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Karate Master (TV)

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© Ikki Kajiwara • Jiro Tsunoda/Kodansha • TMS 

 
Alternative title:
A Karate-Crazy Life 
Ichidai the Karate Fool 
Karate Baka Ichidai (Japanese) 
空手バカ一代 (Japanese) 
Genres: action , tournament 
Themes: karate 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Number of episodes: 47 
Episode titles: We have 47
Vintage: 1973-10-03 to 1974-09-25 
Opening Theme:
"Karate baka Ichidai" by Masato Shimon 
Ending Theme:
"Karatedō Otokomichi" (空手道おとこ道) by Terutomo Yamazaki 
"Karatemichi otokomichi" by Terutomo Yamazaki 
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DVD (Region 1)
    Karate Master - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2016-11-08 (from $17.80)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Osamu Dezaki 
Script:
Akinori Matsumoto  (6 episodes
eps 9, 16-17, 30, 37, 47
) 
Atsushi Imura (ep 8) 
Kōei Yoshihara (14 episodes
eps 6-7, 11, 20-21, 26-27, 32-35, 40-41, 44
) 
Mon Shichijō (9 episodes
eps 5, 12, 18, 23-25, 28, 41, 46
) 
Shizuo Komori (6 episodes
eps 13, 19, 27, 31, 36, 42
) 
Takeshi Sako (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 39, 43, 45
) 
Yoshiaki Yoshida (8 episodes
eps 3-4, 10, 14-15, 22, 29, 38
) 
Storyboard:
Eiji Okabe  (eps 46-47) 
Hiroaki Ōmura (8 episodes
eps 6, 8, 16, 21, 23, 27, 35, 39
) 
Hiromi Yamamoto (ep 18) 
Hiroshi Yamamoto (eps 3-4, 13) 
Keiichirō Kimura (eps 26, 33) 
Kōji Toyoda (ep 2) 
Makura Saki  (eps 36, 40, 44) 
Masahiro Sasaki  (5 episodes
eps 11, 22, 30, 41, 43
) 
Mitsuo Koga (ep 19) 
Noboru Ishiguro (5 episodes
eps 9, 15, 17, 24, 34
) 
Osamu Mibu (6 episodes
eps 12, 14, 20, 25, 28-29
) 
Ryōta Igusa (eps 5, 32, 37) 
Sōji Yoshikawa (ep 7) 
Yoshikata Nitta (ep 31) 
Yoshio Kuroda (ep 1) 
Episode Director:
Eiji Okabe  (eps 1-47) 
Osamu Dezaki (eps 1-47) 
Unit Director:
Hideo Takayashiki (eps 38, 42, 45) 
Masahiro Sasaki (ep 10) 
Music: Mitsuru Kotani 
Original creator:
Ikki Kajiwara 
Jirō Tsunoda 
Jōya Kagemaru 
Masutatsu Ōyama 
Art Director: Takamura Mukuo 
Animation Director:
Hiroshi Iino (11 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 24, 31, 34, 36
) 
Kazuhiko Udagawa  (5 episodes
eps 28, 35, 38, 42, 47
) 
Kazuhiro Taga  (5 episodes
eps 27, 32, 37, 41, 45
) 
Keiichirō Kimura (19 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10-14, 16-18, 20, 22-23, 26, 33
) 
Masayoshi Nakashima  (eps 39, 43, 46) 
Mitsuo Shindō (ep 29) 
Takeshi Ōsaka  (5 episodes
eps 29, 36-37, 40, 44
) 
Yoshihiro Sasaki (ep 30) 
Yoshio Kabashima (ep 25) 
Director of Photography:
Hirokata Takahashi 
Tatsumasa Shimizu 
Producer:
Eisuke Ozawa (NET) 
Nobuo Inada 

Animation Supervisor: Daikichirō Kusube 
Assistant Episode Director:
Hideo Takayashiki (eps 36, 40, 44) 
Masahiro Sasaki (eps 2-8 even) 
Norio Kashima (16 episodes
eps 12-18 even, 19-20, 22-34 even, 37, 41, 46
) 
Toshitsugu Mukaitsubo (20 episodes
eps 1-17 odd, 21-35 odd, 39, 43, 47
) 
Background Art:
Hajime Soga (ep 31) 
Kimiko Kusube (ep 31) 
Noboru Tatsuike (ep 31) 
Saburō Hashimoto (ep 31) 
Sachiko Nishino (Mukuo Studio; 43 episodes
eps 2-12, 14-17, 19-30, 32-47
) 
Susumu Nakahashi (Apples; eps 13, 18) 
Tadao Kubota (Mukuo Studio; 43 episodes
eps 2-12, 14-17, 19-30, 32-47
) 
Takashi Watabe (Apples; eps 13, 18) 
Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Apples; eps 13, 18) 
Yoko Mukae (Mukuo Studio; 43 episodes
eps 2-12, 14-17, 19-30, 32-47
) 
Editing: Kazuo Inoue 
In-Between Animation:
Atsushi Ishiguro (eps 20, 29) 
Emiko Akiyama (eps 29, 36-37) 
Fumiko Ōsaka (eps 40, 44) 
Haruo Takahashi (eps 5, 19) 
Hiroshi Nagayama (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11, 16-17, 23, 26, 33
) 
Jun Nakamura (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 17, 26, 33
) 
Kazuo Takemura (4 episodes
eps 27, 32, 41, 45
) 
Keizō Shimizu (ep 29) 
Kimiko Amano (4 episodes
eps 36-37, 40, 44
) 
Koichi Iino (eps 34, 36) 
Kunio Fujishima (eps 40, 44) 
Makoto Inoue (ep 3) 
Masao Takeda (6 episodes
eps 23, 27, 32, 37, 41, 45
) 
Masayoshi Arai (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 16, 19
) 
Miyuki Shindo (eps 20, 29) 
Noboru Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21, 24
) 
Nobukazu Sakukado (eps 42, 47) 
Nobuyuki Fukuchi (eps 42, 47) 
Reiko Kuwahara (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21, 24
) 
Sanae Isshiki (eps 28, 35, 38) 
Satoru Kusuda (5 episodes
eps 28, 35, 38, 42, 47
) 
Shigeharu Honma (eps 5, 19) 
Shigemitsu Koshiba (eps 40, 44) 
Shin Inoue (6 episodes
eps 9, 15, 21, 24, 31, 34
) 
Shōjurō Yamauchi (ep 34) 
Toshiharu Ebe (6 episodes
eps 23, 27, 32, 37, 41, 45
) 
Toshiko Naka (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 17, 26, 33
) 
Yoshitaka Gokami (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11, 16-17, 23, 26, 33
) 
Yukiko Hiramatsu (eps 28, 35, 38) 
Yumiko Takahashi (5 episodes
eps 28, 35, 38, 42, 47
) 
Yutaka Oka (12 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 11, 15-16, 19, 21, 24, 31, 34, 36
) 
Key Animation:
Ashihei Nobi (ep 12) 
Emiko Akiyama (eps 40, 44) 
Isao Utsumi (eps 4, 8) 
Jirō Tsuno (9 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 24, 36
) 
Kakuko Hoshino (eps 35, 42, 47) 
Kazuhiko Udagawa (eps 42, 47) 
Kazuhiro Taga (5 episodes
eps 23, 27, 32, 41, 45
) 
Keiichirō Kimura (9 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 17-18, 22-23, 26, 33
) 
Keizō Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 36-37, 40, 44
) 
Michiko Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 28, 38, 42, 47
) 
Mikio Tsuchiya (ep 35) 
Mitsuo Shindō (eps 12, 20, 29) 
Naoaki Terada (ep 14) 
Noboru Suzuki (eps 31, 34) 
Osamu Kamijō (5 episodes
eps 27, 32, 37, 41, 45
) 
Osamu Shimazaki (ep 14) 
Seiji Yamashita (eps 28, 38) 
Shirō Murata (eps 2, 6) 
Shizuo Goto (9 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 15, 19, 21, 24, 31, 34
) 
Takeo Takakura (eps 2, 7, 16) 
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (eps 1, 6, 11) 
Yukimatsu Itō (eps 29, 40, 44) 
Literature Manager:
Akinori Matsumoto (ep 4) 
Ken'ya Oda (eps 1-3, 5-47) 
Live-Action Photography:
Kazuo Inoue 
Takuma Nishikawa 
Paint:
Eiko Sekine (eps 28-47) 
Kimie Ona (eps 2-27) 
Photography:
Eiji Imai (eps 14-47) 
Hirokata Takahashi (eps 1-47) 
Jun Uemoto (eps 1-13) 
Ken Ooya (eps 2-47) 
Masataka Okamoto (eps 1-47) 
Yasuyoshi Toyonaga (eps 17-47) 
Production Advancement:
Hirohide Sumimoto (4 episodes
eps 3, 11, 13, 15
) 
Hiromi Tamada (ep 2) 
Hitosuji Noji (8 episodes
eps 4, 8-14 even, 18, 22, 26
) 
Jirō Tsuno (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 15, 19, 21
) 
Kazuki Makino (8 episodes
eps 16, 19-20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40
) 
Keizo Fukuda (eps 1, 5-7, 9) 
Kiyoshi Takanezawa (5 episodes
eps 30, 34, 38, 42, 46
) 
Sadaaki Mizushima (ep 44) 
Seiichiro Naruoka (5 episodes
eps 23, 27, 31, 35, 39
) 
Takamasa Ogura (8 episodes
eps 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45
) 
Takashi Anno (eps 43, 47) 
Toru Sakata (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11, 16-17
) 
Yuichiro Yoshioka (ep 12) 
Production Desk:
Tsunemasa Hatano (eps 1-47) 
Yoshio Kato (eps 2-25) 
Recording Director: Susumu Aketagawa 
Theme Song Arrangement: Mitsuru Kotani (OP; ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
Masaaki Hirao (OP) 
Mitsuru Kotani (ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Ikki Kajiwara (OP; ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Masato Shimon (OP; as Daian Len) 
Terutomo Yamazaki (ED) 
Nobuo Tanaka as Ken Asuka 

Akira Kamiya as Shougo Ariake  (eps 6-12, 14-15) 
Gorō Naya as Todd Wakamatsu (eps 18-27) 
Hiroshi Ōtake as Tailor Kojima (9 episodes
eps 8, 10-12, 14-18
) 
Kōichi Kitamura as Katō (6 episodes
eps 5-7, 10, 14-15
) 
Masashi Amenomori as Great Tōgō (eps 27-33) 
Osamu Katō as Jō Igarashi (eps 19-30) 
Osamu Kobayashi as Rikidōzan (eps 29-30) 
Ryūsei Nakao as Takatsu (eps 45-47) 
Takeshi Aono as Kuroki  (eps 45-46) 
Tamio Ōki as Narrator 
Toshirō Ishii as Ichirō Saeki (eps 33-35) 

Akira Kamiya as Susumu Adachi (ep 16) 
Chikao Ōtsuka as
Carlo (ep 28) 
Dr. Kitada (ep 3) 
Kaiser Carl Kraus (eps 41-42) 
Swordsman (ep 12) 
Eiko Masuyama as Bikuya (eps 33-35) 
Eken Mine as Persimmon Seller (ep 1) 
Gorō Naya as
Kuranosuke Takebayashi (eps 10-11) 
Tatsu (eps 1-3) 
Hidekatsu Shibata as Ohara (ep 38) 
Hiroko Maruyama as Mitsuru's Mother (ep 4) 
Ichirō Nagai as Gunzō Handa (ep 38) 
Junko Hori as
Mickey Mitsuru (ep 4) 
Yūichi Nishina (eps 16-19) 
Kazuko Makino as Lady of the Night (ep 1) 
Kazuo Arai as Announcer (eps 5-6) 
Kazuya Tatekabe as
Minion 1 (ep 1) 
Red Scorpion Tom Rice (eps 29-31) 
Redhead Wrestler (ep 20) 
Keiichi Fukuhara as
de Gaulle (ep 41) 
Yang (ep 44) 
Keisuke Yamashita as Dick Lee (ep 26) 
Ken Shiroyama as
Beaumont (ep 40) 
Karno (ep 36) 
Kōichi Kitamura as
Bartender (ep 39) 
Brad Joe Bradshaw (eps 40-42) 
Chizakura Yuri (eps 2-3) 
Elderly Gentleman (ep 27) 
Godfather (ep 28) 
Master Chen (ep 44) 
Monk (ep 47) 
Referee (ep 31) 
Ryūhei Fujimori (ep 18) 
Secretary (ep 38) 
Seoro (ep 36) 
Tom (ep 26) 
Yashichi Nishina (eps 17, 19) 
Kōji Yada as Sema (eps 32-33, 35) 
Mahito Tsujimura as
Chief Upol (ep 37) 
Yahachi Kitō (ep 47) 
Masako Ebisu as Yae Arima (ep 5) 
Masako Nozawa as
Ken Asuka (young; ep 7) 
Mother (ep 2) 
Mrs. Tōgō (ep 27) 
Paul Toshio Okamoto (eps 26-27) 
Receptionist (ep 39) 
Masayuki Katō as Gang Boss (ep 28) 
Michihiro Ikemizu as Henry Arthur (ep 32) 
Osamu Katō as
Black Cobra (eps 33-34) 
Gao (ep 44) 
Hunter (ep 47) 
Marcel (ep 41) 
Nanbu President (eps 2-3) 
Richard Arthur (ep 37) 
Sumo (ep 46) 
Vask (ep 36) 
Reiko Senō as
Akemi (ep 16) 
Yasuko Nishina (eps 16-17, 19) 
Reizō Nomoto as
Bookseller (ep 3) 
Minion 2 (eps 2-3) 
Namba (eps 5-6) 
Rihoko Yoshida as Maya Handa (ep 38) 
Ryūsuke Shiomi as
Superior (ep 1) 
Tony Jack (ep 39) 
Seizō Katō as
Jūzō Arima (ep 5) 
Yeo Lianshan (ep 46) 
Shigeyuki Hosoi as Officer (ep 1) 
Shun Yashiro as Fubuki Kitō (ep 47) 
Shūsei Nakamura as Sanzō Nitta (ep 39) 
Taichirō Hirokawa as Donald Park (eps 22-25) 
Taimei Suzuki as Doctor (ep 15) 
Takeshi Aono as
Morio Nishina (ep 16) 
Referee (ep 32) 
Saitō (ep 36) 
Snyder (eps 22-25) 
Taylor (ep 40) 
Tokoroda (ep 13) 
U.S. G.I. (ep 1) 
Takeshi Watabe as Ivanov Rogowski (eps 42-43) 
Tokiko Fujiwara as Mika (ep 15) 
Toshio Kitayama as Borneo Tiger (ep 4) 
Yoneko Matsukane as Yoshiko Saitō (ep 36) 
Yoshiko Yamamoto as
Katherine (eps 23-25) 
Maid (ep 7) 
Somvan (eps 34-35) 
Yoshito Yasuhara as Segawa (ep 45) 

Chikao Ōtsuka 
Eken Mine  (4 episodes
eps 20-21, 24-25
) 
Gorō Naya 
Hiroko Maruyama  (ep 29) 
Ichirō Murakoshi (ep 8) 
Isao Sakuma (eps 4, 6, 10) 
Jun Hazumi (eps 39, 47) 
Junko Hori 
Kan Tokumaru (ep 9) 
Kaneta Kimotsuki (eps 2, 31) 
Kazuko Makino (ep 22) 
Kazuya Tatekabe 
Keiichi Fukuhara (15 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 13-16, 37, 40, 42-43, 45-47
) 
Keisuke Yamashita (15 episodes
eps 6, 13, 15, 17-18, 22-25, 27, 29-32, 38
) 
Ken Shiroyama (10 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 19, 25, 30, 39, 41, 43, 46
) 
Kimie Nakajima (eps 11, 41) 
Kiyoko Shibata (eps 18, 29) 
Kōichi Kitamura 
Kōji Yada (5 episodes
eps 2, 14, 33, 35, 37
) 
Kunihiko Kitagawa (eps 14, 19, 28) 
Masako Ebisu (ep 12) 
Masako Nozawa  (eps 28, 35) 
Reiko Senō (ep 4) 
Reizō Nomoto 
Rihoko Yoshida (ep 41) 
Ritsuo Sawa (4 episodes
eps 20, 24-25, 41
) 
Rokurō Naya (ep 8) 
Ryūsuke Shiomi 
Sanji Hase (ep 5) 
Shigeyuki Hosoi (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 21
) 
Shin Honda (eps 5-6) 
Shingo Kanemoto (ep 39) 
Shunji Yamada (ep 37) 
Shunsuke Shima (ep 12) 
Teiji Ōmiya (ep 9) 
Yoneko Matsukane (ep 45) 
Yoshihisa Kamo (eps 3, 8) 
Yoshiko Yamamoto 
Yoshito Yasuhara (11 episodes
eps 17, 22-27, 30-31, 35, 42
) 
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Apple (eps 13, 18) 
Mukuo Studio  (44 episodes
eps 1-12, 14-17, 19-30, 32-47
) 
Broadcaster:
Animax (remastered) 
TV Asahi 
In-Between Animation:
Group 7 (ep 4) 
Group Family (ep 20) 
Kagehito Animation Center (6 episodes
eps 8, 10, 12-14, 18
) 
Miyuki Production (6 episodes
eps 22, 25, 30, 39, 43, 46
) 
Key Animation: Miyuki Production (5 episodes
eps 25, 30, 39, 43, 46
) 
Live-Action Cooperation: Kyokushin Kaikan 
Paint:
Easy World Pro (eps 1-30, 32-47) 
Studio Korumi (ep 31) 
Planning: Tokyo Movie 
Production: Tokyo Movie 
Production Cooperation:
A Production 
Tokyo Animation Film 
Tokyo Laboratory 
Recording: Group TAC 
Recording Studio: AVACO Creative Studios 
Sound Effects: Ishida Sound 
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu 
RetroCrush 
Licensed by: Discotek Media 
English cast
(none)

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