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Nanbaka (TV)

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Alternative title:

The Numbers

ナンバカ (Japanese)

黑白來看守所 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: action, comedy, drama, psychological

Themes: prison

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: Four men are assigned to the prison: Jūgo, a man who attempted to break out of prison and ended up extending his jail time; Uno, a man who likes to gamble with women; Rock, a man who likes to get into fights; and Nico, a man who likes anime. (from manga)

User Ratings: 115 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)

Excellent: 4 votes (sub:4)

Very good: 26 votes (sub:20, dub:5, others:1

1 Arabic subtitled

)

Good: 42 votes (sub:34, dub:8)

Decent: 17 votes (sub:14, dub:2, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

So-so: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)

Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)

Weak: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)

Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)

Awful: -

Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)

Seen in part or in whole by 256 users, rank: #3394 (of 10140)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.565 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6531, rank: #5834 (of 10325)
Weighted mean: 6.555 (Good−), rank: #5771 (of 10325) (seen all: 6.78 / seen some: 7.13 / won't finish: 4.44)
Bayesian estimate: 6.648 (Good−), rank: #5035 (of 7760)

Running time: half hour per episode

Number of episodes: 13

Episode titles: We have 13

Vintage:

2016-10-04

2018-08-12 (Brazil, Rede Brasil - Crunchyroll TV)

Opening Theme:

"Rin! Rin! Hi! Hi!" by Hashiguchikanaderiya hugs The Super Ball

Ending Theme:

"Nanbaka Datsugoku Riron♪!" (Nanbaka Jailbreak Theory) by Yuuto Uemura, Tetsuya Kakihara, Airu Shiozaki, Daiki Kobayashi, and Tomokazu Seki

Official website:

TVアニメ「ナンバカ」公式サイト (Japanese)

Trivia: We have 3

Reviews: Show: 10 +16

Nanbaka Part 1 BD/DVD (Nov 12, 2018)

Nanbaka ‒ Episode 26 (Oct 7, 2017)

Nanbaka ‒ Episode 25 (Mar 22, 2017)

Nanbaka ‒ Episode 24 (Mar 15, 2017)

Nanbaka ‒ Episode 23 (Mar 8, 2017)

Nanbaka ‒ Episode 22 (Mar 2, 2017)

Nanbaka ‒ Episode 21 (Feb 22, 2017)

Nanbaka ‒ Episode 20 (Feb 15, 2017)

Nanbaka ‒ Episode 19 (Feb 9, 2017)

Nanbaka ‒ Episode 18 (Feb 1, 2017)

News: Show: 10 +12 +19 unverified

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Nanbaka Gets New Event Anime Special After TV Anime in April (Dec 13, 2016)

Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for Nanbaka Anime (Nov 6, 2016)

Other articles: Show: 1 +20 unverified

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Blu-ray (Region A)

Nanbaka - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2019-11-26

Nanbaka - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2021-01-26 (from $104.00)

Blu-ray + DVD combo

Nanbaka - Part One (BD+DVD) 2018-07-17 (from $71.01)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Shinji Takamatsu

Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota

Script:
Fumi Tsubota (eps 5, 8, 11)
Mariko Mochizuki (eps 4, 10)
Mitsutaka Hirota (eps 1-3, 7, 13)
Shingo Irie (eps 6, 9, 12)

Storyboard:
Katsumi Ono (eps 2, 5)
Shunsuke Ishikawa (ep 3)

Episode Director: Shunsuke Ishikawa (eps 1, 3)

Music: Kenji Fujisawa

Original creator: Shō Futamata

Character Design: Kento Toya

Animation Director: Yūko Kobayashi (eps 5, 10)

Producer:
Fumio Kaneko
Masako Iwamoto
Satoshi Mashida
Saya Suita
Shinji Sekizawa
Takako Tanaka
Takamitsu Kanō
Takuma Sugi
Tomoko Takahashi

2nd Key Animation:
Emiko Kataoka (ep 3)
Hirotake Endō (ep 4)

Background Art: Kyung Seok Park (Studio Tulip; 9 episodes

eps 1, 3-4, 8-13

)

In-Between Animation: Yoshi Kondo (C2C; ep 4)

In-Between Check: Yoshi Kondo (ep 2)

Key Animation:
Akihiko Mamashita (ep 7)
Akihiro Taniguchi (OP; 6 episodes

eps 1, 3, 6, 8-9, 13

)
Atsushi Saitō (OP)
Atsushi Usui (eps 3, 9, 13)
Ayu Tanaka (OP; ep 8)
Ayumi Namiki (ep 7)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (ep 11)
Chie Nishio (eps 6, 8)
Chie Ōtsuki (eps 11, 13)
Chihiro Takeoka (ep 10)
Eiji Fukuyama (eps 2, 4)
Emi Honda (ED; ep 1)
Emi Kōno (ep 2)
Hajime Nakagawa (ep 5)
Haruka Abe (ep 6)
Hayato Kurosaki (eps 3, 8)
Hideki Shibuya (ep 7)
Hiroaki Takagi (ep 2)
Hirokazu Hayami (eps 3, 6, 9, 13)
Hiroki Gotō (ep 2)
Hiroshi Oki (ep 4)
Hirotake Endō (ep 4)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 4)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (eps 3, 12)
Ichirō Hattori (ep 4)
Iori Ishii (eps 11-12)
Jōji Yanase (ep 12)
Jun Nakajima (eps 1, 3, 9, 12)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 2)
Junichi Hayakawa (ED; eps 1, 8)
Junko Matsushita (eps 4-5, 10)
Kaori Ikeda (eps 6, 12)
Kazuki Baba (ep 7)
Kazunori Ōta (ep 7)
Kazuo Takeuchi (ep 2)
Kazuya Saitō (ep 1)
Ken Obata (eps 5, 10)
Kenta Mizusaki (ep 7)
Kiyomi Masuda (eps 4, 11)
Kiyomi Yamashita (ep 3)
Kumiko Kasuga (eps 5, 10)
Kumiko Tokunaga (ED; eps 1, 8, 13)
Kyōhei Ōyabu (ep 13)
Maki Sawai (ep 12)
Mami Shimizu (ep 11)
Manami Itō (4 episodes

eps 6, 9, 11, 13

)
Maria Ichino (eps 1, 6, 8, 12)
Mariko Inagaki (ep 11)
Masaaki Kudō (5 episodes

eps 1, 6, 8-9, 12

)
Masaru Yoshioka (ep 12)
Masumi Hattori (eps 5, 10)
Michio Satō (ep 4)
Miho Aoki (ep 1)
Miho Jinnai (6 episodes

eps 6, 8-9, 11-13

)
Miho Matsuura (eps 1, 6, 8, 12)
Mizuki Takahashi (eps 6, 8)
Motoki Yagi (eps 5, 10)
Noriko Hatta (eps 7, 11)
Ritsuko Taniguchi (ep 5)
Ryōko Fujikawa (ep 2)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (eps 9, 11)
Saki Hisamatsu (ep 2)
Sanae Takahashi (ep 2)
Saori Hosoda (ep 2)
Satomi Yamanaka (ep 11)
Satoru Fujimoto (OP)
Satoru Kurihara (eps 5, 10)
Satoru Yamashita (eps 3, 9, 13)
Shiho Tamai (ep 4)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 5, 8, 10)
Shiori Nakasone (ep 2)
Shōji Endō (ep 4)
Shunta Sakamoto (OP; eps 1, 3, 6)
Shuntarō Yamada (eps 3, 9, 13)
Takahiro Arai (ep 3)
Takao Ozone (ep 4)
Takayuki Noguchi (ep 1)
Tetsuya Sunaga (eps 5, 10)
Tomoko Shimizu (ep 2)
Tomomi Noda (eps 6, 12)
Toshiharu Sugie (OP; 5 episodes

eps 1, 3, 6, 11, 13

)
Wataru Omori (eps 5, 10)
Wataru Sekimoto (ep 12)
Yasunori Aoki (eps 6-8)
Yoshiki Mizuno (ep 7)
Yoshiko Nakamura (eps 5, 10)
Yoshio Yoshimatsu (ep 11)
Yoshiyuki Ōkubo (ep 1)
Yūichirō Yamada (ep 12)
Yūji Wada (eps 5-6, 10, 12)
Yukako Futagami (eps 2, 4)
Yūki Kawamura (ep 5)
Yuki Yokoyama (eps 2, 4)
Yukiyoshi Shikiji (OP; 6 episodes

eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13

)
Yūko Kobayashi (ep 5)
Yuko Watanabe (ep 1)
Yuri Kajiwara (Studio Wanpack; eps 5, 10-11)
Yusuke Adachi (eps 5, 10)
Yūsuke Hatano (eps 3, 13)
Yuta Hirayama (ep 2)

Production Advancement:
Masashi Masuo (eps 5, 10)
Seiichi Kondō (ep 11)

Theme Song Performance:
Airu Shiozaki (ED)
Daiki Kobayashi (ED)
Tetsuya Kakihara (ED)
Tomokazu Seki (ED)
Yūto Uemura (ED)

Airu Shiozaki as Rock

Daiki Kobayashi as Nico

Tetsuya Kakihara as Uno

Tomokazu Seki as Hajime Sugoroku

Yūto Uemura as Jūgo

Eishin Fudemura as Hitoshi Sugoroku

Genki Okawa as Chii

Keito Okuyama as Seitarō Tanabata

Kenjirō Tsuda as Mitsuru Hitokoe

Kimeru as Kiji Mitsuba

Mitsutaka Itakura as Inori Hakkai

Satomi Akesaka as Momoko Hyakushiki

Shouma Yamamoto as Kenshirō Yozakura

Shunsuke Takeuchi as Yamato Godai

Sōichirō Hoshi as Samon Gokū

Takao Mitsutomi as Honey

Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Tsukumo

Yū Kobayashi as Upa

Yūki Fujiwara as Liang

Yūto Adachi as Troix

Asaki Takase as Tsukumo (young)

Daisuke Kishio as Elf

Genki Muro as Doctor (ep 12)

Hiroki Maeda as Master (ep 10)

Hiroki Takahashi as Hanzo Hattori (ep 7)

Hiroshi Yanaka as Okina Otogi

Jun Kasama as Rock's father (ep 11)

Kento Fujinuma as
Elder (ep 7)
Rock's friend (ep 11)

Kōji Kawakami as
Announcer (eps 1-2)
Prisoner (eps 5-6)

Kouhei Aoyama as Prisoner (ep 5)

Masanori Ikeda as Man with the Scar

Mie Sonozaki as Director (ep 7)

Shizuka Okohira as Kazari Otogi

Yō Taichi as
KAGU-8
Musashi's mother (ep 12)

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Musashi

Yūki Yonai as Sukegawa (ep 7)

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Satelight

Backgrounds: Studio Tulip

Broadcaster:
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation
Tokyo MX

Finish Animation:
Ace Company
Big Owl
Caramel Art
DCI
FAI International
Hiwa
Jumondo
TAP
Triple A

In-Between Animation:
Ace Company
Big Owl
DCI
FAI International
Nakamura Production
TAP
Triple A

Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
Anime Hōdai
Bandai Channel
DMM
Docomo Anime Store
GyaO!
Hikari TV
Hulu
Niconico
U-NEXT
Video Market

Key Animation:
Jumondo (ep 10)
Studio Wanpack (ep 11)
White Line (ep 7)

Photography: T2 Studio

Production:
Crunchyroll
Dax Production
GP MEDIA JAPAN
NAS
Nelke Planning
NHN comico
Satelight
Sony Music Communications
Tokuma Japan Communications

Production Cooperation:
APPP (eps 5, 10)
BLADE (ep 7)
C2C (eps 2, 4)

Video Editing: Imagica

English cast

English staff

ADR Director: Aaron Dismuke

Script: Aaron Dismuke

Translation:
Clyde Mandelin (Additional Home Video Translation)
Rina Akamine

Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Bryan Ingram (Subtitles)
Justin Cook
Michael Harcourt

ADR Engineer:
Jamal Roberson (eps 1, 3-10)
Jeremy Woods (eps 2, 11-13)

ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson

Assistant ADR Director: Marissa Lenti

Assistant producer:
Samantha Herek
Zach Bolton

Editing: Alicia Ashby (Subtitles)

Head Writer: John Burgmeier

Lead ADR Engineer: Jamal Roberson (eps 2, 11-13)

Mix Engineer:
Andrew Tipps
Neal Malley

Production Assistant:
Sally Haden
Sharon Randall
Trenton Jons

Quality Check: Megan Denton (Subtitles)

Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez

Special Thanks To: Gregory Lanson

Subtitle Timing: Henry Lin

Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams

Translation Check: Rebecca Cottrill

Video Editing:
Aya Spann
Brittany Smith
Issa Currie
Josh Tyler

Video Engineer: Jason Weems

Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp

Alejandro Saab as Uno

Daman Mills as Jyugo

Ian Sinclair as Hajime Sugoroku

Jarrod Greene as Rock

Justin Briner as Niko

Aaron Dismuke as Upa

Blake Shepard as Liang

Brandon McInnis as Samon Gokū

Dallas Reid as Seitaro Tanabata

Elijah Muller as Troix

Gabe Kunda as Qi

Howard Wang as Hitoshi Sugoroku

J. Michael Tatum as Kiji Mitsuba

Kyle Igneczi as Honey

Marcus D. Stimac as Yamato Godai

Marissa Lenti as Momoko Hyakushiki

Randy E. Aguebor as Inori Hakkai

Ricco Fajardo as Mitsuru Hitokoe

Sam Biggs as Tsukumo

Vic Mignogna as Kenshirō Yozakura

Austin Tindle as Elf (eps 12-13)

Jamie Marchi as Director (ep 7)

Jason Liebrecht as Musashi

Jeremy Inman as Elder (ep 7)

Jeremy Schwartz as Okina Otogi (ep 11)

Jerry Jewell as Carpenter (ep 10)

Justin Pate as
Hattori (ep 7)
Sukegawa

Linda Leonard as Kazari Otogi (ep 11)

Marissa Lenti as Kuu

Mikaela Krantz as Tsukumo (Young)

Morgan Berry as Mao Nimaijita

Phil Parsons as Man with Scar (eps 12-13)

Rochelle Grimsmo as Kaguya

Stephen Sanders as Sukegawa (ep 7)

English companies

Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment
Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand; Funimation)

Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll

Licensed by: Crunchyroll

French staff

French cast

Translation: Benjamin Moro (Crunchyroll)

(none)

French companies

(none)

Italian staff

Italian companies

(none)

Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
YouTube (Crunchyroll Italia; eps 1-3)

Italian cast

(none)

Portuguese staff

Portuguese companies

(none)

Broadcaster: Rede Brasil

Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil and Portugal)

Portuguese cast

(none)

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