The Third Match
English title: The Third Match
Series titles: ヒカルの碁, Hikaru's Go
- Studio
- Studio Pierrot, Dentsu, Shueisha Productions, TV Tokyo
- Distributor
- TV Tokyo
Synopsis
Sai begins the match against Akira, and he realizes that Akira has gotten stronger, but halfway through the match, Hikaru begins to wonder how much he has improved in skill. As a result, he takes over in the middle of the match, only to resign in the end, though making some sound moves. Akira leaves determined to become a professional and forgets the past, but Hikaru begins to wonder how he can make amends. Both Kimihiro and Yuki eventually lose their matches against the Kaio Go Club as well.
Characters
Hikaru Shind?, Fujiwara-no-Sai, Sai Fujiwara, Akira T?ya, K?y? T?ya, Seiji Ogata, Shinichir? Isumi, Kimihiro Tsutsui, Yoshitaka Waya, Kousuke Ochi, Akari Fujisaki, Yuuki Mitani
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Susumu Nishizawa, Jun Kamiya, Tetsuya Endo
Voices
- Voice
- Tomoko Kawakami (Hikaru Shind?), Susumu Chiba (Fujiwara-no-Sai, Sai Fujiwara), Sanae Kobayashi (Akira T?ya), Eizou Tsuda (K?y? T?ya), Keiji Fujiwara (Seiji Ogata), Kenichi Suzumura (Shinichir? Isumi), Makoto Tsumura (Kimihiro Tsutsui), Reiko Takagi (Yoshitaka Waya), Youko Matsuoka (Kousuke Ochi), Yumi Kakazu (Akari Fujisaki), Yuu Asakawa (Yuuki Mitani)
Music
- Music
- Kei Wakakusa
Crew
- Created By
- Takeshi Obata, Yumi Hotta
- Planning
- Keisuke Iwata, Takashi Harada, Yuji Nunokawa, Yuuji Fugawa
- Art Director
- Sawako Takagi
- Character Design
- Kanami Sekiguchi, Miyuki Ueda
- Storyboards
- Akihiro Enomoto, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hideki Tonokatsu, Hon Shimazu, Jun Kamiya, Minoru Ohara, Noriyuki Abe, Setsuo Takase, Shikichi Ohashi, Susumu Nishizawa, Tetsuya Endo, Tomokazu Tokoro
- Animation Director
- Hideyuki Motohashi, Kanami Sekiguchi, Minako Shiba, Naoyuki Onda, Shinichi Miyamae, Takako Onishi, Yoshinori Tokiya
- Director of Photography
- Masahide Okino
- Sound Director
- Hideo Takahashi
Production notes
A series of 75 episodes.
The original anime was written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
The original anime was written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.