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Shin Hakkenden (TV)

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Alternative title:
فرسان الأرض (Arabic)
神八剣伝 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: taking place in the future, where there was war and distruction, 8 people with 8 jewles must save earth from it's demise.
User Ratings: 30 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (others:1
1 Arabic dubbed
)
 Excellent: 4 votes (dub:1, sub:1, others:2
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Very good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:5)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: 1 vote (raw:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 74 users, rank: #6066 (of 10140)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.833 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.4642, rank: #8202 (of 10324)
Weighted mean: 5.530 (Decent−), rank: #8813 (of 10324) (seen all: 5.45 / seen some: 7.47)
Bayesian estimate: 6.118 (Decent), rank: #6609 (of 7760)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 1999-04-03 to 1999-09-25
Opening Theme:
"Memories" by Angela
Ending Theme:
#1: "きっと同じ星の中で (Kitto Onaji Hoshi no Naka de)" by Friend of mine
#2: "あたらしい日々神八剣伝スペシャルミックス (Atarashii Hibi Shin Hakkenden Special Mix)" by RIZCO (eps 14-26)
Official website:
Shin Hakkenden Official Website (Japanese)
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Japan News Briefs (May 29, 1999)
Coming Soon in Japan (Feb 28, 1999)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Director: Shintaro Inokawa (OP)
Script: Yasushi Hirano
Storyboard:
Futa Morita (ep 26)
Hideki Okamoto (ep 7)
Katsuyoshi Yatabe (ep 1)
Masahiko Ōkura (ep 25)
Masakatsu Iijima (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20
)
Shunji Yoshida (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 18, 23
)
Tetsuya Endō (eps 11, 17, 22)
Yô Kitazato (eps 16, 21)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (4 episodes
eps 12, 14, 19, 24
)
Episode Director:
Kazunori Tanahashi (6 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24-25
)
Masakatsu Iijima (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20
)
Shunji Yoshida (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23
)
Toshiaki Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 26)
Music: Warlter Alen
Original Work: Yasushi Hirano
Character Design: Atsuko Ishida
Art Director:
Mitsuharu Miyamae
Nobuto Sakamoto
Animation Director:
Atsuko Ishida (OP-ED)
Hideaki Shimada (ep 26)
Izumi Shimura (eps 1, 6)
Masahiko Ōkura (ep 25)
Masayuki Satō (ep 4)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 25
)
Saburō Masutani (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20
)
Shinichiro Minami (OP-ED; 5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 18, 23
)
Mechanical design: Masahiko Ōkura
Sound Director: Hideo Takahashi
Director of Photography: Masahide Okino
Producer: Kouki Matsuura

Color design:
Keiichi Funada
Miharu Sakai
Editing: Tomoaki Tsurubuchi
Key Animation:
Akira Kano (OP)
Hideaki Shimada (OP)
Masayuki Hiraoka (OP)
Michio Fukuda (OP)
Munetaka Abe (OP)
Shigenobu Nagasaki (eps 3, 23)
Shin Matsuo (OP)
Production producer: Takahiko Tsuchiya
Theme Song Performance:
angela (OP)
Friend of mine (ED 1)
RIZCO (ED 2)
Masami Suzuki as Kou

Naoki Tatsuta as Chuji
Rika Komatsu as Noburu
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Tomoka
Shiho Kikuchi as Ruty
Takehito Koyasu as Kai
Tomohiro Nishimura as Gyo
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Jinrai
Yuu Asakawa as Rei

Akira Nakagawa as Ryou
Hisako Kyōda as Wanamusi
Kazuhiro Nakata as Casiya
Mami Kingetsu as Ayashi
Masato Hirano as Aori
Norihisa Mori as Tai
Noriko Namiki as Chappy
Rie Tanaka as Ryou's mother
Shirō Saitō as Mead
Takashi Nagasako as Gokumon
Yumi Touma as Fuse
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Public and Basic
Backgrounds: Baku Production (eps 8-26 even)
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting
TV Tokyo
CG Production:
IHM Content Studio
Knowledge Link
System Sacom
Finish Animation:
FAI International
FAI Shanghai Studio
Sung San Production (ep 26)
In-Between Animation:
FAI International
FAI Shanghai Studio
Sung San Production (ep 26)
Key Animation:
FAI International (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20
)
Hana Production (eps 5, 10)
Last House (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Studio Boomerang (ep 26)
Studio D-Volt (OP)
Sung San Production (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 26
)
Laboratory: Tokyo Laboratory
Production: team M.S.C.D
Production Cooperation:
Lifework
Studio Bogey
Tōkyū Agency
Yoyogi Animation Academy
Titles: Maki Production
Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
English staff
English companies
(none)
Broadcaster: AXN Asia (SE Asia)
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: KAZÉ
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director: Paolo Torrisi

Dialogues:
Biancamaria De Rossi
Marina Attilio
Mixing: Moreno Grossi Pometti
Synchronization: Moreno Grossi Pometti
Theme Song Performance: Giorgio Vanni
Massimo Di Benedetto as Kori

Alessandra Karpoff as Ayashi
Claudio Moneta as Kai
Emanuela Pacotto as Karura
Gianluca Iacono as Tomoka
Giovanna Papandrea as Rei
Grazia Migneco as Funamushi
Luca Sandri as Gyu
Marco Balzarotti as Ginrai
Mario Zucca as Cujo
Maurizio Scattorin as Ebira
Renata Bertolas as Nola

Alberto Olivero as Lord Med soldier (ep 2)
Claudio Ridolfo as Lord Med soldier (ep 2)
Diego Sabre as Ryu (ep 1)
Elisabetta Spinelli as
Ryu's mother (ep 1)
Saya's mother (eps 2-3)
Federica Valenti as Saya (eps 2-4)
Francesco Orlando as Saya's father (eps 2-3)
Gianfranco Gamba as Shogun Samara (eps 8-12)
Giovanni Battezzato as
Guard Guri (ep 9)
Lord Med (eps 6, 18)
Luca Bottale as Iji (eps 5-6)
Mario Scarabelli as Ondo Gisha (ep 9)
Oliviero Corbetta as Dr. Komura (ep 4)
Riccardo Lombardo as
Gen (eps 6, 10, 12)
Gokumon (eps 1-4)
Riccardo Rovatti as Sovr. Shume (eps 6-8, 10)
Salvatore Landolina as Village major (eps 2-3)
Simone D'Andrea as Abu (eps 5-7, 10-12)
Stefano Albertini as Ginji (eps 5-11)
Vittorio Bestoso as Don Gucini (5 episodes
eps 6-7, 9, 11-12
)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Hiro (from 8 July 2009)
Italia 1
Italia 2 (from 8 July 2011)
Italia Teen Television (from 22 January 2004)
Dubbing: Merak Film
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Assistant Director: Mayada Auda
Audio Recording: Ahmad Farrag
Composed & Arranged: Ibrahim Sulimani
Mixage: Muhammad Hassan Bakr
Montage: Samer Abu Hamad
OP Theme Song Lyrics & Performance: Rasha Rizk
Preparation:
Ahmad Nattoof
Emad Aker
Shafik Bitar
Supervision: Maamoon Al-Rifai
Theme Recording: Samer Abu Asali
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: Spacetoon
Distributor: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)
Dubbing:
Al Zahra Centre - VENUS (Syria)
Production: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)

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