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Sword Gai: The Animation (ONA)

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Alternative title:
Swordgai 
ソードガイ The Animation (Japanese) 
Genres: action 
Plot Summary: Gai was born beside a woman who met her death in a forest. He was adopted by the swordsmith Amon. A few years later, Gai becomes Amon's apprentice, and during the forging of a sword, he loses his right arm. To help him, Amon crushes the demon sword Shiryū (lit. Death Dragon) to form it into Gai's replacement right arm. Gai then is able to fuse with the weapon on his arm, and fights against his enemies. (from manga)
User Ratings: 73 ratings have been given [details]
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 Very good: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Good: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Decent: 19 votes (sub:11, dub:7, raw:1)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:3)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, others:1
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Seen in part or in whole by 111 users, rank: #5197 (of 10059)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.205 (So-so+), std. dev.: 1.7977, rank: #9189 (of 10234)
Weighted mean: 5.216 (So-so+), rank: #9189 (of 10234) (seen all: 5.33 / seen some: 5.00 / won't finish: 2.68)
Bayesian estimate: 5.557 (Decent−), rank: #7286 (of 7688)
Running time: 22 minutes 
Vintage: 2018-03-23 
Opening Theme:
"Sadame Goto" (What is Predestined) by Yūto Uemura 
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Takahiro Ikezoe 
Director: Tomohito Naka 
Series Composition: Toshiki Inoue 
Script: Toshiki Inoue 
Original creator:
Osamu Kine 
Toshiki Inoue 
Original Character Design: Keita Amemiya 
Character Design: Atsuko Nakajima 
Art Director: Seiko Akashi 
3D Director:
Akihiko Kimura 
Kenji Isobe 
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama 

Color design: Masato Sasaki 
Key Animation:
Akira Takeuchi (ep 7) 
Masaharu Morinaka (eps 4, 6-8) 
Mayumi Nakamura (ep 1) 
Miyuki Inoue (ep 3) 
Moriyasu Taniguchi (eps 11-12) 
Motoki Yagi (eps 3, 8) 
Theme Song Composition: Kōtarō Nakagawa (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Shio Watanabe (OP) 
Theme Song Performance: Yūto Uemura (OP) 
Yūto Uemura as Gai Ogata 

Ayane Sakura as Midoriko 
Hiro Shimono as Marcus Lithos 
Jōji Nakata as Amon Ogata 
Kenji Hamada as Tatsumi 
Kohei Murakami as Ariga I 
Kōsuke Toriumi as Hakimu 
Masaharu Satō as Kigetsu 
Michiko Neya as Aronisu 
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shin Matoba 
Rina Satō as Kyōka Kagami 
Sumi Shimamoto as Kei 
Takaya Hashi as Kazuma Matoba 
Takaya Kuroda as Grimms 
Tomokazu Sugita as Naoki Miki 
Toshihiko Seki as Takuma Miura 
Urara Takano as Yasuko Tanaka 
Yu Shimamura as Mina Hiraya 
Yūichirō Umehara as Seiya Ichijō 
Yuka Aisaka as Sayaka Ogata 

Afumi Hashi as Classmate (eps 2, 10-11) 
Ai Fukuda as Marcus's Sister (ep 3) 
Akira Sekine as Black Haired Woman (ep 1) 
Ami Koshimizu as
Aya Takagi 
Erika Saeki (ep 3) 
Arisa Sakuraba as
Elevator (ep 9) 
Woman (ep 6) 
Aya Kawakami as Receptionist (ep 9) 
Ayaka Nanase as
Classmate (eps 2, 10) 
Gai Ogata (young) 
Ayumi Nagao as Marcus's Mother (ep 3) 
Daisuke Yokota as
Man (ep 6) 
Tamotsu (ep 1) 
Emiko Takeuchi as English Teacher (ep 2) 
Haruo Satō as Toudou (ep 1) 
Hitomi Harada as Kiyomi (eps 3, 5) 
Kazuki Moriyama as Ogawa (eps 3-4) 
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kazumo (eps 10, 12) 
Kenji Hamada as Arms Demon (ep 5) 
Kenta Zaima as
Defense Member (ep 9) 
Young Man (ep 10) 
Kento Fujinuma as
Marcus's Father (ep 3) 
Shutarou Sekiya (ep 9) 
Kosuke Onishi as Kurata (ep 10) 
Maaya Uchida as Himiko (ep 12) 
Masaaki Yano as
Auctioneer (ep 2) 
Doctor (ep 9) 
Knife (ep 6) 
Mysterious Face B (eps 4, 11) 
Shinohara (ep 10) 
Toshio Tanabe (ep 3) 
Mika Kanda as Lady (ep 2) 
Mutsuki Iwanaka as Heita (ep 5) 
Nanako Mori as Woman (ep 10) 
Natsuki Aikawa as Blonde Woman (ep 1) 
Sawako Hata as Classmate (ep 10) 
Shinnosuke Ogami as
Grave Robber B (ep 1) 
Mysterious Face C (eps 4, 11) 
Swordsmith (ep 6) 
Shinya Fukumatsu as Leader (ep 1) 
Shō Okumura as
Grave Robber C (ep 1) 
Subordinate (ep 4) 
Shunsuke Takeuchi as
Doctor (ep 4) 
Souin (ep 6) 
Takaki Ōtomari as Gentleman (ep 2) 
Takaya Hashi as Mysterious Face A (eps 4, 11) 
Tomoe Hanba as Wakaba (ep 1) 
Toshinari Fukamachi as
Grave Robber A (ep 1) 
Young Man (ep 10) 
Yukako Yoneyama as Baby (ep 6) 
Yukimasa Natori as Tokumitsu (eps 10, 12) 
Yūto Uemura as Takashi (ep 1) 
Japanese companies
3D Graphics: LandQ studios 
Animation Assistance:
Felix Film (ep 12) 
Studio Gram (ep 5) 
Animation Production:
DLE 
LandQ studios 
Production I.G 
Animation Production Cooperation: Felix Film 
Backgrounds: Studio Uni 
Color Coordination: Hiwa (ep 6) 
Color Specification: Hiwa (ep 6) 
Internet Streaming: Netflix 
Key Animation:
Neo Media (ep 11) 
Seigasha (ep 10) 
Studio Neun (ep 9) 
Studio Wanpack (ep 11) 
Line Test: Artbox (OP) 
Photography: Studio Shamock (ep 3) 
Photography Cooperation: Assez Finaud Fabric. (ep 2) 
Video Editing: Imagica 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Steve Staley 
Translation: Adam Lensenmayer 
ADR Script: Jalen K. Cassell 
Executive producer: John Ledford (Sentai Filmworks) 
Producer: Eric P. Sherman 

Assistant producer: Mio Moroe 
Casting Director: Mami Okada 
Co-Producer: Mami Okada 
Post-Production Assistant:
Jonah Martin 
Jonathan Kreimerman 
Production Assistant:
Aki Kuribara 
Patrick Dugan 
Suzanne St. Clair 
Production Coordination:
AJ Gam 
Cheri Crisostomo 
Rayner Tham 
Production manager: Risa Koitabashi 
Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks 
Recording engineer:
Eddie J. Correa 
Kenneth Thompson 
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman 
Spotting: Ian Haimer 
Billy Kametz as Seiya Ichijo 
Kayli Mills as Sayaka Ogata 
Khoi Dao as Gai Ogata 

Austin Lee Matthews as Tatsumi 
Chris Hackney as Hakim 
Chris Tergliafera as Grimms 
Erica Lindbeck as Kyoka Kagami 
Faye Mata as Midoriko 
Greg Chun as Miki Naoki 
Griffin Burns as Shin Matoba 
Jessica Gee-George as Yasuko Tanaka 
Mela Lee as
Aya Takagi 
Mina Hiraya 
Michelle Ruff as Arnys 
Patrick Seitz as Takuma Miura 
Philece Sampler as Kei 
Richard Epcar as Kazuma Matoba 
Steve Cannon as Issei Ariga 
Taylor Henry as Amon Ogata 
Zach Aguilar as Marcus Lithos 

Allegra Clark as Wakaba (ep 1) 
Austin Lee Matthews as Tonbokiri 
Chris Hackney as Billy (ep 8) 
Chris Niosi as Toshio Tanabe (ep 3) 
Christine Marie Cabanos as Sanae (ep 8) 
Cristina Vee as Kiyomi (eps 3, 5) 
Doug Stone as Tokumitsu 
Edward Bosco as Challenger 
Erika Harlacher as Erika Saeki (ep 3) 
Joe Zieja as Robber 
Jordan Reynolds as Pilot 
Kyle Hebert as
Mystery Face A (Shoshidai head) 
Shuntaro Sekiya (ep 9) 
Landon McDonald as Teen A 
Lauren Landa as Himiko (ep 12) 
Patrick Seitz as Mystery Face C (Shoshidai head) 
Paul Stewart as
Mystery Face B (Shoshidai head) 
Todo 
Steve Kramer as Shogun 
Ted Sroka as Teen B 
Tom Bauer as Heita 
Xander Mobus as Kazumo (eps 10, 12) 

Rachel Herrick (uncredited) 
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment 
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America) 
Internet Streaming: Netflix (English Speaking Countries) 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks 
Production: Sentai Studios 
French staff
French cast
Jennifer Fauveau as Sayaka Ogata 
Nicolas Dussaut as Gai Ogata 
Thibaut Lacour as Seiya Ichijo 

Audrey Sourdive as Aronys 
Benjamin Bollen as Marcus 
Benoit Du Pac as Takuma Miura 
Bernard Métraux as Amon Ogata 
Camille Gondard as Wakaba 
Charles Germain as Takashi 
Cindy Okay as Mina Hiraya 
Claire Baradat as Kyoka Kagami 
Dominique Vallee as Kei 
Emilie Marié as Midoriko 
Gilbert Levy as Kigetsu 
Guillaume Orsat as Grimms 
Michel Voletti as Kazuma Matoba 
Olivier Martret as Naoki Miki 
Simon Koukissa as Shin Matoba 
Stéphane Marais as Issei Ariga 
Stéphane Roux-Weiss as Tatsumi 

Alice Suquet as Mère de Marcus 
Arnaud Arbessier as Kazumo 
Camille Gondard as Kiyomi 
Cindy Okay as Aya Takagi 
Emmanuel Gradi as Capitaine des voleurs 
Guillaume Orsat as Dieu de la mort 
Guy Chapelier as Professeur 
Laure Filiu as Himiko 
Richard Leroussel as Commissaire-Priseur 
Romain Altché as Billy 
Stéphane Marais as Kurata 

French companies
ADR Production: VSI Group (France) 
ADR Studio: VSI Paris 
Internet Streaming: Netflix (France) 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Hugo Nuñez (Latin American dub) 
Jorge Saudinós (Spain dub) 
Translation:
Alessandra Moura (Spain dub) 
Dai Hayase (Latin American dub) 

Subtitle Translation: Carolina García (Netflix; Spain) 
Fernanda Martinez as Sayaka Ogata (Latin American dub) 
Francisco Klee as Seiya Ichijo (Latin American dub) 
Gabriel Juárez as Gai Ogata (Latin American dub) 
Irene Rivas as Sayaka Ogata (Spain dub) 
Jorge Saudinós as Gai (Spain dub) 
Juan Antonio Soler as Seiya Ichijo (Spain dub) 

Alberto Bernal as Marcus Lythos (Latin American dub) 
Alejandra Delint as Aronys (Latin American dub) 
Alejandro Cerón as Hakim (Latin American dub) 
Alex Saudinós as Marcus Lithos (Spain dub) 
Alicia Barragán as Kyouka Kagami (Latin American dub; 2nd voice) 
Alonso Gallardo as Shin Matoba (Latin American dub) 
Ana Lobo as Kiyomi (Latin American dub) 
Ana Valeiras as Kei (Spain dub) 
Angel Amorós as Kigetsu (Spain dub) 
Antonio Esquivias as Kazuma Matoba (Spain dub) 
Carlos Larios as Shin Matoba (Spain dub) 
César Beltrán as Grimms (Latin American dub) 
Claudia Caneda as Midoriko (Spain dub) 
Gemma Martín as Arnys (Spain dub) 
Georgina Leal as Yasuko Tanaka (Latin American dub) 
Hugo Nuñez as Naoki Miki (Latin American dub) 
Iñaki Crespo as Takuma Miura (Spain dub) 
Jaime Vega as Kigetsu (Latin American dub) 
Jorge Sánchez as Issei Ariga (Latin American dub) 
Jorge Santos as Kazuma Matoba (Latin American dub) 
Karla Vega as Kyouka Kagami (Latin American dub; 1st voice) 
Luis Manuel Martín Díaz as Naoki Miki (Spain dub) 
Miguel Ángel Del Hoyo as Grimms (Spain dub) 
Miguel Ángel Pérez as Tatsumi (Spain dub) 
Oscar Castellanos as Hakim (Spain dub) 
Rafael Torres as Amon Ogata (Spain dub) 
Ruben Leon as Amon Ogata (Latin American dub) 
Sandra Jara as Kyoka Kagami (Spain dub) 
Tommy Rojas as Takuma Miura (Latin American dub) 
Víctor Ruiz as Tatsumi (Latin American dub) 
Wendy Malvárez as Midoriko (Latin American dub) 
Yolanda Pérez Segoviano as Yasuko Tanaka (Spain dub) 
Yolanda Vidal as Kei (Latin American dub) 

Alejandro Ortega as Kazumo (Latin American dub) 
Alvaro Navarro as Takashi (Spain dub) 
Ana Monleón as Sayaka's Friend A (Spain dub) 
Ana Viñuela as Gai Ogata (Spain dub; child) 
Bruno Coronel as Dragon Shogun (Latin American dub) 
Carlos López Benedí as Yoshiki (Spain dub) 
Coral Balas as Himiko (Spain dub) 
Cristina Yuste as Erika Saeki (Spain dub) 
Dafnis Fernández as Escavator chief (Latin American dub; ep 1) 
Eduardo Bosch as Kazumo (Spain dub) 
Fernando Simón as Captain (Spain dub) 
Gabriela Gris as Himiko (Latin American dub) 
Gonzalo del Barrio as Sam (Spain dub) 
Gustavo Cantolla as Tamotsu (Spain dub) 
Jesús Rodríguez as President (Spain dub) 
José Carabias as Ogawa (Spain dub) 
José Núñez as Face C (Spain dub) 
Juan Rueda as Face A (Spain dub) 
Laura Barriga as Sayori (Spain dub) 
Laura Pastor as Shoko (Spain dub) 
Luis Fernando Ríos as Tokumitsu (Spain dub) 
Nacho Rodríguez as Souin (Latin American dub) 
Olga Velasco as Kiyomi (Spain dub) 
Paco Gisbert as
Face B (Spain dub) 
Priest (Spain dub) 
Pilar Martín as Mina Hiraya/Aya Takagi (Spain dub) 
Raúl Rojo as Billy (Spain dub) 
Roberto Encinas as Kunai (Spain dub) 
Rodrigo Carralero as Takashi (Latin American dub) 
Rosalinda Marquez as Wakaba (Latin American dub) 
Sonia Latorre as Sayaka's Friend B (Spain dub) 
Tania Ugía as Rie Matoba (Spain dub) 
Violeta Arroyo as Sayaka's Friend C (Spain dub) 
Yedir Silva as Erika Saeki (Latin American dub) 

Ana Monleón (Spain dub) 
Fernando Hernández (Spain dub) 
Fernando Simón (Spain dub) 
Jorge García Insúa (Spain dub) 
Laura Ruiz (Spain dub) 
Rafael Azcárraga (Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
ADR Production: VSI Group (Latin America and Spain) 
Dubbing:
Candiani Studios (as Audiomaster Candiani) 
Sonygraf (Spain dub) 
Internet Streaming: Netflix 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Latin America and Spain) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Claudio Beccari 

Dialogues: Claudio Beccari 
Alessandro Zurla as Seiya Ichijou 
Elena Gianni as Sayaka Ogata 
Simone Lupinacci as Gai Ogata 

Deborah Morese as Kyouka Kagami 
Jacopo Calatroni as Marcus Lithos 
Pietro Ubaldi as Grimms 
Ruggero Andreozzi as Takuma Miura 

Davide Fumagalli as Ariga 
Francesca Bielli as Midoriko 
Gea Riva as Aronisu 
Mattia Bressan as Miki Naoki 
Raffaele Farina as Amon Ogata 
Simona Biasetti as Yasuko Tanaka 
Italian companies
ADR Production: VSI Group (Italy) 
Dubbing: ADC group 
Executive Production: VSI Rome 
Internet Streaming:
Netflix (Italy)  
Sound: ADC group 
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Daniel Faltin 
Script: Daniel Faltin 

Casting: Frank Steinmetz 
Subtitling: Tanja Mushenko 
Amelie Plaas-Link as Sayaka Ogata 
Christopher Kohn as Gai Ogata 
Ricardo Richter as Seiya Ichijou 

Amadeus Strobl as Tatsumi 
Arne Stephan as Issei Ariga 
Christin Marquitan as Yasuko Tanaka 
Christoph Drobig as Takuma Miura 
Daniela Molina as Mina Hiraya 
Dirc Simpson as Grimms 
Florian Hoffmann as Hakim 
Inken Baxmeier as Kyouka Kagami 
Jan Spitzer as Kigetsu 
Lisa Mitsching as Midoriko 
Lydia Morgenstern as Kiyomi 
Marcel Mann as Marcus Lithos 
Sebastian Fitzner as Shin Matoba 
Sven Brieger as Amon Ogata 
Valentin Stilu as Naoki Miki 
Yeşim Meisheit as Aronys 

Andrea Cleven as Marcus’s Mother (ep 3) 
Andreas Conrad as Dick (ep 8) 
Angelina Geisler as Female Student (eps 2, 10-11) 
Anja Rybiczka as
Gai (young; eps 6, 10) 
Marcus’s Sister (ep 3) 
Anna Gamburg as Wakaba (ep 1) 
Artur Weimann as Young Man (ep 10) 
Heiko Akrap as
Oogawa (eps 3-4) 
Tamotsu (ep 1) 
Jan Single as Toshio Tanabe (ep 3) 
Jenny Maria Meyer as Female Student (eps 2, 10) 
Josephine Schmidt as
Erika Saeki (ep 3) 
Himiko (ep 12) 
Julian Mau as Gamer (ep 7) 
Julian Rehrl as Dragon Smith (ep 6) 
Klaus Lochthove as Auctioneer (ep 2) 
Marc Bluhm as Billy (ep 8) 
Marco Rosenberg as
Heita (ep 5) 
Takashi (ep 1) 
Martin Schubach as Okashira (ep 1) 
Matthias Klages as Professor (ep 8) 
Peter Sura as
Marcus’s Father (ep 3) 
Souin (ep 6) 
Toudou (ep 1) 
Rainer Doering as
Kazuma Matoba (ep 5) 
Shuntarou Sekiya (ep 9) 
Roman Kretschmer as Shinohara (ep 10) 
Tim Moeseritz as Tokumitsu (eps 10, 12) 
Uwe Büschken as Priest (ep 3) 

German companies
ADR Production: VSI Group (Germany) 
Dubbing: VSI Berlin 
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Germany) 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director: Ursula Bezerra 
Translation: Marcelo Del Greco 
Executive producer: Débora Iyda Arima 
Producer: Valvênio Martins (Vox Mundi) 

Adaptation: Johnny Manfredi 
Casting Coordination: Orlando Viggiani 
Executive Director: Valvênio Martins 
Re-Recording Mixing:
Alexandre Calvanese (eps 7, 10-11) 
Flávio Tébi (eps 1-6, 8-9) 
Subtitling: Ricardo Vieira 
Alfredo Rollo as Seiya Ichijo 
Samira Fernandes as Sayaka 
Yuri Chesman as Gai 

Bruna Matta as Mina Hiraya 
Carlos Silveira as Kigetsu 
Cecília Lemes as Aronys 
Felipe Grinnan as Issei Ariga 
Fernanda Bullara as Midoriko 
Leonardo Camilo as Kazuma Matoba 
Letícia Quinto as Kyoka Kagami 
Lúcia Helena as Kei 
Luiz Antônio Lobue as Amon Ogata 
Marcelo Campos as Miki 
Márcia Regina as Kiyomi 
Marco Antonio Abreu as Grimms 
Ricardo Sawaya as Tatsumi 
Robson Kumode as Marcus 
Rodrigo Andreatto as Shin Matoba 
Rosa Maria Baroli as Yasuko Tanaka 
Sérgio Corsetti as Hakim 
Sílvio Giraldi as Miura 

Carlos Campanile as Professor (ep 8) 
Cássia Bisceglia as Ishikawa (ep 7) 
Cecília Lemes as Marcus's fake mother (ep 3) 
César Emílio as
Master Face C (ep 11 only) 
Priest (ep 3) 
Clarice Espíndola as Kei (young) 
Diego Marques as Billy 
Fábio de Castro as Flamberge (Sword) 
Fadu Costha as Master Face B 
Felipe Zilse as Nomura (ep 11) 
Francisco Junior as
Navigator (ep 8) 
Souin (ep 6) 
Gileno Santoro as Tokumitsu 
Ivo Roberto as Gellon's Hammer (ep 8) 
Leonardo Camilo as Marcus's fake father (ep 3) 
Leonardo José as
Azoth 
Master Face A 
Luciana Baroli as Himiko (ep 12) 
Maira Paris as Teacher (ep 10) 
Marco Antonio Abreu as Master Face C 
Marco Aurélio Campos as Kurata (ep 10) 
Mauro Ramos as Sekiya (ep 9) 
Michelle Giudice as Kyoka Kagami (child; ep 11) 
Nestor Chiesse as Kazumo (eps 10, 12) 
Renato Márcio as Shinohara (ep 10) 
Rogério César as Head Escavator (ep 1) 
Tatá Guarnieri as Dick (ep 8) 
Tatiane Keplmair as
Aya Takagi 
Erika Saeki 
Wakaba 
Tess Amorim as Marcus's fake sister (ep 3) 
Thiago Longo as Dragon Spirit (ep 6) 
Thiago Zambrano as
Takashi 
Tanabe 
Vagner Fagundes as Heita 
Zeca Rodrigues as
Captain (ep 8) 
Shogun (ep 6) 

Portuguese companies
ADR Production: VSI Group (Brazil) 
ADR Studio: VoxMundi 
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Brazil) 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Brazil and Portugal) 
Production: VoxMundi (in partnership with VSI Group) 

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