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Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (movie)

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Alternative title:

Kizumonogatari - Partie 1: Sang d'acier (French)

Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen (Japanese)

Kizumonogatari: Blut und Eisen (German)

傷物語〈Ⅰ鉄血篇〉 (Japanese)

Genres: action, mystery, romance, supernatural

Themes: harem, Vampire

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: Koyomi Araragi discovers the severely wounded body of the vampire later known as Shinobu Oshino, and consequently becomes her vampiric servant tasked with repossessing her severed body parts from 3 powerful monster hunters so she can recover. Unfortunately, for him, as a complete novice to combat and his own body's new abilities, he's hopelessly outclassed.

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User Ratings: 281 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 35 votes (sub:31, dub:2, raw:1, others:1

1 Portuguese subtitled

)

Excellent: 94 votes (sub:82, dub:3, raw:2, ?:1, others:6

4 Spanish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled

)

Very good: 70 votes (sub:57, dub:4, others:9

2 German dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Mandarin Chinese subtitled
1 Latin American Spanish subtitled

)

Good: 45 votes (sub:36, dub:3, ?:1, raw:1, others:4

2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled

)

Decent: 29 votes (sub:28, dub:1)

So-so: 5 votes (sub:5)

Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)

Weak: -

Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)

Awful: -

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 490 users, rank: #2170 (of 9855)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.114 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.3397, rank: #472 (of 10014)
Weighted mean: 8.047 (Very good), rank: #500 (of 10014) (seen all: 8.05 / seen some: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.022 (Very good), rank: #365 (of 7551)

Vintage: 2016-01-08

Premiere date:

2016-01-08 (Japan)

2016-01-29 (France, Le Grand Rex)

2016-08-28 (Canada)

2016-10-15 (UK, Scotland Loves Anime)

Official website:

Kizumonogatari USA Official Website

傷物語公式サイト - アニプレックス (Japanese)

Reviews:

Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu Blu-Ray (Oct 27, 2016)

Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen Blu-Ray (Feb 26, 2016)

News: Show: 10 +23 +3 ref. +45 unverified

Kizumonogatari Anime Gets Compilation Film on January 12, 2024 (Sep 10, 2023)

Amazon Offers Kizumonogatari Anime Films for Digital Purchase (Feb 18, 2019)

Top-Selling Animation Blu-ray Discs in Japan: 2017 (First Half) (Jun 23, 2017)

North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 25-31 (Dec 27, 2016)

Aniplex USA Outlines Kizumonogatari Part 1 Blu-ray (Oct 1, 2016)

AFA Indonesia to Screen 1st 2 Kizumonogatari Films, 1st Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai Film (Sep 9, 2016)

3rd Kizumonogatari Film Slated for January 6 (Aug 18, 2016)

Mr. Osomatsu, Kizumonogatari Top DVD & Blu-ray Rankings (Aug 3, 2016)

Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 25-31 (Aug 2, 2016)

Aniplex USA to Screen 1st Kizumonogatari Film in Theaters in Canada (Jul 30, 2016)

Interest:

Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp Film Runs 8-Minute 'Longest Ad in Japanese TV History' on New Year's Day (Updated) (Dec 30, 2023)

Press Releases:

Crunchyroll Lands North American and Select International Theatrical Rights From Aniplex of America for the Ultra Supernatural Vampire Compilation Film 'Kizumonogatari -Koyomi Vamp-' (Jul 3, 2024)

Aniplex of America Announces Product Details For Kizumonogatari Part 1 (Oct 4, 2016)

Aniplex of America Announces KIZUMONOGATARI PART 2: NEKKETSU Premiering in the U.S. (Aug 14, 2016)

Aniplex of America Announces Theater Details for Kizumonogatari Part 1:Tekketsu (Jan 12, 2016)

Other articles: Show: 1 +5 unverified

The Skeptic's Guide to Monogatari (Aug 3, 2022)

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Blu-ray (Region A)

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-12-27 (from $102.31)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Chief Director: Akiyuki Simbo

Director: Tatsuya Oishi

Storyboard: Tatsuya Oishi

Unit Director:
Tatsuya Oishi
Toshimasa Suzuki

Music: Satoru Kōsaki

Original creator: NisiOisin

Original Character Design: VOfan

Character Design:
Akio Watanabe
Hideyuki Morioka

Art Director: Hisaharu Iijima

Animation Director:
Hideyuki Morioka
Hiroki Yamamura

Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka

Cgi Director:
Shin'ya Takano
Tomohisa Shitara

Director of Photography: Takayuki Aizu

Producer:
Atsuhiro Iwakami
Mitsutoshi Kubota
Takuya Matsushita

2nd Key Animation:
Akihisa Takano
Atori Ozawa
Chie Ōtsuki
Hiroyuki Hojo
Keiko Takagi
Mayu Fujimoto
Misako Izumi
Satoshi Aoki
Seiji Hasebe
Yūki Morishita
Yūya Kumagai

Art Setting: Nobuyuki Takeuchi

Assistant producer: Tatsuya Ishikawa

Associate producer:
Akiko Yodo
Kozue Kananiwa
Miku Ōshima

Background Art:
Ai Yamamoto (Ryubido)
Erika Iizuka (Ryubido)
Kazuaki Itō (Ryubido)
Keiko Nakayama (Ryubido)
Kenta Ōshima (Ryubido)
Naoki Isogai (Ryubido)
Yuka Yamauchi (Ryubido)

CG Assistant Producer:
Tetsuji Hayakawa
Yukimasa Morimura

CG Design:
Akihito Mizuta
Kazunari Okita
Kiyoharu Mochizuki
Kumie Tsuda
Motoharu Sawada
Ryo Kakizaki
Yayoi Chida

CG Producer: Tomomi Yoshino

Color design: Jin Hibino

Color setting:
Kensuke Katsu
Tomoe Takaya

Compositor:
Hidekazu Otani
Tsuguyasu Uchiyama

Digital Cinema Mastering:
Mitsuhiro Yabe (Cine La Pista)
Naoka Tamura (Cine La Pista)

Digital Matte Artist: Kazuki Higashiji

Distribution Manager:
Masaya Takabayashi
Nobumasa Yamashita

Distribution Supervisor:
Katsuhiro Takei
Yoshihiro Furusawa

Editing: Rie Matsubara

Editing Assistant:
Akane Shiraishi
Hiromi Sasaki

In-Between Animation:
Ai Hagiwara
Akane Tazaki
Akari Minagawa
Alberto Kie
Aoi Takasaki
Asami Ueno
Asato Ikumi
Ayaka Koide
Ayaka Muroga
Ayaka Yamamoto
Ayumi Moriyama
Chihiro Etō
Chihiro Nishikawa
Chika Takemura
Chika Tamura
Daiki Harashina
Daisuke Mizuguchi
Eita Toyoshima
Erika Maehara
Hajime Toyoda
Hanaho Murakami
Haruka Iida
Haruka Saiga
Haruka Sakai
Hirofumi Takahashi
Hiroko Tezuka
Hitoshi Katsura
Honami Takeuchi
Ikumi Kakiuchi
Isami Daba
Itsuki Tanaka
Jie Huang

Jin Ōyama
Junko Kai
Kai Shibata
Kana Satō
Kanako Nakano
Kaori Ohara
Keiko Fujii
Keiko Miyano
Keiko Watanabe
Kōhei Kawakatsu
Kōhei Yamanaka
Kumiko Ōta
Kyōhei Uwagawa
Li Wen Zhang
Mai Oku
Manami Kawakami
Marie Tomizuka
Masanari Yasaka
Masayasu Horiuchi
Masumi Kawamura
Mie Ishida
Miho Onishi
Mika Kato
Minami Hirahara
Misa Sassa
Misaki Imanishi
Mitomi Nakayama
Miyuki Iwakura
Miyuki Nakagawa
Momo Yamamoto
Morihito Ishii
Nagisa Sekiguchi
Nahoko Uno
Naoaki Shibuta
Naoko Moriki
Naomi Nakahara
Natsuki Terasaka
Natsumi Morishita
Natsumi Oshima
Natsumi Sugawara
Natsumi Yamaguchi
Nobuhide Hayashi
Qi Qi Wang
Reiko Nakazawa
Riko Matsuo
Risa Yoshida
Ritsuko Soga
Ryo Kiyohara
Ryūgo Takahashi
Sachiko Furuta
Saki Fujita
Sakura Takayama
Satoshi Aoki
Satoshi Senba
Sayaka Sugiyama
Sayori Haga
Seiya Sawada
Shihoki Watanabe
Shinnosuke Ota
Shinya Fujita
Shōta Fujiwara
Sumie Noro
Taketo Sasaki
Takuma Hamano
Tetsuya Takai
Tomoe Sugawara
Tomohiro Yoshida
Tomoko Tanabe
Tomomi Kajiki
Tomomiki Takase
Tomoyo Hata
Wei Ni Huang
Yasushi Tokuda
Yoko Furuya
Yoshinori Nabana
Yōsuke Fukumoto
Yui Hattori
Yui Ōsone
Yuka Yamori
Yukari Furumura
Yukari Miyoshi
Yuki Adachi
Yūki Nagatani
Yukimasa Inakubo
Yukina Orii
Yukino Yasui
Yuri Fujinaka
Yūsuke Takahashi
Yūsuke Yamamoto
Yūta Arakawa

In-Between Check: Mizue Ogawa

Lead Compositor: Kanna Iida

Logo Design:
Akira Saitō (Veia)
Miyuki Yamaguchi (Veia)
Yayoi Kaneda (Veia)

Main Animator:
Genichirō Abe
Ryo Imamura
Yoshio Kosakai
Yūya Geshi

Modeling Artist:
Jun Sang Xiang
Ken'ichi Kutsugi
Rui Zhe Zhou
Xiao Hui Weng
Yi Pan
Zhi Jie Zhang

Modeling Coordinator:
Jing Lei Huang
Mitsunari Miyake

Music producer: Shinji Yamauchi

Music Production Assistant:
Keigo Hoashi
Ken Nanba
Ryūichi Takada
Yuri Misumi

Online Editor:
Jin Hon'ami (Sony PCL)
Shunya Takarakura (Sony PCL)

Paint:
Chihiro Ōno
Izumi Takizawa
Kanako Satō
Kei Mogi
Koma Inoue
Miyuki Sunako
Nene Murata
Rei Okada
Shūya Yoshisato
Yasuko Watanabe
Youko Matsubara
Yuki Hayashi
Yuko Kawakami
Yumika Ogawa

Paint Check:
Kensuke Katsu
Tomoe Takaya

Photography:
Kōji Tsuchiya
Naoki Etō
Rei Egami
Su Jeong Song
Yoshiko Oka

Photography Manager: Shinichiro Eto

Planning:
Kōichirō Natsume
Nobuyasu Suzuki

Planning Assistant:
Eri Hayashi (MAXPOWER Publishing)
Haruya Ishiwata (Kodansha BOX)
Hiromi Kurishiro (Kodansha BOX)
Mariko Yajima (Kodansha BOX)

Production Advancement: Kazumasa Amitani

Production Assistant:
Aiko Maruoka (Kodansha)
Azusa Naitō (Aniplex)
Hiroshi Wakao (SHAFT)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (Aniplex)
Kazuya Aikawa (Aniplex)
Keiko Nobuoka (Aniplex)
Kenji Kadoya (Kodansha)
Kumi Shimizu (Kodansha)
Madoka Motoki (Aniplex)
Masuo Ueda (Aniplex)
Natsuko Kubota (SHAFT)
Ren Morita (Kodansha)
Shoichi Kobayashi (Aniplex)
Wataru Onoki (Aniplex)

Production Desk: Reo Honjōya

Production producer:
Kōsuke Matsunaga
Takuo Yukinaga

Publicity:
Kyōko Ōta
Tomoko Takano

Publicity Assistant:
Fumiko Okuno
Kazuaki Sato
Miyuka Kidachi
Satomi Terasawa

Publicity Design:
Erika Araki
Hiroyuki Orihara

Publicity Producer:
Tomoko Hazuma
Yūma Takahashi

Recording: Yasushi Nagura

Recording Assistant: Mika Kamemoto

Scene Set-up Artist: Hikari Uematsu

Screenplay Composition:
Akiyuki Simbo
Fuyashi Tou

Screenplay Production:
Munemasa Nakamoto
Yukito Kizawa

Setting Manager: Maho Nishibe

Setting Production: Shō Sugawara

Sound Effects: Hidemi Tanaka

Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama

Studio Coordinator:
Hideki Ito
Tomoki Takemura

Trailer Production:
Atsunori Sato
Eiichirō Takane
Eita Higashikubo
Kaori Umewaki
Yuka Iwasaki

VFX Supervisor: Michiya Katō

Visual Effects:
Hisato Shima (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Kenji Maruo (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Masahiro Kurahara (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Motoi Sakai (DIGITAL@SHAFT)

Web Production:
Satsuki Maruyama
Takeo Tsuda

Web Production Assistant:
Asuka Takizawa (amanaIJIGEN)
Daiki Kobayashi (Hakuhodo)
Eiichi Tanikawa (Hakuhodo)
Iisa Saadati (Hakuhodo)
Kazuaki Kuribayashi (Hakuhodo)
Kazutaka Shinoda (amanaIJIGEN)
Keita Togawa (Hakuhodo)
Kiyoyuki Amano (Kayak, Inc.)
Shin Fujisawa (Kayak, Inc.)
Shota Kojima (Hakuhodo)
Yūya Takatsu (Hakuhodo)

Hiroshi Kamiya as Koyomi Araragi

Maaya Sakamoto as Shinobu Oshino

Yui Horie as Tsubasa Hanekawa

Takahiro Sakurai as Meme Oshino

Japanese companies

Animation Production: SHAFT

Background Art: Ryūbidō

CG Production: Cyclone Graphics inc

CG Production Assistance:
Arts Drive
Ayamayo
PAGODA
pH Studio
Shanghai Funyard Network Co., Ltd.

Cooperation:
Sagami Railway
Seven Days War
WriteWorks
Yamanashi Bunka Kaikan Co.

Digital Cinema Mastering Studio: Cine La Pista (Sony PCL)

Distributor: TOHO Visual Entertainment

Editing Assistance: Seyama Editing Room

Logo Design: Veia

Music Production: Aniplex

Online Editing: Sony PCL

Paint Assistance:
Asahi Production
Banshanmen Animation
Bird
DIGITAL@SHAFT
diomedéa

Photography Assistance:
DIGITAL@SHAFT
Ryūsei
Studio Elle

Planning Assistance:
Kodansha (Kodansha BOX)
MAXPOWER Publishing

Production:
Aniplex
Kodansha
SHAFT

Production Cooperation: MOVIC

Recording Studio:
Studio 2010:
studio2001:

Sound Production: Rakuonsha

Visual Effects: DIGITAL@SHAFT

Web Production Assistance:
amanaIJIGEN
Hakuhodo Inc.
Kayak, Inc.

English staff

English companies

(none)

Distributor:
Azoland Pictures
MVM (UK and Ireland)

Licensed by: Aniplex of America

English cast

(none)

French staff

French cast

Translation: Stéphane Lapie

Subtitle Editor: Richard Kaczmarek

(none)

French companies

Broadcaster: Grand Rex (29 January 2016)

Internet Streaming: Wakanim

German staff

German cast

Dubbing Director: Christian Zeiger

David Turba as Koyomi Araragi

Friedel Morgenstern as Shinobu Oshino

Kristina Tietz as Tsubasa Hanekawa

Klaus-Dieter Klebsch as Dramaturgy

Oliver Siebeck as Guillotine Cutter

Peter Flechtner as Meme Oshino

Tobias Nath as Episode

Ulrike Stürzbecher as Kiss-Shot

German companies

Broadcaster: ProSieben Maxx (from December 26.2019)

Distributor: Peppermint Anime

Dubbing: Oxygen Sound Studios

Internet Streaming: Wakanim (German speaking countries)

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