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Kurenai (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kure-nai (Japanese) 
紅 (Japanese) 
Genres: action , drama , romance 
Themes: incest , martial arts , school 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: Sixteen-year-old Shinkurō Kurenai is an authority in settling disputes between people, and finds his life turned upside down one day when he is assigned as a bodyguard for Murasaki Kuhōin, the daughter of a powerful plutocratic family. 
User Ratings: 2283 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 190 votes (sub:177, dub:6, raw:2, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 655 votes (sub:619, dub:22, others:14
8 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 839 votes (sub:805, dub:17, raw:5, ?:2, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 380 votes (sub:355, dub:11, raw:4, others:10
3 Polish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 126 votes (sub:120, dub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 42 votes (sub:39, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 20 votes (sub:19, raw:1)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:15, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 3102 users, rank: #350 (of 10083)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.006 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.3434, rank: #600 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 7.931 (Very good), rank: #725 (of 10235) (seen all: 7.98 / seen some: 7.46 / won't finish: 3.96)
Bayesian estimate: 7.929 (Very good), rank: #470 (of 7688)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 12 
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2008-04-03 to 2008-06-19 
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Love Jump" by Minami Kuribayashi 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Crossing Day" by Ryoko Shintani (eps 1-7) 
#2: "Tenohira no Taiyō" (手のひらの太陽) by Ryoko Shintani (eps 8-11) 
Official website:
紅 kure-nai (Japanese) 
Review:
Kurenai Sub.DVD (Jun 26, 2012)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Kurenai - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2012-06-05 (from $67.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kou Matsuo 
Series Composition: Kou Matsuo 
Script:
Kou Matsuo (eps 1-3, 6)  (eps 11-12) 
Osamu Morikawa (ep 7)  (ep 10) 
Soutarou Hayashi (ep 5)  (ep 9) 
Sumino Kawashima (eps 4, 8) 
Storyboard:
Kou Matsuo (eps 1-8)  (eps 9-12)  (OP) 
Mitsue Yamazaki (ep 8)  (ep 10) 
Episode Director:
Harume Kosaka (ep 2) 
Kou Matsuo (eps 1, 6)  (eps 10, 12) 
Mitsue Yamazaki (eps 3, 8) 
Shinya Kawatsura (ep 4) 
Shizutaka Sugahara (ep 7)  (ep 9) 
Tetsuo Ichimura (ep 5)  (ep 11) 
Yū Nobuta (ep 2) 
Unit Director: Kou Matsuo (OP) 
Music: Ken Muramatsu 
Original creator: Kentarō Katayama 
Original Character Design: Yamato Yamamoto 
Character Design:
Jun Fuji (OP) 
Kumi Ishii 
Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai 
Chief Animation Director: Kumi Ishii 
Animation Director:
Akihito Dobashi (ep 4) 
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 9) 
Kanae Komatsu (ep 8) 
Keiji Gotō (ep 7) 
Kentarō Matsumoto (ep 11) 
Koji Haneda (ep 5) 
Kumi Ishii (ep 1)  (ep 12) 
Masaru Shindō (ep 10) 
Miyuki Nakamura (ep 6)  (ep 11)  (OP) 
Naoto Nakamura (ep 10) 
Nobuyoshi Sōzaki (ep 10) 
Noriyuki Fukuda (eps 5, 8)  (ep 11) 
Ryōsuke Tanigawa (ep 10) 
Takayoshi Hashimoto (ep 3) 
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (ep 10) 
Toshiyuki Komaru (ep 2) 
Yuuichi Iga (ep 4) 
Sound Director: Kou Matsuo 
Director of Photography: Yoshiaki Ōkuma 
Producer:
Makoto Ōyoshi  (Shueisha) 
Masashi Takatori  (Pony Canyon) 
Masaya Shinozaki  (Shueisha) 
Shinichi Ikeda  (Yomiko Advertising) 

2nd Key Animation:
Ayumi Tsukamoto (ep 12) 
Hirofumi Takano (ep 12) 
Hiromasa Satō (ep 12) 
Hiroyuki Itai (ep 12) 
Katsushi Suzuki (ep 12) 
Kazuhide Kondo (ep 12) 
Shōsuke Ishibashi (ep 12) 
Takaaki Izumo (ep 12) 
Yūki Morimoto (ep 12) 
3D Work: Kentaro Sasaki 
Animation producer: Midori Tokoha (Brain’s Base) 
Art Cooperation:
Jun Fuji 
Tomoyuki Aoki 
Assistant Director: Mitsue Yamazaki 
Background Art:
Kengo Iwashita (Studio Homare; eps 1-12) 
Tatsuo Ishii (Studio Homare; eps 1-12) 
Yuri Hamatani (Studio Homare; eps 1-12) 
Background Digital Processing: Yuichi Furuichi 
Color Check:
Akihiro Nakagawa (Rising Force; ep 10) 
Asako Ohashi (eps 2, 7) 
Kyōko Ōtake (ep 6) 
Miho Hasegawa (ep 3) 
Minami Tamiya (ep 4) 
Naoko Kodama (Hiwa; eps 5, 8-9, 11) 
Satoko Suzuki (Rising Force; ep 10) 
Yuichi Furuichi (OP; eps 1, 12) 
Color design: Yuichi Furuichi 
Color setting:
Akihiro Nakagawa (Rising Force; ep 10) 
Asako Ohashi (ep 7) 
Haruko Nobori (ep 2) 
Kyōko Ōtake (ep 6) 
Minami Tamiya (ep 4) 
Naoko Kodama (Hiwa; eps 5, 8-9, 11) 
Satoko Suzuki (Rising Force; ep 10) 
Tomomi Murakami (ep 3) 
Yuichi Furuichi (OP; eps 1, 12) 
Costume Design: Jun Fuji 
Design: Yōsuke Nanjō (OP) 
Editing: Yuri Tamura 
Editing Assistant: Yasutaka Ikeda 
General Producer:
Kazuyoshi Fukuba  (Pony Canyon) 
General Production: Naoki Watanabe 
Illustration: Jun Fuji (ED) 
In-Between Animation:
Emi Nakamura (Brain’s Base; ep 1) 
Hajime Sugiyama (Asadoya; eps 2, 5) 
Kanako Inoue (Brain’s Base; eps 1-3, 5-12) 
Kazune Suzuki (Brain’s Base; ep 1) 
Kinuko Matsui (Brain’s Base; eps 1-3, 5-12) 
Saori Yanaga (Brain’s Base; ep 1) 
Shingo Ishida (Asadoya; eps 2, 5) 
Shuntaro Ichimura (Brain’s Base; ep 1) 
Yuna Takase (Brain’s Base; ep 1) 
In-Between Check:
Satomi Naitou (ep 4) 
Satoshi Yamakawa (ep 10) 
Toshiyuki Tomaru (ep 4) 
Key Animation:
Ai Kuwabara (Delta Peak; ep 8) 
Aika Kawasaki (eps 2-3, 7, 12) 
Aki Kuki (ep 1) 
Akie Tsutsumi (ep 3) 
Akiko Konno (eps 5, 12) 
Akiko Matsuo (ep 8) 
Akira Kikuchi (eps 9, 11) 
Asami Watanabe (ep 4) 
Asuka Shinbo (ep 4) 
Atsuko Matsushita (ep 10) 
Bomin Kim (eps 1-2, 5) 
Chang Hee Won (ep 10) 
Daisuke Endō (ep 4) 
Emi Honda (ep 4) 
Eri Sano (ep 6) 
Fuyumi Toriyama (ep 3) 
Gap Min Lee (ep 8) 
Genichi Murakami (ep 4) 
Genichirō Kondō (ep 12)  (ep 8) 
Harumi Takagi (ep 8) 
Hideo Maru (eps 3, 11)  (ep 8) 
Hideo Nakamura (ep 5) 
Hiroko Saito (ep 4) 
Hiromasa Satō (eps 1-11 odd) 
Hiromi Kawamoto (eps 5-6) 
Hironori Tanaka (eps 2, 6, 12) 
Hirotoshi Arai (ep 4) 
Hiroyuki Oshima (ep 7) 
Hisashi Nakamoto (ep 6) 
Ikuo Yamakado (ep 10) 
Junichi Kigawa (ep 10) 
Junichi Yokose (ep 2) 
Junko Matsushita (ep 2) 
Kanae Suwa (ep 1) 
Katsuji Matsumoto (eps 8, 12)  (ep 11) 
Katsunori Shibata (eps 2, 6, 12) 
Katsushi Suzuki (eps 1, 5) 
Kazuhide Kondo (ep 8)  (eps 1-2, 5) 
Kazuko Shibata (ep 10) 
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 4) 
Kazuyo Tominaga (ep 10) 
Keiji Gotō (eps 1-2) 
Keiji Shigesawa (ep 3) 
Keiko Motoya (ep 3) 
Ken Mutou (ep 7) 
Kenji Fujisaki (OP; ep 2) 
Kentarō Matsumoto (eps 1, 5, 9) 
Kōichi Hayami (ep 10) 
Kōta Michishita (eps 1, 6, 12) 
Kumiko Katō (ep 4) 
Maki Fukui (ep 5) 
Maki Nishi (Delta Peak; ep 8) 
Mamie Takada (ep 2) 
Mari Mizutani (ep 10) 
Mariko Sugimoto (ep 4) 
Masafumi Tamura (ep 12) 
Masahiro Takayama (eps 3, 9) 
Masako Kurenai (ep 11) 
Masaru Shindō (6 episodes
eps 1, 5-7, 11-12
)
  (OP) 
Masashi Koizuka (eps 4, 12) 
Masayuki Kouda (eps 3, 6) 
Mayumi Hidaka (ep 8) 
Mayumi Nakamura (ep 6) 
Mayumi Takada (ep 7) 
Mi Young Lee (ep 4) 
Michiko Takahashi (eps 2, 7, 12) 
Michio Satō (eps 7, 9-10) 
Miki Yoshimoto (ep 10) 
Minami Tokunaga (eps 3, 5) 
Mitsuko Kaneoka (ep 8) 
Mutsumi Sasaki (ep 4) 
Naoki Yamauchi (ep 3) 
Naoto Nakamura (eps 7, 12)  (OP; ep 6) 
Noriko Tsutsumiya (ep 4) 
Riki Matsuura (eps 5, 8)  (eps 3, 11) 
Risako Yoshida (6 episodes
eps 2, 5-7, 9, 12
)
 
Ryo Komori (ep 10) 
Ryōsuke Tanigawa (eps 3, 6, 12) 
Sadahiko Sakamaki (Delta Peak; ep 8) 
Saiji Kawanishi (eps 9, 11) 
Satomi Higuchi (eps 1, 5, 12)  (OP) 
Shigeru Ishii (ep 1) 
Shinichi Yoshikawa (ep 8) 
Shōsuke Ishibashi (eps 9, 11) 
Shunichi Imoto (eps 5-6) 
Takaaki Izumo (eps 3, 8, 11) 
Takao Ozone (eps 6-7) 
Takao Sano (ep 1) 
Takashi Hirabayashi (ep 10) 
Takashi Kojima (ep 6) 
Takato Fukuyama (ep 6) 
Takayoshi Hashimoto (eps 1, 7) 
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 2, 9, 11) 
Takeshi Okada (eps 5, 11)  (ep 10) 
Teruo Takahashi (ep 10) 
Tomoaki Sakiyama (ep 1)  (ep 9) 
Tomoko Ishida (ep 4) 
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 6) 
Toshihiro Maeya (ep 4) 
Toshiyuki Komaru (ep 3) 
Wataru Abe (eps 1, 5, 9) 
Yasuhiro Saiki (eps 2, 5, 9, 11) 
Yasunori Ota (ep 11) 
Yoshihiro Takeda (ep 9) 
Yōsuke Imakubo (ep 7) 
Yūki Kawashima (ep 5)  (OP) 
Yūki Morimoto (eps 3, 8, 11) 
Yukie Akiya (eps 2, 7, 9) 
Yukie Hiyamizu (ep 11) 
Yukie Yamada (ep 3) 
Yūko Andō (ep 10) 
Yuuko Yoshida (ep 1) 
Paint: Sayuri Yoshida (Studio Road; ep 4) 
Photography:
Hitoshi Tokumaru (B.B.D; eps 1-12) 
Kentaro Sasaki (OP) 
Masaaki Nanbu (B.B.D; eps 1-7) 
Tsuyoshi Ono (B.B.D; eps 1-6, 8-12) 
Yorinobu Oda (B.B.D; eps 1-12) 
Yūya Sakuma (B.B.D; eps 1-12) 
Planning:
Kazuhiko Torishima  (Shueisha) 
Kouji Kumode  (Yomiko Advertising) 
Yoko Furukawa  (Pony Canyon) 
Planning Cooperation:
Hiroshi Toriyama (Shueisha Super Dash Bunko) 
Yukiharu Marutomi (Shueisha Super Dash Bunko) 
Production Advancement:
Hirofumi Aoki (eps 6, 12) 
Jin Ishii (ep 10) 
Masakazu Watabe (5 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 10, 12
)
 
Ryoji Maru (ep 4) 
Shigehisa Iida (eps 3, 8, 11) 
Takuya Sakai (eps 2, 7, 9) 
Yasushi Sasaki (eps 4, 10) 
Yumiko Sato (ep 4) 
Production Affairs:
Naruya Furuhata 
Tomomi Nishii 
Production manager: Ryoji Maru 
Prop Desgin: Hiroyuki Taiga 
Prop Design: Hiroyuki Taiga 
Publicity:
Mikie Nishiguchi (Pony Canyon) 
Sadakazu Kikuchi (Pony Canyon) 
Song Selection: Minoru Yamada 
Sound Editor: Yumi Yoshihara 
Sound Effects: Minoru Yamada 
Sound Mixing: Hideaki Kizawa 
Sound Producer: Tōru Nakano 
Sound Production Manager: Takumi Itō 
Special Effects: Yuichi Furuichi 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Daisuke Kikuta (OP) 
R.O.N (ED1/ED2) 
Theme Song Composition:
Daisuke Kikuta (OP) 
R.O.N (ED1/ED2) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Minami Kuribayashi (OP) 
R.O.N (ED1/ED2) 
Theme Song Performance:
Minami Kuribayashi (OP) 
Ryoko Shintani (ED) 
Title Calligraphy: Shōyō Yamano 
VTR Editing:
Masaru Kitamoto (Qtec) 
Masayasu Arimatsu (Qtec) 
Aoi Yūki as Murasaki Kuhōin 
Miyuki Sawashiro as Shinkurō Kurenai 

Aiko Ōkubo as Yayoi Inuzuka 
Asami Sanada as Tamaki Mutō 
Haruka Kimura as Yamie 
Nozomi Masu as Ginko Murakami 
Ryoko Shintani as Yūno Hōzuki 
Sawa Ishige as Benika Jūzawa 
Takaya Kuroda as Renjō Kuhōin 
Yuka Koyama as Kazuko Kuhōin 

Akio Suyama as
Man 1 (ep 1) 
Student A (ep 3) 
Hiromi Tsuru as Sōju Kuhōin (eps 1-2, 4, 7) 
Hiroshi Toriyama as Committee man 3 (ep 6) 
Iemasa Kayumi as Shop manager (ep 2) 
Kae Araki as Maid 2 (ep 1) 
Kana Ueda as Jian-Xin Lin 
Ken Muramatsu as Preview narration 
Makoto Ōyoshi as Benika's subordinate (ep 6) 
Masafumi Takatori as Passenger 1 (ep 5) 
Masayo Kurata as
Head Maid (eps 1, 10-11) 
Yasuko (ep 3) 
Mayumi Yamaguchi as Akio (eps 1-4, 10) 
Miyoko Asō as Old woman (ep 3) 
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ryūji Kuhōin 
Reina Imagawa as Chizuru Hōzuki 
Seizō Katō as Grandfather (eps 1, 8) 
Shō Saitō as Bath-house watcher (ep 2) 
Shūma Shiratori as
Kuhouin Man 2 (ep 8) 
Kuhouin Man 3 (ep 9) 
Man 2 (ep 4) 
Older student B (ep 3) 
Satoshi Miki (ep 7) 
Takashi Hikida as Man 1 (ep 4) 
Takayuki Yamaguchi as
Man 2 (ep 1) 
Student C (ep 3) 
Takkō Ishimori as Hōsen Hōzuki 
Tarusuke Shingaki as Man 3 (ep 4) 
Tomoyuki Kōno as
Benika's subordinate (ep 4) 
Kuhouin Man 1 (eps 8-9) 
Man B (ep 2) 
Yōji Ueda as
Committee man 1 (ep 6) 
Kidnapper (ep 4) 
Kuhouin Man (eps 11-12) 
Man A (ep 2) 
Older student A (ep 3) 
Yuka Shioyama as Maid 1 (ep 1) 
Yūki Masuda as
Kuhouin Man 2 (ep 9) 
Man C (ep 2) 
Older student C (ep 3) 
Yuki Matsuda as Team member (ep 3) 
Yuki Ogasawara as Passenger 2 (ep 5) 
Yukiharu Marutomi as Committee man 2 (ep 6) 
Yukimasa Obi as
Part-timer (ep 2) 
Student B (ep 3) 
Yuu Urata as Tomoaki (eps 1-4, 10) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Brain's Base 
Backgrounds: Studio Homare 
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2008-04-09) 
Chiba Television (2008-04-03) 
Kids Station (2008-07-22) 
Television Kanagawa (2008-04-03) 
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2008-04-05) 
TV Osaka (2008-04-05) 
Color Check:
Hiwa (ep 11) 
Rising Force (ep 10) 
Color Setting:
Hiwa (ep 11) 
Rising Force (ep 10) 
In-Between Animation:
Asadoya (eps 2, 5) 
Ashi Productions  (ep 1) 
Bee Train  (ep 4) 
Big Bang  (ep 1) 
Brain's Base  (ep 1) 
Fan Out (ep 9) 
Greemi (ep 9) 
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.  (ep 4) 
Hayashi (ep 8) 
I&S Factory  (eps 4, 10) 
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 4, 9) 
Marvy Jack  (ep 2) 
Minamimachi Bugyōsho (ep 1) 
Mizo Planning  (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-9, 11
)
 
Nomad  (ep 1) 
P.A. Works  (ep 1) 
R.I.C  (5 episodes
eps 6-7, 9, 11-12
)
 
Studio Cj  (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 12
)
 
Studio Live  (ep 3) 
Tatsunoko Production  (ep 4) 
Triple A (eps 8-9) 
Yuhodo (ep 1)  (ep 3) 
ZEXCS  (ep 1) 
Key Animation:
Akagumi  (ep 8) 
APPP  (ep 11) 
Bee Train  (eps 7, 11) 
Delta Peak Production  (ep 8) 
Hadashi Pro  (ep 10) 
I&S Factory  (ep 10) 
M.S.C  (ep 9) 
M.S.J Musashino Production 
Marvy Jack  (ep 2) 
Minamimachi Bugyōsho (ep 8) 
Mouse  (ep 10) 
Nomad 
Noside (ep 11) 
P.A. Works  (ep 11) 
Studio Live  (ep 8) 
Tatsunoko Production  (ep 9) 
Paint:
Fan Out  (eps 2-3, 8-9) 
Greemi (ep 9) 
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.  (ep 4) 
Hayashi  (eps 2, 8) 
Hiwa  (eps 2-3, 9) 
I&S Factory  (eps 4, 10) 
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 4, 9) 
Marvy Jack  (ep 2) 
Mizo Planning  (eps 5, 7-9, 11) 
R.I.C  (5 episodes
eps 6-7, 9, 11-12
)
 
Rising Force  (eps 1-3, 9-10) 
Run Road (ep 4) 
Studio Cj  (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 12
)
 
Studio Elle  (eps 1, 5-6, 12) 
Studio Road  (eps 1-4) 
Triple A (eps 8-9) 
VENET  (eps 1-2) 
Photography: Brains Base Digital 
Production Cooperation:
Bee Train  (ep 4) 
I&S Factory  (eps 4, 10) 
Marvy Jack (ep 10) 
Rising Force (ep 10) 
Recording Studio:
HALF H·P STUDIO 
Studio T&T 
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO 
VTR Editing: Q-Tec 
English staff
English cast
Translation: Aimi Tokutake 
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi 
John Ledford 

DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes 
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams 
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff 
Production Assistant:
E.W. Rector, III 
Jessica Williams 
Kayla King 
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud 
Subtitle Timing: Christopher Williams 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch 
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America) 
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled) 
The Anime Network 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks 
French cast
French staff
Suzanne Sindberg as Murasaki Kuhoin 
Vincent De Bouard as Shinkurô Kurenai 

Bruno Meyere as Renjo Kuhoin 
Caroline Combes as
Soju Kuhoin 
Yuno Hoduki 
Christiane Ludot as Lin Jian-Xin 
Christine Paris as Benika Juzawa 
Claudine Grémy as Kazuko Kuhoin 
François Creton as Ryuji Kuhoin 
Francoise Escobar as Yayoi Inumuda 
Françoise Rigal as Ginko Murakami 
Frederic Popovic as Hosen Hoduki 
Laurence Bréheret as Yamie 
Sylvie Ferrari as Takami Muto 

French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ 
Dubbing: WanTake 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd. 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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