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The Deer King (movie)

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Alternative title:
El Rey Ciervo (Spanish)
Shika no Ō: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi (Japanese)
The Deer King - El rei cérvol (Spanish)
The Deer King - El rey ciervo (Spanish)
The Deer King - Il re dei cervi (Italian)
鹿の王 ユナと約束の旅 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Van is the head of a group of soldiers who expected to die fighting for their lands against a large empire looking to incorporate their home into its kingdom. Instead of dying, however, Van is taken as a slave and thrown into a salt mine. One night, a pack of strange dogs attacks the salt mine, and a mysterious illness breaks out. During the attack, Van takes the opportunity to escape, and he meets a young girl. Elsewhere, rumor is spreading that only immigrants are coming down with this mysterious illness. The medical scientist Hossal risks his life to search for a cure. Doctors also study a father and child who seem to have survived the illness.
User Ratings: 36 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 11 votes (dub:6, sub:4, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 11 votes (dub:6, sub:5)
 Decent: 6 votes (sub:4, ?:1, dub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 45 users, rank: #6976 (of 10060)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.278 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.3041, rank: #2740 (of 10214)
Weighted mean: 7.285 (Good+), rank: #2548 (of 10214) (seen all: 7.29)
Bayesian estimate: 7.335 (Good+), rank: #2073 (of 7679)
Running time: 120 minutes
Vintage: 2021-06-14
Premiere date:
2021-06-14 (France, Annecy International Animation Film Festival)
2022-02-04 (Japan)
2022-06-09 (Spain)
2022-10-13 (Colombia)
Review:
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Script: Taku Kishimoto
Music: Harumi Fuuki
Original creator: Nahoko Uehashi
Character Design: Masashi Andō
Art Director: Hiroshi Ōno
Chief Animation Director: Masashi Andō 
Animation Director: Masashi Andō
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Tanaka
3D CG:
Adil Tahir (Asahi Production)
Hiroyuki Watanabe (Asahi Production)
Junrei Kodama (Marco)
Kazufumi Gotō (Asahi Production)
Keigo Gotō (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Kentarō Mōri (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Kōhei Ogawa (Marco)
Ryo Sugiyama (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Ryousuke Takahashi (Asahi Production)
Takeshi Sanada (Asahi Production)
Yū Harada (Marco)
Yūjō Mori (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Advertising Production: Sayaka Sanada
Animation producer: Keiko Matsushita
Art Setting: Hiroshi Ōno
Assistant Director: Taisuke Mori 
Assistant Unit Director: Taisuke Mori
Background Art:
Aya Yasuda (Studio Fuga)
Emi Kitahara (Studio Fuga)
Eriko Shibayama
Haruna Tanaka (Studio Fuga)
Hiroki Shinagawa
Hiroshi Ōno (Studio Fuga)
Hisako Saitō
Ichirō Tatsuta (Studio Fuga)
Katsufumi Hariu (Studio Fuga)
Katsushi Aoki
Kiyomi Ōta
Kōki Hasegawa (Studio Fuga)
Kumiko Ōno (Studio Fuga)
Mikiko Matsumoto (Studio Fuga)
Mina Tatsuta (Studio Fuga)
Naoya Yoshizawa (Studio Fuga)
Shunsuke Suzuki (Studio Fuga)
Suzuna Yamazaki (Studio Fuga)
Yasuyuki Yuzawa
Yoshio Harisaki (Studio Fuga)
Yuho Akagami (Studio Fuga)
Chief animator: Toshiyuki Inoue
Color design: Satoshi Hashimoto
DCP Mastering:
Mio Wakizaka (Tokyo Laboratory)
Yasunobu Chigira (Tokyo Laboratory)
Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
Editing Assistant: Mayumi Komori
In-Between Animation:
Ai Sakuta (WIT STUDIO)
Aika Goto (MADHOUSE)
Akiho Ihara (Telecom Animation Film)
Akiho Shimizu (Tatsunoko Production)
Akiko Teshima (Comix Wave Films)
Akimi Sato (REVOROOT)
Akisa Eguchi (Studio MAT)
Anzu Yamaguchi (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Arisa Mitsui (ufotable)
Asama Kijkanjanas (Yumeta Company)
Asami Tachikawa (Production I.G)
Asuka Sakakibara (LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio)
Ayaka Hagiwara (WIT STUDIO)
Ayaka Ryono (Telecom Animation Film)
Ayumi Beppu (Anitus Kobe)
Ayumi Nagaki (Comix Wave Films)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Azusa Nishimura (A-Line)
Chieko Satō (REVOROOT)
Chiharu Okushima (Yumeta Company)
Chihiro Shibusawa (REVOROOT)
Chiho Funayama (Production I.G)
Chisato Tajima (Production I.G)
Daiji Fukuda (Ekaki-ya)
Daisuke Chiba (Telecom Animation Film)
Eri Watanabe (Production I.G)
Erina Tanaka (WIT STUDIO)
Hanayo Kōsaka (Ashi Productions)
Haruka Kinoshita
Harumi Miyamoto (acca effe)
Haruna Igawa (Yumeta Company)
Haruna Nishimoto (Production I.G)
He Ting Huang (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Hidekazu Takemura (REVOROOT)
Hitomi Hiruta (Production I.G)
Hitomi Kido (LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio)
Hitomi Murakami (ufotable)
Jia Ming Liu (Yumeta Company)
Jia Xuan Wang (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Jia Yu Kuang (Telecom Animation Film)
Kaede Aoyama (Telecom Animation Film)
Kah Hou Loo (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Kaho Akamatsu (Production I.G)
Kai Saitō (Satelight)
Kana Yamamoto (acca effe)
Kanae Kimura (Production I.G)
Kanae Utsumi (Comix Wave Films)
Kanako Miyake (Ashi Productions)
Kanako Nitta (Anitus Kobe)
Kanako Tanabe (Comix Wave Films)
Kaori Itō (Studio Takuranke)
Karen Nagatomo
Kayoko Nishimori
Kazuki Adachi (Nomad)
Keiko Oyama
Ken Seo (Studio Khara)
Kenta Hiramoto (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Kiku Iwahori (Studio Khara)
Kinako Sonoda (Studio Khara)
Kiyomi Shimizu (Yumeta Company)
Kotoe Saitō (Production I.G)
Kumiko Ōtani
Kumiko Terada (Studio Takuranke)
Li Zhu Zhao (Yumeta Company)
Lin Liu (Yumeta Company)
Maho Fujita (Telecom Animation Film)
Mai Shizuse (Comix Wave Films)
Maiko Fujiwara (Studio Khara)
Mana Kawakami (ufotable)
Marika Seki (Yumeta Company)
Masaki Ishida (A-Line)
Masataka Hisada (REVOROOT)
Masayo Tamaki
Mayo Nishiguchi (WIT STUDIO)
Mayu Ōta (ufotable)
Megumi Iino (Telecom Animation Film)
Mei Chen Zhou
Miho Hirotani (GEEK TOYS)
Mika Kinoshita (Production I.G)
Mika Yamawaki (ufotable)
Miki Watanabe (MADHOUSE)
Mikoto Fukuzawa (Trigger Fukuoka Studio)
Misaki Shiohira
Mitsuki Hamamoto (Anitus Kobe)
Mizuki Kajiya (ufotable)
Moe Ogawa (Anitus Kobe)
Moe Tsuzuki (ufotable)
Momoko Ōnishi (Satelight)
Moussa Oualid (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Nana Doi (Trigger Fukuoka Studio)
Nana Satō (REVOROOT)
Nanami Fujii (LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio)
Natsuko Iimori (Telecom Animation Film)
Natsumi Terasaka (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Natsumi Yamato (Production I.G)
Noa Yoshida (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Nozomi Ishizaka (Production I.G)
Reika Kuchii (Studio MAT)
Reiko Sakai (Production I.G)
Ren Horinouchi (Anitus Kobe)
Rie Fujimura
Rieko Matsuoka (Comix Wave Films)
Rina Iwasaki (Trigger Fukuoka Studio)
Rina Kagiyama (Comix Wave Films)
Rina Takenawa
Risako Kato (Production I.G)
Ryo Utsunomiya (Nomad)
Ryōta Takahashi (Telecom Animation Film)
Sae Ozawa (Yumeta Company)
Sakurako Sasano (Production I.G)
Sawako Ishido (WIT STUDIO)
Saya Chiba (Tatsunoko Production)
Saya Hirayama (REVOROOT)
Seina Sato (Production I.G)
Seiya Deguchi (Yokohama Animation Lab)
Sheng Chen (LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio)
Shiho Yoshida (Anitus Kobe)
Shin Kanabuchi (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Shiori Itō (ufotable)
Shiori Ōno (GEEK TOYS)
Shiori Shōda (Nomad)
Shiori Yoshino (Production I.G)
Sota Yamazaki (Studio Khara)
Takeshi Ōkoshi (REVOROOT)
Takeya Nosaka (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Takuya Kojima (MADHOUSE)
Tenkyūma Shinohara (Comix Wave Films)
Tomoko Sugata (Production I.G)
Tomoyuki Kojima (REVOROOT)
Tōta Ōsawa (Telecom Animation Film)
Ya Han Zhang (MADHOUSE)
Yoon-Ji Kim (Production I.G)
Yoshiko Matsumura (Studio Khara)
Yōsuke Takeda (ufotable)
Yū Sakai (REVOROOT)
Yūdai Takemae (Production I.G)
Yui Matsumoto
Yui Miyaoka (Production I.G)
Yuka Chōmei
Yuka Fujino (A-Line)
Yūki Sanuka (WIT STUDIO)
Yukiko Muroga
Yūko Katō (SUNRISE BEYOND)
Yūko Matsuda (Telecom Animation Film)
Yuri Matsui (Ashi Productions)
Yuri Nakao (Ekaki-ya)
Yurina Yabuki (Production I.G)
Yūya Kumagai (Tatsunoko Production)
In-Between Check: Maiko Nogami
Lab Manager: Masaki Shioda (Tokyo Laboratory)
Music Assistant:
Ayano Shibairi
Keiichi Yasui
Music Engineer: Minoru Tanaka
Music producer: Masaaki Fujita
Online Editor:
Shinya Katō (Sony PCL)
Tomo Ishii (Sony PCL)
Photography:
Akihiro Fujishima (Emon)
Chiyo Fukui (Production I.G)
Eiji Arai (Production I.G)
Haruna Yoshioka (Production I.G)
Jun Taniuchi (Production I.G)
Kana Sasaki (Production I.G)
Kazuya Arahata (Production I.G)
Kenji Fujita (Production I.G)
Maiko Imazeki (Production I.G)
Megumi Baba (Emon)
Miki Sakuma (Production I.G)
Natsuki Yoshizawa (Emon)
Sakiko Murai (Production I.G)
Shōgo Higami (Chiptune)
Yumiko Nakata (Production I.G)
Photography Manager: Fumio Furukawa
Production manager:
Masako Yagi (制作管理)
Takanori Kobori (制作担当)
Yuko Adachi (制作管理)
Prop Design: Akira Honma
Publicity Producer: Tomohiko Egami
Recording Adjustment: Haru Yamada
Sound Production Manager: Rie Takamiyagi
Special Effects: Miyako Hoshi
Theme Song Performance: milet
Visual Concept: Hiroki Shinagawa
Anne as Sae
Hisui Kimura as Yuna
Ryōma Takeuchi as Hossal

Atsushi Abe as Yotal
Chado Horii as Toma
Hiromi Kawakami as Kiya
Hiroshi Naka as Ohma
Isamu Yūsen as Yoki
Satoshi Hino as Shikan
Shinshū Fuji as Orphan
Tesshō Genda as Akafah King
Tōru Sakurai as Makoukan
Yoshito Yasuhara as Tohrim
Yutaka Aoyama as Utalu

Fumiko Orikasa as Van’s wife
Gidou Tsujioka as Hossal's assistant
Makoto Tanaka as Yoki’s son
Rie Kawamura as Yoki’s wife
Rina Sasazaki as Kazan woman
Ryō Itō as Kazan man
Sayuri Sadaoka as Ohma’s wife
Sōki Matsumoto as Van’s son

Japanese companies
Background Art:
GK Sales
Studio Fuga
Editing Studio: Jay Film
Online Editing: Sony PCL
Photography Cooperation:
Asura Film
MADBOX
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Carrie Keranen
Translation: Don Brown
Additional Translation: Jake Jung
ADR Writer: Kyle McCarley
Casting Director: Stephanie Sheh
Dialogue Editing: Fahad Rahman
Printmaster: Gary Coppola (C.A.S.)
Production Assistant:
Anjali Kunapaneni
Tristan McKenzie
Production Supervision: Clark Cheng
Griffin Puatu as Hohsalle
Ray Chase as Van

Chris Hackney as Yotalu
Doug Stone as Tohlim
Frank Todaro as Kenoi
Luis Bermudez as Makoukan
Neil Kaplan as Aquafa King

Doug Erholtz as Utalu
Edna Larsen as Ohma's Wife
Grant George as Hohsalle's Assistant
Larissa Gallagher as
Kiya
Van's Wife
Marc Thompson as Yoki
Michael Deaner as
Van's Son
Yoki's Son
Stefan Martello as Tohma
Stephanie Sheh as
Kazan Woman
Yoki's Wife
Steve Kramer as Ohma
Xander Mobus as Shikan

English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post
Distributor: Shout! Factory (North America)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
Netflix
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (United Kingdom and Ireland)
GKIDS (USA and Canada)
French staff
French cast
Translation: Jean-Philippe Dubrulle
(none)
French companies
Licensed by: Anime Limited
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Domenech Farell (Catalan dub)
Translation:
Judit Moreno (Spain dub)
Maite Madinabeitia (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Yuna (Catalan dub)
José Manuel Oliva as Van (Spain dub)
Majo Montesinos Guzmán as Yuna (Spain dub)
María José Chabrera as Sae (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Van Gansa (Catalan dub)

Álex Moreno as Yotalu (Spain dub)
Boris Sanz as Makokan (Spain dub)
Carles Teruel as Hohsalle (Spain dub)
Elisabet Bargalló as Sae (Catalan dub)
Josema Soler as Kenoi (Spain dub)
Marcel Navarro as Hossal Yugraul (Catalan dub)
Paco Alegre as Tohlim (Spain dub)
Pep Ribas as Orphan (Catalan dub)
Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as Ohfan (Spain dub)
Sergio Capelo as King of Aquafa (Spain dub)

Albert Forner as Ohma (Spain dub)
Aram Delhom as Hossale's Assistant (Spain dub)
Cari Monrós as Van's Wife (Spain dub)
Daniel González as Shikan (Spain dub)
David Jenner as Shikan (Catalan dub)
Domenech Farell as Rei Akafah (Catalan dub)
Enric Puig as Yoki (Spain dub)
Francesc Belda as Narrador (Catalan dub)
Gabriel Pareja as Utalu (Spain dub)
Gloria Gonzalez as Arisa (Catalan dub)
Joaquin Casado as Tohrim Sforsam (Catalan dub)
José Garcia Tos as Tohma (Spain dub)
Lucía Aránega as Kiya (Spain dub)
Mark Ullod as Kenoi (Catalan dub)
Marta Aparicio as Ohma's Wife (Spain dub)
Miguel Ángel Jenner as Rimuell (Catalan dub)
Nina Romero as Yoki's Son (Spain dub)
Pau Ferrer as Slave Master (Spain dub)
Ramon Canals as Makoukan (Catalan dub)
Silvia Cabrera as Van's Son (Spain dub)
Xavier Casan as Toma (Catalan dub)
Xavier Fernández as Yotal (Catalan dub)

Aitana Ferrer (Spain dub)
Cesar Lechiguero (Spain dub)
Fran de la Torre (Spain dub)
Germán José (Catalan dub)
Guillermo Genovés (Spain dub)
Ivan Canovas (Catalan dub)
Jordi Pineda (Catalan dub)
José Luis Siurana (Spain dub)
Luis Gustems (Catalan dub)
Rafa King (Spain dub)
Rafa Nacher (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: Sik Estudio (Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Spain)
Anime Box (Spain)
Google Play (Spain)
Movistar TV (Spain)
Rakuten TV (Spain)
Licensed by:
KEM Media (Latin America)
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Theatrical Distribution: Cinépolis (Latin America except Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Dominican Republic and Venezuela)
Theatrical Releaser: Cinépolis (Latin America)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Francesca Bertuccioli
Translation: Ruben Baita

Dialogues: Olivia Costantini
Dubbing Assistant: Federico Stucovitz
Dubbing Engineer: Alessandro Marziale
Synchronization: Paolo Brunori
Italian companies
Dubbing: CDR
German staff
German cast
(none)
David Nathan as Van Gansa
Markus J. Bachmann as Hossal Yugrául
Rubina Nath as Sae

Daniel Welbat as Makoukan
Jochen Langner as Yoki
Josef Tratnik as Thulim
Martin Bross as Shikan
Robert Dölle as Orphan
Rolf Berg as König von Akhafa
Stefan Krause as Toma
Tanja Schumann as Kiya

Ari Leber as Vans Sohn
Demet Fey as Vans Frau
Gerhard Fehn as Tomas Vater
Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as Alter Mann
Hildegard Meier as Tomas Mutter
Johnny Naas as Yokis Sohn
Oscar Leber as Kranker Junge
Ralf Drexler as Adjutant
German companies
(none)

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