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Zakuro (TV)

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Alternative title:
Otome Yōkai Zakuro (Japanese)
おとめ妖怪 ざくろ (Japanese)
半妖少女綺麗譚 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In an alternate history of the Meiji era where humans and magical beings known as "yōnin" live side by side, half-yōnin girls team up with army lieutenants to fight yōnin wrongdoers.
User Ratings: 649 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 39 votes (sub:34, raw:2, ?:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 117 votes (sub:113, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 207 votes (sub:192, dub:3, raw:2, ?:2, others:8
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 173 votes (sub:165, dub:4, raw:1, others:3
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 73 votes (sub:71, dub:2)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:28, dub:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1162 users, rank: #1057 (of 9583)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.590 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3467, rank: #1519 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 7.481 (Good+), rank: #1729 (of 9705) (seen all: 7.56 / seen some: 7.29 / won't finish: 5.11)
Bayesian estimate: 7.481 (Good+), rank: #1443 (of 7286)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2010-10-04
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"MOON SIGNAL" by Sphere
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hatsukoi wa Zakuro-iro" (初戀は柘榴色) by Mai Nakahara and Takahiro Sakurai (eps 1,3,7,10)
#2: "Futari Shizuka" (二人静) by Kana Hanazawa and Satoshi Hino (eps 4,6,8,12)
#3: "Junjō Masquerade" (純情マスカレイド) by Aki Toyosaki, Yui Horie and Yuuki Kaji (eps 2,5,9,11)
Trivia: We have 1
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DVD (Region 1)
    Zakuro - Complete Series [Premium Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2012-06-12 (from $35.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Mari Okada
Script:
Mari Okada (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 9-13
)
Mayumi Morita (eps 4, 7-8)
Storyboard:
Chiaki Kon (OP; eps 1, 6)
Koichiro Sohtome (ep 5)
Michio Fukuda (ep 3)
Minoru Ōhara (eps 2, 4)
Episode Director:
Chiaki Kon (OP,ED; ep 1)
Hikaru Sato (ep 3)
Hiroshi Tamada (eps 2, 9)
Koichiro Sohtome (ep 5)
Toshikazu Hashimoto (ep 6)
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (ep 4)
Music: Masaru Sugimoto
Original creator: Lily Hoshino
Character Design: Shinya Hasegawa
Art Director:
Hiroshi Katō
Izumi Hoki
Animation Director:
Chang Hee Won (ep 2)
Junko Yamanaka (ep 2)
Katsuyuki Yamazaki (ep 4)
Kazuya Morimae (eps 6, 10, 13)
Masahito Onoda (ep 13)
Michitaka Yamamoto (ep 3)
Sachiko Kotani (ep 2)
Satomi Higuchi (ep 5)
Shinya Hasegawa (OP; ep 1)
Yūji Miyashita (ep 6)
Yuko Matsushita (ep 3)
Yumi Nakayama (ep 6)
Art design: Hiroshi Katō
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Yoshio Ōkouchi
Producer:
Fukashi Azuma
Masanori Miyake
Yōko Ogawa
Yuji Matsukura

2D Graphics: Yoshihide Mukai
2nd Key Animation:
Arisa Matsuo (ep 3)
Ena Nishikawa (ep 5)
Kazunori Kozawa (ep 3)
Kenta Mizusaki (ep 3)
Maki Ando (eps 3, 5)
Michael Tanaka (ep 5)
Miho Sekimoto (eps 3, 5)
Mika Takazawa (ep 3)
Momoko Nakamura (ep 3)
Naoki Mishiba (ep 5)
Naoko Koyama (ep 3)
Ruka Sawano (ep 3)
Tomoko Kameyama (eps 3, 5)
Tomomi Kawamura (ep 3)
Yōko Itō (ep 1)
Yu Murakami (ep 3)
Yuta Ito (ep 3)
Yuu Kaneshiro (ep 5)
3D CG: Jun Shiota
Animation producer: Masao Ōhashi
Assistant Animation Director:
Kazuya Morimae (ep 1)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 1)
Michitaka Yamamoto (eps 1, 3)
Satomi Higuchi (ep 1)
Shigenori Taniguchi (ep 1)
Background Art:
Hirofumi Sakagami
Kumiko Watanabe
Naoko Yanagita
Naoya Watabe
Risa Yasuda
Shingo Yonekawa
Yuka Hirama
Chief Producer:
Haruyuki Iguchi
Mari Okamoto
Takeshi Ochi
Clean-up Inspection:
Maya Muranaga
Shōko Mori
Yuka Kojima
Yukiko Itou
Color design:
Shōko Mori
Yukiko Itou
Digital Paint:
Akiko Uchida
Ayako Suenaga
Kana Tanabe
Kyōsuke Ishikawa
Maya Muranaga
Miho Kimura
Miyuki Ishida
Tomomi Andō
Yuka Kojima
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Editing Assistant: Kentarō Tsubone
In-Between Animation:
Aiko Komamoto (eps 1, 3, 5)
Akane Hirota (eps 1, 3, 5)
Atsumi Sakai (ep 1)
Ayako Igakawa (eps 1, 3, 5)
Fuku Tachikawa (eps 1, 3, 5)
Haruka Sano (ep 1)
Kananko Ichizawa (eps 1, 3, 5)
Masanobu Uchida (ep 1)
Masayuki Nonaka (eps 1, 3, 5)
Mika Takahashi (高橋みか ep 1,5)
Nana Mori (eps 1, 5)
Seiji Kubo (eps 1, 3, 5)
Takamitsu Satou (eps 1, 3, 5)
Tetsuya Sakamoto (eps 1, 5)
Yohei Yaegashi (eps 1, 3, 5)
Yui Katsura (eps 1, 3, 5)
In-Between Check:
Chisa Shibata
Eri Uchiyama
Hiroki Okamoto
Nobuko Hagino
Ruka Sawano
Takae Yamaguchi
Takako Kōno
Key Animation:
Asami Imamura (eps 2, 9)
Asuka Shimizu (eps 5, 10)
Atsuko Morimoto (ep 7)
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 1)
Atsushi Saitō (OP)
Atsushi Tsukamoto (ep 8)
Atsushi Yoshida (ep 6)
Ayaka Suga (eps 1, 3)
Ayami Watanabe (ep 7)
Daisuke Endō (ep 7)
Eiji Tominaga (eps 5, 10)
Emi Honda (ep 7)
Emi Tezuka (eps 6, 11)
Ena Nishikawa (OP)
Eri Baba (eps 3, 8)
Fumiko Kon (ep 1)
Hajime Yoshida (ep 4)
Haruka Watanabe (ep 10)
Hideaki Tsukioka (eps 3, 8)
Hidemi Yamashita (OP; eps 6, 8, 11)
Hiroko Oguri (OP; ep 1)
Hiromi Ariga (ep 10)
Hiromi Nanbe (ep 9)
Hironori Sawada (eps 6, 11)
Hiroshi Yamamoto (OP; eps 5, 10)
Hiroto Katō (ep 2)
Hisako Shimozuma (ep 1)
Hisashi Hayashi (ep 10)
Hitoshi Miyajima (ep 4)
Ikuko Matsushita (ep 8)
Junichi Fukunaga (eps 4, 11)
Junko Matsushita (ep 6)
Kanae Komatsu (ep 1)
Kanako Ueda (ep 11)
Kaori Ikeda (eps 6, 10-11)
Katsuji Matsumoto (ep 11)
Kazuki Baba (ep 6)
Kazuko Matsumura (eps 1, 6)
Kazunori Iwakura (OP)
Kazuya Morimae (eps 6, 10, 13)
Kazuyuki Yamayoshi (ep 3)
Keiichirō Honjō (ep 8)
Keisuke Ishikawa (eps 6, 11)
Keisuke Katayama (ep 3)
Kenji Sakai (ep 2)
Kentarō Sugimoto (eps 5, 8, 10)
Kikuko Sadagata (OP; eps 1, 3)
Kikuko Sadakata (OP; eps 1, 3, 13)
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 2)
Kōhei Akagi (ep 6)
Koichi Morishima (eps 4, 11)
Kōji Kataoka (ep 2)
Kōji Ogawa (eps 2-3, 8)
Kōki Sugawara (eps 2, 9)
Kumiko Katō (ep 7)
Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 5)
Manabu Yasumoto (ep 5)
Mao Yamazaki (ep 7)
Mariko Aoki (ep 9)
Mariko Ishikawa (eps 5, 10)
Masaaki Kitahara (ep 6)
Masaaki Yamamoto (ep 4)
Masaharu Tomoda (ep 9)
Masahito Onoda (OP; ep 1)
Masaki Inada (eps 2, 9)
Masako Sato (OP; ep 6)
Masako Yumoto (ep 7)
Megumi Arakawa (ep 5)
Megumi Ueda (ep 1)
Michiaki Sugimoto (eps 4-5)
Michitaka Yamamoto (ep 5)
Miho Imoto (ep 7)
Miho Kojima (ep 6)
Miho Sekimoto (ep 10)
Mika Takazawa (ep 11)
Miki Yoshimoto (ep 3)
Mineko Ueda (ep 9)
Moe Miyazaki (eps 6, 11)
Motohiko Kurihara (ep 3)
Motoki Yagi (ep 9)
Naoko Imaizumi (eps 6, 11)
Naomi Kaneda (OP; ep 5)
Natsuki Yokoyama (ep 8)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 6)
Nobuaki Yanagi (OP)
Nobuhiro Mutō (ep 1)
Noriko Takahashi (eps 3, 8)
Reika Hoshino (ep 4)
Reiko Nozaki (ep 1)
Rie Harada (eps 4, 11)
Rie Ōmori (ep 1)
Ritsuko Kondō (ep 7)
Rumi Miyata (ep 10)
Ryogo Shimizu (ep 1)
Ryoko Kawamura (ep 8)
Ryosuke Kimiya (ep 1)
Ryōtarō Makihara (ep 5)
Ryūhei Aoyagi (ep 11)
Satomi Higuchi (eps 1, 5)
Satoshi Fujioka (eps 2, 9)
Satoshi Sakai (eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Saya Aoi (OP)
Seiji Masuda (ep 8)
Shigeki Sunada (eps 5, 10)
Shigenori Taniguchi (ep 10)
Shinichi Wada (ep 5)
Shinji Yamamoto (eps 3, 8)
Shinsuke Yoshida (eps 4, 11)
Shintaro Muraki (eps 3, 8)
Shintarou Kanou (ep 6)
Shinya Yamada (eps 4, 11)
Shiro Izumi (ep 6)
Shoko Muroyama (ep 4)
Shuichi Kitayama (eps 5, 10)
Soichiro Matsuda (ep 1)
Takaaki Nagano (eps 4, 11)
Takahiro Hayashi (ep 7)
Takanori Suzuki (eps 5, 8, 10)
Takayuki Kidou (ep 1)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 2)
Takeshi Itou (ep 9)
Tatsuya Shiraishi (ep 5)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (ep 3)
Tomoko Shimizu (eps 4, 11)
Tomotsugu Sakakibara (eps 6, 11)
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (ep 9)
Tsuyoshi Hayashi (ep 8)
Yasuyuki Ebara (ep 2)
Yoshihiro Sugai (ep 2)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (ep 11)
Yoshihiro Yoshioka (eps 4, 11)
Yoshinari Saito (ep 1)
Yu Murakami (OP)
Yuichiro Masuda (ep 4)
Yūji Miyashita (OP)
Yuji Nakao (eps 2, 9)
Yukiko Ban (ep 1)
Yuko Matsushita (ep 1)
Yumi Nakayama (OP; ep 8)
Yumi Shimizu (OP)
Yumi Shimojō (eps 4, 11)
Yumiko Kinoshita (eps 3, 8)
Yuriko Ikehara (eps 3, 8)
Yuya Kishi (ep 5)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Photography:
Atsushi Satō
Minori Kimura
Planning:
Kōichirō Natsume
Shunji Inoue
Yoko Matsushita
Yoshihiko Itō
Yukio Kawasaki
Prop Design: Satomi Higuchi
Publicity: Kazumi Noguchi (TV Tokyo)
Recording Adjustment: Ayumi Andou
Sound Production: Rie Tanaka
Special Effects: Atsushi Satō
Theme Song Arrangement: Yukari Hashimoto (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Yukari Hashimoto (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Saori Kodama (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Toyosaki (OP - Sphere/ED)
Ayahi Takagaki (OP - Sphere)
Haruka Tomatsu (OP - Sphere)
Kana Hanazawa (ED)
Mai Nakahara (ED)
Minako Kotobuki (OP - Sphere)
Satoshi Hino (ED)
Takahiro Sakurai (ED)
Yui Horie (ED)
Yūki Kaji (ED)
Video Editing:
Kazumasa Saito
Kenichi Nomoto
サブデザイン: Satomi Higuchi
Mai Nakahara as Zakuro
Takahiro Sakurai as Kei Agemaki

Aki Toyosaki as Bonbori
Akihiko Ishizumi as Amaryōju
Haruka Tomatsu as Byakuroku
Kana Hanazawa as Susukihotaru
Kazue Komiya as Kushimatsu
Kikuko Inoue as Rangui
Minako Kotobuki as Daidai
Mutsumi Tamura as Kiri
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Mamezō
Satoshi Hino as Riken Yoshinokazura
Takayuki Kondō as Takatoshi Hanadate
Yui Horie as Hōzuki
Yuka Iguchi as Sakura
Yūki Kaji as Ganryū Hanakiri

Ai Nonaka as Mugi (eps 4, 8)
Atsushi Ono as Moritomi Agemaki (ep 7)
Chiyako Shibahara as Mitsumasu
Eimi Okada as Woman (ep 6)
Hajime Iijima as A-sama (eps 10, 12)
Kaori Nazuka as Tae (ep 7)
Kazusa Murai as Chiyoko Agemaki (ep 7)
Kazuyuki Okitsu as
Man (ep 10)
Soldier A (ep 5)
Kenji Akabane as Man (ep 6)
Kenta Miyake as Village chief (ep 3)
Kimiko Saitō as Mitsubaichō
Misaki Sekiyama as Mitsuōgi
Mitsuru Ogata as Lt. General (ep 1)
Mutsumi Tamura as Omodaka (young; eps 11-12)
Ryōko Ono as Izuna A (ep 12)
Ryoukichi Takahashi as
Shinto priest (eps 11-12)
Store owner (ep 10)
Sayaka Ōhara as Tsukuhane
Sayuri Yahagi as Kumiko Agemaki (ep 7)
Shouto Kashii as Client (ep 2)
Shunzō Miyasaka as Merchant (ep 1)
Takako Honda as Aya Orikata (eps 4, 8)
Tarô Yamaguchi as Un-sama (eps 10, 12)
Tomoyuki Higuchi as Soldier B (ep 5)
Tōru Ohkawa as Village chief (ep 11)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Enaga (ep 11)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A-Line
acca effe
AI
Akagumi
APPP
Ashi Productions
Asterism
Buyuu (eps 3, 8, 10)
C-Station
Dream Force
Ekura Animal
FAI International
I&S Factory
Jinbun
Jumondo
Last House
Marvy Jack
Mouse (eps 2, 5)
Nakamura Production
SILVER LINK.
Studio Liberty
Studio Wanpack
Synergy NS Studio
TNK
TYO Animations
Wafū Animation
Wao World
Wish
Yuhodo
Animation Check: C-Station (ep 7)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Backgrounds: Totonyan
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2010-10-06)
AT-X (2010-10-23)
TV Osaka (2010-10-08)
TV Tokyo (2010-10-04)
Editing Studio: REAL-T
In-Between Animation:
AI
asread
BTO
C-Station
C2C
Cheng Pin Animation
DCI
Jinbun
Jumondo
Last House
M.S.C
M.S.J Musashino Production
Niandai Animation
PRA
Satelight
Studio Cockpit
Sunshine Corporation
Triple A
Wafū Animation
Xuyang Animation
Key Animation:
J-Cube Animation (ep 2)
Studio Wanpack (ep 11)
Xuyang Animation (ep 2)
Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Music Production: Lantis
Production:
Aniplex
J.C. Staff
Lantis
NAS
TV Tokyo
Production Cooperation:
Asahi Production (eps 2, 9)
C-Station (ep 7)
C2C (eps 4, 11)
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English companies
English staff
Translation: Chris Pai

Subtitle Editor: Laura Wyrick
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
FUNimation Entertainment (via NIS America)
Licensed by:
NIS America (Expired)
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Translation: Yukio Reuter
(none)
French companies
Internet Streaming: KAZÉ
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Alexa Navarro as Zakuro
Jaime Alberto Carrillo as Kei Agemaki

Andrés García as Riken Yoshinokazura
Christian Strempler as Takatoshi Hanadate
Claudia Bramnfsette as Hōzuki
Miguel Angel Ruiz as Ganryū Hanakiri
Monserrat Mendoza as Susukihotaru
Romina Marroquín Payró as Bonbori
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: AnimeOnegai (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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