| Kiba | |
 Kiba key visual, featuring Zed | |
| 牙-KIBA- | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Created by | Aniplex |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Kōjina |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | |
| Music by | Jun Miyake |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 2, 2006 – March 25, 2007 |
| Episodes | 51 |
Kiba (牙-KIBA-, meaning fang, or if divided into Ki-Ba, a spiritual place), a Japanese anime series produced by Madhouse and Aniplex, began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2006. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina with Upper Deck Japan, a trading card game company, as the main sponsor. The anime has been licensed by Upper Deck USA and produced by ADV Films for North American distribution.
The series is more violent than other trading-card-game-tie-in animations with many characters being killed. According to an interview with the March 2006 issue of Animage, Hiroshi Kōjina, the director, noted that the show "absolutely will not have any plot elements that curry favor to children".[4] The producer also commented that Kiba is not the type of show to put "human drama" on the back burner while concentrating on promotional tie-ins.[4] Kiba aired on Toonami Jetstream from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009.
Plot
Zed, a 15-year-old boy who lives in a city called "Calm", is frustrated by his current situation in life; he feels that somewhere out there is a place where he can live more fully. One day, at the invitation of a mysterious wind, he dives into a space-time crevasse (portal), seeking the answers that might be there. Riding on the wind, he is transported to a war-torn world where magic users called "Shard Casters" fight endlessly with each other, using spells in the form of marble-like "Shards". He is transported to a country known as Templar.
With the power of the Shards, the Shard Casters are able to use spells and control monsters called "Spirits". Fascinated by that power, Zed aims to become a Shard Caster. However, he still doesn't know that residing in his body is "Amil Gaoul", a mighty Spirit with the power to influence the world's future. Amil Gaoul is one of the "Key Spirits" that, when together with the other Key Spirits, can destroy or save the world. There are a total of six Key Spirits: Amil Gaoul, Pronimo, Sachura, Monadi, Dynamis and Shadin.
Zed undergoes countless trials in order to find out who he really is and what is most important to him.
Episodes
Music
| Opening themes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Transcription/translation | Artist | Episodes | |
| Sanctuary | Nami Tamaki | 1-26 | |
| Hakanaku Tsuyoku | Younha | 27-51 | |
| Ending themes | |||
| Very Very | Afromania | 1-13 | |
| Solar Wind | Snowkel | 14-26 | |
| STAY GOLD | Limelight | 27-39 | |
| Sekai no Hate made/Until the end of the World | Kozue Takada | 40-51 | |
| Insert songs | |||
| Nakanaide | Afromania | 15 | |
| Image songs | |||
| Wind of Power / Zed | Hiroyuki Yoshino | n/a | |
| Go Smiler / Roya | Nana Mizuki | n/a | |
| Fate / Zed | Jun Miyake | n/a | |
Kiba Original Soundtrack 1
- CD 1:
- zed-fate
- zed-run
- roya-pas de bourree
- zymot
- templer-fear
- enemy
- zed-nostalgia
- zed-intense
- dawn
- templer-breeze
- templer-promenade
- roya-sentiment
- noa-intense
- noa-calmness
- battle-approach
- battle-bump
- battle-chase
- zed-friends
- mother
- shard-blaze
- shard-battle
- zed-regret
- urban
- zed-journey
- Sanctuary [TV ver.]
- Very Very [TV ver.]
- solar wind [TV ver.]
- CD 2:
- Wind of Power
- Go Smiler
Kiba Original Soundtrack 2
- Disc 1
- zed-fate
- war
- plot
- joy
- scene-forest
- scene-lake
- scene-desert
- underground
- neotopia
- roya-romance
- fanfare
- roya-destiny
- noa-friends
- disaster
- darkness
- secret
- seekers
- shard-battle ~ perish
- universe
- tears
- anger
- zed-friends (alternative take)
- Hakanaku Tsuyoku (TV ver.)
- STAY GOLD (TV ver.)
- Sekai no Hate Made (TV ver.)
- Disc 2
- Mei no Naki Kaze ni Fukarete
- Kaze no Fuku Basho
References
- ^ Loo, Egan (July 15, 2008). "Toonami Jetstream Service Hosts Kiba Anime Online". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ^ a b 【季節を楽しむオススメ作品第2回】風薫る初夏に、新たな挑戦を！ 風が人生を変えるドラマチックアニメ. Akiba Souken (in Japanese). Kakaku.com. May 17, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 7, 2012). "Upper Deck Ordered to Pay Aniplex US$3.9 Million+ for Kiba". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
Hiroshi Koujina and Madhouse's 51-episode Kiba alternate-world television anime series.
- ^ a b "Kiba Review". Anime Evo. August 23, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
External links
- Official Site (in Japanese)
- Kiba Blog at Aniplex (in Japanese)
- Kiba at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
This page was last edited on 4 November 2023, at 01:12