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Intrigue in the Bakumatsu - Irohanihoheto (TV)

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Alternative title:
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto (Japanese) 
幕末機関説 いろはにほへと (Japanese) 
Genres: action , adventure , drama , magic , mystery 
Themes: historical , samurai , swordplay 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: The Shogunate is in its final years, and war is fast approaching. When Yojiro Akizuki, a dark and mysterious mercenary, nears something supernatural with some kind of importance to him, the ornament on the end of his sword hilt waves in its direction, his eyes glow mysteriously, and he is driven to go after it. He comes across a traveling theater group who is out for revenge for the killing of the parents of the group's leader, and whose mysterious playwright likes to secretly help along events of history. Yojiro joins them to lend them his skill against their enemies, while dark conspiracy continues to follow behind him. 
User Ratings: 765 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 67 votes (sub:62, raw:2, dub:1, Eng:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 176 votes (sub:165, dub:9, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 167 votes (sub:141, dub:20, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Good: 174 votes (sub:150, dub:16, ?:1, raw:1, others:6
2 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 75 votes (sub:65, dub:6, raw:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 52 votes (sub:46, dub:6)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:14, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 25 votes (sub:24, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1517 users, rank: #813 (of 10085)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.418 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8386, rank: #2207 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 7.345 (Good+), rank: #2303 (of 10238) (seen all: 7.49 / seen some: 7.35 / won't finish: 5.02)
Bayesian estimate: 7.347 (Good+), rank: #2014 (of 7689)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 26 
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2006-10-06 to 2007-04-06 
Release dates: We have 9
Opening Theme:
"Kōya Ruten" (荒野流転) by FictionJunction YUUKA 
Ending Theme:
"Ai no Tsurugi" (愛の剣) by TAKAKO & THE CRAZY BOYS 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director:
Ryōsuke Takahashi 
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi 
Series Director: Ryōsuke Takahashi 
Screenplay:
Junichi Miyashita  (20 episodes
eps 1-14, 19-20, 22, 24-26
) 
Shin Yoshida (eps 15, 21) 
Yasuyuki Suzuki (eps 16-18, 23) 
Storyboard:
Atsushi Shigeta (eps 3, 22) 
Hirotaka Endo (ep 21) 
Iwao Teraoka (OP,2,5,6,12,13,16,17,19,23,25) 
Kazu Yokota (ep 14) 
Kou Matsuo (eps 9-10) 
Masayuki Miyaji (eps 7-8, 11) 
Satoshi Kuwabara (4 episodes
eps 15, 18, 20, 24
) 
Tatsuya Suzuki (ep 4) 
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi (eps 1-2, 26) 
Episode Director:
Akira Yoshimura (4 episodes
eps 2, 5, 12, 19
) 
Hirotaka Endo (4 episodes
eps 8, 15, 21, 25
) 
Iwao Teraoka (ep 6) 
Kazu Yokota (eps 1, 14) 
Masaki Kitamura (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 18, 24
) 
Masato Miyoshi (eps 3, 23) 
Naotaka Hayashi (eps 9, 17) 
Shin'ichi Masaki (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 16, 22
) 
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi (ep 26) 
Yukio Iwata (eps 13, 20) 
Unit Director: Hirotaka Endo (OP) 
Music: Hideyuki Fukasawa 
Original creator:
Hajime Yatate 
Ryōsuke Takahashi 
Character Design: Yūsuke Kozaki 
Art Director:
Emi Suzuki 
Jirō Kōno 
Animation Director:
Atsushi Okuda (4 episodes
eps 2, 13, 20, 25
) 
Atsushi Shigeta (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 17 (asst.), 22
) 
Eiji Abiko (3 episodes
eps 1 asst., 12, 21
) 
Ken Sakuma (ep 11) 
Kenji Fukazawa (ep 6) 
Naoyuki Onda (OP; 4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 19, 26
) 
Shinichi Wada (eps 7, 11, 16) 
Tatsuya Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 4, 5 asst., 14, 23
) 
Tomohiro Takayama (eps 5-6) 
Yuka Takemori (eps 9, 18, 24) 
Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino 
Director of Photography: Tatsuya Nomura 
Producer:
Keiichi Matsumura 
Koji Morimoto 

2nd Key Animation:
Akihide Miya (ep 2) 
Chisato Nakata (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 8-10, 12-15
) 
Kōji Kase (eps 1-2, 4-5, 9) 
Kyōhei Ōyabu (Yuhodo; ep 1) 
Mariko Ito (Seigasha; ep 1) 
Masaki Miyauchi (ep 9) 
Megumi Miyazaki (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 8-10, 12-15
) 
Minoru Watanabe (ep 5) 
Misao Abe (ep 9) 
Takeshi Moriyama (Yuhodo; ep 1)  (ep 21) 
Tomohito Matsuhiro (Yuhodo; ep 1) 
Yōko Iizuka (Seigasha; ep 1) 
Yuusuke Noma (ep 2) 
3D Animation: Kentaro Sasaki (CG Planning) 
Assistant Colour Setting:
Yuka Yamakoshi (13 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-11, 13-15
) 
Yukiko Shigemitsu (eps 1-9, 11-14) 
Background Art:
Fumiko Takahashi (eps 1-15 odd) 
Junichi Higashi (Studio Easter; eps 8, 12, 14) 
Junko Shimizu (Studio Easter; eps 8, 12, 14) 
Masaru Sotoya (eps 1-15 odd) 
Minoru Yasuhara (eps 11, 13, 15) 
Noriko Ooishi (eps 1-15 odd)  (Image Room Jiro; 6 episodes
eps 17-25 odd, 26
) 
Rei Ooyama (eps 1-15 odd) 
Shinji Takasuka (Studio Easter; eps 2, 4, 6, 10) 
Calligraphy Design: Masumi Narita (Fudejiya) 
CG: Saori Kibe 
Color design:
Koji Hamaoka (assistant; ep 10 onwards) 
Takako Suzuki 
Color setting:
Kenji Chiba (Studio Alpha; eps 7, 11) 
Koji Hamaoka (eps 3, 6, 9, 13) 
Mayu Saitō (eps 2, 5, 8, 14) 
Reiko Iwasawa (ep 1) 
Yuka Yamakoshi (eps 4, 12) 
Yukiko Shigemitsu (eps 10, 15) 
Cultural Advisor: Hidehiko Maki 
Digital Paint:
Hye Mi Shin (DR MOVIE; eps 17, 20, 23) 
Ikuko Kitagawa (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Ki Jeong Choi (DR MOVIE; eps 17, 20, 23) 
Megumi Koishikawa (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Mitsuko Kanamori (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Takahiro Mochizuki (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Yuichi Kuboki (ep 2) 
Yūsuke Satō (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Editing: Yukiko Nojiri 
Finishing:
Jung Ah Lim (eps 17, 20, 23) 
Mi Yeon Lee (eps 17, 20, 23) 
HD Online Editing:
Hiroyuki Kasahara (Q-Tech) 
Mitsuna Fukazawa (Q-Tech) 
Illustration: Yūsuke Kozaki (eyecatch, ED from ep 3) 
In-Between Animation:
Fuminori Tsukida (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Hiroshi Hariki (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Kanako Oikawa (ep 13) 
Keiko Abu (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8, 14
)  (ep 19) 
Keiko Oyama (eps 12-13) 
Keiko Watanabe (8 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8, 10, 12-14
) 
Masahito Wada (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Miyuki Aoki (ep 14) 
Setsuko Takenouchi (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 8, 10, 12-14
) 
Youhei Araki (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Yuutarou Muramatsu (eps 6, 9, 12) 
In-Between Check:
Keiko Oyama (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14
) 
Kōji Kase (4 episodes
eps 2, 4, 13, 15
) 
Yūsuke Satō (eps 6, 9, 12) 
Insert Song (Namida) Ep19: Chiaki Ishikawa 
Key Animation:
Akihide Miya (eps 8, 14) 
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production; ep 14) 
Atsushi Okuda (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 10, 13
) 
Atsushi Shigeta (OP; 4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 13, 15
) 
Chiyuki Tanaka (ep 1) 
Dai Imaoka (ep 13) 
Eiji Abiko (OP; eps 1-2, 5, 12) 
Eiji Komatsu (eps 2, 5, 14) 
Eri Yuzuki (Studio Mark; eps 10, 15) 
Erika Uchiyama (Studio Mark; ep 15) 
Fujio Inose (4 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 14
) 
Hiromi Muranaka (Studio Mu; ep 13) 
Hiromu Matsumoto (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 10, 13
) 
Hironori Sawada (eps 2, 14) 
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (Studio Gimlet; ep 15) 
Hitoshi Ueda (ep 2) 
Iwao Teraoka (OP; AD Cosmo; eps 6, 9, 12) 
Jun Mori (Studio Mark; ep 15) 
Kayo Daibou (ep 3) 
Kazuhiko Shibuya (eps 7, 11) 
Kazuki Ito (eps 10, 13) 
Kazunori Higuchi (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 10, 13, 15
) 
Keiko Ichihara (Studio Mu; eps 4, 9, 14) 
Keisuke Nitano (Studio Wanpac; eps 8, 12) 
Ken Sakuma (eps 7, 11) 
Kenichi Nagai (ep 2) 
Kenji Fukazawa (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6, 9, 12) 
Kenta Taniguchi (Studio Wanpac; ep 8) 
Kiyomi Komatsubara (eps 8, 14) 
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 14) 
Kōji Kase (4 episodes
eps 8, 10, 14-15
) 
Koji Maruoka (Studio Wanpac; ep 12) 
Koji Nagatomi (ep 3) 
Makoto Oda (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6) 
Mami Tezuka (Studio Kuma; 6 episodes
eps 4-5, 8-9, 12, 15
) 
Marie Tagashira (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 12, 15
) 
Masaaki Yamano (eps 13-14) 
Masaki Nakaya (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15
) 
Masako Kawai (Studio Kuma; 6 episodes
eps 4-5, 8-9, 12, 15
) 
Masaru Yonezawa (ep 13) 
Masayuki Ozaki (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 10, 15
) 
Misao Abe (eps 1, 4-5, 10) 
Naoki Aisaka (ep 1) 
Naoko Hayashi (Studio Wanpac; ep 8) 
Naoko Igarashi (Studio Kuma; ep 13) 
Naotaka Hayashi (ep 9) 
Nobuaki Yoshida (ep 2) 
Nobunori Niwa (Studio Kuma; ep 9) 
Rika Katō (Studio Gimlet; eps 8, 14) 
Rika Sugano (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6, 9, 12) 
Saho Saito (ep 14) 
Sayaka Koiso (ep 2) 
Se Jun Kim (eps 2, 5) 
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 10, 14) 
Shingo Abe (ep 2) 
Shinichi Wada (eps 7, 11) 
Shinji Nagata (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 15) 
Shinya Kameyama (eps 10, 15) 
Shirō Tamaki (Studio Kuma; eps 4, 8-9, 12) 
Shōichi Funaki (Studio Mark; ep 15) 
Shou Matsui (OP; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 13, 15
) 
Somsak Mahamongkol (Studio Kuma; eps 9, 13) 
Susumu Matsunaga (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6) 
Tadashi Matsuzaki (eps 13, 15) 
Takashi Nishikawa (Studio Wanpac; ep 12) 
Takuya Suzuki (OP; ep 8) 
Tamotsu Tanaka (eps 3-4) 
Tatsunori Sakamoto (Studio Wanpac; eps 8, 12) 
Tatsuo Nakajima (Nakamura Production; ep 15) 
Tatsuya Suzuki (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 10, 12, 14
) 
Tetsurō Yamada (Nakamura Production; ep 15) 
Tetsuya Wakano (Studio Wanpac; ep 12) 
Tomohiro Takayama (eps 1, 5, 12) 
Tomoko Fukunaga (Studio Mu; eps 4, 8, 14) 
Tomoyuki Fujii (eps 2, 5) 
Tomoyuki Ōshita (Studio Gimlet; eps 10, 13) 
Tomoyuki Tajima (Nakamura Production; ep 15) 
Toshihiko Fukano (Anime Torotoro; eps 1-2, 5) 
Toshihiro Nakajima (OP; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 13, 15
) 
Toshinori Watanabe (Studio Mark; ep 15) 
Toshio Mori (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 10, 13
) 
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (7 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 8, 10, 13-14
) 
Tsukasa Sakurai (Studio Kuma; ep 4) 
Tsutomu Nishiyama (Anime Torotoro; eps 1-2, 5) 
Yasuko Chiba (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6, 9, 12) 
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP) 
Yoshiaki Katayama (Studio Wanpac; ep 12) 
Yoshikazu Samura (ep 5) 
Yoshitaka Sato (ep 8) 
Yoshiyuki Takayanagi (AD Cosmo; ep 3) 
You Satou (Studio Mark; eps 10, 15) 
Yuka Takemori (AD Cosmo; eps 3, 6, 9, 12) 
Yuki Chika (eps 1-2, 8, 10) 
Yukio Iwata (OP, 10) 
Yukiyo Komito (ep 14) 
Yūko Danki (Studio Mu; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 8, 14
) 
Yumi Nakayama (ep 10) 
Yuuko Mukai (Studio Wanpac; ep 12) 
Yuusuke Noma (eps 8, 14) 
Main Title: Eiichi Hagiwara (bigbody) 
Music producer:
Keiichi Nozaki 
Noboru Mano 
Planning:
Kazumi Kawashiro 
Kenji Uchida 
Planning Manager: Shunsuke Ikuchi 
Production manager: Takayuki Nagatani (Bandai Visual) 
Programming Manager:
Keisuke Gotou (USEN) 
Takanori Ajiki (Bandai Channel) 
Takeshi Matsumoto (USEN) 
Prop Design:
Takayuki Yanase 
Yoshinori Iwanaga 
Recording Adjustment: Norio Nishizawa 
Recording Assistant: Yoshie Somazawa 
Setting Production: Atsuhiko Sekiguchi 
Shamisen Performance: Hiromitsu Kineya (ep 15) 
Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kageyama (Fizz Sound Creation) 
Sound Effects Production:
Chizuko Maruyama (Clues) 
Yōko Satō (Clues) 
Special Effects: Mutsuko Shibata 
Theme Song Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura (OP) 
Theme Song Composition:
Takako Shirai (ED) 
Yuki Kajiura (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Takako Shirai (ED) 
Yuki Kajiura (OP) 
Theme Song Performance: FictionJunction YUUKA (OP) 
Daisuke Namikawa as Yojiro Akizuki 

Etsuko Kozakura as Benimaru 
Junichi Suwabe as Kozo Shiranui 
Kazuhiko Inoue as Sotetsu Ibaragi 
Kazuhiro Nakata as Takeaki Enomoto (eps 11-26) 
Kenji Nomura as Kakashi no Keishin 
Kōsuke Toriumi as Sakyonosuke Kanna 
Masahito Yabe as Ebisu no Zukin 
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Toshizou Hijikata (eps 16-26) 
Rina Satō as Kakunojo Yuyama 
Shouto Kashii as Kaishu Katsu 
Takashi Nagasako as Zagashira 
Tetsuo Komura as Jube Nakaiya 
Yuki Matsuoka as Kobako 

Akiko Kimura as Sister (ep 16) 
Chie Horikoshi as
Customer (ep 4) 
Prostitute 1 (ep 3) 
Dai Matsumoto as
Bishop (ep 23) 
Shinzaemon Tatewaki (Akizuki's teacher) 
Subordinate (ep 24) 
Fuminori Morisada as
Child Soldier 3 (ep 16) 
Customer 1 (ep 23) 
Soldier (ep 19)  (ep 25) 
Souma Chief Accountant (4 episodes
eps 17, 20-21, 24
) 
Hiroaki Ishikawa as Hikaru Hachisuka (eps 5-6) 
Hironori Miyata as Traveling Trader (ep 15) 
Hiroomi Sugino as
Champion's Head (eps 25-26) 
Genba Hario 
Takamori Saigo 
Hiroshi Iida as
Soldier (ep 17) 
Soldier 1 (ep 18) 
Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Masujirou Oomura (eps 9-10) 
Hiroshi Naka as Ikunosuke Arai (ep 21) 
Hiroshi Shirokuma as
Assassin (ep 12) 
Customer 2 (ep 15) 
Freelance Soldier 2 (eps 19, 22, 24) 
Master (ep 2) 
Potter (ep 7) 
Samurai 1 (ep 1) 
Soldier (ep 10) 
Soldier 2 (ep 16)  (ep 9) 
Subordinate (ep 25) 
Tengu Party 3 (eps 5-6) 
Hisafumi Oda as
Child Soldier 1 (ep 16) 
Nakagoro Togo (ep 21) 
Hisayo Yanai as
Geisha 3 (ep 15) 
Nurse (ep 20) 
Hitoshi Bifu as Knight (eps 14-26) 
Junichi Sugawara as Domain Chief Position 3 (ep 17) 
Junko Hagimori as Geisha 2 (ep 15) 
Junya Kudo as Soldier 3 (ep 16) 
Kanako Tateno as
Customer (ep 22) 
Customer 2 (ep 23) 
Daughter 1 (ep 11) 
Katsuya Shiga as Liu Huoyuan (eps 5-6) 
Kenichi Mochizuki as
Samurai 1 (ep 8) 
Soldier 2 (ep 18) 
Kenji Nomura as Kai Shimada (eps 17, 20) 
Kimiko Saitō as
Landlady (ep 15) 
Maid (ep 19) 
Spy-talker (ep 5) 
Kōichi Yamadera as Ryouma Sakamoto 
Kōji Tobe as Tengu Party 1 (eps 5-6) 
Kōsei Yagi as Koma no Shouten-sama (High Priest of Koma) 
Kōsuke Takaguchi as
Samurai 2 (ep 8) 
Soldier 3 (ep 18) 
Soldier 4 (ep 16) 
Team Member 2 (ep 13) 
Makiko Ōmoto as Sounosuke Gotou (ep 16) 
Masafumi Kimura as
Domain Chief Position 1 (ep 17) 
Freelance Soldier 1 (eps 19, 22, 24) 
Husband (ep 20) 
Masaharu Tahara as
Old Man 2 (eps 25-26) 
Taro Matsudaira (eps 21-22) 
Masahiro Ogata as Karasumaru Kurota (eps 5-6) 
Masahito Yabe as Rook (eps 14-18) 
Masako Katsuki as Mitsu (ep 20) 
Masako Ōkōchi as Daughter 2 (ep 11) 
Masane Tsukayama as Narration 
Masashi Hirose as
Jules Brunet (eps 12-26) 
Old man 3 (ep 26) 
Masataka Sawada as
Concentric (ep 4) 
Crew (ep 14) 
Fujiko (ep 9) 
Fujiyoshi (ep 12) 
Phantom Soldier (ep 15) 
Samurai 3 (ep 8) 
Soldier 1 (ep 16) 
Masato Amada as
Captain (ep 6) 
Kyuunosuke Masumitsu  (eps 1, 5) 
Masato Funaki as
Captain (ep 16) 
Customer (ep 19) 
General (ep 20) 
Soldier 2 (ep 23) 
Soldier 4 (ep 18) 
Team Member 1 (ep 13) 
Masato Hirano as Domain Chief Position 2 (ep 17) 
Masaya Takatsuka as Yoda (eps 19, 22, 24) 
Maya Okamoto as Okoma (Geisha 1; ep 15)  (ep 25) 
Mic Bond as Foreigner (ep 1) 
Mie Sonozaki as Kotoha 
Minoru Hirano as Keisuke Ohtori (eps 21-22, 25) 
Minoru Inaba as Ryosuke Kuroda (eps 21, 24-25) 
Mitsuhiro Ichiki as
Child Soldier 2 (ep 16) 
Soldier 1 (ep 9) 
Moriya Endou as Ryouun Takamatsu (eps 19-20) 
Naoki Bandō as
Hata Meifuu (eps 5-8) 
Old Man 1 (eps 25-26) 
Tatsugorou Shinmon (eps 6, 9-14) 
Naoki Makishima as
Mita (eps 17-18) 
Samurai 2 (eps 1-2) 
Tengu Party 2 (eps 5-6) 
Naomi Shindoh as Tetsunosuke Ichimura (eps 19-26) 
Osamu Sakuta as
Hanjirou Nakamura (eps 7-8) 
Soldier 2 (ep 20) 
Rei Dan as Oryou (eps 9-10) 
Satoru Tsugawa as Patient (ep 20) 
Shinpachi Tsuji as Priest Saien (eps 17-18) 
Takahiro Yoshimizu as Onodera (ep 18) 
Takayuki Fujimoto as Team Member (ep 11) 
Takeharu Ōnishi as Tsuginosuke Kawai  (eps 1-2) 
Takuma Takewaka as Souji Okita (eps 9-10) 
Tarō Yamaguchi as
Gengo Koga (ep 21) 
Soldier 1 (ep 20) 
Tomo Shigematsu as Prostitute 2 (ep 3) 
Tomohisa Asō as
Auctioneer (ep 1) 
Customer 1 (ep 15) 
Magozou Saiga (eps 3-4) 
Samurai 1 (ep 2) 
Tomoko Kawakami as Queen (eps 14-26) 
Tomomichi Nishimura as Harry Smith Parkes 
Tōru Ōkawa as
Tesshuu Yamaoka 
Thomas Blake Glover 
Toshihide Tsuchiya as
Kenzo Tamoto (ep 24) 
Yanagawa Kumakichi (eps 22, 25-26) 
Yoshinori Sonobe as
Rider (ep 11) 
Soldier 1 (ep 23) 
Yuki Matsuoka as Younger Sister (ep 15) 
Yuuri Sawaya as Riku (ep 19)  (ep 20) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A I (ep 11) 
AD Cosmo (eps 2, 13)  (eps 18, 21, 24) 
Buyuu (ep 9) 
Dōga Kōbō (ep 13) 
DR Movie (ep 19) 
Nakamura Production (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8-10, 13, 15
)  (ep 19) 
R.I.C (ep 19) 
Seigasha (ep 2)  (ep 25) 
Studio Add (ep 19) 
Studio Kuma (ep 9) 
Studio Wombat (ep 13)  (eps 18-21, 25) 
Yuhodo (eps 9-10)  (eps 18, 24-25) 
Animation Direction:
AD Cosmo 
DR Movie (ep 17) 
Background Art:
Image Room Jiro (eps 1-13 odd) 
Team's Art Productions (eps 2-14 even) 
Broadcaster: GyaO! 
Digital Paint:
AD Cosmo (eps 1-6, 9) 
Buyuu (7 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 8, 10, 13-14
)  (eps 25-26) 
D-COLORS (ep 10) 
DR Movie (ep 15) 
drop (eps 5, 10, 15) 
Eagle Entertainment (eps 7, 11) 
FAI (eps 3, 5) 
Gallop (ep 8) 
Hayashi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 11
) 
NARA Animation (eps 7, 11) 
R.I.C (9 episodes
eps 2-5, 8, 10, 13-15
) 
Studio Elle (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 8, 13-14
) 
Triple A (ep 8) 
Digital Photography:
Anime Film 
w-sky (asst.) 
In-Between Animation:
A I (ep 13) 
AD Cosmo (eps 1-6, 9, 13) 
APPP (eps 4, 14) 
asread (ep 13) 
Buyuu (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 8, 10, 14
) 
Dōga Kōbō (ep 2) 
DR Movie (ep 15) 
drop (eps 5, 10, 15) 
Eagle Entertainment (eps 7, 11) 
FAI (eps 3, 5) 
Hayashi (eps 7, 11) 
Nakamura Production (eps 3, 5, 8, 14) 
NARA Animation (eps 7, 11) 
R.I.C (9 episodes
eps 2-5, 8, 10, 13-15
) 
Studio Add (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 13
) 
Studio Line (ep 4) 
Studio Mu (eps 5, 8, 12-14) 
Studio Takuranke (6 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 12-14
) 
The Answer Studio (eps 3-5) 
Triple A (eps 8, 13) 
Yuhodo (eps 4, 8, 14) 
In-between Check:
AD Cosmo 
DR Movie 
Key Animation:
AD Cosmo (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)  (eps 18, 21, 24) 
Anime Torotoro (eps 1-2) 
DR Movie (5 episodes
eps 20-21, 23, 25-26
) 
Eagle Entertainment (eps 7, 11)  (eps 16, 22) 
Nakamura Production (5 episodes
eps 1, 14-15, 20, 25
) 
NARA Animation (eps 7, 11)  (eps 16, 22) 
Studio Add (ep 18) 
Studio Gimlet (5 episodes
eps 8, 14-15, 19, 24
) 
Studio Kuma (ep 4)  (eps 18-20, 24) 
Studio Mark (eps 15, 20) 
Studio Mu (ep 4)  (5 episodes
eps 2, 19-20, 24-25
) 
Studio Wanpack (ep 12) 
Production:
Bandai Visual 
Sunrise 
Production Assistance:
Studio Gazelle (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 16, 22
)  (eps 16, 22) 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres 
Translation: Kaoru Bertrand 
ADR Script:
Christopher Ayres  (eps 1-26) 
Clint Bickham (eps 14-26) 
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi 
John Ledford 

Audio Engineer:
Brent Marshall  (eps 1-26) 
Jon Duckworth (eps 14-26) 
BD Authoring: David Williams 
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Larry Koteff 
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes 
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams 
Packaging Design:
Kris Saltiel 
Larry Koteff 
Production Assistant:
E.W. Rector, III 
Jessica Williams 
Kayla King 
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud 
Sound Design & Mix: Brent Marshall 
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch 
Houston Hayes as Yojiro Akizuki 

Brett Weaver as Kai Shimada 
Brittney Karbowski as Kabako 
Carl Masterson as Zagashira 
Clint Bickham as Sakyonosuke Kanna 
David Matranga as Kozo Shirauni 
David Wald as Kaishu Katsu 
Emily Neves as Yuyama Kakunojo 
Greg Ayres as Ebisu no Zukin 
Illich Guardiola as Ibaragi Sotetsu 
John Gremillion as Toshizo Hijikata 
John Swasey as Jube Nakaiya 
Kalin Coates as Benimaru 
Mike Yager as Takeaki Enomoto 
Steve Fenley as Kakashi no Keishin 

Andrew Love as Ryoma Sakamoto 
Andy McAvin as
Narration 
Tatsugoro Shinmon 
Bobby Linhart as
Assassin (ep 12) 
Hanjiro Nakamura (ep 7) 
Samurai 1 (ep 2) 
Brett Weaver as
Foreigner 1 (ep 1) 
H.S. Parkes 
Shinzaemon Tatewaki 
Caitlynn French as
Female Entertainer 1 (ep 3) 
Geisha 3 (ep 15) 
Girl 1 (ep 11) 
Queen (4 episodes
eps 14, 17-18, 23
) 
Sister (ep 15) 
Carli Mosier as Kotoha 
Christopher Ayres as
Captain (ep 6) 
Customer 1 (ep 15) 
Gengo Koga (ep 21) 
J. Brunet 
Kenzo Tamoto (ep 24) 
Kyunosuke Masumitsu (eps 5, 7) 
Magozo Saiga 
Masujiro Omura (eps 9-10) 
Mita (ep 18) 
Old Man 1 (eps 25-26) 
Samurai 2 (eps 2, 8) 
Tengu Warrior 3 (eps 5-6) 
Tesshu Yamaoka (ep 1) 
The Head of the Conqueror (eps 25-26) 
Connor Leach as
Rickshaw (ep 11) 
Tetsunosuke Ichimura (4 episodes
eps 19-20, 22, 24
) 
Young Soldier 1 (ep 16) 
David Wald as
Ikunosuke Arai (eps 21-22) 
Tempel Master Kazunao Sainen (eps 17-18) 
Eric Daugherty as
Nakagoro Togo (ep 21) 
Subordinate (ep 24) 
Young Soldier 3 (ep 16) 
Genevieve Simmons as
Customer 2 (ep 23) 
Female Entertainer 2 (ep 3) 
Geisha 2 (ep 15) 
Older Sister (ep 16) 
George Manley as
Bishop (4 episodes
eps 14, 17-18, 23
) 
Genba Hario 
Old Man 3 (eps 25-26) 
Greg Ayres as
Rook (eps 14, 17-18) 
Sonosuke Goto (ep 16) 
John Kaiser as
Knight (4 episodes
eps 14, 17-18, 23
) 
Koma no Shoten-sama 
John Swasey as
Customer 2 (ep 15) 
Customer 3 (ep 23) 
Husband (ep 20) 
Keisuke Otori (eps 21-22, 24) 
Old Man 2 (eps 25-26) 
Jon Duckworth as
Taro Matsudaira (eps 21-22) 
Young Soldier 2 (ep 16) 
Josh Grelle as
Foreigner 2 (ep 1) 
Fujikichi (ep 12) 
Kyunosuke Masumitsu (ep 1) 
Meifu Hata (eps 5-8) 
Samurai 1 (ep 8) 
Tengu Warrior 2 (eps 5-6) 
Kalob Martinez as
Hanjiro Nakamura (ep 8) 
Kurota Karasuma (eps 5-6) 
Ryoun Takamatsu (5 episodes
eps 19-20, 22, 24, 26
) 
Samurai 1 (ep 1) 
Kevin Lusignolo as
Samurai 3 (ep 8) 
Soldier 1 (ep 9) 
Kurt Bauer as
Craftsman (ep 7) 
Customer 1 (ep 23) 
Guytaro (ep 5) 
Old Man 5 (eps 25-26) 
Leraldo Anzaldua as Soji Okita (eps 9-10) 
Luci Christian as
Boy (ep 15) 
Okoma (eps 15, 25) 
Riku (eps 19-20) 
Margaret McDonald as Girl 2 (ep 11) 
Mark X Laskowski as
Auctioneer (ep 1) 
Kaen Ryu (eps 5-6) 
Merchant (ep 15) 
Old Man 4 (eps 25-26) 
Ryosuke Kuroda (eps 21, 24) 
Samurai 2 (ep 1) 
Soldier 1 (ep 23) 
Tesshu Yamaoka (eps 5, 7-8, 10) 
Tsuginosuke Kawai 
Yoda (eps 19, 22, 24) 
Mike Yager as Tengu Warrior 1 (eps 5-6) 
Rob Mungle as
Geasai Hachisuka (eps 5-6) 
Takamori Saigo 
Scotty Fults as
Kumakichi Yanagawa (eps 22, 25-26) 
Onodera (ep 18) 
Soldier 2 (ep 23)  (ep 9) 
T.B. Glover 
Shelley Calene-Black as
Female Inn Manager (ep 15) 
Mitsu (ep 20) 
Tiffany Grant as Oryo (5 episodes
eps 9-10, 14, 17, 20
) 

Brent Marshall 
Drake Marshall 
K.C. Jones 
Kris Saltiel 
English companies
Distributor:
Section23 Films 
Siren Visual (Australia) 
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed) 
The Anime Network 
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks  (Expired) 
Production: Seraphim Digital 

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