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The Dark Myth (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Ankoku Shinwa (Japanese)
暗黒神話 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Long ago there were fierce gods of legends who shook the earth to its foundation with their power. There are now prehistoric rivals from the primitive times in Japan, that fought to protect their secrets in the present day. The God of Darkness Susanoah-oh is now sleeping in the shadows of the underworld waiting for his rebirth. However his coming hasn't gone unoticed. There are agents from the Kikuchi Clan (descendants of Japans first inhabitants) who have seen the warning signs of the spreading of darkness's bringing. These investigators are armed with ancient knowledge and artifacts who are willingly prepared to face the God of Darkness. Now they must fight the assembled spirits of hell to find the one young boy who is chosen by fate to grasp the chaotic might of the deadly Gods.
User Ratings: 74 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Very good: 7 votes (dub:6, sub:1)
 Good: 12 votes (dub:6, sub:4, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:5)
 So-so: 9 votes (dub:7, sub:2)
 Not really good: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (dub:2, ?:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:3, ?:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 136 users, rank: #4808 (of 10140)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.095 (So-so), std. dev.: 2.6872, rank: #9378 (of 10324)
Weighted mean: 5.088 (So-so), rank: #9391 (of 10324) (seen all: 5.25 / seen some: 4.07 / won't finish: 1.51)
Bayesian estimate: 5.444 (So-so+), rank: #7458 (of 7760)
Running time: 50 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 1990
Links: We have 1
News: Show:
Manga Entertainment Expired Licenses (Jan 31, 2006)
Manga 2001 Release Schedule (Dec 18, 2000)
Manga Entertainment 2001 Release Schedule (Oct 28, 2000)
Press Release:
Manga Announces The Dark Myth (Aug 25, 2003)
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ANNCast - Flanagan's Rainbow (Jun 2, 2011)
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Dark Myth (DVD) 2003-09-30 (from $39.99)
    The Dark Myth [CA] (DVD) 2003-09-30

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takashi Anno
Script:
Takashi Anno (eps 1-2)
Storyboard:
Takashi Anno (ep 2)
Tomomi Mochizuki (ep 1)
Episode Director:
Takashi Anno (ep 2)
Tomomi Mochizuki (ep 1)
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Daijiro Morohoshi
Character Design: Yoshiaki Yanagida
Art Director: Satoshi Matsudaira
Animation Director:
Hideo Kawauchi (ep 2)
Yoshiaki Yanagida (ep 1)
Sound Director: Akira Ōkuma
Director of Photography:
Akio Saitō (ep 2)
Hitoshi Kaneko (ep 1)
Producer:
Masahiro Okamura (Ajiado)
Tetsuya Ikeda (Daiei Eizo)

Animation Check:
Masato Tamagawa (eps 1-2)
Takayuki Hamana (eps 1-2)
Tetsuo Hara (eps 1-2)
Art Setting: Hiromasa Ogura (ep 2)
Color setting: Eriko Murata
Editing:
Yoko Ando (YA Stuff)
Yukiko Nojiri (YA Stuff)
Yumiko Fuse (YA Stuff)
In-Between Animation:
Akihiro Shibata (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Atsushi Yano (Ajiado; eps 1-2) 
Eiko Tajima (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Fumiaki Asano (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Hiroshi Komaba (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Kazuma Shirasaki (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Makoto Fuchigami (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Masayuki Sekine (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Takayuki Hirakawa (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Tomoko Iwasaki (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Tsuyoshi Ichiki (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Yūichi Nakajima (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Yukiko Yuminamochi (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
Yumi Ikenuma (Ajiado; eps 1-2)
In-Between Animation Assistance:
Atsushi Ishiguro (eps 1-2)
Jun Kiguchi (eps 1-2)
Machiko Ōsone (eps 1-2)
Mari Yashima (Warp; eps 1-2)
Nobusada Takahashi (Studio Wombat; eps 1-2)
Noriko Hara (Warp; eps 1-2)
Shiho Nakamura (Warp; eps 1-2)
Takuya Nonaka (Studio Wombat; eps 1-2)
Yasunari Konishi (Studio Wombat; eps 1-2)
Yuriko Nagaya (Studio Z5; eps 1-2)
Key Animation:
Akiko Nishio (eps 1-2)
Atsuo Tobe (ep 2)
Futoshi Fujikawa (ep 2)
Hiroshi Shimizu (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Nishimura (eps 1-2)
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi (ep 1)
Masahiro Neriki (ep 1)
Matsuri Okuda (ep 2)
Michio Mihara (ep 2)
Mitsunori Murata (ep 2)
Noriko Ōzeki (eps 1-2)
Takashi Yamazaki (eps 1-2)
Tōru Misaka (ep 2)
Toshihisa Kaiya (eps 1-2)
Toshitsugu Saida (ep 2)
Yūya Kobayashi (ep 2)
Paint:
Akemi Horie (eps 1-2)
Kazunori Suzuki (eps 1-2)
Yoshiko Takiguchi (eps 1-2)
Yuko Toyozaki (eps 1-2)
Photography:
Hidekazu Shinya (Asahi Production; eps 1-2)
Hiroshi Toki (Asahi Production; eps 1-2)
Kenichi Satō (Tokyo Animation Film; ep 1)
Masahiro Kumagai (Tokyo Animation Film; ep 1)
Masakazu Mine (Asahi Production; eps 1-2)
Naoki Matsushita (Tokyo Animation Film; ep 1)
Shingo Kobayashi (Asahi Production; ep 2)
Shoji Ando (Asahi Production; eps 1-2)
Shūichi Itō (Asahi Production; ep 2)
Yukie Kadohara (Tokyo Animation Film; ep 1)
Yukiko Sawada (Tokyo Animation Film; ep 1)
Yuriko Ishii (Asahi Production; eps 1-2)
Production Advancement: Hiroki Negishi (eps 1-2)
Production manager: Kazuhiro Sasaki
Recording: Hisanori Ōshiro (APU Studio)
Sound Effects:
Akihiko Matsuda (Fizz Sound Creation)
Nozomu Sasaki as Takeshi Yamato

Hiromi Tsuru as Miya Ōgami
Mizuho Suzuki as Takeuchi
Show Hayami as Kazuhiko Kikuchi
Takahiko Tatsuke as Hayato Ōsumi
Takkō Ishimori as Kotarō Koizumi
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Priest Jikū

Akira Shimada as Shopkeeper
Chafūrin as Aso
Chieko Saitō as Announcer B
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Jirō
Junko Asami as Announcer A
Kazuaki Koide as Doctor
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Man with glasses
Maria Kawamura as Ototachibana-hime
Masako Matsubara as Take's mother
Masashi Sugawara as Ōta
Naoki Bandō as Thin man
Shinpachi Tsuji as Driver
Takashi Taguchi as Bearded man
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Buddhist priest
Yutaka Ōyama as Doroiki
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Ajiado
Backgrounds:
Film Magic (eps 1-2)
Editing: YA Stuff
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Just (eps 1-2)
In-Between Animation:
Ajiado (eps 1-2)
In-Between Animation Assistance:
SHAFT (eps 1-2)
Studio Wombat (eps 1-2)
Studio Z5 (eps 1-2)
Warp (eps 1-2)
Zhongri Animation (eps 1-2)
Photography:
Asahi Production (eps 1-2)
Tokyo Animation Film (ep 1)
Photography Assistance:
ACC Tanihara Studio (ep 2)
Mushi Production (ep 2)
Studio Cavern (ep 2)
Studio Korumi (ep 2)
Takahashi Production (ep 2)
Production: Daiei Co. Ltd.
Recording: APU Studio
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
English staff
English cast
Dubbing Director:
John Wolskel
Michael Bakewell
Executive producer: Laurence Guinness

Casting Director: Jill Wilmot
Dubbing Mixing: Trevor Barber
Production Coordination: Chris Bottone
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison
Script Adaptation: John Wolskel
Alan Marriott as Takeshi (as Alan Myers)
Alan Myers as Takeshi
Jay Harper as Kikuchihiko
Jeff Harding as Kikuchi (as Jay Harper)
Peter Marinker as Takeuchi

Blair Fairman as Narrator
Daniel Flynn as Brahman
John Baddeley as Hayato
John Bennet as Jiku
John Bennett as Jiku (as John Bennet)
John Bull as Aide (uncredited)
Larissa Murray as Miya
Liza Ross as Mom (uncredited)
Stuart Milligan as Aide (uncredited)
English companies
Distributor: Sony Music Entertainment (Canada)
Licensed by:
Manga Entertainment (Expired)
Translation: Studio Nemo
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Manga Entertainment
French cast
(none)

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