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Spiral (TV)

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©Kyo Shirodaira•Eita Mizuno / SQUARE ENIX•Aniplex•Sotsu Agency•TV TOKYO 2002


[ adapted from Spiral ~ Bonds of Reasoning (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Spiral ~ Lines of Reasoning
Spiral ~ Suiri no Kizuna (Japanese)
スパイラル~推理の絆 (Japanese)
少年偵探 (Chinese (Taiwan))
스파이럴 ~추리의 끈~ (Korean)
추리게임 뫼비우스의 띠 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, mystery
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Ayumu Narumi's older brother Kiyotaka, a renowned detective and piano player, disappears all of sudden. The only clue Narumi has, are the Blade Children. Two years later a row of murders and incidents begin, relating to the Blade Children. Together with school journalist, Hiyono Yuizaki, Narumi tries to figure out their destiny.
User Ratings: 826 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 55 votes (sub:30, dub:22, edit.dub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 149 votes (sub:86, dub:58, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 203 votes (sub:140, dub:53, ?:3, raw:3, Por.sub:2, edit.dub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 192 votes (sub:132, dub:57, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 109 votes (sub:80, dub:24, ?:2, raw:1, Spa.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 So-so: 48 votes (sub:34, dub:10, Spa.sub:1, raw:1, Spa.dub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 20 votes (sub:15, dub:5)
 Weak: 43 votes (sub:34, dub:7, edit.dub:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1, edit.dub:0, ?:0)
Seen in part or in whole by 1766 users, rank: #322
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.2254 (Good+.22), std. dev.: 1.8491, rank: #1347
Weighted mean: 7.0723 (Good+.07), rank: #1327
Bayesian estimate: 7.07771 (Good+.07), rank: #1186
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage: 2002-10-01 to 2003-03-25
Opening Theme:
"Kibouhou" by Strawberry Jam
Ending Theme:
"Cocktail" by Hysteric Blue
Links: We have 3
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Related reviews:
    Spiral DVD 1

Related releases:
    Spiral - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2006-10-17
    Spiral - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2007-09-18 (from $37.49)
    Spiral - The Melody of Logic (DVD 1) 2004-11-09
    Spiral - The Melody of Logic + Artbox (DVD 1) 2004-11-09 (from $35.99)
    Spiral - Disarming Fate (DVD 2) 2004-12-28 (from $8.99)
    Spiral - Shooting Falling Stars (DVD 3) 2005-03-01 (from $24.06)
    Spiral - Sharpening Wit (DVD 4) 2005-04-26
    Spiral - (DVD 5) 2005-06-21 (from $16.99)
    Spiral - Notes of Truth (DVD 6) 2005-08-16

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Shingo Kaneko

Script:
Chinatsu Houjou
Katsuhiko Koide
Mitsuyasu Sakai
Tetsuo Tanaka

Storyboard: Shingo Kaneko

Episode Director:
Matsuo Asami
Shigeru Kimiya

Music: Akira Mitake

Character Design: Yumi Nakayama

Art director: Yoshinori Hirose

Animation director:
Keiko Ijima
Kinomi Sakurai
Shinsuke Terasawa
Yumi Nakayama

Sound director: Shoji Hata

Director of Photography: Youhei Suzuki

Producer: Fukashi AZUMA (TV Tokyo)

Animation producer:
Ryo Oyama
Yuji Matsukura

Background Art:
Hirofune Hane
Miho Kimura
Noriko Ikebata

Editing: Kazuhiko Seki

Ending Animation:
Shingo Kaneko
Takeshi Wada
Yumi Nakayama

In-Between Animation:
Yuichiro Yamada
Yuki Imoto

In-Between Check:
Hiroki Okamoto
Nobuko Hagino
Takako Kawano

Key Animation:
Akiko Nakano
Daisuke Okumura
Hiroyuki Hashimoto
Hisashi Kado
Kazuhiro Fujitani
Kenichi Umemoto
Koji Yasuda
Mari Nakatani
Mariko Iguchi
Masafumi Tamura
Michio Satô
Misao Abe
Satomi Ishihara
Satoshi Suzuki
Shiho Tamai
Shin Komatsu
Shintaro Muraki
Takumi Furuyama
Wako Matsumura
Yoshikatsu Inoue

Music Director: Fumiko Harada

Opening Animation:
Kazuhiro Nishikawa
Keisuke Arai
Taro Matsuura
Yumi Nakayama

Original Creator Art: Eita Mizuno

Original Creator Novel: Kyou Shirodaira

Photography:
Akio Abe
Kenshin Sato
Naoyuki Taniguchi
Shigeo Kamiyama
Yuki Okada

Planning Collaboration: Hiroshi Koizumi

Production Advancement: Tatsuya Hiramatsu

Production producer:
Ryo Oyama
Yuji Matsukura

Publicity: Shouko Morimura

Recording Assistant: Fumiaki Tanaka

Series Story Editor: Natsuko Takahashi

Sound Effects: Hidemi Tanaka

Theme Song Arrangement:
Hysteric Blue (ED)
Masahide Sakuma (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
aki (OP)
Takuya (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Strawberry JAM (OP)
Takuya (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Hysteric Blue (ED)
Strawberry JAM (OP)

 

Kenichi Suzumura as Ayumu Narumi

Masumi Asano as Hiyono Yuizaki

Akira Ishida as Eyes Rutherford

Hitomi Kato as Ryouko Takamachi

Kazuhiko Inoue as Kiyotaka Narumi

Kenji Nojima as Kanone Hilbert

Kotono Mitsuishi as Madoka Narumi

Takeshi Kusao as Kousuke Asazuki

Yui Horie as Rio Takeuchi

Anri Katsu as Student B

Ayako Ogawa as
Female Student B
Schoolgirl

Bin Shimada as Suemaru Wataya

Chiro Kanzaki as Female Staff A

Hajime Kubota as
Student A
Yuuta Nakamoto

Hirofumi Nojima as Imasato

Hiroyasu Danno as
Newscaster 1
Student C

Ichirô Nagai as Raizo Shiranagatani

Ikuko Kida as Female Staff D

Isshin Chiba as Hunter

Kanako Okada as Suzuki

Kazuho Oda as
Newscaster 2
Telephone Message

Kazumi Yokota as
Female Staff C
Student D

Kazunori Sekine as Store Employee

Kousuke Takaguchi as
First Aid Crew
Station Announcer

Kousuke Toriumi as Hunter

Kouyajin Oohashi as
Doctor
Sensei

Kyoko Hikami as Reiko Hatsuyama

Madoka Akita as Female Manager

Mai Nakahara as Sayoko Shiranagatani

Masashi Yabe as Turtle Person

Masaya Onosaka as Takashi Sonobe

Megumi Kojima as Female High School Student A

Miho Yamada as Takako Adachi

Mika Outake as Kei Shiranagatani

Mitsuaki Aruya as Newscaster 3

Myu as
Female Staff B
Young Nero

Rie Irie as Child

Rika Higashino as
Front Official
Mother
Reporter
Schoolgirl B

Ryuji Mizuno as Keishisei Kanzaka

Tomomi Nakamura as Schoolgirl A

Yumi Nakamura as Schoolgirl

Yumiko Nakajima as
Female Student A
Girl A

Yutaka Ozawa as Baseball Member

Yuuki Tai as Male Student

Japanese companies 

Background Art: Echo Film

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Clean-Up Animation:
Frontline
Nendai Douga
SHAFT

In-Between Animation:
Hadashi Pro
Nendai Douga

Photography:
Amuga
Sazan Cross

Production:
Aniplex
SME Visual Works
Sotsu Agency
TV Tokyo

Production Studio: J.C. Staff

Recording Studio: Studio Gong

Sound Production: Rakuonsha

Video Editing: Imagica

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Christopher Bevins

Script:
Andrew Rye
David Haynes

Translation: Clyde Mandelin

Executive producer:
Cindy Brennan Fukunaga
Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Barry Watson
Daniel Cocanougher

ADR Engineer: Adrian Cook

Assistant Talent Coordinator: Scott Garner

Audio Mixing Engineer:
Evan Jones
Neal Malley

DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez

DVD Menu Audio:
Matt Chaney
Matthew Piersall

DVD Menu Design: Ben Hancock

DVD Producer: Carly Hunter

Line Producer: Justin Cook

Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison

Paint/Animation:
Derrik Poitevint
James Phipps
Jeffrey Miller

Production Assistant:
Alese Watson
Duane Deering
Jayme Westman
Jessie Mancilla
Richie DeMeglio
Shane Ray

Production Coordination: Neil Weathersbee

Script Adaptation: Eric Vale

Script Supervisor: Jeremy Carlile

Talent Coordinator: Tara Williams

Video Editing:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez

 

Caitlin Glass as Hiyono Yuizaki

Daniel Katsük as Ayumu Narumi

Christopher Bevins as Kanone Hilbert

Christopher R. Sabat as Kiyotaka Narumi

Greg Ayres as Kousuke Asazuki

Gwendolyn Lau as Madoka Narumi

John Burgmeier as Eyes Rutherford

Laura Bailey as Ryoko Takamachi

Monica Rial as Rio Takeuchi

Brice Armstrong as Raizou Shiranagatani

Clarine Harp as Takako Adachi

Colleen Clinkenbeard as Suzuki

Cynthia Cranz as Reiko Hatsuyama

Elise Baughman as Sayoko Shiranagatani

Jerry Zumwalt as Teacher (Ep. 21)

Kristin McCollum as Kei Shiranagatani

R Bruce Elliott as
Keishisei Kanzaka
Raizou Shiranagatani 

Robert McCollum as Suemaru Wataya

Sean Schemmel as Takashi Sonobe

Sean Teague as Lucky

Sonny Strait as Mr. Imazato

Vic Mignogna as Hunter

Adrian Cook

Alison Retzloff

Amber Cotton

Andrew Rye

Brandon Bristow

Brina Palencia

Chad Cline

Clarine Harp

David Trosko

Evan Jones

Jamie Marchi

Jerry Jewell

Justin Cook

Lane Pianta

Lauren Goode

Leah Clark

Lucy Small

Lydia Mackay

Michael Terry

Mike McFarland

Ricky Page

Steve Cutter

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Colours TV
FUNimation Channel

Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment
MVM (UK)
Revelation Films (UK)

DVD Authoring: Vision Wise, Inc.

Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment

Recording Studio: FUNimation Studios

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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