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Somali and the Forest Spirit (TV)

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Alternative title:
Somali to Mori no Kamisama (Japanese)
ソマリと森の神様 (Japanese)
Themes: beast
Plot Summary: In a world ruled by spirits and monsters, humans are persecuted and driven to the brink of extinction. In a certain forest, a golem – the guardian of the forest – and a little girl meet. Their journey as surrogate father and daughter to each other begins. (from manga)
Ratings: 183 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:8, raw:2, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 47 votes (sub:39, dub:5, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 63 votes (sub:49, dub:11, raw:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 31 votes (sub:28, dub:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 380 s, rank: #2603 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.743 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4765, rank: #1216 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.759 (Very good−), rank: #1056 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.84 / seen some: 8.23 / won't finish: 4.71)
Bayesian estimate: 7.740 (Very good−), rank: #815 (of 7635)
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2020-01-02
Opening Theme:
"Arigatō wa Kocchi no Kotoba" by Naotarō Moriyama
Ending Theme:
"Kokoro Somali" (ココロソマリ) by Inori Minase
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Somali and the Forest Spirit - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2022-05-24 (from $34.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kenji Yasuda
Series Composition: Mariko Mochizuki
Script:
Mariko Mochizuki (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 7-8, 11-12
)

Shingo Nagai (eps 5-6, 9-10)
Storyboard:
Yoshimasa Hiraike (ep 10)
Episode Director:
Yoshinori Odaka (ep 7)
Unit Director:
Kazuya Iwata (OP)
Original creator: Yako Gureishi
Character Design: Ikuko Ito
Art Director: Vincent Nghiem
Chief Animation Director:
Sachiko Ōhashi (eps 7-8)
Animation Director:
Yoshiyuki Tokinaga (eps 7, 11)
Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
Director of Photography: Hiroki Tsubouchi
Producer:
Yukiko Inamoto

2nd Key Animation:
Yūsuke Yoda (ep 8)
Advertising Producer: Terumi Ueda
Animation producer:
Osami Muramoto
Art Setting: Loic Locatelli
Assistant Animation Director: Satoshi Hata (ep 12)
Assistant Art Director:
Yōko Komiya (eps 5-11)
Associate producer:
Tomoya Katagiri
Background Art:
Yun Mo Lee (eps 1-12)
Background Manager:
Maiko Nishitani (Satelight Creative Room; eps 1-12)
CG Design:
Michiko Nakamura (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-10 even, 11-12
)
Witsanu Bandasak (Studio H.S.T; eps 3, 7-8, 12)
CG Producer:
Takashi Aotani (eps 3, 5-8, 12)
CG Production Manager:
Kōhei Ishii (eps 3, 5-8, 12)
Character Animation: Hirotsugu Ishikawa (ED)
Character Modeling: Hirotsugu Ishikawa (ED)
Chief Assistant Animation Director: Osamu Horiuchi (ep 8)
Color Coordination Check:
Toyo Morita (eps 4, 7)
Color design: Chiho Nakamura
Editing Assistant: Shūji Matsumoto
Eyecatch Design: Vincent Nghiem
Finish Animation:
Young-Jin Lee (ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
Yuri Kamada (Tatsunoko Production; ep 4)
In-Between Check:
Yuka Hasegawa (ep 10)
Key Animation:
Yūtarō Miyazaki (ep 8)
Music Coordination: Risa Ikeuchi
Music Director: Yasuno Satō
Music producer: Akira Yamaoka
Online Editor: Rie Imayoshi (IMAGICA Lab.)
Original Work Assistance: Shinnosuke Watanabe
Photography:
Tadao Suemitsu (Tplus; eps 1-12)
Photography Assistant:
Yuuichi Takayama (Dalian Ronghua Technology Development Co., Ltd.; eps 8-12)
Planning Assistant: Yukina Nomura (Tplus; eps 1-12)
Production Advancement:
Yūto Kunisada (ep 8)
Production Advancement Assistant:
Yan Sheng Huang (ep 12)
Production producer:
Yoshiki Ito
Recording Adjustment: Fumihiko Ōtera
Recording Assistant: Rioko Sekimata
Setting Production: Yasushi Matsushita
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Sound Production Manager:
Rie Tanaka
Special Effects: Ayaka Iida
Sub-Character Design:
Sachiko Ōhashi
Theme Song Performance:
Naotarou Moriyama (OP)
Title Logo Design: Ryōsuke Takeuchi (crazy force)
Daisuke Ono as Golem
Inori Minase as Somali

Ai Kayano as Hazel
Ayahi Takagaki as Praline
Hiroki Nanami as Shizuno
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Haraiso (ep 8)
Saori Hayami as Uzoi
Sora Amamiya as Feodora (ep 8)
Suzuko Hara as Miya (ep 8)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Yabashira
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Isolde (ep 8)
Yūki Ono as Haitora

Aika Takeda as Chi-bo (ep 12)
Akane Kumada as Witch of Hospitality (ep 7)
Akihiro Mine as Variant (ep 8)
Akira Kuwabara as Haraiso Villager (ep 8)
Arisa Sakuraba as Haitora's Wife (ep 6)
Asuna Tomari as Witch of Hospitality (ep 7)
Atsushi Tamaru as Waiter (ep 1)
Ayaka Nanase as Clerk (ep 5)
Hayato Fujii as Haraiso Villager (ep 8)
Hiromichi Tezuka as Rough Thing (ep 9)
Jun Fukushima as Nekomodoki (ep 1)
Jun Kasama as City Dweller (ep 3)
Junichi Yanagita as Hunter (eps 10-11)
Kentarō Kumagai as Haraiso Villager (ep 8)
Kento Shiraishi as Rough Thing (ep 9)
Kozue Saitō as Fortune Teller (ep 6)
Kujira as Gama Baba (ep 1)
Mabuki Andou as L'Aigle (ep 8)
Makoto Sahara as Store Customer (ep 3)
Mariko Higashiuchi as Haraiso Villager (ep 8)
Marina Horiuchi as Witch of Hospitality (ep 7)
Masashi Yamane as Hunter (ep 10)
Mitsuru Watanabe as Hunter (ep 11)
Naoki Irie as Variant (ep 8)
Naoya Nosaka as Haraiso Villager (ep 8)
Natsuki Miwa as Haraiso Villager (ep 8)
Nobuo Tobita as Sowak (ep 9)
Rie Shibata as Rosa
Shiori Kawabata as City Dweller (ep 3)
Shōko Yuzuki as Gina
Shōmaru Zōza as
City Dweller (ep 3)
Hunter (ep 11)
Shōta Hayama as Hunter (eps 11-12)
Shōta Yamamoto as Library Visitor (ep 7)
Show Hayami as Musurika
Shunichi Maki as
Rougher (ep 11)
Street Stall Owner (ep 12)
Sōshirō Hori as Library Visitor (ep 7)
Taisuke Nakano as
City Dweller (ep 3)
Village Elder (ep 12)
Takaaki Uchino as Rough Thing (ep 9)
Takahiro Yamaguchi as Village Elder (ep 12)
Takaki Ōtomari as Store customer (ep 4)
Takehiro Hasu as Customer (ep 5)
Takuya Makimura as Store customer (ep 4)
Takuya Nakashima as Hunter (eps 11-12)
Tatsuhiro Kikuchi as Pharmacy (ep 4)
Tomokazu Seki as Kokilira
Toshiki Iwasawa as Traveller (ep 3)
Yasuhiro Kikuchi as Innkeeper (ep 9)
Yō Taichi as Witch of Hospitality (ep 7)
Yoshihito Sasaki as Hunter (eps 10-11)
Yū Kobayashi as Kikila
Yū Sasahara as Haitora's Daughter (ep 6)
Yū Wakabayashi as Ore Shop Owner (ep 1)
Yuichi Jose as Regular Customers in the Cafeteria (ep 1)
Yuka Nukui as City Aunt (ep 1)
Yūki Ishikari as Traveller (ep 3)
Yuna Yoshino as Witch of Hospitality (ep 7)
Yūya Murakami as Regular Customers in the Cafeteria (ep 1)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
xenron (eps 7-8)
Animation Production:
Satelight
Finish Animation:
xenron
In-Between Animation:
xenron
Key Animation:
Studio Wombat (eps 1, 5, 11)
Online Editing: IMAGICA Lab.
Photography: Tplus
Production Cooperation:
NUT (eps 4, 7)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Kirstie Simone
Translation: Elizabeth Ellis (Crunchyroll)
Executive producer:
Toru Iwakami (Sentai Filmworks)
Producer:
Rita Majkut

Co-Producer: Nikki Fish
Post-Production Supervision: James Lafferty
Production Coordination: Jeremy Santiago
Production manager: Sierra Leoni
Recording engineer: David Walsh
Script Adaptation: Steve Kramer
Subtitle Timing: Krzysztof Kunc (Crunchyroll)
Subtitling: Nathan Lopez
Supervising Producer: Joshua Lopez
Video Editing: Sean Kelley
Corina Boettger as Somali
Kyle Hebert as Golem

Alex Cazares as Kikila (eps 3-5)
Cristina Vee as Uzoi
Edward Bosco as Haraiso (ep 8)
Kyle McCarley as Yabashira
Laura Post as Isolde Nebslov (ep 8)
Lucien Dodge as Shizuno
Michael Yurchak as Haitora
Renee Dorian as Hazel

Alex Cazares as
Female (ep 3)
Gina (eps 3-4)
Waitress (ep 5)
Cherami Leigh as Miya (ep 8)
Christopher Swindle as
Lizard Grotesque (ep 9)
Sowak (ep 9)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey as
Witch 1 (ep 7)
Woman (ep 8)
Corina Boettger as
Boy 1 (ep 1)
Girl (ep 1)
Witch 2 (ep 7)
Woman (ep 8)
Woman 2 (ep 1)
Cristina Vee as
Haitora's wife (ep 6)
Witch 4 (ep 7)
Edward Bosco as Man 2 (ep 8)
Kyle Hebert as
Canterbird (ep 6)
Diner (ep 3)
Fortune Teller (ep 6)
Grotesque (ep 8)
Man 1 (eps 1, 8)
Mas (ep 3)
Pharmacist (ep 4)
Po (ep 3)
Rabbit Grotesque (ep 9)
Tsuchi Lizard
Kyle McCarley as
Bird Grotqesue (ep 9)
Boy 2 (ep 1)
Nekomodoki (ep 1)
Laura Post as Leigle (ep 8)
Lucien Dodge as
Crocodile Grotesque (ep 9)
Man 2 (ep 1)
Merchant (ep 1)
Michael Yurchak as
Men (ep 7)
Winecup Villager
Mick Wingert as
Diner (ep 3)
Kokikila
Merchants (ep 3)
Tra (ep 3)
Ray Chase as
Customers (ep 4)
Diner (ep 3)
Man (ep 3)
Muthrica (eps 3-4)
Sarah Anne Williams as
Boy (ep 8)
Feodora Nebslov
Witch 3 (ep 7)
Woman (ep 8)
Tara Sands as
Waiter (ep 1)
Woman 1 (ep 1)

English companies
ADR Production: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
Distributor:
Sentai Filmworks (via Crunchyroll)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai Filmworks)
French staff
French cast
Proofreading: Stéphanie Noardo
(none)
French companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil and Portugal)
Licensed by: Crunchyroll (Brazil and Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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