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Souten no Ken (TV)

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Alternative title:
Fist of the Blue Sky
Ken: Le origini del mito (Italian)
蒼天の拳 (Japanese)
蒼天之拳 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, adventure
Themes: historical, military
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Kasumi Kenshiro, also known as Yan Wang or the King of Death, is a Tokyo professor and the 62nd successor to the deadly assassin art known as Hokuto Shinken. He leaves his teaching job and travels to Shanghai after getting word that his old Qing Bang Triad friend, Pan Guang-Lin, and his friend's sister and Kasumi's love interest, Pan Yu-Ling, are in trouble. While in Shanghai, he encounters and fights the three families of Hokuto: Hokuto Sonkaken, Hokuto Soukaken, and Hokuto Ryuukaken. He does all this while revolting against the corrupt Hong Hua Triads to restore honor and power to the Qing Bang.
User Ratings: 59 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Very good: 8 votes (sub:6, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 159 users, rank: #4215 (of 9409)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.322 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.0289, rank: #6210 (of 9517)
Weighted mean: 6.235 (Decent+), rank: #6370 (of 9517) (seen all: 6.23 / seen some: 7.55 / won't finish: 3.77)
Bayesian estimate: 6.474 (Decent+), rank: #5191 (of 7150)
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2006-10-04 to 2007-03-13
2010-10-19 (Italy)
Release dates: We have 11
Opening Theme:
"Bara ga Saku Bara ga Chiru" by Rina Aiuchi
Ending Theme:
"Kokoro no Rhythm Tobichiru Butterfly" by doa
#2: "Kissing til i die" by Jun Manaka
Official website:
Souten no Ken (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 3
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mihiro Yamaguchi
Series Composition: Yasuhiro Imagawa
Storyboard:
Hiromichi Matano (ep 21)
Jun'ichi Sakata (eps 4, 11)
Yoshinori Iwanaga (eps 1, 3, 9)
Episode Director:
Hiromichi Matano (eps 13, 21)
Yoshinori Iwanaga (eps 3, 9, 16)
Character Design: Yoshiaki Tsubata
Art Director: Satoru Kuwabara
Chief Animation Director: Yoshiaki Tsubata
Animation Director:
Akihiro Tsuda (ep 7)
Ichiro Hattori (5 episodes
eps 6, 9, 19, 23, 26
)

Kiyoshi Nohji (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 23, 26
)

Masami Suda (eps 14, 26)
Michiko Tomoda (eps 16-18)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (eps 16-17)
Motoki Yagi (ep 25)
Shinobu Nishiyama (ep 18)
Tomohiro Koyama (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 13, 21
)

Yoshiaki Tsubata (OP; ep 1)
Yuichi Nakazawa (ep 18)
Director of Photography: Hideo Okazaki
Executive producer: Nobuhiko Horie
Assistant producer: Susumu Sakurai
Key Animation:
Akihiro Tsuda (eps 1-2, 7)
Akira Hayashi (ep 21)
Ako Kagiyama (eps 1-2, 6)
Aya Takano (ep 4)
Daisuke Agata (eps 4, 11)
Eiji Uemura (ep 9)
Emiko Kataoka (ep 11)
Fumiyasu Saito (eps 1-3, 6)
Hayato Tejima (eps 3, 7, 17)
Hideo Amemiya (eps 15, 25)
Hiroaki Sakuma (eps 1-2)
Hiroki Moritomo (ep 4)
Hiroshi Sasaki (ep 11)
Hitoshi Morikawa (ep 13)
Junichi Kigawa (ep 6)
Katsumasa Yokomine (ep 11)
Kazuhiko Yokota (eps 4, 11)
Kazuhiro Taga (ep 25)
Kazuo Hayashi (eps 15, 25)
Kazuya Saitō (ep 3)
Kei Oohashi (ep 6)
Keiichirou Honjou (ep 4)
Ken Obata (eps 16-18)
Kenichi Umemoto (eps 1-2, 6)
Kenji Kodama (eps 3, 7)
Kenzo Koizumi (eps 15, 25)
Kiyoshi Nohji (eps 1-2)
Kōji Miura (eps 1-3, 6, 12)
Makoto Itō (eps 1-2, 6, 15)
Maria Ichino (eps 16-18)
Mariko Aoki (ep 6)
Miho Nakata (ep 6)
Mitsuhiro Iwasaki (ep 4)
Mitsuteru Kubo (ep 9)
Motoki Yagi (eps 15, 25)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 11)
Rie Ōmori (ep 21)
Satoshi Sakai (ep 11)
Shigeru Ishii (ep 4)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 4, 11)
Shouji Endo (eps 4, 11)
Takashi Goto (ep 2)
Takashi Hirabayashi (eps 1-3, 7, 14)
Takashi Nagayoshi (eps 16-18)
Takayuki Chiba (ep 13)
Tomoyuki Munehiro (eps 16-18)
Toshimi Tanaka (ep 21)
Yasuaki Aoki (ep 13)
Yasuhiro Saiki (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 9, 24
)

Yoshiaki Tsubata (OP)
Yoshifumi Nakamura (ep 4)
Yoshitaka Katō (eps 4, 7, 11)
Yuichiro Masuda (ep 7)
Music Mixing: Scott Johnson
Music Supervision: Terri D'Ambrosio
Setting Production: Jun Hirata
Sound Effects:
Kazutoshi Satō (21 episodes
eps 1-13, 16-18, 21, 23-26
)

Kiyoto Morimoto (14 episodes
eps 9-14, 16-18, 21, 23-26
)

Toshiya Wada (Swara Pro; 5 episodes
eps 14-15, 19-20, 22
)

Supervision: Buronson
Theme Song Arrangement:
Akihito Tokunaga (ED1)
Kousuke Ooshima (ED2)
Takeshi Hayama (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Akihito Tokunaga (ED1)
Kōji Gotō (ED2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Akihito Tokunaga (ED1)
Jun Manaka (ED2)
Rina Aiuchi (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
doa (ED)
Jun Manaka (ED)
Rina Aiuchi (OP)
Kōichi Yamadera as Kenshiro Kasumi

Aya Hisakawa as Yu-Ling Pan
Chafurin as Dong-Lai Wu
Houchu Ohtsuka as Zhang Taiyan
Issei Futamata as Juan-Min Chen/Itachi no Chen
Masaki Terasoma as Guang-Lin Pan
Masaru Ikeda as Mysterious Old Taoist
Minoru Inaba as Tian Xuefang
Sayaka Ohara as Yang Meiyu
Taiten Kusunoki as Charles de Guise
Yousuke Akimoto as Xi-Fei Huang
Yuudai Satou as Ye Ziying

Ai Horanai as
Beauty 2 (ep 21)
Beauty 3 (ep 16)
Miss VIP (ep 10)
Woman 2 (eps 19-20)
Aya Hisakawa as Aya Kitaōji
Fubito Yamano as Wang Lanba (ep 15)
Hana Takeda as Female Student 3 (ep 2)
Hiroshi Kamiya as Peter (ep 16)
Hiroshi Yanaka as Aisin-Gioro Puyi
Hitoshi Bifu as
2nd Star (eps 18, 22-23)
Boss (ep 8)
Captain (ep 17)
Chang (ep 26)
Cui (Sai; ep 9)
Hong (Kō; eps 4-5)
Hónghuá Gangster (ep 6)
Hónghuá Remnant 1 (ep 19)
Jing (Kei; ep 14)
Manager (ep 10)
Officer 1 (ep 2)
Onlooker 2 (ep 24)
Reporter (ep 12)
Shanghai Citizen 3 (ep 21)
Shinigami 1 (ep 3)
Soldier (ep 1)
Solider 2 (ep 16)
Subordinate 3 (ep 11)
Subordinate B (ep 21)
Ikuya Sawaki as Sonkaken Master (ep 13)
Katsuhiko Sasaki as Takeshi Kitaoji
Katsuhisa Houki as
Bandit 1 (ep 19)
Lian (Ren; eps 20-25)
Ping Yingzheng
Kazuhiro Nakata as Vice Principal Masao Kondo
Kinryuu Arimoto as Weng Hongyuan (ep 9)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Mang Kuangyun (Ling-Wang)
Komina Matsushita as
Beauty 1 (eps 15, 21)
Beauty 2 (ep 16)
Female Customer (ep 3)
Female Student 2 (eps 1-2)
Li-Hua (Rika; ep 18)
Nurse (eps 16-17)
Shen's Wife (eps 4-5)
Woman 2 (ep 10)
Kyōko Hamura as
Midwife (ep 1)
Yukiyo Ohara
Mahito Tsujimura as Photograph Shopkeeper (ep 20)  (ep 24)
Masahiko Tanaka as Military Police Captain (eps 2-3)
Masaru Ikeda as
Jean Carne
Narration (ep 1)
Masashi Hirose as Guo (Kaku; ep 15)
Masashi Sugawara as Guise's Father (ep 17)
Masuo Amada as
Mu Dahong
Zhang (Chō; eps 6-8)
Motoki Takagi as Guang-Lin Pan (Young; ep 20)
Mugihito as Ramon Kasumi (ep 1)
Nobuaki Kakuda as Hōsaku Ōkawa (eps 24-25)
Nobuyuki Furuta as
Shanghai Citizen 4 (ep 21)
Subordinate 1 (ep 19)
Tokusaburo Kumazasa
Rie Tanaka as Sophie de Guise (eps 16-17)
Ryuji Nakagi as Malraux (eps 15-17)
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Ke-Rong Jin
Seizo Katou as Zhang Dayan
Shiho Kawaragi as
Beauty 1 (ep 16)
Beauty 2 (ep 15)
Female Student 1 (eps 1-2)
Mother (ep 14)
Shen's Daughter (eps 4-5)
Woman 1 (eps 10, 19-20)
Shin Aomori as Zhou (Shū; ep 15)
Souichirou Tanaka as Priest (eps 6, 14)
Takashi Kondō as
Bandit 3 (ep 19)
Ramon Kasumi (ep 4)
Takashi Nagasako as 1st Star (eps 18, 23)
Takehiro Murozono as Hónghuá Huì Messenger (ep 20)
Takuma Terashima as Paperboy (ep 8)
Tomohisa Asou as French Bureaucrat 1 (ep 19)
Tooru Nara as
5th Star (ep 22)
Aide B (ep 20)
Bandit 2 (ep 19)
Boy (ep 10)
Guard 1 (ep 25)
Guest (ep 9)
Henchman (ep 15)
Hónghuá Gangster 2 (eps 4-5)
Moderator (ep 6)
Officer 2 (ep 2)
Onlooker 1 (ep 24)
Shanghai Citizen 1 (ep 21)
Shinigami 2 (ep 3)
Soldier (ep 17)
Solider 1 (ep 16)
Subordinate (ep 12)
Subordinate 1 (ep 11)
Subordinate 2 (ep 19)
Subordinate C (ep 21)
Wu's Henchman (ep 8)
Toshiharu Sakurai as
Guard Officer (ep 2)
Kabahei (ep 1)
Umeji Sasaki as Yong-Jian Li
Yasuhiro as French Bureaucrat 2 (ep 19)
Yasuyuki Kase as
Groom (ep 19)
Song (Sō; ep 26)
Yoshinori Sonobe as
Aide A (ep 20)
Entourage (ep 22)
Goran (eps 6-7)
Henchman (ep 8)
Hónghuá Gangster 1 (eps 4-5)
Hónghuá Remnant 2 (ep 19)
Lieutenant (ep 15)
Panda Man (ep 16)
Pu the Mole (Fu; ep 21)
Servant (ep 24)
Subordinate 2 (ep 14)
Subordinate 4 (ep 11)
Yu Zhanhai (U Senkai; ep 25)
Youichi Nishijima as
3rd Star (ep 22)
Bartender (ep 15)
Chu Yongjin (eps 16-17, 26)
Driver (eps 18-19)
Firing Squad (ep 7)
Gambling Parent (ep 24)
Guard 2 (ep 25)
Guardian (ep 9)
Hónghuá Remnant 3 (ep 19)
Imperial Guard (ep 1)
Messenger (ep 12)
Referee (ep 6)
Shanghai Citizen 2 (ep 21)
Shinigami 3 (ep 3)
Subordinate (ep 13)
Subordinate 1 (ep 14)
Subordinate 2 (ep 11)
Subordinate A (ep 21)
Vermillion
Watchman (ep 21)
Zhu (eps 5, 8)
Yousuke Akimoto as Shen (Chin; ep 5)
Yūichi Nakamura as Subordinate (ep 10)
Yuri Amano as Taiyan's Mother (ep 23)
Yuuki Kaji as Zhang Taiyan (young; ep 23)
Yuuko Ohtake as
Female Student 3 (ep 1)
Female Student 4 (ep 2)

Japanese companies
Animation Production: APPP
Broadcaster: TV Asahi
Distributor:
Geneon Universal Entertainment (2010 DVD Boxsets)
Univeral Pictures (2007 DVD Singles)
Key Animation:
Anime R (eps 16-17)
GK Entertainment (ep 24)
Han Young (ep 19)
Kelmadick (ep 22)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 18)
Lee Production (eps 21, 23, 26)
P&T Entertainment (eps 15, 25)
Studio Action (eps 15, 25)
Sung San Production (eps 14, 17-19)
Uni Animation (ep 4)
Key Animation Assistance: Anime R (ep 6)
Production Cooperation: Studio Izena (ep 15)
Sound Effects: E&M Planning Center
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Vittorio Stagni
Translation: Irene Cantoni

Dialogues: Ludovica Donati
Dubbing Assistant: Lucia Scalera
Dubbing Sound: Marco Zara
Post Production: Giovanni Petronaci
Massimiliano Plinio as Kenshiro

Antonio Bonanotte as Kitaoji
Elena Liberati as Yu Ling
Enrico Chirico as Huang Xifei
Gaetano Lizzio as Liyoung Jian
Pierluigi Astore as
Kulon Jin
Narratore
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga (from 19 October 2010)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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