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Shion no Oh (TV)

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Alternative title:
Shion no Ou
Shion's King
The Flowers of Hard Blood
The King of Shion
The King of Sion
しおんの王 (Japanese)
시온의 왕 (Korean)
Themes: games, shogi, shougi, sports
Plot Summary: As a child, Shion Ishiwatari's parents were murdered in their own home. Shion escaped unharmed, yet the trauma caused her to lose her voice. The only evidence police found was a shougi board and one piece "the King". Neighbours and close friends of the family, Shinji and Sachiko Yasuoka, adopted Shion and taught Shion how to play shougi. As the years passed, she became known as a genius and quite a famous player. Now, as her fame rises, her past resurfaces and she discovers that being a professional shogi player may just lead to finding her parents' killer.
User Ratings: 356 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 32 votes (sub:31, dub:1)
 Excellent: 76 votes (sub:73, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 122 votes (sub:118, dub:2, others:2
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 80 votes (sub:77, dub:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 33 votes (sub:32, dub:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 655 users, rank: #1766 (of 10140)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.843 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.3081, rank: #989 (of 10316)
Weighted mean: 7.783 (Very good−), rank: #1004 (of 10316) (seen all: 7.88 / seen some: 7.49 / won't finish: 5.31)
Bayesian estimate: 7.772 (Very good−), rank: #751 (of 7757)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 22
Episode titles: We have 22
Vintage: 2007-10-13 to 2008-03-22
Opening Theme:
"LADY LOVE" by RIZE
Ending Theme:
"My dear friend" by Teruma Aoyama
News: Show:
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Shion, Kitarō, Glass Maiden Pitched for Overseas Rights (Feb 8, 2008)
Shion no Ō Anime Announced (May 23, 2007)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Toshifumi Kawase
Series Composition: Takashi Yamada
Script: Takashi Yamada (eps 1-22)
Storyboard: Shigeru Ueda (ep 3)
Episode Director: Kōsuke Kobayashi (ep 7)
Music: Kōsuke Yamashita
Original creator:
Jiro Ando (art)
Masaru Katori (story)
Character Design: Seiya Numata
Art Director: Yutaka Mukumoto
Chief Animation Director: Seiya Numata
Animation Director: Sunao Chikaoka (ep 16)
Producer:
Kōji Yamamoto (Fuji TV; Fuji TV)
Shinichi Ikeda
Yūichirō Takahata

Animation producer: Keiichi Matsuda
Color setting: Takeshi Mochida
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
In-Between Animation: Yūya Sawaguchi (Digital Network Animation; eps 14, 19)
Key Animation:
Aki Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 12, 18
)
Aki Yamauchi (ep 6)
Akiko Matsuo (eps 9, 22)
Aya Maeda (ep 11)
Aya Nozawa (eps 9, 13, 17)
Ayako Murata (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 12, 18
)
Ayumi Sōgawa (eps 14, 19)
Chie Mishima (eps 14, 19)
Chie Nishio (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 15, 17, 20
)
Chiharu Kataoka (ep 10)
Chizuru Kobayashi (ep 16)
Chūji Nakajima (eps 1, 4, 7, 17)
Daisuke Hiramaki (ep 16)
Daisuke Nakamura (ep 16)
Daisuke Watanabe (ep 2)
Eiichi Kuboyama (ep 16)
Eiichi Tominaga (eps 4, 9)
Eiji Fukuyama (eps 14, 19)
Emi Honda (ep 9)
Eri Ogawa (ep 22)
Hatsumi Takahashi (ep 14)
Hiroaki Iwata (ep 6)
Hiroaki Shigeta (ep 3)
Hiroko Kanehara (ep 1)
Hitomi Taniguchi (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 12, 18
)
Hitoshi Kawaguchi (ep 12)
Hokuto Sakiyama (ep 21)
Ikumi Saitou (eps 14, 19)
Itsuki Imazaki (ep 22)
Jun Arai (eps 21-22)
Junko Matsushita (ep 5)
Kazuya Hirata (4 episodes
eps 11, 15, 17, 21
)
Kazuya Nakanishi (ep 5)
Keiichi Honda (ep 16)
Keiji Shigesawa (ep 16)
Keiko Ishii (eps 14, 19)
Ken Kobayashi (ep 6)
Ken Mochizuki (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 12, 18
)
Ken Mutou (ep 11)
Ken Takahashi (eps 4, 7, 15)
Kenji Akimoto (ep 2)
Kumi Ishii (ep 1)
Maki Murakami (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 11, 22
)
Maki Sawai (eps 11, 15)
Manabu Akita (ep 21)
Manabu Shioda (6 episodes
eps 7, 9, 13, 17, 20, 22
)
Mariko Aoki (ep 10)
Masaru Suda (ep 17)
Masashi Hasegawa (ep 3)
Masayuki Uchiyama (eps 17, 20-21)
Masumi Hoshino (eps 1, 9, 22)
Mayu Shinoda (eps 4, 7)
Mie Yagasaki (eps 8, 12, 18)
Minami Tokunaga (ep 10)
Miyoko Kawamoto (ep 7)
Miyuki Nakamura (ep 6)
Momoko Kawai (eps 11, 13, 15)
Nao Kawashima (ep 2)
Naomi Okita (ep 6)
Natsumi Tamura (ep 5)
Rumiko Umemoto (ep 22)
Ryoko Nakamura (ep 16)
Saki Yoshida (ep 9)
Sakiko Yoshida (eps 15, 22)
Satoshi Ohsawa (ep 5)
Satoshi Sakai (ep 16)
Satoshi Yamaguchi (ep 21)
Seiya Numata (eps 1, 21-22)
Shin Wakabayashi (eps 5, 15, 22)
Shinichi Shigematsu (ep 6)
Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 16)
Shinsuke Yoshida (ep 10)
Takashi Nagayoshi (ep 6)
Takeshi Ōishi (ep 5)
Tatsuya Ikeda (eps 2, 17)
Teruko Takeshima (ep 5)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP; eps 1, 22)
Tomoaki Kado (ep 1)
Tomohiro Kameyama (eps 2, 12, 18)
Tomoyo Sawada (ep 16)
Tomoyuki Abe (eps 14, 19)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 21)
Tsukasa Sorimachi (eps 14, 19)
Yasunori Muramatsu (ep 16)
Yōichi Ishikawa (ep 22)
Yōko Iizuka (eps 11, 16)
Yoshikazu Sato (ep 11)
Yoshio Usuda (ep 4)
Yoshitaka Ōyama (ep 5)
Yūichirō Ōtsubo (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 12, 18
)
Yūji Tanaka (eps 13, 20)
Yukari Watanabe (eps 14, 19)
Yukie Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 12, 18
)
Yūko Yamada (ep 13)
Yumi Nakayama (eps 5, 11)
Yumi Shimizu (eps 1, 22)
Yusuke Adachi (ep 3)
Yuu Takahashi (eps 2, 8)
Production:
Kouji Kumode
Yoko Furukawa
Yukihiro Ito (Fuji TV)
Theme Song Composition:
Hitoshi Harukawa (ED)
Ken Harada (OP)
RIZE (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
JESSE (OP)
Kenn Kato (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
RIZE (OP)
Teruma Aoyama (OP)
Ayako Kawasumi as Shion Yasuoka
Risa Mizuno as Saori Nikaidō
Romi Park as Ayumi Saitō

Akihiko Ishizumi as Detective Yokoyama
Akimasa Terada as Detective Tachikawa
Hozumi Gōda as Makoto Hani
Mariko Kouda as Sachiko Yasuoka
Masaya Matsukaze as Satoru Hani
Ryūsei Nakao as Osamu Kamizono
Takahiro Matsukawa as Toru Kutani
Yasunori Matsumoto as Shinji Yasuoka
Yū Shimaka as Furuta

Ai Hayasaka as
Classmate B (ep 2)
Clerk (ep 5)
Nurse (eps 3, 7)
Sakai (ep 6)
Training Member A (ep 1)
Aki Kanada as Moto Honma (eps 7, 10)
Akiko Kimura as Female Doctor (eps 12-13)
Daisuke Sasaki as
Encouragement Member A (eps 1, 8, 20)
Encouraging Member (eps 4, 7, 19)
Identification Section Staff (ep 3)
Recorder (eps 15, 17)
Reporter A (eps 14, 18)
Eiji Maruyama as Kyoto Kudan (ep 13)
Hideo Ishikawa as Kotaro Yamamura (eps 6, 21)
Hiroki Yasumoto as
Male Caster (ep 7)
Reporter B (ep 14)
Hiroshi Kamiya as Kobayashi
Keiichi Sonobe as Sugazawa 7th Dan (ep 11)
Miki Suga as
Classmate A (ep 2)
Female Caster (ep 7)
Hill (ep 6)
Ishiwatari's Wife (eps 18-19)
Landlady (ep 21)
Nurse (ep 5)
Staff (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 10-11, 14
)
Naoki Koshida as Reporter B (ep 18)
Ryo Nagai as Police Officer (ep 2)
Satoshi Tsuruoka as
Cameraman (ep 10)
Chief of Investigation Division (ep 3)
Encouragement Member B (eps 8, 20)
Encouraging Member (ep 21)
Reporter (ep 16)
Shiho Kawaragi as Kazumi Seto (eps 17-19, 21)
Shinya Fukumatsu as
Man in Hat (ep 2)
Sasakado (eps 19-21)
Witness (7 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 14, 16-18
)
Takashi Matsuyama as Kamei (ep 6)
Tsutomu Densaka as Watanabe 7th Dan (ep 13)
Yu Shimamura as
Chiaki (ep 6)
Fumiko Saito (eps 11, 13)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
DEXS
Nakamura Production
Studio Liberty
Studio Wombat
Triple A
Yumeta Company
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Backgrounds: Studio Tulip
Broadcaster:
BS-i (2007-11-19)
Fuji Television Network (2007-10-13)
Kansai Telecasting Corporation (2007-10-23)
Tokai Television (2007-10-26)
Digital Paint:
AMGA
cube A motion
E-cho
Frontline
Golden Bell
Hyoin Animation
K-Production
Lee Production
Run Road
Studio Elle
Studio Take Off
Taiguan Animation
Triple A
U-Han Entertainment
In-Between Animation:
Anime R
Asahi Production
Bee Train
DEXS
Digital Network Animation
E-cho
Fairytale
Frontline
Golden Bell
Hyoin Animation
K-Production
Kino Production
Lee Production
Nakamura Production
Satelight
Studio Take Off
Studio Wombat
Taiguan Animation
Triple A
U-Han Entertainment
Xebec
In-between Check:
Digital Network Animation
Kino Production
Key Animation:
AIM Entertainment
E-cho
Frontline
Hyoin Animation
Lee Production
Nakamura Production
Studio Angle
Sung San Production
Taiguan Animation
Tokyo Animation Center
Music Production:
Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Universal Music
Photography:
AMGA
Digital Network Animation
Megumi
Studio Elle
Production:
Fuji Television Network
Pony Canyon
Shion's King Production Committee
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.
Production Cooperation:
APPP
AZETA PICTURES
Digital Network Animation
Kino Production
Studio Take Off
Xebec
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Production: Dax Production

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