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Strike the Blood (TV)

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Alternative title:
ストライク・ザ・ブラッド (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: harem
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: "The fourth true ancestor" is a legendarily strong vampire that shouldn't exist. Accompanied by the 12 "gun-beasts," this phantom vampire is said to have appeared in Japan. In order to find and kill this "fourth true ancestor," the government and the Lion King Organization order the dispatch of attack mages called "sword-maidens." For some reason an apprentice named Yukina Himeragi was chosen for the task. Wielding the strongest spiritual spear, Yukina comes to the special demon district Itokami City. There she encounters Kojou Akatsuki and learns the true nature of the "fourth true ancestor."
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Ratings: 742 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 72 votes (sub:65, dub:4, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 160 votes (sub:154, dub:3, raw:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 192 votes (sub:182, dub:6, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 161 votes (sub:148, dub:5, raw:4, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 91 votes (sub:81, dub:6, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:24, ?:1, dub:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:16, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1368 s, rank: #899 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.586 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6524, rank: #1602 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.517 (Very good−), rank: #1672 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.65 / seen some: 6.34 / won't finish: 4.64)
Bayesian estimate: 7.517 (Very good−), rank: #1359 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2013-10-04 to 2014-03-28
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Strike the Blood" by Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets
#2: "Fight 4 Real" by ALTIMA
Ending Theme:
#1: "Strike my soul" by Yuka Iguchi
#2: "Signal" by Kanon Wakeshima
Insert song:
"Strike the Blood" by Kishida Kyodan & The Akeboshi Rockets (ep 12)
Review:
Strike the Blood (Apr 10, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Strike the Blood - Original TV Series (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2016-11-08 (from $89.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Takao Sano
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Script:
Hiroyuki Yoshino (13 episodes
eps 1-4, 9-12, 20-24
)

Shogo Yasukawa (eps 13-15)
Storyboard:
Yumi Kamakura (ED1)
Episode Director:
Hirotoshi Rissen (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 10, 13, 18, 24
)

Yoshinobu Tokumoto (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23
)

Yūki Kinoshita (ep 22)
Unit Director:
Yumi Kamakura (ED1)
Original creator: Gakuto Mikumo (light novel)
Original Character Design: Manyako
Character Design: Keiichi Sano
Art Director: Michie Watanabe
Chief Animation Director:
Keiichi Sano (17 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6, 8, 10-14, 16-20, 22, 24
)

Usaku Myouchin (9 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23
)

Animation Director:
Takao Sano (4 episodes
eps 13, 16, 22, 24
)

Yoshiko Saitō (6 episodes
eps 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 23
)

Yūki Hara (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 13, 18, 24
)

Yukie Sasaki (eps 3, 10)
3D Director: Chiaki Kumakura
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Takeshi Hirooka
Producer:
Satoshi Fujita (AT-X)

2nd Key Animation:
Shoko Takimoto (ep 3)
3D CG:
Chiaki Kumakura (IKIF+; OP1-2; 21 episodes
eps 1-8, 10, 12-19, 21-24
)

Mami Tamura (IKIF+; 19 episodes
eps 3-8, 10, 12-19, 21-24
)

Yutaka Hamanaka (IKIF+; OP1; 21 episodes
eps 1-8, 10, 12-19, 21-24
)

Animation producer: Masahiro Tabeya
Assistant Animation Director: Keiko Ijima (ep 6)
Color design: Yukiko Tanno
Editing Assistant: Motoki Niimi
In-Between Animation: Shoko Naoki (SILVER LINK.; eps 11, 17)
Key Animation:
Keiko Ijima (OP2; 6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 13, 18, 22, 24
)

Yoshiko Saitō (ED1; 4 episodes
eps 2, 5, 12, 23
)

Yūki Hara (OP2; 4 episodes
eps 4, 13, 18, 24
)

Yukie Sasaki (Studio Graffiti; eps 3, 10, 22)
Licensing Manager:
Yoshihiro Murata
Music producer: Tsuyoshi Kojima (小島剛)
Planning:
Tsuneo Takechi
Prop Design:
Usaku Myouchin
Publicity:
Yutaro Takadera
Recording Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai
Recording Assistant: Natsumi Okada
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Theme Song Performance:
Yuka Iguchi (ED)
Risa Taneda as Yukina Himeragi
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kojō Akatsuki

Asami Seto as Asagi Aiba
Azumi Asakura as Octavia Mayer (eps 13-15)
Harumi Sakurai as Emma Mayer (eps 13-15)
Hisako Kanemoto as Natsuki Minamiya
Ikumi Hayama as Sayaka Kirisaka
Kana Ueda as Silence-Breaker (eps 2, 4, 8, 19)
Kanae Itō as Kanon Kanase
Kaori Ishihara as Avrora Florestina
Mikako Takahashi as Lee Blue (eps 15-16, 19)
Misaki Kuno as Lydianne Didieh (ep 14)
Rei Mochizuki as Rin Tsukishima
Rina Hidaka as Nagisa Akatsuki
Ryōta Ōsaka as Motoki Yaze
Saori Ōnishi as La Folia Rihavein
Satomi Arai as Beatrice Bussler (eps 9-12)
Yuka Iguchi as Astarte
Yūki Hayashi as Rō Kirishima
Yūki Kaji as Kō Amakusa (eps 20-22)
Yūki Ono as Dimitrie Vatler
Yumi Uchiyama as Yūma Tokoyogi (eps 13-16)

Ai Kayano as Misaki Sasaki (ep 13)
Atsushi Tamaru as Man (ep 3)
Daiki Yamashita as Haruka Uchida (eps 5, 10)
Daisuke Motohashi as Island Guard (ep 20)
Eiji Takeuchi as
Beast-Type (ep 1)
Caster (ep 3)
Iron Guard (ep 4)
Eizō Tsuda as Christoph Gardos
Haruka Chisuga as Yuko Tanahara (eps 5, 10)
Haruki Ishiya as
Deliveryman (ep 23)
Sailor (ep 22)
Hideki Nakanishi as Researcher (ep 5)
Itaru Yamamoto as
Librarian (ep 17)
Managing Director (eps 20-21)
Squad Leader (ep 13)
Therianthrope (ep 7)
Junichi Yanagita as
Iron Guard (ep 4)
Mage (ep 16)
Operator (ep 13)
Search Member (ep 2)
Tobias Jagan (ep 19)
Kana Asumi as Reina (eps 23-24)
Kanehira Yamamoto as Sansei (ep 2)
Kazusa Aranami as Girl (ep 5)
Kengo Kawanishi as
Caster (ep 3)
Driver (ep 2)
Iron Guard (ep 7)
Kenji Hamada as Broodt Dumblegraff (ep 18)
Kenta Matsumoto as Announcer (ep 13)
Kenta Miyake as Rudolph Eustach
Kimiko Saitō as Yukari Endō (eps 20, 22)
Kumiko Nakane as Female Attendant (ep 15)
Madoka Shiga as Sansei (ep 2)
Mai Nakahara as Nina Adelard (ep 22)
Makoto Yasumura as Kiliga Gilika (eps 16-17)
Manami Tanaka as Minami Shindou (eps 21, 23-24)
Minami Tsuda as Moegi (ep 24)
Mutsumi Tamura as Kojō (Young)
Natsuki Hanae as Meiga Itogami (eps 16-17, 24)
Ryōsuke Kanemoto as
Announcer (ep 3)
Iron Guard (ep 14)
Leopard Face (ep 5)
Librarian (ep 17)
Researcher (ep 2)
Ryōta Takeuchi as Gregory (eps 7-8)
Sanae Kobayashi as Mimori Akatsuki (eps 16, 18, 24)
Shinji Kawada as Mogwai
Shinobu Matsumoto as Teacher (ep 6)
Shizuka Ishigami as Sakura Koshima (eps 21, 24)
Taishi Murata as
Knight (ep 9)
Shutora D (eps 16, 18)
Taketora as Wiseman (ep 22)
Tomo Muranaka as
Caster (ep 3)
Female Attendant (ep 15)
Posessed Mask (ep 10)
Toshiki Iwasawa as Commanding Officer (ep 21)
Yōko Hikasa as Gigliola Ghirardi (eps 16-17)
Yoshimitsu Takasugi as Teacher (ep 7)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kira Lebedev Voltislava (ep 18)
Yuka Keichō as Clerk (ep 5)
Yūki Hayashi as Yousuke Makimura (ep 5)
Yūko Iida as Kataya Justina (eps 22, 24)
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Takashimizu (ep 9)
Yūsuke Kuwahata as D-Type (ep 1)
Yutaka Aoyama as Kensei Kase (ep 15)

Madoka Shiga (ep 1)
Marie Miyake (ep 1)
Saori Ōnishi (ep 18)
Yūko Iida (ep 1)
Yūma Uchida (ep 1)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
BEEP (7 episodes
eps 5, 10, 14, 20, 22-24
)

Big Owl (6 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10, 14, 16, 22
)

drop (5 episodes
eps 5, 7, 9, 14, 23
)

Jumondo (13 episodes
eps 3, 5-10, 13-14, 16, 22-24
)

SILVER LINK. (16 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-14, 18-19, 24
)

Toei Animation Philippines (4 episodes
eps 14, 19-20, 23
)

Triple A (5 episodes
eps 1, 8, 10, 16, 22
)

union CHO (ep 18)
3D Graphics: IKIF+
Animation Production:
SILVER LINK.
Background Art: Green
Broadcaster:
Tokyo MX (2013-10-04)
Digital Paint:
Triple A
Editing Studio: REAL-T
In-Between Animation:
Triple A
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack (9 episodes
eps 1, 6, 8, 11, 15, 17, 20-21, 24
)

Triple A (ep 22)
Photography:
Nexus (OP1, ED2; eps 1-24)
Photography Assistance: Asura Film
Production:
Warner Bros.
Production Assistance:
Nexus (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 19, 23
)

Studio Wanpack (eps 8, 15, 21)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English staff
English cast
Blu-ray Production: Justin Sevakis
Menu Design: Gary Swarer
Subtitle Preparation:
Roman Stuart (Discotek)
(none)
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor: Discotek Media
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll (master license)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Broadcaster: J-One
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Sebastián Pérez Echegaray (Argentine dub)
Alejandro Graue as Kojou Akatsuki (Latin American dub) 
Micaela Carla Oddera as Yukina Himeragi

Alan García as Motoki Yaze (Argentine dub)
Andrea Higa as Nagisa Akatsuki
Constanza Faraggi as Asagi Aiba
Kamala Videla as
Avrora Florestina (ep 1)
Lydianne Didieh (ep 14)
Loló Muñoz as La Folia Rihavein
Mara Camli as Sayaka Kirisaka
María Laura Cassani as Yūma Tokoyogi
Mariana Martí as
Avrora Florestina (ep 19)
Beatrice Bussler (eps 10-12)
Matías Carossia as Dimitrie Vatler
Micaela Carla Oddera as Beatrice Bussler (ep 9)
Natalia Rosminati as Natsuki Minamiya
Nicole Apstein as Astarte (eps 13-24)
Noelia Culshaw as Octavia Mayer
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Video Dub (Argentine dub)
Broadcaster:
Pánico (Mexico)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (Latin America, expired)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Italy, expired)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Robert Kotulla

Casting: Monika Norton
Franciska Friede as Yukina Himeragi
Jesse Grimm as Kojou Akatsuki

Dorothee Sturz as Asagi Aiba
Emily Seubert as Kanon Kanase
Henning Nöhren as Dimitrie Vatler
Katharina von Keller as Sayaka Kirasaka
Linda Fölster as Nagisa Akatsuki
Sabrina Heuer as La Folia Rihavein
Souzan Alavi as Natsuki Minamiya
Svenja Kelly as Astarte
Timo Kinzel as Motoki Yaze

Achim Buch as Christoph Gardos (eps 7-8)
Christopher Groß as Wizard Prisoner (ep 14)
Julia Fölster as Rin Tsukishima (eps 3, 5, 9)
Marcus Just as Lowe Kirishima (eps 9-12)
Robert Kotulla as Rudolf Eustach (eps 2-4)

German companies
Distributor: Kazé
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (, expired)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil, expired)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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