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Guardian Ninja Mamoru (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kage kara Mamoru! (Japanese)
Mamoru the Shadow
陰からマモル！ (Japanese)
Themes: harem, ninja, school
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Mamoru Kagemori is a nerdy-looking boy whose hair is disheveled and who wears thick glasses. But he is actually the scion of a ninja family, who has secretly protected their neighbors, the Konnyaku family, for 400 years. In particular, Mamoru has protected the daughter, Yūna Konnyaku, since they were in kindergarten. When Yūna is in trouble, Mamoru quickly changes into a ninja uniform, and becomes a competent ninja to help her.
User Ratings: 528 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:11, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 40 votes (sub:38, dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 103 votes (sub:95, dub:5, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 154 votes (sub:143, dub:7, raw:2, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 102 votes (sub:99, dub:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 47 votes (sub:47)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:18, dub:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 31 votes (sub:29, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1068 users, rank: #1159 (of 10152)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.506 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8205, rank: #5999 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 6.391 (Decent+), rank: #6364 (of 10321) (seen all: 6.60 / seen some: 5.40 / won't finish: 3.91)
Bayesian estimate: 6.417 (Decent+), rank: #5809 (of 7760)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2006-01-07 to 2006-03-25
Opening Theme:
"Million Love" by Mai Nakahara
Ending Theme:
"Rainy Beat" by Ryouko Shintani, Sachiko Kojima, Ai Shimizu & Erina Furukawa
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 19-25 (Jul 21, 2015)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Guardian Ninja Mamoru Anime (Mar 18, 2015)
Kage Kara Mamoru! Website Updated (Nov 30, 2005)
Kage Kara Mamoru! Website (Nov 25, 2005)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces July Slate (Mar 26, 2015)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Guardian Ninja Mamoru - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2015-07-21 (from $44.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Series Composition: Ryunosuke Kingetsu
Script:
Mitsutaka Hirota (eps 5, 8)
Ryunosuke Kingetsu (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 11-12
)
Toshimitsu Takeuchi (eps 3, 9)
Yūko Kakihara (eps 4, 7, 10)
Storyboard:
Hirohide Shikishima (ep 7)
Hiroto Katō (ep 3)
Ryō Yasumura (ep 5)
Shinji Ishihira (eps 2, 6, 10-12)
Sumio Watanabe (eps 4, 8)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (ep 9)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (ep 1)
Episode Director:
Go Sakamoto (OP/ED)
Hirohide Shikishima (eps 1, 7)
Kotaro Tamura (eps 3, 9)
Shigeru Yamazaki (eps 5, 10)
Sumio Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)
Music: Takeshi Watanabe
Original creator: Taro Achi
Original Character Design: Sai Madara
Character Design: Natsuki Watanabe
Art Director: Minoru Maeda
Animation Director:
Akira Takeuchi (eps 2, 6, 11)
Daisuke Kusakari (eps 4, 8)
Ichirō Hattori (ep 3)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 9)
Naoki Aisaka (eps 5, 10)
Natsuki Watanabe (ep 12)
Satoru Kiyomaru (eps 1, 7)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (OP/ED)
Sound Director: Keiichirō Miyoshi
Director of Photography: Shōichi Komuro
Producer:
Kenjirō Kawando (Group TAC)
Osamu Hosokawa (Hakuhodo)
Yumiko Masujima (Aniplex)

2nd Key Animation:
Chishiro Yamada (ep 1)
Natsumi Ōkusa (ep 1)
Action Director:
Nobuaki Nagano (eps 3, 9)
Animation Director Cooperation:
Kyoko Kametani (ep 3)
Marie Nagano (ep 7)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (ep 7)
Assistant producer: Kumiko Katō
Background Art:
Genki Mamata (Studio Tulip)
Junichi Arai (Studio Tulip)
Kōichi Monma (Studio Tulip)
Sai Tomatsu (Studio Tulip)
Seiko Yamazaki (Studio Tulip)
Broadcast Coordinator: Shunji Aoki (TV Tokyo)
Color Check:
Aiko Seta (eps 1, 3, 7, 9)
Ranko Seda 
Yukiko Kiyokawa (AMGA; eps 5, 10)
Yumiko Kokubun (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)
Color design:
Michiaki Nakano
Ranko Seda 
Color setting:
Aiko Seta (eps 1, 3, 7, 9)
Michiaki Nakano (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)
Mieko Seki (AMGA; eps 5, 10)
Digital Paint:
Chun Gyeong Kim (Studio Cj; ep 1)
Chung Young Kim (Studio Cj; ep 3)
Eun Sun Shin (MUSES; eps 3, 9)
Hee Jung Choi (MUSES; ep 3)
Hyung Suk Kim (Studio Cj; ep 9)
Jung Se Park (MUSES; ep 9)
Mi Suk Park (Studio Cj; eps 1, 3)
Mi Young Han (Studio Cj; eps 1, 3, 9)
Sang Hee Kim (HEE WON; ep 9)
Se Na Park (MUSES; ep 9)
Won Jae Lee (HEE WON; ep 9)
Yang Suk Kwon (MUSES; ep 3)
Young Sil Cho (Studio Cj; eps 1, 9)
Editing: Jun Takuma
Ending Director: Go Sakamoto
Format Editing: Akifumi Endô
In-Between Animation:
Chan Hee Kim (Studio Cj; eps 1, 3)
Chang Hwan Kim (Studio Cj; ep 1)
Chon Hee Kim
Chun Hwa Jung (Studio Cj; eps 1, 9)
Chung Young Kim (Studio Cj; ep 9)
Da Hee Lim (MUSES; ep 9)
Eun Hee Park (MUSES; ep 3)
Eun-Ah Park (MUSES; ep 9)
Hee Jin Jung (Studio Cj; eps 1, 9)
Hye Ok Youn (MUSES; ep 9)
Ji Young Cho (Studio Cj; eps 1, 3)
Kyung Woon Kim (MUSES; ep 3)
Soon Young Lee (MUSES; ep 3)
Young Hee Park (Studio Cj; eps 1, 3)
In-Between Check:
Sun Hee Hwang (eps 1, 3, 9)
Yasumi Tanaka (ep 10)
Yuu Tanaka (eps 1, 7)
Key Animation:
Aki Yamauchi (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Akihiro Okuzawa (eps 2, 6, 11-12)
Akira Takeuchi (eps 2-8 even)
Akira Watabe (ep 3)
Ako Kagiyama (eps 3, 9)
Ayako Hata (ep 3)
Ayako Suzuki (ep 3)
Chishiro Yamada (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Chiyuki Tanaka (OP)
Daiji Kanbara (ep 5)
Daisuke Watanabe (eps 5, 10)
Hiroki Ikeshita (ep 7)
Hiromi Funatsu (OP; ep 7)
Hiroyo Yamamoto (ep 1)
Hitoshi Inaba (ep 3)
Ichirō Hattori (ep 3)
Ichirō Uno (ep 9)
Ji Hee Jung (Studio Cj; ep 3)
Jin Won Kim (Studio Cj; eps 1, 3, 7)
Ju-Hyeon Lee (Studio Cj; eps 1, 3, 7)
Katsumi Aoshima (ep 1)
Kazuya Hayashi (ep 9)
Ken Obata (eps 5, 10)
Kiichi Suzuno (5 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 12
)
Kōji Kataoka (ep 1)
Kumi Ishii (OP)
Kyoko Kametani (OP)
Maki Fujita (ep 9)
Maki Uchida (ep 3)
Marie Nagano (ep 1)
Masaaki Sakurai (ep 9)
Masao Suwa (ep 9)
Mayu Saitō (Last House; ep 11)
Michiko Nagano (ep 9)
Michiko Tomoda (ep 5)
Michio Satō (ep 3)
Miho Azuma (ep 9)
Mika Sawada (OP/ED)
Mitsuhiro Okumura (ep 3)
Naotaka Hayashi (eps 1, 7)
Natsuki Watanabe (ep 12)
Natsumi Ōkusa (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Nobuaki Nagano (eps 1, 9)
Nobuko Shinohara (eps 3, 9)
Reiko Fujita (Studio Wanpack; eps 1, 7)
Rie Kaneko (eps 1, 7)
Ryoichi Murata (OP)
Satomi Yamanaka (ep 9)
Satoshi Kubo (ep 1)
Scoung Chel Kim (Studio Cj; eps 1, 7)
Seishirō Katō (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)
Shinichiro Suzuki (ep 9)
Shunryō Yamamura (Studio Wanpack; ep 7)
Sumio Watanabe (5 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 12
)
Sung Sul Kim (Studio Cj; ep 3)
Taiichirō Kohara (Last House; eps 3, 11)
Takahiro Ikezoe (ep 9)
Takashi Nagayoshi (eps 5, 10)
Tatsunori Sakamoto (Studio Wanpack; eps 1, 7)
Tomoaki Sakiyama (eps 1, 7)
Tomokatsu Nagasaku (ep 9)
Tomoyuki Munehiro (eps 5, 10)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (ep 1)
Toshie Fujiwara (ep 7)
Toshiharu Kumaoka (eps 1, 7)
Yasuhiro Fujita (eps 1, 7)
Yasuko Miyazaki (eps 1, 7)
Young-Hee Choi (Studio Cj; ep 3)
Yūji Gotō (ep 9)
Yukiko Saitou (eps 3, 9)
Yuko Yazaki (OP)
Music producer: Yumiko Masujima
Music Production Cooperation:
Emi Nakajima (Legato Music Reverse)
Kazuyuki Toki (Legato Music Reverse)
Offline Editing:
Ayako Nakagawa
Yukihiro Tsuchi
Opening Director: Go Sakamoto
Photography:
Hideki Ueda (Falcon)
Hisashi Hagi (Falcon)
Mitsuhiro Wada (Falcon)
Momo Ishii (Falcon)
Naoto Sawa (Falcon)
Ryōhei Kasai (Falcon)
Ryohei Sasai
Shinkichi Yazawa (Falcon)
Yoshihiro Yamashita (Falcon)
Yūichi Suzuki (Falcon)
Yūsuke Satō (Falcon)
Planning:
Atsumi Tashiro (Group TAC)
Hiroyuki Hattori
Shigekazu Takeuchi (Aniplex)
Takao Minegishi (Hakuhodo)
Production Advancement:
Ayumi Nomura (eps 5, 10)
Hiroshi Yamazawa (eps 8, 12)
Ken Irie (ep 5)
Kenichi Watanabe (eps 3, 9)
Tetsuo Nakamura (eps 1, 7)
Tomoaki Hirukawa (eps 2, 4, 6, 11)
Production Desk: Atsushi Hashimoto
Publicity:
Shinsuke Nomura
Takae Kuroda (TV Tokyo)
Recording Adjustment: Takao Takahisa
Recording Assistant: Jae Bum Park
Setting Production: Jae Yeong Jang
Sound Effects: Masahiro Shōji (Fizz Sound Creation)
Sound Production Manager:
Junichi Umehara
Ryuta Kanbe
Special Effects:
Masanori Kisoi (AMGA; eps 5, 10)
Michiaki Nakano (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)
Naomasa Fukuda (eps 1, 3, 7, 9)
Special Thanks To:
Taiji Misaka (Media Factory Active Core Editing Room)
Takashi Hijikata (Media Factory Active Core Editing Room)
Theme Song Arrangement: Funta
Theme Song Composition: Funta
Theme Song Lyrics: Funta
Theme Song Performance:
Ai Shimizu (END)
Erina Furukawa (END)
Mai Nakahara (OP)
Ryoko Shintani (END)
Sachiko Kojima (END)
Atsushi Kisaichi as Mamoru Kagemori
Mai Nakahara as Yūna Konnyaku

Ai Shimizu as Yamame Hattori
Erina Furukawa as Hotaru Kumogakure
Hisashi Izumi as Tsubaki Kagemori
Noboru Yamaguchi as Burumaru
Ryoko Shintani as Airi Sawagashi
Sachiko Kojima as Tsubaki Mapputatsu

Aki Sasamori as Female Student (ep 2)
Aki Unone as
PE teacher (ep 2)
Teacher (ep 6)
Akira Ishida as Kumogakure Raijuro (ep 6)
Aruno Tahara as Butler Mochida (ep 8)
Ayuko Yoshida as Yuna's Mom
Eisuke Asakura as Alien Subordinate C (ep 9)
Eriko Kigawa as Boy (ep 9)
Erina Furukawa as
Female Student (ep 2)
Girl (ep 4)
High School Girl (ep 5)
Hideo Kazama as Yuna's Dad (eps 1, 12)
Hisashi Izumi as
Alien Subordinate B (ep 9)
Convenience Store Robber (ep 5)
Evil Crew Member (ep 3)
Judge (ep 4)
Thief (ep 8)
Underground Monster (ep 10)
Junko Kitanishi as Caster (ep 11)
Kanako Hirano as Female Student (ep 4)
Kanako Tōjō as Mother (ep 9)
Katsumi Chō as
Shinjuro Shinsotsu (ep 2)
Tono
Kazumi Tatebayashi as OL (ep 5)
Kentarō Itō as Chairperson (ep 4)
Kimiko Saitō as Women's Dormitory Sister (ep 5)
Kinryū Arimoto as Jury Chairman (ep 4)
Kōki Miyata as Hinomori Tasuke (eps 11-12)
Machiko Toyoshima as Mako (ep 8)
Masao Komaya as
Aite Torihiki
Headmaster (ep 7)
Reporter (ep 4)
The Elder (Doyen; eps 11-12)
Trading Partner (ep 1)
Masaru Uekura as Punk (ep 2)
Miho Hino as High School Girl (ep 5)
Miki Itō as Sakurako Kagemori
Mitsuru Ogata as Hotaru's Father (ep 6)
Naoki Izumi as Kengo Kagemori
Riki Kitazawa as Thief Leader (ep 1)
Shigeru Chiba as Alien Captain (ep 9)
Tadashi Miyazawa as
Elder (ep 11)
Evil Fire Hall Saemon
Takanori Hoshino as
Elder (eps 11-12)
Evil Group Young Head (ep 1)
Kagemori Hanzo
Takeharu Ōnishi as Ninja Robber (ep 5)
Takehito Koyasu as Zunku (ep 4)
Tamio Ōki as Daiyasu Kagemori (eps 11-12)
Tamotsu Nishiwaki as Alien Subordinate A (ep 9)
Tetsuo Gotō as Jin Pan Jii
Tomoe Hanba as Young Mamoru
Tomoko Kaneda as Ami Miya (ep 7)
Tōru Ōkawa as Sun Guardian (eps 11-12)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Animaruya (ep 9)
Anime Roman (ep 7)
Muses (ep 9)
Animation: Group TAC
Background Art: Studio Tulip
Broadcaster:
TV Osaka
TV Tokyo
Digital Paint:
Hayashi (eps 1, 7)
HeeWon Entertainment (ep 9)
Lee Production (eps 5, 10)
M.S.J Musashino Production (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)
Muses (eps 3, 9)
Studio Cj (eps 1, 3, 9)
Sung San Production (ep 5)
Triple A (eps 1, 3, 7, 9)
In-Between Animation:
Hayashi (eps 1, 7)
HeeWon Entertainment (ep 9)
Lee Production (eps 5, 10)
M.S.J Musashino Production (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)
Muses (eps 3, 9)
Studio Cj (eps 1, 3, 9)
Sung San Production (ep 5)
Triple A (eps 1, 3, 7, 9)
Key Animation:
FLAME GEAR (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)
Last House (ep 11)
Lee Production (eps 5, 10)
Meta Studio (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11-12
)
Studio Cj (eps 3, 7)
Studio Wanpack (ep 7)
Sung San Production (ep 5)
Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Music Production: Aniplex
Music Production Cooperation:
Legato Music
Riverside Music
Offline Editing: Actas
Paint Check: AMGA
Photography:
Falco Co.
Falcon, Inc.
Production:
Aniplex
Group TAC
Kagemamo! Production Team
Production Cooperation:
APPP (eps 5, 10)
Studio Guts (8 episodes
eps 2-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12
)
Recording Studio: Sanpunzaka Studio
Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Special Thanks: Media Factory Active Core
Video Editing: Omnibus Japan
English staff
English cast
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer:
David Del Rio
John Ledford

DVD Authoring: Joel McCray
DVD Menu Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Production:
Janice Williams
Joey Goubeaud
Luke Patterson
Roxanne Terrell
Production Assistant:
Cameron Hohle
E.W. Rector, III
Jose DeArmas
Kjell Doucet
Ned Gayle
Shannon Reed
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Luke Patterson
Subtitling: Neal Barnes
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Expired)
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Filmworks
Translation: JN Productions

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