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Kemonozume (TV)

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Alternative title:
The Beast Claw 
ケモノヅメ (Japanese) 
케모노즈메 (Korean) 
Genres: action , drama , horror , romance , supernatural 
Themes: monsters 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: A race of cannibal monsters called the Shokujinki exists and it is the job of the Kifuuken, an elite group of beast-hunters, to stop them. Toshihiko Momota, an expert swordsman and son of the Kifuuken organization's leader, unexpectedly falls in love at first sight with a beautiful girl named Yuka. However, the couple's relationship is much more complicated than it seems at first glance, for Yuka is a Shokujinki. 
User Ratings: 427 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 42 votes (sub:41, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 102 votes (sub:93, dub:5, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 120 votes (sub:109, dub:4, ?:2, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 76 votes (sub:71, dub:2, others:3
1 Italian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 36 votes (sub:36)
 So-so: 16 votes (sub:15, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 751 users, rank: #1603 (of 10059)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.522 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.9768, rank: #1807 (of 10234)
Weighted mean: 7.493 (Good+), rank: #1772 (of 10234) (seen all: 7.79 / seen some: 6.27 / won't finish: 3.88)
Bayesian estimate: 7.493 (Good+), rank: #1450 (of 7688)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 13 
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2006-08-05 
2007-01-20 (Ep. 1-3, Italy - Future Film Festival) 
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Auvers Blue" by Katteni Shiyagare 
Ending Theme:
"Suki" by Santara 
Links: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masaaki Yuasa 
Series Composition: Masaaki Yuasa 
Script:
Atsushi Takahashi (ep 3)  (ep 12) 
Hiroshi Shimizu (ep 11) 
Kanji Wakabayashi (ep 10) 
Kenji Nakamura (ep 10) 
Kuboshichi Ogi (eps 4-5, 7-9) 
Masaaki Yuasa (eps 1-2, 6, 8-9)  (ep 13) 
Ryō Ono (ep 6) 
Seishi Minakami (ep 1) 
Storyboard:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (ep 5) 
Atsushi Takahashi (ep 3)  (ep 12) 
Hiroshi Shimizu (ep 11) 
Kanji Wakabayashi (ep 6) 
Kazuya Komai (ep 4) 
Kenji Nakamura (ep 10) 
Masaaki Yuasa (eps 1-2)  (ep 13) 
Osamu Kobayashi (ep 7) 
Sōichi Masui (ep 9) 
Yūichi Tanaka (ep 8) 
Episode Director:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (ep 5) 
Atsushi Takahashi (ep 3)  (ep 12) 
Hiroshi Shimizu (ep 11) 
Hiroyuki Tanaka (ep 4) 
Kanji Wakabayashi (ep 6) 
Kenji Nagasaki (asst.; ep 11) 
Kenji Nakamura (ep 10) 
Masaaki Yuasa (eps 1-2)  (ep 13) 
Masakazu Hashimoto (ep 9) 
Osamu Kobayashi (ep 7) 
Sayo Yamamoto (asst.; ep 11) 
Yūichi Tanaka (ep 8) 
Unit Director: Masaaki Yuasa (OP, ED) 
Music: Kei Wakakusa 
Character Design: Nobutake Ito 
Art Director: Ryō Kōno 
Art:
Hisaharu Iijima (ep 4) 
Ryō Kōno (eps 1-2, 5-11) 
Yūko Sugiyama (eps 3, 5-11) 
Chief Animation Director: Nobutake Ito (eps 5-6) 
Animation Director:
Akira Honma (ep 5) 
Dong Sik Kim (ep 4) 
Eriko Kubokawa (ep 11) 
Eun Young Choi (ep 6) 
Hiroshi Shimizu (ep 11) 
Kayoko Nabeta (ep 9) 
Kōichi Arai (ep 8) 
Michio Mihara (ep 12) 
Nobutake Ito (OP; eps 1-2, 10, 13) 
Nobutoshi Ogura (ep 3) 
Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 4) 
Osamu Kobayashi (ep 7) 
Sound Director: Toshihiko Nakajima 
Director of Photography:
Hiroshi Saitō 
Keisuke Sasagawa 
2nd Key Animation:
Chiyo Hosokawa (ep 9) 
Fumie Shishido (ep 9) 
Kiyomi Yamashita (ep 9) 
Kyōhei Ōyabu (ep 10) 
Motonobu Hori (ep 7) 
Saori Koike (ep 13) 
Sawako Hirabayashi (ep 9) 
Tomohito Matsuhiro (ep 10) 
Yuya Kishi (ep 9) 
Animation Cooperation: Nobutake Ito (ep 3) 
Assistant Director: Atsushi Takahashi 
Audio Supervisor: Masafumi Mima 
Background Art:
Harumi Okamoto (Studio Easter; ep 11) 
Icco Sasai (eps 3, 9, 12)  (eps 3, 9, 12) 
Junichi Higashi (Studio Easter; ep 11) 
Junko Shimizu (Studio Easter; ep 11) 
Katsushi Aoki (ep 9) 
Ryousuke Asakura (ep 4) 
Ryusuke Shiino (ep 8) 
Sachie Endou (Studio Easter; ep 11) 
Seung Hyun Lee (ep 4) 
Takaaki Sugawara (ep 4) 
Takahiro Motoki (ep 4) 
Tomokazu Ishizeki (ep 4) 
Yoshiko Hosoi (2 episodes
eps 1, 2 avant-title
)
 
Yukiko Shimada (Studio Easter; ep 11) 
Yūko Sugiyama (eps 1-2) 
Color Check:
Azusa Sasaki (ep 2) 
Chie Tanimoto (eps 4, 6) 
Hiroyuki Mori (eps 1-7 odd, 10) 
Izumi Sakamoto (eps 4, 6) 
Kanako Hayashi (eps 4, 6) 
Kyōko Ōtake (ep 1) 
Naoko Kodama (ep 8) 
Reiko Nakanishi (ep 11) 
Sayo Motegi (ep 8) 
Takayuki Yokose (ep 9) 
Color design:
Chie Tanimoto (ep 6) 
Kyōko Ōtake 
Naoko Kodama (eps 7-11) 
Satoshi Hashimoto (ep 5) 
Color setting:
Azusa Sasaki (ep 2) 
Chie Tanimoto (ep 6) 
Hiroyuki Mori (eps 3, 5, 7, 10) 
Izumi Sakamoto (ep 4) 
Kaori Nakahira (ep 9) 
Kyōko Ōtake (ep 1) 
Maki Kokubo (ep 11) 
Sayo Motegi (ep 8) 
Composite:
Hiroshi Saitō (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10-11
)
 
Kazumi Yokoo (Asahi Production (1-8,10)) 
Kazuto Furuya (Asahi Production (1-8,10)) 
Keisuke Sasagawa (TRICK BLOCK; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8
)
 
Masaru Takase (MSC; ep 9) 
Natsumi Yajima (Asahi Production (1-8,10)) 
Ryō Iijima (Asahi Production (1-8,10)) 
Ryūji Hirano (MSC; ep 9) 
Taeko Tobita (Asahi Production (1-8,10)) 
Takumi Haneda (Asahi Production (1-8,10)) 
Tomomi Saitō (MSC; ep 9) 
Toshihiro Sasaki (Asahi Production (1-8,10)) 
Yōsuke Motoki (Asahi Production (1-8,10)) 
Yuki Hama (Asahi Production (1-8,10)) 
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya 
Ending Animation: Hiroshi Shimizu (ep 13) 
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Taniguchi (eps 1-6) 
Eun Mi Choi (ep 4) 
Jeong-Hui Kim (DR MOVIE; ep 4) 
Kenichi Shima (eps 1-6) 
Masaki Matsumura (eps 1-6, 12-13) 
Michio Mihara (ep 12) 
Mika Sakai (MSC; ep 9) 
Minami Yoshida (eps 1-6) 
Naoko Ise (MSC; ep 9) 
Ryouko Sekiya (eps 1-6) 
Sayaka Kawai (eps 1-6) 
Terumi Kawabe (MSC; ep 9) 
Tomoko Kikuchi (MSC; ep 9) 
Yuka Koiso (eps 1-6) 
In-Between Check:
Akiko Ohshima (eps 1-6) 
Mika Hinata (ep 9) 
Key Animation:
Ae Ri Park (ep 4) 
Aiko Wakatsuki (ep 1) 
Akira Honma (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 10
)
  (ep 13) 
Akitoshi Yokoyama (eps 5, 10) 
Atsuko Nozaki (ep 13) 
Aya Nakanishi (ep 9) 
Ayumu Kotake (ep 4) 
Chizuru Miyawaki (ep 9) 
Da Hee Im (ep 4) 
Dong Wook Lee (ep 4) 
Dong-Jun Kim (ep 4) 
Eriko Kubokawa (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 8, 11
)
  (ep 13) 
Eun Young Choi (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 8, 10 avant-title
)
 
Gi Nam Kim (ep 4) 
Haruhito Takada (ep 4) 
Hee Kuy Jang (ep 4) 
Hiromi Katō (ep 8) 
Hiroshi Shimizu (ep 11 avant-title, ep 1,11)  (OP) 
Hirotsugu Kawasaki (ep 8) 
Hiroyuki Aoyama (2 episodes
eps 5 avant-title, 11
)
  (OP) 
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 8) 
Hisashi Mori (ep 5) 
Hyo Jung An (ep 6) 
Hyuk Jung Kwon (ep 4) 
Jamie Vickers (eps 3, 8) 
Jin Kyeong Park (ep 6) 
Jong Hyun Kim (ep 4) 
Jun Sekiguchi 
Jung Hoon Kim (ep 4) 
Kanako Maru (ep 11)  (ep 13) 
Kanji Wakabayashi (ep 11) 
Kayoko Nabeta (ep 9) 
Kazuko Shibata (eps 3, 5, 11) 
Kazutaka Ozaki (ep 11) 
Kenichi Kutsuna (ep 8) 
Kenichi Yamaguchi (eps 1-3, 11)  (OP) 
Kenji Nishikawa (ep 2) 
Kil Yong Jang (ep 6) 
Kōichi Arai (2 episodes
eps 3, 8 avant-title
)
  (ep 13) 
Kouji Hisagi (ep 6) 
Kumiko Kawana (eps 8, 11) 
Kwan Gu Kang (ep 6) 
Kyeong Mi Hong (ep 4) 
Machi Ikejima (ep 6) 
Mariko Aikawa (eps 2, 6) 
Masaaki Yuasa (ep 2) 
Masahiko Kubo (ep 13) 
Masahiko Ōuchi (eps 1-2, 4, 6) 
Masahiro Yamanaka (ep 8) 
Masaru Yonezawa (ep 6) 
Meiying Hong (ep 5) 
Michio Mihara (all for ep. 12 ) 
Mikine Kuwabara (ep 1) 
Mitsunori Murata (ep 8) 
Mizuhata-san (ep 5) 
Nobuhiro Masuda (ep 5) 
Nobutake Ito (eps 2, 10, 13) 
Nobutoshi Ogura (ep 9 avant-title, ep 8, 11)  (OP; 2 episodes
eps 3 uncredited, 13
)
 
Osamu Kobayashi (ep 7 solo) 
Pil Kang Kim (ep 3) 
Ryo Inoguchi (ep 11) 
Ryōma Ebata (ep 2) 
Sachiyo Watanabe (ep 3) 
San Kim (ep 4) 
Satoru Utsunomiya (1 episodes
ep 3 avant-title
)
 
Satoshi Tasaki (ep 11) 
Seung Chel You (ep 4) 
Seung Wook Woo (ep 6) 
Shingo Abe (ep 1) 
Sōichirō Matsuda (eps 1-2, 5, 8)  (ep 13) 
Soon Young Seo (ep 4) 
Su Bok Park (ep 4) 
Sung Joo Lee (ep 4) 
Sung Jun Lee (ep 4) 
Tadashi Hiramatsu (ep 11) 
Taiki Imamura (eps 1, 5, 11) 
Takaaki Yamashita (ep 8) 
Takashi Hashimoto (ep 13) 
Takashi Muratani (eps 1, 6) 
Takayuki Hamada (ep 13) 
Tatsuzō Nishida (ep 8) 
Tea Joung Kim (ep 6) 
Yasunori Miyazawa (ep 8)  (ep 13) 
Ye Ja Ko (ep 4) 
Young Ju Park (ep 4) 
Yui Enomoto (eps 4, 6)  (ep 13) 
Yūji Shigekuni (ep 11) 
Yuriko Ishii (ep 9) 
Yūzō Satō (ep 8) 
Literature: Yūichirō Oguro 
Music producer: Hiroaki Sano 
Online Editor:
Mitsuna Fukazawa (Q-Tech) 
Motoki Shirai (Q-Tech) 
Outlining:
Etsuko Kawano (eps 5-11) 
Keiko Ishizuka (eps 6-11) 
Takako Ito 
Photography And Filming: Masaaki Hiraga (Hiraga Square) 
Planning: Masao Maruyama 
Planning Assistant: Yūichirō Oguro 
Production Runner:
Ai Murayama (ep 10) 
Daisuke Dota (ep 11) 
Kenya Endou (ep 9) 
Makoto Awano (asst.; ep 10) 
Rei Tanaka (eps 1-2) 
Ryouhei Takahashi (eps 4, 6) 
Sei Moriwaki (eps 5, 8) 
Yuka Ishii (eps 3, 7, 11) 
Prop Design: Hiroshi Shimizu 
Publicity:
Yuka Nakai (WOWOW) 
Yutaka Endō (WOWOW) 
Recording: Makoto Uchida 
Recording Assistant: Shu Gong Lin (Aoi Studio) 
Scanning:
Jung Eun Lee (ep 4) 
Sun I Choi (ep 4) 
Yun Hee Park (ep 4) 
Setting Production:
Naomi Nakayama 
Yasuhiro Kadowaki (ep 11) 
Sound Effects: Yasunori Ogata (Sound Box) 
Sound Production Manager: Tomoko Nakajima 
Special Effects:
Ayumi Arahata (eps 1-2, 4) 
Kumiko Taniguchi (eps 1-2, 4) 
Toyohiko Sakakibara (ep 3) 
Supervision:
Kazuhiko Takahashi (WOWOW) 
Shuuichi Soumiya (WOWOW) 
Theme Song Composition:
Kyouko Tamura (ED) 
Shouhei Mutou (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Kazutoshi Sunada (ED) 
Kyouko Tamura (ED) 
Shouhei Mutou (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
Katteni Shiyagare (OP) 
Santara (ED) 
Hekiru Shiina as Yuka Kamitsuki 
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Toshihiko Momota 

Daisuke Gōri as Saiji Ohba/Bon 
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Kazuma Momota 
Jun Hazumi as Jyuuzou Momota 
Kenji Utsumi as Kyuutarou Ohba 
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Gakuto Hoobari 
Shino Kakinuma as Rie Kakinoki 

Anri Katsu as Shin Hoozuki (Kazuma's afro lackey) 
Aruno Tahara as Jyuuzou Momota (1980; ep 4) 
Asako Dodo as
Amakami (ep 8) 
Exam student's mother (ep 10) 
Ayumi Fujimura as
Girl (ep 2) 
Shokujinki B (ep 9) 
Chiemi Ishimatsu as Girl (ep 2) 
Fumio Matsuoka as Old man (ep 9) 
Hiroaki Yoshida as
Fuusuke Umegae (ep 7) 
Jyuuzou Momota (1956; ep 4) 
Knife Tsutsuji (Pointy-haired guy) 
Man (ep 1) 
Hiroyuki Oshida as
Cleaner C (ep 3) 
Souichi Umeda (eps 1-2, 5) 
Hisako Kyōda as Old woman (ep 9) 
Jin Hirao as
Cleaner A (eps 1, 3) 
Kifuuken Veteran A (ep 10) 
OB member (ep 5) 
Katsuhiro Harasawa as
Leader (ep 4) 
Man (ep 1) 
Novice (ep 2) 
Young person A (ep 5) 
Katsuhiro Toyokawa as
Kifuuken Veteran B (ep 10) 
Police officer (ep 9) 
Suitsuki (ep 8) 
Keishou Sugimoto as Village Kid C (ep 3) 
Ken Uo as
Cleaner B (eps 1, 3) 
Driver (eps 6, 11) 
Imekura receptionist (ep 5) 
Kyuusaku Kashiwa (eps 7, 10) 
Kyuutarou Ohba (1956; ep 4) 
Kenji Takahashi as Shokujinki A (ep 9) 
Kenji Yoshida as
Jin Kakinoki (1956; ep 4) 
Kenya Sakurai (young)  (eps 1-2, 5, 7-8) 
Kiharu Yamamoto as Child (ep 3) 
Mai Kanno as Young girl (ep 3) 
Masahito Yabe as
Deko (ep 4) 
Kyuuhachi Ichijiku (eps 1-2, 5) 
Mayuko Takahashi as
Gradeschooler B (ep 3) 
Rie Kakinoki (young; ep 7) 
Soapland girl (ep 5) 
Minoru Inaba as Kyuutarou Ohba (1980; ep 4) 
Omi Minami as Himeko (ep 5) 
Rei Sakuma as Harumi Kamitsuki 
Shoko Tsuda as
Imekura Girl (train) (ep 5) 
Old Granny (ep 6) 
Takaya Hashi as Jin Kakinoki (1980; ep 4) 
Takeshi Watabe as Dojo master (ep 4) 
Takuma Suzuki as Leader (ep 11) 
Teppei Akahira as
Ago (ep 4) 
Nawao Sugimura (eps 1, 5, 7-8) 
Novice (ep 2) 
Tomoyuki Shimura as
Susuri (ep 8) 
Tanigawa (ep 6) 
Uran Watanabe as Child (ep 3) 
Youta Hatakeyama as Child (ep 3) 
Youta Yamazaki as Village Kid A (ep 3) 
Yūko Gibu as
Gradeschooler A (ep 3) 
Toshihiko Momota (5 years old; ep 4) 
Yūta Kasuya as
Kifuuken Newbie A (ep 10) 
Young boy (ep 8) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation: Studio Wombat (ep 7) 
Animation Production: Madhouse 
Background Art:
DR Movie (eps 1-3, 5, 9) 
Kusanagi (eps 8, 10) 
Studio Easter (eps 6, 8, 10-11) 
Telecom Animation Film (eps 7-8) 
Broadcaster: WOWOW 
Digital Paint:
DR Movie (eps 1-3, 5-7) 
EASIA (eps 7-8) 
Frontline (eps 2, 5, 8) 
M.S.C (ep 9) 
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 8) 
R.I.C (ep 6) 
Studio Elle (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11
)
 
Studio Flag (eps 1-2) 
Studio Rong (ep 9) 
Triple A (eps 3, 7-8) 
Editing Studio: Q-Tec (Suginami studio) 
In-Between Animation:
Big Bang (ep 7) 
Dōga Kōbō (ep 7) 
DR Movie (eps 1-7, 10-11) 
EASIA (eps 8, 11) 
Frontline (eps 2, 5, 8, 10) 
G&G Direction (ep 7) 
M.S.C (ep 9) 
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 8, 10) 
Oh! Production (ep 1) 
R.I.C (ep 6) 
Studio Cockpit (ep 7) 
Studio Gash (ep 7) 
Studio Wombat (eps 6, 10-11) 
Tamazawa Dōgasha (ep 7) 
Triple A (eps 3, 8) 
Music Production: IMAGINE 
Production Assistance: M.S.C (ep 9) 
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio 
Sound Effects Production: Techno Sound 

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