Shigurui: Death Frenzy (TV)
[ adapted from Shigurui (manga) ]
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Alternative title:
Shigurui (Japanese)
シグルイ (Japanese)
Objectionable content:
Intense
Copyright notice:
©2007 Norio Nanjo•Takayuki Yamaguchi (Akitashoten) / Shigurui Partners
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were fought with wooden swords. This time, real swords will be used. One-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and blind Irako Seigen will fight each other in this match. Both are disciples of Iwamoto Kogan, who is known as Japan's greatest swordsman. Each of them are determined to prove himself the successor of Iwamoto's school. However, there can only be one champion. So begins a story of intertwining fates, conflict, and strange destinies.
User Ratings:
626 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2007-07-01 (special preview episode)
2007-07-19
2008-01-16 (Ep. 1-3, Italy - Future Film Festival)
Official website:
シグルイ|WOWOW ONLINE (Japanese)
Reviews:
Shigurui: Death Frenzy Collection (Aug 12, 2010)
Shigurui: Death Frenzy DVD (Apr 21, 2009)
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Blu-Ray |
Shigurui: Death Frenzy - Complete Series Box Set (Blu-Ray) 2009-03-10 (from $17.99) |
Shigurui: Death Frenzy - [Anime Classics] (Blu-Ray) 2011-05-10 (from $16.36) |
DVD (Region 1) |
Shigurui: Death Frenzy - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-03-10 (from $27.12) |
Shigurui: Death Frenzy - [Anime Classics] (DVD) 2011-05-10 (from $16.33) |
DVD (Region 4) |
Shigurui: Death Frenzy Collection (DVD) 2009-07-01 |
Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki Series Composition: Seishi Minakami Storyboard: Hiroshi Hamasaki (eps 1-2) Kazuya Komai (ep 5) Koujirou Tsuruoka (ep 11) Kunio Katsuki (ep 3) Michio Fukuda (4, 10) Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ep 6) Takayuki Hirao (ep 7) Toru Takahashi (ep 9) Toru Yoshida (ep 8) Yoshiaki Kawajiri (ep 12) Episode Director: Dan Odawara (ep 8) Kazuya Komai (ep 5) Masahiro Hosoda (eps 4, 10) Mitsuyuki Masuhara (eps 1-2, 6, 12) Naoyasu Hanyu (ep 9) Yuzuru Tachikawa (eps 3, 7, 11) Music: Kiyoshi Yoshida Original creator: Norio Nanjo Original Manga: Takayuki Yamaguchi Character Design: Masanori Shino Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko Chief Animation Director: Masanori Shino (Series Chief Animation Director; eps 2-12) Animation Director: Kazuya Komai (ep 5) Masahiro Emoto (eps 8, 12) Masanori Shino (ep 1) Mutsuaki Murata (eps 3, 9) Noriyoshi Yamazaki (eps 4, 10) Takashi Muratani (eps 8, 12) Takuji Abe (eps 3, 9) Yoshiko Okuda (ep 6) Sound Director: Yasunori Honda Cgi Director: Hiroshi Souma 2nd Key Animation: Aiko Wakatsuki (ep 8) Akiko Konno (ep 12) Masafumi Nakagawa (eps 6, 9, 12) Masaki Matsumura (eps 8-9, 12) Meiying Hong (ep 12) Naoko Masui (ep 12) Animation producer: Akira Shinohara Assistant Animation Director: Junichi Takaoka (eps 2, 4) Masahiro Emoto (ep 9) Takashi Muratani (eps 1-2, 9) Yoshiko Okuda (eps 1-2, 9) Assistant Director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara Color design: Chikako Kamata Editing: Satoshi Terauchi Key Animation: Akiko Asaki (eps 1, 6) Akio Kawamura (ep 1) Atsushi Aono (ep 1) Emiko Abe (ep 4) Emiko Kataoka (eps 1, 6, 9) Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 3) Hiroaki Hanawa (ep 9) Hisashi Mitsui (ep 4) Hitoshi Kamata (ep 6) Junichi Takaoka (eps 6, 9) Kana Ishida (ep 3) Kanji Wakabayashi (eps 8, 12) Katsuyuki Tsubouchi (ep 6) Kazuya Komai (ep 5) Kei Shibasaki (ep 1) Kenichi Umeki (ep 4) Koji Kataoka (eps 1, 6) Madoka Ozawa (ep 8) Makoto Matsui (eps 4, 10) Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 3) Mariko Aoki (eps 3, 6, 12) Masahiro Emoto (eps 5, 8, 12) Masahiro Shigemoto (ep 1) Masaki Hyuga (ep 12) Michiyo Suzuki (ep 5) Miho Azuma (eps 6, 12) Miwako Yamamoto (ep 1) Miyuki Hanawa (ep 9) Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 12) Mutsuaki Murata (eps 1, 3, 9, 12) Naoyuki Asano (ep 8) Noriyoshi Yamazaki (eps 4, 10) Rie Oomori (ep 4) Satoshi Sakai (ep 9) Shin Wakabayashi (ep 3) Shinji Nagata (ep 8) Shinya Suzuki (ep 12) Shinya Takahashi (ep 6) Shouichi Funaki (ep 9) Shume Matsumoto (ep 9) Takashi Igari (ep 1) Takashi Muratani (eps 1, 8, 12) Takuji Abe (eps 1, 9, 12) Toshimi Tanaka (ep 4) Toshiyuki Yoshioka (eps 1, 3, 6) Tsuguo Sakamoto (ep 6) Wataru Yamamoto (ep 4) Yoshikazu Tomita (eps 3, 8) Yoshiko Okuda (eps 1, 9, 12) Layout Supervisor: Kazuhiro Soeta (eps 6, 11) Prop Design: Kazuhiro Soeta (eps 1-12) | Daisuke Namikawa as Emi Shinohara as Houko Kuwashima as Nozomu Sasaki as Seizo Katou as Asako Dodo as Asami Yaguchi as Bin Shimada as Chikao Ohtsuka as Cho as Hidenobu Kiuchi as Hiromu Koudo as Ikuya Sawaki as Katsuhisa Houki as Kazuki Yao as Kenji Hamada as Kenji Nomura as Kousuke Meguro as Kyoko Hikami as Masaaki Tsukada as Masaki Terasoma as Masashi Hirose as Minoru Inaba as Misato Sakamoto as Mitsuko Horie as Motoi Koyanagi as Motomu Kiyokawa as Nobuaki Fukuda as Osamu Saka as Rikiya Koyama as Ryusuke Oobayashi as Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Shiho Kawaragi as Shinji Ogawa as Shozo Iizuka as Tadahisa Saizen as Taiten Kusunoki as Takayuki Okada as Tamio Ohki as Tomohisa Asou as Yasuyoshi Hara as Yasuyuki Kase as Yoshisada Sakaguchi as Yuki Matsuda as Yutaka Aoyama as Yuusaku Yara as Yuzuru Fujimoto as | |||
2nd Key Animation: Dr. Movie (6 episodes eps 1, 5-6, 8-9, 12 )Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 12) Mook Animation (eps 5-6) Studio Wombat (ep 1) Animation Production: Madhouse Studios Broadcaster: WOWOW (2007-07-19) DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc. | ||||
ADR Director: Christopher Bevins Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga Commentary: Christopher Bevins (eps 4, 10) J. Michael Tatum (ep 4) Jerry Russell (ep 10) R Bruce Elliott (ep 10) Wendy Powell (ep 4) DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez DVD Menu Audio: Jim Welch DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon DVD Producer: Clarine Harp Head Writer: Eric Vale Line Producer: Christopher Bevins Mix Engineer: Neal Malley Production Assistant: Susie Nixon Talent Coordination: Tara Williams Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler | J. Michael Tatum as John Burgmeier as Jerry Russell as Laura Bailey as Mike McFarland as R Bruce Elliott as Wendy Powell as Andy Mullins as Ben Phillips as Bill Jenkins as Bob Carter as Brandon Bristow as Brina Palencia as Bruce Lewis as Charles Baker as Charles Campbell as Cherami Leigh as Chris Rager as Cole Brown as Grant James as Jakie Cabe as Jamie Marchi as Jeff Johnson as Jeremy Inman as Jerome Fifty-Seven as Jerry Zumwalt as John Gremillion as John Swasey as Juli Erickson as Kevin M. Connolly as Kim Whalen as Kyle Hebert as Mark Stoddard as Robert McCollum as Scott Hinze as Sean Hennigan as Sean Michael Teague as Todd Haberkorn as | |||
Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand) Manga Entertainment (UK) (Great Britain & Ireland) Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment | ||||
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