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Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Curse of the Undead Yoma
Yōma (Japanese)
Yoma - Curse of the Undead
Yoma les ténèbres (French)
Yoma, La Stirpe Delle Tenebre (Italian)
Йома: посланцы царства тьмы (Russian)
妖魔 (Japanese)
요마 (Korean)
Themes: ninja
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: A terrible war has ravaged the land, and now, fueled by the blood of numerous fallen warriors, the Yoma, demons from hell, emerge once more. A skilled ninja seeks to end the bloodshed these demons inflict upon humanity, but to do this he must fight against his undead former best friend and fellow ninja who was killed in battle and has been resurrected to serve the Yoma.
User Ratings: 265 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:5)
 Very good: 41 votes (sub:26, dub:12, ?:1, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 56 votes (dub:29, sub:25, ?:2)
 Decent: 60 votes (sub:32, dub:25, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 38 votes (sub:18, dub:16, ?:3, raw:1)
 Not really good: 23 votes (sub:13, dub:9, raw:1)
 Weak: 15 votes (dub:10, sub:3, others:2
1 French dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 8 votes (dub:5, sub:2, raw:1)
 Awful: 7 votes (dub:5, raw:1, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:1, dub:1, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 619 users, rank: #1840 (of 10145)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.887 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9873, rank: #8098 (of 10323)
Weighted mean: 5.818 (Decent−), rank: #8235 (of 10323) (seen all: 5.87 / seen some: 4.84 / won't finish: 1.89)
Bayesian estimate: 5.896 (Decent), rank: #7018 (of 7760)
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage:
1989-05-01 to 1989-06-01
1998-12-23 (France)
Ending Theme:
"Ashita e no Prologue" (未来へのプロローグ; "Prologue for Tomorrow") by Midori Karashima
Insert song:
"Yōma Kazoe Uta" (妖魔数え唄) by Midori Karashima
Links: We have 1
News: Show:
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ADV looking for Suggestions (Sep 13, 2000)
Starz Encore Action Channel Anime Chedule extended (Aug 30, 2000)
Anime a Day on TV (Jul 25, 2000)
Encore announces anime block on Action channel (Jan 27, 1999)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Blood Reign / Kimera [Double Pack] (DVD) 2007-10-09 (from $60.00)
    Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (DVD) 2001-01-30 (from $12.50)
    Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma [Essential Anime Collection] (DVD) 2004-03-16 (from $79.99)
    Ninja Resurrection / Blood Reign [Double Pack] (DVD) 2009-05-12
VHS
    Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (Dub.VHS) 1998-06-30 (from $23.31)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takashi Anno
Script: Shō Aikawa
Music: Hiroya Watanabe
Original Manga: Kei Kusunoki
Character Design: Matsuri Okuda
Art Director:
Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Yōko Komiya
Animation Director: Matsuri Okuda
Sound Director:
Jun Watanabe (Assistant)
Noriyoshi Matsuura
Director of Photography: Takashi Azuhata
Executive producer:
Haruo Sai
Masaki Sawanobori
Producer:
Eiji Abe (Assistant)
Nagateru Katō

Advertising Producer: Yuri Shibayama
Assistant Animation Director: Atsuo Tobe (ep 2)
Background Art:
Chisato Sunagawa (ep 1)
Hisae Oomiya (ep 1)
Katsumi Takao (ep 1)
Katsutoshi Yui (ep 1)
Keiko Nomura (eps 1-2)
Manami Matsumoto (eps 1-2)
Michiyo Kawano (ep 2)
Michiyo Matsuda (ep 1)
Noriko Hataoka (eps 1-2)
Sumiko Aihara (eps 1-2)
Yasuyuki Inaba (eps 1-2)
Color Check: Manami Doi
Color design: Kumiko Yusa
Color setting: Manami Doi
Editing:
Eigo Makioka
Satoru Ishida
Shūichi Kakesu
Finish Animation:
Emiko Ishii (eps 1-2)
Fumiko Nakamura (eps 1-2)
Hideaki Ishikawa (eps 1-2)
Hidemi Wada (eps 1-2)
Izumi Maeno (eps 1-2)
Kazu Takeuchi (ep 2)
Mari Higashihara (ep 1)
Mieko Maruyama (eps 1-2)
Ryūta Nishimura (ep 1)
Satoko Shiho (eps 1-2)
Sayuri Tanabe (eps 1-2)
Shinji Takai (ep 2)
Takahiro Fukuda (ep 2)
Finish Check:
Kazu Takeuchi (ep 1)
Shinji Takai (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Hiroki Okamoto (eps 1-2)
Hiroki Ozawa (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Nozue (ep 1)
Kazuya Saitō (ep 2)
Kumi Daiho (ep 1)
Masahiro Okamura (eps 1-2)
Miwako Makino (eps 1-2)
Nobuko Hagino (eps 1-2)
Ryōichi Ōki (eps 1-2)
Satoshi Shishido (ep 2)
Shigekazu Momiyama (ep 1)
Shūji Kokubu (ep 1)
Susumu Makiura (eps 1-2)
Takashi Wada (ep 1)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 2)
In-Between Check:
Satoshi Shishido (ep 1)
Takashi Wada (ep 2)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 1)
Insert Song Arrangement: Hiroya Watanabe
Insert Song Composition: Midori Karashima
Insert Song Lyrics: Kei Kusunoki
Insert Song Performance: Midori Karashima
Key Animation:
Akio Kawamura (ep 2)
Atsuko Inoue (ep 2)
Atsuo Tobe (ep 2)
Chūichi Iguchi (eps 1-2)
Eiji Suganuma (ep 2)
Hideyuki Motohashi (ep 1)
Hiroshi Motoyama (ep 1)
Hirotsugu Ichizumi (ep 1)
Hiroyoshi Ohkawa (ep 2)
Hitoshi Ueda (ep 1)
Katsumi Shimazaki (eps 1-2)
Masahiko Yoda (ep 1)
Masami Kosone (ep 1)
Matsuri Okuda (ep 2)
Michiyo Suzuki (eps 1-2)
Minoru Yamazawa (eps 1-2)
Miyuki Nakano (ep 1)
Riku Shino (ep 2)
Susumu Nishizawa (eps 1-2)
Tadakatsu Yoshida (ep 1)
Tetsurō Aoki (eps 1-2)
Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 1)
Toyomi Sugiyama (ep 2)
Yasuhiro Ōshima (ep 2)
Yōko Kadokami (eps 1-2)
Yoshio Usuda (ep 2)
Music producer:
Hidetoshi Shigematsu (King Records)
Keiko Akiyama (King Records)
Tatsuo Ōba (Tōhō Music Publishing)
Photography:
Akihiko Takahashi (Studio Boston; eps 1-2)
Fumio Ogawara (Studio Boston; eps 1-2)
Hōsaku Miura (Studio Boston; ep 2)
Katsuyuki Ohtaki (Studio Boston; eps 1-2)
Masaaki Kumagai (Falcon Inc.; ep 1)
Satoru Isobe (Falcon Inc.; ep 1)
Tadashi Hosono (Falcon Inc.; ep 1)
Planning:
Masamichi Fujiwara
Yutaka Takahashi
Production Advancement:
Hiroaki Harayama (ep 1)
Shūichi Nakatsuka (eps 1-2)
Production Desk: Kazuhiko Ikeguchi (eps 1-2)
Production Desk Assistant: Megumi Yamada (ep 1)
Production manager: Yōko Muraoka
Publicity: Machiu Hattori
Publicity Supervisor:
Chieko Yui
Natsuko Satō
Recording:
Harusumi Ōtsuka
Yoshio Obara
Recording engineer: Minoru Asami (King Records)
Sound Effects: Katsumi Itō
Special Effects: Gō Abe
Studio Management:
Osamu Isomura
Ryoichi Yamada
Theme Song Arrangement: Hiroya Watanabe (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Midori Karashima (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Midori Karashima (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Midori Karashima (ED)
Kenyū Horiuchi as Hikage

Hiromi Tsuru as Aya #1
Kaneto Shiozawa as Marō
Miina Tominaga as Aya #2

Banjō Ginga as Brawny Koga (ep 2)
Eiji Maruyama as Old Bonze
Hideyuki Tanaka as Kazami
Jūrōta Kosugi as
Majuumi no Miko (ep 2)
Shiranui (ep 2)
Kazumi Tanaka as Chain-Wielding Koga (ep 2)
Kōzō Shioya as Shiratsuyu
Michitaka Kobayashi as Hunter A (ep 1)
Miki Itō as Woman (ep 2)
Minako Arakawa as Ito
Motomu Kiyokawa as Narrator
Shinya Ōtaki as Hunter B (ep 1)
Yūko Mizutani as Kotone
Yusaka Yara as Higezura
Japanese companies
Background Art:
Studio Aqua (ep 2)
Studio Jack (eps 1-2)
Studio WHO (ep 2)
Editing: Kakesu Editing Room
Film Processing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation: FAI
In-Between Animation: FAI
Music Production:
King Records
Toho Music Publishing
Photography:
Falcon, Inc. (ep 1)
Studio Boston (eps 1-2)
Production:
Animate
J.C. Staff
MOVIC Promote Service
TOHO
Recording Studio: Seion Studio
Sound Production: Gen
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Gary Dehan
Translation:
Chris Hutts
Masako Arakawa
ADR Script: Gary Dehan
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams (Essential Anime Collection)
Sharon Papa
Producer:
Gary Dehan
Matt Greenfield

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Producer: David Williams
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design:
Andy Orjuela (VHS, DVDs)
Larry Koteff (DVD)
Christopher Pryce as Hikage

Catherine Glynn as Aya (ep 1)
Charles Campbell as Marou (2nd Demon Form)
Dick Reiss as Marou (1st Demon Form)
Jessica Robertson as Aya (ep 2)
Jon Geiger as Marou

Adam Dudley as
Chunin (ep 1)
Majumi no Miko (ep 2)
Barry Miller as Old Priest (ep 1)
Bill Wise as Shiratsuyu
Cara Biggs as Kotone
Charles Campbell as Yōma (ep 1)
David Arnsberger as
Higezura
Kazami
Gary Dehan as Villager 5 (ep 1)
James Elliott as Oinin 2/Voice (ep 1)
Lane West as Woman
Larry Goode as Villager 1 (ep 1)
Mark Lanteigne as Villager 4 (ep 1)
Mark O'Brien as Narrator
Mary Lang as
Ito (ep 1)
Mai (butterfly yōma; ep 2)
Matt Helm as Villager 2 (ep 1)
Robert Ashker Kraft as
Kouga 2 (ep 2)
Oinin 1 (ep 1)
Steve Sanders as
Shingen Takeda (ep 1)
Yoki (tree yōma; ep 2)
Tom Bartling as Villager 3 (ep 1)

Lane West
English companies
Broadcaster: Encore Action
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming: The Anime Network
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Production: Toho International Co., Ltd.
French staff
French cast
(none)
Olivier Cuvelier as Hikage

André Pauwels as
Narrateur
Seigneur Mitsui
Benoît Grimmiaux as Fuki
Daniel Nicodème as Valet Ninja Takeda
Sabrina Leurquin as Aya (OAV 2)

André Pauwels as Le vieillard/araignée géante
Daniel Nicodème as homme du village
Jean-Marc Delhausse as Maru
Véronique Biefnot as
la femme qui pleure (OAV 2)
La femme sans coeur

Daniel Nicodème
French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1 (from April 2001)
Frissons TV (Canada)
Mangas (1998-12-23)
Distributor: KAZÉ
Dubbing: Made In Europe
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor:
ACOG
OVA Films
German cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)

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