The Legend of the Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden (OAV)
Alternative title:
Hakkenden: Il branco dei guerrieri leggendari (Italian)
Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors
THE 八犬伝 (Japanese)
Хаккэндэн: Легенда о Псах-Воинах (Russian)
Themes:
samurai
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
Adapted from the famous samurai masterpiece, Hakkenden tells the tale of eight samurai brothers. Reincarnated and bound to defend the Awa clan, these eight souls must find one another and unite to stop a powerful demonic force. However, the demons that oppose them are determined to keep them seperate and even place them in mortal combat against one another. It is up to Shino, the bearer of the Murasame, to find his wayward brothers and convince them to fight as allies.
User Ratings:
175 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
1990-10-25 to 1991-03-25 (part 1)
1993-11-25 to 1995-03-25 (part 2—"Shinsho")
Ending Theme:
#1: "Ame ga Mikka Tsuzuku to" (雨が3日続くと) by THE TOPS (eps 1,3,5)
#2: "FRIENDS" by THE TOPS (eps 2,4,6)
#3: "Tabi ~Seimei no Shou~" (旅~生命の章~) by INVOICE (eps 7-13)
Official website:
AIC's ＴＨＥ八犬伝 新章 (part 2) (Japanese)
THE 八犬伝 (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
The original was 6 episodes long. Then some time later, a sequel of 7 episodes was produced, but was under the same name and so is considered a 'continuation' (i.e. the first episode of the sequel is episode 7, not episode 1 of a new series).
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| The Legend of the Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden (DVD 1) 2007-06-05 (from $10.09) |
| The Legend of the Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden (DVD 2) 2007-08-07 (from $10.99) |
| The Legend of the Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden (DVD 3) 2007-10-09 (from $22.99) |
| The Legend of the Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden - Box Set (DVD 1-3) 2001-10-09 (from $32.72) |
| LaserDisc |
| The Hakkenden - The Legend of the Dog Warriors (LD 1) 1995-08-01 |
| The Hakkenden - The Legend of the Dog Warriors (LD 2) 1995-10-03 |
| The Hakkenden - The Legend of the Dog Warriors (LD 3) 1995-12-05 |
| The Hakkenden - The Legend of the Dog Warriors (LD 4) 1996-01-30 |
| The Hakkenden - The Legend of the Dog Warriors (LD 5) 1996-03-26 |
| The Hakkenden - The Legend of the Dog Warriors (LD 6) 1996-05-28 |
| The Hakkenden - The Legend of the Dog Warriors (LD 7) 1996-07-30 |
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Story: Bakin Kyokutei
Episode Director:
Satoru Utsunomiya (ep 9) Shinya Ōhira (ep 10) Takashi Nakamura (ep 4) Yukio Okamoto (eps 7-8, 11)
Music: Takashi Kudoh
Art Director:
Kenji Kamiyama Masaru Ohta (ep 10) Norihiro Hiraki  Takeshi Waki Tatsuya Kushida Yōichi Nangō Yūsuke Takeda (ep 8)
Animation Director:
Atsushi Okuda (eps 8, 11, 13) Atsushi Yamagata (ep 12) Hideyuki Motohashi (asst; ep 7) Hiroyuki Horiuchi (eps 8, 11) Kazuo Tomizawa (ep 7) Masaaki Yuasa (ep 4) Noboru Furuse (ep 11) Nobuyuki Kitajima (ep 12) Shinji Hashimoto (eps 1, 9) Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 7) Takashi Nakamura (ep 4)
Art Boards: Yūsuke Takeda (ep 10)
Color design: Kouji Ootsuki
Editing: Shūichi Kakesu
In-Between Check: Naoyuki Konno (eps 8-11)
Key Animation:
Akihiro Yuki (eps 9-10) Chikae Kuwahara (ep 11) Emiko Momose (ep 12) Fumihide Sai (ep 13) Hideaki Yokoi (ep 10) Hideki Shibuya (ep 12) Hiroko Yoshizawa (ep 8) Hironobu Saitō (ep 11) Hiroshi Okubo (ep 12) Hiroyoshi Ohkawa (ep 13) Hiroyuki Horiuchi (ep 13) Hiroyuki Morita (ep 10) Hiroyuki Nishimura (ep 10) Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 8) Hiroyuki Uchida (eps 7-8, 12) Hisatoshi Motoki (ep 12) Hitoshi Haga (ep 11) Ichiro Hattori (ep 7) Imazaki (ep 7) Jiro Kanai (ep 9) Jun Takizawa (ep 11) Junichi Yokoyama (ep 6) Kanta Kamei (eps 8-9) Katsuichi Nakayama (ep 11) Kazuchika Kise (ep 4) Kazuhiko Miyake (ep 7) Keiko Shimizu (ep 9) Kōichi Arai (ep 10) Koji Watanabe (eps 7-9, 11, 13) Kou Yoshinari (eps 12-13) Kouji Yanagisawa (ep 8) Kunihiko Abe (ep 13) Kunihiko Sakurai (ep 7) Manabu Ono (ep 12) Mariko Aoki (ep 10) Masaharu Tada (ep 10) Masahiko Itojima (ep 11) Masahiko Kubo (eps 11-13) Masahiro Sekine (ep 13) Masahito Yamashita (ep 8) Masashi Ishihama (eps 8, 11-13) Masashi Kaneko (eps 9, 11, 13) Masatsugu Arakawa (ep 10) Masayuki Yoshihara (ep 12) Matsuri Okuda (eps 8, 13) Michiyo Suzuki (eps 9, 12) Mitsuo Iso (ep 1) Naomi Kimura (ep 12) Naoyuki Konno (eps 11-13) Nobutoshi Ogura (eps 8, 11) Nobuyuki Kitajima (ep 11) Norimoto Tokura (ep 10) Norio Matsumoto (ep 1) Osamu Tanabe (eps 10, 13) Sadayuki Iwai (ep 7) Sanae Chikanaga (ep 8) Satoru Utsunomiya (ep 9) Sawako Yamamoto (ep 13) Shigeki Awai (ep 7) Shingo Suzuki (eps 12-13) Shinji Hashimoto (ep 10) Shinji Tanaka (ep 7) Shinsuke Terasawa (eps 9, 11) Shinya Ōhira (eps 1, 9-10) Shinya Takahashi (eps 11, 13) Shizuo Kawai (ep 13) Tadao Yoshikawa (ep 7) Takaaki Yamashita (ep 10) Takahiro Kishida (ep 12) Takahiro Komori (ep 11) Takao Maki (ep 12) Takashi Hashimoto (ep 1) Takashi Nakamura (ep 4) Takayuki Hamana (ep 10) Takeshi Honda (ep 5) Takeshi Ōsaka (ep 12) Takeshi Yamazaki (ep 10) Tatsuya Tomaru (eps 8, 13) Tatsuyuki Tanaka (ep 9) Tetsuya Nishio (eps 9, 12-13) Tomo Ikeuchi (ep 7) Toshihiro Kikuchi (eps 8-9) Toshimitsu Kobayashi (ep 9) Yasushi Muraki (ep 11) Yoshiaki Tsubata (ep 10) Yoshiharu Shimizu (eps 8, 11, 13) Yoshihiro Kitano (eps 10, 13) Yukinori Umezu (ep 7) Yūzō Satō (ep 13)
Sound Effects: Masahiro Shōji
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Broadcaster: Kids Station
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Executive producer: Naoju Nakamura
DVD Executive Producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
DVD Producer: Taku Otsuka
Music producer: Kit Thomas (END)
Production Assistant: Hiroe Tsukamoto
Script Conformation: Ward Perry
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Dubbing: Ocean Studios
DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD
DVD Menus: Pulpgraphix
Logo Design: Jason71.com
Recording Studio: The Ocean Group
Special Thanks To: New Generation Pictures
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ADR Director: France Rombaut |
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ADR Production: François Avisse vidéo |
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Screen Inserts: Miguel Rey (Spain dub)
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Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Triveu (Spain dub)
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Script: Serenella Mete
General Consultant: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Script Supervision: Gualtiero Cannarsi
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Distributor: Dynamic Italia
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