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Karneval (TV)

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Alternative title:
カーニヴァル (Japanese)
黑色嘉年華 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Nai searches for someone important to him, with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue. Gareki steals and pick-pockets to get by from day to day. The two meet in a strange mansion where they are set-up, and soon become wanted criminals by military security operatives. When Nai and Gareki find themselves desperate in a hopeless predicament, they encounter none other than the country's most powerful defense organization, "Circus". The Circus is a Defense organization that works for the government. They perform raids to capture criminals and solve crimes that the Security force otherwise cannot handle. After their raids, they put on shows as an apology for scaring the citizens. Their group consists of the strongest, most capable fighters that use a special type of bracelet, known as Circus I.D., to fight.
User Ratings: 330 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 19 votes (sub:15, dub:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 29 votes (sub:18, dub:9, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 64 votes (sub:49, dub:13, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 91 votes (sub:73, dub:12, others:6
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Decent: 60 votes (sub:51, dub:7, ?:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 31 votes (sub:26, dub:5)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:13, dub:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 754 users, rank: #1591 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.752 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8037, rank: #4920 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 6.642 (Good−), rank: #5231 (of 9919) (seen all: 6.89 / seen some: 6.07 / won't finish: 3.90)
Bayesian estimate: 6.674 (Good−), rank: #4735 (of 7496)
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2013-04-03
Opening Theme:
"Henai no Rondo" by GRANRODEO
Ending Theme:
"REASON" by KAmiYU
Official website:
カーニヴァル (Japanese)
Review:
Karneval BD+DVD 1-4 (Aug 21, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Karneval - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2020-06-23 (from $37.95)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Karneval - The Complete Series [S.A.V.E.] (BD+DVD) 2016-07-05 (from $29.49)
    Karneval - The Complete Series (BD+DVD 1-4) 2014-06-10 (from $14.99)
    Karneval - The Complete Series [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD 1-4) 2014-06-10 (from $29.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Eiji Suganuma
Series Composition: Touko Machida
Script:
Seiko Takagi (3,7-10)
Touko Machida (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 11-13
)

Storyboard:
Eiji Suganuma (eps 1-2)
Jun Soga (next ep preview)
Michio Fukuda (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 13
)

Tomokazu Tokoro (eps 8, 11)
Yasunori Ide (ep 3)
Yasuto Nishikata (ep 9)
Yoshihiro Oka (ep 7)
Unit Director:
Akira Satō (eps 1, 12)
Jun Soga (next ep preview)
Kenichirō Komaya (駒谷健一郎; ep 7)
Mitsutoshi Satō (eps 4, 13)
Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 8)
Tsuyoshi Tobita (eps 6, 10)
Yasuto Nishikata (eps 2, 9)
Yūsuke Onoda (ep 11)
Original creator: Touya Mikanagi
Character Design: Toshie Kawamura
Art Director: Takeshi Suzuki
Chief Animation Director:
Chiyoko Sakamoto (eps 2-13)
Toshie Kawamura (eps 1-13)
Animation Director:
Akane Umezu (eps 3, 7, 11)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (eps 1, 13)
Daisuke Niinuma (ep 11)
Eiji Suganuma (Effects; ep 13)
Emi Hirano (eps 2, 9, 13)
Erika Arakawa (荒川絵里花; eps 3, 7, 12)
Haruki Miura (ep 8)
Hiromi Okazaki (eps 3, 11, 13)
Kazuma Uike (eps 4, 12)
Manabu Nii (eps 2, 7, 12)
Naoaki Hōjō (eps 2, 4, 9, 13)
Sachiko Sugimoto (eps 4, 9, 13)
Shōsuke Shimizu (ep 10)
Toshie Kawamura (OP, ED)
Yūichi Nakazawa (ep 8)
Yumenosuke Tokuda (eps 6, 10)
Sound Director: Satoshi Yano
Director of Photography: Kenji Takahashi
Executive producer:
Kozue Kananiwa (MOVIC)
Yoshio Koyanagi (Ichijinsha)
Yuko Soen (Bandai Visual)
Producer:
Atsushi Iwasaki (Frontier Works)
Hiroko Abe (Dax Production)
Naoko Endō (Bandai Visual)
Yukie Iwashita (Lantis)

2nd Key Animation:
Akira Iwasaki (ep 12)
Chie Ōtsuki (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 11-13
)

Eri Shikita (Wish; ep 7)
Fumiko Kikuta (eps 6, 10)
Hiroaki Shimizu (eps 8, 10)
Hiroshi Kohara (eps 2, 4)
Kanami Nakao (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 9, 13
)

Kaori Satō (ep 6)
Kazuma Uike (ep 1)
Keigo Nagao (長尾圭悟; eps 8, 10)
Keiko Takagi (eps 1, 12-13)
Kōhei Yamazaki (eps 1, 4)
Kouhei Hashimoto (ep 6)
Kumiko Matsushita (eps 1, 11-12)
Kumiko Takayanagi (ep 1)
Kururu Shiozawa (eps 1, 9, 12)
Mai Kakudate (eps 8, 10)
Maki Ando (eps 1, 13)
Maki Sawai (ep 1)
Manami Itō (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 9, 13
)

Mari Aizawa (eps 6, 10)
Mariko Sasaki (ep 1)
Mayuko Yamamoto (Wish; ep 7)
Miho Ogawa (eps 1, 12)
Mika Yamada (ep 2)
Noboru Ishino (ep 6)
Noeko Kashiuchi (eps 1-2, 4)
Saeko Ozawa (ep 1)
Satoshi Mutsuda (ep 10)
Shō Yamamoto (ep 1)
Taeko Igo (eps 4, 9, 11-13)
Tomoko Takahashi (eps 8, 10)
Tomoyo Sawada (eps 1-2, 4)
Wei Ni Huang (ep 10)
Yasuhiro Ueno (eps 8, 10)
Yohko Ariizumi (eps 1, 12-13)
Yuka Hayashi (eps 6, 8)
Yūki Ikumi (eps 6, 8)
Yuki Sawairi (ep 6)
Yumiko Totsu (ep 2)
Yūsuke Suzuki (Wish; ep 7)
Animation Director Cooperation:
Akane Umezu (eps 12-13)
Kouhei Hashimoto (ep 8)
Shō Yamamoto (ep 13)
Assistant Unit Director:
Jun Soga (ep 12)
Takanori Yano (ep 3)
Character Design Cooperation:
Akira Satō (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 12
)

Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 10)
Manabu Nii (eps 2, 7, 9, 12)
Masami Kobayashi (ep 11)
Sachiko Sugimoto (eps 6-7, 10-11)
Color Coordination: Fusako Nakao
Concept: Eiji Suganuma
Costume Design Cooperation:
Masami Kobayashi (eps 1-7, 10)
Sachiko Sugimoto (eps 8-9, 12-13)
Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
In-Between Animation: Konomi Satō (Wish; eps 1-2, 4, 13)
In-Between Check:
Mari Aizawa (eps 6, 8, 10)
Mariko Sasaki (eps 3, 5, 9)
Mayuko Yamamoto (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 12-13
)

Key Animation:
Akane Umezu (eps 1-3)
Akira Iwasaki (4 episodes
eps 2, 4, 11, 13
)

Akira Satō (eps 1, 12)
Atsushi Komatsu (ep 8)
Ayako Ito (eps 4, 9)
Ayu Imoto (eps 6, 10)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 1)
Chūji Nakajima (ep 8)
Daisuke Niinuma (eps 2-4)
Eiji Abiko (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 9, 11, 13
)

Eiji Komatsu (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 12-13
)

Eiji Suganuma (ep 13)
Emi Hirano (eps 1, 3-4)
Eri Sano (eps 4, 9, 12)
Erika Arakawa (1-3,7,12)
Fumiko Kikuta (ep 8)
Haruki Miura (ep 6)
Hideo Maru (ep 10)
Hiroaki Shimizu (ep 10)
Hiromi Okazaki (eps 1-2)
Hiroshi Kohara (eps 7, 9, 11-12)
Hiroshi Tatezaki (ep 8)
Hisashi Mitsui (eps 8, 10)
Hisashi Samejima (ep 8)
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 6)
Ikumi Nishimura (ep 13)
Isamu Utsuki (eps 8, 10)
Jun Nakai (ep 4)
Junko Matsushita (eps 6, 10)
Kanako Ōyabu (大藪加奈子; ep 10)
Kanami Nakao (eps 3, 7, 11)
Kaori Saito (ep 8)
Kaoru Miura (ep 10)
Katsumi Aoshima (ep 6)
Kazuhiko Abe (eps 8, 10)
Kazuma Uike (eps 2-4, 11-12)
Kazuyuki Ōshita (ep 4)
Keiko Takagi (eps 3-4, 7, 11)
Kōhei Yamazaki (eps 3, 9, 12)
Koji Maruoka (eps 1, 7)
Kozue Horanai (ep 6)
Kumiko Matsushita (松下久美子; ep 3)
Kururu Shiozawa (eps 2-4, 11)
Kyōko Nishijima (ep 13)
Maki Ando (eps 4, 11)
Maki Sawai (eps 4, 11-12)
Mami Kuramoto (ep 11)
Manabu Nii (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 12
)

Manami Itō (eps 3, 7, 11)
Mao Furukawa (ep 6)
Mariko Sasaki (eps 3, 7, 11-12)
Masaharu Tomoda (ep 10)
Masahiko Inuzaka (ep 13)
Masami Kobayashi (ep 1)
Miho Ogawa (小川未帆; eps 3, 7, 9)
Mika Yamada (eps 1, 4, 7)
Miyuki Honda (eps 8, 10)
Motoki Yagi (eps 6, 10)
Nanako Tatsu (ep 11)
Naoaki Hōjō (eps 1-2, 4)
Naoko Hayashi (eps 8, 10)
Naoko Katō (ep 9)
Naomi Okita (ep 8)
Naomi Utsuno (eps 2-3)
Naoto Yoshida (ep 9)
Nayumi Okashiwa (ep 13)
Nobuo Hashimoto (ep 2)
Noeko Kashiuchi (eps 7, 11)
Noriko Ōzeki (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 12-13
)

Osamu Nuita (eps 8, 10)
Rie Ōmori (ep 6)
Sachie Tanaka (ep 13)
Sachiko Sugimoto (ep 3)
Sachiyo Matsubayashi (ep 11)
Saeko Ozawa (ep 4)
Saki Hisamatsu (ep 9)
Sansai Onoki (eps 3, 9, 13)
Sato Tominaga (eps 6, 10)
Satoshi Fujioka (eps 6, 10)
Satoshi Horisawa (Arcadia Entertainer; eps 1-2, 4, 9)
Shigetaka Kiyoyama (ep 8)
Shinichi Takahashi (ep 11)
Shinichi Tōkairin (ep 6)
Shinichiro Minami (ep 6)
Shinsuke Gomi (五味伸介; ep 13)
Shinya Kameyama (ep 6)
Shō Yamamoto (eps 2, 12)
Tadashi Kubo (eps 2, 9, 13)
Tadashi Shida (ep 6)
Takashi Igari (ep 1)
Takashi Koizumi (小泉孝司; ep 8)
Takayuki Kanouchi (ep 8)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 6)
Takeshi Itou (ep 10)
Takumi Yamakawa (eps 2, 11, 13)
Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 8)
Tomoko Kumada (ep 4)
Tomoko Sugimoto (eps 1, 3)
Tomoyo Sawada (eps 4, 7, 11)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (eps 3, 7, 12-13)
Tōru Yoshida (eps 6, 8)
Toshihiko Araki (ep 8)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 13)
Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 6)
Yohko Ariizumi (eps 4, 11)
Yoko Sugita (eps 2, 9, 13)
Yōko Suzuka (eps 2, 13)
Yoshio Hashimoto (eps 9, 13)
Yūichi Nakazawa (ep 8)
Yūji Gotō (ep 6)
Yuji Nakao (ep 10)
Yūji Yanase (ep 10)
Yuka Hayashi (ep 10)
Yuki Toki (eps 9, 12)
Yuki Yabuta (ep 13)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (小林之浩; ep 6)
Yūko Hariba (ep 13)
Yūko Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 9, 12-13
)

Yuri Kajiwara (ep 10)
Yuuichi Sugio (ep 13)
Prop Design:
Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 1)
Daisuke Niinuma (eps 2-13)
Recording Adjustment: Masato Muto
Recording Assistant: Takashi Shibata
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Production Manager: Takuma Takai
Theme Song Performance:
GRANRODEO (OP)
Hiroshi Kamiya (ED; as KAmiYU)
Miyu Irino (ED; as KAmiYU)
Varuga Design: Eiji Abiko
Weapon Design: Akira Satō
Aya Endō as Tsukumo
Hiro Shimono as Nai
Hiroshi Kamiya as Gareki
Mamoru Miyano as Yogi

Daisuke Hirakawa as Akari
Daisuke Ono as Hirato
Eri Kitamura as Kiichi
Kōji Yusa as Tsukitachi
Sanae Kobayashi as Mie (ep 1)
Satomi Satō as Erisyuka
Sōichirō Hoshi as Karoku
Yōko Honna as Iva

Aina Kusuda as Nurse (ep 7)
Akari Harashima as Nurse A (ep 6)
Ami Naitō as
Child (ep 7)
Nurse C (ep 6)
Arisa Kiyoto as
Child (ep 7)
Kana (ep 2)
Maid (ep 1)
Azusa Tadokoro as Nurse (eps 7, 10)
Daisuke Tonosaki as Audience (ep 7)
Eiichirō Tokumoto as
Akari's Subordinate (ep 4)
Bodyguard (eps 9, 12)
Eri Kitamura as Little Gareki (eps 5-6)
Hiromi Igarashi as
Broken Rabbit (ep 7)
Hitsuji
Isosa (ep 10)
Nima (ep 13)
Usagi
Junichi Yanagita as
Bodyguard (eps 9, 12)
Security Officer (ep 1)
Kana Yūki as Yanari's Mother (ep 11)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Tokitatsu (ep 3)
Kengo Kimura as
Audience (ep 7)
Disorderly Mob (ep 1)
Soldier (ep 2)
Kenichi Ogata as Healer
Kenshirō Usuki as Aogiri (ep 2)
Kiyoko Miyazawa as Old Lady (ep 10)
Kōdai Sakai as Caretaker (ep 10)
Kunihiro Maeda as
Disorderly Mob (ep 1)
Soldier (ep 4)
Mai Natori as Audience (ep 7)
Masashi Hirose as Parunedo
Minami Takahashi as Nurse B (ep 6)
Misaki Suzuki as Yukkin
Miyu Irino as Yotaka
Momo Asakura as Girl (ep 11)
Mutsumi Tamura as Yanari (ep 11)
Naoto Kobayashi as Assistant (ep 10)
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Azana
Osuke Yoshitatsu as Servant (ep 1)
Sayuri Yahagi as Tsubame
Shinya Takahashi as
Bodyguard (ep 9)
Director (ep 7)
Makunobe
Tamon (ep 10)
Shiori Izawa as
Child (ep 7)
Rissun
Squirry (ep 11)
Shō Kawaguchi as
Disorderly Mob (ep 1)
Soldier (ep 2)
Takehiro Hasu as
Bodyguard (eps 9, 11-12)
Ishlar
Takuya Satō as Murano (ep 10)
Tomoaki Maeno as Kiharu
Tōru Ohkawa as Meiga
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kagiri
Tsutomu Yokoshima as Audience (ep 7)
Yōko Hikasa as Tsubaki
Yoshihisa Kawahara as
Byzante
Delmen
Yanari's Father (ep 11)
Yusuke Shirai as Fake Squirry (ep 11)
Yuuri Komatsu as Mother (ep 2)

Ayaka Ide (ep 3)
Ayaka Sawada (ep 2)
Chitoshi Sakai (ep 13)
Hitomi Ohwada (ep 6)
Keiko Umeda (ep 11)
Kenichi Yumoto (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 11-12
)
Kohei Kasamatsu (eps 6, 8)
Mari Naka (ep 8)
Miho Uenishi (ep 8)
Miho Yamazaki (ep 11)
Risa Saitō (ep 6)
Ryoko Otsuka (ep 2)
Sachi Yoshino (ep 4)
Shinya Tanaka (ep 4)
Shōta Komai (eps 3, 7)
Yū Okada (ep 12)
Yuki Abe (ep 3)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Manglobe
CG Animation: Graphinica
Digital Effects: Asahi Production
Editing: Q-Tec
Photography: Asahi Production
Production Cooperation: Asahi Production (eps 6, 8, 10)
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Christopher Bevins
Translation: Shoko Oono
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer: Kevin Leasure
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton
Blu-Ray Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Andrew Manson
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Michele Sontag
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp
Commentary:
Christopher Bevins (eps 3, 13)
Greg Ayres (ep 3)
Ian Sinclair (ep 13)
J. Michael Tatum (ep 3)
Sean Michael Teague (ep 13)
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia
DVD Menu Design: Michele Sontag
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Language Asset Manager: Susie Nixon
Mix Engineer: Neal Malley
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Engineer:
Jacob Martin
Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
Greg Ayres as Gareki
Jad Saxton as Tsukumo

Aaron Dismuke as Jiki
Alison Viktorin as Kiichi
David Matranga as Akari
Ian Sinclair as Hirato
J. Michael Tatum as Tsukitachi
Tia Ballard as Eliška
Vic Mignogna as Karoku

Anastasia Munoz as Miné (ep 1)
Bob Magruder as Healer
Brian Mathis as Byzante
Brittney Karbowski as Isosa (ep 10)
Bryan Massey as Ishlar
Caitlin Glass as Tsubaki
Charles Campbell as Aogiri (ep 2)
Cynthia Cranz as Nima
Duncan Brannan as Murano (ep 10)
Felecia Angelle as
Kana (ep 2)
Yukkin
Greg Dulcie as Tokitatsu (ep 3)
Holly Franklin as Rissun (ep 11)
Jarrod Greene as Ikami
Jason Liebrecht as Kiharu
Jerry Jewell as Azana
Jim Johnson as Makunobe
Josh Grelle as Yotaka
Lara Woodhull as Yanari (ep 11)
Lindsay Seidel as Tsubame
R Bruce Elliott as Palnedo
Ray Hurd as Delmen
Scott Freeman as Meiga
Scott Hinze as Tamon (ep 10)
Tyson Rinehart as Kagiri

English companies
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (2017)
Wakanim (Nordic countries and the Netherlands)
Tagalog cast
Tagalog staff
(none)
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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