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Karakuri Circus (TV)

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Alternative title:
Le Cirque de Karakuri (French) 
からくりサーカス (Japanese) 
Plot Summary: Masaru Saiga is a fifth-grade boy who aims to become a puppeteer. After Sadayoshi Saiga — the CEO of the giant home telephone maker Saiga and Masaru's father — passes away, Masaru inherits 18 billion yen. Masaru is targeted for his wealth, and is saved by two people. Narumi Katō is a man who has studied Kung-Fu and has a weird illness called "Zonapha Syndrome," and Shirogane is a silver-haired woman who controls the puppet "Arurukan" (Harlequin). Together, Masaru, Narumi, and Shirogane get thrown into various conspiracies by those who would try to steal Masaru's fortune. (from manga)
User Ratings: 56 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Very good: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, dub:1)
 Good: 13 votes (sub:10, raw:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:10)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 157 users, rank: #4409 (of 9910)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.911 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.8639, rank: #7840 (of 10057)
Weighted mean: 5.845 (Decent), rank: #7972 (of 10057) (seen all: 6.24 / seen some: 5.49 / won't finish: 4.34)
Bayesian estimate: 6.152 (Decent), rank: #6403 (of 7616)
Number of episodes: 36 
Episode titles: We have 36
Vintage: 2018-10-10 
Opening Theme:
#1: "Gekkō" (月虹) by Bump of Chicken 
#2: "Haguruma" by KANA-BOON 
#3: "Over Me" by Lozareena 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Marionette" by Lozareena 
#2: "Yuudachi" by Memai Siren 
#3: "Gekkou" by BUMP OF CHICKEN 
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Karakuri Circus - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2021-05-18 (from $36.81)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Satoshi Nishimura 
Series Composition:
Kazuhiro Fujita 
Toshiki Inoue 
Script:
Shoji Yonemura (12 episodes
eps 7-11, 13, 19-20, 25-26, 29-30
)
 
Toshiki Inoue (24 episodes
eps 1-6, 12, 14-18, 21-24, 27-28, 31-36
)
 
Storyboard:
Daisuke Yoshida (ep 32) 
Fumie Muroi (ep 5) 
Hideki Tonokatsu (eps 11, 25) 
Hiroshi Aoyama (5 episodes
eps 15, 21, 26, 31, 35
)
 
Hiroshi Takeuchi (ep 2) 
Hiroyuki Yano (6 episodes
eps 6-7, 10, 13, 18, 20
)
 
Hisato Shimoda (eps 3, 27) 
Hitoshi Nanba (ep 34) 
Junichi Sakata (eps 28, 33) 
Kanji Miyake (ep 3) 
Kenichi Imaizumi (eps 17, 22) 
Masashi Kojima (ep 29) 
Masatoshi Hakata (4 episodes
eps 9, 16, 23, 30
)
 
Satoshi Nishimura (ep 3)  (ep 1)  (4 episodes
eps 1, 11, 14, 36
)
 
Shin'ichirō Ushijima (ep 19) 
Shinji Itadaki (eps 4, 12) 
Tomohiko Ito (ep 24) 
Toshihiko Masuda (ep 8) 
Episode Director:
Chang Hee Won (5 episodes
eps 5, 14, 20, 28, 34
)
 
Daisuke Yoshida (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 17, 25, 32
)
 
Jae Ik Park (eps 21, 29) 
Junichi Fujise (eps 1, 8, 36) 
Kana Fujiwara (ep 27) 
Kōhei Hatano (eps 11, 26) 
Masaharu Tomoda (eps 2, 10) 
Masatoshi Hakata (6 episodes
eps 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 36
)
 
Michiru Itabisashi (eps 1, 22, 35) 
Satoshi Nishimura (ep 36) 
Seiya Sugihata (ep 31) 
Shigeru Ueda (eps 7, 12) 
Shin'ichirō Ushijima (eps 13, 19) 
Sō Toyama (ep 15) 
Tomoya Shinoda (ep 33) 
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (eps 6, 18) 
Youichirou Aoki (ep 4) 
Yuki Nishihata (eps 24, 33) 
Music: Yuki Hayashi 
Original creator: Kazuhiro Fujita 
Character Design: Takahiro Yoshimatsu 
Art:
Kazuhiro Inoue (eps 23, 25, 27) 
Norihiko Yokomatsu (6 episodes
eps 10, 14, 29-35 odd
)
 
Chief Animation Director: Takahiro Yoshimatsu 
Animation Director: Yoshiko Saitō (eps 31, 35) 

2nd Key Animation:
Asuka Kuroda (ep 6) 
Keinosuke Ami (ep 23) 
Kenichi Kangawa (ep 23) 
Moeka Araki (Studio VOLN; eps 30, 34-36) 
Naho Ōtsuki (Studio VOLN; eps 30, 34-36) 
Tomomi Teruya (Studio VOLN; 5 episodes
eps 30-31, 34-36
)
 
Animation producer: Makoto Aoki 
Assistant Art Director: Norihiko Yokomatsu (eps 17-36) 
Background Art:
Du Bi Kim (MABUS Animation Co., Ltd; ep 4) 
Hitoshi Nagasaki (Studio Wyeth; ep 1) 
Kazuhiro Inoue (Kusanagi; eps 19-27 odd) 
Norihiko Yokomatsu (Studio Wyeth; ED3; 5 episodes
eps 8, 29-35 odd
)
 
Chief Production: Wataru Kawagoe 
Creative Producer:
Keiji Mita 
Masao Maruyama 
Key Animation:
Hideo Amemiya (eps 1, 7) 
Hitomi Sasaki (ep 6) 
Miyako Yatsu (ep 6) 
Moeka Araki (Studio VOLN; eps 32-33) 
Naho Ōtsuki (Studio VOLN; eps 32-33) 
Shunpei Mochizuki (eps 22, 31) 
Takeshi Baba (eps 1-2, 7) 
Takeshi Moriyama (eps 22, 31) 
Tatsuya Miki (eps 1, 27) 
Tomoaki Mimiura (eps 1-2, 12) 
Tomomi Teruya (Studio VOLN; eps 32-33) 
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 1) 
Yoshihiro Kanno (17 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 11-23 odd, 24-25, 27, 31, 33-34, 36
)
 
Photography: Katsuto Ogawa (Chiptune; eps 2-3, 18-24) 
Photography Manager: Riku Shikata (Chiptune; eps 7-16) 
Planning Cooperation: Nobumasa Sawabe (Shogakukan) 
Production Advancement:
Norifumi Udono (5 episodes
eps 1, 9, 16, 23, 30
)
 
Shunsuke Nishimura (eps 26, 28) 
Toshiya Ōtomo (ep 22) 
Yuki Hirahara (ep 26) 
Production Chief: Norifumi Udono 
Production Desk: Hiroaki Hamatake 
Theme Song Performance:
BUMP OF CHICKEN (OP1) 
KANA-BOON (OP2) 
Lozareena (ED1)  (OP3) 
Memai Siren (ED2) 
Chihiro Ueda as Masaru Saiga 
Megumi Hayashibara as Shirogane Saiga 
Rikiya Koyama as Narumi Kato 

Aoi Yūki as Colombine 
Hisao Egawa as Shinobu Nakamachi 
Jōji Nakata as Pantalone 
Jun Fukuyama as Arlecchino 
Kaito Ishikawa as Hiroo 'Hiro" Nakamachi 
Marina Inoue as Vilma Thorne 
Masahiko Tanaka as Shōji Saiga 
Megumi Hayashibara as Francine 
Nao Nagasawa as Guripon 
Nozomu Sasaki as Guy Christophe Rech 
Romi Park as Lucille Verneuil 
Ryōta Iwasaki as Noriyuki "Nori" Nakamachi 
Takahiro Sakurai as Eiryo Ashihana 
Tomokazu Seki as Bai Yin 
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Talanda "Lise" Liselotte Tachibana 
Toshio Furukawa as
Bai Jin 
Faceless 
Yoshino Nanjō as Liang Mingxia 

Ai Kaneta as Bai Jin (child; ep 9) 
Akiha Matsui as City of Prague woman (ep 9) 
Akio Ōtsuka as Zenji Saiga 
Akio Suyama as Brighella 
Akira Yamamoto as Automata (ep 18) 
Ami Nanase as Mother (ep 16) 
Anri Katsu as Spazza (ep 8) 
Asami Shimoda as Helen (eps 6-7, 22-24) 
Ayane Sakura as Fatima 
Azu Sakura as
Convenience store customer (ep 2) 
Francine's younger sister (ep 9) 
Bibi as Gorgon (ep 26) 
Chiyuki Miura as
Beth (ep 6) 
City of Prague woman (ep 9) 
Daisuke Egawa as Schwarzes Tor 
Haruka Shamoto as Girl (ep 5) 
Hiroaki Okuda as
Chimpira (ep 36) 
Doctor (ep 23) 
Kidnapper (ep 3) 
Zonapha Ward doctor (ep 6) 
Hiromichi Kogami as Rockenfield 
Hiroshi Kamiya as Cupidea 
Hiroshi Naka as Fou Claude Boileau 
Ikkyū Juku as Bunjuro Nakayama (ep 16) 
Jōji Nakata as Priest (ep 35) 
Jun Miyamoto as Bus Nash 
Junko Kitanishi as Melissa Anderson 
Katsuhisa Hōki as Liang Jian-Feng (eps 9-10) 
Katsuya Shiga as Zed Gein (ep 11) 
Kayo Ishida as Malina (eps 12-13) 
Keiji Hirai as Masamura (eps 2, 4) 
Keikou Sakai as Hazama (ep 4) 
Keisuke Misaizu as Kidnapper (ep 4) 
Ken Uo as Yamanaka (ep 4) 
Kenji Hamada as George Laroche 
Kenji Yamauchi as Doctor Leo 
Kensuke Satō as
Blom Blom Low 
Captain Grazziano 
Clerk (ep 16) 
Kenta Miyake as Harlequin 
Kenta Ōkuma as Daiki Kanou 
Kiyohito Yoshikai as Stiltz-Harvey (ep 12) 
Kiyotaka Furushima as Automata A/Michael (ep 8) 
Kōichi Gomi as Sano (eps 3-4) 
Kōsuke Takaguchi as Gambler Jones 
Kunpei Sakamoto as
Convenience store customer (ep 2) 
Flash Jimmy 
Old man (ep 36) 
Mami Fujita as CA (ep 8) 
Mariko Nagai as
Francine's younger brother (ep 9) 
Hana (eps 17-18) 
High school girl (ep 5) 
Runaway girl (ep 36) 
Zenji Saiga's maid (ep 3) 
Masaaki Ihara as
Automata (eps 18, 22) 
Kidnapper (eps 3-4) 
Kuroga member (ep 17) 
Man (ep 29) 
Pilot (ep 8) 
Townsman (ep 16) 
Masaki Terasoma as
Karl Schnazy (ep 23) 
Leif Banhart (eps 6, 22) 
Masami Iwasaki as
Anselmus (eps 6-7) 
Paulmann (eps 6-7) 
Masamu Ono as Zonapha Ward child (ep 6) 
Masaya Fukunishi as
Automata (eps 18, 23) 
High school boy (ep 5) 
Kidnapper (ep 3) 
MC (ep 8) 
Megumi Hayashibara as Angelina 
Megumi Okada as
Fusae Nakamachi 
Lady Spider 
Michiko Kaiden as Wild West Jane 
Mika Kanai as Diamantina 
Misaki Ikeda as Zonapha Ward child (ep 6) 
Misuzu Togashi as
Beauty (ep 11) 
Boy (ep 5) 
Girl (ep 1) 
Kindergarten child (ep 3) 
Mitsuaki Kanuka as Merry-Go-Round Olsen (ep 11) 
Momoka Odaira as Zonapha Ward child (ep 6) 
Motoki Sakuma as
Basilisk (ep 26) 
Chimpira (ep 36) 
Man (ep 29) 
Villager (ep 19) 
Naomi Kusumi as Man on the phone 
Naomi Maruyama as
Funeral attendant (ep 15) 
P.E. Teacher (ep 5) 
Tome (eps 17-18) 
Noriaki Kanze as
Convenience store customer (ep 2) 
Masaru Saiga (teen; ep 36) 
Ryōta Iwasaki as
Candy Stamp (ep 18) 
Circus man (ep 1) 
Peter (eps 6, 23) 
Townsman (ep 16) 
Ryûichi Kagehira as Messenger (ep 16) 
Ryūichi Kijima as Nakata (ep 3) 
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Dottore 
Saki Endō as Takami (ep 3) 
Sara Matsumoto as Pete (ep 8) 
Sayaka Kinoshita as Naya Steele 
Sayaka Senbongi as Mark (ep 6) 
Sena Shouji as Kozuka (ep 5) 
Shinnosuke Ogami as Ooya (ep 5) 
Shinobu Matsumoto as Drill September 
Shōhei Komatsu as Jim (ep 7) 
Shōta Aoi as Dean Maistre 
Taichi Takeda as
Convenience store customer (ep 2) 
Zonapha Ward doctor (ep 6) 
Takahiro Fujiwara as Timbavati 
Takahiro Miwa as Atsushi Kajiyama (ep 5) 
Takahiro Sumi as Dr. Masamura (eps 15, 19-20) 
Takahiro Yoshino as Automata F (ep 8) 
Takahiro Yoshino as Olazio 
Tarō Kiuchi as Kidnapper (ep 3) 
Tetsuro Miyata as Kidnapper (ep 3) 
Toa Yukinari as Shōji Saiga (10 years old; ep 16) 
Tomoe Hanba as
Sharon Montfort (ep 30) 
Tom (5 episodes
eps 6-7, 21-22, 34
)
 
Tomomi Kawamura as
Convenience store customer (ep 2) 
Fou's maid (eps 35-36) 
Funeral attendant (ep 15) 
High school girl (ep 5) 
Tomomichi Nishimura as Village chief (eps 15, 19-21) 
Tōru Sakurai as Surprise = Pea Shooter (ep 12) 
Toshio Furukawa as Sadayoshi Saiga 
Tsubasa Onoue as Opponent (ep 16) 
Tsuguo Mogami as Pedorolino (ep 11) 
Uko Tachibana as Kano (ep 4) 
Volcano Ōta as
Man (ep 29) 
Ozaki (ep 3) 
Unicorn (eps 26-27) 
Wakana Kingyo as Child (ep 23) 
Yasuhiro as Magdalen (ep 8) 
Yasuhiro Mamiya as
Doug (eps 29-30, 35) 
Manager (eps 15, 17) 
Yō Kitazawa as
Doctor (eps 1-2) 
Keniss (ep 31) 
Yoshino Ohtori as Poor old woman (ep 9) 
Yūki Koinuma as Automata (ep 18) 
Yūki Takada as Orie Ueda (ep 5) 
Yukitarou Namura as Kuroga member (eps 15, 20) 
Yuuki Sanpei as Anoss (ep 31) 
Yūya Murakami as Kuroga member (eps 15, 20-21) 
Zenki Kitajima as Man (ep 16) 

Aya Kawaguchi (ep 1) 
Ritsu Takahashi (ep 1) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio VOLN 
Backgrounds:
Kusanagi (eps 19-27 odd) 
Studio Wyeth 
Creative Cooperation: Studio Live 
Key Animation:
APPP (ep 9) 
Line Farm (ep 7) 
Neox (ep 7) 
Studio Live (eps 2, 7, 9) 
Opening/Ending Animation:
10GAUGE  (OP1, ED1) 
Photography: Chiptune 
Production: Twin Engine 
Production Cooperation:
Frontier Engine (ep 4) 
Studio Bind (eps 22, 31) 
special effects: Chiptune 
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Ian Fagen (Sentai release; eps 34-36) 
Jessica Kim (Sentai release) 
Executive producer:
John Ledford 
Toru Iwakami 
Subtitling: Janice Williams 
Supervising Translator: Natalie Jones (Sentai release) 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch 
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America) 
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video 
HIDIVE 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks 
Production: Sentai Studios 
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Subtitle Translation: Iván Fraile Ramos (Amazon Prime Video; Spain) 
(none)
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video 
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video 
Italian cast
(none)

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