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Strike the Blood (TV)

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Alternative title:
ストライク・ザ・ブラッド (Japanese)
Themes: demons, fanservice, harem
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: "The fourth true ancestor" is a legendarily strong vampire that shouldn't exist. Accompanied by the 12 "gun-beasts," this phantom vampire is said to have appeared in Japan. In order to find and kill this "fourth true ancestor," the government and the Lion King Organization order the dispatch of attack mages called "sword-maidens." For some reason an apprentice named Yukina Himeragi was chosen for the task. Wielding the strongest spiritual spear, Yukina comes to the special demon district Itokami City. There she encounters Kojou Akatsuki and learns the true nature of the "fourth true ancestor."
User Ratings: 741 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 72 votes (sub:65, dub:4, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 160 votes (sub:154, dub:3, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 192 votes (sub:182, dub:6, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 160 votes (sub:147, dub:5, raw:4, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 91 votes (sub:81, dub:6, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:24, dub:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:16, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1367 users, rank: #896 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.587 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6534, rank: #1526 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.516 (Very good−), rank: #1605 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.65 / seen some: 6.34 / won't finish: 4.64)
Bayesian estimate: 7.516 (Very good−), rank: #1314 (of 7243)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2013-10-04 to 2014-03-28
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Strike the Blood" by Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets
#2: "Fight 4 Real" by ALTIMA
Ending Theme:
#1: "Strike my soul" by Yuka Iguchi
#2: "Signal" by Kanon Wakeshima
Insert song:
"Strike the Blood" by Kishida Kyodan & The Akeboshi Rockets (ep 12)
Review:
Strike the Blood (Apr 10, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Strike the Blood - Original TV Series (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2016-11-08 (from $109.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Takao Sano
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Script:
Hiroyuki Yoshino (13 episodes
eps 1-4, 9-12, 20-24
)

Jukki Hanada (eps 5-8)
Masahiro Yokotani (eps 16-19)
Shogo Yasukawa (eps 13-15)
Storyboard:
Hideyo Yamamoto (eps 1-4, 18-24)
KONAYUKI (OP1-OP2; eps 17, 22)
Michio Fukuda (eps 10-11)
Shinobu Sasaki (ep 7)
Takao Sano (ep 5)
Takashi Iida (飯田崇; eps 12, 16)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (ED2)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (ep 15)
Yoshikazu Miyao (eps 6, 13)
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (eps 9, 14)
Yoshitaka Koyama (ep 8)
Yumi Kamakura (ED1)
Episode Director:
Hideyo Yamamoto (ep 1)
Hirotoshi Rissen (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 10, 13, 18, 24
)

Kaoru Yabana (ep 20)
Michio Fukuda (eps 10-11)
Shinobu Sasaki (ep 7)
Shiro Izumi (eps 8, 15, 21)
Takao Sano (eps 4, 22)
Tetsuya Miyanishi (eps 7, 12)
Tomoko Hiramuki (eps 5, 12)
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23
)

Yuki Kinoshita (ep 22)
Unit Director:
Chika Nagaoka (OP2)
KONAYUKI (OP2)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (ED2)
Yumi Kamakura (ED1)
Original creator: Gakuto Mikumo (light novel)
Original Character Design: Manyako
Character Design: Keiichi Sano
Art Director: Michie Watanabe
Chief Animation Director:
Keiichi Sano (17 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6, 8, 10-14, 16-20, 22, 24
)

Usaku Myouchin (9 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23
)

Animation Director:
Keiichi Sano (OP1; eps 17, 24)
Keiko Ijima (eps 4, 24)
Masato Jinbo (ep 11)
Rie Aoki (ep 1)
Satoshi Sakai (ep 10)
Shoko Takimoto (eps 1, 6, 18)
Susumu Watanabe (渡辺奏; ep 12)
Takao Sano (4 episodes
eps 13, 16, 22, 24
)

Usaku Myouchin (eps 2, 14, 23)
Yoshihiro Ujiie (eps 4, 11)
Yoshiko Saitō (6 episodes
eps 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 23
)

Yuka Koichi (eps 3, 10)
Yūki Hara (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 13, 18, 24
)

Yukie Sasaki (eps 3, 10)
3D Director: Chiaki Kumakura
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Takeshi Hirooka
Producer:
Atsushi Wada (Kadokawa ASCII Media Works)
Fumiki Yamazaki (Showgate)
Hiroyuki Yuzawa (Kadokawa ASCII Media Works)
Jiro Nakagawa (Silver Link)
Jun Fukuda (The Klockworx)
Kohei Kawase (Warner Bros.)
Kozue Kananiwa (MOVIC)
Nobuhiro Nakayama (Warner Bros.)
Satoshi Fujita (AT-X)

2nd Key Animation:
Keiko Ijima (ep 16)
Shoko Takimoto (ep 3)
3D CG:
Atsuhiko Ikezoe (IKIF+; eps 5-8)
Atsushi Satō (IKIF+; ep 2)
Chiaki Kumakura (IKIF+; OP1-2; 21 episodes
eps 1-8, 10, 12-19, 21-24
)

Hiroki Yamada (IKIF+; eps 6-8)
Kazuma Onodera (IKIF+; eps 1, 4)
Kazuo Shibayama (IKIF+; eps 1-2, 5-6, 8)
Kenji Sakamoto (Studio Shamrock; ep 9)
Kōtarō Shishido (IKIF+; ep 17)
Mami Tamura (IKIF+; 19 episodes
eps 3-8, 10, 12-19, 21-24
)

Momoko Yamada (IKIF+; ep 3)
Patricia Hishikawa (IKIF+; ep 16)
Sanae Nishimura (Studio Shamrock; OP1; eps 3-11, 14)
Tatsuki Ishida (IKIF+; OP1; eps 2, 8)
Tatsuya Kawano (IKIF+; ep 17)
Toshirō Hamamura (Studio Shamrock; OP1-2; eps 3-11, 14, 24)
Yasuhiro Makino (Studio Shamrock; OP1; eps 3-11, 14)
Yoshiki Kawasaki (IKIF+; ep 8)
Yutaka Hamanaka (IKIF+; OP1; 21 episodes
eps 1-8, 10, 12-19, 21-24
)

Yuuko Okumura (IKIF+; OP1; eps 2, 16)
Animation producer: Masahiro Tabeya
Assistant Animation Director: Keiko Ijima (ep 6)
Color design: Yukiko Tanno
Editing: Kentarō Tsubone
Editing Assistant: Motoki Niimi
In-Between Animation: Shoko Naoki (SILVER LINK.; eps 11, 17)
Key Animation:
Keiichi Sano (OP2, ED2)
Keiko Ijima (OP2; 6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 13, 18, 22, 24
)

Kōta Sera (ep 7)
Rie Aoki (ep 1)
Rika Kanno (Studio Cosmo; eps 12, 16, 19)
Satoshi Sakai (OP1; ep 1)
Shoko Takimoto (OP2)
Takao Sano (OP1; ep 24)
Usaku Myouchin (ED1)
Yoshihiro Ujiie (OP1; eps 11, 17)
Yoshiko Saitō (ED1; 4 episodes
eps 2, 5, 12, 23
)

Yuka Koichi (Studio Graffiti; eps 3, 10, 17)
Yūki Hara (OP2; 4 episodes
eps 4, 13, 18, 24
)

Yukie Sasaki (Studio Graffiti; eps 3, 10, 22)
Licensing Manager:
Eri Shigeta
Yoshihiro Murata
Music producer: Takashi Kojima (小島剛)
Prop Design:
Keiko Ijima
Kio Edamatsu (eps 8-24)
Usaku Myouchin
Recording Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai
Recording Assistant: Natsumi Okada
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Risa Taneda as Yukina Himeragi
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kojō Akatsuki

Asami Seto as Asagi Aiba
Azumi Asakura as Octavia Mayer (eps 13-15)
Harumi Sakurai as Emma Mayer (eps 13-15)
Hisako Kanemoto as Natsuki Minamiya
Ikumi Hayama as Sayaka Kirisaka
Kana Ueda as Silence-Breaker (eps 2, 4, 8, 19)
Kanae Itō as Kanon Kanase
Kaori Ishihara as Avrora Florestina
Mikako Takahashi as Lee Blue (eps 15-16, 19)
Misaki Kuno as Lydianne Didieh (ep 14)
Rei Mochizuki as Rin Tsukishima
Rina Hidaka as Nagisa Akatsuki
Ryota Ohsaka as Motoki Yaze
Saori Ōnishi as La Folia Rihavein
Satomi Arai as Beatrice Bussler (eps 9-12)
Yuka Iguchi as Astarte
Yūki Hayashi as Rō Kirishima
Yūki Kaji as Kō Amakusa (eps 20-22)
Yūki Ono as Dimitrie Vatler
Yumi Uchiyama as Yūma Tokoyogi (eps 13-16)

Ai Kayano as Misaki Sasaki (ep 13)
Atsushi Tamaru as Man (ep 3)
Daiki Yamashita as Haruka Uchida (eps 5, 10)
Daisuke Motohashi as Island Guard (ep 20)
Eiji Takeuchi as
Beast-Type (ep 1)
Caster (ep 3)
Iron Guard (ep 4)
Eizō Tsuda as Christoph Gardos
Haruka Chisuga as Yuko Tanahara (eps 5, 10)
Haruki Ishiya as
Deliveryman (ep 23)
Sailor (ep 22)
Hideki Nakanishi as Researcher (ep 5)
Itaru Yamamoto as
Librarian (ep 17)
Managing Director (eps 20-21)
Squad Leader (ep 13)
Therianthrope (ep 7)
Junichi Yanagita as
Iron Guard (ep 4)
Mage (ep 16)
Operator (ep 13)
Search Member (ep 2)
Tobias Jagan (ep 19)
Kana Asumi as Reina (eps 23-24)
Kanehira Yamamoto as Sansei (ep 2)
Kazusa Aranami as Girl (ep 5)
Kengo Kawanishi as
Caster (ep 3)
Driver (ep 2)
Iron Guard (ep 7)
Kenji Hamada as Broodt Dumblegraff (ep 18)
Kenta Matsumoto as Announcer (ep 13)
Kenta Miyake as Rudolph Eustach
Kimiko Saitō as Yukari Endō (eps 20, 22)
Kumiko Nakane as Female Attendant (ep 15)
Madoka Shiga as Sansei (ep 2)
Mai Nakahara as Nina Adelard (ep 22)
Makoto Yasumura as Kiliga Gilika (eps 16-17)
Manami Tanaka as Minami Shindou (eps 21, 23-24)
Minami Tsuda as Moegi (ep 24)
Mutsumi Tamura as Kojō (Young)
Natsuki Hanae as Meiga Itogami (eps 16-17, 24)
Ryōsuke Kanemoto as
Announcer (ep 3)
Iron Guard (ep 14)
Leopard Face (ep 5)
Librarian (ep 17)
Researcher (ep 2)
Ryōta Takeuchi as Gregory (eps 7-8)
Sanae Kobayashi as Mimori Akatsuki (eps 16, 18, 24)
Shinji Kawada as Mogwai
Shinobu Matsumoto as Teacher (ep 6)
Shizuka Ishigami as Sakura Koshima (eps 21, 24)
Taishi Murata as
Knight (ep 9)
Shutora D (eps 16, 18)
Taketora as Wiseman (ep 22)
Tomo Muranaka as
Caster (ep 3)
Female Attendant (ep 15)
Posessed Mask (ep 10)
Toshiki Iwasawa as Commanding Officer (ep 21)
Yōko Hikasa as Gigliola Ghirardi (eps 16-17)
Yoshimitsu Takasugi as Teacher (ep 7)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kira Lebedev Voltislava (ep 18)
Yuka Keichō as Clerk (ep 5)
Yūki Hayashi as Yousuke Makimura (ep 5)
Yuko Iida as Kataya Justina (eps 22, 24)
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Takashimizu (ep 9)
Yūsuke Kuwahata as D-Type (ep 1)
Yutaka Aoyama as Kensei Kase (ep 15)

Madoka Shiga (ep 1)
Marie Miyake (ep 1)
Saori Ōnishi (ep 18)
Yuko Iida (ep 1)
Yūma Uchida (ep 1)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
AI (eps 5, 7, 9)
Anime R (ep 1)
Art Base Bam (ep 1)
Beat Frog (eps 3, 6)
BEEP (7 episodes
eps 5, 10, 14, 20, 22-24
)

Big Bang (ep 10)
Big Owl (6 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10, 14, 16, 22
)

CONNECT (eps 12, 19)
drop (5 episodes
eps 5, 7, 9, 14, 23
)

G&G Direction (ep 11)
Jumondo (13 episodes
eps 3, 5-10, 13-14, 16, 22-24
)

LIDEN FILMS (ep 11)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 1, 22)
Mouse (ep 18)
Nexus (ep 9)
Pierrot (ep 18)
Production EN (ep 11)
R.I.C (ep 23)
Seigasha (ep 5)
SILVER LINK. (16 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-14, 18-19, 24
)

Studio Cosmo (ep 12)
Studio Graffiti (ep 3)
Studio Gram (ep 18)
Studio Luna (ep 11)
Studio Mark (ep 1)
Studio Victory (ep 11)
Studio Wanpack (eps 15, 21)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 23)
Toei Animation Philippines (4 episodes
eps 14, 19-20, 23
)

Triple A (5 episodes
eps 1, 8, 10, 16, 22
)

UEC (ep 14)
union CHO (ep 18)
3D Graphics: IKIF+
Animation Production:
CONNECT
SILVER LINK.
Background Art: Green
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2013-10-04)
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2013-10-09)
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2013-10-05)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2013-10-11)
Tokyo MX (2013-10-04)
Editing Studio: REAL-T
Key Animation:
Ace Company (ep 20)
Anime R (ep 11)
Artbox (ep 18)
C-Station (ep 19)
D-Motion (ep 20)
HEBARAKI (eps 16, 22)
Jumondo (eps 12, 19)
Kyushu Animation (ep 23)
Nexus (ep 24)
Seven Stone Studio (eps 2, 18)
Studio Cosmo (eps 12, 16, 19)
Studio Graffiti (eps 3, 9, 17)
Studio Mark (ep 20)
Studio Victory (ep 20)
Studio Wanpack (9 episodes
eps 1, 6, 8, 11, 15, 17, 20-21, 24
)

Triple A (ep 22)
Photography:
Asterism
Nexus (OP1, ED2; eps 1-24)
Photography Assistance: Asura Film
Production Assistance:
Nexus (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 19, 23
)

Studio Wanpack (eps 8, 15, 21)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English staff
English cast
Blu-ray Production: Justin Sevakis
Menu Design: Gary Swarer
Subtitle Preparation:
Ian Wright (Discotek)
Roman Stuart (Discotek)
(none)
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor: Discotek Media
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll (master license)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Broadcaster: J-One
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Jorge Snaimon (Argentine dub)
Sebastián Pérez Echegaray (Argentine dub)
Alejandro Graue as Kojou Akatsuki (Latin American dub) 
Micaela Carla Oddera as Yukina Himeragi

Alan García as Motoki Yaze (Argentine dub)
Andrea Higa as Nagisa Akatsuki
Constanza Faraggi as Asagi Aiba
Kamala Videla as
Avrora Florestina (ep 1)
Lydianne Didieh (ep 14)
Loló Muñoz as La Folia Rihavein
Mara Campanelli as Sayaka Kirisaka
María Laura Cassani as Yūma Tokoyogi
Mariana Martí as
Avrora Florestina (ep 19)
Beatrice Bussler (eps 10-12)
Matías Carossia as Dimitrie Vatler
Micaela Carla Oddera as Beatrice Bussler (ep 9)
Natalia Rosminati as Natsuki Minamiya
Nicole Apstein as Astarte (eps 13-24)
Noelia Culshaw as Octavia Mayer
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Video Dub (Argentine dub)
Broadcaster:
BitMe (2019, Latin America)
Cinema Platino (México)
Mórbido TV
Pánico (Mexico)
Internet Streaming:
blim (Latin America)
Crunchyroll (Latin America, expired)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Italy, expired)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Robert Kotulla

Casting: Monika Norton
Franciska Friede as Yukina Himeragi
Jesse Grimm as Kojou Akatsuki

Dorothee Sturz as Asagi Aiba
Emily Seubert as Kanon Kanase
Henning Nöhren as Dimitrie Vatler
Katharina von Keller as Sayaka Kirasaka
Linda Fölster as Nagisa Akatsuki
Sabrina Heuer as La Folia Rihavein
Souzan Alavi as Natsuki Minamiya
Svenja Kelly as Astarte
Timo Kinzel as Motoki Yaze

Achim Buch as Christoph Gardos (eps 7-8)
Christopher Groß as Wizard Prisoner (ep 14)
Julia Fölster as Rin Tsukishima (eps 3, 5, 9)
Marcus Just as Lowe Kirishima (eps 9-12)
Robert Kotulla as Rudolf Eustach (eps 2-4)

German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Internet Streaming:
Anime on Demand
Crunchyroll (Germany, expired)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil, expired)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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