Series synopsis
Kiba is a Japanese animation sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on April 2, 2006. It ended on March 25, 2007. It stars Kazuma Horie, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Nana Mizuki and Hiromi Hirata.
Kiba, a fantasy anime 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 Kam ...
Premise
Kiba, a fantasy anime 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 Kamishina, the show's director, noted that the show "absolutely will not have any plot elements that curry favor to children". The producers of the show has also commented that Kiba will not be the type of show to put "human drama" on the back burner while concentrating on promotional tie-ins. While Upper Deck owns the rights to the series, ADV Films is the distributor and their production studio Amusement Park Media is producing the dub. Kiba aired on Toonami Jetstream from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009 and is now showing on The Anime Network's Video on Demand service.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kazuma Horie as Noa (voice)
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Zed (voice)
- Nana Mizuki as Roya (voice)
- Hiromi Hirata as Despara (voice)
- Hiroshi Yanaka as Carter (voice)
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Hugh (voice)
- Kikuko Inoue as Sarah (voice)
- Shin-ichiro Miki as Robes (voice)
Supporting cast
- Tamio Ohki as Zico (voice)
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Ginga (voice)
- Erino Hazuki as Aisha (voice)
- Toru Nara as Keith (voice)
- Yumi Hikita as Diana (voice)
- Rika Morinaga as Mirette (voice)
Guest cast
- Aya Endo as Sagiri (voice)
- Marina Inoue as Rebecca (voice)
- Shinnosuke Tachibana as Gale (voice)
- Katsumi Suzuki
- Masato Hirano
- Kenta Miyake
- Eiji Hanawa
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 51 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 51 | April 2, 2006 | March 25, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wind of Destiny Zed seems is just a normal kid, if you don't count the trouble he always gets into and the other problems in his life. His mother in a mental facility of some sort, and his best friend has an incurable disease which weakens his body. But Zed longs for freedom, and has been having strange dreams of a mysterious spirit, which leads him away from his hometown of Calm, and into another world. |
April 2, 2006 |
| 2 |
New World Zed finds himself in the country of Tenpura, where he meets the sage Zico and his apprentice Roia. There, he learns about Shard Casters, and witnesses the strength of the Spirit that he's been seeing in his dreams. |
April 9, 2006 |
| 3 |
Those With Power Intent on learning more about his spirit and his own strength, Zed goes with Roia to see Dumas, a powerful Shard Caster, and the current Shard Champion to learn how to become stronger, and to control his strength. Zedd also meets Miki, Dumas' apprentice, and Robes, a local aristocrat who is also a Shard Caster. |
April 16, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 2, 2006 |
| Last aired | March 25, 2007 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday |