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Hijikata Toshizo: Shiro no Kiseki (OAV)

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Alternative title:

Hijikata Toshizo: The White Trail

土方歳三白の軌跡 (Japanese)

Genres: drama

Themes: biography, historical, samurai

Plot Summary: A biographical sketch of the life and ideals of Hijikata Toshizou, Vice Commander of the Shinsengumi, fighting to uphold the Shogunate during the Meiji revolution.

User Ratings: 66 ratings have been given [details]

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Very good: 5 votes (sub:5)

Good: 13 votes (sub:12, others:1

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1 Spanish subtitled

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1 Russian dubbed

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Seen in part or in whole by 97 users, rank: #5255 (of 9585)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.697 (Decent−), std. dev.: 1.4031, rank: #7975 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 5.730 (Decent−), rank: #7910 (of 9708) (seen all: 5.73)
Bayesian estimate: 6.036 (Decent), rank: #6374 (of 7289)

Running time: 32 minutes

Number of episodes: 1

Vintage: 2004-01-12

Ending Theme:

"白の軌跡 (The White Tracks)" by Ruruko Minagawa

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Chie Uratani

Script: Mamiya Fujimura

Storyboard: Chie Uratani

Music: Kenichi Kamio

Original Character Design: Hiroe Maeda

Character Design: Chie Uratani

Art Director: Kazuko Katsui

Art: Tōru Hishiyama

Animation Director: Chie Uratani

Cgi Director: Daichi Yasuda

Executive producer:
Eiko Tanaka
Shunji Atsuta

Assistant Sound Design: Kanako Endou

Assistant Sound Engineer:
Hideaki Kizawa
Noriko Katō

Background Art:
Emiko Koizumi
Fukue Akibo
Harumi Sonoda
Kumiko Nagasaki
Marefumi Niibayashi
Mariko Tazaki
Masashi Kurihara
Masumizu Nishigawa
Minoru Nishida
Takuya Iida
Tomomi Shioda
Toshiyuki Yoshimura
Yasunari Usuda
Yuichi Suehiro
Yuichiro Nakajima
Yuka Okamoto

CG:
Minoru Terao
Mitsuhiro Kawamura
Momoe Aoki
Shiori Furusho
Takayuki Kusaba
Tomoko Washida
Yusuke Hirota

CGI Supervision: Keisuke Sasagawa

Color design: Miyuki Itō

Color setting:
Kumiko Narumo
Wakako Takahashi

Digital Paint:
Ayumi Maruyama
Chie Nakamura
Emi Kadono
Hiromi Sugakawa
Keiko Gouda
Mima Satou
Minaga Tanaka
Noriko Yamaguchi
Rika Fujishima
Shinkichi Umebayashi
Taisuke Utsumi
Yuuko Sawamura
Yuushi Ezashi

In-Between Check:
Chikako Kajitani
Sae Nirazuka

Key Animation:
Akira Tamura
Emiko Kataoka
Hideki Futamura
Hideki Hamasu
Hideki Sekiguchi
Hiroshi Nakanishi
Kazutaka Hara
Kazuya Nomura
Masahiko Kubo
Motonobu Hori
Naoto Takemoto
Nobutake Ito
Tadashi Matsuzaki
Yumi Chiba

Musical Performance:
Kiyomi Shinoiri (Violin)
Yoshio Kobayashi (Trumpet)

Period Background Research: Minori Hagio

Photograph Donation: Youichi Tsuri

Production Administration: Koutarou Hirugawa

Production Cooperation:
Kazue Miyazaka
Noriaki Sabashi

Production manager: Marimi Sakurai

Project Producer: Rika Hatakeda

Recording engineer: Kenji Nagashima (Beginners Studio)

Sound Design: Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Sweetening: Kōhei Ōishi

Theme Song Arrangement: Kenichi Kamio

Theme Song Composition: Kenichi Kamio

Theme Song Lyrics: Midori Sumigawa

Theme Song Performance: Ruruko Minagawa

Naoki Imamura as Hijikata Toshizou

Naomi Shindoh as Kimitsuru

Takayuki Sasada as Souji Okita

Tetsu Inada as Isami Kondo

Tetsuo Sakaguchi as Keisuke Yamanami

Erika Yamashita as Mother

Kazunari Tanaka as Keisuke Ooshima

Masaya Takatsuka as Takeaki Enomoto

Motoharu Shimomura as Shinsengumi Soldier B

Naomi Shindoh as Ichimura Tetsunosuke

Rika Komatsu as Hijikata Toshizou (child)

Ruruko Minagawa as Ogoto

Ryouhei Nakao as Shinsengumi Soldier A

Tomohisa Asō as Shinsengumi Soldier C

Yukitoshi Hori as Kamo Serizawa

Japanese companies

Animation: Studio 4°C

Animation Production: Studio 4°C

Backgrounds: Atelier BWCA

Co-Production: NTT

Digital Paint:
Sunshine Digital
Trace Studio M

In-Between Animation:
Anime R
Anime Spot
GAINAX
Oh! Production
Studio Moy
Studio Takuranke

MA Studio: Studio T&T

Music Cooperation: Lightlinks

Production:
Aoi Promotions
Beyond C.
Studio 4°C

Production Cooperation:
Eei-sha
Imagica
NTT-LS
Onkyou-Eizou Systems
Studio 4°C

Production Studio: Studio 4°C

Soundtrack: Beginners Label

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