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TV series

Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama

Original title: お伽草子

2004 · Ended

Overview

The time is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from famine and widespread disease. Unable to ignore the condition of the city any longer, the Imperial Court decides to send Minamoto no Raiko, a famous samurai well-known for his archery skills, to recover a legendary gem said to hold mysterious power to save the world. However Raiko also falls ill to disease. Instead his youngest sister, Hikaru, decides secretely to make the journey in his place. Hikaru meets many people, and has many adventures while on her trip for the legendary gem.

Cast

19

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Kumi SakumaUrabe no Suetake (voice)

Kan TokumaruAbe no Seimei (voice)

Kenta MiyakeWatanabe no Tsuna (voice)

Wasabi MizutaKintarou (voice)

Otoya KawanoHoshikuma (voice)

Kohsei HirotaTorakuma (voice)

Shin-ichiro MikiMinamoto no Raikou (voice), Mansairaku (voice), Man in Coat (voice)

Kaho KoudaIbaraki (voice)

Tetsuo KomuraMinamoto no Mitsunaka (voice)

Fumie MizusawaMinamoto no Hikaru (voice)

Ooki SugiyamaUsui no Sadamitsu (voice)

Yasunori MatsumotoShuten Doji (voice)

Full cast · 19

Makoto YasumuraEmperor (voice)

Tomomichi NishimuraMinister of The Left (voice)

Hiroshi NakaMinister of The Right (voice)

Yasuko Hatori(voice)

Eiji MaruyamaRegent (voice)

Kenichi MochizukiCourt Noble (voice)

Masanori TakedaTaromaru (voice)

TMDB ID: 34739 ↗
First aired: 2004-07-06
Last aired: 2005-01-18
Status: Ended
Episode runtime: 26 min
Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Creators: Unknown
Countries: JP
Languages: Japanese

Ratings

TMDB audience7.6/105 votes

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Age ratings

—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)

—Not rated in Spain (ES)

—Not rated in France (FR)

NRUnited States of America (US)

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—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)

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Seasons

Specials2 episodes

Season 126 episodes

Crew

Directing10

Mizuho NishikuboDirector Jun TakahashiDirector Hideyo YamamotoDirector Saburo HashimotoDirector Junya KoshibaDirector Yumi KamakuraDirector Takeshi SakurayamaDirector Yuu KouDirector Nanako ShimazakiDirector Shinsuke TerasawaDirector

Writing6

Taiki SakuraiSeries Composition, Writer Midori GotoWriter Junichi FujisakuWriter Yutaka OmatsuWriter Hidetoshi KezukaWriter Keiki SakuraiWriter

Production1

Kazuto HongoResearcher

Editing1

Taeko HamauzuEditor

Art8

Atsushi WakabayashiStoryboard Artist Yoriyasu KogawaStoryboard Artist Mizuho NishikuboStoryboard Artist Jun TakahashiStoryboard Artist Yuu KouStoryboard Artist Masahiro AndoStoryboard Artist Junya KoshibaStoryboard Artist Hideyo YamamotoStoryboard Artist

Sound3

Hideki TaniuchiMusic Kenji KawaiMusic Kazuhiro WakabayashiSound Director

Visual effects149

Kazuchika KiseCharacter Designer, Key Animation, Animation Director Shou TajimaCharacter Designer Kumiko YusaColor Designer Toru OkuboAnimation Director, Key Animation Hiroyoshi IidaKey Animation Toshiyuki YahagiKey Animation, Animation Director Kenichi IshimaruKey Animation Daiki OhnoKey Animation Naoyoshi ShiotaniKey Animation Haruko IizukaAnimation Director, Key Animation Masami SudaKey Animation Chuji NakajimaKey Animation Masataka OguraKey Animation Mitsunobu NakamuraKey Animation Yoko SatoAnimation Director, Key Animation Ryoko NakanoKey Animation Rieko TsujiKey Animation Yumi KuroiwaKey Animation Minoru UetaKey Animation Nobuko ShinoharaKey Animation Shinya SuzukiKey Animation Hiroyo IzumiKey Animation Shin'ichi YokotaKey Animation Tsunenaka NozakiKey Animation Keita MatsumotoKey Animation Mitsuhiro OkumuraKey Animation Takanori YaoKey Animation Takafumi HoriKey Animation Tsuyoshi MatsuuraKey Animation Takashi SaijoAnimation Director, Key Animation Koki SugawaraKey Animation Yoshinobu AohachiKey Animation Yuki KinoshitaAnimation Director, Key Animation Shuji OnoKey Animation Yoshiaki MatsudaKey Animation Juuji MizumuraKey Animation Fumiaki SaharaKey Animation Kyoji AsanoKey Animation Mizuka TakahashiKey Animation Shinichi MiyamaeKey Animation, Animation Director Hiroyuki NotakeKey Animation Akira MatsushimaKey Animation Koichi HatsumiAnimation Director, Key Animation Takahiro ChibaKey Animation, Animation Director Yoshimi ImagawaKey Animation Shinya OhiraKey Animation Fumi MoritaKey Animation Satoshi HattoriKey Animation Atsushi TsukamotoKey Animation Koji KomurakataKey Animation Kazunori AkiyamaKey Animation Hiroyuki KambeKey Animation Takenori TsukumaKey Animation Kyoko KotaniKey Animation Tomotaka ShibayamaKey Animation Akiko AsakiKey Animation Yuki ChikaKey Animation Tatsuya OkaKey Animation Miyako YatsuKey Animation Takashi IwaoKey Animation Nozomu AbeKey Animation Kenichi IinoKey Animation Mamoru SasakiKey Animation, Animation Director Yoshihiko UmakoshiKey Animation Kaori TanakaKey Animation Hideki ItoKey Animation Yuko HirasawaKey Animation Kei AjikiKey Animation Yasunori MiyazawaKey Animation Hiroshi MatsumotoKey Animation Yoshiyuki KodairaKey Animation Tsutomu MurakamiKey Animation Toshiyuki AraiKey Animation Hayato TejimaKey Animation Kenta ImanagaKey Animation Hiroyuki UchidaKey Animation Zhao JunyingKey Animation Yukiko ShimizuKey Animation Hirotoshi TakayaKey Animation Yuko YamamotoKey Animation Takayuki GotoKey Animation Miho UemuraKey Animation Keita WatabeKey Animation Chuichi IguchiKey Animation Emiko NakanoKey Animation Eri SanoKey Animation Megumi KagawaKey Animation Yuki TeranoKey Animation Motoaki SatoKey Animation Naomi YoshidaKey Animation Takashi MukodaKey Animation Fumiyasu SaitoKey Animation Takayuki HanyuuKey Animation Yasuyuki KaiKey Animation Chieko MiyagawaKey Animation Kōichirō KawanoKey Animation Yoshio MizumuraKey Animation Masaya YasudomeKey Animation Yukari WatabeKey Animation Hidemi KanazawaKey Animation Atsushi OtaKey Animation Yasutaka KubotaKey Animation Park Jong-jungKey Animation Yuichi NakazawaKey Animation Shinsuke TerasawaAnimation Director Hiroyuki HoriuchiAnimation Director Chikara SakuraiKey Animation Manabu OhashiKey Animation Rie FujiwaraKey Animation Hiroko YamaguchiKey Animation Sachiko OkumuraKey Animation Yuji HosogoeKey Animation Katsumi IkedaKey Animation Koji HattaKey Animation Shigemi AoyagiKey Animation Masaya NozakiKey Animation Iku OzawaKey Animation Manabu NakatakeKey Animation Asako NishidaKey Animation Ken OotsukaKey Animation Yusuke YoshigakiKey Animation Kaori InoueKey Animation Masahiro SekiguchiKey Animation Masashi WakayamaKey Animation Yumiko IshiiKey Animation Atsushi AonoKey Animation Takaaki ChibaKey Animation Chisato KawaguchiKey Animation Akiko SekiKey Animation Asuka TsubukiKey Animation Rie KawaiKey Animation Masayuki SatoAnimation Director Jun ShiraiKey Animation Koichi MaruyamaAnimation Director Akiharu IshiiAnimation Director Yasuyuki EbaraKey Animation Satoshi HataKey Animation Kim Jong-xueKey Animation Kazumi HasegawaKey Animation Tooru YoshidaKey Animation Narihito SekikawaKey Animation Tomokazu SugimuraKey Animation Eiji ShiraiKey Animation Tomoaki SakiyamaKey Animation Mikie YagiharaKey Animation Tetsuo HirakawaKey Animation Kei ShibasakiKey Animation Akira TanabeKey Animation Osamu KamijoKey Animation

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