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Zenki (TV)

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©1994 K. TANI/Y.KUROIWA / SHUEISHA / K FACTORY / TV TOKYO


[ adapted from Kishin Dōji Zenki (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Kishin Dōji Zenki Gaiden: Anki Kitan (OAV)

Alternative title:
Demon Prince Zenki
Kishin Dôji Zenki (Japanese)
鬼神童子ZENKI (Japanese)
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Master Ozune Enno centuries ago bound the demon/guardian Zenki into his service to fight evil, particularly Karuma and Zenki was sealed away once the job was completed until needed again. Schoolgirl Chiaki Enno as the Enno descendant is able to break the seal on Zenki, but he is also bound in a child-sized form when not fighting evil because he is defiant so she must use the power of the bracelet which appears on her wrist to bring him to full fighting stature. The Seeds of Karuma cause people to turn into monsters embodying a vice which Zenki defeats so that he can eat the Seed. Set 3 adds demon/guardian Goki who boosts Zenki's power to the next level and usually provides a shield to protect the rest of the team of Chiaki, her Grandma Saki, Saki's brother Abbot Jukai, his assistant Kurabayashi and sometimes helping out hero Sohma Miki. When not fighting, Goki returns to his human form of a boy, Akira.
Video:
User Ratings: 103 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:2, Spa.dub:1)
 Very good: 11 votes (sub:6, dub:4, Spa.dub:1)
 Good: 25 votes (sub:17, dub:4, Tag.dub:2, Spa.dub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 24 votes (sub:15, dub:5, Tag.dub:2, Spa.sub:2)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:3, dub:2, ?:1, Spa.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:5, dub:4, Spa.dub:2, raw:1)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:1, raw:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:1, Tag.dub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: - (sub:0)
Seen in part or in whole by 304 users, rank: #1382
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.9223 (Decent-.07), std. dev.: 2.2756, rank: #3229
Weighted mean: 5.8369 (Decent-.16), rank: #3198
Bayesian estimate: 5.98626 (Decent-.01), rank: #2680
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 51
Episode titles: We have 51
Vintage:
1995-01-09 to 1995-12-25
1997-03-10 (Philippines)
Opening Theme:
#1: "鬼神童子ZENKI (Kishin Douji ZENKI)" by Hironobu Kageyama (eps 1-28)
#2: "超鬼神ZENKI、来迎聖臨! (Chou Kishin ZENKI, Raigou Shourin!)" by Hironobu Kageyama (eps 29-49)
Ending Theme:
#1: "笑顔をあげる (Egao wo Ageru; Give a Smile)" by Hitomi Takimoto (eps 1-22)
#1: "笑顔をあげる (Egao wo Ageru; Give a Smile)" by Hitomi Takimoto (eps 1-22)
#2: "Sleepless Angels ~眠れぬ夜の天使たち~ (~Nemurenu Yoru no Tenshi-tachi~)" by Chisa Yokoyama (eps 23-38)
#3: "奇跡の超鬼神 (Kiseki no Chou Kishin)" by Chisa Yokoyama & Megumi Ogata (eps 39-49)
#4: "鬼神童子ZENKI (Kishin Douji ZENKI)" by Hironobu Kageyama (ep 51)
Official website:
ZENKI (Japanese)
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Related releases:
    Zenki - Saga 1 (DVD 1) 2001-09-25
    Zenki - Saga 2 (DVD 2) 2002-02-26 (from $31.96)
    Zenki - Saga 3 (DVD 3) 2002-10-29 (from $31.96)
    Zenki - Saga 4 (DVD 4) 2003-09-30 (from $35.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Junji Nishimura

Screenplay: Ryota Yamaguchi

Episode Director: Hiroyuki Yokoyama (ep 14)

Music: Goji Tsuno

Original creator:
Kikuhide Tani (story)
Yoshihiro Kuroiwa (art)

Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi

Art director: Toshiyuki Koyama

Animation director: Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 33)

Director of Photography: Naoto Fujikura

Executive producer: Tetsu Ijichi

Producer:
Chiyoko Asakura (Kitty Films)
Noriko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Shuji Imai (Yomiuri Advertising)

Animation:
Hirofumi Morimoto
Kenji Nagareda
Makiko Umeoka
Noriko Takahashi
Satoru Kiyomaru
Tosimitu Nishihata

Animation Check:
Tamotsu Nagarede
Yasuhiro Okuta

Animation producer: Masahiro Toyozumi

Background Art:
Chie Asano
Fumie Kawai
Fuyuki Sakanogami
Megumi Ogawa
Mika Nakajima
Yatsuhiro Takayama
Yukiko Ogawa

Color Selection: Takeshi Mochida

Drawing Director: Hideyuki Motohashi

Editing:
Chieko Takayama
Masako Aoki

Editing Director: Seiji Morita

Effects: Yasufumi Yoda

Ending Animation: Hiroyuki Okuno

Finishing:
Akira Takahashi
Chisato Tsumoya
Kiyomi Murakoshi
Kozue Arai
Mariko Mima
Masakatu Fujimoto
Noriko Sato
Yoko Nagano

Layout: Junnji Nishimura

Mixing: Kunio Kuwabara

Opening Animation:
Hideyuki Motohashi
Keisuke Watabe
Koji Sugiura

Photography:
Akemi Maki
Kazuya Hoshi
Masaki Kubomura
Masao Onuki
Masazumi Suzuki
Takamitsu Sera
Tei Nishimura
Yasushi Yamakoshi

Principal Drawing:
Futoshi Onami
Hirofumi Suzuki
Keisuke Watanabe
Nagisa Miyazaki
Shinichi Kimura
Yuriko Nagaya

Producer/Music: Tatsuya Mukai

Production Coordination: Makoto Ito

Production Secretary: Katsuya Shirai

Publicity: Reiko Moji

Recording Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Series Planning:
Masatoshi Tahara (Kitty Films)
Minoru Ohno (Yomiuiri Advertising)

Series Structure: Ryota Yamaguchi

Special Effects: Takeshi Saito

Theme Song Performance:
Chisa Yokoyama (ED3)
Hironobu Kageyama (OP)
Megumi Ogata (ED3)

 

Chisa Yokoyama as Chiaki Enno

Juurouta Kosugi as Zenki (big)

Kappei Yamaguchi as Little Zenki

Eiji Maruyama as Bonze Jukai

Keiichi Nanba as Glen

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Sohma Miki

Megumi Ogata as Akira/Goki

Shigezou Sasaoka as Goura

Sho Saito as Saki Enno

Yuji Ueda as Kuribayashi

Yuri Amano as Karuma

Akemi Okamura as Sayaka

Ei Mayama as Mad Cow (Ep 20)

Ikue Ohtani as Ako

Kan Tokumaru as The Golden Dragon

Kazuya Ichijou as Inugamiro

Kei Hayami as Otsubone

Koji Ishizaka as Narration

Kouji Tsujitani as Kagetora(Set 3 & 4)

Makot Tsumura as Amano

Makoto Tsumura as Amano

Megumi Ogata as Anju

Minami Takayama as Kazue Hayami

Mitsuki Yayoi as Koin (Ep 18-20)

Miyuki Hiragi as Hitomi

Naoki Makishima as Trial athelte

Toshihiko Nakajima as The Seed Of Evil

Yasuo Iwata as Kukai (Ep 19-21)

Yuko Hirahara as Tsuchiya

Yuri Amano as Lulupapa

Japanese companies 

Backgrounds: Ai Production

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Distributor: Tahara Produce Office

Editing: Morita Editing Room

Laboratory: Tokyo Laboratory

Music Production: Columbia Music Entertainment

Produced In Cooperation With:
Enoki Films
SoftX

Production:
Kitty Films
Studio DEEN
TV Tokyo
Yomiuri Advertising

Production Company Animation: Studio Dihn

Recording Company: Omnibus Promotion

Recording Studio: Tokyo Television Center

Titles: Maki Productions

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Ruben Arvizu

Translation:
Julia Rose
Neil Nadelman

Executive producer: John Sirabella

Associate Editor: Beth Salem

Associate producer: Sam Liebowitz

Graphic Design: Merideth Mulroney

Production manager: Scott Marchfeld

Production Supervision:
Henry Lai
Sean Molyneaux

Re-Recording & Post-Mix Engineer:
Juan Campos
Oscar Morales

Michelle Ruff as Chiaki Enno

Peter Doyle as Zenki (Little)

Robert Buchholz as Zenki (Big)

Catherine Luciani as Saki Enno

Dan Lorge as Hiromaki the Seer(Set 3 & 4)

Doug Stone as Bonze Jukai

Jeff Nimoy as Kuribayashi

Jessica Gee as Karuma

Joshua Seth as Akira/Goki(Set 3 & 4)

Michael Sorich as Sohma Miki

Richard Epcar as Gaula

Steve Staley as Roh(Set 3 & 4)

Alice Farinas as Sayaka

Dan Lorge as
Kitahara
Yutaka Kono

Dorothy Melendrez as
Ako
Anju

Doug Stone as
Kaneko
Narrator

Edward Villa as Kagetora(Set 3 & 4)

Ellyn Stern as Hiroshi's Mother

Grant George as Misc. Monsters

Jeff Nimoy as Sunichi

Jessica Gee as
Chiho
Tatsumo

Lia Sargent as
Hiroshi
Nami
Tour Guide

Michael Sorich as Enno Ozuno

Peter Doyle as Guren

Richard Epcar as
Kagura(Set 4)
Monk

Robert Buchholz as
Gondo
Shichiro Tadamasa

Stephanie Sheh as Sayako

Ruben Arvizu

English companies 

Distributor: Software Sculptors

Licensed by:
Enoki Films
Media Blasters

Packaging Design: MarketWorks Inc.

Recording Studio: Arvitel Media Productions (Burbank, CA, U.S.A.)

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Alma Wilhelme as Cherry Night (Chiaki Enno)

Jose Luis Reza as Zenki (Big)

Victor Ugarte as Zenki (Little)

Angela Villanueva as Abuela Saki (Grandmother Saki)

Eduardo Garza as
Akira/Goki
Sho

Jorge Ornelas as Soma Miki

Ricardo Lezama as Jukai

Alfonso Ramirez as Sr. Gondo (1 ep)

Armando Réndiz as
Amo Suno
Narrator

Catalina Múzquiz as Sra. Karma

Daniel Abundis as Kagetora

Elena Ramirez as
Angie
Sako

Jesus Barrero as Glen

Jorge Ornelas as Salesman (1 ep)

Lourdes Morán as Chupa sangre (Blood sucker) (1 ep)

Martha Ceceña as Sayaka

Xochitl Ugarte as Chiaki's friend

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
America TV (Perú)
Canal Uno (Colombia)
Chilevision (Chile/Air)
ETC...TV (Chile/Cable)
TV Azteca (Mexico)

Distributor: Comarex S.A. de C.V. Mexico

Home Video: Quality Films (Chile/1999/Discontinued)

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 

Dubbing Director: Danny Mandia

 

Arnold Abad as Zenki (big)

Aya Bejer as Cherry Nai (Chiaki Enno)

Katherine Masilungan as Chiaki Enno (redubbed)

Miles Sanchez as Zenki (little)

Noel Escondo as Zenki (little - redubbed)

Robert Brillantes as Zenki (big) (redubbed)

Yvette Tagura as Lola Saki

Benjie Dorango as
Apo Jukai (redubbed)
Inugamiro (redubbed)

Frances Ignacio as Kazue Hayami

Irish Labay as Kazue Hayami (redubbed)

Margo Borgona as Anju

Ryan Ang as kuribayashi (redubbed)

Sherwin Revestir as Karuma (redubbed)

Susan Lemon as as Karuma, Anji, Sayaka, Inu

Benjie Dorango

Cris Patotoy

Danny Mandia

Dino Orig

Jay De Castro

Lloyd Navera

Melanie Abad

Raymond Dean Romano

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
ABS-CBN
HERO inc.
Studio 23 (ABS-CBN)

Dubbing: ABS-CBN

 
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