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Samurai Gun (TV)

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© Kazuhiro Kumagai • Shueisha / AVEX / ADV FILMS


Alternative title:
サムライガン (Japanese)
Genres: action
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: It is the beginning of the industrial revolution, and feudal Japan is in turmoil. The ruling Shogun are wielding their abusive powers to instill fear and dominance over their oppressed subjects. Beatings, imprisonment, rape and even murder are the adopted tactics chosen to maintain their reign. The bloodshed must end. A group of Samurai have banded together, and, with the development of new weapons and new technology, they have both the will and the hardware to stand up and fight. Ichimatsu is one of these fighters. By day, he works incognito at a local tavern, in the evenings he frequents the brothels, and by the dark of night, he doles out some big-time, gun-barrel justice. He is here to help. He is Samurai Gun.
User Ratings: 280 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Excellent: 14 votes (dub:10, sub:4)
 Very good: 30 votes (dub:19, sub:11)
 Good: 58 votes (dub:29, sub:28, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 56 votes (dub:34, sub:19, raw:1, others:2
1 German dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 37 votes (dub:21, sub:15, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Not really good: 23 votes (sub:13, dub:9, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 23 votes (dub:13, sub:10)
 Bad: 18 votes (dub:11, sub:6, raw:1)
 Awful: 11 votes (dub:9, sub:2)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (dub:4, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 594 users, rank: #1881 (of 9585)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.539 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.2389, rank: #8232 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 5.554 (Decent−), rank: #8228 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.01 / seen some: 4.97 / won't finish: 2.55)
Bayesian estimate: 5.645 (Decent−), rank: #6827 (of 7289)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2004-10-04 to 2004-12-21
Opening Theme:
"SAMURAI CREW" by ZZ
Ending Theme:
"Ienai Kotoba" by Aiko Kayo
#2: "Zutto... Issho" by Minori Chihara (ep 12)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Samurai Gun DVD 1 (Aug 31, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Samurai Gun - Cocked and Loaded (DVD 1) 2005-08-16 (from $7.99)
    Samurai Gun - Cocked and Loaded + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-08-16 (from $10.09)
    Samurai Gun - High Caliber Entrapment (DVD 2) 2005-09-20 (from $8.88)
    Samurai Gun - Lethal Influence (DVD 3) 2005-12-20 (from $8.90)
    Samurai Gun - The Bitter End (DVD 4) 2006-02-14 (from $19.99)
    Samurai Gun - Complete Collection [Thinpak] [Best Buy Exclusive] (DVD 1-3) delayed/cancelled
    Samurai Gun - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-3) 2007-02-20 (from $64.99)
    Samurai Gun - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-3) 2008-07-29 (from $31.45)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuhito Kikuchi
Series Composition: Hideki Sonoda
Script:
Hideki Sonoda (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 11-12
)

Toshimichi Ōkawa (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 8-10
)

Storyboard:
Junichi Yokoyama (ep 3)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (eps 1-2)
Kiyoshi Egami (ep 5)
Makoto Moriwaki (ep 8)
Masami Shimoda (eps 11-12)
Osamu Yamasaki (eps 6, 10)
Shin Matsuo (ep 9)
Yoshiaki Okumura (eps 4, 7)
Episode Director:
Junichi Yokoyama (ep 3)
Kunitoshi Okajima (eps 4, 12)
Mihiro Yamaguchi (eps 1-2, 11)
Naoki Kusumoto (eps 5, 8)
Osamu Yamasaki (ep 6)
Satoshi Shimizu (ep 10)
Shin Matsuo (ep 9)
Yoshiaki Okumura (ep 7)
Music: Akifumi Tada
Original Manga: Kazuhiro Kumagai
Character Design: Kenichi Ōnuki
Chief Animation Director: Kenichi Ōnuki
Mechanical design: Takeshi Takakura (main)
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
Executive producer: Takayuki Nagasawa (avex)
Producer:
John Ledford (ADV Films)
Kazuo Jibiki (Egg)
Kazuo Jibuki (Egg)
Yūji Suzuki (avex)

Editing: Jun Takuma
Key Animation:
Masahito Yamashita (OP, ED)
Yūichi Nakazawa (Anime R; ep 1)
Planning: Takayuki Nagasawa (avex)
Theme Song Performance:
Aiko Kayo (ED)
Minori Chihara (ED2)
ZZ (OP)
Showtaro Morikubo as Ichimatsu

Hisao Egawa as Lord Kozan
Katsuyuki Konishi as Daimon
Kazuya Nakai as Matsuzaki
Kyōko Hikami as Kurenai
Masaki Terasoma as Kaishuu Katsu
Minori Chihara as Ohana
Tomokazu Sugita as Wagashira

Akimitsu Takase as Tavern Master (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 13
)
Hidehiko Kaneko as
Gate Guard (ep 4)
Itagaki (ep 7)
Kenta (ep 10)
Mozu (ep 9)
Samurai Gun C (eps 11-12)
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Archimedes (ep 6)
Hiroki Takahashi as Sutekichi
Hiroshi Kamiya as
Gishuu Ichikawa (ep 1)
Hebizo (ep 10)
Hiroshi Okamoto as
Kamekichi (ep 10)
Samurai Gun B (eps 11-12)
Jin Horikawa as Inazuma (ep 4)
Kanako Omura as Natsumi (ep 10)
Kaori Shimizu as Akane (ep 3)
Kaori Yamagata as Osei (ep 9)
Kazuki Yao as Onimaru (ep 3)
Keiji Hirai as Toku
Kōhei Fukuhara as
Ninja (ep 4)
Saionji (ep 7)
Samurai Gun A (eps 11-12)
Shishimaru (ep 10)
Kōsuke Okano as Masa
Kouji Kamiya as Gishuo Ichikawa (ep 1)
mai as
Girl (ep 7)
Kozue (ep 10)
Osae
Sasara (ep 6)
Mai Nakahara as Mitsu
Masakazu Suzuki as Seiritsu Urao (ep 5)
Masaya Takatsuka as Toranosuke (ep 9)
Miho Saiki as Moe (ep 10)
Misa Watanabe as Raika (ep 6)
Mutsumi Sugihara as Taki (ep 6)
Naoki Makishima as Lord Kuroda (ep 7)
Nozomu Sasaki as Ryoma Sakamoto (ep 9)
Ryūji Mizuno as Village Elder (ep 10)
Sanshirō Nitta as Tome
Shūhei Sakaguchi as Chisuu Ichikawa (ep 1)
Takahiro Fujimoto as
Guard Captain (ep 8)
Kanpachi (ep 10)
Takashi Nagasako as Gunkei Yoshii (ep 4)
Takehito Koyasu as Gouta (eps 11-12)
Tamotsu Nishiwaki as Otokichi
Tetsuo Kanao as Rekkai
Tomohisa Asō as Joukichi (ep 3)
Tomohisa Asow as Joukichi (ep 3)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as Geki Ooi (ep 2)
Yasuhiko Tokuyama as Shikazo (ep 9)
Yasunori Masutani as Genpachirou Himuro (ep 9)
Yōji Ueda as
Jihou (ep 6)
Samehachi (ep 10)
Yasumasa Yamanaka (ep 2)
Yugo Takahashi as Chuusuu Ichikawa (ep 1)
Yui Kano as Landlady (ep 1)
Yūji Mikimoto as Toukichirou Takayama (ep 8)
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Kyle Jones
Translation: Lucan Duran
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (Thinpaks)
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer: Kyle Jones

Additional Music: Christine Auten
ADR Lyrics: Christine Auten
DVD Coordination: Anthony Benavides
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Mixing: Wade Shemwell
Packaging & DVD Graphics:
Andrew Orjuela (2008 Thinpak)
Russell Etchen
Victor Cormier (2007, 2008 Thinpaks)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production Assistant: Maki Nagano
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Senior Translator: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Sound Design: Wade Shemwell
Illich Guardiola as Ichimatsu

Christine Auten as Kurenai
Ty Mahany as Daimon
Vicki Barosh as The Madam
Victor Carsrud as Matsuzaki

Alice Fulks as
Lady of the Evening
Running Prostitute
Allison Sumrall as Thankful Prostitute
Anthony Benavides as Various Dead Ninja,Komuske, Drunk Patron
Ben Hamby as
Samurai Gun A (ep 12)
Ushimatsu (ep 10)
Chris Patton as Mitsumune Watou
Eric Opella as Tome
Gabi Chennisi as Young Kurenai
George Manley as Lord Kozan
Hiroko Fukumori as Tavern Customer (ep 1)
Jason Douglas as Sutekichi
Jeff Duncan as Tavern Customer (ep 1)
Jessica Boone as Helpful Prostitute
Jim McClellan as Working Class A
John Gremillion as
Geki
Samurai Gun C
John Kaiser as Whipping Boy
John Swasey as
Samurai Gun B
Toku
Jonathan Brands as Tavern Customer (ep 1)
K.C. Jones as
Mister Whisper
Scumbag
Kelly Manison as Tortoured Woman
Lidia Porto as Osae's Caretaker
Mariela Ortiz as Kozue
Matt Crawford as Tavern Customer (ep 1)
Matt Culpepper as Onimaru (ep 3)
Mike Kleinhenz as Tavern Master
Mike MacRae as Rekkai
Paul Oddo as Chuusuu
Quentin Haag as
Gishuu
Samurai Gun A
Rick Piersall as Yamanaka
Rob Mungle as Chishuu
Rod Peters as Samurai Gun D
Scott McClennen as Working Class B
Scott Rudy as Masa
Slappy Cortez as Rapist
Ted Pfister as Otokichi
TJP as Katsu
Xero Reynolds as Ninja

English companies
ADR Recording: ADV Studios
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Production: ADV Studios
Licensed by: ADV Films
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
French staff
French cast
(none)
Claire Beaudoin as Ohana
Emmanuel Lemire as Ichimatsu
Eric Challier as Masahide Kozan
Fred Cacheux as Senjûrô Daimon
Jérôme Wiggins as Kenta
Laurent Stocker as Sutekichi
Philippe Leroy as Mitsumune Watô
Sylvia Conti as Kurenai
French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ
Dubbing: GOMedia
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Distributor: Videomax (Mexico)
Spanish cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Bianca Krahl
Script: Heike Kospach
Bianca Krahl as Kurenai
Ilona Otto as Ohana
Uwe Büschken as Kaishuu Katsu

Bodo Wolf as Archimedes (ep 6)
David Nathan as Ichimatsu
Frank Schröder as Mitsumune Watou
Michael Iwannek as Chishuu Minamiyama (ep 1)
Olaf Reichmann as Gishuo Minamiyama (ep 1)
Rainer Fritzsche as Chuushuu Minamiyama (ep 1)
Tobias Kluckert as Daimon
Viktor Neumann as Sutekichi
German companies
Distributor: ADV Films

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