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Kaikan Phrase (TV)

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Alternative title:
Sensual Phrase
快感フレーズ (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: music
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: After the break up of their old band, guitarist Yuki & drummer Santa decide to form a new one. They recruit bass player Towa, young guitarist Atsuro, and after much persuasion, vocalist Sakuya. Together they form Lucifer and they struggle to make it in the music business, and also to stay together. As well, they have to deal with personal issues, such as parental objections, and watching their old bands succeed ahead of them. Sakuya is the most troubled band member, as he has to deal with his tragic past, and his relationship with teenaged lyricist Aine.
User Ratings: 187 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 26 votes (sub:21, dub:3, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 45 votes (sub:43, dub:1, others:1
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Very good: 34 votes (sub:33, dub:1)
 Good: 33 votes (sub:31, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 21 votes (sub:19, dub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:6, raw:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 508 users, rank: #2130 (of 10146)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.396 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.202, rank: #2314 (of 10323)
Weighted mean: 7.255 (Good+), rank: #2676 (of 10323) (seen all: 7.80 / seen some: 6.33 / won't finish: 3.05)
Bayesian estimate: 7.269 (Good+), rank: #2362 (of 7760)
Number of episodes: 44
Episode titles: We have 44
Vintage: 1999-04-20 to 2000-03-25
Opening Theme:
#1: "サバイバル (Survival)" by GLAY (eps 1-11)
#2: "堕天使BLUE (Datenshi Blue)" by Λucifer (eps 12-22)
#3: "Cの微熱 (C no Binetsu)" by Λucifer (eps 23-36)
#4: "TOKYO幻想[イリュージョン] (Tokyo Illusion)" by Λucifer (eps 37-44)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Everlasting" by FEEL (eps 1-10)
#2: "蜃気楼 (Shinkirou)" by FEEL (eps 11-22)
#3: "Overhead Run" by Transtic Nerve (eps 23-34)
#4: "love around" by e.mu (eps 35-43)
#5: "堕天使BLUE (Datenshi Blue)" by Lucifer (ep 44)
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Trivia: We have 5
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Hiroko Tokita
Series Composition:
Katsuhiko Koide (eps 1-11)
Michihiro Tsuchiya (eps 12-44)
Reiko Yoshida (eps 12-44)
Scenario:
Katsuhiko Koide (eps 2, 4-7, 9)
Michihiro Tsuchiya (17 episodes
eps 13, 16, 18, 20-21, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32-33, 37, 39, 41-44
)
Reiko Yoshida (13 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 10-12, 14-15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26
)
Tsutomu Kamishiro (8 episodes
eps 27, 29, 31, 34-36, 38, 40
)
Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Ishido (eps 23, 32, 42)
Iku Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 17, 28, 37
)
Jirō Saitō (ep 20)
Jun Takuma (ep 38)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (eps 6, 9, 15)
Koharu Katsuragawa (eps 1, 3)
Kunitoshi Okajima (eps 2, 8)
Masami Furukawa (eps 22, 27, 31)
Masayuki Ōzeki (eps 5, 10)
Mihiro Yamaguchi (ep 24)
Mokusei Shizuma (eps 4, 16)
Nobuaki Nakanishi (4 episodes
eps 29, 34, 39, 44
)
Takuo Suzuki (eps 19, 25)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (eps 36, 41-42)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (eps 13, 33)
Yoshitaka Koyama (ep 11)
Yukina Hiiro (5 episodes
eps 21, 26, 30, 35, 40
)
Yumekichi Minatoya (eps 14, 18)
Episode Director:
Hiroyuki Ishido (5 episodes
eps 4, 12, 23, 32, 42
)
Iku Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 7, 17, 28, 37
)
Jirō Saitō (ep 20)
Kunitoshi Okajima (ep 2)
Masami Furukawa (eps 22, 27, 31)
Masayuki Ōzeki (eps 5, 10)
Mihiro Yamaguchi (eps 11, 16, 24)
Nobuaki Nakanishi (4 episodes
eps 29, 34, 39, 44
)
Riki Okamura (ep 6)
Takeyuki Sadohara (ep 36)
Takuo Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 8, 13, 19, 25
)
Tomio Yamauchi (eps 3, 14, 18)
Tomohiro Asakawa (eps 38, 41)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (ep 1)
Yoshinori Odaka (ep 9)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (ep 33)
Yukina Hiiro (7 episodes
eps 15, 21, 26, 30, 35, 40, 43
)
Music:
Cher Watanabe (eps 12-44)
Kan Sawada
KEN MORIOKA A
Susumu Aketagawa
Original Manga: Mayu Shinjo
Character Design: Yumi Nakayama
Art Director: Jirō Kōno
Animation Director:
Daijirō Sakamoto (eps 5, 10)
Hideo Shimosaka (ep 2)
Hiroaki Shimizu (9 episodes
eps 1, 11, 16, 22, 27, 31, 36, 41, 43
)
Kazuhiro Sada (eps 17, 28)
Kenichi Iino (eps 7, 28)
Konomi Noguchi (4 episodes
eps 8, 13, 19, 25
)
Masaharu Sekiguchi (ep 33)
Masaki Kudō (ep 8)
Masumi Morishita (eps 32, 37, 42)
Minoru Tanaka (ep 38)
Nobuhiro Watanabe (9 episodes
eps 3, 9, 14, 18, 24, 29, 34, 39, 44
)
Shigetaka Kiyoyama (eps 15, 21)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (5 episodes
eps 26, 30, 35, 40, 43
)
Yumi Nakayama (5 episodes
eps 4, 7, 12, 20, 23
)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Producer:
Keisuke Iwata (TV Tokyo)
Naohiko Furuichi (Shogakukan)

Animation producer: Seiji Mitsunobu (Studio Hibari)
Color design: Taeko Akiyama
Director Of Photoraphy: Nobuyuki Watanabe
Editing: Seiji Morita
In-Between Animation: Michiko Noda (Shaft; ep 2)
Key Animation:
Daisuke Nakayama (ep 1)
Emiko Kataoka (ep 25)
Hiromasa Amano (ep 1)
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 1)
Hitoshi Oda (ep 1)
Katsusuke Konuma (ep 1)
Mayumi Oda (ep 1)
Satoshi Hata (ep 1)
Music producer:
Hirohiko Inoguchi
Takashi Yoshida
Planning: Masakazu Kubo (Shogakukan)
Program Publicity: Kaoru Maruta (TV Tokyo)
Special Thanks To: Nobumasa Sawabe
Supervision: Noriyuki Yoshida
Theme Song Arrangement:
Glay (OP 1)
Masahide Sakuma (OP 1, 4)
Takeshi Tsuji (OP 2-3) 
Theme Song Composition:
Chisato (OP 3)
DAISUKE (ED 4)
IPPEI (ED 1-2)
Ryo (ED 3)
Takuro (OP 1)
TAKUYA (OP 2, 4)
Theme Song Lyrics:
IPPEI (ED 1-2)
MIZUKI (ED 4)
TAKA (ED 3)
Takuro (OP 1)
Yukinojo Mori (OP 2-4)
Theme Song Performance:
e.mu (ED 4)
Feel (ED 1-2)
Glay (OP 1)
Lucifer (OP2-4, ED5)
Transtic Nerve (ED 3)
Atsuko Enomoto as Aine
Kenichi Suzumura as Atsuro Kiryuu
Masaya Matsukaze as Sakuya
Shinichirō Miki as Yuki
Susumu Chiba as Towa
Takahiro Sakurai as Santa

Kyoko Tsuruno as Yuka Kiryuu

Ai Iura as
girl (ep 40)
Mikako's friend (ep 42)
Ai Saito as Yuki's mother (eps 37-39, 44)
Akemi Adachi as
audience (eps 16, 18)
female student (ep 37)
lady (ep 33)
staff (ep 20)
Akiko Hiramatsu as Takako Kai
Akimitsu Takase as
driver (eps 33-34)
employee (ep 32)
Asako Shirakura as
girl 1 (ep 8)
girl A (ep 38)
lady (ep 33)
Atsushi Nagano as
amateur band B (ep 16)
bass player (eps 38-39)
Aya Hisakawa as Yuki's female friend
Chiyoko Kawashima as Sakuya's mother (eps 23, 41)
Daisuke Kishio as Mizuki (eps 38-40)
Eiji Itō as Lawrence Howard (eps 43-44)
Hideki Nishioka as Lucy May member (ep 37)
Hideki Nishoka as Cradle customer (ep 2)
Hidenari Ugaki as camera man (eps 35-36)
Hikaru Hanada as
director (ep 25)
live house owner (eps 8-9)
manager (eps 19, 30, 38)
Hiroaki Ishikawa as
engineer (ep 19)
guardian (ep 14)
Hiromi Nakamura as reporter (ep 39)
Hiroshi Watari as
Employee (eps 10, 19)
Reporter (ep 28)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as
Lucy May member (eps 2, 37)
Satoshi (eps 19, 21)
Jeff Manning as
Freddie Brown (ep 31)
Rupert Grazer (eps 33, 44)
Kan Tanaka as
director (eps 34-35)
office manager (ep 36)
Kaoru Shimamura as
fan (ep 43)
Sakuya (young; ep 41)
Katsunosuke Hori as Master of Brown Lodge
Kayo Deguchi as
cell phone voice (ep 4)
fan (eps 41-42)
female high school student 3 (ep 21)
girl (ep 26)
girl 4 (ep 8)
lady fan (ep 32)
saleswoman (ep 12)
Kayo Yuunagi as
audience (eps 16, 18)
fan (eps 23, 41-43)
female college student 1 (ep 21)
girl's school student (ep 31)
Keiji Fujiwara as Kudou (4 episodes
eps 3, 28, 32, 42
)
Kenji Hamada as
chairman (eps 31, 38)
reporter (eps 28, 30)
Kentarō Itō as Daisuke (eps 37-42, 44)
Kikumi Umeda as
receptionist (ep 14)
woman DJ (ep 40)
Kōichi Nagano as
announcer (ep 33)
band man (eps 12, 14)
staff (ep 20)
student (ep 18)
TV director (ep 37)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as
black suit (ep 33)
director (ep 32)
producer (ep 38)
Kozue Yoshizumi as Yuko
Masako Katsuki as Misa Itou (eps 1, 4-7, 21)
Masayoshi Satō as Yukku (eps 38, 40)
Mayumi Asano as Atsuro's mother
Megumi Toyoguchi as Mikako (eps 40, 42)
Michio Miyashita as
Age (eps 16, 30, 42)
staff (ep 43)
Mie Odagi as attendant (eps 35-36)
Misa Watanabe as Ayako (eps 34-37, 42)
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Hiroki (4 episodes
eps 16, 30, 42, 44
)
Moichi Saitō as Kouichi Sasaki
Nanaho Katsuragi as nurse (ep 41)
Naoko Takano as Saki
Niina Kumagaya as Marina (eps 17, 29, 42)
Nobuo Tobita as Ralph Grazer (eps 25-33, 44)
Rio Natsuki as Yumi (8 episodes
eps 1, 11, 28, 30, 37-40
)
Ryōkichi Takahashi as
chairman (ep 17)
classmate (ep 39)
customer (ep 18)
young man (ep 29)
Satoshi Katōgi as
AD (eps 24-25)
director (ep 36)
first-aid (ep 41)
guard (ep 22)
MC (ep 29)
reporter (eps 33-34)
staff (eps 31, 35)
store customer (ep 18)
Takahiro (eps 38, 40)
TV man (ep 32)
Shigenori Sōya as Yuki's father
Shinpachi Tsuji as
Master of Brown Lodge (ep 19)
Master of Cradle
Shōko Kikuchi as
fan (ep 43)
fan's daughter (ep 4)
girl (ep 40)
girl 3 (ep 8)
girl's school student (ep 31)
Susumu Natori as Radio announcer (ep 18)
Takashi Matsuo as Okada producer (eps 34-36)
Takayuki Yamaguchi as
Lucy May member (eps 2, 37)
Shin-chan (ep 40)
Takeharu Ōnishi as
director (ep 32)
Onishi employee (eps 26-27)
reporter (ep 44)
staff (ep 20)
Takuma Suzuki as
policeman (ep 8)
Yamashita (eps 25-33, 42)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as
Atsuro's teacher (eps 38-40)
chairman (4 episodes
eps 21, 24, 35-36
)
Neon's vocalist (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 30, 32, 42
)
producer (ep 37)
Radical member (ep 3)
reporter (eps 33-34, 41)
staff (ep 20)
Tomohisa Asō as
doctor (eps 41, 43)
Kenzou Nomura (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 18, 42, 44
)
Tomohisa Onishi as Atsuro's father
Tomoyuki Kōno as Itou's subordinate
Toshiyuki Hayase as
Kiyoshi (ep 16)
man (ep 11)
news caster (ep 32)
reporter (ep 34)
Yoshinori Fujita as guitarist (eps 38-39)
Yuika Ookusa as
audience (ep 16)
female student (ep 37)
young woman (ep 29)
Yukiko Fujikawa as
fan (ep 23)
female college student 2 (ep 21)
girl B (ep 38)
girl's school student (ep 31)
Yūko Nagashima as Shizuka (eps 17, 29, 42)
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