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Onimusha (ONA)

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Alternative title:
鬼武者 (Japanese) 
Plot Summary: Set in the early Edo Period, a time when Japan was transitioning towards peace, and warfare was fading into history, an aging Miyamoto Musashi embarks on a covert mission. Armed with the mythical "Oni Gauntlet," Musashi embarks on an epic journey to vanquish the lurking demons. 
User Ratings: 14 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Good: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Decent: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 21 users, rank: #8145 (of 10058)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.357 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8749, rank: #6516 (of 10233)
Weighted mean: 6.359 (Decent+), rank: #6428 (of 10233) (seen all: 6.36)
Bayesian estimate: 6.896 (Good), rank: #3987 (of 7687)
Number of episodes: 8 
Episode titles: We have 8
Vintage: 2023-11-02 
Opening Theme:
"The Loneliest" by Måneskin 
Review:
Onimusha Anime Series Review (Nov 30, 2023)
News: Show:
Return to Shironagasu Island Game's Planned Manga Canceled (Apr 4, 2024)
Onimusha Anime's New Clip Highlights Toshiro Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto (Nov 3, 2023)
Netflix Lists Onimusha, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, My Daemon, Onmyōji Anime in India (Oct 28, 2023)
Onimusha Anime Unveils Trailer, Cast, More Staff, Theme Song, November 2 Netflix Series Debut (Sep 20, 2023)
Takashi Miike Directs Anime of Onimusha Game Series (Sep 25, 2022)
Delight Works Appoints Game Producer Yoshinori Ono as President, COO (Apr 27, 2021)
Street Fighter Game Producer Yoshinori Ono Leaves Capcom This Summer (Aug 9, 2020)
Anime Expo Hosts Capcom's Yoshinori Ono, Nekopara's Sayori, Nekopara TV Anime Premiere (May 25, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 13-19 (Jan 15, 2019)
Japan's Video Game Rankings, December 17-23 (Dec 26, 2018)
Onimusha: Warlords HD Release Previewed in Battle Trailer (Oct 8, 2018)
Onimusha: Warlords Gets HD Release on Switch/PS4/Xbox One/PC (Aug 28, 2018)
Voice Actor Denis Akiyama Passes Away at 66 (Jul 2, 2018)
Capcom Registers Trademarks for Onimusha in Several Countries Outside Japan (Apr 16, 2018)
Anime Expo to Host Mega Man/Mighty No. 9's Keiji Inafune (Jun 17, 2016)
Capcom Producer: Discussions on New Onimusha Game Happening at 'High Levels' (Feb 8, 2016)
Capcom Files 'Onimusha' Trademark in Japan (Dec 1, 2015)
Afro Samurai's Takashi Okazaki Designs Furi PS4 Game (Oct 14, 2015)
Anime Expo to Host Panel by Mega Man's Keiji Inafune, Studio 4°C Founder Eiko Tanaka (Jun 13, 2015)
Anime Expo to Host Megaman Co-Creator Keiji Inafune (May 25, 2014)
Azure Striker Gunvolt Game by Megaman's Keiji Inafune Announced (Mar 9, 2014)
Resident Evil/Onimusha Co-Composer Admits His Music Was Ghostwritten (Feb 5, 2014)
Onimusha Soul Browser Game Ported to PS3 (Jan 7, 2014)
Capcom's 1st Quarter Profits Were Down 37.3% (Jul 31, 2013)
Mega Man Artist's King of Pirates Game Has Anime in the Works (Dec 22, 2012)
Keiji Inafune Reveals He Is Working on PS Vita Title (Mar 7, 2012)
Ragnarok Odyssey PS Vita Action Game Slated for February 2 (Nov 24, 2011)
Udon Gets More Videogame Artbooks, Game-Based Manga (Dec 10, 2007)
ADV Music Releases (Mar 27, 2003)
Not quite clear on Tokyopop Aquisitions (Dec 5, 2001)
Tokyopop Officially Announces Licences (Dec 5, 2001)
ParaCon - 2001 (Oct 19, 2001)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Takashi Miike 
Director: Shin'ya Sugai 
Script: Hideyuki Kurata 
Music: Kōji Endō 
Character Design:
Jung Gi Kim 
Manilyn Toledana (Musashi Miyamoto) 
Executive producer: Kohei Obara (Netflix) 

Animation producer: Tomoyasu Nishimura 
Associate producer:
Motoki Nishio (Capcom) 
Takashi Kitahara (Capcom) 
Character Reference Model: Toshirō Mifune (Musashi Miyamoto) 
Cooperation:
Hiroyuki Kobayashi 
Hitoshi Nagai 
Misako Saka 
Original Work Cooperation: Akihito Kadowaki (Capcom) 
Planning: Toru Kitano (Capcom) 
Stunt Coordination: Keiji Tsujii 
Theme Song Performance: Måneskin 
Akio Ōtsuka as Musashi Miyamoto 

Aya Yamane as Sayo 
Daiki Yamashita as Sahei 
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Kensuke Matsui 
Katsuyuki Konishi as Heikurō 
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kaizen 
Makoto Furukawa as Gensai 
Ryōhei Kimura as Iemon 
Subaru Kimura as Gorō-Maru 
Toshihiko Seki as Kojirō Sasaki 

Arisa Shida as Omiya Yoshioka (ep 5) 
Daiki Hamano as Denshichiro Yoshioka (eps 3-4) 
Gen Sato as Innkeeper's Son (ep 8) 
Hayato Kaneko as
Genma (ep 2) 
Monk General (ep 1) 
Hidenori Takahashi as
Monk (ep 8) 
Seijūrō Yoshioka (eps 3-4) 
Hitomi Honmaru as Genma (ep 2) 
Kei Kurita as Genma (ep 2) 
Kenichi Ogata as Unsho (eps 1, 8) 
Kōsuke Kobayashi as Sayo's Father (ep 6) 
Mai Nakahara as Okyo Yoshioka (ep 5) 
Mai Tōdō as Iemon (young; ep 5) 
Mihoko Nakamichi as Genma (ep 2) 
Naoko Komatsu as Sayo's Mother (ep 6) 
Nina Tamaki as Genma (ep 2) 
Ryōko Shiraishi as Osae Yoshioka (ep 5) 
Seiko Tamura as Female Innkeeper (ep 8) 
Taichi Sugiyama as Monk Soldier (ep 1) 
Takaya Hashi as Onibi (eps 2, 4, 7-8) 
Tasuku Kida as Genma (ep 2) 
Wataru Takagi as Alfred (eps 5-6) 
Yūsuke Hoshino as Monk Soldier (ep 1) 
Yūya Hirose as Matashichiro Yoshioka (eps 3-4) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Asahi Production (eps 5-6) 
LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio (ep 5) 
Shirogumi Inc. (ep 5) 
Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab (eps 5-7) 
Animation Production: Sublimation 
Background Art:
Bamboo (eps 1-8) 
Kinema Citrus (ep 8) 
MAPPA (ep 8) 
CG Animation: Yamatoworks/D.A.C. (ep 8) 
CG Modeling:
Granbeca (eps 1-2, 8) 
Project Studio Q (eps 1, 8) 
Design Supervision: Mifune Productions 
Digital Inspection:
DR Movie (ep 5) 
Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab (eps 5-8) 
Wish (ep 1) 
Effects: Yamatoworks/D.A.C. (ep 8) 
Finish Animation:
Asahi Production (ep 5) 
DR Movie (ep 5) 
Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab (eps 5-8) 
Historical Supervision: Shochiku Studio Co., Ltd. 
In-Between Animation:
Asahi Production (eps 3, 5) 
DR Movie (ep 5) 
OLM Asia (ep 2) 
Studio Colorido (ep 1) 
Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab (eps 5-8) 
Key Animation: Asahi Production (eps 6-7) 
Original Creator: CAPCOM 
Photography: Asahi Production (eps 1-8) 
Planning: Netflix 
Production: Netflix 
Production Cooperation: Yamatoworks/D.A.C. (ep 8) 
Rendering: Yamatoworks/D.A.C. (ep 8) 
English cast
English staff
Dubbing Director: David Walsh 

Adapter:
Ardwight Chamberlain (eps 1, 4, 7-8) 
Steve Kramer (eps 2-3, 5-6) 
Dubbing Casting Lead: Jamie Simone 
Mixing: Ernie Sheesley 
Production Supervision: Rita Majkut 
Alain Mesa as Musashi Miyamoto 

Chris Hackney as Kaizen 
Christopher Swindle as Gorō-Maru 
Greg Chun as Kojirō Sasaki 
Kirk Thornton as Kensuke Matsui 
Kyle McCarley as Gensai 
Matthew Yang King as Heikurō 
Robbie Daymond as Iemon 
Sarah Anne Williams as Sayo 
Yuri Lowenthal as Sahei 

Allegra Clark as
Female Innkeeper (ep 8) 
Okyo 
Omiya 
Osae 
Sayo's Mother (ep 6) 
Chris Hackney as
Sayo's Father (ep 6) 
Yoshioka Denshichiro 
Christopher Swindle as Onibi 
Dave B. Mitchell as
Unsho 
Yoshioka Seijuro 
Fred Tatasciore as Alfred 
Greg Chun as Male Innkeeper (ep 8) 
Kirk Thornton as Monk (ep 8) 
Kyle McCarley as Yoshioka Matashichiro 
English companies
Dubbing Studio: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc. 
Internet Streaming: Netflix 
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Christophe Lemoine 

Adaptation: Samuel Lavie 
Lionel Tua as Musashi Miyamoto 

Alexis Tomassian as Sahei 
Emmanuel Garijo as Iemon 
Lisa Caruso as Sayo 
Mathias Kozlowski as Kaizen 
Pierre Tessier as Goromaru 
Vincent Ropion as Heikurō 

Adrien Larmande as Matashichiro Yoshioka 
Bernard Bollet as Denshichiro Yoshioka 
Emmanuel Curtil as Seijuro Yoshioka 
Serge Faliu as Kensuke Matsuki 
Tom Trouffier as Iemon jeune 

Victor O'Byrne 
Vincent Paillier 
French companies
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Lorenzo De Angelis 

Dialogues: Fabio Elia 
Dubbing Assistant: Enrico Zanon 
Dubbing Engineer:
Jacopo Finamore (eps 1-5) 
Stefano Mascaro (eps 6-8) 
Mixing:
Alessandro Salvatori (eps 4-5, 7-8) 
Alessio Fagrelli (ep 2) 
Fabio Curi (ep 6) 
Mario De Socio (ep 3) 
Matteo Risi (ep 1) 
Fabrizio Pucci as Musashi Miyamoto 

Christian Iansante as Heikurō 
Davide Perino as Iemon 
Edoardo Stoppacciaro as Kaizen 
Emanuele Ruzza as Sahei 
Luigi Ferraro as Gorō-Maru 
Sara Ciocca as Sayo 
Stefano Alessandroni as Kensuke Matsui 

Alessandro Ballico as Denshichiro Yoshioka 
Andrea Carpiceci as Matashichiro Yoshioka 
Andrea Ward as Seijuro Yoshioka 
Antonino Saccone as Onibi 
Carlo Scipioni as Kojiro Sasaki 
Loris Loddi as Alfred 

Barbara Villa 
Chiara Tomarelli 
Emanuele Suarez 
Fabrizio Bucci 
Fausto Tognini 
Giovanna Martinuzzi 
Paolo Macedonio 
Sara Ferranti 
Stefano Billi 
Stefano Oppedisano 
Stefano Santerini 
Ugo De Cesare 
Veronica Benassi 
Italian companies
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers 
Polish staff
Polish cast
Dubbing Director: Mateusz Narloch 

Adaptation: Karolina Sowińska 
Dialogues: Karolina Sowińska 
Editing: Sławomir Karolak 
Project Coordination: Agata Paszkowska 
Recording: Sławomir Karolak 
Synchronization: Sławomir Karolak 
Mateusz Kwiecień as Musashi Miyamoto 

Aleksandra Radwan as Sayo 
Bartosz Wesołowski as Kaizen 
Karol Osentowski as Sahei 
Konrad Darocha as Goromaru 
Maciej Więckowski as Matsuki Kensuke 
Michał Klawiter as Iemon 
Paweł Wojtaszek as Gensai 
Tomasz Olejnik as Heikuro 

Aleksandra Kowalicka as Osae 
Anna Wodzyńska as Omiya 
Dominik Szarwacki as Yoshioka Denshichiro 
Grzegorz Borowski as Sasaki Kojiro 
Jakub Strach as Iemon (young) 
Karol Jankiewicz as Yoshioka Matashichiro 
Magdalena Wojtacha as Okyo 
Michał Podsiadło as Yoshioka Seijuro 
Piotr Tołoczko as Onibi 
Tomasz Jarosz as
Alfred 
Unsho 
Polish companies
Dubbing Studio: Master Film 
Internet Streaming: Netflix 

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