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Descendants of Darkness (TV)

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©2001 Yoko Matsushita•HAKUSENSHA/Yami no Matsuei Project



[ adapted from Descendants of Darkness (manga) ]

Alternative title:
I Discendenti delle Tenebre (Italian)
Ostatni Synowie Ciemności (Polish)
Yami no Matsuei (Japanese)
Потомки Тьмы (Russian)
闇の末裔 (Japanese)
闇之末裔 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Even after death, life is full of paperwork and criminals. Tsuzuki Asato is a 26 year old, happy-go-lucky, and dorky shinigami (god of death) whose job is to makes sure that those who are dead remain dead and stay in their proper realms. Even though he's had this job for over 70 years, he is in the worst division with horrible pay. He also has a knack for not keeping partners (since shinigami work in pairs), but now he seems to have one that will stick around; stubborn, smart-mouthed, serious and defensive 16 year old, Kurosaki Hisoka. With each case they investigate, they come closer to the conspiracies of the serial killer Dr. Muraki Kazutaka. Tsuzuki's relationship with Hisoka is growing stronger and closer...but there is a dark past to how Tsuzuki died that will not give him peace.
Video:
User Ratings: 958 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 81 votes (sub:68, dub:11, ?:2)
 Excellent: 200 votes (sub:159, dub:34, ?:2, raw:1, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.edit.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 224 votes (sub:166, dub:49, Rus.sub:2, ?:1, Spa.sub:1, English:1, Ita.dub:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 212 votes (sub:146, dub:56, ?:3, raw:3, Spa.sub:2, Rus.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Decent: 112 votes (sub:79, dub:31, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 51 votes (sub:34, dub:15, ?:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 35 votes (sub:24, dub:10, ?:1)
 Weak: 20 votes (sub:13, dub:7)
 Bad: 15 votes (dub:9, sub:4, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:2, ?:2, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1945 users, rank: #299
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.379 (Good+.37), std. dev.: 1.8848, rank: #1127
Weighted mean: 7.215 (Good+.21), rank: #1103 (seen all: 7.42 / seen some: 6.20 / won't finish: 3.84)
Bayesian estimate: 7.219 (Good+.21), rank: #939
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2000-10-02 to 2001-06-24
2008-11-04 to 2008-12-23 (USA Sci Fi Ani-Monday premiere)
2008-12-08 (Canada - Super Channel)
Opening Theme:
"Eden" by To Destination
Ending Theme:
"Love Me" by The Hong Kong Knife
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hiroko Tokita

Script:
Akiko Horii (eps 4-9)
Masaharu Amiya (eps 1-3, 10-13)

Storyboard:
Hideki Okamoto (ep 13)
Hiroko Tokita (ep 1)
Kazuo Yamazaki (eps 4, 6, 8, 11)
Michio Fukuda (eps 3, 10)
Rei Otaki (eps 5, 9)
Yukina Hiiro (eps 2, 7, 12, 13)

Episode Director:
Hideki Okamoto (eps 1, 3, 8, 13)
Hiroyuki Ishido (ep 10)
Iku Suzuki (eps 6, 11)
Kouichi Sugitani (ep 5)
Yoshikata Nitta (eps 4, 9)
Yukina Hiiro (eps 2, 7, 12)

Music: Tsuneyoshi Saito

Original author: Yoko Matsushita

Character Design: Yumi Nakayama

Art director: Junichi Higashi

Animation director:
Isao Sugimoto (ep 10)
Kyuuta Sakai (ep 2)
Masahiro Aizawa (eps 6, 11)
Minoru Yamazawa (eps 4, 9)
Ryoichi Oki (eps 3, 8)
Takashi Maruyama (ep 5)
Takashi Wada (ep 1)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (eps 7, 12)
Yumi Nakayama

Sound director: Hideyuki Tanaka

Director of Photography: Toyomitsu Nakajo

Producer:
Atsushi Moriyama
Toshimichi Ootsuki
Yuji Matsukura

Color Coordination: Mieko Maruyama

Planning:
Masaki Sawanobori
Takahiro Yagura

Series Coordination: Masaharu Amiya

 

Mayumi Asano as Hisoka Kurosaki

Shinichiro Miki as Asato Tsuzuki

Sho Hayami as Kazutaka Muraki

Tomomichi Nishimura as Chief Konoe

Toshihiko Seki as Yutaka Watari

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Seiichiro Tatsumi

Wasabi Mizuta as Gushoushin the Younger

Yumiko Nakanishi as Gushoushin the Elder

Azusa Ichiba as nurse C (ep 10)

Eriko Kawasaki as Mariko Ikaruga (eps 10-12)

Hiroshi Naka as Akiyama (eps 7, 8)

Hiroyuki Yoshino as Saionji (ep 4)

Houchu Ohtsuka as Tsuyoshi Kakyouin (eps 7, 8)

Ikuya Sawaki as Sarganatas (eps 4-6)

Juurouta Kosugi as
Earl
Narrator

Kazuhiko Inoue as Mibu Oriya (eps 10, 11, 13)

Kenichi Suzumura as Yamashita (eps 4, 6)

Kôzô Shioya as janitor (ep 6)

Kumi Sakuma as Eileen (eps 8, 9)

Machiko Toyoshima as Tsubaki Kakyouin (eps 7-9)

Madoka Akita as schoolgirl A (ep 4)

Makoto Yasumura as
schoolboy A (ep 12)
young man (ep 1)

Masako Katsuki as Maria's foster mother (eps 1-3)

Masaya Hashimoto as
schoolboy B (ep 4)
Watson (ep 1, 7)

Megumi Matsumoto as student C (ep 11)

Michio Miyashita as schoolboy A (ep 4)

Minami Takayama as Hijiri Minase (eps 4-6)

Misa Kobayashi as mother (ep 2)

Naoko Matsui as Kanoko Houjou (eps 7, 8)

Nobuo Tobita as Professor Satomi (eps 10-12)

Sachi Matsumoto as schoolgirl A (ep 12)

Shozo Iizuka as Shinzo Wakabayashi (eps 7, 8)

Sumomo Momomori as nurse D (ep 10)

Takahiro Uchida as ship's captain (ep 8)

Takashi Nagasako as Muraki's grandfather (ep 10)

Takeharu Onishi as principal (ep 11)

Takeshi Kusao as Tetsuhiro Abiko (eps 7, 8)

Tomoko Kawakami as Kazusa Otonashi (eps 4-6)

Wasabi Mizuta as
nurse B (ep 10)
schoolgirl (ep 6)
student B (ep 11)
woman A (ep 12)

Wayne Doster as SP (ep 7)

Yuka Imai as Maria Wong (eps 1-2)

Yuki Hokimoto as waitress B (ep 2)

Yukie Maeda as schoolgirl B (ep 4)

Yuko Sasaki as waitress A (ep 2)

Yumi Kakazu as Maki (eps 10, 11)

Yumiko Nakanishi as
Asato Tsuzuki (young; ep 6)
nurse A (ep 10)
reporter (ep 1)
schoolgirl B (ep 12)
student A (ep 11)

Yuri Shiratori as Wakaba Kannuki (eps 1, 13)

Yuuichi Nagashima as Sakaki (eps 9, 12)

Kenichi Suzuki

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: J.C. Staff

Broadcaster: WOWOW

Production:
Hakusensha
MOVIC
Starchild Records
Yami no Matsuei Project

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Arlen Tarlofsky

Translation: Kevin McKeown

Executive producer: John O'Donnell

Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

ADR Recording Engineer: Jim Regan

ADR Script Adaptation: Arlen Tarlofsky

Dubbing supervisor: Tom Wayland

 

Dan Green as Asato Tsuzuki

Liam O'Brien as Hisoka Kurosaki

Chunky Mon as Chief Konoe

Edward MacLeod as Kazutaka Muraki

Eric Stuart as Yutaka Watari

Walter Pagen as Seiichiro Tatsumi

Angora Deb as Gushoshin #2

Beth McGowan as Kazusa Otonashi (eps 4-6)

Dan Green as Sargatanas (eps 4-6)

Jack Lingo as Hijiri Minase (eps 4-6)

Lisa Ortiz as Maria Wong (eps 1-2)

Michael Alston Baley as Gushoshin #1

Rodd Stone as Narrator

Suzy Prue as Maria's mother (eps 1-3)

Alvaro J. Gonzalez

Hans Brikfeice

Mary Anne Towne

Rachael Lillis

Scott Cargle

Tara Jayne

Tristan Goddard

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Anime Selects
AXN-Asia
Chiller (Ani-Monday)
International Channel
Sci Fi Channel (Ani-Monday)
Super Channel

Digital Download: Direct2Drive

Licensed by: Central Park Media

Recording Studio: Mercury Productions

Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dialogues: Silvia Bacinelli

Director Of Dubbing: Aldo Stella

 

Gabriele Calindri as Tsuzuki Asato

Massimo Di Benedetto as Kurosaki Hisoka

Anna Bonel as Gushoshin Blu

Ivo De Palma as Kazutaka Muraki

Luca Bottale as Yutaka Watari

Marco Balzarotti as Seiichiro Tatsumi

Marco Pagani as Capufficio Konoe

Patrizia Scianca as Gushoshin Arancio

Alberto Olivero as Otonashi

Aldo Stella as
Preside
Watson

Antonello Governale as Kakyoin

Antonio Paiola as
Nonno
Wakabayashi

Cristiana Rossi as Hojo

Dania Cericola as Matrigna

Diego Sabre as Oriya Mibu

Elisabetta Spinelli as Tsubaki

Francesco Orlando as Abiko

Jenny De Cesarei as Maki (ep.10-11)

Jolanda Granato as
Kazusa
Wakaba

Luca Catanzaro as
Akimoto
Medico

Paolo De Santis as Yamashita

Paolo Sesana as
Il Conte
Saionji

Paolo Torrisi as Hijiri

Pietro Ubaldi as Surgatanus

Pino Pirovano as Insegnante

Renata Bertolas as
Maria
Tsuzuki bambino

Riccardo Rovatti as Satomi

Tosawi Piovani as Mariko

Italian companies 

Companies: Raflesia srl

Distributor: Yamato Video

Dubbing: Raflesia srl


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

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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