
David Wald as Dan’ichiro Sanka
Felecia Angelle as Mero Furuya
Jamie Marchi as Ranko Saoji
Lydia Mackay as Aria Sanka
Mike McFarland as Jogoro Furuya
Monica Rial as Babu
Ryan Reynolds as Mogi

Alex Hidell as Sanka Family Butler (eps 3-4, 10)
Alexis Tipton as Juri Nagadai (ep 2)
Alyssa Galindo as Satsuki (eps 2, 11-12)
Anastasia Munoz as Mizuki Yamanouchi (ep 9)
Audrey Ahern as Purser (ep 11)
Bucky Pearl as Driver (eps 10-11)
Caitlin Glass as Yuzuna Furuya
Colleen Clinkenbeard as
Aya Morizono (ep 13)
Kaoru Saoji (ep 7)
Haley Esposito as Akino (6 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 10-12
)
Jad Saxton as Darin Arciento Kurumiya (ep 13)
Jessica Cavanagh as Housewife (ep 9)
Joel McDonald as Husband (ep 9)
Julia VanderVeen as Himuro (eps 2, 4, 11-12)
Leah Clark as Ichie Shinoda (eps 8-9)
Lindsay Seidel as Ranko Saoji (Child; eps 7, 11)
Luci Christian as Heren Shino (eps 4-5)
Martha Harms as Natsukawa (eps 2, 4, 11-12)
Monica Rial as Miko Yasaka (eps 8-9)
Morgan Garrett as Chihiro Furuya (Child; eps 7, 11)
Rachael Messer as Onozawa (ep 13)
Randy Pearlman as Clerk (ep 7)
Robin Clayton as Matsukida (ep 13)
Terri Doty as Kusakabe (ep 13)

English companies
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
Madman Screening Room (Australia & New Zealand)
French cast
French staff
Spotting: Michael Seguin (Anime Digital Network)
(none)
French companies
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Heinz Burghardt
Christopher Kohn as Chihiro Furuya
Victoria Frenz as Rea Sanka

Alice Bauer as Mero Furuya
Frank Ciazynski as Jogorou Furuya
Frank Kirschgens as Doon Furuya
Laurine Betz as Ranko Saouji
Marcel Mann as Yasutaka
Oliver Stritzel as Dan'ichirou Sanka
Sarah Alles as Mogi
Silvia Mißbach as Aria Sanka

Anna Gamburg as Juri Nakadai (ep 2)
Artur Weimann as Crocodile (ep 9)
Bettina Kenney as
Natsukawa (eps 2, 4, 11-12)
Ranko (young; eps 7, 11)
Daniela Grubert as Himuro (eps 2, 4, 11-12)
Daniela Molina as Rea's Mother (ep 10)
David Denemark as Chubby Man (ep 8)
Franciska Friede as Miko Yasaka (eps 8-9)
Inken Baxmeier as Satsuki (eps 2, 11-12)
Jörg Pintsch as Edogawa (ep 13)
Katharina von Daake as Rea (young; ep 10)
Katrin Jaehne as Helen Shino (eps 4-5)
Leonie Dubuc as Chihiro (young; eps 7, 11)
Linda Stelzner as Akino (6 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 10-12
)
Maike von Bremen as Mizuki Yamanouchi (ep 9)
Nadine Heidenreich as Kaoru Saouji (ep 7)
Peggy Pollow as Ichie Shinoda (eps 8-9)
Roman Kretschmer as Vice-Prncipal (ep 13)
Silvia Spieß as Aria (ep 10)
Thomas Kästner as Butler (eps 3-4, 10)

German companies
Distributor: FilmConfect
Dubbing: TNT Media
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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