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The Elusive Samurai (TV)

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Alternative title:
Nigejōzu no Wakagimi (Japanese)
逃げ上手の若君 (Japanese)
Themes: historical, samurai
Plot Summary: In 1333, the child heir to the Kamakura shogunate, Hojo Tokiyuki, was abruptly orphaned and deprived of his heritage. Fleeing to another province, the young man begins to grapple with his new circumstances as he builds a following. But Tokiyuki's no fighter, so he's going to rely on what he does best to win his war: run away. (from manga)
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User Ratings: 82 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:2)
 Very good: 34 votes (sub:28, dub:4, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 20 votes (sub:15, dub:3, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 252 users, rank: #3401 (of 9899)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.268 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6531, rank: #2749 (of 10044)
Weighted mean: 7.279 (Good+), rank: #2534 (of 10044) (seen all: 7.56 / seen some: 6.28 / won't finish: 4.02)
Bayesian estimate: 7.306 (Good+), rank: #2195 (of 7607)
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2024-07-06
Opening Theme:
"Plan A" by DISH//
Ending Theme:
"Kamakura STYLE" by Bocchi Boromaru
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yuta Yamazaki
Series Composition: Yoriko Tomita
Script:
Dai Hazeyama (eps 4, 8-9)
Rino Yamazaki (eps 5-6, 11-12)
Yoriko Tomita (eps 1-3, 7, 10)
Storyboard:
Arifumi Imai (ep 9)
Ayako Kurata (ep 5)
Miyuki Kuroki (OP)
Yoko Kikuchi (ep 6)
Yoshihiro Hiramine (ep 11)
Yūichirō Komuro (eps 4, 7)
Yūki Yonemori (ED)
Yusuke Kawakami (eps 2, 8)
Yuta Yamazaki (eps 1, 12)
Episode Director:
Arifumi Imai (ep 9)
Ayako Kurata (ep 5)
Midori Yui (ep 12)
Yasushi Tomoda (ep 7)
Yoko Kikuchi (ep 6)
Yoshihiro Hiramine (ep 11)
Yūichirō Komuro (ep 4)
Yusuke Kawakami (eps 2, 8)
Yuta Yamazaki (ep 1)
Unit Director:
Miyuki Kuroki (OP)
Yūki Yonemori (ED)
Original creator: Yūsei Matsui
Character Design: Yasushi Nishiya
Art Director: Ayumi Kojima
Chief Animation Director: Yasushi Nishiya
Animation Director:
Akitoshi Yoshino (eps 5, 11)
Aya Takano (eps 10, 12)
Ayumi Nagayama (eps 9, 12)
Dengyishan Huang (Nichi studio; ep 7)
h.s (ep 12)
Kaoru Tanimoto (ep 11)
Mari Tomita (eps 4, 9-10, 12)
Mark Kenta Corcoran (eps 9, 12)
Maya Shindo (eps 10, 12)
Maya Yamada (eps 7, 10, 12)
Nogya (eps 6, 10, 12)
Ryōta Arima (eps 10, 12)
Saki Takahashi (eps 10, 12)
Sakika Suzuki (ep 8)
Shuhei Miwa (eps 3, 10, 12)
Takashi Miyauchi (eps 3, 10, 12)
Ting (Nichi Studio; ep 7) 
Wen Xuan Liu (Nichi Studio; ep 7)
Yasushi Nishiya (OP; ED; ep 1)
Yu Zhen Li (Nichi Studio; ep 7)
Yūki Itō (eps 2, 8)
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Director of Photography: Yūya Sakuma
Executive producer:
Akifumi Fujio
Masanori Miyake
2nd Key Animation:
Atsunori Okamoto (CloverWorks; ep 2)
Emi Kōno (ep 2)
Higashika Kusuko (CloverWorks; ep 2)
Katsuhiko Kitada (ep 2)
Keiichirō Saitō (ep 2)
Mikiko Ura (CloverWorks; ep 2)
Rumi Sudō (CloverWorks; ep 2)
Yuki Akutagawa (ep 2)
Animation producer: Shōta Umehara
Architecture Research: Toshikazu Kamome
Art Setting:
takao
taracod
Assistant Director: Yusuke Kawakami
CG Production Management: Keizō Ōishi
Chief Producer: Nobuhiro Nakayama
Color design: Kazuko Nakashima
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
In-Between Animation: Mai Kubokawa (Studio Hibari; ep 9)
Key Animation:
Akira Hamaguchi (ep 2)
EVAKOI (ep 11)
Fasto (ep 9)
Hayao Nakamura (ep 2) 
Inuji Sawada (ep 2) 
Jia Hao Zhang (ep 9)
Ken Imaizumi (ep 9)
Kenta Corcoran (ep 2) 
Kyōhei Ebata (ep 9)
Maiko Kobayashi (ep 2)
Nanasa Nakamura (ep 2) 
Raisu (ep 6)
Saki Suzuki (ep 2)
Saki Takahashi (ep 2)
Sakura Watabe (ep 2)
Shōta Sannomiya (ep 2)
Shun Shibata (ep 2)
Théo Kowal (eps 4, 10-11)
Tomoyoshi Tsuchiya (ep 2)
Toshiyuki Satō (eps 1, 8)
Yūki Itō (ep 2)
Yusuke Kawakami (ep 2)
Yūsuke Yamamoto (ep 2)
Music producer: Shinji Yamauchi
Paint:
Aina Wada (Studio Road; ep 2)
Hibiki Naganori (Studio Road; ep 2)
Production Advancement:
Kazutoshi Maeda (OP)
Rikako Yamamoto (eps 2, 12)
Shōta Yamaguchi (ED; eps 4, 9)
Yūki Iwase (eps 5, 11)
Zhe Liu (eps 3, 10)
Production Desk: Kazutoshi Maeda
Production Desk Assistant: Sho Someno
Prop Design: Yogoinu
Publicity Producer:
Takae Hamada
Takayoshi Akiyama
Setting Production: Akira Osada
Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mitsui
Special Effects: Chiemi Irisa
Sub-Character Design: Saki Takahashi
Theme Song Arrangement: Botchi Boromaru (ED)
Theme Song Assistant: Kenta Tasaka (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Botchi Boromaru (ED)
DISH// (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Botchi Boromaru (ED)
Takumi Kitamura (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Botchi Boromaru (ED)
DISH// (OP)
Typography: Yūto Hama
Asaki Yuikawa as Hōjō Tokiyuki
Yūichi Nakamura as Suwa Yorishige

Anri Katsu as Kiyohara Shinano-no-kami
Aoi Yūki as Kazama Genba
Fumitake Ishiguro as Suwa Moritaka
Hinaki Yano as Shizuku
Hiroki Tōchi as Shokan
Katsuyuki Konishi as Takauji Ashikaga
Kikunosuke Toya as Fubuki
Mari Hino as Kojirō Nezu
Sayumi Suzushiro as Ayako
Shinichirō Kamio as Shinomiya Saemontarō
Takahiro Yamamoto as Ichikawa Sukefusa
Tetsu Inada as Hoshina Yasaburō
Yutaka Aoyama as Ogasawara Sadamune

Atsushi Imaruoka as Godaiin Muneshige (ep 2)
Atsushi Miyauchi as Kō no Moronao (eps 1, 4, 6)
Binbin Takaoka as Nagasaki Enki (ep 1)
Fuminori Komatsu as Emperor Go-Daigo (ep 4)
Fumitake Ishiguro as Suwa Tokitsugu (ep 9)
Hayato Fujii as Shokan's father (ep 9)
Hinata Tadokoro as Hōjō Takatoki (ep 1)
Hironori Kondō as Botan (ep 3)
Juri Nagatsuma as Hikari (eps 3-6)
Kanako Nomura as Ashikaga Tadayoshi (young)
Kenichi Suzumura as Kusunoki Masashige (ep 9)
Kōji Seki as Settsu no Chikaaki (ep 1)
Kōji Takeda as Wada Yonemaru (eps 11-12)
Kōsuke Echigoya as Bōmon Kiyotada (ep 4)
Makoto Furukawa as Ashikaga Tadayoshi (ep 10)
Marie Miyake as Homare (eps 3-6, 10)
Masafumi Kobatake as Old man with rectangular features (eps 11-12)
Michitake Kikuchi as Shiro (eps 8-9)
Minoru Hirota as Genba's father (eps 5-6)
Miyuki Sakurai as Ashikaga Takauji (young)
Ryōta Suzuki as Prince Moriyoshi (ep 6)
Ryū Yamaguchi as Kō no Moroyasu (ep 6)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Bald old man (eps 11-12)
Satsumi Matsuda as
Narrator
Settsu Kiyoko (ep 1)
Shinya Takahashi as
Old man with focus lines on his face (eps 11-12)
Shiota Jirō (eps 1, 4)
Shunpei Kusano as
Nagasaki Takasuke (ep 1)
Some kind of monster (eps 11-12)
Sōshirō Hori as Byakkotsu (ep 8)
Soungdok as Yūki Sanjūrō (eps 11-12)
Taiten Kusunoki as Unno Yukiyasu (ep 5)
Takumu Miyazono as Setaro (ep 12)
Tōru Nara as Furan (eps 7-9)
Wakana Kuramochi as Sakae (eps 3-6, 10)
Yū Miyazaki as Kanō Saburō (eps 1, 4)
Yuka Terasaki as Hōjō Kunitoki (eps 1-2)
Yuuki Tamai as Nagoe Takaie (ep 1)

Hitoshi Kanna (ep 8)
Kanato Watai (ep 11)
Kōsuke Kobayashi (eps 2-3, 8)
Kumiko Nakane (ep 5)
Kyōsuke Mano (ep 4)
Masafumi Kobatake (eps 2-3)
Motoki Sakuma (ep 5)
Natsu Yorita (ep 1)
Natsuko Abe (eps 7-8)
Reo Osanai (ep 7)
Ryō Sugisaki (ep 3)
Ryōsuke Asano (ep 13)
Shinya Takahashi (eps 6-7)
Shunpei Kusano (eps 3, 6-8)
Takumu Miyazono (eps 4-6, 10)
Tarō Kiuchi (ep 3)
Toru Wakasugi (ep 6)
Yū Maeda (ep 6)
Yū Wakabayashi (eps 1, 3)
Yui Tsukada (ep 8)
Yūki Hoshi (ep 6)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
CloverWorks (ED; eps 1-12)
Fincrossed Studio (eps 10-12)
Kiwi Animation Studio (eps 3-4, 10-11)
Nichi Studio (ep 3)
PINE JAM (eps 5, 7-8)
R. Animation (eps 3, 5, 7)
Shin Design (ep 3)
Studio Chrono9 (ep 3)
Studio KAI (ep 5)
Studio KNK (ep 2)
Trigger (ep 6)
ZEXCS (eps 2-3, 5, 7)
Animation Direction: Nichi Studio (ep 7)
Animation Production: CloverWorks
Editing Studio: Assez Finaud Fabric.
In-Between Animation:
A st. (ED; OP; eps 1-7, 9)
Bakken Record (eps 2, 9)
Big Owl (ep 9)
CJT (ep 9)
CLAP (eps 1-2)
CloverWorks (OP; ED; eps 1-12)
CloverWorks Overseas Animation/Paint Room (OP; ED; eps 1-12)
FAI International (ED; 8 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8-9, 11
)

Fincrossed Studio (eps 2, 9, 11)
GAINAX Kyoto (ED)
Gift-o’-Animation (eps 1-2, 9)
Graphinica (ep 9)
Hybrid Labo (ep 2)
Kikishin Animation (ep 1)
Kinema Citrus (eps 1-2)
Laplace Animation (ep 6)
LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio (OP; eps 1-2)
LIDEN FILMS Tokyo Studio (ep 1)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 1, 4, 8-9)
OLM (eps 1-2)
One Order (ep 6)
RadPlus (ep 6)
Revival (eps 6, 8)
SHAFT (ep 1)
Studio Colorido (ep 1)
studio daisy (ep 9)
Studio Hibari (ep 9)
Studio KAI (eps 1-2, 5)
Studio Mew (ep 9)
Trigger (ep 1)
Triple A (ep 1)
TROYCA (ep 2)
WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio (ep 1)
Wit Studio (OP; ED; ep 9)
Yumeta Company (eps 6, 9)
ZEXCS (ep 1)
Music Production: Aniplex
Photography: CloverWorks (eps 1-12)
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio
Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
Video Editing: qooop
English cast
English staff
Translation: Emily Walton

Voice Direction:
Kevin Hoffer
Wolfie Trausch
Abby Trott as Hojo Tokiyuki
Ricco Fajardo as Suwa Yorishige

Brittany Cox as Ayako Mochizuki
Courtney Chu as Shizuku
Jeannie Tirado as Kojiro Nezu
Jonah Scott as Takauji Ashikaga
Kaitlyn Robrock as Kazama Genba
Kellen Goff as Sadamune Ogasawara
Mark Whitten as Moritaka Suwa
Stuart Allan as Fubuki

Alain Mesa as Shiro (eps 8-9)
Mark Lewis as Emperor Godaigo (ep 4)
Ryan Colt Levy as Prince Moriyoshi (ep 6)

English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Aniplex of America
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Simon Herlin

Sound Engineer: Victor Lenoir
Spotting: Charlotte Colart
Supervision: Mélodie Dauger
Aurore Saint-Martin as Hōjō Tokiyuki
Jérémy Zylberberg as Suwa Horishige

Alice Orsat as Kazama Genba
Anna Lauzeray-Gishi as Shizuku
Benjamin Lhommas as Suwa Moritaka
Cécilé Gatto as Ayako Mochizuki
Mathilde Carmes as Kojirō Nezu
Raphaël Cohen as Sadamune Ogasawara
Stéphane Marais as Sukefusa Ichikawa
Vincent Bonnasseau as Takauji Ashikaga

Benjamin Lhommas as Kanō Saburō
Marion Valantine as Narratrice
Mathilde Carmes as Settsu Kiyoko
Ophélie Bernard as Hōjō Kunitoki
Pierre Carbonnier as Nagoe Takaie
Sacha Petronijevic as Kō no Moronao
Yann Sundberg as Godaiin Muneshige
French companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Ditter Ruiz as Suwa Yorishige
Susana Moreno as Hojo Tokiyuki

Diego Becerril as Kazama Genba
Enrique Cervantes as Ogasawara Sadamune
Jesse Torres as Suwa Moritaka
Óscar López as Takauji Ashikaga
Polly Huerta as Shizuku
Spanish companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Renan Alonso
Translation: Hélio Pavan
Bruna Nogueira as Tokyuki Hojo
Renan Alonso as Yorishige Suwa

Carloz Magno as Kojiro Nezu
Danilo Diniz as Fubuki
Ed Bernardes as Moritaka Suwa
Fernando Ferraz as Genba Kazama
Gustavo Vergani as Sukefusa Ichikawa
Leandro Loureiro as Muneshige Godalin
Linn Jardim as Sakae
Maria Clara Rosis as Shizuku
Mario Spatizziani as Moronao Kono
Mauro Ramos as Sadamune Ogasawara
Ricardo Juarez as Ashikaga Takauji
Sérgio Moreno as Shokan Hirano
Stephany Custodi as Ayako Mochizuki

Alex Minei as Shiro (eps 8-9)
Bruno Casemiro as Go-Daigo (ep 4)
Ênio Vivona as Enki Nagasaki (ep 1)
Gisele Vechin as Narração
Guilherme Marques as Chikaaki Settsu (ep 1)
Gustavo Dócil as Saburo Kano (eps 1, 4)
Jonathan Guedes as
Moroyasu Konno (ep 6)
Yukiyasu Unno (ep 5)
Leonardo Kitsune as Jiro Shiota (eps 1, 4)
Linn Jardim as Kiyoko Settsu (ep 1)
Lucas Almeida as Moriyoshi Shinno (ep 6)
Mari Guedes as Kunitoki Hojo (eps 1-2)
Mario Jorge Andrade as Takasuke Nagasaki (ep 1)
Mauro Gasperini as Takatoki Hojo (ep 1)
Sílvio Gonzales as Furan (eps 7-9)
Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: Atma Entretenimento
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil)

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