Puppet Master Sakon (TV)
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Alternative title:
Ayatsuri Sakon
Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon (Japanese)
Sakon le Ventriloque (French)
Sakon the Ventriloquist
Tales of Puppetmaster Sakon
人形草紙あやつり左近 (Japanese)
Themes:
puppetry
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
Sakon is the grandson of the famous Bunraku master, Tachibana Zaemon. He is incredibly shy and lacks confidence in himself. However, when he is with his puppet, Ukon, he is able to focus himself and his crime-solving abilities. As a contrast to traditional Bunraku puppeteering, Sakon is an expert ventriloquist. He uses his talent of mimicing and throwing voices to confront the villains and often force a confession. Ukon is a beautiful Bunraku puppet created in 1870, supposedly by the Master puppet-builder Unosuke Koizumi III. But Ukon doesn't act as a good Bunraku puppet should. When he is with Sakon, he is forward, obnoxious, flirtatious, coarse, and very egocentric. Together, Sakon and Ukon travel around Japan, solving mysteries, murders, and horrific crimes. In the meantime, Sakon's aunt Kaoruko, a young and pretty police detective, helps him out and keeps an eye on him.
User Ratings:
135 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
1999-10-08 to 2000-03-31
Opening Theme:
"Hikari naki Yoru wo Yuke" by Humming Bird
Ending Theme:
"Kanaete (Wishing...)" by Akino Arai
Official website:
TMS Entertainment (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Puppet Master Sakon (Jul 27, 2002)
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Director: Hitoyuki Matsui
Script:
Chiho Katsura (eps 1-3) Daisuke Habara (eps 8-10) Kazuharu Sato (eps 4-7) Soutarou Hayashi (7 episodes eps 14-17, 24-26 )Takeo Ohno (eps 21-23) Tsutomu Kaneko (eps 11-13) Yuuichi Higurashi (eps 18-20)
Screenplay: Yuuichi Higurashi (eps 4, 6)
Storyboard:
Hideki Tonokatsu (6 episodes eps 4, 7, 11, 16, 21, 23 )Hiroshi Matsuzono (ep 13) Hitoyuki Matsui (6 episodes eps 1-3, 8, 18, 26 )Kazuo Nogami (ep 9) Kiyotaka Isako (eps 17, 22) Takahiro Okao (ep 24) Tetsuji Nakamura (eps 14, 19) Toshiaki Komura (eps 15, 25) Toshiyuki Kato (ep 6) Yasuhiro Geshi (eps 5, 12) Yusaku Saotome (ep 10)
Episode Director:
Atsushi Yano (ep 6) Hideki Tonokatsu (4 episodes eps 4, 7, 11, 16 )Hirokazu Yamada (eps 13, 18) Hitoyuki Matsui (eps 1, 26) Katsumi Ono (eps 17, 22) Kazuhisa Ōno (ep 3) Kazuo Nogami (4 episodes eps 9, 14, 19, 23 )Masahiko Watanabe (ep 21) Masahito Otani (ep 8) Mihiro Yamaguchi (eps 10, 15) Setsuo Takase (ep 1) Takahiro Okao (ep 24) Toshiaki Komura (eps 20, 25) Yasuhiro Geshi (eps 2, 5, 12)
Character Design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Animation Director:
Gen Takase (eps 17, 22) Ichiro Ogawa (6 episodes eps 2, 5, 8, 13, 18, 23 )Jōji Kikuchi (ep 17) Jun Shibata (eps 3, 6, 12) Satoru Nakaya (eps 14, 19) Satoshi Hirayama (ep 9) Tadashi Oppata (ep 24) Toshiko Sasaki (4 episodes eps 10, 15, 20, 25 )Toshimitsu Kobayashi (7 episodes eps 1, 4, 7, 11, 16, 21, 26 )
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Director of Photography: Toshihiro Kawada
Assistant Director: Masao Fukuda
Color design: Takuya Kawami
Editing: Tsuyoshi Imai
In-Between Animation: Shinji Yamamoto (ep 22)
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
Theme Song Performance:
Akino Arai (ED) Hanamichi Itsuki ("Koe") HUMMING BIRD (OP) Kokia ("Sayonara wa Iwanai de") Yoshiki Fukuyama (OP - Humming Bird lead vocal) |
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Animation: TMS Entertainment
In-Between Animation:
Anime Spot Anime Torotoro Digimation Hadashi Pro IMAGIN J.C.F. Märchen-Sha MI Mizo Planning Nakamura Production Production I.G Studio Cockpit Tokyo Animation Center Zero-G
Key Animation: Lightbox (ep 14)
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
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Distributor: Taifu video |
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