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The Samurai (OAV)

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Alternative title:
ザ・サムライ (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Sixteen-year-old high school student Takeshi Chimatsuri has devoted his life to being a master samurai like his father was. Then one day, the Toki twins, two ninja sisters he's known since childhood, transfer to his school and issue him a challenge to take back their family dagger from him. Unfortunately for him, they have discovered his one weakness: the fear of the naked female body. Now, Takeshi must undergo special training from his classmates Atsuko and Torai, and his teacher Miss Ayatsugi, to resist the combined brute strength of Akari and the temptation of her sex-crazed twin Kagiri. Class will never be in order with these three constantly fighting each other.
User Ratings: 82 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Very good: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:6)
 Good: 23 votes (sub:14, dub:7, ?:1, others:1
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:8, dub:5)
 So-so: 5 votes (dub:2, sub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 141 users, rank: #4595 (of 9763)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.829 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.047, rank: #4643 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 6.667 (Good−), rank: #5134 (of 9909) (seen all: 6.67)
Bayesian estimate: 6.778 (Good−), rank: #4356 (of 7492)
Running time: 45 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1987-11-01
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Winner" by Yoji Sawamukai
"Winner" by Yoshi Sawamuki
Ending Theme:
"Cloudy Night" by Yoji Sawamukai
"Holy Night" by Yoshi Sawamuki
Links: We have 1
Review:
The Samurai DVD (Aug 18, 2003)
News: Show:
Production I.G. English Website Revamp (Jan 21, 2002)
Life in Japan Update. (Jul 25, 2001)
ADV Katsucon Announcements (Feb 15, 2000)
Companies make announcements at A-kon (Jun 10, 1999)
Anime Central, Baka-Con wrap up (Apr 28, 1999)
Other articles: Show:
The Mike Toole Show - Why Did This Come Out? (May 5, 2013)
The Mike Toole Show - The Least Essential Anime (Sep 11, 2011)
The Month in Review - February 2002 (Mar 1, 2002)
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Samurai (DVD) 2003-04-22 (from $14.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuo Yamazaki
Screenplay: Takayoshi Miki
Storyboard: Kazuo Yamazaki
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Original story: Mitsuhiro Kasuga
Character Design: Takayuki Gotō
Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
Animation Director:
Kazuko Kodama
Takayuki Gotō
Sound Director: Kan Mizumoto
Director of Photography:
Toshio Shirai
Yōsuke Moriguchi
Executive producer: Kobo Suna
Producer:
Kōsuke Miki
Takao Shiozaki (CBS Sony)
Takayoshi Miki (Suna Kobo)

Art Supervision: Masahiro Satō
Assistant Animation Director: Atsuo Tobe
Color design: Kiyoko Waki
Editing:
Chihiro Yoshida
Sachiko Miki
In-Between Animation:
Kazuhisa Okada
Kazunori Nagano
Machiko Ōsone
Rie Kondō
Shiho Nakamura
Yoshitaka Katō
Key Animation:
Atsuo Tobe
Chūichi Iguchi
Hiroko Kazui
Hiroshi Hamasaki
Hiroyoshi Ohkawa
Ken Miyajima
Kōichi Chigira
Mari Tominaga
Megumi Miki
Satoshi Nishimura
Shigeru Katō
Shinji Hashimoto
Tsukasa Abe
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Yuri Chigira
Mechanical Director:
Masayuki Goto
Nobuo Tobe
Paint:
Hitomi Hoshino
Kazuko Katou
Photography:
Hideaki Kawahara
Ikunaga Sakamoto
Keiichi Shingu
Kiyoshi Ino
Masanobu Kimoto
Noboru Matsuda
Sachiko Isoda
Shin Chiba
Yuko Tsuchiya
Production Advancement:
Ryūji Mitsumoto
Yasuhiko Kondo
Production Desk: Toshiro Sakuma
Production manager: Tsuneo Tamura
Recording Adjustment: Kiyoshi Matsuzawa
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
Theme Song Performance: Yoshi Sawamuki
動画作監: Kazuko Kodama
Toshihiko Seki as Takeshi Chimatsuri

Chika Sakamoto as Akari Toki
Kazue Komiya as Miss Ayatsugi
Kazuhiko Inoue as Torai
Naoko Matsui as Kagiri Toki
Yūko Mizutani as Atsuko Yamaguchi

Hisako Kyouda as Granny Toki
Junichi Kanbara as Student B
Junichi Sugawara as Student B
Masako Ebisu as Mrs. Toki
Michiko Munakata as Mrs. Chimatsuri
Miina Tominaga as Asagi Chimatsuri
Minoru Inaba as Kagemaru Toki
Mitsuhiro Kasuga as Grandpa Toki
Moriko Eto as Female student
Naoko Kida as Granny Toki
Naoko Watanabe as
Ayako Chimatsuri
Takeshi's younger sister
Nozomu Sasaki as Tamahara
Shun'ya Wazaki as Naizo Chimatsuri
Tomoko Munakata as Shizuka Ayatsugi
Toshiharu Sakurai as Uemura
Toshinobu Sakurai as Uemura
Toshiwaku Wasaki as Naizo Chimatsuri
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Student A
Yōko Yano as Atsuko's mother
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Art Director: Ruby Halipoto
Project Translator:
Masumi MacLeod
Tacey Miller
ADR Script: Corey Henson
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer: Steven Foster

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Graphics: Chris Hawley
DVD Packaging: Veronica Diaz
DVD Producer: David Williams
Editing: Neil O'Sullivan
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production Assistant: Carole Pavlik
Sound Design: Brent Marshall
Subtitle Script: Janice Williams
Subtitle Script & Timing: Sean Broestl
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes
David Matranga as Takeshi Chimatsuri

Christine M. Auten as Miss Ayatsugi
Kaytha Coker as Atsuko
Kelly Manison as Kagiri Toki
Shelley Calene-Black as Akari Toki
Ty Mayberry as Torai

Brent Marshall as Samurai Player C
Chris Hawley as Samurai Player B
James Bates as Samurai Player A
Jamie Stern as
Grandpa Toki
Tamahara
John Swasey as Granny Toki
Kelli Cousins as Takeshi's older sister
Laura Chapman as Takeshi's mother
Marcy Bannor as Atsuko's mother
Shelly Thomas as Takeshi's younger sister
English companies
ADR Production: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

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