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Giant Killing (TV)

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Alternative title:
ジャイアントキリング (Japanese)
자이언트 킬링 (Korean)
Genres: tournament
Themes: soccer
Plot Summary: Experiencing a long streak of poor performances for several years in the Japanese professional football league, the East Tokyo United (ETU) hires Takeshi Tatsumi as manager to try to break the curse that seems to have fallen over the team. Having spent three years in England, Tatsumi made the accomplishment of taking an amateur team to the top 32 teams of the FA Cup. Many consider him a bad choice and protest against this decision. They hold a grudge against Takeshi because they consider him a traitor for leaving ETU at the height of his career when he was still a football player. Unfazed by the negative mood that looms over the field, Tatsumi seems confident that he might be able to bring glory back to his team once again.
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Ratings: 267 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:15, dub:1)
 Excellent: 53 votes (sub:49, dub:1, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Very good: 92 votes (sub:83, dub:2, others:7
4 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Good: 62 votes (sub:56, dub:2, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:25)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:10, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 504 s, rank: #2135 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.640 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3949, rank: #1447 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.618 (Very good−), rank: #1364 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.67 / seen some: 7.65 / won't finish: 4.94)
Bayesian estimate: 7.612 (Very good−), rank: #1083 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2010-04-04 to 2010-09-26
2014-06 (Indonesia, RTV)
Opening Theme:
"My Story ~Mada Minu Ashita e~" (My story ~まだ見ぬ明日へ~) by THE CHERRY COKES
Ending Theme:
"Get tough!" by G.P.S
Official website:
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yuu Kou
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Kenichi Takeshita (7 episodes
eps 5, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 24
)

Tatsushi Moriya (7 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 15, 17, 20, 23
)

Toshifumi Kawase (12 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 8-9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 25-26
)

Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Namura (6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 19, 22, 26
)

Yuu Kou (ep 1)
Unit Director:
Jōji Furuta (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 20, 25
)

Kōsuke Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
)

Yutaka Hirata (eps 9, 23)
Original Concept: Masaya Tsunamoto
Original creator: Tsujitomo
Character Design: Tetsuya Kumagai
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Animation Director:
Akihito Asai (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 15, 25
)

Daisuke Takemoto (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 21, 25
)

Mayumi Oda (4 episodes
eps 9, 17, 22, 26
)

Yūki Iwai (eps 5, 14, 19)
Sound Director: Tsuyoshi Takahashi
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondō
Executive producer:
Yūji Shibata

Animation producer: Nobumitsu Urasaki
Color Coordination:
Eiko Kitazume (10 episodes
eps 1, 5-11 odd, 17-25 odd
)

Yui Azumi (12 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14-16, 20-26 even
)

Color design: Eiko Kitazume
In-Between Animation: Aki Nakagawa (9 episodes
eps 16-17, 19, 21-26
)

In-Between Check:
Ayako Togawa (13 episodes
eps 9, 12, 14-17, 19-20, 22-26
)

Tooru Sawamura (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 10-11, 21
)

Yasumi Tanaka (ep 13)
Key Animation:
Ayako Nozawa (13 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 10, 14-15, 17, 19-20, 22, 24, 26
)

Eiji Kaneda (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 19, 23
)

Hiroaki Shimizu (9 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 14-15, 19, 24, 26
)

Hiroki Abe (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 24
)

Hiroko Seigan (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22
)

Hiroshi Kawashima (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 26
)

Hiroyoshi Iida (6 episodes
eps 7, 9, 12, 15, 20, 23
)

Hiroyuki Terada (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 22, 25
)

Hitoshi Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 1, 11, 16, 23
)

Kanae Matsunaga (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 20, 22
)

Kazuma Uike (4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 20, 25
)

Kiyoshi Nohji (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 23
)

Mayu Fujimoto (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 22
)

Mayuko Kato (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 19, 24
)

Nobuhiro Mutō (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 25
)

Takafumi Hino (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 17
)

Teruo Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 14, 17, 19, 24
)

Tomochi Kosaka (4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 17, 22
)

Yuichiro Miyake (5 episodes
eps 9, 12, 17, 20, 24
)

Yūki Iwai (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 10, 12, 25
)

Yumi Chiba (9 episodes
eps 2, 7-8, 12, 17, 19, 22, 25-26
)

Yuya Kishi (ep 3)
Tomokazu Seki as Takeshi Tatsumi

Daisuke Kirii as Yusaku Sugie
Daisuke Ono as Luigi Yoshida
Kentarō Itō as Kazuki Kuroda
Masumi Asano as Yuri Nagata
Nobutoshi Canna as Mochida
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Shigeyuki Murakoshi
Shinya Fukumatsu as President Nagata
Takahiro Mizushima as Daisuke Tsubaki
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Kōsei Gotō

Ai Hayasaka as
Child (eps 1-2)
Doctor (eps 14, 17)
Akimitsu Takase as Shimura
Atsushi Miyauchi as Haneda
David Ledges as Old Man (ep 1)
Eri Kitamura as Boy (ep 6)
Hayato Nakata as
Mr. Yama (ep 15)
Sonoda
er (eps 8-9, 17)
Tani (eps 11-13)
Tatsuo Ishigami
Hiroe Oka as Katsura Fujisawa
Hiroki Yasumoto as
Commentator (ep 18)
TV Caster (ep 26)
Jirō Saitō as
Imai (eps 23, 25)
Itagaki (eps 9-13)
Kaneda (8 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26
)

Reporter (ep 5)
Yuji (eps 2, 15)
Kazunari Tanaka as Katayama
Keigo Manaka as
Katsuragi (ep 25)
Photographer (ep 13)
Satoshi Tanba
Keiichi Nakagawa as Kazumi Kiyokawa
Ken Uo as Matsubara
Kenji Fukuda as Hatake
Kensuke Satō as Tsuyoshi Miyano
Kenta Miyake as Hower
Kinryū Arimoto as Hiraizumi (eps 3-6)
Kujira as Goro's wife (eps 7, 14)
Kunio Ida as
Hiraka (eps 19-25)
Ibata (ep 8)
Sekine (eps 10, 13)
er (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 9, 12, 16-17
)

Tanabe (ep 6)
Minoru Hirota as
Kaga
Mamiya (ep 5)
Motoki (ep 26)
Shige Fukazawa
Naomi Kusumi as Dulfer
Nobunaga Shimazaki as
ETU Secretary (ep 3)
Komuro (eps 22-23)
Shingo Yano
Rie Takahashi as Mother (ep 14)
Saeko Zōgō as
Child (ep 9)
Okami (ep 8)
Yoshio Fukazawa
Satoshi Mikami as
Jousai (eps 4-5)
Sakamoto (eps 19, 21, 24)
Sumita (eps 2-3)
Suzuki (ep 7)
Sayaka Kinoshita as Secretary (eps 21, 24)
Seirō Ogino as Carlos
Shinji Kawada as Yoshinori Sakai
Shinshū Fuji as Hiroshi Midorikawa
Shinya Fukumatsu as
Bookstore Owner (ep 14)
Shopkeeper (ep 8)
er (ep 16)
Shion Hirota as Child (eps 1-2)
Tadashi Mutou as Ryou Akashi
Taiten Kusunoki as Yotaro Natsuki
Taketoshi Kawano as Kyouhei Sera
Tamako Nohama as
Child (ep 17)
Tetta
Tetsuo Gotō as Vice-President Nagata
Tetsuya Oka as
Kenji Hotta
Manager (ep 14)
erby (ep 8)
er (7 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 10-11, 22
)

Yamai (5 episodes
eps 6-7, 19, 21, 24
)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Takeshi Kamei
Tomoyoshi Fukazu as Osamu Ishihama
Tomoyuki Shimura as Zelberto
Toshihiko Kojima as Kurashige
Tsuyoshi Kurosawa as
Furuya (ep 16)
Hori (ep 5)
Katsu-chan (eps 10, 15, 24)
Koga (ep 13)
er (eps 2, 11)
Terauchi (eps 20-22)
Tokoro (eps 9, 26)
Tokui (ep 19)
Yōhei Tadano as Goro Tanuma
Yuko Gibu as
Announcement (ep 12)
Kouta Tanuma
Reporter (ep 13)
Yutaka Nakano as Blan
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Broadcaster:
NHK (2010-04)
Production: NHK
Production Cooperation: 8 bit (uncredited; ep 13)
English companies
English staff
Subtitle Editor: Tara L. Campbell
Distributor: Enoki Films
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Samuel Oseguera
Benjamin Flores as Takeshi Tatsumi

Carlos Reynoso as Shigeyuki Morakoshi
Daniel Valladares as Kazuki Kuroda
Elliot Leguizamo as Luigi Yoshida
Erick Padilla as Daisuke Tsubaki
Ivan Fernandez as Mochida

Héctor Rocha as Matsubara
Jonathan Miranda as Hiroshi Midorikawa

Spanish companies
ADR Production: Digital Post Services
Dubbing Studio: Universal Cinergia S.A.
Licensed by: Rose Entertainment
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Ryan Bondoc as Takeshi Tatsumi

Christian Velarde as Daisuke Tsubaki
Pinky Rebucas as Yuri Nagata
Rouel Masangcay as Luigi Yoshida
Steven Bontogon as
Sera Kyohei
Yotaro Natsuki

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV

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