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The Story of Saiunkoku (TV)

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© Sai Yukino, Kadokawashoten / NHK, Sogovision


Related anime:
    (The) Story of Saiunkoku (manga)
    (The) Story of Saiunkoku Second Series (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
ColourCloud Palace
Saiunkoku Monogatari
حكاية بلاد الغيوم الملونة (Arabic)
彩雲国物語 (Japanese)
彩雲國物語 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary: Saiunkoku is a world of eight provinces or houses, each named after a different colour. The new Emperor, Shi Ryuuki, has gained for a reputation for being uninterested in courtly matters and for flaunting his love for men. Shuurei, although born of the important Kou family, has difficulty making ends meet. She easily accepts an invitation to be the Emperor's concubine in order to turn him into a good ruler. The mysterious Seiran, a young man who was adopted by her father, goes with her as Ryuuki's bodyguard. Entering the imperial palace revives Shuurei's dream of being a court official, and, together with the many companions she meets along the way, continues moving bravely forward while trying to fend off the Emperor's advances.
User Ratings: 720 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 134 votes (sub:123, dub:9, raw:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 242 votes (sub:208, dub:29, Spa.sub:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 156 votes (sub:137, dub:12, raw:5, Spa.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 96 votes (sub:84, dub:7, Spa.sub:2, raw:2, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 44 votes (sub:38, dub:5, raw:1)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:20, dub:4)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1417 users, rank: #428
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.185 (Very good+.18), std. dev.: 1.6178, rank: #322
Weighted mean: 8.029 (Very good+.02), rank: #333 (seen all: 8.29 / seen some: 7.65 / won't finish: 5.32)
Bayesian estimate: 8.022 (Very good+.02), rank: #219
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 39
Episode titles: We have 39
Vintage: 2006-04-08 to 2007-02-24
Opening Theme:
"Hajimari no kaze" by Ayaka Hirahara
#01: "Hajimari no Kaze" by Ayaka Hirahara
Ending Theme:
"Saikou no Kataomoi" by Sachi Tainaka
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Reviews:
    The Story of Saiunkoku Season 1 Part 2 DVD
    The Story of Saiunkoku DVD 2
    The Story of Saiunkoku DVD 1

DVD
    Story of Saiunkoku - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-10-06 (from $40.46)
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 1) 2007-08-28 (from $18.91)
    The Story of Saiunkoku - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-08-28
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 2) 2007-10-16
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 3) 2007-12-04
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 4)
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 1) 2008-10-07 (from $14.99)
    The Story of Saiunkoku - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2008-10-07 (from $17.99)
    The Story of Saiunkoku (DVD 2) 2008-10-07 (from $18.74)
    The Story of Saiunkoku - w/ Season 1 Part 1 Box (DVD 3) 2008-10-07 (from $14.99)
    The Story of Saiunkoku - Season 1 Part 2 (DVD 4-6) 2008-12-02 (from $34.99)
    The Story of Saiunkoku - Season 1 Part 3 (DVD 7-9) 2009-01-27 (from $34.99)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Jun Shishido

Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida

Script:
Ayuna Fujisaki (ep 2)
Kurasumi Sunayama (ep 3)
Reiko Yoshida (eps 4-5)

Storyboard:
Hiromi Yokoyama (eps 2, 12)
Jun Fujiwara (ep 3)
Jun Shishido (eps 1, 5)
Kimiko Tamai (ep 7)
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 9)
Shigeru Kimiya (ep 8)
Takeo Takahashi (ep 4)
Yo Miura (ep 6)
Yumi Kamakura (ep 10)

Episode Director:
Hajime Ohtani (eps 2, 5, 8)
Hiromi Yokoyama (eps 4, 9)
Makoto Shinohara (eps 1, 7)
Shota Kawajiri (ep 6)
Tokio Yamauchi (eps 3, 10)

Music: Kunihiko Ryo

Original creator: Sai Yukino (novel)

Original Character Design: Kairi Yura (novel illustration)

Character Design: Miwa Oshima

Art director: Chikara Nishikura

Animation director:
Ki Duk Park (ep 9)
Kimiko Tamai (ep 4)
Kyong Seok Choi (ep 8)
Nam Yul Park (ep 2)
Seong Jong Kim (ep 6)
Tatsuyuki Maeda (eps 1, 7)
Tomoko Shimizu (ep 3)

Sound director: Fusanobu Fujiyama

Director of Photography: Shinya Matsui

Producer:
Ikuko Shimogawara
Yuji Shibata

Animation producer:
Masao Maruyama
Satoshi Yoshimoto

Background Art:
Kumiko Inoue
Makiko Fujino
Manabu Fukuda
Mayumi Shirata
Rina Fujiwara

Clean-Up Animation: Hitomi Takei

Colour Design: Chiharu Tanaka

Conceptual Design: Kazuo Watanabe

Editing: Kashiko Kimura

In-Between Animation: Kanoko Abe

Key Animation: Mika Takazawa

Photography:
Natsuka Kawano
Tomohiro Suga

Production Coordination:
Atsuko Kashiwagi
Hideo Ihara

Recording: Hiroyasu Yamashita

Sound Effects: Shoji Kato

Theme Song Arrangement:
Akihira Koyama (ED)
Takeshi Fujii (ED)
YANAGIMAN (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
ID (OP)
Sachi Tainaka (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Sachi Tainaka (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Ayaka Hirahara (OP)
Sachi Tainaka (ED)

 

Hikaru Midorikawa as Seiran Shi

Houko Kuwashima as Shuurei Kou

Tomokazu Seki as Ryuuki Shi

Akemi Okamura as Shusui

Eri Sendai as Kourin

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Ryuuren Ran

Kazuhiro Nakada as Kijin Kou

Kentarou Itou as Ensei Rou

Kouji Ishii as Shoutaishi

Mitsuaki Madono as Reishin Kou

Mitsuru Ogata as Soutaifu

Naoki Bandou as Sataiho

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Kouyu Li

Shuuichi Ikeda as Shouka Kou

Susumu Chiba as Sai Shou

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shuei Lan

Akemi Okamura as Young Ryuuki (ep 4)

Azumi Yamamoto as Kinren (eps 2, 8)

Daisuke Namikawa as Eigetsu Tou

Daisuke Sasaki as Assassin (eps 6-7)

Eri Moritani as Man (ep 2)

Erika as Touwa

Hana Takeda as
Female Official (ep 3)
Prostitute (ep 12)
Woman (ep 5)

Hitoshi Nishimura as Jirou Kei

Izumi Satou as Female Official (ep 3)

Jin Nishimura as Official Kei

Jun Shiichi as Heki Hakumei

Junichi Suwabe as Sa Soujun

Kahoru Sasajima as Youshun

Kaori Yamagata as Kochou (ep 12)

Kaya Miyake as Prostitute (ep 12)

Kayato Ohashi as
Vassal (ep 4)
White general (ep 9)

Kayato Ohasi as General Haku

Kazuya Kobayashi as Courtier (ep 8)

Keiko Nemoto as Man (ep 2)

Keikou Sakai as
Guest (ep 12)
Rebel (ep 10)

Kousuke Toriumi as Sa Kokujun

Mami Horikoshi as Eiki Hyou

Masami Iwasaki as Sa Chuushou (ep 23)

Masataka Sawada as Doctor To

Matthew Erickson as Ryuuren Ran 

Miho Soda as Ryushin

Minoru Inaba as Seikintou leader (ep 12)

Mitsuaki Hoshino as Hakushu Minister (ep 3)

Miwa Kohinata as
Customer (ep 2)
Prostitute (ep 12)

Nobutoshi Canna as Yuushun Tei (Lt Governor)

Noriaki Sugiyama as
Santa (ep 12)
Shourin

Rumi Shishido as Sa Shunki

Ryotaro Okiayu as Kou Kurou

Ryusaku Chijiwa as Seikintou man (ep 12)

Takashi Oohara as Courtier (ep 8)

Takehito Koyasu as Sa Sakujun (Lin Senya)

Takeshi Hayashi as High Official (ep 3)

Tomoko Yamada as Female Official (ep 3)

Tomoya Koizumi as High Official (ep 3)

Toshiyuki Kusuda as
Assassin (eps 6-7)
Guest (ep 12)
High Official (ep 3)
Ryushin's father (ep 11)

Yoko Sasaki as Sai Rin

Yoshihisa Kawahara as Guest (ep 12)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster: NHK

DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.

Production: NHK

Production Cooperation: Sogo Vision

English staff 
English cast 

Executive producer:
Katsuhiko Tsurumoto (eps 1-30)
Yushin Soga (eps 31-39)

Producer:
Dennis Hrehoriac
Sawako Furuya

Casting Director:
Gregory Berry (eps 20-39)
Randi Riediger (eps 1-19)

Dialogue Editing:
Aaron MacDonald (9 episodes

eps 8, 10, 23, 29, 31-33, 38-39
)
Derek Seaborn (ep 26)
Donovan Johnson (6 episodes
eps 6, 9, 22, 24-25, 36
)

Gabriella Cheung (8 episodes
eps 4, 11, 13-14, 28, 30, 34-35
)

Masako Uchiura (6 episodes
eps 16, 18-20, 27, 37
)

Matt Gauthier (ep 17)
Ryan McKinnon (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 12, 15, 21
)

Willis Lombard (ep 5)

Re-Recording Mixing:
Derek Simpson (eps 24-39)
Keith A. Goddard (eps 11-23)
Mark M. Pinder (eps 1-10)

Recording engineer:
Donovan Johnson (eps 1-5, 11-39)
Michael Iske (eps 6-10)

Script Adaptation: Michelle Clough

Subtitle Script: Kim Wishart Goddard

Supervising Producer: Diana Gage

Talent Coordinator:
Robin Maria Koning (eps 1-5)
Theresa MacFarlane (eps 6-39)

Video Post-Production:
Kimmy Alexander (eps 20-39)
Michael Hey (eps 1-15)
Sean McConkey
Shannon Lum

Voice Direction:
Karl Willems (eps 1-15)
Keith A. Goddard (eps 16-19)
Marc Matsumoto (eps 24-39)
Michael Dobson (eps 20-23)

 

Andrew Francis as Seiran Shi

Brad Swaile as Ryuuki Shi

Kelly Sheridan as Shuurei Kou 

Russell Wait as Shi Seiran (Animax dub)

Andrew Toth as Koyu Ri

Brian Dobson as Shoutaishi/Advisor Sho (eps 30, 33-34)

Dale Wilson as Soutaifu/Advisor So

French Tickner as Sataiho/Advisor Sa

Jason Simpson as Ensei Rou

John Novak as Shoutaishi/Advisor Sho

Kyle Rideout as Kokajun Sa

Louis Chirillo as Reishin Hong

Mark Oliver as Kijin Kou

Matthew Erickson as Ryuren Ran

Michael Adamthwaite as Shuei Ran

Michael Kopsa as Shoka Hong 

Reece Thompson as Eigetsu To

Ted Cole as Sho Sai

Andrea Libman as Kinren

Andrew Toth as Assassin (eps 6-7)

Brenna O'Brien as Lady in Waiting (ep 32)

Brian Dobson as Courtier (ep 8)

Cathy Weseluck as
Court Lady (ep 3)
Lady of the Evening (ep 12)
Ryushin

Chantal Strand as Kourin

Colin Murdock as Meisho

David Orth as Kuro Hong

Don Brown as Secretary Sai (eps 14-18)

Drew Nelson as Spy (ep 17)

Fred Henderson as
Big Boss (ep 13)
Official Ro

Gabe Khouth as Hakumei Heki (eps 14, 16, 18)

Harvey Gold as Chusho Sa (4 episodes

eps 23, 27, 30, 33
)

Hiro Kanagawa as Kuku (ep 23)

Jacqueline Samuda as
Eiki Hyo
Lady Owner (ep 24)

Janyse Jaud as
Kocho
Lady of the Evening (ep 12)

John Murphy as
Sakujun Sa
Senya Rin

John Novak as
Bandit (ep 10)
General Haku
Visitor (ep 2)

John Payne as
Man B (ep 20)
Sa Family Member (ep 34)
Sojun Sa

Kelly Metzger as
Boy (ep 2)
Court Lady (ep 3)
Ryuuki (Young-ep 4)
Touwa/Toka

Ken Kramer as Yusa (ep 25)

Lisa Ann Beley as
Koyu Ri (Young; ep 15)
Lady of the Evening (ep 12)
Seien's Mother (ep 20)
Shokun Hong

Mark Oliver as Assassin (eps 6-7)

Matthew Erickson as Seiken Gang Member (ep 13)

Michael Adamthwaite as
Courtier (ep 8)
Man A (ep 20)
Townsman (ep 24)

Michael Coleman as Santa (eps 12-13)

Michael Daingerfield as
Customer (ep 12)
Official Kei

Michael Dangerfield as Official Kei 

Michael Dobson as
Department of Protocol Official (ep 14)
Santa's Father (ep 13)
Seikin Gang Member (eps 12-13)

Michael Kopsa as
Doctor To
Governor of Haku Province (ep 3)
Narrator
Sa Family Member (ep 34)

Mike Waterman as Shorin (eps 28, 30-33)

Natalie Walters as
Lady in Waiting (ep 32)
Shunki Sa (eps 34-36)

Nicole Oliver as
Boy (ep 2)
Court Lady (ep 3)
Shusui

Paula Lindberg as
Lady in Waiting (eps 32, 34)
Rin Sai (ep 37)

Ross Douglas as Shin Sai (eps 27, 29, 31)

Ryan Hirakida as Yoshun (eps 28, 30-31)

Scott McNeil as
Official Wa (ep 16)
Seikin Gang Boss (eps 12-13)

Shawn MacDonald as
Customer (ep 12)
Official (ep 22)
Ryushin's Father (eps 11, 18)
Senka Shi (ep 20)

Trevor Devall as
Enjun Sa
Guard (ep 25)
Sa Family Member (ep 34)

Vincent Tong as
Guard (ep 25)
Jun Yu (eps 28-31)
Yushan Tei (eps 22, 36)

English companies 

ADR Production: The Ocean Group

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India

Casting: Interpacific Productions

Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment

DVD Authoring: Blink Digital

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. (USA)

Recording Studio: Ocean Studios


Korean staff 
(none)
Korean companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Korea

Korean cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Hyper

Polish cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

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Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
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