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KADO - The Right Answer (TV)

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Alternative title:
Seikai Suru Kado (Japanese)
正解するカド (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Kōjiro Shindō is a highly-skilled negotiator working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As his plane at Haneda airport prepares to take off, a huge mysterious cube appears from the sky. 'It' expands rapidly, and absorbs the passenger plane and its 252 passengers. The cube's name is "Kado". A strange being called Yaha-kui zaShunina appears from within Kado and tries to make contact with humanity. Shindō, who was been absorbed by Kado, ends up taking on the role of mediator between Yaha-kui zaShunina and humanity. The Japanese government sends its own negotiator, Saraka Tsukai.
User Ratings: 198 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 21 votes (sub:20, dub:1)
 Very good: 43 votes (sub:33, dub:8, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 54 votes (sub:46, dub:7, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 27 votes (sub:25, dub:2)
 So-so: 23 votes (sub:18, dub:3, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:10, others:1
1 Indonesia subtitled
)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:8, ?:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 313 users, rank: #2929 (of 9508)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.702 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7773, rank: #4973 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 6.652 (Good−), rank: #5053 (of 9647) (seen all: 6.71 / seen some: 5.30 / won't finish: 5.20)
Bayesian estimate: 6.706 (Good−), rank: #4502 (of 7268)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 14
Vintage:
2017-04-06 to 2017-06-30
2017-04-07 
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Tabiuta" (旅詩; Traveler's Poem) by Saraka Tsukai starring M.A.O
Ending Theme:
"Eien no Kotae" ( 永遠のこたえ; Eternity's Answer) by HARUCA
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    KADO - The Right Answer [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2019-12-10 (from $34.95)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    KADO - The Right Answer (BD+DVD) 2018-04-24 (from $39.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Kazuya Murata
Series Director: Masaki Watanabe
Series Composition: Mado Nozaki
Script: Mado Nozaki
Storyboard:
Akihiro Saitō (eps 3, 9)
Kazuo Miyake (ep 6)
Osamu Yamasaki (ep 8)
Ryo-timo (eps 5, 11)
Seiji Harada (eps 0, 10)
Yutaka Uemura (ep 4)
Episode Director:
Akihiro Saitō (eps 3, 6, 9)
Ryo-timo (eps 2, 5, 11)
Seiji Harada (ep 0)
Yasuhiro Tanabe (eps 4, 7, 10)
Unit Director: Ryo-timo
Music: Taro Iwashiro
Character Design:
Aco Arisaka 
Hideaki Maniwa
Art Director: Takeshi Satou (Smartile)
Chief Animation Director: Hideaki Maniwa (eps 0, 7, 10)
Animation Director:
Hideaki Maniwa (9 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-9, 12
)

Masako Yumoto (eps 0, 7, 10)
Ryousuke Sawa (eps 5, 11)
Tatsuaki Okamoto (ep 7)
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Cgi Director: Yasuhiro Kato
Director of Photography: Keiko Ishizuka
Executive producer: Hiromi Kitazaki
Producer: Kōichi Noguchi

2nd Key Animation:
Akane Tamai (eps 0, 5)
Chikako Hori (ep 0)
Kaori Okada (eps 0, 5)
Yuka Fukuchi (eps 0, 5)
Animation producer: Yūta Ogura
Assistant Episode Director:
Seiji Harada (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 8, 12
)

Yūya Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9-11
)

Assistant producer: Kaori Yasumi
Casting: Yasuaki Sumi
CG Advancement: Ranmaru Taniguchi (eps 1-12)
Character Draft: Aco Arisaka
Character Supervisor: Hiroshi Miyamoto
Color design: Reiko Iwasawa
Color setting: Aya Mori (9 episodes
eps 0-4, 6, 8, 11-12
)

Digital In-Between Check: Emi Nakano (eps 0-12)
Editing Assistant: Kiminori Yoshida
Graphic Design: Natsuki Suzuki
Key Animation:
Alfred Reyes (Toei Phils; ep 4)
Asami Endo (eps 6, 11)
Bromudutika Nuswarin (Creators In Pack; ep 7)
Chinatsu Kameyama (ep 0)
Fumi Katō (Studio Colorido; ep 1)
Fumika Watanabe (Tatsunoko Pro; ep 2)
Hajime Maruo (6 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 8-9, 11
)

Hideaki Abe (Studio Colorido; ep 1)
Hiroko Komatsu (ep 0)
Hirotaka Ozawa (Creators In Pack; ep 7)
Hiroyuki Takeuchi (ep 0)
Hitomi Sasaki (ep 0)
Joey Karangian (Toei Phils; ep 4) 
Junya Sato (Kyushu Animation; ep 4)
Kanako Abe (Creators In Pack; eps 6, 10)
Kanan Sasaki (ep 12)
Kasumi Higuchi (Asahi Production; ep 5)
Katsuki Fukuda (ep 0)
Kazuhiro Manabe (Creators In Pack; ep 10)
Kentarō Kurisaki (Studio Colorido; ep 1)
Kyōhei Yamamoto (Creators In Pack; ep 6)
Lesti Roque (Toei Phils; ep 4) 
Mai Fujiwara (eps 0-5, 8, 11)
Manabu Nakatake (Creators In Pack; eps 6-7, 10)
Manop Jeansaitan (Creators In Pack; ep 7)
Marina Maki (ep 0)
Masahiko Matsuyama (ep 0)
Miki Miyamoto (ep 12)
Minapinan Tanwapun (Creators In Pack; eps 7, 10)
Mio Nakayama (ep 12)
Nana Morita (Signal.MD; eps 2-3, 6)
Natsuki Yamada (Tatsunoko Pro; ep 2)
Natsumi Hattori (Creators in Pack; eps 6-7, 10)
Natsumi Kuroda (Signal.MD; eps 2-3, 6)
Noriko Kakiuchi (Creators In Pack; ep 10)
Norio Matsuda (ep 12)
Pippovcharai Shoddoanan (Creators In Pack; ep 7)
Ryo-timo (ep 2)
Ryosuke Minagawa (ep 12)
Ryousuke Sawa (ep 11)
Satoru Yamashita (ep 0)
Seiji Masuda (ep 0)
Shinepayan Wongtanashit (Creators In Pack; eps 7, 10)
Shinmei Saito (eps 6, 11)
Shinsuke Okubo (ep 11)
Shiori Asaka (Signal.MD; eps 2-3, 6)
Shōma Ōno (ep 0)
Shuzilow.HA (As Shotaro Hamanaka; Creators In Pack; eps 6-7, 10)
Sonoka Kuroiwa (ep 5)
Takahiro Okumura (ep 12)
Takamasa Shimizu (ep 0)
Takashi Hashimoto (ep 0)
Takashi Nakamichi (Tatsunoko Pro; ep 2)
Takayuki Onoda (Creators In Pack; ep 10)
Tomokazu Yamazaki (eps 0, 8)
Tomoyoshi Tsuchiya (eps 1-5, 8-9)
Tonkam Prasat (Creators In Pack; ep 10)
Yasushi Fukushima (ep 0)
Yoshiki Masui (ep 0)
Yosuke Jinbo (Studio Colorido; ep 1)
Yu Kitamura (Asahi Production; ep 5)
Yue Chun Wang (Creators In Pack; ep 10)
Yūki Kawamura (ep 8)
Yukina Konno (Tatsunoko Pro; ep 2)
Yumiko Tomiki (ep 0)
Lead Animator:
Kai Makino
Yuya Yasuda
Lead BG Artist: Yukari Ishigami
Lead Character Artist: Chihiro Iwamoto
Lead Layout Artist: Mari Kobayashi
Lead Lighting Artist: Satoshi Nōzawa
Lead Prop Artist: Yukari Ishigami
Lead Unity Engineer: Kazuki Kobara
Online Editor: Sachiyo Kanno (Toei Digital Lab)
Paint Check: Aya Mori (9 episodes
eps 0-4, 6, 8, 11-12
)

Planning:
Kōzō Morishita (Toei Animation)
Naoshi Yoda (Toei)
Naoya Kinoshita (Kinoshita Group)
Production Design: Hideaki Maniwa 
Production manager: Takeshi Himi
Program Publicity: Yūma Takahashi (Aniplex)
Publicity Assistant:
Kanae Zakimi (Kinoshita Group)
Naoko Matsuda (Kinoshita Group)
Ryosuke Koreki (Toei)
Yoshitaka Kimura (Aniplex; eps 4-12)
Yūko Kamata (Aniplex)
Setting Production: Toshiki Kume
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno (Swara Pro)
Sound Effects Assistant: Ryūta Nakahara (Swara Pro)
Special Effects:
Norio Matsuda (eps 0-13)
Rumiko Nagai (eps 0-13)
Subtitle Design: Takahiro Yamada
Theme Song Composition: Taro Iwashiro
Theme Song Lyrics:
Izumi Soratani (ED)
Sumiyo Mutsumi (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
HARUCA (ED)
M.A.O (OP)
Hiroaki Miura as Kōjiro Shindō
M.A.O as Saraka Tsukai
Takuma Terashima as Yaha-kui zaShunina

Hiroshi Naka as Kōzō Inuzuka
Kenji Akabane as Shuhei Asano
Masami Kikuchi as Naoki Sasauchi
Rie Kugimiya as Kanata Shinawa
Shirō Saitō as Kiyotaka Ubuka
Shizuka Itō as Ritsu Natsume
Sōma Saitō as Shun Hanamori
Takuya Kirimoto as Takumi Gonno
Tetsuo Gotō as Tetsuto Mifune
Tsuyoshi Koyama as Atsuhiko Agata

Atsushi Imaruoka as Chinese ambassador (ep 5)
Aya Hisakawa as Saraka's mother (ep 10)
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Utamaru
Hiromu Miyazaki as Ministry of Foreign Affairs bureaucrat (ep 2)
Hitomi Ohwada as Reporter (ep 3)
Ikuya Sawaki as Junpei Tsukai (eps 8, 10)
Jin Horikawa as Adam Ward
Keiji Hirai as Police officer (ep 3)
Ken Uo as American ambassador (eps 4-5)
Kentarō Tone as
Hidehiko Shinohara (eps 1-2)
Minister (ep 4)
M.A.O as Receptionist (ep 1)
Manabu Muraji as Eiji Igarashi (ep 0)
Masaya Takatsuka as Producer (ep 7)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as
Minister (eps 3, 5)
Yukio Hidaka (eps 1-2, 4)
Naoki Tatsuta as Kazunori Osakabe (ep 0)
Noriko Uemura as Miharu Shindō (eps 6, 11)
Ryoko Shiraishi as Shimako Yuri
Seira Ryū as Airport announcer (ep 1)
Sōta Arai as Citizen (ep 7)
Taishi Murata as Mitsuhiko Nomura (eps 0, 11)
Takahiro Fujimoto as
Man (ep 0)
National Security Advisor (ep 1)
Takaya Kamikawa as Narrator
Tomoaki Maeno as Satoshi Tsukai (ep 8)
Toshiya Chiba as Man (ep 0)
Yōhei Azakami as Citizen (ep 7)
Yū Serizawa as Yukika (ep 12)
Yukiko Morishita as
National Security Agency worker (ep 1)
Reporter (ep 3)
Woman (ep 0)
Yūko Kaida as Sophie Fukami
Yuri Noguchi as
National Security Agency worker (ep 1)
Reporter (ep 3)
Yūsuke Handa as
Controller (ep 0)
Policeman (ep 3)
Surveyor (ep 6)
Tetsuo Ōishi
Yutaka Aoyama as Russian ambassador (eps 4-5)

Hitomi Ohwada (ep 12)
Hitomi Ueda (ep 12)
Kaede Okutani (ep 12)
Kōichi Gomi (ep 12)
Masamu Ono (ep 12)
Momoko Soyama (ep 12)
Reimi (ep 12)
Toshiya Chiba (ep 12)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Creators in Pack (ep 7)
Signal.MD (ep 5)
xenron (eps 6-7)
Animation Cooperation:
Asahi Production (ep 0)
Buemon (eps 3-4)
FrameBox (eps 3, 5)
Graphinica (ep 0)
Signal.MD (ep 0)
Sublimation (eps 1-3)
Animation Production: Toei Animation
Background Art: Kusanagi (ep 11)
Cooperation:
Aoni Production
Kusanagi (ep 12)
Distributor: Aniplex
Eyecatch: 10GAUGE (ep 1)
Layout Assistance: Sublimation (eps 4-5)
Main Title: 10GAUGE (ep 1)
Modeling Cooperation: Buemon (ep 2)
Opening Animation: 10GAUGE
Original Author: Toei Animation
Photography: Asahi Production
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Tyler Walker
Script: Blair Rowan
Translation: Adam Lensenmayer
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer:
Austin Sisk (eps 11-12)
Benjamin Tehrani (ep 12)
Brandon Peters (ep 12)
Brian Leonard (eps 0-2, 4)
Domonique French (eps 3-4, 7-10)
Jamal Roberson (eps 5-6)
Manuel Aragon (eps 11-12)
Matt Grounds (eps 11-12)
Ryan Urbanovsky (eps 0-3)
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant ADR Director: Tabitha Ray (eps 11-12)
Assistant producer:
Samantha Herek
Zach Bolton
Editing: Elisabeth Crist (Subtitles)
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Lead ADR Engineer:
Brian Leonard (ep 3)
Domonique French (7 episodes
eps 0-2, 5-6, 11-12
)

Ryan Urbanovsky (ep 4)
Mix Engineer: Neal Malley
Quality Check: Zachary Carlysle (Subtitles)
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Special Thanks To: Gregory Lanson
Subtitle Timing: Andy Ellis
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Translation Check: Rebecca Cottrill
Video Engineer: Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Ian Moore as Kōjiro Shindō
Jason Liebrecht as Yaha-kui zaShunina
Mikaela Krantz as Saraka Tsukai

Christopher Bevins as Takumi Gonno
Christopher Wehkamp as Atsuhiko Agata
Clay Wheeler as Shuhei Asano
Kenny Green as Tetsuto Mifune
Kristy Sims as Ritsu Natsume
Kyle Igneczi as Shun Hanamori
Mark Stoddard as Kōzō Inuzuka
Michael Johnson as Kiyotaka Ubuka
Sonny Strait as Naoki Sasauchi
Tabitha Ray as Kanata Shinawa

Aaron Dismuke as Tsukai's Brother (ep 8)
Ben Bryant as Cabinet Member C
Bradley Campbell as Cabinet Member A
Caitlin Glass as Tsukai's Mother (ep 10)
Dawn M. Bennett as Sophie Fukami
J. Michael Tatum as Narrator
Jeff Johnson as Yukio Hidaka (eps 1-2, 4)
Jeremy Schwartz as Tsukai's Father (ep 8)
Jill Harris as Yukika (ep 12)
Jim White as Eiji Igarashi (ep 0)
John Burgmeier as Adam Ward (ep 7)
Kyle Phillips as Hidehiko Shinohara (eps 1-2)
Laurie Steele as Shindo's Mom (ep 6)
Leah Clark as Tsukai's Brother (ep 10)
R Bruce Elliott as Bishop (ep 8)
Randy Pearlman as Kazunori Osakabe (ep 0)
Steve Powell as Cabinet Member B
Tyson Rinehart as Mitsuhiko Nomura (eps 0, 11)

English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
Subtitles: MX International
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Distributor: Toei Animation Inc Latin America (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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