Kuromukuro (2016) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

In the early 21st century, the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute in Japan becomes the focal point for international scientific inquiry following the discovery of an enigmatic artifact during Kurobe Dam construction. The facility's global team of researchers lives alongside their children at Mt. Tate International Senior High School, creating a unique blend of modern and historical life.

Yukina Shirahane, daughter of the Institute’s director, unexpectedly encounters Kennosuke Tokisada Ouma, a samurai transported from the Sengoku period while exploring the artifact. As an otherworldly threat emerges, Yukina and Kennosuke must work together to safeguard Earth. Their alliance unveils secrets surrounding Kennosuke's origins and his unwavering dedication to protecting Yukina, prompting them both to confront questions of fate, belonging, and the boundaries between time. The series explores themes of cultural collision and responsibility in a world facing unprecedented challenges.

Trailer:

Streaming Platforms:

Netflix

Episodes:

Episode 1: The Sky Raining Demons (Aired: 04/07/2016)
Episode 2: The Black Relic Awakened (Aired: 04/14/2016)
Episode 3: The Castle Ruins Cannot Turn Back Time (Aired: 04/21/2016)
Episode 4: The Foreign Taste Tells All (Aired: 04/28/2016)
Episode 5: The Man Who Came to the Garden of Learning (Aired: 05/05/2016)
... and 21 more episodes

Characters:

Noël, Sophie (Main) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Reina, Martello, Tiziana, Chauvier, Delphine, Pellegrino, Gabriela, Jakobs, Samira, Fahn, Melissa, González, Nycolle
Ouma, Kennosuke Tokisada (Main) - Voice Actors: Azakami, Youhei, Papenbrook, Bryce, Capra, Alessandro, Matthys, Nicolas, Alonso, Renan, Hoffmann, Florian, Lema Blanco, Daniel, Bravo, Alan
Shirahane, Yukina (Main) - Voice Actors: Ichimichi, Mao, Leigh, Cherami, Felli, Martina, Guinand, Élisabeth, Bueno, Raíssa, Nestler, Anja, Huerta, Sofía
Akagi, Ryouto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Kaito, Bosch, Johnny Yong, Benedetti, Marco, Ruiz, Miguel Ángel, Quelle, Rafael, Derksen, Simon, Van Santfoort, Maxime
Aramata, Minoru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Makishima, Kouichi, McConnohie, Michael, Kluckert, Jürgen, Nunes, Luiz, Rovatti, Riccardo, Eloy, Alain
Borden, Tom (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Ryouhei, Haberkorn, Todd, Germano, Alessandro, Drobig, Christoph, Rodrigues, Roberto, Francart, Olivier, Bernal, Alberto
Butler, Elizabeth (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Juri, Maddalena, Julie, Hopt, Anita, Moreira, Amanda, Pazo Olivares, Ruth, Mazza, Anna, Hons, Nathalie, Aceves, Miriam
Casiraghi, Girolamo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tezuka, Hiromichi, Cuvellier, Olivier, Guimarães, Tiaggo, Campuzano, Manuel, Silverstein, Keith, Bottale, Luca
Dr. Hausen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchida, Yuuya, Mallow, Dave, Hamann, Gerrit, Sesana, Paolo, Eloy, Alain, Paranhos, Vitor
Elena (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bridcutt, Sarah Emi
Fusunani (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yusa, Kouji, Smith, Christopher Corey, Sander, Tim, Finkels, Fabian, Rodriguez, Reinaldo, Frías, Nicolás, Amoruso, Valerio
Graham, Arthur (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Konishi, Katsuyuki, Price, Jamieson, Moeseritz, Tim, Farina, Raffaele, Eloy, Alain, Gasperini, Mauro, Rangel, Óscar
Hedo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakanishi, Hideki, George, Grant, Ferraz, Fernando, Salinas, Erick
Imusa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Tooru, Silverstein, Keith, Gaiani, André, Gaul, Christian, Romanò, Sergio, Mannaert, Stany, Miranda, José Luis
Kayahara, Jundai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Yuusuke, Oldani, Andrea, Burns, Griffin, Stollberg, Dirk, Magno, Carloz, Manet, David, González, Dalí
Kowalczyk, Paula (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Satou, Rina, Post, Laura, Magnaghi, Debora, Dramski, Anna, Pazo Olivares, Ruth, Hons, Nathalie, Ferreira, Fernanda, Servín, Gaby
Liu, Shenmei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Hikaru, Bauer, Alice, Buhr, Reba, Pazo Olivares, Ruth, De Caro, Ludovica, Targin, Suelen, Meeus, Éléonore
Mendes, Rita Ferreira (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lynn, Cabanos, Christine Marie, Hopt, Anita, Frenz, Victoria, Pereiras, Rocío, Martelli, Carla, Morese, Deborah, Pyronnet, Sophie, Gris, Gaby
Mirasa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamada, Yuina, Taylor, Julie Ann, Schmitz, Tanja, Moreira, Amanda, Caggiula, Beatrice, Chauvier, Delphine
Mozumi, Toshiyuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kusunoki, Taiten, Azzolino, Tony, Off, Marcus, Spatziani, Mário, Van Santfoort, Maxime, Rizzi, Francesco, Beltrán, César
Muetta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toyosaki, Aki, Buckland, Kira, Bueno, Raíssa, Oeffinger, Marieke, Bielli, Francesca, Aguilar, Montserrat, Meeus, Éléonore
Ogino, Mika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Seto, Asami, Valenzuela, Cristina, Mitsching, Lisa, Cinalli, Beta, Robles, Jocelyn, Riva, Gea, du Bled, Marie
Oshou, Yakushi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gotou, Tetsuo, Vivona, Ênio, Lochthove, Klaus, Corbetta, Oliviero, Van Santfoort, Maxime, Cortés Jáquez, Jesús
Refill (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Atsushi, McConnohie, Michael, Siebeck, Oliver, Guedes, Jonathan, Lotti, Massimiliano, Cuvellier, Olivier, Armijo Ugalde, Raymundo
Shirahane, Hiromi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tojo, Kanako, Karpoff, Alessandra, Hugo, Nathalie, Elaine, Raquel, Mazay, Sabine, Yatco, Anne, Becerra, Tania
Shirahane, Takehito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ookawa, Tooru, Erholtz, Doug, Gaiani, André, Vázquez, Carlo, Baral, Michael, Finkels, Fabian, Pirovano, Pino
Shirahane, Koharu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Asakura, Momo, Morris, Cassandra Lee, Bonfitto, Sabrina, Geisler, Angelina, Tavares, Amanda, Frison, Sophie, Piedra, Estefanía
Takasuka, José Carlos (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takeuchi, Shunsuke, George, Grant, Sablik, Nico, dos Anjos, Rick, Di Benedetto, Massimo, Eloy, Alain, Bernal Cataneo, Emmanuel
Takekuma, Naoki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiuchi, Hidenobu, Manet, David, Oliveira, Caio César, Merting, Steven, McCarley, Kyle, Sansegundo, José Carlos, Mireles, Carlos, Prata, Patrizio
Unami, Marina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugihira, Manami, Elias-Fahn, Dorothy, Pacotto, Emanuela, Morgenstern, Lydia, Cárdia, Jéssica, Frison, Sophie, Bravo, Beatriz, Mendoza, Monserrat
Yoruba (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taniyama, Kishou, Erholtz, Doug, Fritzsche, Rainer, Andreozzi, Ruggero, Akim, Nagib, Manet, David, Salinas, Erick
Zeringer Mundef Bischlei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Soya, Shigenori, Smith, Christopher Corey, Gerhardt, Sven, Spatziani, Mário, Pandolfi, Silvio, Mannaert, Stany

Staff:

Fukuda, Jun (Producer)
Hayashi, Toshiyasu (Producer)
Horikawa, Kenji (Producer)
Nagatani, Takayuki (Producer)
Okamura, Takema (Producer)
Shimizu, Mika (Producer)
Souma, Shouji (Producer)
Okamura, Tensai (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro (Sound Director)
Hiramaki, Daisuke (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Noshitani, Mitsutaka (Episode Director)
Oonishi, Keisuke (Episode Director)
Suganuma, Fumihiko (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Takahashi, Masanori (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Higaki, Ryou (Script, Series Composition)
Machida, Touko (Script)
Morita, Shigeru (Script)
Heo, Jong (Storyboard)
Hosoda, Naoto (Storyboard)
Itou, Hideki (Storyboard, Assistant Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation)
Kakimoto, Koudai (Storyboard)
Sakata, Junichi (Storyboard)
Tachibana, Masaki (Storyboard)
Yoshihara, Masayuki (Storyboard)
GLAY (Theme Song Performance)
Kameda, Seiji (Theme Song Arrangement)
MICHI (Theme Song Performance)
Mizoguchi, Takaki (Theme Song Lyrics)
Wajima, Ami (Theme Song Performance)
Abe, Aoi (In-Between Animation)
Abe, Yuriko (Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation)
Ajiki, Kei (Key Animation)
Alonso, Renan (ADR Director)
Buchholz, Bob (ADR Director)
Cho, Hye-jung (Key Animation)
Cuvellier, Olivier (ADR Director)
Fukui, Maki (Animation Director)
Fukuzawa, Yuuya (Production Assistant, Publicity)
Han, Min-gi (Animation Director)
Hasegawa, Saki (Key Animation)
Hyoudou, Takashi (Key Animation)
Ichino, Maria (Key Animation)
Ikai, Kazuyuki (Animation Director)
Ike, Nobutaka (Art Director)
Inayoshi, Tomoshige (Animation Director)
Inoue, Toshiyuki (Key Animation)
Ishii, Yuriko (Character Design, Chief Animation Director)
Itou, Mina (Animation Director)
Itou, Eriko (Animation Director)
Iwazawa, Tooru (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
... and 36 more staff

News:

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Genres: Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Themes: Mecha
Studios: P.A. Works
Producers: AT-X, Infinite, KlockWorx, Medicos Entertainment, Pony Canyon, Sotsu, Tokyo MX
Licensors: Ponycan USA
Rating: 7.12 / 10
Rank: #3892
Popularity: #1690
Users Listed: 150,252
Users Scored: 63,124
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 04/15/2022
Aired: April 7, 2016 – September 29, 2016 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: original
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 26
Broadcast: Thursday at 21:00 (JST)

Kuromukuro