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Ayakashi (TV)

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Alternative title:
Аякаси (Russian)
アヤカシ (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: One summer night in their childhood, best friends Yuu, Hime and Izumi witnessed anomalous, delightful snow. Little did they know that the “snowflakes” carried otherworldly parasites that bond with children and unbalanced adults, granting them wild card powers along with a debilitating curse. Years later, Yuu and Hime are high school students. Their friend Izumi died under mysterious circumstances two years earlier, an event which led to Yuu becoming the neighborhood pariah. He has psychokinetic powers that are just emerging when an unhinged school bully with deadly, developed powers of his own attacks Yuu and Hime after school. They're saved by Eimu, a new girl who is cold yet oddly familiar. She becomes Yuu's friend, mentor, and protector, helping him learn about the Ayakashi parasites that inhabit their bodies and the secret war that's going on because of them. As super-powered assassins arrive, it's do or die for Yuu.
User Ratings: 316 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 22 votes (sub:18, dub:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 59 votes (sub:56, ?:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 68 votes (sub:65, dub:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 65 votes (sub:58, dub:4, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 32 votes (sub:27, raw:1, others:4
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 23 votes (sub:22, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:15, others:3
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 771 users, rank: #1560 (of 10152)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.244 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.0285, rank: #6955 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 6.116 (Decent), rank: #7280 (of 10321) (seen all: 6.25 / seen some: 6.54 / won't finish: 3.51)
Bayesian estimate: 6.170 (Decent+), rank: #6484 (of 7760)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2007-12-02 (ep 1 special broadcast)
2007-12-08 (ep 2 special broadcast)
2007-12-12
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Cloudier Sky" by Ayane
Ending Theme:
"Kagaribi (Bonfire)" by KAORI
"Kagaribi (篝火)" by KAORI
Links: We have 1
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DVD (Region 1)
    Ayakashi - The Complete TV Series (Sub.DVD) 2018-05-01 (from $11.27)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Jun Takada
Series Composition: Takamitsu Kōno
Screenplay:
Takamitsu Kōno (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 11-12
)
Tsutomu Kaneko (eps 4, 7-10)
Storyboard:
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 2)
Jun Takada (ED; 7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 11-12
)
Kazuo Takigawa (OP)
Kazutoyo Yamada (ep 10)
Kōsuke Kobayashi (ep 4)
Ryōji Fujiwara (ep 8)
Yūji Yanase (ep 9)
Episode Director:
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 2)
Jun Takada (ED; eps 1, 12)
Kazuo Takigawa (OP)
Kazuyoshi Yokota (ep 3)
Kōsuke Kobayashi (eps 4, 10)
Makoto Hoshino (eps 5, 8)
Shūichi Hirokawa (eps 7, 11)
Yoshizō Tsuda (ep 6)
Yūji Yanase (ep 9)
Music: Soushi Hosoi (hosplug)
Original Character Design:
Taku Futsuki
TOMA
Character Design: Takashi Kobayashi
Art Director:
Kohji Azuma
Kouichi Kadoma (assistant)
Chief Animation Director:
Kazuo Takigawa (Ayakashi)
Shinichi Miyamae (character)
Takashi Kobayashi (character)
Animation Director:
Hikaru Takanashi (ep 2)
Kazuo Takigawa (OP Ayakashi)
Kazutoyo Yamada (ep 10)
Mamiko Mizutani (ep 7)
Nobuhiro Watanabe (ep 1)
Sadahiko Sakamaki (eps 5, 8)
Sang Ho Park (eps 9-12)
Satoru Minowa (ep 3)
Shinichi Miyamae (ED)
Takashi Kobayashi (OP; ep 12)
Takeshi Morita (ep 4)
Tamotsu Tanaka (ep 6)
Toshiko Sasaki (eps 4, 12)
Toyoaki Fukushima (ep 6)
Yōko Kōjō (ep 7)
Sound Director: Satoki Iida
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Kubo
Executive producer:
Atsushi Iwasaki (Media Factory)
Chiyomaru Shikura (5pb.)
Katsuaki Ikegami (Organic)
Kengo Kimura (Tokyo Kids)
Satoshi Akamatsu (GungHo Works)
Tetsuji Takemura (Tokyo Electrification)
Yasuhiro Mikami (AT-X)
Yoshi Enoki (Enoki Films)
Producer:
Asuka Yamazaki (AT-X)
Daisuke Sakuma (GungHo Works)
Masaki Koshida (Organic)
Sachiko Kitazawa (Enoki Films)
Shinobu Yoshinuma (Media Factory)
Tatsuya Tadokoro (Tokyo Electrification)

2nd Key Animation:
Akiko Kawazoe (eps 1-3, 11)
Atsushi Takamine (eps 1-3)
Azusa Kohara (eps 1-3, 11)
Hang Gang (eps 1-3, 11)
Kyō Gaketomi (ep 7)
Mariko Takahashi (eps 1-3, 11)
Masato Hoshino (ep 1)
Megumi Satou (eps 1-3, 11)
Sachiko Ohkoshi (ep 7)
Terumi Hattori (ep 1)
Tōko Nakamura (eps 1-3, 11)
Yukiko Kawakita (eps 1-2)
Animation producer: Kiyomitsu Aoki
Ayakashi Design:
Kazuo Takigawa
SaQ Tottori (original)
Chief Producer: Yoshihiro Ikeda
Color design: Tomoko Imase
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
Episode Director Assistant: Kyō Gaketomi (eps 7, 11)
In-Between Animation:
Ayumi Ōkubo (ep 12)
Mariko Takahashi (ep 12)
Naoki Shimizu (ep 12)
Noriko Iida (ep 12)
Noriyuki Kanda (ep 12)
Nozomi Katayama (ep 12)
Terumi Hattori (ep 12)
Yasushi Shimada (ep 12)
Yoshitaka Nagata (ep 12)
In-Between Check: Megumi Satou (ep 12)
Key Animation:
Ai Kuwabara (Delta Peak; eps 5, 8)
Ai Sugano (Studio Create; ep 2)
Akio Uchino (OP; ep 4)
Akira Shinoda (ep 6)
Akira Takeuchi (ep 12)
Atsushi Kasano (ep 10)
Atsushi Komatsu (Anime R; ep 4)
Atsuya Miura (ep 3)
Ayumi Ōkubo (ep 4)
Chiyuki Tanaka (ep 12)
Chung Ryong Hong (ep 6)
Eiji Uemura (ep 12)
Fujio Inose (OP; ep 12)
Fumio Sasaki (ep 1)
Geun Sin Wi (I.e Ciel Media Corp.; ep 7)
Gu Ha Kim (J.FOX; ep 1)
Gyu Do Hyang (I.e Ciel Media Corp.; ep 7)
Hayato Tejima (ep 2)
Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Production; ep 9)
Hideo Maru (ep 12)
Hideyasu Okamoto (Toybox; ep 3)
Hikaru Takanashi (eps 1, 3, 7, 12)
Hiroki Ikeshita (eps 3, 11)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 9, 12)
Hiroshi Iino (J.FOX; ep 1)
Hiroshi Kohara (ep 12)
Hiroshi Taga (ep 6)
Hitoshi Morikawa (eps 3, 11)
In Park (ep 6)
Junichi Kigawa (ep 4)
Junichi Yokoyama (ep 2)
Junpei Hasegawa (J.FOX; ep 1)
Kanji Hara (ep 6)
Kaori Saito (ep 12)
Kayano Tomizawa (ED)
Kayo Nomichi (ep 11)
Kazuko Nakayama (ep 12)
Kazuo Takigawa (OP)
Keiichi Ishida (ep 7)
Keiko Hagimori (eps 3, 7, 11)
Keito Haibara (Graffiti; ep 3)
Kenji Uchinō (OP; ep 4)
Kensuke Ishikawa (OP)
Kentarō Fujita (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 9-10, 12
)
Kentarō Tamura (ep 12)
Koji Iwaki (Snowlight; eps 3, 11)
Kumiko Kasuga (eps 9, 12)
Kyō Gaketomi (eps 2, 11)
Machi Ichihara (eps 4, 10)
Manabu Morishige (Nakamura Production; ep 9)
Mariko Takahashi (eps 4, 7, 9-10)
Masaharu Morinaka (eps 2, 9)
Masahiko Matsuo (eps 2, 11)
Masakazu Yamazaki (ep 11)
Masato Kimura (team HOCK; ep 11)
Masayoshi Nishi (Delta Peak; eps 5, 8)
Mayuko Kato (ep 12)
Megumi Satou (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 9, 11
)
Megumi Ueda (Anime R; ep 4)
Minoru Yamazawa (eps 2, 11)
Mitsuko Kaneoka (ep 3)
Mitsuru Nakata (Nakamura Production; ep 9)
Myoung Geun Kim (I.e Ciel Media Corp.; ep 7)
Myung-Hwan Park (ep 10)
Nao Kawashima (eps 1, 7)
Naoto Yoshida (Anime R; ep 4)
Nobuhiro Okazaki (Toybox; ep 3)
Nobuhiro Watanabe (eps 1-2)
Noriko Kitazawa (J.FOX; eps 1, 6)
Ran Kato (ep 9)
Sadahiko Sakamaki (Delta Peak; eps 5, 8)
Satoru Minowa (ep 3)
Sayaka Ikeda (Anime R; ep 4)
Shigemi Aoyagi (eps 4, 11)
Shinkirō Hattori (eps 3, 10)
Shinya Kokaji (eps 4, 10)
Shoji Masuko (J.FOX; ep 1)
Shōsuke Ishibashi (Graffiti; ep 3)
Shuji Morimoto (Nakamura Production; ep 9)
Suk Do Jin (team HOCK; ep 11)
Takao Ozone (eps 3, 9)
Takao Yamazaki (eps 2, 6)
Takashi Hirabayashi (Studio Create; ep 2)
Tamotsu Tanaka (ep 6)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (Anime R; ep 4)
Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 12)
Tetsuya Satō (ep 2)
Tomohiro Furukawa (Graffiti; ep 3)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (Nakamura Production; ep 9)
Tomomi Murayama (Studio Create; ep 2)
Tōru Yoshida (Anime R; OP; ep 4)
Toshiharu Sugie (OP; eps 3, 10)
Woo Seok Jeon (eps 9, 12)
Yi Sung Kim (I.e Ciel Media Corp.; ep 7)
Yōko Nomura (Studio Create; ep 2)
Yoshihiro Watanabe (OP)
Yoshinobu Aohachi (J.FOX; eps 1, 6)
Youichi Nagayama (Delta Peak; eps 5, 8)
Yūichi Nakazawa (Anime R; OP; ep 4)
Yuichiro Masuda (eps 3, 10)
Yūji Yanase (ep 9)
Yuki Uchii (OP)
Yukihide Oku (ep 1)
Yukiko Kawakita (eps 6-7)
Yukio Hasegawa (ep 12)
Yūko Fujii (eps 7, 11)
Yūko Kobori (Anime R; ep 4)
Yūko Yamamoto (Anime R; ep 4)
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; ep 9)
Yumiko Ishii (OP)
Yutaka Matsubara (OP)
Music producer: Kotaro Muroi
Production Advancement:
Ayumu Nakamura (eps 2, 7, 11)
Dai Watanabe (ep 6)
Hiroaki Narikawa (eps 5, 8, 12)
Keiichi Sakai (eps 3, 10)
Masato Akiba (ep 9)
Ryūichi Taniguchi (ep 4)
Yukihiro Nii (ep 1)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Jun Ichikawa (ED)
Toshimichi Isoe (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Chiyomaru Shikura (OP)
Monta (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Chiyomaru Shikura (OP)
Masami Okui (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Ayane (OP)
KAORI. (ED)
Suzuka Nakahara (ep 6 INS)
Daisuke Kishio as Yū Kusaka
Nana Mizuki as Eimu Yoake

Ai Shimizu as Pam Werne Asakura
Miyu Matsuki as Hime Yakushiji
Sakura Nogawa as
Izumi Makihara
Orie Natsuhara
Satsuki Yukino as Akino Yoake
Tomokazu Sugita as Kare

Atsuya Yamakawa as Kyouhei Sanada
Ayahi Takagaki as Natsuhara (ep 6)
Ayumi Murata as Chinatsu Oikawa (ep 11)
Daisuke Matsuoka as Kojima-Sensei
Daisuke Namikawa as Akio Maekawa
Hiromi Igarashi as Child (ep 9)
Hisafumi Oda as Shinpei Noki (ep 4)
Katsutoshi Katayanagi as Tetsuya Yanagi
Kazutoshi Hatano as Citizen (ep 9)
Kei Shindō as Noriko Hanai
Makiko Nabei as Aiko Yakushiji (Hime's mother; ep 7)
Manami Hiramatsu as Mika Akama (eps 2, 9, 11)
Mashiro Matsui as Professor (eps 2, 4, 9)
Shōgo Sakamoto as Hori Masayoshi (ep 7)
Shūichirō Ohtani as Yougo Tsunoya (eps 4-5, 10)
Takeshi Yamane as Takeshi Kobuchi
Takuma Terashima as Male Student (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Terai as Heima Kajiwara
Yoshihisa Kawahara as
Shousuke Kanai
Takeshi Kusaka (ep 7)
Yū Kobayashi as Kanta Nagao (eps 2, 9)

Naoki Koshida (ep 10)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Hayashi (eps 6-7, 11)
Last House (ep 1)
Mook Animation (ep 11)
Seigasha (eps 1-3)
Studio Guts (ep 7)
Studio Jungle Gym (ep 1)
Studio Wombat (ep 1)
T&B (ep 10)
T.K Animation (ep 11)
Triple A (ep 11)
Animation Direction: T.K Animation (ep 11)
Animation Production: Tokyo Kids
Backgrounds: Studio Tulip
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2008-01-10)
AT-X (2007-12-12)
Chiba Television (2008-01-06)
Sun TV (2008-01-09)
Television Kanagawa (2008-01-06)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2008-01-11)
Tokyo MX (2008-01-08)
Finish Animation:
Asahi Production
Golden Bell
Hayashi
Mook Animation
T&B
T.K Animation
Triple A
In-Between Animation:
Asahi Production
Golden Bell
Hayashi (ep 12)
Mook Animation (ep 12)
Studio Jungle Gym
T&B
T.K Animation (ep 12)
Triple A (ep 12)
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 4)
Delta Peak (eps 5, 8)
I.e Ciel Media Corp. (ep 7)
J-Fox (ep 1)
Nakamura Production (ep 9)
Snow Light Staff (ep 3)
Studio Create (ep 2)
Studio Graffiti (ep 3)
Studio Toybox (ep 3)
team HOCK (ep 11)
Music Production: 5pb.
Original Creator:
ApRicoT
Crossnet
Photography: Tokyo Kids
Production: Ayakashi Production Committee
Production Committee:
5pb.
AT-X
Enoki Films
GungHo Works
Media Factory
Organic
Tokyo Electrification Co. Ltd.
Tokyo Kids
Production Cooperation:
Anime R (ep 4)
Delta Peak (eps 5, 8)
J-Fox (ep 6)
Recording Studio: Studio Mausu
Sound Production: Dax Production
English cast
English staff
Subtitle Timing: Roman Stuart
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Discotek Media

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