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Kizuna (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Relazioni (Italian) 
絆 KIZUNA~恋のから騒ぎ~ (Japanese) 
Genres: drama , erotica , romance 
Themes: yaoi 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary:
From childhood friends (since elementary) to lovers (since high school), Kei and Ranmaru have been through a long road consisting of hardships and fond memories. Now in college, they face a new challenge to their relationship when the son of a Yakuza boss (and incidentally Kei's half-brother), Kai, attempts to steal Ranmaru from Kei (and, of course, fails). 
Ranmaru is the best fencer in his school. One day while he and his friend, Enjoji, are walking home from school, Yakuza from a rival syndicate try to run his friend over with their car. Ranmaru pushed his friend out of the way and gets hit instead. This event sparks the romance between Ranmaru and Enjoji. A few years later the relationship between them is still strong until Enjoji's half-brother, Kai, shows up and trys to take Ranmaru away from Enjoji. Then Masa, Kai's companion and mentor, shows up to see Kai. 
User Ratings: 197 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
 Very good: 29 votes (sub:27, dub:2)
 Good: 46 votes (sub:41, dub:4, raw:1)
 Decent: 48 votes (sub:45, dub:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 21 votes (sub:21)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:12, ?:3)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 523 users, rank: #2085 (of 10058)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.157 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.99, rank: #7166 (of 10233)
Weighted mean: 6.119 (Decent), rank: #7216 (of 10233) (seen all: 6.25 / seen some: 4.66 / won't finish: 3.45)
Bayesian estimate: 6.203 (Decent+), rank: #6355 (of 7687)
Running time: 30 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 2 
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 1994 
Links: We have 1
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DVD (Region 1)
    Kizuna - Kazuma Kodaka Signature Edition (DVD) 2006-03-07 (from $28.17)
    Kizuna (Sub.DVD 1) 2005-08-09 (from $25.97)
    Kizuna (Sub.DVD 2) 2005-10-11 (from $7.99)
    Kizuna [Discreet Cover] (Sub.DVD) 2001-06-26
    Kizuna [Erotic Cover] (Sub.DVD) 2001-07-24
VHS
    Kizuna (Sub.VHS)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Rin Hiroo 
Scenario: Miyoo Morita 
Original Manga: Kazuma Kodaka 
Executive producer: Tetsuya Ikeda 
Key Animation: Emiko Kataoka 
Japanese cast
Keiji Fujiwara as Kei Enjoji 
Ryō Horikawa as Kai Sagano 
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Ranmaru Samejima 

Akiko Hiramatsu as Yuki Samejima 
Akio Ōtsuka as Masa 
Hiro Yuuki as Host A 
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Kyōsuke 
Naomi Nagasawa as Kai Sagano (Childhood Kai) 
Shinpachi Tsuji as Kai Sagano's Father 
Tomokazu Seki as Toshi 
English cast
English staff
Translation: Bunny-Bot-X 
ADR Script: Tom Wayland 
Executive producer:
Mariko Kumanoya 
Masumi Homma O'Donnell 
Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky 

ADR Engineer:
Dave Brenneman 
Tom Wayland 
DVD Author: Dr. Saj Numbox 
DVD Producer: Mariko Kumanoya 
Production Coordination: Harry Johnson 
Sound Mixing: Dave Brenneman 
Video Production Manager:
John Merrick 
Tim Werenko 
Voice Direction: Tom Wayland 
Dan Green as Kei Enjoji 
Jamie McGonnigal as Ranmaru Samejima 
Michael Sinterniklaas as Kai Sagano 

Dominic Moore as Masa 
Josh Mosby as Kyosuke 
Kelly Ray as Yuki 
Tom Wayland as Toshi 

Dan Green as Father 

English companies
Audio Post Production: TripWire Productions 
Dubbing: BeBeautiful 
Licensed by:
Ariztical 
Central Park Media 
Recording Studio: Real Recording 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Raffaele Fallica 
Diego Sabre as Kei Enjoji 
Gabriele Calindri as Ranmaru Samejima 
Patrizio Prata as Kai Sagano 
Italian companies
Distributor: Yamato Video 
Dubbing: S.E.D.E. - Milano 
German staff
German cast
(none)
Dirk Mühlbach as Kei Enjoji 
Mathias Wendel as Ranmaru Samejima 

Gerhard Piske as
Mama-san 
Taxifahrer 
Hannah von Peinen as Rena 
Linus Payne as Jugendlicher 

Hannah von Peinen as Kayoko 
German companies
(none)

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