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Legend of Himiko (TV)

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©1999 Hakuhodo/Amuse/Red. ©1999 "Himiko-den" Animation Production Committee.


Alternative title:
Himiko-Den (Japanese)
火魅子伝 (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: High school student Himiko Himejima finds her life change forever when a mysterious flame appears before her one day. Along with her schoolmate Kutani Masahiko, Himiko is transported by the flame to an ancient kingdom known as Yamatai. The Yamatai kingdom has recently come under the attack of the Kune empire during its ritual to select a queen among six candidates. As the evil general of Kune creates an army of undead for power, the six queen candidates lead a resistance force to overthrow the Kune empire. Himiko and Kutani soon find themselves fighting alongside the queen candidates to save the kindgom. With some new-found power, Himiko and Kutani slowly realize their links to the ancient world and discover the power of the sacred flame.
User Ratings: 253 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Excellent: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:2, raw:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 28 votes (dub:17, sub:11)
 Good: 70 votes (sub:37, dub:29, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 50 votes (sub:36, dub:13, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 43 votes (dub:20, sub:20, raw:2, ?:1)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:11, dub:6)
 Weak: 23 votes (sub:16, dub:7)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 600 users, rank: #1860 (of 9508)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.937 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.797, rank: #7463 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 5.907 (Decent), rank: #7496 (of 9647) (seen all: 6.06 / seen some: 5.74 / won't finish: 3.84)
Bayesian estimate: 5.990 (Decent), rank: #6436 (of 7268)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 1999-01-07 to 1999-03-31
Opening Theme:
"Pure Snow" by Yuko Sasaki
Ending Theme:
"Toki no Iro wo Koete" by Mika Okudoi
Links: We have 2
Comment:
Based on the Sony PlayStation role-playing game of the same title.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Anime Test Drive - 12-Pack Brick (DVD) 2003-10-28 (from $54.99)
    Legend of Himiko - Anime Test Drive (DVD) 2003-10-28 (from $11.57)
    Legend of Himiko - Sacred Fire (DVD 1) 2002-07-09 (from $9.39)
    Legend of Himiko - The Pendant (DVD 2) 2002-09-10 (from $5.00)
    Legend of Himiko - Sword of Seven Blades (DVD 3) 2002-11-12 (from $6.45)
    Legend of Himiko - Collection (DVD 1-3) 2002-11-12 (from $19.98)
VHS
    Legend of Himiko - Sacred Fire (Dub.VHS 1) 2002-07-09
    Legend of Himiko - The Pendant (Dub.VHS 2) 2002-09-10
    Legend of Himiko - Sword of Seven Blades (Dub.VHS 3) 2002-11-12
    Legend of Himiko - Collection (Dub.VHS 1-3) 2002-11-12

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Ami Tomobuki
Screenplay:
Masumi Hirayanagi (eps 2-12 even)
Sanshiro Kuramoto (eps 1-11 odd)
Storyboard:
Ami Tomobuki 
Keiji Gotō (OP, ED)
Masayuki Ōzeki (eps 3, 8)
Shōgo Kōmoto (eps 6, 9, 11)
Sōichi Masui (ep 2)
Takuya Satō (eps 4, 7, 12)
Toshiaki Komura (eps 5, 10)
Episode Director:
Akira Tsuchiya (eps 1, 6)
Hidekazu Sato (ep 7)
Kaoru Suzuki (eps 4, 9)
Masahito Otani (eps 5, 10)
Masayuki Ōzeki (eps 3, 8)
Mujo Sanbi (ep 12)
Shintaro Inokawa (ep 2)
Tomoki Kobayashi (ep 11)
Original Character Design: Oh! great
Art Director: Kenkichi Urata
Animation Director:
Akira Tsuchiya 
Daijirō Sakamoto (eps 3, 8)
Haruo Sotozaki (eps 7, 12)
Hideaki Shimada (eps 4, 9)
Hiroto Katō (eps 1, 6, 11)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 5)
Kazumi Miwa (ep 12)
Megumi Kadonosono (OP, ED)
Nobuaki Nagano (eps 1, 12)
Shigetaka Kiyoyama (ep 10)
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 1)
Yūji Yanase (ep 2)
Animation Character Design: Megumi Kadonosono
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Hidetoshi Watanabe
Executive producer: Ouji Hiroi
Animation Check: Yūji Gotō
Animation producer:
Hiroshi Sakurai
Toshiki Ōnishi
Animation Production Coordinator: Atsumi Tashiro
Assistant Character Design: Futoshi Higashide
Assistant Director: Hiroaki Shimura
Color design: Manami Aoyama
Color Key: Kazumi Hasegawa (Studio Toys; ep 7)
Color setting: Hironori Nochi 
Design: Keiji Gotō
Ending Animation: Keiji Gotō (eps 4-12)
Key Animation Supervisor:
Hiroto Katō 
Nobuaki Nagano 
Toshiharu Sugie 
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Opening Animation: Keiji Gotō
Original Idea: Ko Maisaka
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Production: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Effects:
Etsuro Kihara (eps 4, 9)
Masaharu Arai (eps 5, 10)
Takashi Maekawa 
Yutaka Hoshiba (ep 1)
Yutaka Senba 
Story Concept: So Toyama
Theme Song Performance:
Mica Okudoi (ED)
Mika Okudoi (ED)
Yuko Sasaki (OP)
Titles: Satoru Katayama
Tomokazu Seki as Masahiko Kutani
Tsubasa Otomiya as Himiko Himejima

Akiko Hiramatsu as Shino
Atsuko Tanaka as Fujina
Chiyako Shibahara as Kiyomizu
Etsuko Kozakura as Tadami
Gara Takashima as Tenmoku
Kyōko Hikami as Kouran
Omi Minami as Kyou
Yumi Takada as Seika

Chie Nakamura as Shouhi
Jin Horikawa as Enki
Kenji Hamada as Iga's Subordinate (ep 2)
Kōji Ishii as Iga
Kōji Tobe as Haniwa Soldier (ep 2)
Kōzō Shioya as King of Kune
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Kora
Norio Wakamoto as
Amatama master
Jakatsu
Rica Fukami as
Iyo
Kira
Takao Ishii as Heihachirou
Takayasu Usui as haniwa soldier
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shigara
Yūko Mizutani as Imari

Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Translation: Katsuho Shimoharu
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
ADR Engineer: Kevin Wilson
Associate producer: Tom Wayland
Dubbing Supervision: Tom Wayland
DVD Coordination: Ross Lefko
In House Production Manager: Tim Werenko
In-House Production: Justin Sevakis
James Wolfe as Masahiko Kutani
Veronica Taylor as Himiko Himejima

Ami Shukla as Tenmoku
Angora Deb as Shino
Jessica Calvello as Seika
Michelle Medlin as Kyou
Sharon Becker as Fujina
Tara Jayne as Tadami

Billy Regan as Enki
Dan Green as Chosa
Dana Halsted as Kira
David Zema as Heihachiro
Jack Taylor as Shikara
Lisa Ortiz as Koran
Patrick Harper as Korai
Vibe Jones as Imari

English companies
5.1 Surround Mix: Matlin Recording, Inc.
Audio Post Production: Matlin Recording, Inc.
Broadcaster: Anime Selects
Captions: Captions, Inc.
Digital Download: Direct2Drive
Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps
Licensed by: Central Park Media

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