"Eru kazado: El cazador de la bruja" (2007) TV series 2007-

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

4 April 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

All They Have is Each Other

Plot:

The story centers on two female characters: Ellis and Nadi. In the premise, Ellis is a murder suspect...

Plot Keywords:

On The Run | Bounty Hunter | Murder | Undressing | Sequel

Cast

Maxey Whitehead	...	Ellis (25 episodes, 2007)
Trina Nishimura	...	Nadie / ... (23 episodes, 2007)
Kenta Miyake	...	Douglas Rosenberg (14 episodes, 2007)
Bob Carter	...	Ricardo (13 episodes, 2007)
Clarine Harp	...	Jody Hayward (13 episodes, 2007)
Shizuka Ito	...	Nadi (13 episodes, 2007)
Jamie McGonnigal	...	L.A. / ... (13 episodes, 2007)
Monica Rial	...	Lirio (13 episodes, 2007)
Ai Shimizu	...	Ellis (13 episodes, 2007)
Ian Sinclair	...	Douglas Rosenberg (13 episodes, 2007)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Jodie Hayward / ... (12 episodes, 2007)
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Ricardo / ... (11 episodes, 2007)

Series Directed by
Kôichi Mashimo		(26 episodes, 2007)
Koji Sawai		(5 episodes, 2007)
Yuuki Arie		(4 episodes, 2007)
Shinya Kawamo		(4 episodes, 2007)
Hiroshi Morioka		(4 episodes, 2007)
Yutaka Hirata		(3 episodes, 2007)
Tomoaki Ohta		(3 episodes, 2007)
Tomoyuki Kurokawa		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Writing credits
Ken'ichi Kanemaki		(26 episodes, 2007)
Kôichi Mashimo		(26 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Rye		(26 episodes, 2007)
Hiroyuki Kawasaki		(7 episodes, 2007)
Satoru Nishizono		(6 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Bevins		(4 episodes, 2007)
Jack LaRouche		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Produced by
Mamiko Aoki	....	producer (26 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Bevins	....	line producer: FUNimation (26 episodes, 2007)
Justin Cook	....	producer: FUNimation (26 episodes, 2007)
Gen Fukunaga	....	executive producer: FUNimation (26 episodes, 2007)
Carly Hunter	....	producer: FUNimation (26 episodes, 2007)
Shigeru Kitayama	....	producer (26 episodes, 2007)
Shigeki Komatsu	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 2007)
Kazuya Kose	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 2007)
Hiroyuki Saeki	....	assistant producer (26 episodes, 2007)
Hiroshi Yoshida	....	assistant producer (26 episodes, 2007)

Series Original Music by
Yuki Kajiura		(26 episodes, 2007)

Series Cinematography by
Shinichi Igarashi		(26 episodes, 2007)

Series Film Editing by
Masayuki Kurosawa		(26 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Direction by
Yoshimi Umino		(26 episodes, 2007)
Tomomi Kato		(12 episodes, 2007)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hideaki Muraoka	....	assistant director (1 episode, 2007)

Series Art Department
Tomoaki Kado	....	conceptual art (26 episodes, 2007)
Yoko Kikuchi	....	characters designer (26 episodes, 2007)
Makiko Kojima	....	color designer (26 episodes, 2007)
Naomi Nakano	....	color coordinator: Studio Road / color coordinator: Studio Lord / ... (4 episodes, 2007)
Makiko Yamanaka	....	color coordinator: Studio Road / color setting: Studio Road (4 episodes, 2007)
Hanae Yokota	....	color coordinator: Argo Road / color coordinator: Studio Road / ... (4 episodes, 2007)
Koji Sawai	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2007)
Yutaka Hirata	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Shinya Kawamo	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Kôichi Mashimo	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Hiroshi Morioka	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Yuta Takamura	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Sound Department
Neal Malley	....	sound re-recording mixer (26 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Bevins	....	adr director (3 episodes, 2007)
Anthony 'Rocky' Gallo	....	recording engineer: new york (2 episodes, 2007)
Nobuhira Hirano	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 2007)
Nobutaka Hirooka	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 2007)
Cherry 'Kaoru' Huisey	....	recording coordinator: new york (2 episodes, 2007)
Toru Nakano	....	sound producer (2 episodes, 2007)
Masaru Urahata	....	sound effects: Sound Garden (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Special Effects by
Masahiro Murakami	....	special effects (26 episodes, 2007)

Series Visual Effects by
Niki Cooper	....	post production assistant (26 episodes, 2007)
Masashi Koezuka	....	mechanical designer (26 episodes, 2007)
Seiji Koezuka	....	mechanical designer (26 episodes, 2007)
Kenji Teraoka	....	mechanical designer (26 episodes, 2007)

Series Animation Department
Yoko Kikuchi	....	key animation supervisor: opening and ending animation / animation director (26 episodes, 2007)
Yasuhiro Saiki	....	mechanical animation director: opening animation (26 episodes, 2007)
Tomoaki Kado	....	mechanical animation director (7 episodes, 2007)
Mutsumi Sasaki	....	animation director / assistant animation director (4 episodes, 2007)
Daisuke Endô	....	animation director (3 episodes, 2007)
Yuichi Mari	....	animation director (3 episodes, 2007)
Shinichi Shigematsu	....	animation director (2 episodes, 2007)
Asami Watanabe	....	animation director / assistant animation director (2 episodes, 2007)
Yoshimitsu Yamashita	....	animation director (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Editorial Department
Takaaki Igarashi	....	format editor (1 episode, 2007)
Shigenobu Ogata	....	format editor (1 episode, 2007)

Series Music Department
Aa	....	lyrics: theme song (26 episodes, 2007)
Yuki Kajiura	....	musician: keyboards and programming / title song arranger (26 episodes, 2007)
Koichi Korenaga	....	musician: electric guitar (26 episodes, 2007)
Kôichi Mashimo	....	soundtrack supervisor (26 episodes, 2007)
Masato Matsuda	....	musician: piano (26 episodes, 2007)
Yuka Nanri	....	performer: theme song (26 episodes, 2007)
Keiichi Nozaki	....	music producer (26 episodes, 2007)
Kyoichi Sato	....	musician: drums (26 episodes, 2007)
Tomoharu Takahashi	....	musician: bass / musician: harmonica (26 episodes, 2007)
Takumi	....	composer: opening theme (26 episodes, 2007)

Series Other crew
Toru Itabashi	....	planner (26 episodes, 2007)
Shiro Sasaki	....	planner (26 episodes, 2007)
Satomi Akagaki	....	rights coordinator / production coordinator (8 episodes, 2007)
Yoshinori Sugawara	....	publicity producer (8 episodes, 2007)
Kei Masuko	....	publicity producer (7 episodes, 2007)
Naoko Matsumoto	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2007)
Kenichiro Tanaka	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2007)
Ryuuta Umehara	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 2007)

Production Companies

• Bee Train
• FUNimation Entertainment
• Project Leviathan
• d-rights

Distributors

• AT-X (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• FUNimation Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• TV Tokyo (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Victor Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Bee Train Digital

Other Companies

• Cutting Room Recording Studios  music recording: new york
• Half H-P Studio  sound recording studio
• Production AI  background art
• Sound Valley  music recording
• Studio Twinkle  photography
• Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus  music performed by
• Victor Entertainment  music producer

Also Known As:

"The Witch Hunter" - USA (literal title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-MA (dubbed version) | Australia:M | Germany:12 (volume 3, 4) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | Germany:16 | New Zealand:M

Company:

Bee Train

Trivia:

Composer Yuki Kajiura spent 10 days in Peru to draw inspiration for the series.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jody Hayward:There once was a physicist who published a new theory, which shattered all previously established notions of thermodynamics. Assuming the existence of an invisible entity that observes the movement of molecules, he concluded it was possible to control molecules...

Soundtrack:

Hikari no Yukue

Underrated Series

El Cazador is the third installment of the Girls With Guns Trilogy from studio Bee Train and it's surprisingly refreshing. Those expecting Noir II probably won't be pleased but those expecting something creative and highly inventive will be most happy. Going into El Cazador my self I really wasn't expecting much. The series didn't look like it had the same kick as MADLAX my personal favorite of the genre or the simplicity yet style of Noir. However when I started watching it, I simply couldn't put it down.

El Cazador is different from it's two previous predecessors in so many ways, it gives it the striking originality to make it a stand alone series not requiring the viewer to see the previous two. With a more adventure setting and much more of a blend of comedy and drama and a western flair through Central America, the series proves to be fun, enjoyable and a great anime take on the time honored Buddy Picture. The relationship of Nadie and Ellis develops episode by episode and we see the two become closer and even suffer some growing pains along the way. Being pursued by mysterious interests such as Rosenberg and Jody Heyward with the creepy stalker LA the bounds are clearly defined of good and bad.

There's no shortage of surprises and exciting moments in the series as well as the calm moments to sit back and enjoy the art and music culminate into a lovely atmosphere. Yuki Kajiura returns to provide the music bringing a Latin style along with other clever motifs such as the song "Maxwell's Witch" as music to Ellis' mysterious powers and FictionJunction YUUKA's "el cazador" written entirely in Kajiura's made up language but sounding Spanish all the same.

The series does suffer some pitfalls such as the lack of development for Nadie when compared to Ellis who gets an entire episode devoted to her backstory and can sometimes lack the style brought by Noir and MADLAX before it. The animation remains quite good and stays true to a style of simplicity but good looking all the same. Yoko Kikuchi contributes to the character designs once again as she did for Noir and they look fantastic.

Overall El Cazador is more than worth a look at even if you haven't seen the previous Girls with Guns series by Koichi Mashimo and his studio Bee Train. It's a fun adventure that you probably won't want to put down with funny and serious situations molded together making this an underrated triumph.