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Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (TV)

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Alternative title:
Jubei-chan - Le secret du Lovely Bandeau (French)
Jubei-chan - Lovely Gantai no Himitsu (Japanese)
十兵衛 心型眼罩的秘密 (Chinese (Taiwan))
十兵衛ちゃん ーラブリー眼帯の秘密 (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy
Themes: ninjas
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Jiyu Nanohana is an ordinary schoolgirl until she runs across a scatterbrained 300 year old samurai who tells her that she is the reincarnation of Yagyu Jubei. With the help of the "Lovely Eyepatch" she transforms into the legendary swordsman whenever she needs to use his awesome fighting ability, which she needs to do quite often as a rival clan is dead set on conquering Yagyu to satisfy an old family grudge.
User Ratings: 782 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 26 votes (sub:21, dub:5)
 Excellent: 97 votes (sub:58, dub:38, raw:1)
 Very good: 194 votes (sub:123, dub:65, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 215 votes (sub:134, dub:75, ?:3, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 131 votes (sub:86, dub:41, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 60 votes (sub:42, dub:15, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:12, dub:5, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 26 votes (sub:17, dub:9)
 Bad: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1652 users, rank: #744 (of 10147)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.962 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7063, rank: #4314 (of 10318)
Weighted mean: 6.905 (Good), rank: #4333 (of 10318) (seen all: 7.15 / seen some: 5.93 / won't finish: 3.99)
Bayesian estimate: 6.915 (Good), rank: #3938 (of 7759)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 1999-04-05 to 1999-06-28
Ending Theme:
"Forever" by 1999 Shōjo Tai
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 6
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DVD (Region 1)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Complete Collection (DVD) 2013-01-08 (from $9.99)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - A Legend Reborn (DVD 1) 2000-08-01 (from $27.71)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - A Legend Reborn (DVD 1) 2004-03-16 (from $105.00)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Basic Ninja Training (DVD 2) 2000-10-03 (from $4.93)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Basic Ninja Training (DVD 2) 2004-03-16 (from $14.92)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Heart of Steel (DVD 3) 2000-12-05 (from $9.51)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Heart of Steel (DVD 3) 2004-03-16 (from $19.99)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Final Showdown (DVD 4) 2001-01-09 (from $5.84)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Final Showdown (DVD 4) 2004-03-16 (from $95.99)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Complete Collection (DVD 1-4) 2003-07-15 (from $55.74)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Complete Collection (DVD 1-4) 2004-03-16 (from $99.94)
    Jubei-Chan The Ninja Girl - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-4) 2006-09-12 (from $49.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Akitarō Daichi
Screenplay:
Akitarō Daichi (eps 1-13)
Storyboard:
Akitarō Daichi (eps 1, 5, 8, 13)
Hiroaki Sakurai (ep 2)
Kiyotaka Isako (ep 11)
Masayuki Kojima (ep 9)
Masayuki Onji (ep 7)
Tatsuo Satō (eps 3, 12)
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi (eps 4, 8, 10)
Yūji Moriyama (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Nagahama (eps 9, 12)
Jun Takada (ep 3)
Kiyoshi Fukumoto (ep 6)
Masahiko Murata (ep 7)
Nagisa Miyazaki (eps 1, 13)
Norihiko Nagahama (eps 5, 8, 11)
Takaaki Wada (ep 2)
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi (eps 4, 10)
Music: Toshio Masuda
Original story: Akitarō Daichi
Character Design: Takahiro Yoshimatsu
Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Animation Director:
Atsushi Aono
Takahiro Yoshimatsu (eps 1, 13)
Takeshi Koike (eps 10-11)
Co-Director: Nagisa Miyazaki
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Executive producer: Shigeru Watanabe
Producer:
Kazuhiko Ikeguchi
Masao Maruyama

Advertising: Norihisa Oki
Animation Check:
Katsunori Kaneko
Sanae Nakajima
Yoshitomo Miura
Animation producer:
Masao Morosawa
Tsunetoshi Koike
Background Art:
Masumi Nishikawa (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-13
)
Shinji Katahira
Color design:
Hidemi Wada
Kumi Akiyama
Editing: Harutoshi Ogata
Film Editing:
Harutoshi Ogata
Kashiko Kimura
In-Between Animation:
Akihito Dobashi
Hirosato Minakawa
Yasuhito Kuu
In-Between Check: Masahiro Motoki (ep 11)
Key Animation:
Akiko Nishio (ep 4)
Akiko Tanada
Atsushi Tsukamoto
Emiko Momose
Hajime Yoshida
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 1)
Hideki Kakita (ep 4)
Kenji Naito
Kuniko Hamano (eps 1, 4)
Kunio Takahide (ep 4)
Kyōko Sugiyama (ep 4)
Mariko Aoki
Masahiro Orihata (ep 1)
Masato Tamagawa (ep 1)
Masumi Endo (ep 1)
Megumi Uwachi (ep 1)
Nobuo Horii (ep 1)
Rie Nishiyama (ep 4)
Satoshi Tasaki
Seigo Kawaai (ep 4)
Takahiro Yoshimatsu (ep 1)
Takayoshi Hashimoto (ep 6)
Takeshi Imai
Takuji Yoshimoto
Tetsuhito Saitō (ep 1)
Toshiyuki Kanno (eps 1, 4)
Tsuyoshi Sasamoto (ep 1)
Yōko Kōjō
Yoshie Sakata
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi (ep 1)
Yoshitaka Katō
Yoshitaka Sato (ep 1)
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 4)
Music producer: Keiichi Nozaki
Paint:
Hidemi Wada
Izumi Maeno
Junko Yokoo
Photography:
Aiko Matsunaga
Eiichi Okita
Mayumi Morisato
Production Advancement:
Ryoichiro Matsuo (eps 8, 13)
Takayuki Hirao
Production Assistant: Nobutaka Chou
Production Desk: Tsuneo Tomitaka
Publicity: Junya Itō (TV Tokyo)
Setting: Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Sound Adjustment: Yoshio Obara
Sound Effect Design: Kazuya Tanaka
Sound Effects: Kiyotaka Kawata
Sound Effects Production:
Masakatsu Ōmuro
Tetsu Hirata
Theme Song Composition: Shunichi Tokura (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Airin (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Mieko Ichikawa (ED)
Reiko Yasuhara (ED)
Shōjo Tai (ED)
Tomoko Hikita (OP)
Title Design: Tsuneo Kokubo
Video Editing:
Makoto Imazuka
Minoru Yamate
Hiroko Konishi as Jiyū Nanohana / Jubei Yagyu II

Ayaka Saitō as Otome Shirahatamaru
Chinami Nishimura as
Daichō
Ōzaru
Harumi Ikoma as Shōko Maruyama
Keiji Fujiwara as Sai Nanohana
Masami Suzuki as Sachi Tōyama
Rie Iwatsubo as
Kochō
Kojō
Kozaru
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Koinosuke Odagō
Tatsuya Nakazaki as
Hajime Ryūjōji
Shirō Ryūjōji
Yūji Ueda as Bantarō Sanbonmatsu

Hiroshi Takahashi as
Amon Ryūjōji
Kōshirō Ozaki
Hisahiro Ogura as Jūbei Yagyū
Kazuya Ichijō as
Magojirō Hattori
Tenryō Tsumura
Masashi Ebara as
Sanoyo Kanzaki
Ugorō Kanzaki
Reiko Yasuhara as
Mikage Tsumura
Tsumura Mikage
Ryō Naitō as Guy in the Next Seat
Takahiro Miyake as Kendo Club Member
Takashi Matsuyama as
Dark Shirō (Bantarō)
Godai Ryūjōji
Masakane Tsutsumi
Rentatsu Ishibashi
Taikodayū Ryūjōji
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as
Muyōnosuke Tenchi
Tessai Hariu
Yūichi Nagashima as Jinza Ōkuma
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse
Animation Support: Plum
Background Art: E-cho
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Distributor: Bandai Visual
In-Between Animation: Studio μ
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Paint: Studio μ
Photography: Studio Dream
Production:
Bandai Visual
Madhouse
Recording Studio:
AVACO Creative Studios
Three S Studio
Sound Adjustment: Three S Studio
Sound Effect Production: Dax International
special effects: Marix
Titles: Maki Production
Video Editing:
Q-Tec
Tokyo Laboratories 
Tokyo Laboratory
English staff
English cast
Translation: Paul Baldwin
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Producer:
Charles McCarter
Rika Davis

Co-Producer:
Jerry Chu
Kumi Kiyonari
Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Dialogue Editing:
Luke Martin
Timur Kalyuzhnyy
Engineering Assistant: Jason Desjarlais
Post-Production Coordinator:
Diana Gage
Lisa Tedford
Re-Recording Mixing:
Jan Deny
Keith A. Goddard
Recording engineer:
David Sumner
Lizz Andrykew
Video Post-Production:
Barbara Allen
Coleen Smith
Erin Falconer
Voice Direction: Tamara Woolgar
Melanie Risdon as Jiyuu Nanohana / Jubei Yagyu II

Bryce Kulak as Kozaru
Byron Close as Sai Nanohana
Desiree Yow as Otome Shirahatamaru
Jonathan Love as Bantaro
Kendra Masonchuck as Sachi Toyama
Mariette Sluyter as Shoko
Stephen Holgate as Koinosuke Odago

Bryce Kulak as
Background Hatted Boy
Hajime Ryujoji
Kendo Club Member 1
Shiro Ryujoji
Byron Close as Tessai Hariu
David Pettitt as
Jinza Okuma
Masakane Tsutsumi
Rentatsu Ishibashi
Riddle Professor
Taiko Daiyu Ryujoji
Waiter 1
Warrior 1
Warrior 2
Warrior 4
Dean Bareham as Oozaru
Jim Ripley as
Hajime Ryujoji
Shiro Ryujoji
Jonathan Love as
Daigo Ryujoji
Hajime's Subordinate
Kendo Club Member 2
Shiro's Classmate
Tenchi Muyonosuke
Warrior 3
Laura Bachynski as Narrator
Maureen Jones as Shiro's Mother

Gord Marriott
English companies
Adaptation: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
Anime Selects
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim on Demand) 
Okto (Singapore - as Kids Central)
TOKU (US)
Casting: Chinook Animation Productions
Distributor:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (North America; 2000-2003)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (US and Canada)
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Media Blasters (2012)
Recording Studio: Blue Water Studios
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Beez Entertainment
French cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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