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Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East (TV)

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Alternative title:
Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun (Japanese)
八犬伝 ―東方八犬異聞― (Japanese)
八犬傳 ―東方八犬異聞― (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: supernatural
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Five years ago, almost every villager of Ootsuka died due to a tragic plague. But mysteriously enough, three survivors: a girl and two boys, emerged. Now living in a church, the three live in isolation, hidden from those who may seek to find them. Shino, one of the survivors, has control over the power of Murasame, the blade of life. But when the imperial church seeks to take the Murasame for themselves, their peaceful life becomes a thing of the past...
User Ratings: 240 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:2, ?:1)
 Excellent: 28 votes (sub:27, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 62 votes (sub:58, dub:2, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 65 votes (sub:59, dub:4, others:2
1 Arabic subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 35 votes (sub:32, dub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:10, ?:1, others:2
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:15)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 564 users, rank: #1942 (of 9583)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.033 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7769, rank: #3551 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 6.935 (Good), rank: #3983 (of 9705) (seen all: 7.29 / seen some: 5.65 / won't finish: 3.63)
Bayesian estimate: 6.965 (Good), rank: #3524 (of 7286)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2013-01-05
Opening Theme:
"God FATE" by Faylan
Ending Theme:
"String of pain" by Tetsuya Kakihara
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East - Season 1 Collection (Blu-ray) 2014-05-20 (from $20.72)
    Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2017-12-05 (from $25.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East - Season 1 Collection (DVD) 2014-05-20 (from $39.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Osamu Yamasaki
Director: Mitsue Yamazaki
Series Composition:
Mitsue Yamazaki
Osamu Yamasaki
Script:
Megumu Sasano (eps 2-4)
Mitsue Yamazaki (eps 1, 9)
Mitsutaka Hirota (eps 6-7, 10-12)
Osamu Yamasaki
Yoshiko Nakamura (中村能子; eps 5, 8, 13)
Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Namura (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 9, 12-13
)

Mamoru Hatakeyama (ep 6)
Masami Ōbari (OP)
Masashi Kojima (eps 2, 8, 11)
Mitsue Yamazaki (ep 1)
Ruka Ankai (ep 10)
Tetsuhito Saito (ep 5)
Tomochi Kosaka (ep 7)
Episode Director:
Geisei Morita (ep 2)
Hideki Takayama (eps 5, 11)
Hiroaki Nishimura (eps 4, 7)
Itsuro Kawasaki (ep 13)
Mitsue Yamazaki (ep 1)
Risako Yoshida (ep 9)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 3, 10)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 12)
Toshinori Watanabe (ep 8)
Unit Director: Masami Ōbari (OP)
Original creator: Miyuki Abe
Character Design: Hiromi Kato
Chief Animation Director:
Akio Hirakawa (8 episodes
eps 4-6, 8-11, 13
)

Miki Takihara (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 9-11
)

Takahiro Yasuda (ep 12)
Yuka Kudō (eps 7, 9-11, 13)
Yūko Yamada (eps 4, 6)
Animation Director:
Akira Monchi (eps 3, 7)
Hiroki Ikeshita (ep 4)
Hisashi Nakamoto (ep 6)
Ikuko Matsushita (eps 6, 11)
Jinshichi Yamaguchi (OP1, ED1; ep 13)
Makoto Koga (ep 2)
Masahiko Matsuo (ep 5)
Mika Saitō (ep 6)
Mika Takazawa (ep 3)
Miki Takihara (eps 1, 11)
Miyuki Honda (ep 3)
Satomi Matsuura (eps 4, 11)
Shosuke Shimizu (ep 6)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (ep 6)
Yukari Takeuchi (ep 5)
Yūko Yamada (ep 1)
Art design: Kazushi Fujii
Sound Director: Hozumi Gōda
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondo
Producer:
Atsushi Iwasaki (Frontier Works)
Keiichi Matsuda (Studio DEEN)
Kozue Kananiwa (MOVIC)
Masakatsu Oomuro (Dax Production)
Natsuki Uetake (Sony PCL)
Yukie Iwashita (Lantis)
Yuko Soen (Bandai Visual)

2nd Key Animation: Aki Nakagawa (eps 6-7, 9, 11)
Animation producer:
Kaoru Wada
Nobumitsu Urasaki
Art Supervision: Hiroki Matsumoto
Audio Commentary:
Ayahi Takagaki (eps 1, 5, 9)
Daisuke Namikawa (eps 5, 9)
Junichi Miyake (ep 9)
Mitsue Yamazaki (ep 12)
Naomi Shindoh (ep 7)
Nobuhiko Okamoto (ep 1)
Satoshi Hino (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 9, 12
)

Takuma Terashima (ep 4)
Tetsuya Kakihara (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 9, 12
)

Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii (ep 13)
Atsushi Saitō (OP)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 13)
Jinshichi Yamaguchi (ED1)
Kaori Yamada (ep 5)
Ken Ōtsuka (OP)
Masahiro Yamane (OP)
Masami Ōbari (OP; Uncredited)
Yi Sung Kim (eps 3-4, 11)
Yūichi Yoshida (ep 12)
Production Desk: Daisuke Ichioka
Theme Song Performance:
Faylan (OP)
Tetsuya Kakihara (ED)
Ayahi Takagaki as Hamaji
Satoshi Hino as Sōsuke Inukawa
Tetsuya Kakihara as Shino Inuzuka

Daisuke Namikawa as Kaname Osaki
Hiroshi Kamiya as Riō Satomi
Junichi Miyake as Keno Inusaka
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Murasame
Satoshi Hino as Ao
Shinichirō Miki as Dōsetsu Inuyama
Takuma Terashima as Kobungo Inuta
Tomoaki Maeno as Genbachi Inukai

Akari Harashima as Kinko
Akio Ōtsuka as Finnegan (ep 13)
Arisa Nishiguchi as Tenko
Binbin Takaoka as Chudai (ep 8)
Eiji Maruyama as Old Priest (ep 1)
Haruka Kimura as Chitose (eps 10-12)
Hiro Nakajima as Kokuko
Hisao Egawa as Kenta's Father (ep 1)
Ikuko Tani as
Monster (eps 10-11)
Old nuns (eps 10-11)
Junko Minagawa as Kohaku (eps 10-11, 13)
Kazuya Ichikawa as
Townsfolk (市川和也; eps 2-3)
Villager (市川和也; ep 1)
Ken Uo as Kobunbē Inuta
Mamiko Noto as Yukihime (ep 8)
Marie Miyake as Suzu Kumagai / Usakuma (ep 9)
Masako Katsuki as Tamazusa
Michiko Neya as Sayoko Inuta (eps 3-4, 11)
Miho Arakawa as Chikage (ep 5)
Miyu Katsui as Ginko
Mizuki Nishikawa as Kenta's Mother (ep 1)
Mugihito as Myōkō (eps 2, 4)
Naomi Shindoh as Kokonoe (eps 6-10, 12)
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Jouji Sakuraba (ep 6)
Noriaki Sugiyama as Seiran (ep 2)
Ryuma Habu as
Monk (ep 4)
Townsfolk (ep 3)
Villager (eps 6-7)
Satomi Akesaka as Ayane Mizuki (ep 5)
Satoshi Kubo as
Monk (ep 4)
Townsfolk (ep 3)
Villager (eps 6-7)
Satoshi Tsuruoka as Monkey deity / Shinonome (eps 6-7)
Satsuki Yukino as Akane Saiki (ep 6)
Sawa Ishige as Ruri Kobayakawa (ep 9)
Sora Tokui as Hyakko
Takashi Matsuyama as Toad Spirit (ep 1)
Takayuki Kondō as Shōichi (ep 11)
Yōko Honna as Lilith (ep 13)
Yūji Ueda as Priest (ep 1)
Yūko Sanpei as Kenta (ep 1)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2013-01-10)
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2013-01-05)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2013-01-12)
Tokyo MX (2013-01-06)
Key Animation:
Animation Planet (ep 5)
Anitus Kōbe (ep 4)
E-cho (ep 3)
HEBARAKI (ep 8)
Seigasha (ep 4)
Studio Angle (ep 12)
Studio Cockpit (ep 5)
Studio Wanpack (ep 5)
Photography: Megumi
Production Cooperation:
M.S.C (ep 13)
Nomad (ep 2)
Web Radio: Animate.tv
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres
Translation: Jackie McClure
ADR Script: George Manley
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Assistant Director: Leraldo Anzaldua
BD Authoring: David Williams
DVD Authoring: Nick Lee
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design:
Crista Faith Castro (2017 release)
Larry Koteff
Packaging Design:
Crista Faith Castro (2017 release)
Larry Koteff (Original release, 2017 release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (2017 release)
Production manager:
Joey Goubeaud
Son Phan Le (2017 release)
Sound Design & Mix: Brent Marshall
Subtitle Formatting:
Christopher Williams
Dwayne Jones
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Emily Neves as Hamaji
Greg Ayres as Shino Inozuka
Leraldo Anzaldua as Sosuke Inukawa

Andrew Love as Genpachi Inukai
Blake Shepard as Kaname Osaki
David Matranga as Rio Satomi
Greg Ayres as Murasame
Houston Hayes as Dosetsu Inuyama
Illich Guardiola as Keno Inusaka
Mark X Laskowski as Kobungo Inuta
Ty Mahany as Hazuki 

Adam Gibbs as
Drunk Man (ep 8)
Jouji Sakuraba (eps 6-7)
Allison Sumrall as
Chikage (ep 5)
Old Sister B (eps 10-11)
Ruri Kobayakawa (ep 9)
Beth Lazarou as Sayoko Inuta (eps 3-4, 8, 11)
Brittney Karbowski as Ayane Mizuki (eps 5, 9)
Carl Masterson as
Finnegan (ep 13)
Old Priest (ep 1)
Carli Mosier as Kokone
Christopher Ayres as
Bungobei Inuta (eps 2-4)
Man of the Village Office (ep 6)
Mayor (ep 7)
Shoichi (ep 11)
Connor Leach as Seiran (eps 2-4)
David Wald as
Kenta's Father (ep 1)
Military Police Officer (ep 3)
Myoko (eps 2, 4)
Genevieve Simmons as Tamazusa
George Manley as
Monkey Spirit (eps 6-7)
Sage (ep 13)
Toad Spirit (ep 1)
Kalin Coates as Kenta (ep 1)
Kurt Bauer as
Priest (ep 1)
Sage (ep 13)
Leraldo Anzaldua as Ao (eps 10-13)
Luci Christian as Chitose (ep 10)
Margaret McDonald as Suzu Kumagai (ep 9)
Molly Searcy as Kohaku (eps 10-11, 13)
Nancy Novotny as
Ayane Saiki (eps 6-7)
Snow Princess (ep 8)
Rob Mungle as
Chudai (ep 8)
Sage (ep 13)
Shop Master (ep 11)
Shelley Calene-Black as Lillith (ep 13)
Tiffany Grant as
Akane's Grandmother (ep 7)
Fox Guardians (Kinko, Tenko, Kokuko, Ginko, Byakko)
Old Sister A (eps 10-11)
Tiffany Terrell as Kenta's Mother (ep 1)

English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Seraphim Digital
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Jefferson Utanes
Translation: Carol S. Da Silva

Channel Head: Marjorie Neri-Estacio
Channel Producer: Diana Jean S. Hernandez
Rona Aguilar as Hamaji
Vincent Gutierrez as Sōsuke Inukawa
Wilbert Herrera as Shino Inuzuka

Louie Paraboles as Keno Inusaka
Mark Muñoz as Riō Satomi
Maynard Llames as Kobungo Inuta
Rafael Miranda as Kaname Osaki

Mark Muñoz as Seiran
Nica Rojo as
Akane Saiki
Kenta
Kohaku
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Distributor: Top-Insight BVI
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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