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Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Hakkenden: Il branco dei guerrieri leggendari (Italian)
THE 八犬伝 (Japanese)
Хаккэндэн: Легенда о Псах-Воинах (Russian)
Genres: action, fantasy
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Adapted from the famous samurai masterpiece, Hakkenden tells the tale of eight samurai brothers. Reincarnated and bound to defend the Awa clan, these eight souls must find one another and unite to stop a powerful demonic force. However, the demons that oppose them are determined to keep them seperate and even place them in mortal combat against one another. It is up to Shino, the bearer of the Murasame, to find his wayward brothers and convince them to fight as allies.
User Ratings: 121 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:2, ?:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 31 votes (sub:21, dub:5, raw:2, ?:1, Fre.sub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Good: 27 votes (sub:17, dub:5, Ita.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 12 votes (dub:6, sub:4, Rus.edit.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:15, dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:4, ?:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:2, raw:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (dub:4, sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 261 users, rank: #1423
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.1966 (Decent+.19), std. dev.: 2.2236, rank: #2790
Weighted mean: 6.1344 (Decent+.13), rank: #2730
Bayesian estimate: 6.23315 (Decent+.23), rank: #2350
Running time: 24 minutes
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
1990-10-25 to 1991-03-25 (part 1)
1993-11-25 to 1995-03-25 (part 2—"Shinsho")
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
The original was 6 episodes long. Then some time later, a sequel of 7 episodes was produced, but was under the same name and so is considered a 'continuation' (i.e. the first episode of the sequel is episode 7, not episode 1 of a new series).
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Related releases:
    Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors (DVD 1) 2007-06-05 (from $4.00)
    Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors (DVD 2) 2007-08-07 (from $4.00)
    Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors (DVD 3) 2007-10-09 (from $4.00)
    Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors - Box Set (1 DVD 1-3) 2001-10-09 (from $14.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Takashi Anno (eps 1-6)
Yukio Okamoto (eps 7-13)

Script:
Hidemi Kamata (eps 8-13)
Noboru Aikawa (eps 1-7)

Storyboard:
Satoru Utsunomiya (ep 9)
Shinya Ohira (ep 10)
Yukio Okamoto (ep 7, 8, 11, 13)

Story: Bakin Kyokutei

Episode Director:
Satoru Utsunomiya (ep 9)
Shinya Ohira (ep 10)
Takashi Nakamura (ep 4)
Yukio Okamoto (ep 7, 8, 11)

Music: Takashi Kudoh

Character Design:
Atsushi Okuda (eps 7-13)
Atsushi Yamagata (eps 1-6)
Takashi Nakamura (ep 4)

Art director:
Dai Ohta (ep 10)
Kenji Kamiyama
Takeshi Waki
Tatsuya Kushida
Tokuhiro Hiragi
Yooichi Nangoo

Animation director:
Atsushi Okuda (ep 8, 11, 13)
Atsushi Yamagata (ep 12)
Hideyuki Motohashi (ep 7 asst)
Hiroyuki Horiuchi (ep 8, 11)
Kazuo Tomizawa (ep 7)
Masaaki Yuasa (ep 4)
Noboru Furuse (ep 11)
Nobuyuki Kitajima (ep 12)
Shinji Hashimoto (ep 9)
Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 7)
Takashi Nakamura (ep 4)

Sound director:
Akira Yamazaki (eps 1-6)
Yoshikazu Iwanami (eps 1-6)

Director of Photography:
Hitoshi Sato
Kazuhiro Konishi

Producer:
Toru Miura
Yasuo Hasegawa

Colour Design: Kouji Ootsuki

Editing: Shuichi Kakesu

Key Animation:
Akihiro Yuki (ep 9, 10)
Chikae Kuwabara (ep 11)
Emiko Momose (ep 12)
Fumihide Sai (ep 13)
Hideaki Yokoi (ep 10)
Hideki Shibuya (ep 12)
Hiroko Yoshizawa (ep 8)
Hironobu Saito (ep 11)
Hiroshi Okubo (ep 12)
Hiroyoshi Ohkawa (ep 13)
Hiroyuki Horiuchi (ep 13)
Hiroyuki Morita (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Nishimura (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Uchida (ep 7, 8, 12)
Hisatoshi Motoki (ep 12)
Hitoshi Haga (ep 11)
Ichiroo Hattori (ep 7)
Imazaki (ep 7)
Jiro Kanai (ep 9)
Jun Takizawa (ep 11)
Kanta Kamei (ep 8, 9)
Katsuichi Nakayama (ep 11)
Kazuhiko Miyake (ep 7)
Keiko Shimizu (ep 9)
Koji Watanabe (ep 7, 8, 9, 11, 13)
Kou Yoshinari (ep 12, 13)
Kouichi Arai (ep 10)
Kouji Yanagisawa (ep 8)
Kunihiko Abe (ep 13)
Kunihiko Sakurai (ep 7)
Manabu Ono (ep 12)
Mariko Aoki (ep 10)
Masaharu Tada (ep 10)
Masahiko Itojima (ep 11)
Masahiko Kubo (ep 11, 12, 13)
Masahiro Sekine (ep 13)
Masahito Yamashita (ep 8)
Masashi Ishihama (ep 8, 11, 12, 13)
Masashi Kaneko (ep 9, 11, 13)
Masatsugu Arakawa (ep 10)
Masayuki Yoshihara (ep 12)
Matsuri Okuda (ep 8, 13)
Michiyo Suzuki (ep 9, 12)
Mitsuo Iso (ep 1)
Naomi Kimura (ep 12)
Naoyuki Konno (ep 11, 12, 13)
Nobutoshi Ogura (ep 8, 11)
Nobuyuki Kitajima (ep 11)
Norimoto Tokura (ep 10)
Osamu Tanabe (ep 10, 13)
Sadayuki Iwai (ep 7)
Sanae Chikanaga (ep 8)
Satonobu Kikuchi (ep 8, 9)
Satoru Utsunomiya (ep 9)
Sawako Yamamoto (ep 13)
Shigenori Awai (ep 7)
Shingo Suzuki (ep 12, 13)
Shinji Hashimoto (ep 10)
Shinji Tanaka (ep 7)
Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 9, 11)
Shinya Ohira (eps 1, 9-10)
Shinya Takahashi (ep 11, 13)
Shizuo Kawai (ep 13)
Tadao Yoshikawa (ep 7)
Takaaki Yamashita (ep 10)
Takahiro Kishida (ep 12)
Takahiro Komori (ep 11)
Takao Maki (ep 12)
Takashi Nakamura (ep 4)
Takayuki Hamana (ep 10)
Takeshi Oosaka (ep 12)
Takeshi Yamazaki (ep 10)
Tatsuya Tomaru (ep 8, 13)
Tatsuyuki Tanaka (ep 9)
Tetsuya Nishio (ep 9, 12, 13)
Tomo Ikeuchi (ep 7)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (ep 9)
Yasushi Muraki (ep 11)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (ep 10)
Yoshiharu Shimizu (ep 8, 11, 13)
Yoshihiro Kitano (ep 10, 13)
Yukinori Umezu (ep 7)
Yuzo Sato (ep 13)

Planning:
Noboru Aikawa
Toru Miura

Sound Effects: Masahiro Shoji

Special Animation Director:
Hidenori Matsubara (ep 13)
Naoyuki Onda (ep 13)
Nobuyuki Kitajima (ep 13)

 

Chafurin as Haichirou Kanamari

Akio Ohtsuka as Daikaku Inumura /Kakutarou

Arisa Andou as Masaka

Aya Hisakawa as Hamaji

Chieko Honda as Hamaji

Chikao Ohtsuka as Ikkaku Akaiwa

Hajime Koseki as Kagetsura Anzai

Hidenari Ugaki as Komiyama

Hidetoshi Nakamura as Suketomo Ohta

Hideyuki Umezu as Sabohei Kamado

Hiroshi Ito as Mukusaku

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Samojirou Aboshi /Yamashita Sadakane

Junpei Takiguchi as Hikiroku

Kaneta Kimotsuki as Narrator

Kappei Yamaguchi as Sosuke Inukawa /Gakuzo

Kikuko Inoue as Hikute

Kiyonobu Harita as Rikijirou

Kiyonobu Suzuki as Yoshirou Ubayaki

Kôichi Kitamura as Arimura

Kouichi Yamadera as Dousetsu Inuyama

Kumiko Watanabe as Kurayago

Kunihiko Yasui as Hattarou

Mahito Tsujimura as Yasuhei

Masaaki Hiramatsu as Hitoyo

Masako Katsuki as
Funamushi
Tamazusa

Masako Nozawa as Kamezasa

Masao Imanishi as Nariuji Ashikage

Masashi Ebara as Daisuke Kanamari /Chudai

Masayuki Omoro as Ounai

Megumi Hayashibara as Inusaka Mouya

Miki Itou as Fuse Princess

Minami Takayama as Keno Inusaka

Mitsuaki Hoshino as Shakuhachirou

Motomu Kiyokawa as Mitsuhiro Jinyo

Naoki Bandou as Yoshinari Satome (ep 11)

Noriko Hidaka as Shinbei Inue /Daihachi

Ritsuo Sawa as Motofuji Hikita

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Awayuki

Sakiko Tamagawa as Hinaginu

Shigeru Nakahara as Shahei Higami

Shigeru Shiihashi as Sesuke

Shinobu Adachi as Nabiki

Sho Hayami as Fusahachi

Shuuichi Ikeda as Samojirou Aboshi (ep 5)

Sukekiyo Kameyama as Gobaiji Gunki

Takeshi Aono as Bansaku Inuzuka

Tamio Ohki as Yoshizane Satome

Tesshô Genda as Kobungo Inuda

Tomohiro Nishimura as Genpachi Inugai

Tomomichi Nishimura as Daiki Makuwari

Toshihiko Seki as Shino Inuzuka

Toshiko Asai as Isanako

Toshino Takamori as Nui

Toshio Funazu as Tota

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Yoshinari Satomi

Yoshino Takamori as Nui

Yuusaku Yara as Kyuroku Higami

Rokuro Naya

Shinichiro Miki

Wataru Takagi

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: KIDS STATION

Production:
AIC
PIONEER LDC

English cast 
English staff 

Director:
Karl Willems
Michael Dobson
Sarah-Anne Dafoe

Executive producer: Naoju Nakamura

Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto

Dialogue Editing:
Dave Stephens
Eric Schurch
Kelly Frey
Pat Haskill

DVD Executive Producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

DVD Producer: Taku Otsuka

Mixing:
Jan Deny
Jason Fredrickson

Music producer: Kit Thomas (END)

Production Assistant: Hiroe Tsukamoto

Production Coordination:
Janet Kendrick
Kim Wishart Goddard

Recording engineer:
Eric Schurch
Jason Fredrickson

Script Conformation: Ward Perry

Cathy Weseluck as Shinbei Inue/Daihachi

David Kaye as
Daikaku Inumura/Kakutaro
Sadamasa's Guard

Doris Chillcott as
Kamezasa
Sosuke's Mother
Tamazusa

French Tickner as Ikkaku Akaiwa

Janyse Jaud as
Funamushi
Girl #1
Isanako
Keno Inuzaka
Kurayago
Tamazusa
Young Kakutaro

Kelly Sheridan as
Hamaji
Nui
Young Sosuke

Ken Kramer as
Arimura Yokobori
Awayuki
Narrator
Shino Inuzuka

L. Harvey Gold as Yoshizane Satomi

Lalainia Lindbjerg as
Princess Fuse
Tatasuka

Lynda Boyd as
Keno Inuzaka
Nabiki
Tamazusa (2nd voice)

Matt Hill as
Sosuke Inukawa/Gakuzo
Yoshinari Satomi

Matt Smith as
Daisuke Kanamari
Fusahachi
Shahei Higami
Shino Inuzuka
Yoshizane Satomi

Michael Dobson as
Bansaku Inuzuka
Daiki Mauwari
Dosetsu Inuyama
Fusahachi
Hikiroku
Kobungo Inuta
Mukusaku
Thug #1
Yoshinari Satomi

Myriam Sirois as
Girl #2
Hinaginu

Paul Dobson as
Kobungo Inuta
Kyuroku Higami
Samojiro Aboshi/Sadakane
Thug #2
Yoshiro Ubayuki

Scott McNeil as
Hachiro Kanamari
Motofuji Hikita

Ward Perry as
Genpachi Inukai
Maewari's Servant
Oborogi
Sabohei Kamado
Sukutomo Ohta
Thug #3
Yasuhei

English companies 

Dubbing: Ocean Studios

DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD

DVD Menus: Pulpgraphix

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Recording Studio: The Ocean Group

Special Thanks To: New Generation Pictures

French staff 
French cast 
(none)
 

Brigitte Aubry as tatsuka Inozuka

Cyrille Artaux as
Daisuke Kanamari
Gakuzo

Gérard Rouzier as
narrateur
Samojiro Aboshi

Jacques Albaret as
Shino Inozuka
Yoshinari Satomi

Laurence Bréheret as Hamaji

Marjolaine Poulain as Princesse Fuse

François Vincentelli

Sylvain Solustri

French companies 

ADR Production: François Avisse vidéo

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Script: Serenella Mete

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Director Of Dubbing:
Anna Rita Pasanisi
Emanuela Rossi

General Consultant: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Scripts Supervisor: Gualtiero Cannarsi

 

Angelo Nicotra as Lord Jindai

Cesare Barbetti as Narratore

Corrado Conforti as Yoshinari

Dario Penne as Bansaku

Domitilla D'Amico as Principessa Fuse (child)

Eleonora De Angelis as Hamaji

Emanuela Rossi as Tamazusa

Fabrizio Manfredi as Shino

Francesco Pannofino as Kokungo

Georgia Lepore as Principessa Fuse (adult)

Isabella Pasanisi as Nui

Marco Mete as Lord Ashikaga

Marella Jacobacci as Isanako

Massimo De Ambrosis as Genpachi

Michele Gammino as Yoshizane

Riccardo Rossi as Sosuke

Roberto Gammino as Dosetsu

Sandro Acerbo as Aboshi

Sandro Sardone as Arimura

Serena Verdirosi as Kahezasa

Sergio Di Stefano as Shahei

Simone Mori as Daisuke

Vittorio De Angelis as Fusahachi

Vittorio Stagni as Hikiroku

Italian companies 

Distributor: Dynamic Italia

Dubbing: SEFIT CDC Compagnia Doppiaggi Cinetelevisivi


German staff 
(none)
German companies 

Broadcaster: VOX

Distrubtor:
Mediacs
Pioneer Germany

Dubbing: Hamburg (?)

German cast 

Christian Stark as Shino Inuzuka

Jan-David Rönfeldt as Dousetsu Inuyama

Prinzessin Fuse as Eva Michaelis

Robin Brosch as Samojirou Aboshi

 
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