"Ikki tôsen" (2003) TV series 2003-

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

Once again, blood flows in the streets of Kanto!

Plot:

Seven schools are constantly "at war" with each other, and the students have become skilled fighters and constantly battle with rival schools...

Plot Keywords:

Destiny | Battle | Fighter | Country | Student

Cast

Masumi Asano	...	Hakufu Sonsaku (13 episodes, 2003)
Satoshi Hino	...	Kôki Shûyu (13 episodes, 2003)
Kikuko Inoue	...	Goei (13 episodes, 2003)
Hunter Mackenzie Austin	...	Kaku Bunwa (13 episodes, 2003)
Jonas Ball	...	Teifu Tokubo (13 episodes, 2003)
Ivan Buckley	...	Gakushu (13 episodes, 2003)
Justin Gross	...	Genpo Saji (13 episodes, 2003)
Lance J. Holt	...	Fighter C, Man with Braided Hair, Ryuyo (13 episodes, 2003)
Taliesin Jaffe	...	Kannei, Student C (13 episodes, 2003)
William Knight	...	Choko (13 episodes, 2003)
Willow Lane	...	Shimei (13 episodes, 2003)
Wendee Lee	...	Goei (13 episodes, 2003)
Jay Lerner	...	Kakuka Hoko (13 episodes, 2003)
Michael McConnohie	...	Narrator (13 episodes, 2003)
J.C. Miller	...	Fighter A, Hannoh (13 episodes, 2003)
Liam O'Brien	...	Ganyro (13 episodes, 2003)
Jonathan C. Osborne	...	Fighter A, Fighter B, Student B (13 episodes, 2003)
Josh Phillips	...	Genjo (13 episodes, 2003)
Robin Rhodpa	...	Hosen Ryofu (13 episodes, 2003)
Sam Riegel	...	Chuei Totaku, Student A (13 episodes, 2003)
Carrie Savage	...	Hakufu Sonsaku (13 episodes, 2003)
Patrick Seitz	...	Taishiji (13 episodes, 2003)
Erica Shaffer	...	Kanu Uncho (13 episodes, 2003)
Stephanie Sheh	...	Chinkyu (13 episodes, 2003)
Ted Sroka	...	Kokin Shuyu (13 episodes, 2003)
Amy Treadwell	...	Ukitsu (13 episodes, 2003)
Greg Weisman	...	Soso Motoku (13 episodes, 2003)
Yûko Kaida	...	Ryomô Shimei (12 episodes, 2003)
Yoji Ueda	...	Genjô Kakôton / ... (12 episodes, 2003)
Kenta Miyake	...	Narrator / ... (12 episodes, 2003)
Hajime Iijima	...	Gakushu (11 episodes, 2003)
Daisuke Namikawa	...	Chûei Tôtaku (11 episodes, 2003)
Akeno Watanabe	...	Hôsen Ryofu / ... (11 episodes, 2003)
Ryuzo Hasuike	...	Kayû / ... (11 episodes, 2003)
Shotaro Morikubo	...	Genpô Saji (10 episodes, 2003)
Susumu Akagi	...	Môtoku Sôsô / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Haruhi Terada	...	Bunwa Kaku (8 episodes, 2003)
Takayuki Fujimoto	...	Hannô / ... (8 episodes, 2003)
Yumiko Kobayashi	...	Ukitsu (7 episodes, 2003)
Hiroe Oka	...	Kôdai Chinkyû / ... (7 episodes, 2003)
Jirô Saitô	...	Chôkô / ... (6 episodes, 2003)

Series Directed by
Takashi Watanabe		(13 episodes, 2003)
Noriaki Akitaya		(3 episodes, 2003)
Matsuo Asami		(2 episodes, 2003)
Hiroto Kato		(2 episodes, 2003)
Kôichi Takada		(2 episodes, 2003)

Series Writing credits
Yuji Shiozaki		(13 episodes, 2003)
Takao Yoshioka		(13 episodes, 2003)

Series Produced by
Setsu Andô	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Keiji Hamada	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Hideyuki Kuroiwa	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Yuji Matsukura	....	producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Mitsuhiro Matsuo	....	assistant producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Kazuaki Morijiri	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Nobuhiro Osawa	....	producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Shigehiro Tanaka	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Nobuhiro Ôsawa	....	producer (13 episodes, 2003)

Series Original Music by
Hiroshi Motokura		(13 episodes, 2003)

Series Cinematography by
Shingo Fukuyo		(13 episodes, 2003)
Youhei Suzuki		(13 episodes, 2003)

Series Film Editing by
Shigeru Nishiyama		(13 episodes, 2003)

Series Art Direction by
Yoshinori Hirose		(13 episodes, 2003)

Series Art Department
Takashi Watanabe	....	storyboard artist: opening & ending sequences / storyboard artist (13 episodes, 2003)
Kôichi Takada	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2003)
Hideaki Uehara	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2003)
Tomomi Andou	....	color designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Shôji Kato	....	sound effects editor (13 episodes, 2003)
Seiichi Kawashima	....	sound production supervisor (13 episodes, 2003)
Yûichirô Koyama	....	recording mixer (13 episodes, 2003)
Tsuyoshi Takahashi	....	sound director (13 episodes, 2003)
Mamoru Togashi	....	recording mixer (13 episodes, 2003)
Gregg Hall	....	sound recording engineer: English version (unknown episodes)
Rob Landreth	....	sound recording engineer: English version (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Shôko Mori	....	digital painter (11 episodes, 2003)
Miwako Suzuki	....	digital painter (11 episodes, 2003)
Asuka Hino	....	digital painter (10 episodes, 2003)
Maya Muranaga	....	digital painter (9 episodes, 2003)
Ayako Suenaga	....	digital painter (8 episodes, 2003)
Akiko Uchida	....	digital painter (7 episodes, 2003)
Tomomi Andou	....	digital painter (4 episodes, 2003)
Mika Funabashi	....	digital painter (2 episodes, 2003)
Kyôsuke Ishikawa	....	digital painter (2 episodes, 2003)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Toshirô Hamamura	....	digital camera operator (13 episodes, 2003)
Hiroyuki Hata	....	digital camera operator (13 episodes, 2003)
Rikiya Hirooku	....	manager of photography (13 episodes, 2003)
Kazuya Iwai	....	digital camera operator (13 episodes, 2003)
Yutaka Kurosawa	....	digital camera operator (13 episodes, 2003)
Tomokazu Nakanishi	....	digital camera operator (13 episodes, 2003)
Yoshio Ookouchi	....	digital camera operator (13 episodes, 2003)
Tatsuo Sakai	....	digital camera operator (13 episodes, 2003)
Misuzu Takahashi	....	digital camera operator (13 episodes, 2003)

Series Animation Department
Hirofune Hane	....	background artist (13 episodes, 2003)
Shinya Hasegawa	....	animation director: opening & ending sequences / animator: ending sequence (13 episodes, 2003)
Satoru Hirayanagi	....	background artist (13 episodes, 2003)
Hiroya Iijima	....	animator: opening sequence / animator / ... (13 episodes, 2003)
Noriko Ikebata	....	background artist (13 episodes, 2003)
Mitsuharu Kajitani	....	animator: opening sequence (13 episodes, 2003)
Tomonori Kuroda	....	background artist (13 episodes, 2003)
Masaki Nakaya	....	animator: opening sequence / animator (13 episodes, 2003)
Teruhiko Niita	....	background artist (13 episodes, 2003)
Kimitoshi Sugishita	....	background artist (13 episodes, 2003)
Kenji Uchinou	....	animator: opening sequence (13 episodes, 2003)
Takako Kouno	....	inbetween checker (12 episodes, 2003)
Nobuko Ogino	....	inbetween checker (12 episodes, 2003)
Hiroki Okamoto	....	inbetween checker (12 episodes, 2003)
Mizuki Maedomari	....	inbetween artist / animator / ... (11 episodes, 2003)
Miho Uemura	....	inbetween artist (11 episodes, 2003)
Takehiko Kageyama	....	inbetween artist (10 episodes, 2003)
Saki Sadamori	....	inbetween artist (10 episodes, 2003)
Yuki Imoto	....	inbetween artist / animator (9 episodes, 2003)
Yukie Shimizu	....	inbetween artist (9 episodes, 2003)
Shigeki Kimoto	....	inbetween artist / secondary key animator (8 episodes, 2003)
Shigeki Motoki	....	animator (8 episodes, 2003)
Ryozo Sugiyama	....	animator / animation director (8 episodes, 2003)
Tomoji Tezuka	....	inbetween artist (7 episodes, 2003)
Kuniaki Masuda	....	animator / animation director (6 episodes, 2003)
Kaoru Ooki	....	inbetween artist (6 episodes, 2003)
Koichi Yagami	....	animator / animation director / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
Jun Arai	....	animator (5 episodes, 2003)
Tsuyoshi Kawada	....	animator (5 episodes, 2003)
Kaori Miyazaki	....	inbetween artist (5 episodes, 2003)
Misako Nomura	....	inbetween artist (5 episodes, 2003)
Masahiro Sakado	....	inbetween artist (5 episodes, 2003)
Yoshiyuki Tabata	....	animator (5 episodes, 2003)
Akiko Uchida	....	cel checker / color designer (5 episodes, 2003)
Tomomi Andou	....	color designer / cel checker (4 episodes, 2003)
Miyuki Ishida	....	color designer / cel checker (4 episodes, 2003)
Miki Kato	....	animator / secondary key animator (4 episodes, 2003)
Sôichirô Kôno	....	animator (4 episodes, 2003)
Hiroyuki Hashimoto	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Yukie Hiyamizu	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Keiko Ijima	....	animator / animation director (3 episodes, 2003)
Asako Inayoshi	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Tomoshige Inayoshi	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Mieko Maruyama	....	color designer / cel checker (3 episodes, 2003)
Kazuko Matsumura	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Naomi Miyata	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Shintaro Muraki	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Maya Muranaga	....	cel checker (3 episodes, 2003)
Kôichirô Ono	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Ayako Suenaga	....	cel checker (3 episodes, 2003)
Satoshi Tezuka	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Emi Watanabe	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Hajime Yoshida	....	animator (3 episodes, 2003)
Kazuhiko Abe	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Katsuya Asano	....	animator / assistant animation director (2 episodes, 2003)
Keiko Hagimori	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Shinsuke Ishikawa	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Rika Kanetaka	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Hiroto Kato	....	animation director / animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Mitsumasa Kimura	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Yasunori Kimura	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Kazuhide Kondo	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Takumi Koyama	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Kouji Ogawa	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Kazuhiro Ohmame	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Koichi Takai	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Motoki Tanaka	....	animation director / animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Yoshio Usuda	....	animation director / animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Kyota Washikita	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)
Masanori Ôsawa	....	animator (2 episodes, 2003)

Series Editorial Department
Ryouji Kishi	....	editor: video (13 episodes, 2003)

Series Music Department
Yûichi Orimoto	....	music producer (13 episodes, 2003)
Takashi Takewaki	....	music producer (13 episodes, 2003)

Series Other crew
Toshiaki Asaka	....	promotion (13 episodes, 2003)
Makoto Furukawa	....	calligraphy (13 episodes, 2003)
Yoshirô Idehara	....	production supervisor (13 episodes, 2003)
Kazuto Imanishi	....	planner (13 episodes, 2003)
Chiho Kitabayashi	....	promotion (13 episodes, 2003)
Katsuji Nagata	....	planner (13 episodes, 2003)
Masaki Nakaya	....	action supervisor (13 episodes, 2003)
Tôru Okazaki	....	planner (13 episodes, 2003)
Jôji Suzuki	....	literary coordinator (13 episodes, 2003)
Takao Yoshioka	....	series composition (13 episodes, 2003)
Daisuke Eguchi	....	production assistant (4 episodes, 2003)
Mitsuru Yamamoto	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2003)
Reiko Matsuo	....	translator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• AT-X
• Genco
• Ikki Tôsen DD Partners
• J.C. Staff
• Wani Books

Distributors

• AT-X (2003) (Japan) (TV)
• Chiba TV (2003) (Japan) (TV)
• FUNimation Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Geneon Entertainment (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
• Geneon Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sun TV (2003) (Japan) (TV)
• TV Saitama (2003) (Japan) (TV)
• Television Kanagawa (TVK) (2003) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• Glovision  recording studio
• Lantis  music cooperation
• Project Ikki  music

Also Known As:

Runtime:

325 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Chace Surround (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Chile:14 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | USA:TV-MA | Japan:R-15 | New Zealand:R16 (DVD volume 2) | UK:15 | Germany:16 | UK:18 (volume 2) | New Zealand:M | Canada:14A (Manitoba) (volume 1 & 2) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) (volume 4) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) (volume 3)

Company:

AT-X

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Tei was telling Ryomo that he was going to make it when he in battle, he said he was seeing triple. But he was seeing double.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "JesuOtaku Anime Reviews: Ikki Tousen (#1.2)" (2010)

a bad turn from manga to TV.

the books where good. published by tokyopop, they were (a little) less pervy than the rest(at least, the pervyness was more justifiable). the story was deep, and well written out. but when it came out as a TV series, the anime was blotchy, scenes past to quick, a lot of talk, and a really, really ditsy busty main. i mean, she was ditsy in the book(dated worse...), but it was funny. the TV series was just ditsyness when it wasn't really needed at all. the story was not very well done. there were very few references to the magenta thingies and the past. i enjoyed it enough, but the whole uniform falls apart thing? one kick and everything falls off, save for conveniently placed bits of cloth? we arnt that young anymore. and since this is aimed for an 18+ audience, surely some more grown up approaches would suffice.