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Bamboo Blade (TV)

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Alternative title:
バンブーブレード (Japanese)
竹劍少女 (Chinese (Taiwan))
뱀부 블레이드 (Korean)
Themes: kendo, moe, sports
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Toraji Ishida is a high school kendo teacher. His friend and fellow kendo teacher makes him a bet: if Ishida can assemble a girls' kendo team that can defeat his girls' team in a practice match, he'll treat Ishida to free meals at his father's sushi restaurant for a whole year. Now Ishida must find five girls to join the team.
User Ratings: 2535 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 321 votes (sub:290, dub:27, raw:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 898 votes (sub:785, dub:104, raw:3, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Very good: 708 votes (sub:599, dub:95, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:10
6 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 393 votes (sub:306, dub:76, ?:1, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 124 votes (sub:97, dub:21, raw:1, others:5
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 51 votes (sub:40, dub:10, ?:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:14, dub:1)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:4)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4088 users, rank: #223 (of 9777)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.215 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.3276, rank: #377 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 8.122 (Very good), rank: #425 (of 9919) (seen all: 8.24 / seen some: 6.89 / won't finish: 4.59)
Bayesian estimate: 8.118 (Very good), rank: #271 (of 7496)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Production cost: ¥9,500,000 (per episode approx.)
Vintage: 2007-10-01 to 2008-03-31
Opening Theme:
"BAMBOO BEAT" by Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima, Houko Kuwashima & Rina Satou
Ending Theme:
"STAR RISE" by Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima, Houko Kuwashima & Rina Satou
#2: "BAMBOO BEAT" by Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima, Houko Kuwashima & Rina Satou (ep 26)
Trivia: We have 8
Reviews:
Bamboo Blade DVD 2 (Feb 12, 2010)
Bamboo Blade DVD part 1 (Dec 20, 2009)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Bamboo Blade - Part 1 (DVD) 2009-11-24 (from $13.99)
    Bamboo Blade - Part 2 (DVD) 2010-01-19 (from $12.99)
    Bamboo Blade - The Complete Series (DVD) 2010-10-19
    Bamboo Blade - The Complete Series [S.A.V.E.] (DVD) 2011-10-18 (from $16.29)
DVD (Region 2)
    Bamboo Blade - Part 1 (DVD) 2010-11-22
    Bamboo Blade - Part 2 (DVD) 2011-01-31
    Bamboo Blade - Complete Series (DVD) 2011-03-28

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hisashi Saito
Screenplay: Hideyuki Kurata
Storyboard:
Hisashi Saito (OP; 10 episodes
eps 1-4, 8, 16, 21-22, 24, 26
)
Iwao Teraoka (5 episodes
eps 5, 7, 12, 14, 17
)
Kōji Itō (eps 19-20)
Kōta Okuno (ep 16)
Makoto Bessho (ep 23)
Rion Kujo (ED; ep 15)
Takeshi Mori (ep 11)
Tatsuya Igarashi (5 episodes
eps 6, 13, 22, 24, 26
)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (eps 10, 18)
Yūichi Nihei (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Hisashi Saito (ep 26)
Ikurō Satō (ep 7)
Kaoru Suzuki (eps 12, 21)
Keitaro Motonaga (eps 8, 14, 20)
Kōji Itō (ep 19)
Kōta Okuno (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 11, 14, 16, 22
)
Masayuki Iimura (ep 3)
Rion Kujo (ED; eps 15, 24)
Tatsuya Igarashi (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 13, 17, 25-26
)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 18, 23
)
Unit Director: Tōru Yoshida (ep 9)
Music: Kiyohiko Senba
Original creator:
Aguri Igarashi (art)
Masahiro Totsuka (story)
Character Design: Yukichi Namiyanagi
Art Director: Maho Takahashi
Animation Director:
Atsushi Aono (ep 14)
Hidetoshi Sano (ep 10)
Hiromitsu Morishita (ep 9)
Hiroyuki Oda (ep 7)
Hong Shen (FAI; 4 episodes
eps 11, 17, 22, 26
)
Masahiro Yamane (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 13, 16, 21
)
Masakazu Saitō (ep 22)
Masakazu Yamagishi (ep 6)
Masami Nagata (eps 19-20, 23)
Michio Satō (ep 21) 
Naoki Suehiro (FAI; eps 10, 22)
Naoto Hosoda (OP)
Naoyuki Owada (ep 16)
Rie Kawaguchi (5 episodes
eps 4, 12, 18, 20, 23
)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (ep 16)
Satoshi Ishino (eps 3, 14)
Shuichi Hara (eps 18, 25-26)
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (ep 15)
Yōichi Ueda
Yoshihiro Watanabe (ep 26)
Yoshiya Yamamoto (ep 7)
Yūichi Nakazawa (ep 9)
Yuka Takemori (ep 5)
Yumiko Ishii (ep 24)
Yutaka Matsubara (eps 13, 19, 25)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Tatsuya Nomura
Producer:
Hiroshi Yoshida
Jiyū Ōgi
Masataka Katagiri
Shigeaki Komatsu
Tsuneo Takechi

2nd Key Animation:
Emi Tezuka (ep 25)
Hideaki Onishi (ep 20)
Hiroyuki Itai (eps 1, 3, 26)
Hiroyuki Saitō (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Sakai (ep 6)
Kan Terada (ep 25)
Masako Ishino (eps 21, 26)
Masami Kobayashi (eps 11, 13)
Masami Nagata (ep 14)
Mashiku Satō (eps 1-3, 8)
Megu Ōtsubo (eps 6, 25)
Michiko Tomoda (eps 1-3)
Naoto Abe (ep 7)
Norifumi Shiro (ep 25)
Shigeyuki Ono (ep 25)
Shū Watanabe (eps 1, 6)
Shūhei Yamamoto (ep 19)
Takahiro Ninagawa (ep 6)
Takuya Tani (ep 19)
Yū Wanda (ep 20)
3D Work:
Tatsuya Watanabe
Tetsuya Watanabe
Animation Director Cooperation:
Atsushi Aono (ep 3)
Hong Shen (ep 5)
Kumi Horii (ep 16)
Kyōta Washikita (ep 22)
Madoka Hirayama (ep 16)
Masami Nagata (ep 5)
Naoto Hosoda (ep 5)
Rie Kawaguchi (ep 5)
Takeo Shudou (ep 16)
Yoshihiro Watanabe (ep 5)
Yukimaro Ōtsubo (ep 16)
Yutaka Matsubara (ep 5)
Animation producer: Norio Yoshida
Art Setting:
Maho Takahashi
Yoshinori Shiozawa
Assistant Episode Director:
Junichi Wada (ep 7)
Shū Watanabe (ep 24)
Background Art:
Chuan-Lin Zhang (eps 1-26)
Hiromi Ueno
Kazuhiro Inoue (Studio Tulip; eps 1-14)
Kōichi Tanaka
Naoko Tanizaki
Scott MacDonald
Chief Production Director: Tatsuya Igarashi
Color Coordination:
Kahori Sato (Studio Kuma; ep 7)
Mika Onoda (ep 20)
Mineyo Oonishi (ep 25)
Sachiko Urushido (ep 8)
Toshiyuki Miyamoto (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 26
)
Yasuko Katayama (ep 9)
Yoshitaka Katō (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Yukiharu Obata (eps 12, 18)
Yukiko Yamaguchi (ep 15)
Yūsuke Satō (eps 3, 5)
Color design: Rumiko Suzushiro
Design: Yoshihiro Watanabe
Editing: Seiji Morita
Finish Animation:
Aiko Matsuyama (eps 8, 20, 26)
Atsuko Ito (Wish; ep 7)
Ayumi Imanaka (ep 8)
Chieko Hibi (ep 8)
Daiki Egusa (Wish; ep 7)
De Zhou Chen (ep 23)
Dong Liang Chen (ep 23)
Harumi Hosokawa (eps 8-9, 24)
Ikuko Kitagawa (Ad Cosmo; eps 3, 5)
Jin Na Zhu (ep 23)
Kazuyoshi Maie (Studio Gash; ep 15)
Marie Koga (Wish; ep 7)
Megumi Koishikawa (Ad Cosmo; eps 3, 5)
Michiko Watanabe (Wish; ep 7)
Mika Onoda (5 episodes
eps 8-9, 18, 25-26
)
Min Xia Gu (ep 23)
Mitsuko Kanamori (Ad Cosmo; eps 3, 5)
Miyoko Suzuki (Wish; ep 7)
Qian Wei Su (ep 23)
Sachiko Urushido (eps 9, 18, 25)
Sayuri Yanagi (eps 8-9, 24)
Takeshi Matsuo (Wish; ep 7)
Yasue Mizoguchi (Studio Gash; ep 15)
Yasuko Katayama (4 episodes
eps 8, 18, 25-26
)
Yin Na Zhu (ep 23)
Yoshimi Haneda (ep 26)
Yosuke Amamoto (Wish; ep 7)
Yuka Nakamura (Studio Gash; ep 15)
Yūki Echigo (eps 8-9)
Yuki Yoshioka (6 episodes
eps 8-9, 18, 20, 25-26
)
Yukiharu Obata (Studio Gash; ep 15)
Yumi Fujiwara (Wish; ep 7)
Yuno Okamoto (eps 8-9, 24)
Yuu Iuchi (eps 8-9, 18, 20)
In-Between Animation:
Atsushi Tanabe (ep 9)
Chie Hashimoto (AIC Takarazuka; ep 24)
En Song Wang (ep 23)
Hidenobu Takahashi (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Hiromi Imanaka (AIC Takarazuka; ep 24)
Hiromi Masuko (ep 7)
Iori Nonoshita (Bones Animation Dept.; ep 7)
Isamu Suzuki (ep 9)
Jin Jin Zhang (ep 23)
Kasumi Hagiwara (eps 8-9, 20, 24)
Kazuhiro Nasu (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Kazumi Ishii (ep 9)
Keiko Abu (ep 7)
Keiko Oyama (ep 24)
Keiko Tamaki (Bones Animation Dept.; ep 7)
Kimiko Uchimaru (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Masaru Furushima (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Miho Nagai (AIC Takarazuka; ep 24)
Mihoko Ishihara (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Miki Okabana (AIC Takarazuka; ep 24)
Miki Sakaibara (Bones Animation Dept.; ep 7)
Misa Matsuoka (AIC Takarazuka; ep 24)
Rie Takaoka (AIC Takarazuka; ep 24)
Rikiya Murakami (AIC Takarazuka; ep 24)
Risa Takahashi (Bones Animation Dept.; ep 7)
Ryosuke Oshima (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Ryōsuke Terasako (eps 20, 24)
Shinya Endo (eps 8-9, 20, 24)
Takumi Yokota (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Takuya Maekawa (ep 9)
Teizō Shimada (ep 7)
Tetsuro Uetake (AIC Takarazuka; ep 24)
Tomomi Kumata (Ad Cosmo; eps 3, 5)
Wei Qi (ep 23)
Yasushi Saito (Ad Cosmo; eps 3, 5)
Yuka Asai (Bones Animation Dept.; ep 7)
Yūki Tsutsumi (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Yukihiko Miwa (ep 9)
Yuma Sugimoto (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Yuriko Takase (ep 19)
Yūsuke Miyamoto (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
Yuta Shiraishi (Ad Cosmo; eps 3, 5)
Yūya Geshi (AIC Spirits; ep 24)
In-Between Check:
Hiroyuki Saitō (12 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 11-12, 14-15, 17-18, 21, 25-26
)
Kazuhisa Takeda (eps 13, 19)
Koichi Iwanaga (ep 7)
Rie Takaoka (ep 24)
Seiji Tachikawa (eps 9, 24)
Si-Eun Lee (eps 8, 20)
Yūsuke Satō (eps 3, 5)
Yūsuke Suzuki (ep 23)
Key Animation:
Akihide Miya (eps 10, 16)
Akiko Ito (ep 19)
Akiko Nakano (eps 2, 13, 17)
Akira Shinoda (ep 23)
Akira Sotoya (ep 25)
Akito Dobashi (eps 3, 19)
Arihiro Gotō (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 12, 18, 25
)
Asami Moromasa (ep 24)
Asami Tomoda (eps 15, 23)
Atsushi Aono (ep 2)
Atsushi Kasano (ep 9)
Atsushi Komatsu (Anime R; ep 9)
Ayumi Namiki (ep 26)
Ayumi Tsukishita (ep 1)
Chizuko Kusunoki (eps 15, 23)
Daisuke Agata (ep 15)
Daisuke Kusakari (eps 12, 17, 25)
Emiko Momose (eps 2, 13)
Etsushi Mori (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 13-14, 19, 21, 26
)
Fumiaki Sahara (eps 8, 20)
Fumiko Kon (eps 8, 11)
Harumi Kakuda (eps 12, 18, 25)
Hayato Hashiguchi (eps 12, 25)
Hayato Higuchi (ep 18)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 19)
Hideki Shibuya (eps 8, 18, 25)
Hideoki Kusama (ep 25)
Hideyasu Okamoto (eps 9, 13)
Hiroaki Hanawa (Studio Argo; 4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Hiroaki Shigeta (eps 16, 22)
Hiroki Mutaguchi (eps 2, 21)
Hiroko Kanehara (ep 23)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 12, 17, 21)
Hiromi Okazaki (ep 7)
Hiroshi Hariki (Ad Cosmo; ep 5)
Hirotaka Nii (ep 7)
Hiroyasu Oda (ep 21)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Itai (eps 13, 19)
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (ep 26)
Hiroyuki Uchida (ep 20)
Hisafumi Nakahara (ep 7)
Hisashi Saito (ep 25)
Hisashi Samejima (eps 7, 9)
Hokuto Sakiyama (ep 12)
Hong Rong (FAI; ep 26)
Iwao Teraoka (ep 26)
Jie Chen (FAI; ep 26)
Jin Isurugi (eps 15, 23)
Jouji Sawada (eps 8, 20)
Jun Mori (ep 20)
Jun Nakase (ep 14)
Katsuhiko Nishijima (ep 19)
Katsuhisa Yamamoto (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 14, 19
)
Katsumasa Yokomine (AIC Takarazuka; eps 9, 24)
Katsuyuki Yamazaki (ep 20)
Kayo Nomichi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Kazufumi Takano (ep 1)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (eps 12, 18)
Kazuhiro Miwa (ep 7)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (eps 6, 13, 19)
Kazuya Morimae (ep 15)
Kei Hyōdō (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 11, 13-14, 17, 21
)
Keiichirō Honjō (ep 7)
Keisuke Watabe (eps 2, 14, 21)
Keita Hagio (eps 3, 13, 19)
Kenichi Iino (ep 17)
Kenichi Ishimaru (eps 20, 26)
Kenichi Ōnuki (ep 2)
Kenichirō Yamamoto (Anime R; ep 9)
Kenshin Murata (ep 2)
Kenta Taniguchi (ep 9)
Kiyotaka Nakahara (OP; ep 3)
Koichi Nakaya (ep 8)
Kōichi Usami (ep 1)
Kōji Itō (ep 19)
Koji Maruoka (7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11-12, 17, 19, 21
)
Kōji Miura (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Kōji Sugiura (ep 19)
Kyōta Washikita (Eyecatch; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 13-14, 19, 26
)
Machi Ichihara (ep 24)
Maki Fujita (eps 12, 18, 26)
Makoto Itō (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Makoto Uematsu (ep 23)
Manabu Akita (eps 8, 20)
Manabu Shioda (Anime R; eps 9, 18)
Masahiko Matsuo (Anime R; ep 9)
Masahiro Furihata (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 11, 17, 21, 26
)
Masahiro Yamane (ep 21)
Masakazu Yamagishi (eps 14, 24)
Masami Kobayashi (eps 6, 17)
Masami Nagata (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 11, 13, 19, 26
)
Masami Suda (eps 2, 21)
Masashi Nomura (eps 11, 17, 26)
Masashi Sato (5 episodes
eps 11, 14, 17, 21, 26
)
Masato Nishikawa (Anime R; ep 9)
Masayuki Fujita (eps 19, 26)
Mayumi Hidaka (ep 23)
Mayumi Tomiie (AIC Takarazuka; eps 9, 24)
Megumi Ueda (Anime R; ep 9)
Michio Hasegawa (ep 15)
Miki Koshida (ep 23)
Mineko Ueda (ep 7)
Misato Ootani (ep 8)
Mitsuhiro Kumita (ep 20)
Mitsuhiro Okumura (eps 9, 19, 24)
Mitsuzumi Yoshino (ep 12)
Miwako Shibata (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Miyako Nishida (NEOX; ep 4)
Miyuki Goto (ep 8)
Miyuki Hanawa (Studio Argo; eps 4, 10, 22)
Momoko Kawai (eps 12, 18)
Motohiko Kurihara (4 episodes
eps 12, 15, 18, 25
)
Motonori Nishibe (ep 17)
Munetaka Abe (ep 22)
Nanayo Sato (NEOX; ep 4)
Naoki Mishiba (eps 18, 25)
Naoto Hosoda (ep 2)
Naoto Yoshida (Anime R; ep 9)
Naoyuki Owada (ep 26)
Natsuko Suzuki (ep 11)
Nobuhiko Kawakami (ep 7)
Nobuo Horii (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 26
)
Nobutaka Masuda (Anime R; ep 9)
Nobuto Akada (ep 7)
Noriko Morishima (eps 2, 8, 20)
Noriyasu Murata (4 episodes
eps 11, 17, 21, 26
)
Osamu Kamei (ep 7)
Osamu Satō (eps 4, 10, 22)
Rie Kawaguchi (ep 3)
Rie Saitou (ep 8)
Rika Kanetaka (eps 12, 17, 21)
Rika Sugano (Ad Cosmo; ep 5)
Riki Sakamoto (eps 14, 19, 26)
Rion Kujo (ep 24)
Saka Ikeda (Anime R; eps 9, 18)
Satoshi Ishino (ep 1)
Satoshi Shimada (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Seiji Tachikawa (AIC Takarazuka; eps 9, 24)
Seika Saruwatari (ep 23)
Shigenobu Nagasaki (ep 23)
Shigeyuki Ono (ep 8)
Shinichi Wada (eps 6, 13, 19)
Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 2)
Shinsuke Yanagi (ep 21)
Shintaro Muraki (eps 15, 23)
Shinya Kameyama (eps 8, 13)
Shinya Nishizawa (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 17, 21, 26
)
Shinya Tateyama (NEOX; ep 4)
Shirabe Kobayashi (ep 23)
Shōsuke Shimizu (eps 15, 23)
Shōta Ihata (eps 8, 20)
Shū Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 3, 12, 17, 21, 24, 26
)
Shūji Nakanishi (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 13, 21
)
Shun Odajima (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Si-Eun Lee (eps 8, 20)
Souichirou Sako (ep 17)
Suguru Iijima (4 episodes
eps 3, 6, 12, 25
)
Tadashi Sugita (4 episodes
eps 3, 12, 18, 25
)
Taeko Ōgi (ep 24)
Taichi Nakaguma (ep 15)
Takaaki Wada (ep 2)
Takahiro Kimura (Eyecatch; eps 2, 11)
Takahiro Ninagawa (6 episodes
eps 11, 14, 17, 21, 23, 25
)
Takao Takegami (eps 14, 21, 26)
Takashi Tsuge (ep 18)
Takayuki Gotan (ep 24)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 2, 6, 13)
Takeo Yoshioka (ep 23)
Takeshi Akamatsu (ep 19)
Takeshi Itou (ep 22)
Takeshi Kanda (eps 15, 23)
Takeshi Morita (eps 2, 11)
Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 10)
Tatsuya Oka (ep 7)
Tatsuya Urano (ep 7)
Teruko Takeshima (eps 16, 22)
Tomotsugu Sakakibara (eps 13, 24)
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 8)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (ep 19)
Wataru Abe (ep 7)
Yasuko Chiba (Ad Cosmo; ep 5)
Yasunori Aoki (eps 12, 18, 25)
Yasunori Matsumura (ep 23)
Yasutaka Hanabusa (ep 16)
Yōichi Ueda (ED; eps 6, 26)
Yōko Iizuka (ep 12)
Yoshie Kimoto (ep 8)
Yoshifumi Ookawa (NEOX; ep 4)
Yoshihiro Watanabe (ep 26)
Yoshiko Kuwano (ep 24)
Yoshimi Imagawa (ep 18)
Yoshimichi Kameda (ep 9)
Yoshinori Deno (eps 12, 18, 25)
Yoshinori Wakana (ep 15)
Yoshitaka Sato (eps 1, 14)
Yoshito Narimatsu (ep 19)
Yōsuke Kobuchi (eps 14, 24)
Yousuke Toyama (eps 16, 22)
Yu Maruyama (eps 1, 6)
Yū Wanda (eps 8, 14, 17)
Yūichi Nakazawa (ep 7)
Yūichirō Fukaya (eps 12, 18, 25)
Yūji Shibata (ep 20)
Yuka Seriguchi (ep 24)
Yuka Takemori (Ad Cosmo; ep 5)
Yukari Watabe (eps 8, 13)
Yuki Fujita (ep 9)
Yūki Kawamura (Anime R; ep 9)
Yuki Terano (AIC Takarazuka; ep 24)
Yukimaro Ōtsubo (eps 8, 20, 24)
Yukinori Kawamura (Anime R; ep 9)
Yumiko Ishii (ep 24)
Yūsuke Hanamizuki (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 14, 17
)
Yūsuke Nakamura (ep 8)
Yutaka Kamogawa (ep 2)
Yutaka Kawasuji (ep 22)
Yutaka Matsubara (eps 1, 6, 19)
Yuuhei Ueda (eps 8, 20, 25)
Music Performance:
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Yu Manabe (Violin)
Music producer: Yoshimoto Ishikawa
Planning:
Daizou Suzuki
Kouji Taguchi
Nobuhiko Sakoh
Shiro Sasaki
Tōru Miura
Planning Cooperation:
Nobuyuki Kurashige
Shun'ichi Takeuchi
Takashi Nakano
Yasutaka Kimura
Production Advancement:
Kiyohiro Tsutsumi (ep 5)
Kōta Kanazawa (ep 24)
Masato Isaoka (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Norio Yoshida (eps 13, 19)
Shinjirō Oshima (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 11, 17, 26
)
Shintarō Matsuo (eps 8, 20)
Shinya Nakano (eps 3, 13)
Tetsurō Fujiwara (eps 12, 18, 25)
Yasumi Ooshima (ep 23)
Yoshimasa Harada (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 14, 21
)
Yuuhei Moriya (ep 15)
Production Desk:
Motoharu Tanaka
Takeshi Aoki (ep 15)
Setting Production: Shunichi Tsuji
Sound Effects: Hiroki Nozaki
Sound Producer: Tōru Nakano
Special Effects: Shin Inoie (ep 7)
Theme Song Lyrics: Eri Kawai (OP/ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Houko Kuwashima (OP/ED)
Megumi Toyoguchi (OP/ED)
Rina Satō (OP/ED)
Ryō Hirohashi (OP/ED)
Sachiko Kojima (OP/ED)
Title Logo Design: Eiichi Hagiwara (big body)
チーフ演出: Tatsuya Igarashi
デザインワークス: Yoshihiro Watanabe
ブレイバーデザイン: Masahiro Yamane
メインアニメーター: Yōichi Ueda
予告フレームワーク: Kyōta Washikita
後提供イラスト: Aguri Igarashi
Akira Ishida as Danjūrō Eiga
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Yūji Nakata
Houko Kuwashima as Miyako Miyazaki
Katsuyuki Konishi as Toraji Ishida (nickname: Kojirou)
Megumi Toyoguchi as Kirino Chiba
Rina Satō as Satori Azuma
Ryō Hirohashi as Tamaki Kawazoe
Sachiko Kojima as Sayako Kuwahara

Kaori Nazuka as Mei Ogawa (Seimei Jihou; eps 12-13)
Katsumi Chou as Tamaki's father
Maaya Sakamoto as Rin Suzuki (Shuugyoku Taishou)
Mai Nakahara as Reimi Odajima
Tetsu Inada as Kenzaburō Ishibashi

Aika Fujiha as Kawaguchi (ep 13)
Asuka Hataya as Junior Student A (ep 10)
Atsushi Imaruoka as
Chief Referee (ep 5)
Toyama
Azumi Asakura as Takahashi (Seimei Senpou; eps 12-13)
Banjō Ginga as Narration (ep 11)
Chiwa Saitō as Shinobu Toyama (ep 26)
Daisuke Matsuoka as Ozawa (eps 20-21)
Fumie Mizusawa as Aoki (Toujou Senpou; eps 16-17)
Gorō Taniguchi as Freshman (special cameo; ep 11)
Hideyuki Hori as Shinaider (eps 20-21, 26)
Hinako Sasaki as Yoshikawa-sensei (4 episodes
eps 2, 11, 13, 26
)
Hirofumi Nojima as Takachiho Suginokouji (ep 16)
Hiroko Kataura as Sayako's Mother (ep 3)
Hiroshi Narita as Hiro (ep 20)
Jūrōta Kosugi as
Dorchill (ep 8)
Toraji's father (ep 10)
Kanako Hirano as
Kirino's mother (eps 16, 18)
Toujou High Advisor (eps 17-18)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Red Braver
Kayo Sakata as Suzushiro (Seimei Taishou; eps 12-13)
Kazuko Kojima as
Muscular girl (eps 11-12)
Nozomi (ep 12)
Kei Shindō as Konatsu Harada (Machido Senpou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)
Keiko Han as Toraji's mother (eps 8, 10)
Kenji Nojima as Ano Kiyomura (ep 16)
Kiyomi Yazawa as Maya Yokoh (Machido Taishou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)
Kouji Watanabe as Hayami (eps 20-21)
Kouzou Douzaka as Reimi's Papa
Kujira as Reimi's Mama
Kunihiro Kawamoto as Vice-Principal (ep 6)
Kyosuke Suzuki as
Bike Guy (ep 17)
Club Mate (ep 14)
Male student B (eps 1, 23)
Matsugi (eps 11, 13)
Young Man A (ep 12)
Masaki Makiguchi as Iguchi (Toujou Fukushou; eps 16-17)
Masayuki Omoro as Director (ep 21)
Mayuki Makiguchi as High School Girl (ep 8)
Mayuko Omimura as Yūri Andō (Machido Fukushou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)
Mika Teratani as Receptionist B (ep 25)
Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as
Assistant Director (ep 21)
Chief Umpire (eps 16-17, 22)
Male Customer (ep 10)
Male student A (eps 1, 23)
Male Student B (ep 5)
Math Teacher (ep 11)
Mysterious Person (ep 20)
Oden Shopkeeper (ep 26)
Store Clerk (ep 9)
Sugimoto (ep 12)
Teacher (eps 7, 14)
Natsuki Mori as Karen Nishiyama (Machido Chuuken; eps 5-7, 14, 22)
Nozomi Oonishi as Junior Student B (ep 10)
Richa Kazama as School Girl B (ep 19)
Riki Kitazawa as Nobu-chan (eps 8, 25)
Saki Kondou as Akemi Asakawa (Machido Jihou; eps 6-7, 14, 22)
Sanae Kobayashi as Carrie Nishikawa (4 episodes
eps 19, 21-22, 25
)
Sayaka Narita as School Girl A (ep 19)
Sayaka Ōhara as Moo Moo House Manager
Shinji Ogawa as Tadaaki Hayashi
Tae Okajima as
Satou (Toujou Chuuken; eps 16-17)
Toujou Girl A (ep 18)
Takashi Nagasako as Sakaguchi
Teruaki Ogawa as Cosmo One (ep 20)
Tetsu Inada as Death Armor (eps 2, 13, 20)
Tomoko Nakamura as Nomura (Seimei Chuuken; ep 13)
Tsubasa Takanohashi as
Takasugi (ep 1)
Young Man B (ep 12)
Tsubasa Yonaga as Fujimura (ep 21)
Yoshinori Fujita as Makoto Iwasa (ep 26)
Yū Asakawa as Konishi (Toujou Taishou; eps 16-17)
Yūichi Ishigami as
Iwasa
Male Student A (ep 5)
Yuka Harui as Receptionist A (ep 25)
Yuko Mizobe as Female Student (ep 2)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
drop
FAI
Fan Out
Last House
M.S.J Musashino Production
Minamimachi Bugyosho
Studio Gash (6 episodes
eps 11, 13-14, 17, 21, 25
)
TNK
Tokyo Animation Center
Yuhodo
Animation Direction: FAI
Animation Production: AIC A.S.T.A.
Background Art: Studio Tulip
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2007-10-04)
AT-X (2007-12-05)
TV Osaka (2007-10-10)
TV Tokyo (2007-10-01)
Color Coordination: Studio Kuma (ep 7)
Finish Animation:
AD Cosmo
AIC Takarazuka
Anime R
cube A motion
D-COLORS (eps 13, 17)
drop
Fan Out
Hayashi
ingresA
iseriA
Jinbun
M.S.J Musashino Production
PTC Magic
R.I.C
Studio aB
Studio Gash (12 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12-15, 17-18, 21, 25-26
)
Studio Gimlet
Triple A
Wish
In-Between Animation:
AD Cosmo
AIC Spirits
AIC Takarazuka
Anime R
Anime Spot
Asahi Production
Bones Animation Dept.
Buyuu (eps 1, 6, 21)
CODE
cube A motion
Dangun Pictures
diomedéa
FAI
Fan Out
Frontline
Hayashi
Jinbun
M.S.J Musashino Production
PTC Magic
R.I.C
Shin-Ei Animation
Studio Barcelona
Studio DEEN
Studio Gash (4 episodes
eps 12, 15, 18, 25
)
Studio Gimlet
Studio Mark
Studio Mu
Studio Pastoral
Tatsunoko Production
Triple A (11 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-7, 12-13, 18-19, 25-26
)
Xebec
Yuhodo
Key Animation:
AD Cosmo (ep 5)
AIC Takarazuka (eps 9, 24)
Anime R (ep 9)
FAI (eps 9, 11, 26)
Muses (ep 4)
Neox (ep 4)
Studio Argo (eps 4, 10, 22)
Key Animation Assistance: Tokyo Animation Center (ep 24)
Photography:
Anime Film
Bones Photography Dept.
Production:
AIC
d-rights
Flying Dog
Square Enix
The Klockworx Co., Ltd.
Production Cooperation:
Actas (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
AIC Takarazuka (eps 9, 24)
Anime R (ep 9)
BONES (ep 7)
TNK (ep 10)
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Chris Cason (eps 10-26)
Tyler Walker (eps 1-9)
Script:
Andrew Rye (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8-9, 21
)
Dwayne Schneider (ep 24)
Jack LaRouche (ep 10)
Luci Christian (8 episodes
eps 5, 7, 12, 16-19, 23
)
Tyler Walker (9 episodes
eps 2, 4, 11, 14-15, 20, 22, 25-26
)
Translation: Shoko Oono
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Carly Hunter
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer:
Justin Houston (eps 10-26)
Kory Charlot (eps 1-9)
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
DVD Authoring:
John Andreas
Matthew O'Hara
Trace Furniss
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia
DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
DVD Quality Control:
Caesar Lopez
Christine Bertolino
DJ Fonner
Jason Gee
Kris Bryan
Head Writer: Andrew Rye
Line Producer: Tyler Walker
Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook
Post-Production Assistant:
Casey Barteau
Niki Cooper
Production Assistant:
Gino Palencia
Susie Nixon
Trenton Jons
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Subtitling:
Ashley Hayward
Ben Phillips
Brandy Richmond
Brian Thomas (Part 1)
Shojin Bateman (Part 1)
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Jessie Mancilla
Joe Harris
Josh Tyler
Robert Bell
Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler
Brina Palencia as Sayako Kuwahara
Carrie Savage as Satori Azuma
Cherami Leigh as Tamaki Kawazoe
Chris Burnett as Yuuji Nakata
Ian Sinclair as Toraji Ishida
Leah Clark as Miyako Miyazaki
Luci Christian as Kirino Chiba
Sean Michael Teague as Danjuro Eiga

Caitlin Glass as Rin Suzuki
Christopher R. Sabat as Kenzaburō Ishibashi
Mark Stoddard as Tamaki's Father
Monica Rial as Reimi Odajima

Alese Johnson as Receptionist A (ep 25)
Alexis Tipton as Yūri Andō (Machido Fukushou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)
Allison Tolman as Iguchi (Toujou Chuuken; eps 16-17)
Amanda Doskocil as Girl Student (ep 18)
Anastasia Munoz as
Nozomi (ep 12)
Receptionist B (ep 25)
Andrew Sensenig as
Chief Referee (eps 16-18, 22)
Chief Umpire (ep 5)
Vice Principal (ep 6)
Anthony Bowling as Boy (ep 14)
Barry Yandell as Teacher (ep 7)
Ben Phillips as
Math Teacher (ep 11)
Monster (ep 20)
Brian Mathis as
Assistant Director (ep 21)
Senpai (ep 10)
Brittney Karbowski as Mei Ogawa (Seimei Jihou; eps 12-13)
Bryan Massey as Shinaider (eps 20-21, 26)
Charles Campbell as
Morita (ep 21)
Toraji's Father (ep 10)
Chris Cason as
Male Customer (ep 10)
Nobu (eps 8, 25)
Reimi's Father (ep 10)
Christopher Bevins as Fujimura (ep 21)
Christopher R. Sabat as Dorchil (eps 8, 10)
Chuck Huber as Ozawa (eps 20-21)
Clarine Harp as Shop Owner (eps 8-10)
Cole Brown as Narrator (ep 11)
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Maya Yokoo (Machido Taishou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)
Cris George as Iwasa (eps 1-2, 22, 24)
Cynthia Cranz as Kirino's Mother (ep 16)
David Trosko as
Cosmo One (ep 20)
Schoolboy A (ep 23)
Sugimoto (ep 12)
Didi Duron as Takahashi (Seimei Senpou; eps 12-13)
Duane Deering as Schoolboy B (ep 1)
Eric Vale as Hayami (eps 20-21)
Gina Circelli as Junior Student A (ep 10)
Greg Dulcie as Tadaaki Hayashi (eps 12-13)
Hilary Couch as Aoki (Toujou Senpou; eps 16-18)
J Paul Slavens as Oden Shop Clerk (ep 26)
J. Michael Tatum as
Blue Braver (ep 2)
Schoolboy A (ep 1)
Jad Saxton as Konatsu Harada (Machido Senpou; eps 5-7, 14, 22)
Jamie Marchi as Carrie Nishikawa
Jason Grundy as
Bike Guy (ep 17)
Matsuki (ep 11)
Jean-Luc Hester as Takasugi
Jerry Jewell as Schoolboy A (ep 5)
Jessica Foster as
Girl (ep 2)
High School Girl (ep 8)
Nomura (ep 13)
Jonathan Brooks as Red Braver (eps 2, 13)
Josh Grelle as Ano Kiyomura (ep 16)
Kate Oxley as Akemi Asakawa (Machido Jihou; eps 6-7, 14, 22)
Kayla Carlyle as Shinobu Toyama (ep 26)
Kent Williams as Director (ep 21)
Kristi Bingham as Suzushiro (eps 12-13)
Larissa Wolcott as Konishi (Toujou Taishou; eps 16-17)
Leslie Patrick as Junior Student B (ep 10)
Lindsay Seidel as Kazuhiko (ep 7)
Lucy Small as Schoolgirl A (ep 19)
Majken Bullard as
Cat (ep 13)
Muscular Girl (ep 11)
Megan Miller as Sato (Toujou Chuuken; eps 16-17)
Melinda Wood Allen as
Advisor (ep 17)
Sayako's Mother (ep 3)
Micah Solusod as
Schoolboy B (ep 23)
Takachiho Suginokoji (ep 16)
Mike McFarland as
M.C. (ep 20)
Teacher (ep 14)
Newton Pittman as Toyama (eps 1-2, 22, 24)
Orion Pitts as Schoolboy B (ep 12)
Pam Dougherty as Reimi's Mother (eps 9-10)
R Bruce Elliott as Sakaguchi (eps 1, 19, 22)
Scott Freeman as
Schoolboy B (ep 5)
Yellow Braver (ep 2)
Shelton Windham as
Makoto Iwasa (ep 26)
Shop Staff (ep 9)
Stephanie Young as Yoshikawa
Tia Ballard as
Kawaguchi (ep 13)
Schoolgirl B (ep 19)
Trina Nishimura as Karen Nishiyama (Machido Chuuken; eps 5-7, 14, 22)
Tyler Walker as Death Armor (eps 2, 13, 20)
Wendy Powell as Toraji's Mother (eps 8, 10)
Z. Charles Bolton as Schoolboy A (ep 12)

Alese Johnson
Alex Valle
Alexis Tipton
Amanda Doskocil
Anastasia Munoz
Andrew Sensenig
Anthony Bowling
Becca Shivers
Ben Phillips
Brian Mathis
Brittany Redfield
Bryan Massey
Carrie Savage
Chris Cason
Christopher Bevins
Clarine Harp
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Corey Cleary-Stoner
Cris George
Cynthia Cranz
David Trosko
Didi Duron
Duane Deering
Greg Dulcie
Ian Sinclair
J. Michael Tatum
Jad Saxton
James Cave
Jason Grundy
Jasper Dutt
Jean-Luc Hester
Jeff Johnson
Jeremy Inman
Jessica Foster
Joel McDonald
Jonathan Brooks
Justin Houston
Justin Nordell
Kassandra Keeton
Kate Oxley
Kevin M. Connolly
Kim Whalen
Kory Charlot
Kristi Bingham
Kristin Sutton
Kyle Hebert
Laura Wetsel
Leslie Patrick
Lindsay Seidel
Maeghan Albach
Majken Bullard
Mary Morgan
Maxey Whitehead
Melinda Wood Allen
Micah Solusod
Mike McFarland
Newton Pittman
Orion Pitts
Scott Freeman
Scott Porter
Shelton Windham
Stephen Hoff
Terri Doty
Tia Ballard
Trina Nishimura
Tyler Walker
Vic Mignogna
Z. Charles Bolton
English companies
Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland)
Internet Streaming:
Anime News Network
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
FUNimation Entertainment
Hulu
Madman Screening Room (Australia & New Zealand)
Viewster (AT,BE,DK,FI,FR,DE,NL,NO,ES,SE,CH)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
Korean cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
ADR Production: Optimedia Productions
Distributor: Alebrije Entertainment
Dubbing: Bond Productions Mexico
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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