The Samurai (OAV)
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| The Samurai - (DVD) 2003-04-22 (from $19.98) |
Director: Kazuo Yamazaki Screenplay: Takayoshi Miki Storyboard: Kazuo Yamazaki Music: Kouhei Tanaka Original story: Mitsuhiro Kasuga Character Design: Masayuki Goto Art director: Mitsunori Nakamura Animation director: Kazuko Kodama Sound director: Hiroshi Mizumoto Director of Photography: Producer: Color design: Kiyoko Waki Mechanical Director: Theme Song Performance: Yoshi Sawamuki | Toshihiko Seki as Takeshi Chimatsuri Chika Sakamoto as Akari Toki Kazue Komiya as Miss Ayatsugi Kazuhiko Inoue as Torai Naoko Matsui as Kagiri Toki Yuko Mizutani as Atsuko Yamaguchi Junichi Kanbara as Student B Masako Ebisu as Mrs. Toki Michiko Munakata as Mrs. Chimatsuri Minoru Inaba as Kagemaru Toki Mitsuhiro Kasuga as Grandpa Toki Moriko Eto as Female student Nanaseko Watanabe as Naoko Kida as Granny Toki Nozomu Sasaki as Tamahara Toshinobu Sakurai as Uemura Toshiwaku Wasaki as Naizo Chimatsuri Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Student A Yoko Yano as Atsuko's mother | |||||||
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ADR Director: Steven Foster Art director: Ruby Halipoto ADR Script: Corey Henson Executive producer: Producer: Steven Foster DVD Coordination: Janice Williams DVD Graphics: Chris Hawley DVD Packaging: Veronica Diaz DVD Producer: David Williams Editing: Neil O'Sullivan International Coordination: Toru Iwakami Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas Production Assistant: Carole Pavlik Project Translator: Sound Design: Brent Marshall Subtitle Script: Janice Williams Subtitle Script & Timing: Sean Broestl Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes | David Matranga as Takeshi Chimatsuri Christine M. Auten as Miss Ayatsugi Kaytha Coker as Atsuko Kelly Manison as Kagiri Toki Shelley Calene-Black as Akari Toki Ty Mayberry as Torai Brent Marshall as Samurai Player C Chris Hawley as Samurai Player B James Bates as Samurai Player A Jamie Stern as John Swasey as Granny Toki Kelli Cousins as Takeshi's older sister Laura Chapman as Takeshi's mother Marcy Bannor as Atsuko's mother Shelly Thomas as Takeshi's younger sister | |||||||
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