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Karakuri Circus (TV)

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Alternative title:
Le Cirque de Karakuri (French)
からくりサーカス (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Masaru Saiga is a fifth-grade boy who aims to become a puppeteer. After Sadayoshi Saiga — the CEO of the giant home telephone maker Saiga and Masaru's father — passes away, Masaru inherits 18 billion yen. Masaru is targeted for his wealth, and is saved by two people. Narumi Katō is a man who has studied Kung-Fu and has a weird illness called "Zonapha Syndrome," and Shirogane is a silver-haired woman who controls the puppet "Arurukan" (Harlequin). Together, Masaru, Narumi, and Shirogane get thrown into various conspiracies by those who would try to steal Masaru's fortune. (from manga)
User Ratings: 56 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Very good: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, dub:1)
 Good: 13 votes (sub:10, raw:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:10)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 157 users, rank: #4489 (of 10152)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.911 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.8639, rank: #8038 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 5.844 (Decent), rank: #8181 (of 10321) (seen all: 6.24 / seen some: 5.49 / won't finish: 4.34)
Bayesian estimate: 6.151 (Decent), rank: #6535 (of 7760)
Number of episodes: 36
Episode titles: We have 36
Vintage: 2018-10-10
Opening Theme:
#1: "Gekkō" (月虹) by Bump of Chicken
#2: "Haguruma" by KANA-BOON
#3: "Over Me" by Lozareena
Ending Theme:
#1: "Marionette" by Lozareena
#2: "Yuudachi" by Memai Siren
#3: "Gekkou" by BUMP OF CHICKEN
Reviews: Show:
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 24 (Apr 4, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 23 (Mar 31, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 22 (Mar 23, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 21 (Mar 15, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 20 (Mar 9, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 19 (Mar 3, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 18 (Feb 25, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 17 (Feb 15, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 16 (Feb 8, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 15 (Feb 1, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 14 (Jan 19, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 13 (Jan 11, 2019)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episodes 11-12 (Dec 29, 2018)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 10 (Dec 15, 2018)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 9 (Dec 7, 2018)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 8 (Dec 2, 2018)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 7 (Nov 24, 2018)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 6 (Nov 16, 2018)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 5 (Nov 9, 2018)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 4 (Nov 2, 2018)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episode 3 (Oct 27, 2018)
Karakuri Circus (Oct 20, 2018)
Karakuri Circus ‒ Episodes 1-2 (Oct 20, 2018)
News: Show:
Drifting Dragons U.K. Blu-ray Released on Monday (Mar 9, 2025)
New Black Museum Manga Ends on September 14 (Sep 11, 2023)
HIDIVE Adds Karakuri Circus Anime (Jan 24, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 16-22 (May 18, 2021)
Sentai Licenses Karakuri Circus Anime for Spring Release (Feb 5, 2021)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, June 17-23 (Jun 26, 2019)
Karakuri Circus Anime's Latest Promo Video Previews New Ending Song (Apr 5, 2019)
Karakuri Circus Anime's Latest Promo Video Previews New Opening (Mar 29, 2019)
Karakuri Circus Anime Adds 5 New Cast Members (Mar 7, 2019)
Karakuri Circus Anime Reveals New Theme Songs' Artists in Promo (Dec 20, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Anime Adds 8 Cast Members (Nov 2, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Anime Debuts on Amazon Prime (Oct 11, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Anime Unveils 4 Cast Members, New Visual (Oct 10, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Anime's Promo Video Previews Lozareena Ending Song (Oct 3, 2018)
Masahiko Tanaka, Akio Ohtsuka, Romi Park Join Cast of Karakuri Circus Anime (Sep 30, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Anime's 2nd Promo Reveals More Cast, Bump of Chicken Opening, October 10 Debut (Sep 25, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Anime Gets Smartphone Game (Sep 20, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Anime Unveils Cast, Staff, Video, October Debut, Amazon Streaming (Jul 31, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Anime Gets 36 Episodes (Mar 27, 2018)
Ushio & Tora's Studio Voln Animates Karakuri Circus for Amazon Streaming (Mar 19, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Anime Reveals Teaser Visual, Auditions for Lead Role (Mar 14, 2018)
Karakuri Circus Manga by Ushio & Tora's Kazuhiro Fujita Gets TV Anime (Mar 12, 2018)
Ushio & Tora Creator Kazuhiro Fujita to Launch Horror Manga (Nov 25, 2015)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces May Slate (Feb 24, 2021)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Karakuri Circus - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2021-05-18 (from $20.96)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Satoshi Nishimura
Series Composition:
Kazuhiro Fujita
Toshiki Inoue
Script:
Shoji Yonemura (12 episodes
eps 7-11, 13, 19-20, 25-26, 29-30
)
Toshiki Inoue (24 episodes
eps 1-6, 12, 14-18, 21-24, 27-28, 31-36
)
Storyboard:
Daisuke Yoshida (ep 32)
Fumie Muroi (ep 5)
Hideki Tonokatsu (eps 11, 25)
Hiroshi Aoyama (5 episodes
eps 15, 21, 26, 31, 35
)
Hiroshi Takeuchi (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Yano (6 episodes
eps 6-7, 10, 13, 18, 20
)
Hisato Shimoda (eps 3, 27)
Hitoshi Nanba (ep 34)
Junichi Sakata (eps 28, 33)
Kanji Miyake (ep 3)
Kenichi Imaizumi (eps 17, 22)
Masashi Kojima (ep 29)
Masatoshi Hakata (4 episodes
eps 9, 16, 23, 30
)
Satoshi Nishimura (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 11, 14, 36
)
Shin'ichirō Ushijima (ep 19)
Shinji Itadaki (eps 4, 12)
Tomohiko Ito (ep 24)
Toshihiko Masuda (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Chang Hee Won (5 episodes
eps 5, 14, 20, 28, 34
)
Daisuke Yoshida (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 17, 25, 32
)
Jae Ik Park (eps 21, 29)
Junichi Fujise (eps 1, 8, 36)
Kana Fujiwara (ep 27)
Kōhei Hatano (eps 11, 26)
Masaharu Tomoda (eps 2, 10)
Masatoshi Hakata (6 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 36
)
Michiru Itabisashi (eps 1, 22, 35)
Satoshi Nishimura (ep 36)
Seiya Sugihata (ep 31)
Shigeru Ueda (eps 7, 12)
Shin'ichirō Ushijima (eps 13, 19)
Sō Toyama (ep 15)
Tomoya Shinoda (ep 33)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (eps 6, 18)
Youichirou Aoki (ep 4)
Yuki Nishihata (eps 24, 33)
Music: Yūki Hayashi
Original creator: Kazuhiro Fujita
Character Design: Takahiro Yoshimatsu
Art:
Kazuhiro Inoue (eps 23, 25, 27)
Norihiko Yokomatsu (6 episodes
eps 10, 14, 29-35 odd
)
Chief Animation Director: Takahiro Yoshimatsu
Animation Director: Yoshiko Saitō (eps 31, 35)

2nd Key Animation:
Asuka Kuroda (ep 6)
Keinosuke Ami (ep 23)
Kenichi Kangawa (ep 23)
Moeka Araki (Studio VOLN; eps 30, 34-36)
Naho Ōtsuki (Studio VOLN; eps 30, 34-36)
Shūji Maruyama (ep 7)
Tomomi Teruya (Studio VOLN; 5 episodes
eps 30-31, 34-36
)
Animation producer: Makoto Aoki
Assistant Art Director: Norihiko Yokomatsu (eps 17-36)
Background Art:
Du Bi Kim (MABUS Animation Co., Ltd; ep 4)
Hitoshi Nagasaki (Studio Wyeth; ep 1)
Kazuhiro Inoue (Kusanagi; eps 19-27 odd)
Norihiko Yokomatsu (Studio Wyeth; ED3; 5 episodes
eps 8, 29-35 odd
)
Chief Production: Wataru Kawagoe
Color Check: Makiko Doi (ep 31)
Color setting: Makiko Doi (ep 31)
Creative Producer:
Keiji Mita
Masao Maruyama
Key Animation:
Hideo Amemiya (eps 1, 7)
Hitomi Sasaki (ep 6)
Miyako Yatsu (ep 6)
Moeka Araki (Studio VOLN; eps 32-33)
Naho Ōtsuki (Studio VOLN; eps 32-33)
Shūji Maruyama (ep 1)
Shunpei Mochizuki (eps 22, 31)
Takeshi Baba (eps 1-2, 7)
Takeshi Moriyama (eps 22, 31)
Tatsuya Miki (eps 1, 27)
Tomoaki Mimiura (eps 1-2, 12)
Tomomi Teruya (Studio VOLN; eps 32-33)
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 1)
Yoshihiro Kanno (17 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 11-23 odd, 24-25, 27, 31, 33-34, 36
)
Yukiko Watabe (ep 13)
Main Animator:
Takaaki Hirayama
Toshiyuki Kanno
Yoshihiro Kanno
Photography: Katsuto Ogawa (Chiptune; eps 2-3, 18-24)
Photography Manager: Riku Shikata (Chiptune; eps 7-16)
Planning Cooperation: Nobumasa Sawabe (Shogakukan)
Production Advancement:
Norifumi Udono (5 episodes
eps 1, 9, 16, 23, 30
)
Shunsuke Nishimura (eps 26, 28)
Toshiya Ōtomo (ep 22)
Yuki Hirahara (ep 26)
Production Chief: Norifumi Udono
Production Desk: Hiroaki Hamatake
Theme Song Performance:
BUMP OF CHICKEN (OP1)
KANA-BOON (OP2)
Lozareena (ED1; OP3)
Memai Siren (ED2)
Chihiro Ueda as Masaru Saiga
Megumi Hayashibara as Shirogane Saiga
Rikiya Koyama as Narumi Kato

Aoi Yūki as Colombine
Hisao Egawa as Shinobu Nakamachi
Jōji Nakata as Pantalone
Jun Fukuyama as Arlecchino
Kaito Ishikawa as Hiroo 'Hiro" Nakamachi
Marina Inoue as Vilma Thorne
Masahiko Tanaka as Shōji Saiga
Megumi Hayashibara as Francine
Nao Nagasawa as Guripon
Nozomu Sasaki as Guy Christophe Rech
Romi Park as Lucille Verneuil
Ryōta Iwasaki as Noriyuki "Nori" Nakamachi
Takahiro Sakurai as Eiryo Ashihana
Tomokazu Seki as Bai Yin
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Talanda "Lise" Liselotte Tachibana
Toshio Furukawa as
Bai Jin
Faceless
Yoshino Nanjō as Liang Mingxia

Ai Kaneta as Bai Jin (child; ep 9)
Akiha Matsui as City of Prague woman (ep 9)
Akio Ōtsuka as Zenji Saiga
Akio Suyama as Brighella
Akira Yamamoto as Automata (ep 18)
Ami Nanase as Mother (ep 16)
Anri Katsu as Spazza (ep 8)
Asami Shimoda as Helen (eps 6-7, 22-24)
Ayane Sakura as Fatima
Azu Sakura as
Convenience store customer (ep 2)
Francine's younger sister (ep 9)
Bibi as Gorgon (ep 26)
Chiyuki Miura as
Beth (ep 6)
City of Prague woman (ep 9)
Daisuke Egawa as Schwarzes Tor
Haruka Shamoto as Girl (ep 5)
Hiroaki Okuda as
Chimpira (ep 36)
Doctor (ep 23)
Kidnapper (ep 3)
Zonapha Ward doctor (ep 6)
Hiromichi Kogami as Rockenfield
Hiroshi Kamiya as Cupidea
Hiroshi Naka as Fou Claude Boileau
Ikkyū Juku as Bunjuro Nakayama (ep 16)
Jōji Nakata as Priest (ep 35)
Jun Miyamoto as Bus Nash
Junko Kitanishi as Melissa Anderson
Katsuhisa Hōki as Liang Jian-Feng (eps 9-10)
Katsuya Shiga as Zed Gein (ep 11)
Kayo Ishida as Malina (eps 12-13)
Keiji Hirai as Masamura (eps 2, 4)
Keikou Sakai as Hazama (ep 4)
Keisuke Misaizu as Kidnapper (ep 4)
Ken Uo as Yamanaka (ep 4)
Kenji Hamada as George Laroche
Kenji Yamauchi as Doctor Leo
Kensuke Satō as
Android-O (ep 26)
Blom Blom Low
Captain Grazziano
Clerk (ep 16)
Kenta Miyake as Harlequin
Kenta Ōkuma as
Android-O (ep 26)
Daiki Kanou
Kiyohito Yoshikai as Stiltz-Harvey (ep 12)
Kiyotaka Furushima as Automata A/Michael (ep 8)
Kōichi Gomi as Sano (eps 3-4)
Kōsuke Takaguchi as Gambler Jones
Kunpei Sakamoto as
Convenience store customer (ep 2)
Flash Jimmy
Old man (ep 36)
Mami Fujita as CA (ep 8)
Mariko Nagai as
Francine's younger brother (ep 9)
Hana (eps 17-18)
High school girl (ep 5)
Runaway girl (ep 36)
Zenji Saiga's maid (ep 3)
Masaaki Ihara as
Android-O (ep 26)
Automata (eps 18, 22)
Kidnapper (eps 3-4)
Kuroga member (ep 17)
Man (ep 29)
Pilot (ep 8)
Townsman (ep 16)
Masaki Terasoma as
Karl Schnazy (ep 23)
Leif Banhart (eps 6, 22)
Masami Iwasaki as
Anselmus (eps 6-7)
Paulmann (eps 6-7)
Masamu Ono as Zonapha Ward child (ep 6)
Masaya Fukunishi as
Android-O (eps 25-26)
Automata (eps 18, 23)
High school boy (ep 5)
Kidnapper (ep 3)
MC (ep 8)
Megumi Hayashibara as Angelina
Megumi Okada as
Fusae Nakamachi
Lady Spider
Michiko Kaiden as Wild West Jane
Mika Kanai as Diamantina
Misaki Ikeda as Zonapha Ward child (ep 6)
Misuzu Togashi as
Beauty (ep 11)
Boy (ep 5)
Girl (ep 1)
Kindergarten child (ep 3)
Mitsuaki Kanuka as Merry-Go-Round Olsen (ep 11)
Momoka Odaira as Zonapha Ward child (ep 6)
Motoki Sakuma as
Basilisk (ep 26)
Chimpira (ep 36)
Man (ep 29)
Villager (ep 19)
Naomi Kusumi as Man on the phone
Naomi Maruyama as
Funeral attendant (ep 15)
P.E. Teacher (ep 5)
Tome (eps 17-18)
Noriaki Kanze as
Convenience store customer (ep 2)
Masaru Saiga (teen; ep 36)
Ryōta Iwasaki as
Android-O (ep 25)
Candy Stamp (ep 18)
Circus man (ep 1)
Peter (eps 6, 23)
Townsman (ep 16)
Ryûichi Kagehira as Messenger (ep 16)
Ryūichi Kijima as Nakata (ep 3)
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Dottore
Saki Endō as
Android-O (ep 26)
Takami (ep 3)
Sara Matsumoto as Pete (ep 8)
Sayaka Kinoshita as Naya Steele
Sayaka Senbongi as Mark (ep 6)
Sena Shōji as Kozuka (ep 5)
Shinnosuke Ogami as Ooya (ep 5)
Shinobu Matsumoto as Drill September
Shōhei Komatsu as Jim (ep 7)
Shōta Aoi as Dean Maistre
Taichi Takeda as
Convenience store customer (ep 2)
Zonapha Ward doctor (ep 6)
Takahiro Fujiwara as Timbavati
Takahiro Miwa as Atsushi Kajiyama (ep 5)
Takahiro Sumi as Dr. Masamura (eps 15, 19-20)
Takahiro Yoshino as Automata F (ep 8)
Takahiro Yoshino as Olazio
Tarō Kiuchi as Kidnapper (ep 3)
Tetsuro Miyata as Kidnapper (ep 3)
Toa Yukinari as Shōji Saiga (10 years old; ep 16)
Tomoe Hanba as
Sharon Montfort (ep 30)
Tom (5 episodes
eps 6-7, 21-22, 34
)
Tomomi Kawamura as
Convenience store customer (ep 2)
Fou's maid (eps 35-36)
Funeral attendant (ep 15)
High school girl (ep 5)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Village chief (eps 15, 19-21)
Tōru Sakurai as Surprise = Pea Shooter (ep 12)
Toshio Furukawa as Sadayoshi Saiga
Tsubasa Onoue as Opponent (ep 16)
Tsuguo Mogami as Pedorolino (ep 11)
Uko Tachibana as Kano (ep 4)
Volcano Ōta as
Man (ep 29)
Ozaki (ep 3)
Unicorn (eps 26-27)
Wakana Kingyo as Child (ep 23)
Yasuhiro as Magdalen (ep 8)
Yasuhiro Mamiya as
Doug (eps 29-30, 35)
Manager (eps 15, 17)
Yō Kitazawa as
Doctor (eps 1-2)
Keniss (ep 31)
Yoshino Ohtori as Poor old woman (ep 9)
Yūki Koinuma as Automata (ep 18)
Yūki Takada as Orie Ueda (ep 5)
Yukitarō Namura as Kuroga member (eps 15, 20)
Yūko Natsuyoshi as
Alpha (ep 36)
Rocket announcement (eps 27-28)
Yuuki Sanpei as Anoss (ep 31)
Yūya Murakami as Kuroga member (eps 15, 20-21)
Zenki Kitajima as Man (ep 16)

Aya Kawaguchi (ep 1)
Ritsu Takahashi (ep 1)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Big Owl
Line Farm
MAPPA (eps 19, 22)
Nakamura Production
Studio Elle
Studio Gram
Studio Lings
Studio Live
Studio Massket
Studio Sign
Studio VOLN
Studio μ
xenron
Animation Production: Studio VOLN
Backgrounds:
Kusanagi (eps 19-27 odd)
Studio Wyeth
Creative Cooperation: Studio Live
Finish Animation:
Big Owl
Grain
Maru Animation
Studio Elle
Studio Gram
Studio Massket
Studio VOLN
xenron
In-Between Animation:
Big Owl
Grain
Maru Animation
Studio Elle
Studio Gram
Studio Massket
Studio VOLN
xenron
Key Animation:
APPP (ep 9)
Line Farm (ep 7)
Neox (ep 7)
Studio Live (eps 2, 7, 9)
Opening/Ending Animation:
10GAUGE (OP1, ED1)
Photography: Chiptune
Production: Twin Engine
Production Cooperation:
Frontier Engine (ep 4)
Studio Bind (eps 22, 31)
special effects: Chiptune
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Ian Fagen (Sentai release; eps 34-36)
Jessica Kim (Sentai release)
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Toru Iwakami
Producer:
Griffin Vance
John Ledford

Production:
Crystal Ruiz
Janice Williams
Joey Goubeaud
Son Phan Le
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford
Bryson Baugus
E.W. Rector, III
Iman Kibble
Luke La Padula
Mariana Valverde
Ned Gayle
Ryan Anthony
Subtitling: Janice Williams
Supervising Translator: Natalie Jones (Sentai release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
HIDIVE
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Subtitle Translation: Iván Fraile Ramos (Amazon Prime Video; Spain)
(none)
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Italian cast
(none)

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