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Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief (TV)



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Alternative title:
Chiko, L'Héritière de Cent-Visages (French) 
Nijū-Mensō no Musume (Japanese) 
The Daughter of Twenty Faces 
二十面相の娘 (Japanese) 
20面相之娘 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: mystery 
Themes: thief 
Plot Summary: Chiko, who had been leading a lonely life because of her parents death. Together with the Phantom Thief Nijū-Mensō (20-Faces), she sets out on a journey into the real world. She gradually changes as she encounters new friends and places. But strange events start happening revolving around the mystery of "Legacy of the 20-Faces". So Chiko has to move forward, regardless on how checkered her life will become. 
Ratings: 385 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 33 votes (sub:29, raw:2, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 98 votes (sub:88, dub:3, raw:2, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 105 votes (sub:99, ?:1, raw:1, dub:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 77 votes (sub:74, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 42 votes (sub:40, ?:2)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:15, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:6, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 775 s, rank: #1555 (of 9997)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.727 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4914, rank: #1243 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.657 (Very good−), rank: #1286 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.80 / seen some: 7.74 / won't finish: 5.16)
Bayesian estimate: 7.651 (Very good−), rank: #993 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 22 
Episode titles: We have 22
Vintage: 2008-04-12 
Release dates: We have 8
Opening Theme:
"Kasumi (霞; Mist)" by 369 
Ending Theme:
"unnamed world" by Aya Hirano 
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Nobuo Tomizawa 
Series Composition: Michihiro Tsuchiya 
Screenplay:
Michihiro Tsuchiya  (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 10, 13, 20-21
)Natsuko Takahashi  (5 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 12, 19
)Reiko Yoshida  (eps 5-6, 11, 16) 
Storyboard:
Yūichirō Yano (OP/ED; ep 22) 
Episode Director:
Hiromichi Matano  (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 12, 17
)Keiko Oyamada  (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 13, 20
)Yūichirō Yano  (OP/ED; ep 2) 
Music: Kazunori Miyake 
Original creator: Shinji Ohara 
Character Design: Kōichi Horikawa 
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura 
Chief Animation Director: Hiroaki Noguchi 
Animation Director:
Atsushi Aono  (4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 17, 22
)Koichi Suenaga  (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 20, 22
)Kumiko Shishido  (4 episodes
eps 8, 12, 17, 21
)Mitsue Mori  (4 episodes
eps 1, 3, 10, 20
)Taichi Furumata (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 21
)Yūichirō Yano (ep 2) 
Mechanical design: Kazuhide Tomonaga 
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta 
Director of Photography: Junko Miyakawa 
Executive producer:
Yukihiro Ito (Fuji TV) 
Producer:
Yūki Mori (Geneon Entertainment) 

Assistant Animation Director: Toshimitsu Takechi (ep 16) 
Assistant Art Director: Hiroshi Gōroku 
Assistant producer: Kōhei Itō 
CG Design:
Yoriko Akita 
CG Producer: Norikazu Kanbayashi 
Color Check:
Yūka Sakaguchi 
Color design: Tomoko Yamamoto 
Color Key:
Yukiko Nagahama 
Digital Paint:
Yukitaka Shishikai 
Editing: Yoshihiro Kasahara 
In-Between Animation:
Yuzumi Enosawa  
In-Between Check:
Yuzumi Enosawa 
Key Animation:
Akira Ono (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 12-13, 15, 17, 20-22
)Kaori Miyagawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13, 17, 20
)Masayuki Yagi (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 18-19
)Mayuko Nishi (11 episodes
eps 1, 6-8, 13-19 odd, 20-22
)Mitsue Mori (7 episodes
eps 1, 7-8, 15-17, 21
)Natsuko Iimori (11 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19-22
)Shōgo Morishita  (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 12, 17, 20
)Shuta Osabe (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20-22
)Taichi Furumata (7 episodes
eps 2, 6-8, 13, 19-20
)Takayuki Kitagawa (12 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 10, 12-13, 15, 17, 20-22
)Teiichi Takiguchi (6 episodes
eps 16-18, 20-22
)Yōichi Takada  (11 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 10, 12-13, 17, 20-22
)Yoshinobu Michihata (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-8, 19, 21
)Yumiko Shirai  (11 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 10, 12-13, 17, 20-21
)Yuto Teshima (ep 9) 
Layout Supervision:
Yoshinobu Michihata 
Organization: Hiroaki Nakajima (Fuji TV) 
Photography Supervision: Hiromi Abe 
Production istration: Yūichi Suzuki 
Production Advancement:
Yasuhiro Nishio (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 10, 17, 21
)Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (ep 21) 
Production Desk: Kazuya Uekawa 
Production manager: Masako Hayashi 
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi 
Special Effects:
Yoko Suzuki 
Theme Song Arrangement:
tasuku (OP) 
Theme Song Composition:
tasuku (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ryoji (OP) 
Theme Song Performance: Aya Hirano (ED) 
Touch/Brush: Tomoko Yamamoto 
Aya Hirano as Chizuko "Chiko" Mikamo 

Hōchū Ōtsuka as Professor (eps 16-21) 
Masaya Matsukaze as Ken 
Rina Satō as Shunka Koito 
Satomi Arai as Tome 
Yūya Uchida as Nijū-Mensō 

Akemi Satō as Classmate A (ep 26) 
Atsuko Tanaka as "White-haired demon" 
Daisuke Endō as Gatekeeper (ep 5) 
Daisuke Matsuo as Tetsu (eps 2-6) 
Eriko Kigawa as Rin (ep 2) 
Fumie Mizusawa as Angie (eps 5-6) 
Fumihiro Okabayashi as Yasu (eps 1-6) 
Hiromi Igarashi as Spectator E (ep 5) 
Hiroshi Shirokuma as
Inspector Kawada (eps 1-2) 
Subordinate C (ep 6) 
Junko Minagawa as
M 
Yoshio Kobayashi (ep 26) 
Kazuhiro Anzai as
Announcer (eps 1-2) 
Fukuchou (Executive Officer) (ep 3) 
Kenji Hamada as Akechi (ep 3) 
Kenta Miyake as Muta (eps 2-6) 
Kōtarō Nakamura as Senchou (Skipper) (eps 1-6) 
Madoka Takatsu as Spectator D (ep 5) 
Masahiro Yamanaka as Policeman (eps 1-2) 
Masanori Takeda as Detective Akine (eps 3-4, 6) 
Mitsuru Ogata as Chen (ep 2) 
Miyuki Sawashiro as Nozomi Kayama 
Mutsumi Tamura as Ken (Young) 
Noriko Fujii as Spectator C (ep 5) 
Reina Fujita as Spectator B (ep 5) 
Rintarō Nishi as Tora (Tiger) (eps 1, 5-6) 
Seiko Yoshida as Spectator A (ep 5) 
Shinpachi Tsuji as Yashiro (ep 1) 
Shunya Miura as Guard (ep 4) 
Susumu Chiba as Hans (eps 2-6) 
Takashi Mito as Kai (eps 2-6) 
Takashi Onozuka as Assistant director A 
Taketora as Subordinate B (ep 6) 
Takuya Satō as Hide (eps 2-6) 
Tamio Ōki as Kawai (butler) (ep 1) 
Tetsuya Kakihara as Goro (eps 2-6) 
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Kurosaki (ep 4) 
Tomoyuki Shimura as Kanchou (Captain) (ep 3) 
Toshimitsu Oda as Shouji Mikamo (Uncle) (ep 1) 
Yasuhiro as Subordinate A (ep 6) 
Yuki Kodaira as Classmate B (ep 26) 
Yumi Touma as
Q 
Yoshie Mikamo (Aunt) (ep 1) 
Yutaka Nakano as Mayor of Toran (eps 5-6) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Telecom Animation Film 
Background Scan:
Scan-ya 
Broadcaster:
Tokai Television 
CG Production: Trilogy Future Studio 
DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc. 
Internet Streaming: Netflix 
Music Production:
Lantis 
Production:
TMS Entertainment (Uncredited) 
Production Committee:
Yomiko Advertising, Inc. 
Production Cooperation:
Studio Elle (eps 15, 22) 
Recording Studio: Studio Mausu 
Sound Effects: Sound Box 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd. 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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