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Grappler Baki Maximum Tournament (TV)

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Alternative title:
Grappler Baki: Saidai Tournament-hen (Japanese)
グラップラー刃牙 最大トーナメント編 (Japanese)
Genres: action, tournament
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Baki, a great grappler needs to live up to his name being the son of the the greatest grapplers of all time: Hanma Yujiro. At the Shinshinkai Organization's private arena, anything goes and the odds are always stacked against you. Current champion of the urderground tournament he fight to defend his title against the worlds strongest and best martial artists, including "the beast" his own father Yujiro.
User Ratings: 208 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:6, ?:1)
 Excellent: 31 votes (sub:23, dub:8)
 Very good: 59 votes (sub:44, dub:15)
 Good: 46 votes (sub:35, dub:9, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 29 votes (sub:19, dub:10)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:2)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:1, ?:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 431 users, rank: #2371 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.168 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.9354, rank: #3086 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.053 (Good), rank: #3383 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.10 / seen some: 5.15 / won't finish: 5.69)
Bayesian estimate: 7.078 (Good), rank: #3102 (of 7496)
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2001-07-24 to 2001-12-25
Opening Theme:
"All Alone" by Ryoko Aoyagi
Ending Theme:
"Loved…" by Ryoko Aoyagi
Trivia: We have 2
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DVD (Region 1)
    Baki the Grappler - The Hunted (DVD 7) 2006-05-16 (from $4.03)
    Baki the Grappler - A Brother's War (DVD 8) 2006-07-11 (from $24.98)
    Baki the Grappler - Illegal Tactics (DVD 9) 2006-09-05 (from $24.95)
    Baki the Grappler - No Turning Back (DVD 10) 2006-11-14 (from $26.00)
    Baki the Grappler - Buren's Experiment (DVD 11) 2007-01-02 (from $59.00)
    Baki the Grappler - Last Blood (DVD 12) 2007-02-27 (from $10.49)
    Baki the Grappler - The Complete Series [Viridian Collection] (DVD 1-7) 2008-09-02 (from $489.99)
    Baki the Grappler - Box Set 2 (DVD 7-12) 2008-03-25 (from $399.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Script:
Katsuyoshi Yatabe (ep 25)
Ken Abe (5 episodes
eps 26, 32, 38, 42, 48
)

Tatsuya Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 28, 31, 34, 40, 43
)

Tetsuo Tanaka (6 episodes
eps 27, 33, 36, 39, 44-45
)

Yasunori Yamada (6 episodes
eps 29-30, 37, 41, 46-47
)

Episode Director:
Fumihiro Ueno (eps 14, 21)
Hiroaki Nakajima (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 20, 23
)

Kōji Yoshikawa (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 19
)

Satoru Kusuda (ep 2)
Shigeru Kimiya (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 18, 22
)

Shin Itagaki (eps 4, 10, 16)
Tarou Iwasaki (eps 6, 12)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (ep 8)
Music: Project Baki
Original Manga: Keisuke Itagaki
Character Design: Naoyuki Itō
Animation Director:
Akira Inoue (ep 13)
Hirokazu Hisayuki (eps 5, 11, 19)
Kenichi Ōki (ep 16)
Kenji Hattori (ep 1)
Masayuki Satō (eps 7, 17, 23)
Minefumi Harada (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

Nobuyoshi Souzaki (eps 6, 12, 18)
Shigeki Awai (eps 4, 10, 16)
Sound Director: Hideo Takahashi
Executive producer: Dynamite Tommy

Animation: Minefumi Harada
Animation producer:
Kenjiro Kawando
Kozo Yamaoka (Big Shot Inc.) 
Color: Kazumi Hasegawa (St. Toys)
Color Director: Motomu Suzuki
Director of Digital Photography: Shinichiro Tachi
Editing: Masashi Furukawa
Editing Assistant: Yūji Oka
Production Cooperation: Kozo Yamaoka (Big Shot Inc.)
Production Coordination: Youshihito Suzuka
Production manager: Syuoji Moriya
Program Check: Naotake Goshima
Recording: Chiaki Satō
Situation Design: Isamu Imakake
Situation Producer: Aki Yamasato
Sound Effects: Kazutoshi Satō
Theme Song Composition: Project Baki
Theme Song Lyrics: Project Baki
Theme Song Performance:
Project Baki 
Ryōko Aoyagi (ED) 
Titles: Nana Mochizuki
Masami Kikuchi as Baki Hanma

Hiroshi Naka as Goki Shibukawa
Jin Yamanoi as Kizaki
Kazuhiro Nakata as Kosho Shinogi
Keiji Fujiwara as Kasumi Orochi
Kenji Nomura as Yujiro Hanma
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Jack Hanma
Kunihiko Yasui as Retsu Kaioh
Masaya Takatsuka as Yu Amanai
Masayuki Nakata as Kaoru Hanayama
Masayuki Omoro as Izo Motobe
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Kureha Shinogi
Mitsuru Ogata as Ian McGregor
Mugihito as Doppo Orochi
Naomi Kusumi as Mitsunari Tokugawa
Sachiko Kojima as Kozue Matsumoto
Takehiro Murozono as Kiyosumi Katō
Takuo Kawamura as Kinryuzan
Tomohiro Nishimura as Chiharu Shiba
Tōru Ohkawa as Antonio Kanji Igari
Toshitaka Shimizu as Announcer

Akeno Watanabe as Roland Gustaf (young; ep 3)
Dai Matsumoto as Rob Robinson (eps 1-2)
Daisuke Hirakawa as Kohei Hatanaka (eps 4, 13)
Eiji Yanagisawa as
Andreanov Garland
Brig. Gen. Sam Gary (eps 21-22)
Kinryuzan's Oyakata (ep 8)
Roland Gustaf (eps 2-3)
Yasha (eps 2, 20)
Yasha Jr. (eps 2-3)
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Strydum
Jin Yamanoi as
Kengo Misaki (eps 4, 11)
Referee
Katsuhiro Kitagawa as Nihon Kempo Master (ep 3)
Katsumi Chou as President of the US (ep 24)
Keisuke Itagaki as The Author (ep 9)
Kenichi Ono as Matsuo
Kenji Nomura as Russian President
Kiyomi Asai as Nina Chukovsky (ep 20)
Kōichi Kitamura as Kihei Mikoshiba (eps 17, 19)
Kōji Yusa as Gaia / Nomura (eps 17, 20)
Masaaki Tsukada as Sir (ep 24)
Masami Kikuchi as DoD Official (ep 24)
Masaya Takatsuka as
Bōsōzoku (ep 10)
Macoev
Yuri Chakovsky (ep 20)
Masayuki Nakata as
Delta Force Commander (ep 24)
Richard Firth (eps 6, 13)
Masayuki Omoro as Hitoshi Kuriyagawa (ep 20)
Mitsuaki Madono as Eiichi Ikezawa (ep 12)
Mitsuru Ogata as
Liu Kaio (eps 8, 18)
Old Monk (ep 15)
President of the US (ep 5)
Roger Harlon (eps 6, 11)
Mizuki Saitō as
Sam D'Amato (ep 10)
Sergio Silva (ep 5)
Rin Mizuhara as Natsue Orochi (Doppo's wife)
Sachiko Kojima as CIA Agent (ep 24)
Shinpachi Tsuji as
Richards (ep 24)
Secretary (ep 24)
Shinya Hashimoto as Artemis Reagan (eps 1-2)
Shouto Kashii as Dr. John (eps 16, 20)
Takashi Nagasako as Johnny L. Donovan (ep 10)
Takehiro Murozono as Suzumoto (eps 4, 9-10, 23)
Takuo Kawamura as
Bōsōzoku (ep 10)
Bunnoshin Inagi (ep 3)
Mike Queen (ep 4)
Zulu (eps 1, 7)
Tetsuo Tanaka as Boxer (ep 19)
Tetsuya Sakai as Green Beret Commander (ep 24)
Tomo Shigematsu as Gustaf's mother (ep 3)
Toshitaka Shimizu as Junichi Hanada (ep 19)
Yoshikazu Nagano as
Atsushi Suedō
Doctor
Green Beret (ep 24)
Kōhei Kuzumi (eps 2, 14)
Lee Maengho
Yamamoto's Second (ep 5)
Yoshirou Matsumoto as
Green Beret (ep 24)
Minoru Yamamoto (ep 5)
Yū Shimaka as Mount Shōhei Toba
Yukie Maeda as Kureha Shinogi (young)
Yuko Maekawa as
Katsumi Orochi (young; ep 15)
Roland Gustaf (young; ep 3)
Yurika Hino as
Diane Neal / Jane (eps 21-22)
Emi Akezawa (eps 12, 20)
Igari's Lover (eps 14, 23)
Warden (ep 24)
Yūsaku Yara as Biscuit Oliva (ep 24)

Japanese companies
Animation: Group TAC
Editing: Aoi Studio
Production: Free Will
Recording: Studio T&T
Sound Production: Dream Force Co., Ltd.
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Chris Cason
Assistant Script Supervisor: Jaqueline Gilbert
Assistant Talent Coordinator: Scott Garner
Executive Director: Gen Fukunaga
Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook
Script Supervision: Jeremy Carlile
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Theme Song Composition: kaoru (Dir en grey; OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: kyo (Dir en grey; OP)
Theme Song Performance: Dir en grey (OP)
Daniel Penz as Jak Xamma
Matt Tompkins as Yujiro Hanma
Robert McCollum as Baki Hanma

Ben Scott as Owen McGregor (eps 10, 12)
Bob Carter as Owen McGregor (eps 1, 4)
Brice Armstrong as Igari
Christopher R. Sabat as
Mount Toba
Shinogi Kosho
Daniel Penz as Andreanof Garland
Doug Burks as Tokugawa
Emily Hornsby as Kozue Matsumoto (first voice; 6 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 10-12
)
Greg Dulcie as Doppo Orochi
Jim Johnson as Motobe
Kate Borneman as
Kozue
Kozue Matsumoto (second voice; 6 episodes
eps 14, 18, 20-23
)
Kyle Hebert as
Hanayama
Kinryuzan
Mark Lancaster as Kureha Kosho
Markus Lloyd as Biscuit Oliver / Unchained (ep 25)
Paul Taylor as Yu Amanai
Phil Parsons as Kizaki
R Bruce Elliott as Goki Shibukawa
Ron Gonzalez as Chiharu Shiba
Sonny Strait as Katsumi Orochi
Troy Baker as Katou

Aaron Dismuke as Shinogi Kosho (young)
Adrian Cook as White-Shirt Thug (uncredited; ep 1)
Alese Johnson as Screaming Woman (uncredited; ep 17)
Amber Cotton as Igari Fangirl (uncredited; ep 2)
Andy Haskett as Angry Audience Member C (ep 7)
Andy Mullins as
Bailin Temple Elder A (ep 8)
Chamoan (ep 4)
Moko Li (ep 4)
Roland Gustav (eps 2-3, 13)
Anthony Bowling as
Booing Audience Member A (ep 10)
Inexperienced Underground Handler (eps 7, 15)
Kurenai Gang Member F (ep 10)
Ashley Gonzales as
Chiharu Fangirl (uncredited; ep 10)
Natsuki Orochi (Doppo's wife)
Bill Flynn as
Kengo Misaki (eps 4, 11)
Oyakata Fujimaki (Kinryuzan's stable master; ep 8)
Bill Jenkins as
Bailin Temple Elder B (uncredited; ep 8)
Johnny L. Donovan (uncredited; ep 10)
Richard Phillis (eps 6, 23)
U.N. General (uncredited; ep 22)
Bob Carter as
Black Colonel (uncredited; ep 22)
Defeated Boxer (incidental; eps 16, 20)
Narrator
Yasha (archive audio; eps 17, 20)
Yasha Jr. (eps 2-3)
Brad Jackson as
Announcer
Kohei Hatanaka (ep 13)
Mustached Grappler (archive audio; ep 20)
Trigger-Happy Green Beret (uncredited; ep 24)
Chad Cocuzza as
Anti-Smoking Soldier (uncredited; ep 21)
Attentive Audience Member (ep 8)
Dentoranee Jitpika (ep 1)
Tending Soldier B (uncredited; ep 22)
Vicious Audience Member A (uncredited; ep 22)
Chance Munsterman as
Bunnoshin Inagaki (ep 3)
Kurenai Gang Member B (ep 10)
Charles Baker as Kohei Hatanaka (ep 4)
Chris Cason as
Angry Audience Member D (uncredited; ep 8)
Astounded Audience Member B (ep 6)
Booing Audience Member B (ep 10)
Deriding Katsumi Fan A (uncredited; ep 9)
Dorban (ep 7)
Knowledgeable Audience Member (ep 14)
Kurenai Gang Member E (ep 10)
Otto (ep 6)
Rival Gang Leader (ep 10)
Surprised Audience Member (uncredited; ep 23)
Tending Soldier C (uncredited; ep 22)
Training Kaioh Disciples (walla; ep 8)
Unnerved Kaioh Disciple (uncredited; ep 18)
Vicious Katsumi Fan A (uncredited; ep 9)
Chris Forbis as Kihei's Disciple B (uncredited; ep 17)
Chris Rager as
Artemis Reagan (eps 1-2, 23)
Yuri Chakovsky (ep 20)
Christopher R. Sabat as
Chinese Kenpo Disciples (walla; ep 15)
Dorian Kaio (incidental; ep 15)
Volatile Inmate (uncredited; ep 24)
Chuck Huber as
Gaia / Nomura (archive audio; eps 17, 20)
Old Monk (ep 15)
Clarine Harp as Baki's Fangirl A (walla; ep 22)
Cole Brown as Kihei Mikoshiba (eps 17, 19)
Craig Dvorak as Zulu (eps 1, 7)
Daniel Penz as
Disbelieving Audience Member B (uncredited; ep 23)
Gossiping Soldier B (uncredited; ep 22)
Green Beret Commander (ep 24)
David Stroh as
Atsushi Suedo (ep 1)
Blonde Mustached Thug (uncredited; ep 1)
Takuji Kuriki (ep 2)
Underground Medic A (uncredited; ep 1)
David Trosko as Tending Soldier A (uncredited; ep 22)
David Wilson-Brown as Anaconda Handler A (ep 15)
Ed Blaylock as
Govek (ep 24)
Retsu Kaio
Richard Phillis (ep 13)
George Manley as U.S. Army General (ep 4)
Grant James as Dr. Buren (eps 16, 20)
J Paul Slavens as
Eyepatch Soldier (uncredited; ep 21)
Ryuu Kaioh (ep 18)
James Norris as
Angry Audience Member B (ep 7)
Deriding Katsumi Fan B (uncredited; ep 9)
Kurenai Gang Member A (walla; ep 10)
Vicious Katsumi Fan B (uncredited; ep 9)
Jamie Marchi as Roland Gustaf's Mother (as Jamie Perez)
Jamie Perez as
Baki's Fangirl B (walla; ep 22)
Mrs. Gustav (ep 3)
Jason Konopisos as Roger Harlon (eps 6, 11, 13)
Jeff Inman as
Tending Soldier C (uncredited; ep 22)
Underground Referee
Jeff Johnson as
Astounded Audience Member A (ep 6)
Disbelieving Audience Member B (uncredited; ep 23)
Suzumoto (eps 4, 9-10, 23)
Jeremy Inman as
Black Street Boxer (archive audio; ep 20)
Chicago Heavyweight Boxer (incidental; ep 6)
Jagatta Shaman (crippled muay thai fighter; ep 4)
Jamal (ep 10)
Mike Queen (eps 4, 11)
Richard's Training Partner C (incidental; ep 6)
Shou (pink-shirt thug; ep 1)
Jerome Fifty-Seven as
Blonde Karate Practitioner (archive audio; ep 20)
Delta Force Commander (ep 24)
Failed Kaioh Disciple (ep 8)
Moko Li (ep 13)
Olympics Announcer (uncredited; ep 15)
Jerry Jewell as Kikuchi (ep 24)
Jerry Zumwalt as U.S. Army Captain (ep 4)
Jim Johnson as Conference Member (uncredited; ep 24)
Jimi Barker as
Kihei's Disciple A (uncredited; ep 17)
Murmuring Audience Member A (uncredited; ep 4)
Suit A (uncredited; ep 1)
Tending Soldier D (uncredited; ep 22)
Worried Audience Member A (uncredited; ep 23)
Joel McDonald as
Baki Fan D (uncredited; ep 23)
Strydom's Man A (uncredited; eps 22, 24)
John Burgmeier as
Doctor
Kihei's Disciple F (uncredited; ep 17)
John Elliott as
Kohei Kuzumi (eps 2, 14)
Minoru Yamamoto (ep 6)
Richard's Training Partner A (incidental; ep 6)
Jonathan C. Osborne as
Sumo Wrestler (ep 2)
Takeda (black-haired mustached thug; ep 1)
Josh Martin as
Inagaki's Sparring Partner A (incidental; ep 3)
Inagi's Opponent (ep 3)
Kurenai Gang Member D (uncredited; ep 10)
Robert Guerlain (ep 2)
Suit B (uncredited; ep 1)
Justin Cook as Whispering Underground Suit (uncredited; ep 4)
Justin Pate as
Gasping Audience Member (incidental; ep 4)
Pedestrian A (uncredited; ep 4)
Underground Medic B (uncredited; ep 1)
Kaboom as
Charley (ep 24)
Vicious Audience Member B (uncredited; ep 22)
Worried Audience Member B (uncredited; ep 23)
Kate Borneman as Hanayama Fan A (ep 3)
Kent Williams as
Inagaki's Sensei (ep 3)
Richards (ep 24)
Shumei Kano (archive audio; ep 20)
Kyle Hebert as
Inagaki's Sparring Partner D (incidental; ep 3)
Navy SEAL (uncredited; ep 24)
President of the United States (ep 6)
Sam D'Amato (eps 4, 10)
Screaming Man (uncredited; ep 15)
Lauren Goode as Roland Gustav (young)
Lee Trull as Tom Harrison (Buren's nephew; ep 16)
Lydia Mackay as Baki Fan C (uncredited; ep 23)
Marcus Neely as Sergio Silva (eps 5, 12)
Mark Lancaster as
Burly Secret Service Agent (ep 6)
Gossiping Soldier A (uncredited; ep 22)
Mark Orvik as
Junichi Hanada (5 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 8, 19
)

Robert’s Coach (uncredited; ep 2)
Mark Stoddard as Strydum
Markus Lloyd as Igari’s Sparring Partner (incidental; ep 14)
Matt Tompkins as Ryuu Kaioh (uncredited; ep 8)
Michael Pandolfo as
Katsumi Orochi (young)
Kureha Kosho (young)
Mike Goldberg as Astounded Audience Member C (ep 6)
Mike McFarland as
Gary
Makoev (eps 11, 15)
Mike Murray as
Atsushi Suedo (10 episodes
eps 6, 9, 12, 15, 17-18, 20-23
)

Mido
Sergei Taktaroff (ep 2)
Orion Pitts as
Richard's Training Partner B (incidental; ep 6)
Training Kaioh Disciples (walla; ep 8)
Phil Parsons as
Cartel Boss (ep 24)
Inagaki's Sparring Partner B (incidental; ep 3)
R Bruce Elliott as Hitoshi Kuriyagawa (archive audio; ep 20)
Randy Tallman as
Artemis’ Coach (uncredited; ep 1)
Bill Riley (eps 2-3)
Commander
Counting-Down Soldier (uncredited; ep 22)
Former President of the United States (ep 24)
Matsuo
Pedestrian B (uncredited; ep 4)
Richie DeMeglio as
Hanayama Fan B (ep 3)
Inagaki's Sparring Partner C (incidental; ep 3)
Kihei's Disciple G (uncredited; ep 17)
Sean Whitley as Sunglasses Secret Service Agent (ep 6)
Sean Michael Teague as
Baki Fan B (uncredited; ep 23)
Kihei's Disciple C (uncredited; ep 17)
Shibukawa's Disciple (uncredited; ep 23)
Shane Ray as
Kihei's Disciple D (uncredited; ep 17)
Lion Spirit (uncredited; ep 23)
Sonny Strait as
Bolsky (ep 15)
Davkolich (ep 11)
Murmuring Audience Member B (uncredited; ep 4)
Unnerved Bailin Elder (uncredited; ep 18)
Stephanie Young as
Jane
White House Press Secretary (ep 24)
Steven Walters as
Anaconda Handler B (ep 15)
Angry Audience Member A (ep 7)
U.S. Army Pilot (ep 4)
Susan Huber as
Arizona Warden (uncredited; ep 24)
Ms. Sinclair (uncredited; ep 23)
Travis Willingham as Kurenai Gang Member C (uncredited; ep 10)
Troy Baker as
Amanai's Skeptic (ep 6)
Bald Secret Service Agent (ep 6)
Hanayama Bayoh (ep 9)
Lorient Tracy (archive audio; ep 12)
Rob Robinson (eps 1-2, 13)
Underground Handler (incidental; ep 6)
Tyler Walker as
Artemis' Opponent (incidental; ep 1)
Baki Fan A (uncredited; ep 23)
Bill (army soldier; ep 21)
Disbelieving Audience Member A (uncredited; ep 23)
Kihei's Disciple E (uncredited; ep 17)
Strydom's Man B (uncredited; ep 22)
Wendy Powell as
Emi
Ms. Sinclair (Fake Emi; ep 14)
Screaming Woman (uncredited; ep 15)
Z. Charles Bolton as
Confused Audience Member (ep 14)
Kurenai Handler (uncredited; ep 4)

English companies
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment (expired)
Recording: FUNimation Studios
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Karl-Line Heller
Cyril Etesse as Kaoru Hanayama, Zulu, voix tierces
Damien Laquet as Doppo Orochi, Jack Hammer, voix tierces
Franck Adrien as Yujiro Hanma, Colonel Stridum
Pascal Gimenez as Baki

Karl-Line Heller as Kozué
Laurent Pasquier as Tokugawa, les frères Shinogi, voix tier
Sandra Vandroux as Emi Akezawa

French companies
Distributor: Déclic Images
Dubbing: PILON Studio Son
German staff
German cast
(none)
Linus Kraus as Baki Hanma
Matthias Lühn as Jack Hammer
Rolf Buschpeter as Yujiro Hanma

Djamil Deininger as Kaoru Hanayama
Gordon Piedesack as Doppo Orochi
Matthias Keller as Kureha Shinogi
Michael-Che Koch as Koushou Shinogi
Tanja Esche as Kozue Matsumoto

Christoph Bautz as Katsumi Orochi
Sabina Godec as Emi Akezawa
German companies
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Bon Reyes as
Baki Fuuma
Baki Hanma
Montreal Repuyan as Yujiro Hanma

Dada Carlos as Emi Akezawa

Tagalog companies

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