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Children of the Whales (TV)

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Alternative title:
Die Walkinder (German)
Hijos de las ballenas (Spanish)
Kujira no Kora - Filhos das Baleias (Portuguese)
Kujira no Kora wa Sajō ni Utau (Japanese)
Les Enfants de la Baleine (French)
Дети кита, поющие среди песков (Russian)
クジラの子らは砂上に歌う (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A boy named Chakuro lives on the giant vessel Mud Whale that drifts over the sea of sand. Chakuro and his friends have never seen anyone from the outside world, and they spend their days yearning to explore and learn about it. One day, a ruined ship suddenly drifts ashore, and Chakuro meets a girl inside. (from manga)
User Ratings: 169 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (raw:2, sub:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 17 votes (sub:13, dub:3, others:1
1 Finnish subtitled
)
 Very good: 45 votes (sub:30, dub:14, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 53 votes (sub:38, dub:8, ?:1, raw:1, others:5
2 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 24 votes (sub:17, dub:7)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:4)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 277 users, rank: #3170 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.953 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6455, rank: #4086 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.919 (Good), rank: #4020 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.99 / seen some: 6.70 / won't finish: 4.29)
Bayesian estimate: 6.961 (Good), rank: #3515 (of 7243)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2017-10-08
Opening Theme:
"Sono Saki" (その未来) by RIRIKO
Ending Theme:
"Hashidairo" (ハシタイロ ) by rionos
Insert song:
"Hikari no Uta" (光の唄) by Ai Kakuma (eps 7-8)
Review:
Children of the Whales (Apr 2, 2018)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kyōhei Ishiguro
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
Script:
Kyōhei Ishiguro (eps 7-9)
Michiko Yokote (eps 1-6, 10-12)
Episode Director:
Katsushi Sakurabi (eps 8, 11-12)
Kyōhei Ishiguro (eps 1-2)
Naoki Murata (ep 4)
Takashi Kobayashi (ep 6)
Toshikazu Hashimoto (eps 3, 9)
Yoshihiro Mori (eps 5, 10)
Original creator: Abi Umeda
Character Design: Haruko Iizuka
Art Director: Toshiharu Mizutani (Moon Flower)
Chief Animation Director: Haruko Iizuka (OP; eps 1-12)
Animation Director:
Haruko Iizuka (eps 7, 9, 12)
Masaki Nishikawa (eps 4, 8)
Mika Takahashi (高橋みか eps 9,12)
Shigeki Kimoto (OP; 6 episodes
eps 4, 7-9, 11-12
)

Tetsuya Sakamoto (7 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 9, 11-12
)

Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Yoshio Ōkouchi

2nd Key Animation:
Chikara Hashizume (eps 6-9)
Hatsune Hoshino (ep 4)
Tetsuya Sakamoto (eps 4, 9, 11-12)
Assistant Animation Director:
Masaki Nishikawa (ep 4)
Tetsuya Sakamoto (ep 1)
Color design: Miyuki Ishida
Editing: Masahiro Gotō (REAL-T)
Insert Song Performance: Ai Kakuma (eps 7-8)
Key Animation:
Kanna Hirayama (ep 2)
Kei Tegure (ALBACROW; ep 3)
Masaharu Morinaka (ep 4)
Masaki Nishikawa (ALBACROW; eps 3, 8)
Miki Urashima (ep 2)
Motoki Yagi (ep 4)
Satoshi Sakai (ep 9)
Shigeki Kimoto (OP; eps 7, 9)
Tetsuya Sakamoto (OP; eps 1-3, 6-7)
Manaka Iwami as Lycos
Natsuki Hanae as Chakuro

Ai Kakuma as
Ema
Neri
Akira Ishida as Orka
Aya Hisakawa as Mayor Taisha
Ayaka Suwa as Urumi
Daiki Yamashita as Ryodari
Hiroshi Kamiya as Shuan
Hisako Kanemoto as Sami
KENN as Rochalízo
Kōsuke Toriumi as Kuchiba
Makoto Furukawa as Tobi
Mikako Komatsu as Ginshu

Aki Toyosaki as Olivinis
Atsushi Tamaru as Nibi
Ayaka Asai as Kicha
Ayaka Suwa as
Cocaro
Nibi (young)
Daiki Hamano as Lykos' father (ep 2)
Daisuke Hirakawa as Araphne (eps 7-9, 11)
Eizō Tsuda as Hakuji
Ikumi Hayama as Shinono
Junichi Yanagita as Eneodolos (eps 3, 8)
Junya Enoki as Shikon (eps 8, 11-12)
Kenta Sasa as congressman (ep 11)
Lynn as Itia (eps 7, 10-12)
Maki Izawa as Hatobane
Makoto Furukawa as man (ep 12)
Mami Amano as Shiraai
Mari Yokoo as Rasha (eps 6, 10)
Maria Naganawa as
Mago (eps 3, 6, 10)
Sane (ep 7)
Masaaki Mizunaka as man (ep 11)
Masashi Nogawa as Nashiji
Mutsumi Tamura as Nezu
Nozomi Furuki as Nimu (eps 2, 8)
Ryōko Maekawa as
Flano (eps 5-6, 10)
Minatone (ep 7)
woman (ep 12)
Ryōta Suzuki as
Jiki
Negishi (ep 7)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as
Ganva (eps 10-11)
Kogare (ep 12)
Seiichirō Yamashita as Tokusa (eps 6-8)
Shō Hayami as Atsali (eps 11-12)
Sho Nogami as Aijiro
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Pagoni (eps 7-9)
Taito Ban as Tonoco (eps 4-5)
Taku Yashiro as Shikoku (eps 8, 11-12)
Tomori Kusunoki as Suzu (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-6, 12
)
Utako Imai as
Benimura (ep 4)
Hihada
Yasuaki Takumi as Masoh
Yōhei Hamada as man (ep 4)
Yuka Nukui as
Hasmulito (ep 12)
Honne (eps 3, 5-6)
Kanae (eps 7, 10-11)
Yuna Yoshino as
Kachika (ep 4)
Kikujin
Yūya Hirose as Moja (eps 8-9, 11)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Finish Animation Assistance:
Jumondo
Reboot
Triple A
In-Between Assistance:
Candy Box
GAINAX
Jumondo
Reboot
Triple A
Key Animation:
Albacrow (eps 3, 8)
Candy Box (eps 3, 8)
Production Cooperation:
A-Real (ep 4)
Candy Box (ep 3)
Studio Pastoral (eps 5, 10)
English cast
English staff
Dialogue Director:
Bob Buchholz
Megan Buchholz
Johnny Yong Bosch as Chakuro
Melissa Fahn as Lykos

Anne Yatco as Taisha
Brian Beacock as Tobi
Cassandra Morris as
Aima
Neri
Douglas Cavum as Shaun 
Griffin Burns as Ryodari
Jason Palmer as Ro
Kyle McCarley as Orka
Reba Buhr as Ginshu
Todd Haberkorn as Ouni
Tony Azzolino as Masoh

Ben Pronsky as Nezu
Cristina Vee as
Ferret
Kicha
Doug Erholtz as
Captain
Kuchiba
Keith Silverstein as Hakuji
Kyle McCarley as
Byakuroku
Nibi
Todd Haberkorn as Nashiji
English companies
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Licensed by: Netflix
Production: SDI Media (English dub)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Ludivine Deworst

Adaptation: Daniel Danglard
Alexandre Crépet as Chakuro
Helena Coppejans as Lycos

Alain Eloy as Orca
Alexandre Marciano as Kuchiba
Alexis Flamant as Leodari
Alice Ley as Mademoiselle Ginshu
Géraldine Frippiat as Madame Taisha
Gregory Praet as Suoh
Marie Du Bled as Sami
Maxime Donnay as Roxalto
Nancy Philippot as Urumi
Nicolas Matthys as Ohni
Shérine Seyad as
Emma
Neri

Alain Eloy as
Byakuroku
Ganva
Alessandro Bevilacqua as
Hakuji
Nibi
Fabienne Loriaux as Shiraai
Jean-Marc Amé as
Masso
Shikon
Ludivine Deworst as Olibnis
Maxime Van Stantfoort as
Nashiji
Mélissa Windal as Kicha
Nancy Philippot as Rasha
Olivier premel as
Atsari
Caporal
Philippe Allard as
Arachni
Shikoku
Pierre Le Bec as Tokusa
Sophie Pyronnet as Nezu
Valerie Muzzi as Shinono
French companies
Dubbing Studio: SDI Media Belgium
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Production: SDI Media (French dub)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Gerardo Alonso (Mexican dub)
Julia Martínez (Spain dub)
Translation:
Alejandro Fernández (Mexican dub)
Mario Pérez (Spain dub)

Subtitle Translation: Antonio Sánchez Castel (Netflix; Spain)
Ana Hueros as Lykos (Spain dub)
Betzabe Jara as Lykos (Mexican dub)
Carlos Miguel Siller as Chakuro (Mexican dub)
Roberto Rodríguez as Chakuro (Spain dub)

Alan Prieto as Suō (Mexican dub)
Andrea Villaverde as Neri (Spain dub)
Antonio Cremades as Rochalizo (Spain dub)
Jahel Morga as Mayor Taisha (Mexican dub)
Jaime Pérez de Sevilla as Tobi (Spain dub)
Jaime Roca as Ryodari (Spain dub)
Javier Abengózar as Suou (Spain dub)
José María Larrú as Orca (Spain dub)
Laura Peña as Ginshu (Spain dub)
Lorena Higuera as
Aima (Spain dub)
Taisha (Spain dub)
Urumi (Spain dub)
Marco Guerrero as Kuchiva (Mexican dub)
Monserrat Aguilar as Sami (Mexican dub)
Ricardo Bautista as Tobi (Mexican dub)
Salvi Garrido as Kuchiba (Spain dub)
Sara del Olmo as Sami (Spain dub)
Vicente Real as Shuan (Spain dub)

Amalia Cantarero as
Kokalo (Spain dub)
Shinono (Spain dub)
Ana Isabel Hernando as Rasha (Spain dub)
Analiz Sánchez as Nezu (Mexican dub)
Daniel Casanova as
Shikoku (Spain dub)
Tokusa (Spain dub)
David Allende as Masoh (Mexican dub)
David Flores as Shikon (Spain dub)
Elena Palacios as
Hammy (Spain dub)
Kanae (Spain dub)
Nibi (Spain dub; child)
Erica Langarica as Kicha (Mexican dub)
Felipe Garrido as Ouni (Spain dub)
Francisco Javier Cruz as Nibi (Spain dub)
Henar Hernández as
Kicha (Spain dub)
Sienna (Spain dub)
Ignacio López Echeverría as Haishiro (Spain dub)
Javier Moreno as Arachni (Spain dub)
Jon Ciriano as Nashiji (Spain dub)
Jordi Torregrosa as Moja (Spain dub)
José Antonio Duque as Byakuroku (Spain dub)
Juan Enrique Palacios Fernández as
Buki (Spain dub)
Nezu (Spain dub)
Julia Martínez as
Ouni (Spain dub; child)
Shiraai (Spain dub)
Kristoffer Romo as (Mexican dub)
Luis Miguel Cajal as Ro (Spain dub)
Marta Argota as Itia (Spain dub)
Miguel Ángel Muro as Pagoni (Spain dub)
Milagros Fernández as Jiki (Spain dub)
Nacho Aramburu as Ganva (Spain dub)
Néstor Moreno as Masoh (Spain dub)
Ricky Delgado as Atsari (Spain dub)
Salvador Serrano as Hakuji (Spain dub)
Sara del Olmo as Olivinis (Spain dub)

Amalia Cantarero (Spain dub)
Carmen Podio (Spain dub)
David Flores (Spain dub)
Elena Palacios (Spain dub)
Fernanda Gastélum (Mexican dub)
Gezzuz González (Mexican dub)
Javier Moreno (Spain dub)
Jon Ciriano (Spain dub)
Jordi Torregrosa (Spain dub)
Julia Martínez (Spain dub)
Lorena Higuera (Spain dub)
Luis Miguel Cajal (Spain dub)
Miguel de León (Mexican dub)
Miguel Ángel Muro (Spain dub)
Milagros Fernández (Spain dub)
Nacho Aramburu (Spain dub)
Néstor Moreno (Spain dub)
Noriko Takaya (Mexican dub)
Salvador Serrano (Spain dub)
Yolanda Portillo (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Production: SDI Media (Spain and Latin America)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Monica Bertolotti

Dialogues: Nicoletta Landi
Alessio Puccio as Chakuro

Alessio Nissolino as Liontari
Alex Polidori as Rochalizo
Davide Capone as Tobi
Gabriele Lopez as Kuchiba
Georgia Lepore as Aima
Lidia Perrone as Ginshu
Manuel Meli as Suou
Monica Volpe as Sami
Monica Vulcano as Neri
Tatiana Dessi as Taisha

Alessandro Rigotti as Capitano
Gabriele Tacchi as Masoh
Germana Savo as Shinono
Italian companies
ADR Production: SDI Media (Italian dub)
Dubbing Studio: SDI Media Italy
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Italy)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Daniela Arden
Subtitling: Gabi Krauß
Anna Ewelina as Lykos
Felix Mayer as Chakuro

Carla Reiter as Aima
Daniel Schlauch as Masoo
Dirk Meyer as Rochalizo
Domenic Redl as Tokusa
Fabian Rohm as Nibi
Friederike Sipp as Ginshu
Johannes Wolko as Orca
Julian Manuel as Shuan
Lea Kalbhenn as Urumi
Maresa Sedlmeir as Sami
Max Felder as Suou
Maximilian Belle as Ryodari
Oliver Scheffel as Ouni
Stephanie Kellner as Taisha

Angelika Bender as Shiraai (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 10-12
)
Angelina Markiefka as Itia (eps 7, 10-12)
Arne Hörmann as Kuchiba
Benedikt Gutjan as Ganva (eps 10-11)
Bettina Zech as Hamu
Dana Geissler as Ryodari's Mother (ep 8)
Daniel Pietzuch as Lykos's Father (ep 2)
Fabian Wittkowski as Shaggy (ep 9)
François Goeske as Shikon (eps 8, 11-12)
Gerd Rigauer as Nashiji (eps 1, 4, 10-12)
Gerhard Acktun as Byakuroku
Henry Engels as Jiki (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8
)
Jacqueline Belle as Nibi (young; ep 6)
Jakob Riedl as Weeping Jester (ep 10)
Janina Dietz as Shinono
Katharina von Daake as Chasmourito
Laura Maire as Furano
Leonard Hohm as Arachni (eps 7-9, 11)
Lisa Stenger as Ouni (young; ep 6)
Livia Reiter as Mago (eps 6, 10)
Lucy Scherer as Sienna (eps 6, 9-10)
Manuela Renard as Rasha
Mario Linder as Shikoku (eps 8, 11-12)
Markus Pfeiffer as Atsari (eps 11-12)
Paul Sedlmeir as Pagoni (eps 7-9)
Regina Beckhaus as Futerna (ep 10)
Tobias Kern as Nezu
Uwe Thomsen as Apatheia 6 (ep 3)
Walter von Hauff as Hakuji (eps 1-5, 7)
Wolfgang Haas as Old Jester (ep 10)

German companies
ADR Production: SDI Media (German dub)
Dubbing: SDI Media Germany (Munich)
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Germany)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director: Renan Alonso
ADR Script: Taïs Reganelli
Executive producer: Gustavo Souza

Administrative Manager: Lutze de Aquino
ADR Engineer: Rick Palma
Financial Manager: Hector Vega
Post Production: Thiago Miyazaki
Pre-Production: Ricardo Patiri 
Pre-Production Coordination: Javier Nelson
Project Manager: Renato Somera
Scheduling: Beatriz Maríngoli
Subtitling: Caio Xavier
Amanda Tavares as Lycos
Carloz Magno as Chakuro

Beta Cinalli as
Ema
Neri
Carla Martelli as Ginshu
Fernando Ferraz as Rochalízo
Lucas Marcondes as
Shikoku
Shikon
Marcos Becker as Kuchiba
Mário Spatziani as Shuan
Pierre Bittencourt as Arachni
Raissa Bueno as Sami
Raquel Elaine as Taisha
Renan Alonso as Ryodari
Ricardo Campos as Suō
Vitor Paranhos as Orka
Viviane Munuera as Urumi

Amanda Moreira as
Shiraai
Siena
André Gaiani as Gennaiodoros (eps 3, 8)
Beta Cinalli as
Nibi (child; ep 9)
Olivinis (ep 9)
Bruna Nogueira as Kicha
Caio Magalhães as Nibi
Carla Dias as Ryodari's mother
Digão Vicente as Hakuji
Ênio Vivona as
Jiki
Nashiji
Jéssica Cardia as Shinono
João Vieira as Ro
Jonathan Guedes as Ganva
Josué Galinari as Masoo
Luiz Nunes as Byakuroku
Luiz Terribele as Lycos's father (ep 2)
Mariana Pozatto as Itia
Natália Ruggiero as Furano
Rafael Quelle as Tokusa
Raissa Bueno as Phterna
Renan Villela as Pagoni
Tiana Bandeira as Kanae

Portuguese companies
ADR Production: SDI Media (Brazil)
ADR Recording: Dubbing Company (Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil)
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Brazil)

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