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Karura Mau Movie

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Alternative title:
Hengen Taima Yakō Karura Mau! Nara Onryō Emaki (Japanese)
Karura Dance
変幻退魔夜行 カルラ舞う！ 奈良怨霊絵巻 (Japanese)
Themes: folklore, school
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Twins Maiko and Shoko are descended from a line of female shamans loyal to Karura (the Japanese Buddhist version of the Hindu guardian creature Garuda). They use their powers to investigate and battle supernatural forces. When an ambitious priest seeks dominion over Japan by unleashing spirits sealed in a temple in Nara, the sisters not only combine their powers, the must also rely on support from a range of allies.
User Ratings: 14 ratings have been given [details]
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 Good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
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 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 22 users, rank: #7737 (of 9585)
Median rating: So-so
Arithmetic mean: 4.929 (So-so), std. dev.: 2.0862, rank: #9034 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 5.009 (So-so), rank: #8905 (of 9708) (seen all: 5.44 / seen some: 0.00 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.244 (Decent+), rank: #5941 (of 7289)
Running time: 80 minutes
Vintage: 1989-04-08
Ending Theme:
"Watching You" by Rie Sugai
Insert song:
"Come A-Runnin'" by Charito Vergard
"Listen to Your Heart" by Charito Vergard
"Ordinary People" by Rie Sugai
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takaaki Ishiyama
Script: Yū Yamamoto
Unit Director: Tatsuji Yamazaki
Music: Makoto Mitsui
Original Work: Takakazu Nagakubo
Character Design: Chūichi Iguchi
Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
Art: Satoshi Miura
Animation Director: Chūichi Iguchi
Art design: Masahiro Satō
Director of Photography: Koutaro Yokoyama
Producer:
Kazuhiko Inomata
Ritsuko Kakita
Tamaki Harada

Assistant Animation Director:
Atsuo Tobe
Yuka Hoya
Assistant Unit Director:
Noriyuki Abe
Saeko Aoki
Yūji Kawahara
Background Art:
Hideki Fukui
Hisae Saito
Kaoru Chiba
Keiko Imamura
Naoya Tanaka
Tokue Maruyama
Yūko Fujii
Color design: Kiyoko Waki
Editing:
Chihiro Yoshida
Sachiko Miki
Finish Check: Chieko Katayose
In-Between Check: Hiroyuki Imai
Key Animation:
Atsuko Inoue
Atsuo Tobe
Chūichi Iguchi
Hideki Araki
Hiroki Takagi
Hiroko Kazui
Hiroyoshi Ohkawa
Hitoshi Abe
Jirō Tanaka
Katsuma Kanazawa
Kazuko Kodama
Kazuya Takeda
Kenji Kobayashi
Masayuki Goto
Megumi Mitsumoto
Nobuyuki Fukuchi
Woo Young Jung
Yoshinori Higuchi
Yuka Hoya
Music producer: Toshiki Takatsuka
Photography:
Hideyuki Obokata
Kenshiro Aizawa
Masahiko Yokoyama
Masashi Takekawa
Planning: Kuniyoshi Matsuhashi
Production manager: Toshiro Sakuma
Recording:
Hiromi Kanbara
Nobuteru Ikegami
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Theme Song Arrangement: Makoto Mitsui
Theme Song Composition: Makoto Mitsui
Theme Song Lyrics: Linda Hennrick
Theme Song Performance:
Charito Vergard (ED)
Rie Sugai (OP)
Hiromi Tsuru as Shōko Ōgi
Yuriko Yamamoto as Maiko Ōgi

Banjō Ginga as Nimen Sōzu
Kaneto Shiozawa as Tsukasa Kenmochi
Keiichi Nanba as Ōmi Ikeda
Masashi Hironaka as Hiromi Ikeda (Shinnō)
Yūsaku Yara as Akira Nishikiori

Asami Mukaidono as Ochi no Wani
Banjō Ginga as Buddhist Priest 
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Diet Member
Hiroko Emori as Ryoko
Hisako Kyouda as Chikage Ōgi
Junko Hagimori as Kobayashi
Masaharu Satō as High Buddhist Priest
Masato Hirano as Sensei
Michiko Abe as Manami Ikeda
Naoki Tatsuta as Tsuchigumo
Nobuo Tobita as Temper
Takeshi Kusao as Tamura
Yukimi Higashimura as Miyoko
Yumi Nagahata as Hidemi
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