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: 64 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Very good: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:4)
 Good: 22 votes (sub:12, dub:8, ?:1, others:1
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:6, dub:5)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:2, dub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 116 users, rank: #3261 (of 5979)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.594 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.9016, rank: #3243 (of 5973)
Weighted mean: 6.346 (Decent+), rank: #3719 (of 5973) (seen all: 6.35)
Bayesian estimate: 6.534 (Good−), rank: #3029 (of 4520)
Running time: 45 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1987-11-01
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Winner" by Yoshi Sawamuki
Ending Theme:
"Holy Night" by Yoshi Sawamuki
Links: We have 1
Review:
The Samurai DVD (Aug 18, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Samurai (DVD) 2003-04-22 (from $7.29)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuo Yamazaki
Screenplay: Takayoshi Miki
Storyboard: Kazuo Yamazaki
Music: Kouhei Tanaka
Original story: Mitsuhiro Kasuga
Character Design: Masayuki Goto
Art Director:
Mitsuki Nakamura
Mitsunori Nakamura 
Animation Director:
Kazuko Kodama
Takayuki Goto
Sound Director:
Hiroshi Mizumoto 
Kan Mizumoto
Director of Photography:
Hirosuke Moriguchi 
Toshio Shirai
Yosuke Moriguchi
Producer:
Mitsuru Tanaka (TBS)
Ryuji Miki
Takao Shiozaki (CBS Sony)
Takayoshi Miki (Suna Kobo)
Yasuhiko Kondo

Assistant Animation Director: Atsuo Tobe
Color design: Kiyoko Waki
In-Between Animation:
Kazuhisa Okada
Kazunori Nagano
Machiko Oosone
Rie Kondo
Shiho Nakamura
Yoshitaka Katou
Key Animation:
Atsuo Tobe
Chuuichi Iguchi
Hiroko Kazui
Hiroshi Hamazaki
Hiroyoshi Ohkawa
Koichi Chigira
Megumi Miki
Satoshi Nishimura
Shigeru Kato
Shinji Hashimoto
Tsukasa Abe
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Mechanical Director:
Masayuki Goto
Nobuo Tobe
Paint:
Hitomi Hoshino
Kazuko Katou
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
Theme Song Performance: Yoshi Sawamuki
アニメーションキャラクターデザイン: Takayuki Goto
動画作監: Hiroko Kodama
美術担当: Masahiro Sato
Toshihiko Seki as Takeshi Chimatsuri

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

Junichi Kanbara as Student B
Masako Ebisu as Mrs. Toki
Michiko Munakata as Mrs. Chimatsuri
Minoru Inaba as Kagemaru Toki
Mitsuhiro Kasuga as Grandpa Toki
Moriko Eto as Female student
Nanaseko Watanabe as
Ayako
Takeshi's younger sister
Naoko Kida as Granny Toki
Nozomu Sasaki as Tamahara
Toshinobu Sakurai as Uemura
Toshiwaku Wasaki as Naizo Chimatsuri
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Student A
Yoko Yano as Atsuko's mother
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Art Director: Ruby Halipoto
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
Project Translator:
Masumi McLeod
Tacey Miller
Sound Design: Brent Marshall
Subtitle Script: Janice Williams
Subtitle Script & Timing: Sean Broestl
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes
Daniele Valenti as In Samurai Jack the voice of Aku in Ital(the enemy) 
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
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
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