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Hell Girl: Three Vessels (TV)



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Alternative title:
Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae (Japanese) 
地獄少女 三鼎 (Japanese) 
Genres: supernatural 
Themes: tragedy 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: After Ai Enma's supposed death after the events of the 2nd season, her three helpers, Ichimoku Ren, Wanyuudou and Hone-Onna live out their lives in relative peace. This is suddenly shattered when Kikuri returns to recruit them. Meanwhile, Ai mysteriously reappears from the dead and uses the body of a young schoolgirl, Yuzuki Mikage, to continue the Jigoku Tsūshin operation. Yuzuki is aware of Ai's presence however, when she can see what Ai sees. 
Ratings: 423 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 39 votes (sub:33, dub:3, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 77 votes (sub:66, dub:6, raw:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 120 votes (sub:109, dub:6, raw:1, ?:1, others:3
2 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 100 votes (sub:89, dub:3, raw:1, ?:1, others:6
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 46 votes (sub:40, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:11, dub:1)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:10, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:2)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 905 s, rank: #1344 (of 9997)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.499 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6855, rank: #1953 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.384 (Good+), rank: #2130 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.48 / seen some: 7.48 / won't finish: 3.60)
Bayesian estimate: 7.387 (Good+), rank: #1816 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 26 
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2008-10-04 
2013-08-15 (Animax Asia) 
Opening Theme:
"Tsukihana" (月華) by Nana Kitade 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Ichi Nuke" by Noto Mamiko 
Official website:
地獄少女 (Japanese) 
Trivia: We have 2
News: Show:
go90 Streaming Service Adds All 4 Seasons of Hell Girl Anime (Oct 13, 2017)
New Hell Girl Anime TV Series Listed in July by Retailers (Feb 25, 2017)
North American Stream List: June 10-17 (Jun 17, 2011)
Strike Witches 2, Hero Tales, Murder Princess Streamed (Feb 11, 2011)
Hell Girl 3, Seitokai no Ichizon, Regios Streamed (Dec 27, 2010)
North American Anime, Manga Releases Nov. 28-Dec. 4 (Nov 30, 2010)
Section23 Films Adds Utakata, Taisho Baseball Girls (Updated) (Aug 17, 2010)
Section23 Adds Xam'd, Hell Girl: Three Vessels Anime (Jun 24, 2010)
Hell Girl Anime Debuts on IFC's Linear Channel Tonight (Sep 30, 2008)
Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae's Special Promo Streamed (Sep 17, 2008)
New Hell Girl Shōjo Manga Launches in Japan in October (Sep 4, 2008)
Daily Links (Mar 19, 2008)
New Hell Girl Anime Named: Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae (Mar 19, 2008)
Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces February Slate (Nov 14, 2011)
Section23 Films Announces November Slate (Aug 17, 2010)
Section23 Films Announces September Slate (Jun 24, 2010)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Hell Girl: Three Vessels - Collection One (Sub.DVD) 2010-09-28 (from $59.95)
    Hell Girl: Three Vessels - Collection Two (Sub.DVD) 2010-11-30 (from $69.95)
    Hell Girl: Three Vessels - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2012-02-14 (from $167.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Watanabe 
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki 
Script:
Kenichi Kanemaki (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 13, 25-26
)Noboru Takagi (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 16, 24
)Toshizo Nemoto (eps 7, 15, 23) 
Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Namura (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 20
)Hiroshi Kotaki (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 17, 26
)Ryōji Fujiwara (9 episodes
eps 3, 8, 10, 13-14, 19, 22-23, 25
)Toshiya Niidome (ep 7) 
Episode Director:
Masato Jinbo (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 21
)Shunji Yoshida (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 16, 20, 25
)Yūta Takamura (eps 9, 17, 23) 
Music:
Kenji FujisawaYasuharu Takanashi 
Original Concept: Hiroshi Watanabe 
Character Design: Mariko Oka 
Chief Animation Director:
Yukiko Akiyama 
Animation Director:
Hiromitsu Hagiwara (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 20, 26
)Yōichi Ishikawa (4 episodes
eps 2, 10, 17, 25
)Yukiko Akiyama  (ep 1) 
Director of Photography: Akira Shimozaki 
Producer: Ai Abe 

Art Supervision: Nariyuki Ogi 
Assistant producer: Kumiko Katō (Aniplex) 
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto 
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura 
In-Between Animation: Ayano Fukahori (eps 14, 22) 
Key Animation:
Yasuyuki Tada (eps 3-4) 
Photography: Akira Shimosaki 
Planning: Hiroshi Hasegawa 
Planning Cooperation:
Tomo Matsumoto 
Postrecording Production: Takahiro Ōmori 
Prop Design: Goichi Iwahata 
Theme Song Arrangement: Yasutaka Mizushima (ED) 
Theme Song Composition: Asami Kousei (ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Nana Kitade (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
Nana Kitade (OP) 
Mamiko Noto as Ai Enma 
Satomi Satō as Yuzuki Mikage 

Hekiru Shiina as Yamawaro 
Hisahiro Ogura as Narrator 
Izumi Kitta as Nozomi Bitou 
Kana Asumi as Shina Tamayo 
Kanae Oki as Akie Takasugi 
Kanako Sakai as Kikuri 
Mariya Ise as Sora Koujou 
Masaya Matsukaze as Ren Ichimoku 
Nana Mizuki as Shibata Tsugumi 
Takako Honda as Hone-Onna 
Takayuki Sugō as Wanyuudou 
YOU as Narrator 
Yūta Kasuya as Takamichi Gamo 

Ai Hayasaka as Takeru's Mother (ep 4) 
Aiko Aihashi as Itsuko's Mother (ep 1) 
Aki Toyosaki as Hiraishi Itsuko (ep 1) 
Aoi Yūki as Hamano Chiriko (ep 18) 
Asami Imai as Momota Masako (ep 3) 
Asami Yaguchi as Oikawa's Wife (ep 25) 
Asumi Komada as Female Student (ep 25) 
Atsuko Mine as Saeko Kitase (ep 5) 
Atsuko Tanaka as Sakura Inuo (ep 7) 
Atsushi Imaruoka as Saegusa Kengo (ep 11) 
Aya Hisakawa as Mitsuko Yamaoka (ep 2) 
Ayahi Takagaki as Moriyama Jun (ep 3) 
Ayano Niina as Ayame (ep 15) 
Banjō Ginga as Norisha Takasugi (eps 13, 26) 
Baron Yamazaki as Itsuko's Father (ep 1) 
Chiaki Takahashi as Moroboshi Kira (ep 6) 
Daisuke Endō as
Jotaro Shijima (ep 18) 
Nakayama Jinichi (ep 11) 
Vice Principal (ep 5) 
Yoshimatsu (ep 3) 
Daisuke Matsuo as
Sorimachi (ep 12) 
Yasushi Endo (ep 15) 
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Fumio Mizuhara (ep 23) 
Daisuke Sasaki as
Manager (ep 8) 
Usagi's Father (ep 15) 
Eri Kitamura as Nishino Chizuru (ep 9) 
Eri Taruta as Fumio's Mother (ep 23) 
Eriko Matsushima as
Ai's Grandmother 
Housewife (ep 24) 
Fumio Matsuoka as Principal (ep 5) 
Fuyuka Oura as Nakiri Kaori (ep 19) 
Haruka Tomatsu as Kashiwagi Hidemi (ep 14) 
Hayato Hakata as In-Bus Announcement (ep 25) 
Hidekatsu Shibata as Spider (ep 26) 
Hideo Ishikawa as Tange Hideto (ep 1) 
Hiroki Takahashi as Nishida Shin (ep 4) 
Hiroko Nishi as Era (ep 12) 
Hiroshi Isobe as Kazuhiko Mikage (ep 25) 
Hisashi Izumi as Rangaku Nakiri (ep 19) 
Hotaru Okamoto as Female Student (ep 18) 
Ikue Ōtani as Kikuchi Kaito (ep 21) 
Jun Konno as
Kouji Nakajima (ep 16) 
Takumi Tsujinobashi (ep 26) 
Junji Majima as Tomohide Matsuda (ep 23) 
Kana Akutsu as Female Student (ep 24) 
Kappei Yamaguchi as Nomura Nobuo (ep 12) 
Katsue Miwa as Momo (ep 8) 
Katsuhito Nomura as Chouchi Hiroto (ep 11) 
Kazuhiko Kishino as Mizorogi Shougo (ep 20) 
Kazutoshi Hatano as
Male Student (ep 4) 
Police Officer (ep 14) 
Kazuya Nakai as Tsuzuki Kinya (ep 14) 
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Male Teacher (ep 7) 
Kenji Hamada as Ashiya Risaburo (young) (ep 17) 
Kenji Nojima as Masato Shirota (ep 22) 
Mai Hashimoto as Kobayashi (ep 9) 
Maki Shinohara as Female Student (ep 7) 
Makiko Nabei as Kurotsuka Yukina (ep 19) 
Masaaki Tsukada as Holmes (ep 14) 
Masaki Aizawa as Oikawa (ep 25) 
Megumi Takamoto as Serizawa Yuuna (ep 6) 
Midori Maki as Usagi's Mother (ep 15) 
Minako Kotobuki as Shimura Kaname (ep 18) 
Minoru Shiraishi as Washizu Takateru (ep 7) 
Nami Kanda as Female Student (ep 25) 
Naoki Koshida as
Instructor (ep 13) 
Manager Yoshizawa (ep 3) 
Natsuki Katou as
Sumika Misono (ep 22) 
Yuika Misono (ep 22) 
Natsuko Kuwatani as Yuki Miyajima (ep 16) 
Nobutoshi Canna as Yukihiko Kikuchi (ep 21) 
Nozomi Masu as Michio Yui (ep 11) 
Nozomi Sasaki as Kaede Inao (ep 9) 
Reiko Sasakawa as Kitayama Akira (ep 2) 
Rie Kugimiya as Shinohara Usagi (ep 15) 
Ryōka Yuzuki as Mayama Azusa (ep 13) 
Ryūsaku Chijiwa as
Managing Director (ep 25) 
Nakasago (ep 19) 
Saki Fujita as Kozue (ep 15) 
Sanae Kobayashi as Miwa Niiyama (ep 5) 
Sayaka Aoki as Suzumi Matsuda (ep 23) 
Sayuri Sadaoka as Haruko (eps 13, 26) 
Sayuri Yahagi as Katase Ririka (ep 5) 
Shinji Kawada as Saito Yukihiro (ep 10) 
Shion Hirota as Sasayama Kokoro (ep 12) 
Shiori Izawa as Tsubaki (ep 15) 
Sōichirō Hoshi as Takeru Yukawa (ep 4) 
Sumi Shimamoto as Sayoko Mikage (ep 25) 
Susumu Chiba as Kamisaka Rokurou (ep 11) 
Takahiro Mizushima as Atsushi Inuo (ep 7) 
Takashi Hikida as Shinohara Michito (ep 15) 
Takeo Takamiya as Barbershop Owner (ep 17) 
Takeshi Maruyama as Yoshio Ichimura (ep 10) 
Takuma Terashima as Ryu (ep 12) 
Tamaki Matsumoto as Kayo Shigeta (ep 16) 
Tamio Ōki as Ashiya Risaburo (ep 17) 
Teiyū Ichiryūsai as Shintani Michiru (ep 8) 
Teruyuki Tanzawa as
Factory Manager (ep 16) 
Fumio's Father (ep 23) 
Takeru's Father (ep 4) 
Tetsuharu Ōta as Kikyou Shinji (ep 20) 
Tetsuo Gotō as President Inomoto (ep 3) 
Tomoaki Maeno as Tsukio (ep 19) 
Tomokazu Sugita as Nawa Akihiro (ep 16) 
Tomoya Sawaguchi as Male Student (ep 10) 
Toshiko Fujita as Ashiya Fujiko (ep 17) 
Yasuyuki Kase as Yamaoka Seiji (ep 2) 
Yūdai Satō as
Homeroom Teacher (ep 5) 
Kunihiko Yagami (eps 2, 9) 
Mr. Moriya (eps 18, 22-24) 
Store Clerk (ep 14) 
Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima as Photographer (ep 22) 
Yuki Masuda as Asaba Sumi (ep 11) 
Yūki Ono as Co-Worker (ep 16) 
Yūko Gotō as Mioi Hatsumi (ep 8) 
Yūko Minaguchi as Nanami Kikuchi (ep 21) 
Yūko Sanpei as Ichimura Kazuya (ep 10) 
Yumi Takada as Kimie Ichimura (ep 10) 
Yurin as Yumi Kiuchi (ep 18) 
Yurino Yasushi as Female Student's Mother (ep 24) 
Yūta Kasuya as Boy (ep 17) 
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Kadokura (ep 19) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Studio OZ 
Animation Production: Studio DEEN 
Background Art:
Wind Video Culture Development Co., Ltd. 
Backgrounds: Pine Forest Animation 
Broadcaster:
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2008-10-08) 
In-Between Animation:
Wish 
Key Animation:
Tomato 
Paint:
Hayashi 
Photography: Studio Twinkle 
Production: Aniplex 
Production Cooperation: Sunshine Corporation 
English staff
English cast
Translation: Shoko Oono 
Executive producer:
John Ledford 

DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes 
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams 
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff 
Production Assistant: Kayla King 
Subtitle Script & Timing: Feng Xiong 
(none)
English companies
Broadcaster:
Animax India 
Distributor: Section23 Films 
Internet Streaming:
go90The Anime Network 
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks  (Expired) 

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