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Kai Doh Maru (OAV)

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©2001Production I.G / ANX


Alternative title:
Kaidoumaru
怪童丸 (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Kai Doh Maru is the story of Kintoki, a girl, who was disguised as a boy at an early age to protect her against the enemies of her house. While disguised as a boy Kintoki's cousin, Princess Ouni falls in love with her, not realizing that Kintoki is actually a girl. Kintoki fled from her cousin's love and becomes hunted by her scheming uncle - until she is rescued by a noble samurai warrior, Lord Raiko. Kintoki spends the next few years under Lord Raiko's protection, learning how to use a sword. Kintoki eventually joins with Lord Raiko and his subordinates and becomes a warrior entrusted with protecting the city from bandits.
User Ratings: 468 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 14 votes (dub:8, sub:5, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 36 votes (sub:23, dub:12, ?:1)
 Good: 89 votes (sub:52, dub:35, raw:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 92 votes (sub:46, dub:41, ?:2, others:3
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 65 votes (sub:35, dub:25, raw:2, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 47 votes (sub:22, dub:22, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 59 votes (sub:32, dub:25, ?:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Bad: 36 votes (dub:16, sub:16, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Awful: 20 votes (sub:12, dub:7, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:3, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 787 users, rank: #1521 (of 9581)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.130 (So-so), std. dev.: 2.1509, rank: #8789 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 5.116 (So-so), rank: #8801 (of 9703) (seen all: 5.14 / seen some: 4.39 / won't finish: 2.46)
Bayesian estimate: 5.185 (So-so+), rank: #7138 (of 7286)
Running time: 45 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage:
2001-12-19
2008-04-12 (Portugal - Animax)
2008-04-12 (Spain - Animax)
2009-10-05 (USA)
Ending Theme:
"Ai Suru Koto Ga Boku Wo Ugokasu" by Akira Hiro
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
To be released in Japan by SME Visual Works on Dec. 19, 2001
It takes place during the Heian Period, when evil spirits resided in forests, mountains and rivers. Vice of all kinds was rampant. There was a girl who accompanied her loved one and battled against those evils while disguised as man. This brave one, with "Flames" tattooed onto her upper arm, was one of the "Four Devas." Her name was Kaidomaru. She fights for her love, Minamoto Yorimitsu, who sacrifices his life to protect Kyoto (the capital) from the evil doings of a "princess," who has been cursed by a malicious ogre. The princess, whom Kaidomaru used to play with as a child, is now her ultimate enemy of life.
Review:
Kai Doh Maru DVD (Apr 5, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Kaidohmaru (DVD) 2003-07-29 (from $13.18)
    Kaidohmaru [CA] (DVD) 2003-07-29

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kanji Wakabayashi
Script: Nobuhisa Terado
Character Design: Shōu Tajima
3D Director: Makoto Endō
Sound Director: Keiichi Momose
Producer: Katsuji Morishita

Chief 2D Works: Tsukasa Kakizakai
Chief Production Administrator: Shigeru Konno
Color Check: Reiko Kato
Color setting: Miho Tanaka
Color Supervisor: Nagisa Abe
Filming: Natsuko Mori
In-Between Supervision: Daizen Komatsuda
Key Animation Supervisor: Kyoji Asano
Photography: Kōji Tanaka
Production Administration: Yoshinori Kunieda
Score Music: Yoshihiro Ike
Title Music: Yutaka Fukuoka
Mitsuki Saiga as Kintoki Sakatano
Showtaro Morikubo as Raikou Minamotono
Yurika Hino as Princess Ouni/Shuten Dohji

Ai Orikasa as Douji Ibaragi

Fumiko Osaka as Fuji
Hikaru Hanada as Sadamitsu Usuino
Ikue Kimura as Yamabuki
Satoru Yanase as Suetake Urabeno
Yasunori Masutani as Tsuna Watanabeno
Yoshiyuki Kaneko as Seimei Abe
Yukimasa Kishino as Yoshinobu Sakata

Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Peter Bavaro
Executive producer: Marvin Gleicher
Producer: Peter Bavaro

Marketing Director: Mike Egan
Packaging Design: Elizabeth Stroll
Post-Production Coordinator: Christine Venturella
Production manager: Margo Coughlin
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kevin Wilson
Script Advisor: Matt Perrier
Bruce Winant as Minamoto-no-Raiko
Corinne Orr as Ohni-Hime (Shuten Dohji)
Kathleen McInerney as Sakata-no-Kintoki

David Rhodes as Ibaragi Dohji (Masakado)

Don Puglisi as Urabe-no-Suetake
Flavio Romeo as Watanabe-no-Tsuna
Jay Snyder as Usui-no-Sadamitsu
Larry Robinson as Fujiwara-no-Michinaga

English companies
Broadcaster:
Encore Action
Sci-Fi Channel (Ani-Tuesday and Ani-Monday)
Syfy (Ani-Monday)
Licensed by: Manga Entertainment
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Manga Video (France)
French cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Translation: Carles Boluda (Catalan dub)
ADR Script: Carles Boluda (Catalan dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau

Language Consultant: Ernest Rusinés (Catalan dub)
Assumpta Navascues as Kintoki Sakata (Spain dub)
Isabel Valls as Princess Ouni/Shuten Dohji (Catalan dub)
José Posada as Raikou Minamoto (Catalan dub)
Núria Trifol as Kintoki Sakata (Catalan dub)
Oscar Redondo as Raikou Minamoto (Spain dub)
Susana Damas as Princess Ouni/Shuten Dohji (Spain dub)

Aleix Estadella as Dohji Ibaragi (Catalan dub)
Rosa Mercader as Dohji Ibaragi (Spain dub)

Albert Socias as Yoshinobu Sakata (Catalan dub)
Carles Lladó as Tsuna Watanabe (Catalan dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Yamabuki (Catalan dub)
Esperança Domènech as Sra. Sakata (Catalan dub)
Eva Ordeig as Yamabuki (Spain dub)
Francisco Alborch as Michinaga Fujiwara (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Gemma Ibáñez as Fuji (Catalan dub)
J. Ignacio Latorre as
Tsuna Watanabe (Spain dub)
Yoshinobu Sakata (Spain dub)
Jesús López as Sadamitsu Usui (Spain dub)
Joaquin Rossell as Master Seimei (Spain dub)
María Rosa Gil as
Fuji (Spain dub)
Kintoki's Mother (Spain dub)
Pep Torrents as Master Seimei (Catalan dub)
Ramon Canals as Suetake Urabe (Catalan dub)
Ramón Hernández as Sadamitsu Usui (Catalan dub)
Salvador Campoy as Suetake Urabe (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Animax España
Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Spain; DVD)
Dubbing Studio:
Cristal Media (Spain dub)
Dubbing Films (Catalan dub)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation:
Lukasz Grzeszczak (Japanese version)
Piotr Skotnicki (English version)
(none)
Polish companies
Distributor: IDG Poland S.A.
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Portugal
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
(none)
Distributor: Emina AB
Swedish cast
(none)

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