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Hiiro no Kakera - The Tamayori Princess Saga (TV)

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Related anime:
    Hiiro no Kakera - The Tamayori Princess Saga (TV 2) (sequel)

Alternative title:
緋色の欠片 (Japanese)
緋色的碎片 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Tamaki Kasuga has supposedly gone to live with her grandmother after her parents are transferred overseas. But the real reason for her arrival is that she must continue the role, handed down from her ancestor Princess Tamayori, to seal the sword Onikirimaru. Five young men serve as her guardians against the mysterious Logos.
User Ratings: 220 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Excellent: 16 votes (sub:15, dub:1)
 Very good: 31 votes (sub:27, dub:4)
 Good: 41 votes (sub:38, dub:2, ?:1)
 Decent: 50 votes (sub:42, dub:5, raw:1, others:2
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 31 votes (sub:28, dub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:17, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 449 users, rank: #1722 (of 5760)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.159 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9134, rank: #3987 (of 5754)
Weighted mean: 6.016 (Decent), rank: #4144 (of 5754) (seen all: 6.24 / seen some: 6.43 / won't finish: 3.89)
Bayesian estimate: 6.089 (Decent), rank: #3670 (of 4395)
Running time: 25 minutes
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2012-04-01
Opening Theme:
"Nee" by Maiko Fujita
Ending Theme:
"Kono Te de Idaki Tomeru kara" by Shuhei Kita
Insert song:
"Nee" by Maiko Fujita (ep 13)
Reviews:
Hiiro no Kakera Blu-Ray (Apr 29, 2013)
Hiiro no Kakera Episodes 1-6 Streaming (May 17, 2012)
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Hanabee Entertainment Announces Three New Licenses (Jan 10, 2013)
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North American Stream List: Aug. 27- Sept. 2 (Sep 4, 2012)
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 20-26 (Aug 28, 2012)
North American Stream List: August 6-12 (Aug 12, 2012)
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North American Stream List: May 28 - June 3 (Jun 3, 2012)
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Crunchyroll to Stream Hiiro no Kakera TV Anime (Mar 2, 2012)
Hiiro no Kakera Anime's 1st Promo Streamed (Feb 22, 2012)
Hiiro no Kakera Anime's Staff, Cast, Date Listed (Dec 19, 2011)
Hiiro no Kakera Otome Game Gets Anime (Jul 4, 2011)
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Press Releases:
Hanabee Entertainment Announces Hiiro No Kakera (The Tamayori Princess Saga) (Jan 10, 2013)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Hiiro no Kakera ~ The Tamayori Princess Saga" (Jun 29, 2012)
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Blu-Ray (Region A)
    Hiiro no Kakera - Season 1 Complete Collection (Blu-Ray) 2013-04-16 (from $30.94)
DVD (Region 1)
    Hiiro no Kakera - Season 1 Complete Collection (DVD) 2013-04-16 (from $27.05)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Bob Shirohata
Series Composition: Yoshiko Nakamura
Script:
Michiko Yokote (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 12
)
Rika Nakase (eps 5, 8, 11)
Yoshiko Nakamura (中村能子; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 9, 13
)
Storyboard:
Bob Shirohata (eps 1-2, 6)
Chiaki Kon (ep 7)
Michio Fukuda (eps 9, 13)
Rie Kawaguchi (ep 5)
Shin Tosaka (ep 4)
Tatsuya Abe (ep 10)
Toshifumi Kawase (ep 11)
Toshiyuki Kato (ep 8)
Tsutomu Naniwa (ep 12)
Yumi Kamakura (ep 3)
Episode Director:
Hideki Tonokatsu (eps 3, 7)
Kanta Kamei (eps 6, 11)
Shin Tosaka (ep 4)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 2, 9, 13)
Takahiro Majima (ep 12)
Tatsuya Abe (eps 5, 10)
Toshiyuki Kato (eps 1, 8)
Music: Hikaru Nanase
Original Character Design: Yone Kazuki
Character Design: Naoyuki Onda
Art Director: Junko Shimizu
Chief Animation Director: Naoyuki Onda
Animation Director:
Akiko Matsuo (eps 2, 6, 9)
Akio Kitahara (eps 4, 8, 12)
Atsushi Aono (eps 1, 8)
Azuma Sugawara (ep 9)
Hiromi Okazaki (eps 8, 13)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 3)
Kaneaki Kusaka (ep 11)
Kōdai Kitahara (ep 1)
Koji Haneda (eps 8, 13)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 9)
Mamoru Abiko (ep 9)
Masaki Takeda (ep 13)
Masami Nagata (ep 5)
Mika Saitou (ep 13)
Mina Itou (eps 2, 9, 13)
Mio Araki (eps 8-9)
Misao Abe (ep 12)
Natsuko Suzuki (鈴木 奈津子; eps 5, 10, 13)
Sawako Yamamoto (eps 3, 7)
Tomomi Ishikawa (ep 11)
Yuka Kudo (ep 13)
Yuuko Yamada (eps 6, 12)
Zenjirou Ukulele (eps 4, 9)
Sound Director: Takuya Hiramitsu
Director of Photography: Masayuki Kawaguchi
Producer:
Chinatsu Matsui (Bandai Visual)
Hiroaki Tsunoda (Yomiuri TV)
Kojin Yonekura (Yomiuri TV)
Kousaku Sakamoto (KIDS STATION)
Kozue Kananiwa (MOVIC)
Norimitsu Urasaki (Studio Deen)
Shigeru Saitō (Lantis)

Color design: Takasumi Oosuga
Creature Design: Hitoshi Ueda
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Executive animation Director:
Atsushi Aono (eps 8, 12-13)
Kumi Ishii (eps 1-13 odd)
Naoyuki Onda (ep 13)
Yuka Kudo (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Insert Song Performance: Maiko Fujita (ep 13)
Key Animation: Hironori Tanaka (OP)
Production:
Kazumi Kawashiro (Bandai Visual)
Kazunori Noguchi (Studio Deen)
Naohiro Futono (MOVIC)
Shin'ichirō Nishigaki (Yomiuri TV)
Shin'ya Koishikawa (Yomiuri TV)
Shunji Inoue (Lantis)
Yoshifumi Nakata (KIDS STATION)
Prop Animation Director:
Chikai Okado (eps 1-3)
Mariko Oka (eps 4-14)
Prop Design: Tomo Kosaka
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Theme Song Performance:
Maiko Fujita (OP)
Shuhei Kita (ED)
Kousuke Okano as Mahiro Atori
Marie Miyake as Tamaki Kasuga
Tomokazu Sugita as Takuma Onizaki

Chihiro Aikawa as Mitsuru Kotokura
Daisuke Hirakawa as Suguru Ōmi
Daisuke Namikawa as Yūichi Komura
Hiroki Shimowada as Shinji Inukai
Hiroki Yasumoto as Eins
Kazunori Nomiya as Mysterious Boy 
Rikako Yamaguchi as Osaki-ko
Sayaka Ohara as Vier
Suzuko Mimori as Kiyono Takara
Tamie Kubota as Shizuki Ugaya
Tomomi Isomura as Aria
Yoshihisa Kawahara as Zwei
Yoshikazu Nagano as Masataka Ashiya
Youji Ueda as Drei
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Script: Steven Foster
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

Audio Engineer:
Bryan Leach
Stanley Thomas
BD Authoring: David Williams
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Production Assistant:
E.W. Rector III
Jessica Williams
Kayla King
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Sound Design: Bryan Leach
Spotting: Josh Grelle
Subtitle Formatting: Jessica Williams
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Andrew Love as Takuma Onizaki
Emily Neves as Tamaki Kasuga
Greg Ayres as Mahiro Atori

Adam Gibbs as Zwei
Brittney Karbowski as Kiyono Takara
Chris Hutchison as Eins
Corey Hartzog as Shinji Inukai
David Matranga as Yuichi Komura
David Wald as Masataka Ashiya
Hilary Haag as Aria
Illich Guardiola as Suguru Ohmi
Leraldo Anzaldua as Ryou Kutain
Luci Christian as Shizuki Ugaya
Rebekah Stevens as Mitsuru Kotokura
Rob Mungle as Drei
Shelley Calene-Black as Vier

Andrea Schutter
John Conroy
Sam Roman
Summar Salah
Wendy Martin
English companies
Internet Streaming:
Anime News Network
Crunchyroll (US, UK, Ireland, Oceanic, Nordic countries, Netherlands, Brazil, & Portugal)
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Hanabee Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Sentai Filmworks
Production: Seraphim Digital
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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