Karas

Karas (鴉－KARAS－ Karasu, lit. The Crow) is a six-part original video animation produced by Tatsunoko Production to commemorate its 40th anniversary. Each episode was first televised in Japan as a pay-per-view program from March 25, 2005, to August 3, 2007, before being released onto DVDs.

In the United States, the series was released by Manga Entertainment, compiled into two feature length, direct-to-DVD films. The English dub featured the voices of Piper Perabo, Cree Summer, Jay Hernandez and Matthew Lillard

Synopsis
In the city of Shinjuku, a conflict between a rouge Karas by the name of Eko and the "will of the city" rage in a conflict for dominance. A Karas brought about to fight the rouge has fallen, leaving the city and its inhabitants defenseless. Soon after, Otoha, a comatose patient, is chosen to become a new Karas to face off the rouge Karas Eko to decide the fate of the city and its inhabitants.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Karas
	Yousuke Otoha	Toshihiro Wada	Steve Staley
	Yurine	Kasumi Suzuki	Piper Perabo (eps. 1-3)
	Yurine	Kasumi Suzuki	Cree Summer (eps. 4-6)
	Homura	Hitomi Nabatame	Kate Higgins
Humans
	Hinaru	Asuka Shibuya	Julie Ann Taylor
	Kure Narumi	Hiroto Torihata	Dave Wittenberg
	Minoru Sagisaka	Tetsuo Gotō	Doug Stone
	Yoshiko Sagisaka	Saeko Chiba	Dorothy Elias-Fahn
	Police Chief	Rokurō Naya	Michael McConnohie
Youkai
	Nue	Keiji Fujiwara	Jay Hernandez
	Amefuriko	Etsuko Kozakura	Sandy Fox
Mikura
	Eko Hoshunin	Takahiro Sakurai	Matthew Lillard
	Suiko	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Keith Burgess
	Wanyudou	Tōru Ōkawa	Paul St. Peter
	Tsuchigumo	Misa Watanabe	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
	Kamaitachi	Tomohiro Nishimura	Dave Mallow