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The Beast Player Erin (TV)

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Alternative title:
Erin the Beast Player
Kemono no Sou-ja Erin (Japanese)
獣の奏者エリン (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Erin is a bright and curious 10-year-old girl living at the small Ake village with her mother Soyon. The residents of this community are all devoted to the nurturing of a special kind of reptile named touda. Big and powerful, the creature is an important military asset of the country. Soyon is a wise and extremely skilled beast veterinarian who does the crucial task of taking care of these huge animals despite being somewhat disdained by many people due to the prejudice towards her lineage and gender. Erin admires her and wishes to one day become an expert like her mother. Sadly, the mysterious demise of two Kiba, the strongest type of touda, convicts Soyon as responsible for the calamity. Erin must then travel to a faraway land where she grows up trying to grasp a deeper understanding of both animals and mankind.
User Ratings: 417 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 137 votes (sub:129, dub:3, raw:2, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 102 votes (sub:99, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 80 votes (sub:77, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 53 votes (sub:51, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:24, ?:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 710 users, rank: #1666 (of 9775)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.456 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6237, rank: #206 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 8.393 (Very good+), rank: #211 (of 9919) (seen all: 8.54 / seen some: 7.56 / won't finish: 5.68)
Bayesian estimate: 8.365 (Very good+), rank: #115 (of 7496)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 50
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 2009-01-10 to 2009-12-26
Opening Theme:
#1: "Shizuku (雫)" by Sukima Switch (eps 1-30)
#2: "Shizuku (雫)" by Hajime Chitose (eps 31-50)
Ending Theme:
#1: "After the rain" by cossami (eps 1-29)
#2: "Kitto Tsutaete (きっと伝えて)" by Takako Matsu (eps 30-49)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takayuki Hamana
Series Composition: Jun'ichi Fujisaku
Screenplay:
Daishiro Tanimura (5 episodes
eps 10, 20, 29, 39, 47
)

Fumiyo Sakai (7 episodes
eps 5, 12, 16, 25, 33, 38, 44
)

Jun'ichi Fujisaku (14 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-8, 14-15, 18, 22-23, 30, 34, 37, 49-50
)

Kazunobu Fuseki (ep 27)
Kiyoko Yoshimura (eps 35, 41, 45)
Midori Gotō (6 episodes
eps 4, 11, 21, 31, 36, 43
)

Reiko Yoshida (7 episodes
eps 6, 13, 19, 26, 28, 42, 46
)

Sayaka Harada (7 episodes
eps 3, 9, 17, 24, 32, 40, 48
)

Storyboard:
Hiroshi Aoyama (ep 16)
Kazunobu Fuseki (21 episodes
eps 1, 3-7, 10-14, 22, 27, 32-33, 37, 40, 43, 46, 48, 50
)

Kenichi Matsuzawa (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 19, 33, 43
)

Kōdai Kakimoto (ep 3)
Masahiro Hosoda (ep 45)
Masato Tamagawa (5 episodes
eps 25, 31, 36, 41, 44
)

Shinsuke Terasawa (eps 12, 20)
Takahiro Natori (ep 10)
Takashi Andō (eps 4, 13)
Takayuki Hamana (15 episodes
eps 1, 8, 14-15, 17, 20-21, 29-30, 34-35, 38, 42, 47, 50
)

Toshiya Niidome (7 episodes
eps 2, 9, 18, 24, 28, 39, 49
)

Episode Director:
Akihiro Saitō (8 episodes
eps 8, 15, 21, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47
)

Daisuke Takashima (6 episodes
eps 6, 18, 24, 29, 36, 41
)

Daisuke Tsukushi (7 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 23, 31, 38, 44
)

Kazunobu Fuseki (eps 1-50)
Kenichi Matsuzawa (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 33, 43, 49
)

Kōdai Kakimoto (ep 3)
Shinsuke Terasawa (7 episodes
eps 12, 20, 26, 30, 34, 39, 45
)

Takahiro Natori (ep 10)
Takashi Andō (9 episodes
eps 4, 13, 19, 22, 25, 28, 35, 40, 46
)

Takayuki Hamana (eps 1, 14, 50)
Yumi Kamakura (ep 17)
Original creator: Nahoko Uehashi
Character Design: Takayuki Gotō
Art Director: Akira Suzuki
Chief Animation Director:
Nariyuki Takahashi (23 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7-13 odd, 14-28 even, 31-43 odd, 47, 49
)

Takayuki Gotō (26 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8, 10, 12, 15-29 odd, 30-50 even
)

Animation Director:
Akira Tabata (6 episodes
eps 8, 15, 20, 28, 35, 42
)

Fumi Morita (7 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 23, 31, 38, 44
)

Hideaki Matsuoka (4 episodes
eps 5, 12, 21, 30
)

Hideyuki Usutani (6 episodes
eps 11, 17, 25, 32, 40, 45
)

Hitomi Matsuura (8 episodes
eps 3, 10, 18, 24, 29, 36, 41, 46
)

Jouji Sawada (5 episodes
eps 6, 13, 34, 39, 47
)

Kōji Komurakata (ep 1)
Masato Numazu (6 episodes
eps 4, 14, 19, 26, 33, 39
)

Michiaki Sugimoto (6 episodes
eps 7, 22, 27, 37, 43, 48
)

Nariyuki Takahashi (ep 49)
Takayuki Gotō (ep 50)
Sound Director: Takuya Hiramitsu
Director of Photography: Kenichi Dai

Animation producer: Jōji Wada
Animation Supervisor: Nahoko Uehashi
Background Art:
Kyung Suk Kim (4 episodes
eps 8, 12, 16, 20
)

Ryōko Miya (ep 1)
Yasunori Miyazawa (OP, ED; eps 6-50)
Insert Song Performance:
cossami ("Aoi Hoshi"; Rararira Rarira)
Key Animation:
Ryota Niino (6 episodes
eps 2, 9, 23, 31, 38, 44
)

Yasunori Miyazawa (eps 1-5)
Production Coordination:
Atsuko Kashiwagi
Hisako Matsumoto
Theme Song Arrangement: David Campbell (ED eps 31-49)
Theme Song Composition: Takako Matsu (ED eps 31-49)
Theme Song Lyrics: Takako Matsu (ED eps 31-49)
Theme Song Performance:
Chitose Hajime (OP eps 31-50)
cossami (ED eps 1-29)
Sukima Switch (OP eps 1-30)
Takako Matsu (ED eps 30-49)
Nanase Hoshii as Erin

Akira Ishida as Damiya
Daisuke Ono as Nason
Eiji Hanawa as Shunan
Eriko Hirata as
Narrator
Soyon
Ikuko Tani as Queen Shin
Keiji Fujiwara as Nukk
Mikako Takahashi as Semiya
Naoya Uchida as Joun
Naru Kawamoto as Nugan
Saori Kato as Esal
Taiten Kusunoki as Taikou
Taketoshi Kawano as Tomura
Toshiyuki Kusuda as Kiriku
Yuka Takakura as Yuuyan

Aiko Aihashi as
Ial's mother (ep 16)
Talga (ep 10)
Tamarin
Aiko Iwamura as
Court lady A (ep 45)
Girl B (ep 32)
Maid (ep 34)
Rarumu (eps 24, 39-40)
Schoolchild (ep 20)
Schoolchild 1 (ep 38)
Student (ep 37)
Tina
Akeno Watanabe as Shock
Aki Kanada as
Chok's mother (ep 3)
Court lady B (ep 45)
Kashugan
Proprietress (ep 34)
Salesgirl (ep 16)
Saman (ep 15)
Schoolchild (ep 39)
Schoolchild 2 (ep 38)
Villager (ep 32)
Young court lady (ep 40)
Akiko Kimura as Soju (eps 2, 4)
Akiko Takeguchi as Eldest daughter (ep 8)
Akimitsu Takase as
Motton (eps 31, 45)
Saju's father (eps 4, 6-7)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Kalon (ep 12)
Atsushi Kousaka as
Chamberlain (ep 40)
Injured soldier (ep 24)
Kassa (eps 23, 35-36)
Man (ep 31)
Masked man (ep 45)
Official B (ep 22)
Performer (ep 25)
Se Zan (ep 34)
Servant (ep 17)
Shiron's brother (ep 37)
Soldier B (ep 32)
Staff officer (ep 48)
Vassal B (ep 39)
Ayaka Yamashita as Panshe
Chafūrin as Takaran (ep 15)
Fumi Oda as
Chaman
Karisa
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Yantoku (eps 16, 22)
Hideyuki Umezu as Ouri (eps 38, 43-44)
Hiroko Nishi as Saju's grandmother (eps 4, 6-7)
Hiromi Igarashi as Saju (adult; ep 44)
Hiroshi Shimozaki as
Bureaucrat (ep 24)
Dosa (ep 19)
Ial's father (ep 16)
Inspector (ep 6)
Manju seller (ep 25)
Masked man (eps 34, 48)
Merchant (ep 22)
Rosa (5 episodes
eps 23, 35-36, 39-40
)

Soldier (ep 50)
Soldier 1 (ep 46)
Hisako Kyouda as Elder (eps 8, 14)
Hitoshi Bifu as King of Ophalon (ep 32)
Ichirō Nagai as Hasson
Ikumi Nakagami as Nugan (child; ep 24)
Junko Kitanishi as Niikana (ep 15)
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Chok (adult; eps 44, 49)
Ken Shiroyama as Old person A (ep 8)
Maana as Mother by the window (ep 10)
Mai Hirano as Shiron
Masanori Machida as Elder
Masaya Takatsuka as
Hagal
Musa (eps 23, 35)
Megumi Ozaki as
Hanuka
Student (ep 18)
Mitsuaki Madono as
Shadow C (ep 27)
Shiron's father (ep 37)
Mizuka Arima as Shadow B (ep 27)
Noriko Namiki as
Jessie (ep 50)
Nami
Nozomi Oonishi as Urari
Risa Mizuno as Je (eps 32, 41)
Ryouta Akazawa as
Beast-lord handler (ep 43)
Grand Duke family vassal (ep 41)
Inner garden guard (ep 48)
Messa (ep 23)
Official A (ep 22)
Old person (ep 25)
Se Zan (eps 37, 40, 45)
Shopowner (ep 34)
Soldier 2 (ep 46)
Soldier A (ep 32)
Vassal (eps 17, 24)
Vassal A (ep 39)
Yantoku's father (ep 16)
Ryūzō Ishino as Wadan
Sanae Kobayashi as Ial (child; ep 10)
Satoshi Tsuruoka as
Chok's father (eps 1-7 odd)
Tairan (eps 2, 49)
Sawa Ishige as
Saju
Saju's daughter (ep 44)
Saya Horigome as
Shunan (child; ep 24)
Tahya (4 episodes
eps 31, 33, 44-45
)
Shouto Kashii as Asan (ep 15)
Tarusuke Shingaki as
Kyle
Man (ep 25)
Yassa (eps 23, 35, 40)
Tomoko Yamada as Saju's mother (eps 1-2, 4-7)
Tomomichi Nishimura as
Dolan (ep 11)
Master (Beekeeper John's Mentor EP11)
Old person B (ep 8)
Shadow A (ep 27)
Toshihiro Okubo as Tossa
Toshiyuki Kusuda as Masked man (eps 10, 17, 22)
Uko Tachibana as Motton's wife (eps 31, 33)
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Duke of Kazalm (eps 22, 38)
Yui Shoji as Girl A (ep 32)
Yuki Kaida as Yuan (ep 10)
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Great Mist elder (eps 14, 35)
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Production I.G
Trans Arts Co.
Broadcaster: NHK
Key Animation: Studio Gimlet (uncredited)
Production: NHK Enterprises
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: MICO
English cast
(none)

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