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Laughing Under the Clouds (TV)

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Alternative title:
Donten ni Warau (Japanese)
曇天に笑う (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In the eleventh year of the Meiji era carrying swords was forbidden by the government and those known as samurai were slowly fading away. However, there were plenty who didn't like those changes taking place in Japan and inevitably the crime rates increased. The country's only solution was an inescapable lake prison. Since the prison had no other way to access it except by water, the three boys of the Kumo family were assigned to transport the criminals to their new "home".
User Ratings: 151 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:4, others:2
1 Indonesia subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 37 votes (sub:24, dub:11, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 39 votes (sub:31, dub:8)
 Decent: 29 votes (sub:23, dub:3, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:12, dub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 270 users, rank: #3179 (of 9324)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.788 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.5637, rank: #4545 (of 9427)
Weighted mean: 6.778 (Good−), rank: #4457 (of 9427) (seen all: 7.01 / seen some: 6.00 / won't finish: 4.41)
Bayesian estimate: 6.838 (Good), rank: #3905 (of 7111)
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2014-10-03
Opening Theme:
#1: "Biran no Kaze" (毘藍ノ風) by Ryūji Aoki
#2: "Ruten no Yō" (流転ノ陽) by Ryūji Aoki
Ending Theme:
"ATTITUDE TO LIFE" by Galneryus
News: Show:
Daily Briefs (Feb 25, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Laughing Under the Clouds - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2019-06-04 (from $22.49)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Laughing Under the Clouds - Complete Collection (BD+DVD) 2016-08-23 (from $44.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Haraguchi
Series Composition: Yūya Takahashi
Script:
Satoko Okazaki (eps 3-4, 8-9)
Yūya Takahashi (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-12
)

Original creator: Karakarakemuri
Character Design: Takao Maki
Art Director: Yuki Ikenoue
Chief Animation Director: Takao Maki
Animation Director: Masayoshi Kikuchi (eps 9, 12)
Art design: Yoshikatsu Matsumoto (Anime Workshop Basara)
Sound Director: Takahiro Watanabe
Director of Photography: Yasushi Kudō
2nd Key Animation: Chizuru Inoue (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-8, 10-12
)

Animation producer: Yosuke Nakamura
Assistant Director: Juria Matsumura
Assistant Director of Photography: Kunihiko Ito
Color design: Genta Makabe
Design: Jun Fuji
Editing: Emi Onodera
In-Between Animation: Ayako Ōki (ep 5)
Key Animation:
Akane Imada (ep 12)
Akiko Nakata (ep 6)
Asuka Shimizu (ep 6)
Atsushi Soga (OP1-2; eps 1-2, 6-7)
Ayako Ōki (ep 6)
Ayako Satō (eps 6, 11)
Ayano Suzuki (OP2; ep 6)
Chie Nagano (ep 7)
Chihiro Nishikawa (ep 2)
Eisuke Matsubara (ep 4)
Emi Tamura (ep 12)
Eri Yamazaki (OP2)
Hirofumi Okita (ep 1)
Hiroko Makino (eps 6, 11-12)
Hiromi Nanbe (OP1-2; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 11
)

Hitomi Miyazaki (ep 10)
Jun Maeda (ep 7)
Junya Sato (ep 6)
Kanako Ōyabu (ep 2)
Kaori Ikeda (ep 3)
Kazuki Toi (eps 6, 8, 12)
Kazumi Ono (eps 4, 8, 12)
Keiichi Sugiura (ep 8)
Keiichiro Kimura (ep 7)
Keiko Ichihara (OP1-2; ep 1)
Keita Isozaki (ep 7)
Kenji Sawada (ep 4)
Kenta Onishi (eps 5, 9)
Kōki Hirano (ep 5)
Kōki Sugawara (ep 10)
Konomi Satō (eps 2, 6-7)
Kōta Sera (OP2)
Kunihiro Sakurai (eps 5, 9)
Kyōko Nagata (OP1-2; eps 3, 8, 10-11)
Mai Watanabe (ep 10)
Mami Omori (eps 8, 12)
Mamiko Nakanishi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8, 12
)

Mariko Komatsu (OP1-2)
Mariko Kubo (OP1-2; eps 1, 4, 6, 12)
Mariko Nishimura (eps 2, 7)
Masashi Kanou (ep 1)
Masato Nishikawa (ep 8)
Masaya Sekizaki (ep 1)
Masumi Fujii (ep 1)
Mayumi Fujita (ep 5)
Mayumi Nakamura (ep 1)
Megumi Yoshimura (ep 5)
Miho Matsuura (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 10, 12
)

Mina Ōsawa (ep 1)
Miyako Kamiya (ep 6)
Miyuki Nakayama (ep 3)
Nami Inoue (ep 5)
Naoki Sugiyama (eps 5, 9)
Naoko Ise (OP1-2)
Naoko Takada (eps 2, 7)
Naomi Okita (eps 3, 7)
Nobuhiko Kawakami (eps 3, 8)
Nobuyuki Mitani (OP1-2; eps 4, 11-12)
Noritaka Tateguchi (eps 2, 4, 6, 12)
Ryoko Sugiura (eps 3, 7-8, 11)
Ryuunosuke Murakami (eps 7, 12)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 2, 7, 12)
Shiori Araki (eps 5, 9, 12)
Shiori Shirasaki (ep 5)
Shuji Maruyama (ep 1)
Soichiro Matsuda (ep 12)
Takahiro Tajima (eps 5, 9)
Takeshi Iida (eps 1, 8)
Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 5)
Tetsurou Yamada (ep 12)
Tomoya Hiratsuka (ep 3)
Tomoyuki Kameda (ep 7)
Tōru Hamazaki (ep 4)
Wataru Sekimoto (eps 2, 12)
Yōko Ikekawa (ep 3)
Yōko Kutsuzawa (ep 4)
Yoko Sano (ep 12)
Yoshiko Takemoto (ep 12)
Yū Yoshiyama (ep 10)
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 1)
Yūji Wada (eps 2, 7)
Yuki Matsuo (ep 8)
Yūki Morishita (ep 8)
Yuki Nakano (OP1-2; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6-7, 11
)

Yuki Satō (ep 10)
Yuki Yabuta (eps 2-3, 7, 12)
Yukihiro Urata (ep 12)
Yukiko Kawamoto (ep 6)
Yukiko Ueda (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 10-11
)

Yukio Okano (eps 7, 12)
Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 12)
Yumiko Komiyama (ep 8)
Program Publicity: Seiichiro Toda
Prop Design: Shuji Maruyama
Recording Adjustment: Tatsuhiro Amano
Recording Assistant: Toshifumi Tsuzuki
Sound Effects:
Akiko Mutō (eps 8-9)
Takuya Hasegawa
Theme Song Performance: Galneryus (ED)
Kenichi Suzumura as Abe no Hirari
Koji Yusa as Kotarō Fūma
Rina Satou as Botan
Takahiro Sakurai as Shirasu Kinjō
Tsubasa Yonaga as Chūtarō Kumo
Yūichi Nakamura as Tenka Kumo
Yuuki Kaji as Soramaru Kumo

Hiro Shimono as Rakuchō Takeda
Hiroki Yasumoto as Seiichirō Takamine
Hiroshi Iwasaki as Chenran Shi
Kousuke Toriumi as Abe no Sōsei
Mamiko Noto as Nishiki
Sayaka Ohara as Kiiko Sasaki
Shinichiro Miki as Naoto Kagami
Takahiro Fujiwara as Zenzō Inukai
Yūki Fujiwara as Mutsuki Ashiya

Aimi Tanaka as
Gerokichi (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 11-12
)

Poko (ep 7)
Ari Ozawa as
Familiar (ep 9)
Kanbayashi's son (eps 1, 6, 10)
Tenka Kumo (young; eps 5, 8)
Chie Horikoshi as Kanbayashi (5 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 10, 12
)
Daisuke Endō as
Criminal (ep 1)
Doctor Ōta (ep 3)
Daisuke Kishio as Kagemitsu Kumo (eps 6-7)
Gaku Kudō as Policeman (ep 6)
Haruo Satō as Leader (ep 7)
Isamu Yūsen as
Jailer (ep 4)
Merchant (ep 5)
Ōki's subordinate (ep 7)
Tomomi Iwakura (ep 3)
Yasu Tsuchiya
Katsuki Donoshita as
Criminal (ep 3)
Doctor Ōta (eps 2, 5, 11)
Keiji Fujiwara as Taiko Kumo (eps 8, 11)
Kenichirō Matsuda as Chiyonaga Orida (6 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 9-11
)
Makoto Furukawa as Policeman (ep 6)
Masaki Terasoma as Kiyotsuna Sasaki (ep 7)
Ryotaro Okiayu as Mangetsu Ashiya (ep 7)
Ryuichi Horibe as
Group member (ep 3)
Tomomi Iwakura (eps 2, 8)
Tomotaka Hachisuka as
Hideo Kitamura
Jailer (ep 4)
Toshihiko Nakanishi as Takatō Ōki (eps 7-9)
Yoshikazu Nagano as Criminal (ep 1)
Yuki Sorami as
Abe no Sōsei (young; eps 5, 8)
Familiar (ep 9)
Kanbayashi's daughter (eps 1, 6, 10)
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Joel McDonald
Translation: Nita Lieu
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer: Peter Hawkinson
ADR Supervisor: Gino Palencia
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Engineer: Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
Christopher Wehkamp as Tenka Kumo
Dave Trosko as Soramaru Kumo
Micah Solusod as Abe no Hirari
Morgan Garrett as Botan
Robert McCollum as Shirasu Kinjo
Terri Doty as Chutaro Kumo

Christopher R. Sabat as Seiichirō Takamine
Clifford Chapin as Mutsuki Ashiya
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Kiiko Sasaki
Eric Vale as Abe no Sōsei
Ian Sinclair as Naoto Kagami
J. Michael Tatum as Kotaro Fuma
Jamie Marchi as Nishiki
Joel McDonald as Rakucho Takeda

Bill Jenkins as Chiyonaga Oda (Orita)
Bradley Campbell as Old Man (ep 1 uncredited)
Brandon Potter as Takato Oki
Caitlin Glass as Abe no Sōsei (young; eps 5, 8)
Cole Brown as Zenzo Inukai
Elias Taylorson as Samurai Bandit (ep 1 uncredited)
Jarrod Greene as Yasu Tsuchiya
Josh Grelle as Kagemitsu Kumo (eps 6-7)
Kent Williams as Kiyotsuna Sasaki
Marcus D. Stimac as Ashiya Mangetsu
Mark Stoddard as Doctor Ōta (ep 3)
Mike McFarland as Shi Qian-Lang
Nancy Sherrard as Kanbayashi
R Bruce Elliott as Tomomi Iwakura
Randy Pearlman as Hideo Kitamura
Sonny Strait as Taiko Kumo (eps 8, 11)

Morgan Mabry (as Morgan Mabry Mason)
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (2017)
FUNimation Entertainment
Viewster (DE, AT, CH, FR, SE, NO, DK, FI, BE, NL, ES: Simulcast)
Wakanim (Nordic countries)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Viewster (DE, AT, CH, FR, SE, NO, DK, FI, BE, NL, ES: Simulcast)
French cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Viewster (DE, AT, CH, FR, SE, NO, DK, FI, BE, NL, ES: Simulcast)
German cast
(none)

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