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TV series

Katanagatari

Original title: 刀語

2010 · Ended

Overview

The legendary swordsmith Kiki Shikizaki created 1,000 swords in his career. The more of the swords a country owns, the higher its chances are at winning a war. When the shogun emerged victorious, he collected 988 swords, but these were merely the “practice pieces”. The last twelve swords were the crowning achievements of Kiki’s career. Each one of them is so powerful that a single man could defeat an army with it. Togame, the shogun’s strategist, gets the order to collect these swords. At first she hired a ninja, but each of the swords’ value is so high that the entire ninja clan went rogue once they got hold of one. She then put her trust in another warrior, but he kept the sword for himself. Her final hope now is Shichika, the seventh and last student of the Kyotoryuu School.

Cast

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Yukari TamuraTogame (voice)

Yoshimasa HosoyaShichika Yasuri (voice)

Mai NakaharaNanami Yasuri (voice)

Chihiro SuzukiKōmori Maniwa (voice)

Mitsuru MiyamotoGinkaku Uneri (voice)

Hikaru MidorikawaHakuhei Sabi (voice)

Haruka TomatsuHitei Hime (voice)

Ryotaro OkiayuHōō Maniwa (voice)

Toru OkawaMutsue Yasuri (voice)

Emi ShinoharaMigiri Yasuri (voice)

Toshihiko SekiUmigame Maniwa (voice)

Kaori YamagataOshidori Maniwa (voice)

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Rikiya KoyamaEmonzaemon Sōda (voice)

Ryo HirohashiPenguin Maniwa (voice)

TMDB ID: 46374 ↗
First aired: 2010-01-25
Last aired: 2010-12-11
Status: Ended
Episode runtime: 50 min
Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama
Creators: Unknown
Countries: JP
Languages: Japanese

Ratings

TMDB audience7.3/1067 votes

Family guidance

Age ratings

—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)

—Not rated in Spain (ES)

—Not rated in France (FR)

TV-PGUnited States of America (US)

This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.

—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)

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All regional certifications (3)

TV-PGUnited States of America (US)

This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.

PGAustralia (AU)

Parental guidance is recommended for young viewers; PG-rated content may air at any time on digital-only channels, otherwise, it should only be broadcast between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays, and between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekends.

16Brazil (BR)

Content suitable for viewers over the age of 16.

Seasons

Season 112 episodes

Crew

Directing6

Keitaro MotonagaSeries Director, Director Tomoki KobayashiDirector Shinji SatohDirector Motoki TanakaDirector Makoto SokuzaDirector Koji KobayashiAssistant Director

Writing4

Makoto UezuSeries Composition, Writer NISIOISINNovel Touko MachidaWriter Haruko NagatsuWriter

Production14

Kouichirou NatsumeExecutive Producer Osamu YoshibaSupervising Producer Gaku IwasaLine Producer Masayuki HaryuProducer Yatsuho TomikawaExecutive Producer Tomohiro FujitaAssociate Producer Yoshio IrieExecutive Producer Hideo KatsumataSupervising Producer Yuko TsuganeCasting Naohiro TafuExecutive Producer Yosuke TobaProducer Shunji InoueExecutive Producer Noriko OzakiProducer Koji YamamotoSupervising Producer

Editing1

Jun TagumaEditor

Art9

Tadashi KudoArt Direction TakeOriginal Series Design Goichi IwahataStoryboard Assistant Keitaro MotonagaStoryboard Artist Shinji SatohStoryboard Artist Tomoki KobayashiStoryboard Artist Makoto SokuzaStoryboard Artist Motoki TanakaStoryboard Artist Yoshihisa MatsumotoStoryboard Artist

Sound7

Yoshiyuki ItoMusic Producer Kento MiyamotoSound Editor Nobutaka HirookaSound Mixer Katsumi KoikeMusic Producer Yasunori EbinaSound Director Taku IwasakiOriginal Music Composer Toru NoguchiSound Effects

Visual effects78

Tsuyoshi KawadaKey Animation, Supervising Animation Director, Character Designer Kumiko TaniguchiSpecial Effects Supervisor Akemi TejimaColor Designer Naoko TakeichiKey Animation Susumu MatsunagaKey Animation Mika TomiyaKey Animation Tarō IkegamiKey Animation, Animation Director Atsushi IkariyaAnimation Director, Key Animation Takeshi NinomiyaKey Animation, Animation Director Kaori UrataKey Animation Ikuo YoshidaKey Animation, Animation Director Kazuhisa NakamuraKey Animation, Animation Director Ayano OwadaKey Animation Tensho SatoKey Animation, Animation Director Natsumi HattoriKey Animation Ryousuke KimiyaKey Animation Masahiko NakadaAnimation Director, Key Animation Daisuke MatagaAnimation Director, Key Animation Hiromi ShutoKey Animation Kiyoshi NohjiKey Animation Takenori TsukumaKey Animation Katsumi AoshimaKey Animation Fumio MatsumotoKey Animation Tooru YoshidaKey Animation Takahiro KuroishiKey Animation Keisei NoguchiKey Animation Keisuke KatayamaKey Animation Masakuni KanekoKey Animation Tomotsugu SakakibaraKey Animation Mie OishiKey Animation Masaru HyodoKey Animation Emi SakamotoKey Animation Akiko KumadaKey Animation Toshifumi NiijimaKey Animation Shinya SegawaKey Animation Atsushi OkitaKey Animation Motoki TanakaAnimation Director, Key Animation Yuji MoriyamaKey Animation, Animation Director Daisuke TakemotoKey Animation Hiroshi TomiokaKey Animation Kenichiro YamamotoKey Animation Atsushi OgataKey Animation Koichi TakaiKey Animation Hiromi NanbuKey Animation Takeo ShutouKey Animation Shiho TamaiKey Animation Takashi IgariKey Animation Masafumi TamuraKey Animation Takayuki KanouchiKey Animation Midori UchiyamaKey Animation Yuko YamadaKey Animation Asako InayoshiKey Animation Tomonori SudoKey Animation Nao TokunagaKey Animation Yoshimi SatōKey Animation Yuichi HiranoKey Animation Satoshi MoriKey Animation Aya NagumoKey Animation Ikuma FujibeKey Animation Tomoshige InayoshiKey Animation Shiro ShibataKey Animation Akihide MurajiKey Animation Kazuki ItoKey Animation Moriyasu TaniguchiKey Animation Yoshikatsu InoueKey Animation Masakazu OkadaKey Animation Atsushi AonoKey Animation Yoshiko NakajimaKey Animation Shintaro MurakiKey Animation Kaoru HattoriKey Animation Koji OgawaKey Animation Masumi HoshinoKey Animation Yuichi NakazawaKey Animation Shinobu OokawaKey Animation Ikuo KuwanaKey Animation Kazuhiro OtaKey Animation Fumiko YoshidaKey Animation Ryo KodamaKey Animation

Camera1

Keisuke NakamuraDirector of Photography

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