Tsuchigumo
- Studio
- NTV, VAP, Production I.G
- Animation studio
- Production I.G
- Distributor
- Anime Works
Synopsis
With their new companion Sadamitsu, Raiko and Tsuna approach the caves where the Tsuchigumos dwell. Inside the caves they meet with Kuzume, a young girl from the village kept in captivity by the Tsuchigumo clan. Raiko and her team advance deeper and deeper inside the cave, and in the innermost recess of this underground world, they finally see an altar emanating a holy light: it's the Magatama! But a huge shadow steps before them: for Raiko and her friends, it is time to face Hoshikuma, the feared commander of the Tsuchigumo clan!
Characters
Hikaru (Minamoto no Hikaru), Tsuna (Watanabe no Tsuna), Sadamitsu, Urabe, Kintaro, Mansairaku, Abe no Seimei, Urabe no Suetake, Villagers; English Version: Aya's Father, Minister of the Left, Regent, Mansairaku, Minister of the Right, Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Totate, Watanabe no Tsuna, Minamoto no Raiko, Taroumaru, Hoshikuma, Minamoto no Hikaru, Usui no Sadamitsu, Emperor, Abe no Seimei, Tabigeinin
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Hideyo Yamamoto
- Series Director
- Mizuho Nishikubo, Mizuho Nishikubo
Writing
- Writer
- Junichi Fujisaku
Voices
- Voice
- Fumie Mizusawa (Hikaru [Minamoto no Hikaru]), Kenta Miyake (Tsuna [Watanabe no Tsuna]), Oki Sugiyama (Sadamitsu), Kumi Sakuma (Urabe), Wasabi Mizuta (Kintaro), Shinichirô Miki (Mansairaku), Kan Tokumaru (Abe no Seimei), Kumi Sakuma (Urabe no Suetake), Yasuhiro (Villager 2), Michael Forest (Minister of the Left), Barbara Goodson (Narrator), Steve Kramer (Regent), Lex Lang (Mansairaku), Joey Lotsko (Minister of the Right), Dave Mallow (Tabigeinin A), Michael McConnohie (Minamoto no Mitsunaka), Tony Oliver (Totate), Jamieson Price (Watanabe no Tsuna), Steve Staley (Minamoto no Raiko), Doug Stone (Taroumaru), Paul St. Peter (Tabigeinin B), Kim Strauss (Hoshikuma), Julie Ann Taylor (Minamoto no Hikaru), Kirk Thornton (Usui no Sadamitsu), Ezra Weisz (Emperor), Tom Wyner (Abe no Seimei)
Music
- Music
- Hideki Taniuchi
Animation
- Animator
- Toru Okubo (Animation Director)
- Series Animation Director
- Kazuchika Kise, Kazuchika Kise
Art Department
- Character Design
- Kazuchika Kise
- Original Character Concept
- Sho-u Tajima
- Color Designator
- Kumiko Yusa
Camera
- Cinematography
- Miki Sakuma
Editing
- Editor
- Taeko Hamauzu, Taeko Hamauzu
Sound
- Sound Director
- Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Crew
- Plot Supervisor
- Yoshiki Sakurai
Companies and other credits
- Voice: English Version: Joe Cappelletti (Aya's Father)
- Original Concept: Production I.G
- Original Concept: NTV
Production notes
It is 972 A.D., the middle of the Heian Era in ancient Japan...
Kyoto, the capital of the country, is suffering serious famine and widespread disease. But to make the chaotic situation even worse, samurai and onmyoji are continuing their selfish strife for supremacy of political power.
Unable to overlook the calamity any longer, the Imperial Court orders Minamoto no Raiko, a samurai well-known for his archery skills, to seek out a legendary gem said to hold mysterious power to save the world.
But Raiko himself also falls ill. So instead, the youngest daughter in the Minamoto family, Hikaru, disguised as a samurai and pretending to be her brother, departs on a long journey in a quest to for the gem. Together with her faithful bodyguard, Watanabe no Tsuna, she finds herself caught up in many adventures, acquiring companions who join her for the quest.
She encounters a handsome sarugakushi named Mansairaku and also an enigmatic onmyoji, Abe no Seimei, and experiences countless unpredictable incidents. Hiding her feelings toward Mansairaku, Hikaru gradually gets involved in a great battle...
Kyoto, the capital of the country, is suffering serious famine and widespread disease. But to make the chaotic situation even worse, samurai and onmyoji are continuing their selfish strife for supremacy of political power.
Unable to overlook the calamity any longer, the Imperial Court orders Minamoto no Raiko, a samurai well-known for his archery skills, to seek out a legendary gem said to hold mysterious power to save the world.
But Raiko himself also falls ill. So instead, the youngest daughter in the Minamoto family, Hikaru, disguised as a samurai and pretending to be her brother, departs on a long journey in a quest to for the gem. Together with her faithful bodyguard, Watanabe no Tsuna, she finds herself caught up in many adventures, acquiring companions who join her for the quest.
She encounters a handsome sarugakushi named Mansairaku and also an enigmatic onmyoji, Abe no Seimei, and experiences countless unpredictable incidents. Hiding her feelings toward Mansairaku, Hikaru gradually gets involved in a great battle...