Blade of the Immortal (TV 2008)

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Alternative title:
Mugen no Jūnin (Japanese)
Клинок Бессмертного (Russian)
無限の住人 (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
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User Ratings: 663 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 28 votes (sub:22, dub:5, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 62 votes (sub:41, dub:19, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
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 Very good: 159 votes (sub:120, dub:29, raw:2, others:8
4 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
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 Good: 193 votes (sub:148, dub:38, others:7
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
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 Decent: 104 votes (sub:83, dub:20, raw:1)
 So-so: 57 votes (sub:50, dub:6, others:1
1 French subtitled
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 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:10, dub:6, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
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 Weak: 26 votes (sub:19, dub:5, ?:1, others:1
1 Lithuanian subtitled
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 Bad: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 1490 users, rank: #835 (of 10176)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.857 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7461, rank: #4725 (of 10346)
Weighted mean: 6.754 (Good−), rank: #4986 (of 10346) (seen all: 6.97 / seen some: 6.38 / won't finish: 4.13)
Bayesian estimate: 6.767 (Good−), rank: #4587 (of 7795)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2008-07-13 to 2008-12-28
Release dates: We have 8
Opening Theme:
"Akai Usagi (赤井ウサギ)" by Makura no Sōshi
Ending Theme:
"Wants" by GRAPEVINE
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
Blade of the Immortal Vol 1 (Oct 24, 2010)
Blade of the Immortal DVD 3 (Feb 5, 2010)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Blade of the Immortal - Life is Not Precious (DVD 1) 2009-09-29 (from $8.00)
    Blade of the Immortal - The Tears I've Cried (DVD 2) 2009-11-24 (from $14.84)
    Blade of the Immortal - No Virtue In Forgiveness (DVD 3) 2010-01-26 (from $19.99)
    Blade of the Immortal - Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2010-09-14 (from $31.98)
DVD (Region 4)
    Blade of the Immortal (DVD 1) 2010-02-17

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kōichi Mashimo
Series Composition: Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Screenplay:
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (eps 1-9, 12-13)
Kenichi Kanemaki (eps 10-11)
Storyboard:
Hiroshi Morioka (OP; eps 4, 8, 12)
Kōichi Mashimo (ep 1)
Kōji Sawai (ED; 4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 13
)
Tomoyuki Kurokawa (eps 5, 9)
Yuki Arie (eps 3, 6, 10)
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Morioka (eps 4, 8, 12)
Kōji Sawai (eps 2, 7, 10-11)
Tomoyuki Kurokawa (eps 1, 5, 9, 13)
Yuki Arie (eps 3, 6)
Music: Kō Ōtani
Original creator: Hiroaki Samura
Character Design: Yoshimitsu Yamashita
Art Director: Yoshimi Umino
Animation Director:
Hitomi Ochiai (eps 8, 12)
Manamu Amasaki
Mutsumi Sasaki (ep 10)
Tomoaki Kado (ep 3)
Yoshiaki Tsubata
Yoshimitsu Yamashita (OP/ED)
Sound Director: Tōru Nakano
Director of Photography:
Hitoshi Saito
Shinichi Igarashi
Executive producer:
Masayuki Haryu
Michiru Ishikawa
Shinji Sekizawa
Producer:
Katsuji Morishita
Noboru Yamada
Takuya Matsushita
Tetsuya Kinoshita

Animation Check:
Miho Imoto (OP)
Satomi Naitou (ED)
Animation producer:
Hideaki Muraoka
Kenichiro Tanaka
Ryoji Maru
Takayasu Shimizu
Art Work Manager: Tomomi Katō
Assistant producer:
Mika Saiki
Nakuru Yamatani
Background Art:
Fumie Kawai
Hachidai Takayama
Haruka Ozawa
Junko Nagasawa
Kana Yoshida
Megumi Ogawa
Naoki Aoyama
Shin Watanabe
Yasunori Hishinuma
Yukiko Nakayama
Closing Director: Kōji Sawai
Color Check:
Kayo Otani (ep 10)
Yūko Koshida (ep 11)
Color design: Makiko Kojima
Digital Work:
Ayumi Kamo
Eri Ohtsuka
Misaki Horiuchi
Yasuyo Yaegashi
Editing: Masayuki Kurosawa
Fight Choreographer: Yasuhiro Saiki
In-Between Supervisor:
Mao Yamazaki (ep 11)
Masako Yumoto (ep 10)
Key Animation:
Aiko Kasumi (ep 12)
Akihito Aoki (ep 3)
Akira Wakabayashi (eps 2-3, 7)
Asami Watanabe (OP/ED, 10-11)
Asuka Kojima (ep 12)
Asuka Shinbo (ep 11)
Atsushi Itou (ep 5)
Chūichi Iguchi (ep 11)
Daisuke Adachi (ep 8)
Daisuke Endō (ED; eps 1, 11)
Emi Honda (ED, 11)
Emiko Matsuno (ep 6)
Eui Young Kim (ep 7)
Fumio Sasaki (ep 7)
George Wakisaka (ep 9)
Hidemi Yamashita (ep 6)
Hiroaki Samura (eps 6, 9)
Hiromi Makino (ep 12)
Hiroshi Kosuga (eps 2, 7)
Hitomi Ochia (OP) 
Hitomi Ochiai (OP; eps 1, 6)
Hitomi Tsuruta (OP)
Jun Nakai (OP)
Junko Kayanuma (eps 2-3, 7)
Kaori Hashimoto (ep 11)
Kaori Higuchi (OP)
Kaori Nakamura (eps 3, 5, 8)
Kaori Tsuta (ep 12)
Katsuyuki Tsubouchi (ep 5)
Kazuhiko Inoue (ep 10)
Kazuhiko Yano (ep 10)
Kazuhisa Kosuge (ep 11)
Kazuko Matsumura (eps 3, 6)
Keiichirō Honjō (ep 10)
Kenichi Unemoto (ep 10)
Kenji Honda (ep 12)
Kenji Yokoyama (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 11, 13
)
Kento Toya (ep 12)
Kōichi Satō (ep 12)
Kumiko Katō (ED, 11)
Kyōko Kotani (OP)
Kyouko Nakamura (ep 9)
Makoto Sawazaki (OP)
Mariko Sugimoto (eps 1-3, 7, 9)
Masaru Ōshiro (ep 9)
Masashi Koizuka (eps 10-11)
Mayu Saitō (ep 11)
Mayumi Tomioka (ep 12)
Mi Young Lee (ED; ep 11)
Michihiro Kosaka (eps 3, 5)
Michio Hasegawa (eps 2, 7)
Mika Hironaka (eps 3, 8)
Mika Shirota (ep 11)
Mitsutoshi Kubo (ep 12)
Mutsumi Sasaki (ep 10)
Myoung Jin Kim (eps 9, 12)
Naoki Kusumoto (eps 4, 13)
Naotaka Hayashi (ep 10)
Noriko Tejima (eps 8, 13)
Noriko Tsutsumiya (ep 10)
Osamu Hirayama (ep 5)
Osamu Yamamoto (ep 9)
Rie Ishigami (ep 3)
Rie Maehara (OP, 11)
Rintarou Maeda (ep 12)
Rumi Miyata (eps 2, 7)
Ryōsuke Kuwahara (ep 9)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (ep 3)
Satoshi Kitahara (eps 4, 8)
Seiko Sakai (ep 8)
Shigeru Chiba (eps 2, 7)
Shingo Ogiso (OP)
Shinichi Shigematsu (ep 10)
Shinmei Saito (ep 10)
Shinsuke Yanagi (OP)
Shōta Ihata (eps 3, 5)
Takaaki Chiba (ep 9)
Takaaki Nagano (ep 9)
Takaaki Sekizaki (ep 9)
Takashi Iwao (eps 3, 8, 10)
Takashi Iwata (ep 10)
Takashi Tsuda (ep 10)
Takayuki Noguchi (OP, 11)
Tatsuya Oka (OP)
Tomoaki Chishima (ep 3)
Tomoaki Kado (ED, 11)
Tomoe Sahashi (ep 7)
Tomoko Ishida (OP)
Tomomi Ishikawa (OP)
Tomoyuki Kojima (ep 7)
Toshiya Washida (ep 9)
Tsutomu Kikuchi (ep 1)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 10)
Yasuhiro Saiki (OP)
Yōko Iizuka (ep 13)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (1, 4)
Yoshimitsu Yamashita (ep 2)
Yū Kaneshiro (ep 5)
Yuichi Mari (eps 1, 7)
Yuka Fujisawa (ep 12)
Yuki Chika (ep 3)
Yuki Fujikawa (ep 8)
Yukie Akiya (ep 1)
Yukiko Ban (OP)
Yukiko Ishibashi (ep 9)
Yukiko Ishizaki (ep 1)
Yukio Okano (eps 2, 7)
Yuko Iwaoka (OP)
Yuko Kimura (ep 11)
Yurie Ōhigashi (ep 12)
Yuta Odajima (ep 8)
Yuuko Kamiyama (eps 5, 7-8, 12)
Music producer: Takashi Watanabe
Opening Director: Hiroshi Morioka
Photography:
Daisuke Kikuchi
Katsuaki Kamata
Kōji Sawada
Satoshi Morimoto
Takashi Aoki
Planning:
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Naoki Nakamura
Yoko Furukawa
Yoshio Irie
Planning Cooperation:
Shohei Yoshida
Takeo Inoue
Production manager:
Katsuhiro Kurmoto (ep 11)
Kenichiro Tanaka (ep 11)
Tatsuya Hamamoto (ep 10)
Publicity: Mika Saiki
Scroll Painter: Hiroaki Samura (ep 13)
Sound Editor: Akane Sango
Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata
Sound Mixing: Kenji Hoshino
Sound Producer: Akiko Fujita
Special Effects: Ayumi Kamo
Theme Song Arrangement: Susumu Osada (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Kō Ōtani (OP)
Toru Kamei (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aika (OP)
Kazumasa Tanaka (ED)
Theme Song Performance: GRAPEVINE (ed)
Weapon Design: Masashi Koizuka
Rina Satō as Rin Asano
Tomokazu Seki as Manji

Daisuke Namikawa as Araya Kawakami
Hirofumi Nojima as Kagehisa Anotsu
Katsuyuki Konishi as Eiku Shizuma
Kazuya Nakai as Taito Magatsu
Mamiko Noto as Makie Otono-Tachibana
Masashi Ebara as Sabato Kuroi
Megumi Toyoguchi as Hyakurin
Shinichirō Miki as Shira
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Giichi
Yūya Uchida as Shinriji

Daisaku Shinohara as Takayuki Asano
Emi Shinohara as Ohatsu (eps 8-9)
Hiroaki Samura as Pinwheel Seller (ep 10)
Hisako Kyōda as Yaobikuni
Kaho Kōda as Haya (ep 13)
Kan Tanaka as Kuzuya (ep 5)
Kana Asumi as Teahouse Girl (eps 6-8)
Kaya Miike as Boy (ep 10) 
Kaya Miyake as Boy (ep 10)
Keiichi Sonobe as Customer (ep 8)
Keiko Nemoto as Kagehisa Anotsu (child)
Kentarō Itō as Hishiyasu Shido (ep 1)
Kohei Kiyasu as Johnnie Gyobutsu (ep 1)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Nagasakiya (ep 4)
Kōsei Yagi as Takahide Asano
Kouzou Douzaka as Street Vendor (ep 10)
Maaya Sakamoto as Machi
Motoko Kumai as Renzo Kawakami (eps 10-12)
Ryōko Shiraishi as Tatsu (eps 4, 13)
Saeko Chiba as Ren
Saori Gotō as Little Girl (ep 8)
Seiko Tomoe as Fake Yaobikuni (ep 7)
Shōgo Matsui as Customer (ep 8)
Shouto Kashii as Sake Shop Owner (ep 10)
Takafumi Kawakami as Michi Shop Owner (ep 10)
Takashi Kondō as Tatsumasa Saitou
Takaya Kuroda as Nisaburou Tsuchimochi
Takayuki Sugō as Kagimura Habaki
Takuma Suzuki as Ashiya (ep 5)
Takuya Kiirimoro as Makiyuri (ep 10) 
Takuya Kirimoto as Makiyuri (ep 10)
Tetsu Inada as Ken'ei Sumino (ep 6)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Takayoshi Asano
Tomoyuki Shimura as Togishi (ep 5)
Tōru Ōkawa as Saburou Anotsu
Toshihiko Seki as Souri (eps 4, 13)
Wataru Hatano as Makoto
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Customer (ep 8)
Yoshinori Sonobe as Chougo Morozumi (ep 6)
Yuka Komatsu as Toki Asano
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Bee Train
Animation Production Assistance: Production I.G
Associate Music Producer: IMAGINE
Backgrounds: Production ai
Broadcaster: AT-X
Copyright:
Asano Dojo Fukkokai
Kodansha
Digital Paint:
Aniade
Garan
M.S.C
Studio Road
Studio Step
Tatsunoko Production
union CHO
Digital Works: Bee Train Digital
In-Between Animation:
AIC PLUS
Aniade
Ashi Productions
asread
Bee Train
Buyuu (eps 1, 3, 12)
Dangan Pictures
Frontline
GAINAX
Garan
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
J.C. Staff (eps 2, 7)
M.S.C
M.S.J Musashino Production
Minamimachi Bugyōsho
P.A. Works
Production I.G
Shin-Ei Animation
Studio DEEN
Studio Gimlet
Studio Mark
Studio MAT
Studio Wanpack
Tamazawa Dōgasha
union CHO
Xebec
Key Animation: P.A. Works
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Planning Assistance: Kodansha "Afternoon" Editing Room
Production:
Asano Dojo Fukkokai
Bee Train
Kodansha
Pony Canyon
Production I.G
Tōkyū Agency
Recording Studio: HALF H·P STUDIO
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Kristi Reed
Translation: Midori Maejima
ADR Script: Kristi Reed
Executive producer: John Sirabella
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Kaeko Sakamoto

Acquisition Liaison:
Megumi Kikuraku
Yoko Hayama
Adaptation:
Anna Yamamoto (eps 1-5)
Derek Lieu (eps 1-5)
Duane Johnson
Sean Molyneaux (eps 1-5)
Casting Director: Mami Okada
Co-Producer: Mami Okada
Dialogue Editing: Marco Bustos
DVD Author: Dave Beinlich
Editing: Derek Lieu
Engineering Assistant: Tracy Popenhagen
Graphic Design: Merideth Mulroney
Jr. Assistant Producer: Ritsuko Nagakura
Post-Production Assistant:
Mike Martin (eps 10-13)
Ricardo Watson
Robin Fujiwara (eps 10-13)
Timothy Chiodo (eps 1-5)
Post-Production Supervision: Christian Moran
Production Assistant:
Amanda Waddell (eps 1-5)
Caitlin Klein (eps 1-5)
Chris Bourque (eps 10-13)
Sean Castle (eps 1-9)
Victor Sgroi
Production Coordination: Emily Nicolas
Production Supervision:
Richard York
Sean Molyneaux
Re-Recording Mixing: Patrick Rodman
Recording engineer: Marco Bustos
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Special Thanks To:
Nick McWhorter
Yuki Urakawa
Subtitling: Clark Cheng
Keith Silverstein as Manji
Mela Lee as Rin Asano

Artt Butler as Sabato Kuroi
David Vincent as Giichi
Derek Stephen Prince as Taito Magatsu
Elle Deets as Makie Otono-Tachibana
Ethan Murray as Kagehisa Anotsu
James Hoover as Eiku Shizuma
Jason Wishnov as Shira
Karen Strassman as Hyakurin
Kirk Thornton as Shinriji
Liam O'Brien as Araya Kawakami
Megan Hollingshead as Hyakurin

Alfred Thor as Asana
Artt Butler as Makiyuri (ep 10)
Barbara Goodson as Fake Yaobikuni
Cristina Vee as Machi
Dave Mallow as Sori (eps 4, 13)
Elle Deets as Renzo Kawakami (eps 10-12)
James Hoover as Tatsumasa Saitou
Jason Wishnov as Makoto
Joe J. Thomas as Rin's Father (ep 2)
Julie Ann Taylor as
Haya
Kagehisa Anotsu (Young)
Otatsu (eps 4, 13)
Rin's Mother (ep 2)
Karen Strassman as Oren
Kirk Thornton as Kagimura Habaki
Kyle Hebert as
Hishiyasu Shido (ep 1)
Saburo Anotsu
Louise Chamis as Yaobikuni
Melissa Fahn as Ohatsu
Michael McConnohie as Fusano
Russell Thor as Takayuki Asano
Spike Spencer as Itto-ryu Servant (ep 3)
Tim Powers as
Chogo Morozumi (ep 6)
Weapon Shop Clerk
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Distributor:
AnimeWorks
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Internet Streaming:
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) iView (Australia & New Zealand)
Crackle (North America; Expired)
Hulu 
Madman Screening Room (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Media Blasters
Special Thanks To: Dark Horse Comics
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