YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master (TV)

Director: Yoshiaki Kyougoku

Series Composition: Yukiko Yamamuro

Script: Yukiko Yamamuro (eps 2-20)

Episode Director:
Kaoru Suzuki (eps 9, 12, 18)
Naoki Kotani (4 episodes

eps 2, 4, 13, 16

)
Shigenori Kageyama (eps 10, 15, 19)
Shinya Kawatsura (eps 3, 6, 17)
Toshiyuki Kato (eps 7, 14)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (eps 5, 8, 11)
Yoshiaki Kyougoku (ep 1)

Music: Eishi Segawa

Original creator: Chisato Abe

Character Design: Takumo Norita

Art Director: Shinji Matsuura

Chief Animation Director: Takumo Norita

Animation Director:
Hiroaki Imaki (13 episodes

eps 1-7, 9-19 odd

)
Keizō Shimizu (7 episodes

eps 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19-20

)
Minoru Murao (11 episodes

eps 2-3, 5, 7, 10-11, 14, 16, 18-20

)
Momoko Nagakawa (12 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15-18, 20

)
Reika Hoshino (8 episodes

eps 4, 8-20 even

)
Shi Jie Zhu (6 episodes

eps 5, 12-13, 17, 19-20

)
Tomoyuki Matsumoto (8 episodes

eps 2, 4, 6-8, 10, 14-15

)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (eps 14, 17, 19)
Yūji Kondō (8 episodes

eps 2, 4, 6-8, 10, 14-15

)
Yuka Suzuki (eps 3, 5)

3D Director: Kōtarō Itō

Sound Director: Yuji Tange

Director of Photography: Shiho Imaizumi

Animation producer: Tetsufumi Hotta

Art Setting: Katsuya Yamada

Background Art:
Akemi Higashi (15 episodes

eps 3, 5-6, 8-10, 12-20

)
Anh Tuan (eps 2-3)
Chi Quynh (eps 2-3)
Daisuke Jinba (eps 5-6, 14)
Eun Kyung Kim (eps 1, 3-20)
Hai Duc (eps 2-3)
Han Thi (ep 3)
Hang Tan (eps 2-3)
Haruka Fukagawa (ep 1)
Huyen Minh (ep 15)
Huyen Thu (ep 3)
Junko Ina (ep 8)
Lanh Thi (ep 15)
Le Giao (eps 2-3)
Linh Thuy (ep 2)
Loc Quan (ep 2)
Megumi Nishizawa (14 episodes

eps 3-4, 8-11, 13-20

)
Minh Le (eps 15-18)
Misato Tsurufusa (13 episodes

eps 1-3, 5-8, 11-15, 20

)
Nguyen Tuong (ep 15)
Noriko Ooishi (eps 15-20)
Noriko Tsutsui (13 episodes

eps 4, 8-11, 13-20

)
Takayuki Saegusa (14 episodes

eps 3-4, 8-11, 13-20

)
Thi Tran (ep 2)
Tien Cam (ep 2)
Toshikatsu Suzuki (eps 1-14)
Tram Thi (ep 2)
Trang Huyen (ep 3)
Trang Thi (ep 3)
Van Quang (ep 15)
Vu Ngoc (ep 2)
Vu Thai (ep 15)
Yoshishige Eguchi (13 episodes

eps 2, 6, 8, 11-20

)

Color Coordination:
Ayumi Nakahara (eps 1-19 odd, 20)
Daiki Ura (eps 5, 12, 17)
Emiko Furuzono (4 episodes

eps 7, 10, 13, 19

)
Kaori Maruyama (eps 4, 16)
Kiyomi Takahashi (ep 14)
Taisuke Utsumi (ep 6)
Tomomi Katō (eps 3, 15)
Yuka Takahashi (6 episodes

eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 18

)

Color design: Shiori Furusho

Editing: Rina Koguchi

Finish Animation:
Daiki Ura (ep 3)
Emiko Furuzono (eps 1-2, 5, 12)
Hajime Satō (eps 12, 18, 20)
Kana Kobayashi (eps 1-8, 12-20)
Kaori Maruyama (6 episodes

eps 2, 5, 8-9, 18, 20

)
Kiyomi Takahashi (eps 1, 3, 5, 20)
Kōdai Fukaya (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 12, 18, 20

)
Miyu Yajima (5 episodes

eps 5, 8, 12, 18, 20

)
Taisuke Utsumi (6 episodes

eps 1-3, 8, 18, 20

)
Tomomi Katō (eps 18, 20)
Wakana Aoi (eps 1-8, 12-20)
Yuka Takahashi (eps 5, 20)

Finish Check:
Ayumi Nakahara (9 episodes

eps 1-7 odd, 13-19 odd, 20

)
Daiki Ura (eps 5, 12, 17)
Emiko Furuzono (5 episodes

eps 7, 10-11, 13, 19

)
Kaori Maruyama (eps 4, 16)
Kiyomi Takahashi (eps 2, 14)
Taisuke Utsumi (ep 6)
Tomomi Katō (eps 3, 15)
Yuka Takahashi (7 episodes

eps 1-3, 6, 8, 12, 18

)

In-Between Animation:
Akiko Ikeda (8 episodes

eps 2, 9, 11-12, 15-18

)
Ami Konishi (ep 19)
Hana Urasaki (17 episodes

eps 2-7, 9-17, 19-20

)
Haruki Sakamoto (15 episodes

eps 1-4, 6-8, 10, 12-13, 15-17, 19-20

)
Riana Watanabe (eps 1-7)
Rina Tsukamoto (10 episodes

eps 1-4, 9-10, 12, 14-15, 18

)
Satoshi Hirata (eps 1-20)
Shūto Nakae (eps 5, 15, 18)
Sumire Yonekura (6 episodes

eps 1, 5-6, 15, 19-20

)
Yaeko Kodama (4 episodes

eps 5, 12, 16, 20

)
Yue Shan Wang (ep 14)
Yūka Iriuchijima (eps 2-10, 12-20)

In-Between Check:
Akiko Ikeda (8 episodes

eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8, 13-14, 20

)
Ami Konishi (eps 11, 15)
Masae Fujiyama (eps 9, 12)
Naoki Nakamura (eps 16, 19)
Rina Tsukamoto (4 episodes

eps 8, 13, 17, 20

)
Sumire Yonekura (6 episodes

eps 2, 4, 7, 10, 14, 18

)
Yaeko Kodama (ep 2)
Yue Shan Wang (ep 5)

Key Animation:
Aki Nakamura (ep 12)
Aki Yasumoto (ep 18)
Akihisa Akuzawa (5 episodes

eps 3-4, 16, 18, 20

)
Akira Matsunaga (6 episodes

eps 9, 11, 13-14, 17, 20

)
Akira Wakabayashi (ep 5)
Aya Kato (12 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 8-14 even, 15-19

)
Aya Kokonoe (6 episodes

eps 3, 5-7, 9-10

)
Ayaka Aoki (ep 7)
Ayaka Sasaki (eps 7, 10)
Ayano Miyagawa (eps 7, 14)
Bin Ou (ep 20)
Bing Nan Zhao (ep 5)
Chihiro Furukawa (eps 13, 15)
Chihiro Iida (eps 12, 16, 18)
Chihiro Watanabe (6 episodes

eps 7, 11-13, 17, 19

)
Chiho Mifune (9 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15-16, 18

)
Chii Maruyama (ep 20)
Chino Dōmi (eps 2-3)
Chiyo Imamaki (eps 11-12)
Elton Takumi Kawamorita (15 episodes

eps 1-7, 9-11, 13-14, 17, 19-20

)
Emiko Kataoka (ep 12)
Eri Kanehara (5 episodes

eps 2-3, 17-18, 20

)
Fūta Ogura (eps 14-15)
Hana Harudori (ep 16)
Hanae Suzuki (eps 7, 11)
Haruka Itou (eps 7, 11, 13)
Haruto Morita (eps 3-4)
Hideo Maru (ep 19)
Hiroaki Imaki (eps 10, 12, 20)
Hiroshi Tomioka (eps 16, 19)
Jae Hyun Park (ep 5)
Jung Gun Kim (ep 14)
Junko Funatsuka (ep 6)
Junpei Yamamoto (eps 4-6, 9-14)
Juzo (eps 16, 19)
Kaichi Baba (ep 5)
Kana Makihara (8 episodes

eps 3, 6, 10-11, 13, 17, 19-20

)
Kana Yajima (eps 3-4)
Kaoru Sekiya (ep 13)
Kazu Ikeda (12 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14-19

)
Kazuha Oki (ep 5)
Kazuhiro Takamura (eps 13, 17)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 10)
Ken Yakura (ep 10)
Kensuke Ishikawa (eps 16, 19)
Kenta Uenosono (ep 14)
Kento Fukuda (eps 2, 4)
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 18)
Kokoromi Uno (eps 6-7, 14)
Kōsuke Tano (ep 13)
Kouya Uemichi (ep 4)
Kugatsu (ep 18)
Kyōhei Sugiyama (ep 5)
Kyung Min Kim (7 episodes

eps 6, 11-13, 17, 19-20

)
Mahiro Watanabe (ep 5)
Mai Hayashi (eps 12, 15, 17)
Maki Murakami (eps 4-5)
Mari Miyagi (ep 12)
Mari Oda (eps 16-17)
Masaaki Horikawa (ep 12)
Masahiko Komino (ep 13)
Masaki Kawai (ep 16)
Masami Koiwa (15 episodes

eps 3-5, 8-11, 13-20

)
Mayu Kubota (eps 11-12)
Mayu Yoshihara (6 episodes

eps 5, 7, 10, 12, 18-19

)
Megumi Wakayama (ep 18)
Meri Usami (ep 5)
Miho Kondō (ep 6)
Mihoko Yamazaki (ep 6)
Mika Iwata (ep 7)
Miki Takahashi (ep 11)
Min Ji Lee (ep 20)
Mitsuki Watanabe (eps 13-16)
Mitsuru Nakata (4 episodes

eps 9, 14, 17, 20

)
Miyuki Ishiyama (eps 7, 10-11)
Mizuki Yoshida (ep 5)
Moeka Miyazaki (ep 7)
Momoka Tominaga (4 episodes

eps 7, 11, 13, 19

)
Momoko Nagakawa (eps 5, 7, 10)
Mutsuyuki Ibe (ep 14)
Nagi Ishizuka (eps 14, 17)
Nagisa Yamada (eps 7, 12, 18)
Nanami Tanaka (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 9, 14-16, 20

)
Nanami Yamamoto (eps 11-13)
Naoto Satō (16 episodes

eps 1-7, 9-14, 17-18, 20

)
Natsuki Orikasa (ep 13)
Nono Yukiyono (ep 19)
Norimoto Tokura (eps 16, 19)
Reika Hoshino (5 episodes

eps 3, 5-6, 9, 11

)
Rena Hiura (12 episodes

eps 3-6, 9-11, 14-15, 17-18, 20

)
Rikiya Suda (5 episodes

eps 7, 10-11, 13-14

)
Rin Kawamura (ep 18)
Rio Nakajima (eps 7, 10)
Runa Okauchi (eps 13-16)
Ryōhei Takayama (ep 14)
Sachi Kuno (ep 19)
Sachi Nakamura (7 episodes

eps 6, 10-11, 13, 17, 19-20

)
Sakura Shiba (14 episodes

eps 1-3, 5-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15, 17, 19-20

)
Satoshi Kubo (11 episodes

eps 3-5, 7, 9-10, 12, 14, 17-18, 20

)
Seon Hui Kim (eps 7, 11)
Setsuya Tanabe (eps 11, 14-15)
Seung Won No (ep 7)
Shi Jie Zhu (eps 3, 7, 9-11)
Shiho Ōtani (eps 6-7, 17)
Shiho Sugatani (4 episodes

eps 3, 17-18, 20

)
Shihoh Hoshino (9 episodes

eps 9-13, 16, 18-20

)
Shihomi Nara (ep 9)
Shin Kodama (ep 13)
Shinei Nakamura (eps 12, 18)
Shinta Yamatsu (eps 11, 13)
Shiori Nakasone (ep 5)
Shiori Nakatsukasa (ep 14)
Shunsuke Ōmori (eps 4-5)
Song Cen Hou (ep 5)
Sota Kinoshita (eps 12, 17)
Sōtarō Niimi (ep 10)
Suguru Iijima (ep 10)
Taeko Igo (ep 3)
Taishou Kubo (ep 13)
Takamasa Koide (ep 19)
Takami Ōshima (ep 6)
Takeo Tominaga (4 episodes

eps 9, 11, 17, 20

)
Takeshi Oda (eps 11-12)
Tatsurō Arai (ep 20)
Tomoaki Hirauchi (ep 13)
Tomohito Abe (12 episodes

eps 1-2, 4-14 even, 15-18

)
Tomoka Karino (11 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14-18

)
Tomomi Morishita (12 episodes

eps 3-9 odd, 10-11, 14-16, 18-20

)
Tomoya Hotta (eps 13-16)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (eps 16, 19)
Tomoyuki Matsumoto (eps 17, 19-20)
Tomoyuki Tajima (ep 20)
Toshimitsu Takechi (eps 16, 19)
Tsuguru Fukuda (ep 14)
Tsutomu Yamamoto (10 episodes

eps 1-2, 4-6, 8, 14-16, 18

)
Wei Ni Huang (6 episodes

eps 6, 11-13, 17, 19

)
Ying Zhi Zeng (eps 13-16)
Yoshiaki Kubokawa (ep 16)
Yoshiko Tsujimura (18 episodes

eps 1-6, 8, 10-20

)
Yūichi (eps 17-20)
Yūichirō Kamura (ep 2)
Yuito Kobuki (ep 7)
Yūji Kashiwazaki (ep 11)
Yūji Kondō (eps 17, 19-20)
Yūji Shirahata (7 episodes

eps 6, 10-11, 13-19 odd

)
Yuka Katabuchi (eps 6, 10, 13)
Yuka Katsuya (ep 13)
Yuka Suzuki (eps 1-2, 4, 12)
Yuka Togashi (ep 14)
Yuki Hirose (ep 6)
Yūki Jō (ep 7)
Yukino Kumeda (eps 3-5)
Yukitoshi Yamaguchi (ep 6)
Yumiko Tomiki (ep 12)
Yurika Yamada (ep 20)
Yuriko Takase (ep 6)
Yūta Hata (12 episodes

eps 1-2, 4-14 even, 15-18

)
Yutaka Mashima (eps 4-5, 7)
Yuuji Kanzaki (ep 3)
Yuuta Nakajou (11 episodes

eps 1-2, 4-10 even, 14-18

)
Yuya Kawashima (ep 17)
Zhi Hao Xu (ep 7)

Production Advancement:
Hiromu Uehara (ep 16)
Kanata Tanaka (4 episodes

eps 7, 11, 14, 19

)
Koichi Ushijima (ep 17)
Manabu Ishizuka (eps 5, 9, 15)
Rin Takato (ep 2)
Shohei Kibe (eps 12, 18)
Shun Ogasawara (4 episodes

eps 6, 10, 13, 20

)

Production Desk: Keisuke Aoyagi

Prop Design: Takahiro Tanaka

Screen Design:
Mutsuo Koseki
Satoshi Matsuoka

Setting Production: Naruki Uchida

Theme Song Arrangement: Saucy Dog (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
Akiko Shikata (ED)
Saucy Dog (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Akiko Shikata (ED)
Shinya Ishihara (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Akiko Shikata (ED)
Saucy Dog (OP)

Miyu Irino as Wakamiya

Mutsumi Tamura as Yukiya

Atsuko Tanaka as Ōmurasaki no Omae

Ayaka Fukuhara as Masuho no Susuki

Eiji Takeuchi as Sumio

Gakuto Kajiwara as Yukima

Haruka Shimizu as Takimoto

Hiroki Nanami as Hamayū

Hiroko Kiso as Karamushi

Hironori Kondō as Yukimasa

Hiroshi Shirokuma as Rokon

Hiroshi Yanaka as East Family Head

Kengo Kawanishi as Atsufusa

Masako Isobe as Cha no Hana

Naomi Kusumi as North Family Head

Rie Hikisaka as Yukichi

Rie Kugimiya as Shiratama

Rina Honnizumi as Asebi

Satoshi Hino as Natsuka

Satoshi Mikami as West Family Head

Shunsuke Sakuya as South Family Head

Tomoko Miyadera as Ukogi

Yō Taichi as Kikuno

Yoshino Aoyama as Fujinami

Yume Miyamoto as Koume

Ai Kaneta as
Female servant (ep 8)
Wisteria Guard (ep 3)

Akiha Matsui as Boy (ep 14)

Akihiro Tajima as Monkey (ep 18)

Akira Koga as Ravine man (ep 5)

Asaki Yuikawa as Monkey child (ep 17)

Chiharu Sawashiro as Yamauchi guard (ep 10)

Daiki Abe as Yamauchi guard (ep 10)

Daisuke Kasuya as Student (ep 20)

Daisuke Takahashi as Village official (ep 19)

Eiji Yoshitomi as Watchful Moon owner (eps 5, 10)

Emiko Takeuchi as Azusa (4 episodes

eps 2, 11, 15, 17

)

Fumitake Ishiguro as Tobi's subordinate (ep 17)

Haruka Satō as
Autumn Palace lady-in-waiting (ep 10)
Northern child (ep 11)

Haruna Kuramoto as
Court lady (ep 8)
Imperial family lady-in-waiting (ep 17)
Wisteria guard (ep 12)

Hayato Furusawa as Village official (ep 20)

Hikari Tomio as Spring Palace lady-in-waiting (ep 12)

Hiroki Maeda as Playboy (ep 14)

Hiroshi Kōsaka as Informant (ep 15)

Hiroya Egashira as Tobi's subordinate (ep 17)

Iku Minase as Northern lady-in-waiting (ep 11)

Joichiro Yoshida as Tobi's subordinate (ep 17)

Kaoru Tsukasa as Central Region girl

Kazuki Kyan as Underground man (ep 16)

Kazumasa Nakamura as Kiei (eps 2-4)

Ken Mizukoshi as Monkey (ep 18)

Kenichirō Matsuda as Tobi (eps 15, 18)

Kenji Sugimura as Hatsune's man (ep 20)

Kentarō Takano as Kazumaro's friend (eps 1-2)

Kento Shiraishi as Lookout (ep 14)

Kōji Seki as
Door guard (ep 4)
Stables man (ep 16)

Kōsuke Kobayashi as Gatekeeper (ep 15)

Kozue Saitō as
Court lady (ep 8)
Eastern house court lady

Kyosuke Nitta as Kazumaro (eps 1-2)

Maaya Torigoe as Courtesan (ep 4)

Manta Yamamoto as Kazumichi (eps 2, 5)

Mari Doi as Female servant (ep 8)

Marie Ōi as Futaba (eps 8, 12)

Mariko Higashiuchi as Child Kazumi (ep 9)

Masaaki Ihara as Northern court raven (ep 11)

Masaki Nakanishi as Traveler (ep 15)

Masashi Nogawa as
Gambler (ep 5)
Monkey (ep 18)
Travelling merchant (ep 14)

Masashi Yamane as Southern house court raven (ep 7)

Masayuki Akasaka as Yamauchi guard (ep 10)

Michitake Kikuchi as Door guard (ep 4)

Mirei Kumagai as
Village raven (ep 18)
Western family lady-in-waiting (ep 5)

Misa Ishii as Ravine courtesan (ep 5)

Misato Matsuoka as Child Natsuka (ep 3)

Misato Murai as Western family lady-in-waiting (ep 6)

Mitsuho Kambe as Northern child (ep 1)

Miyuki Sahaku as Taruhi villager (ep 14)

Momoko Taneichi as Courtesan (ep 4)

Motoyo Yamane as Narration

Nanako Mori as Shoin (eps 3-4, 9)

Natsu Yorita as Samomo (eps 3, 5-6, 13)

Natsue Sasamoto as Ravine courtesan (ep 5)

Natsumi Kawaida as Child Wakamiya

Nozomi Mikajiri as Ravine courtesan (ep 5)

Osamu Taira as Gambler (ep 5)

Rina Satō as Hatsune (eps 19-20)

Ryō Sugisaki as Village official (ep 15)

Ryūnosuke Watanuki as
Northern court raven (ep 11)
Referee (ep 2)
Village official (ep 15)

Ryūsei Nakao as Old monkey (eps 19-20)

Saiko Moriya as Taruhi villager (ep 14)

Saima Nakano as Western family lady-in-waiting (ep 6)

Saki Kobari as
Autumn Palace lady-in-waiting (ep 10)
Northern child (ep 11)

Saki Takahashi as Western family lady-in-waiting (ep 5)

Saki Yonemoto as Imperial family lady-in-waiting (ep 16)

Sakura Shinfuku as Spring Palace lady-in-waiting (ep 12)

Sara Matsumoto as Child Yukima (eps 10-11)

Satoshi Nakao as Yamauchi guard (ep 10)

Sayuri Sadaoka as Oryo no Kata (eps 2, 9)

Setsuji Satō as Jihei (eps 14, 19)

Shūei Ikawa as Southern house court raven (ep 7)

Shūki Satō as
Ichiryu's follower (ep 11)
Kazumaro's friend (eps 1-2)

Shunichi Maki as Kasuke (eps 8, 12-13)

Taisuke Nakano as Dealer (ep 5)

Takahiro Miyake as Tobi's subordinate (ep 17)

Takahiro Shimada as Underground man (ep 16)

Takahiro Sumi as
Door guard (ep 3)
Male servant (ep 8)

Takehiro Hasu as Village official (ep 19)

Tamami Fuji as Baby (ep 14)

Tomohiro Fujitaka as Male servant (ep 8)

Volcano Ōta as Travelling merchant (ep 14)

Wataru Tsuyuzaki as Monkey (eps 14-15)

Yasuyuki Kase as Emperor (ep 4)

Yoshito Yasuhara as King Saku (eps 17-18)

You Tokinaga as Door guard (ep 4)

Yū Miyazaki as Kazumi (eps 7-9, 12)

Yukari Watanabe as Mutsu no Hana (ep 9)

Yūki Hoshi as Traveler (ep 15)

Yūki Onodera as Monkey (ep 15)

Yūki Shin as Ichiryu (eps 2, 11, 20)

Yukiko Aruga as Imperial family lady-in-waiting (ep 19)

Yuuko Ueda as Hatsune's coworker (ep 20)

Yuzuka Nishikawa as Wisteria guard (ep 8)

Animation Production: Studio Pierrot

Broadcaster: NHK

Production:
NHK
NHK Enterprises
Studio Pierrot

Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll