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Musashi no Ken (TV)

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© MOTOKA MURAKAMI/EIKEN


Alternative title:
六三四の剣 (Japanese)
劍擊小精靈 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: tournament
Themes: Kendo, sports
Objectionable content: Significant
User Ratings: 13 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Decent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 29 users, rank: #7758 (of 10140)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.154 (Good), std. dev.: 1.1666, rank: #3246 (of 10325)
Weighted mean: 7.268 (Good+), rank: #2624 (of 10325) (seen all: 7.65 / seen some: 8.00 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.370 (Good+), rank: #1903 (of 7760)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 72
Episode titles: We have 72
Vintage: 1985-04-18 to 1986-09-26
Seasons:
1. Shōnen-hen, 49 eps (1985-04-18 to 1986-03-27)
2. Seishun-hen, 23 eps (1986-04-03 to 1986-09-26)
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Hadashi no Soldier (裸足のソルジャー; Barefoot Soldier)" by Kousuke Shimoyama
Ending Theme:
"Otoko-tachi no Chizu (男たちの地図; Men's Map)" by Kousuke Shinoyama
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Toshitaka Tsunoda
Series Composition: Yū Yamamoto
Screenplay:
Akira Gōto (19 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 12, 16, 18, 21, 28, 32, 35, 39, 43, 53, 57, 59, 63, 65, 68, 71
)
Haruya Yamazaki (5 episodes
eps 17, 20, 29, 40, 45
)
Yū Yamamoto (50 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11, 13-15, 19, 22-27, 30-31, 33-34, 36-38, 41-42, 44-56, 58, 60-62, 64, 66-67, 69-70, 72
)
Storyboard:
Akinori Yabe (9 episodes
eps 4, 14, 20, 29, 34, 39, 44, 48, 69
)
Eiji Okabe (ep 8)
Hideki Tonokatsu (9 episodes
eps 13, 19, 22, 24, 27, 31, 36, 40, 43
)
Kajin Furuhisa (eps 9, 25)
Katsumi Endō (13 episodes
eps 5, 15, 18, 23, 32, 37, 42, 53, 58, 62, 64, 66, 70
)
Katsumi Minoguchi (ep 10)
Kenjirō Yoshida (ep 54)
Masamune Ochiai (22 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 33, 35, 38, 41, 45, 47, 51-52, 55-56, 59-60, 63, 65, 67-68, 71
)
Mitsuaki Masuda (ep 57)
Saburo Nodera (ep 30)
Takeshi Tamazawa (ep 61)
Toshitaka Tsunoda (6 episodes
eps 1, 17, 28, 49-50, 72
)
Yūji Katō (ep 3)
Yūki Kinoshita (eps 2, 7, 12)
Episode Director:
Akinori Yabe (8 episodes
eps 14, 20, 29, 34, 39, 44, 48, 69
)
Hideki Tonokatsu (12 episodes
eps 5, 15, 23, 27, 31, 36, 40, 46, 58, 61-62, 70
)
Jun Hirabayashi (ep 7)
Kajin Furuhisa (eps 9, 25)
Katsumi Endō
Katsumi Minoguchi (ep 3)
Katsutoshi Kobayashi
Kenjirō Yoshida (eps 50, 54, 66)
Masahiro Ōtani (eps 10, 22)
Masahito Otani
Masamune Ochiai (23 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 30, 33, 35, 38, 41, 45, 47, 51-52, 55, 59-60, 63, 65, 67-68, 71-72
)
Mitsuaki Masuda (eps 53, 64)
Takahiro Okada (4 episodes
eps 8, 17, 37, 49
)
Takeshi Tamazawa (ep 57)
Tomomasa Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 13, 19, 42-43
)
Yūji Asada (ep 4)
Yūki Kinoshita (6 episodes
eps 2, 12, 18, 24, 28, 32
)
Music: Hidemi Sakashita
Original creator: Motoka Murakami
Character Design: Katsutoshi Kobayashi
Art Director: Moritoshi Endō
Chief Animation Director: Makoto Kuniyasu
Animation Director:
Isao Kaneko (eps 23, 46, 65)
Kanji Hara (eps 53, 57, 64)
Katsutoshi Kobayashi (7 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 20, 25, 29, 37
)
Kazuko Nakayama (6 episodes
eps 7, 12, 18, 24, 28, 32
)
Kiyomu Fukuda (ep 1)
Masaji Maruyama (ep 68)
Masamune Ochiai (7 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 30, 56
)
Mikio Tsuchiya (9 episodes
eps 31, 42, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 72
)
Mitsuharu Kajitani (5 episodes
eps 34, 39, 44, 48, 69
)
Miyuki Yokoyama (ep 60)
Saburō Masutani (9 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 22, 27, 36, 40, 43, 49
)
Shin Fukuda (ep 52)
Teruo Kogure (ep 19)
Yuka Kudō (8 episodes
eps 33, 38, 41, 47, 55, 63, 67, 71
)
Yūki Kinoshita (ep 2)
Sound Director: Hiroshi Yamazaki
Director of Photography: Susumu Iizuka
Producer:
Hyota Ezu (TV Tokyo)
Masanobu Shimoda
Yonehiko Watanabe

Color Coordination: Fujio Onizawa
Dialect Instruction: Natsumi Sasaki
Editing: Shūichi Kakesu
Music Selection: Sei Tōjōbeppu
Planning: Mitsuo Sejima
Production manager: Hiroyasu Isshiki
Recording Adjustment: Atsushi Ono
Theme Song Arrangement: Shirō Sagisu
Theme Song Composition: Daisuke Inoue
Theme Song Lyrics: Masao Urino
Theme Song Performance: Kousuke Shimoyama
Ryō Horikawa as Musashi Natsuki (older)
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Musashi Natsuki

Kan Tokumaru as Eiichirou Natsuki
Rihoko Yoshida as Kayo Natsuki

Arisa Andō as Sugiko
Asami Mukaidono as Aoike (ep 35)
Chika Sakamoto as Eiichirou Natsuki (young)
Eiji Maruyama as Nirayama
Hideyuki Umezu as Kumon (older)
Hiroko Emori as Osamu Gyoto
Hiroyuki Taira as Tamura (ep 9)
Hisashi Katsuta as Ueda-Sensei
Hitomi Oikawa as Monami Komiya
Ikuya Sawaki as
Ashida
Tashiro (ep 43)
Junichi Sugawara as Iwao Ooishi
Katsumi Toriumi as Ashura Toudou (older)
Kazue Ikura as Ranko Todoro
Ken Yamaguchi as Mikio Yaekashi
Kenyū Horiuchi as Shunichi Inui
Kumiko Mizukura as Ryōko
Kyōko Hamura as Ashura Toudou (younger)
Mari Mashiba as
Masao Kawai
Tachiyama
Maria Kawamura as Mari
Masaaki Tsukada as Taniguchi
Masami Kikuchi as Osamu Gyoto (older)
Masayuki Omoro as Jinnai (older)
Michie Tomizawa as Mina Kazato
Mie Suzuki as Itagaki (eps 8-9)
Miki Narahashi as
Kikuchi
Oomura
Mizuka Arima as Asaka Toudou
Narumi Tsunoda as
Fukazawa (ep 41)
Nishi (ep 6)
Natsu Sasaki as Akira Kurita
Natsumi Sasaki as Hatakeyama
Nobuo Tobita as
Akutsu
Kumon
Norio Wakamoto as Kunihiko Toudou
Reiko Kondō as
Jinnai
Takahashi (ep 41)
Yuuji Oda
Rica Fukami as Takasu
Saki Takimoto as Arisawa (ep 37)
Sakurako Hoshino as Harumi Masuya
Satoko Kitō as
Ayako Kamijou
Juuichi
Nezu (eps 29-30)
Shibuya (ep 37)
Tagusari (ep 41)
Shigeru Nakahara as
Kensuka Hidaka
Mimori-sempai (ep 8)
Takkō Ishimori as Gondou-sensei
Tesshō Genda as Chief Ōishi
Tomohiro Nishimura as Daigo Udou
Tomoko Hiratsuji as Tsuruko Yotsuya
Unshō Ishizuka as Criminal (Fukuda) (ep 25)
Yūji Mikimoto as Ketsuwa Busha
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Eiken
Backgrounds: Studio Cosmos
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Development:
Imagica (eps 38-72)
Toyo Laboratory (eps 1-37)
Finish Animation:
Group Masa
Kikura Kobo
Shima Studio
Studio Bogey
Studio Elle
Studio Unicorn
In-Between Animation:
BELL THE CAT
Studio Musashi
Wind Production
Key Animation:
BELL THE CAT
Wind Production
Photography:
ACC Tanihara Studio
Hadashi Pro
Imagination
Long Run Production
Studio Cosmos
Studio Sieben
Studio Twinkle
Studio Wood
T. Nishimura
Tokyo Animation Film
Production Cooperation:
Hadashi Pro (22 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 30, 33, 35, 38, 41, 45, 47, 51-52, 55, 59-60, 63, 65, 67-68, 71
)
Sunshine Corporation
Recording: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Sound Effects: Toyo Sound

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