Kurokami: The Animation is an anime series based off of the Korean manga Black God by Lim Dall-young and Park Sung-woo. Produced by Sunrise, the show aired in both Japan and the United States on January 8, 2009 running for 24 episodes.
Dubbing History[]
Kurokami is very notable for being the first ever anime simuldub produced with the show's English dub airing on the exact same day as the Japanese broadcast. Much info about the dub includes how they had to work with only the line drawings at various points and how much of a challenge it was to make the simuldub. It aired on an obscure television network called ImaginAsian which launched on August 30, 2004 and was dissolved in 2011.
Cast[]
Episodic Characters[]
| Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayu | Nozomi Sasaki | Cassandra Lee Morris | 1-2 |
| Bat-Man | ¿? | Kirk Thornton | |
| Mayu's Mother | Yuki Masuda | Laura Bailey | |
| Shizuka | Ryōko Ono | Carrie Keranen | 1 |
| Toshiro | Daichi Endō | Wayne Grayson | 3-4 |
| Hermann | Kazuyuki Okitsu | Steve Blum | 4 |
| Shingo | Hirokazu Hiramatsu | Marc Thompson | 6 |
| Kuro's Mother | Aya Hisakawa | Veronica Taylor | 7 |
| Master Root | Takuya Satō | Crispin Freeman | 8 |
| Kujo | Kunihiro Kawamoto | Kevin T. Collins | |
| Miyuki | Rina Satō | Meredith Zeitlin | |
| Ryuujin Nagamine | Tomomichi Nishimura | Peter Fernandez | |
| Rouki | ¿? | Greg Abbey | 13 |
| Jada | ¿? | Julie Ann Taylor | |
| Colonel | Daisuke Endō | Richard Epcar | |
| Howard | ¿? | J.B. Blanc | 14 |
| Sora | Akeno Watanabe | Jessica Straus | 17 |
| Aragi | Tsuyoshi Koyama | Troy Baker | |
| Kohaku | Ayumi Fujimura | Kari Wahlgren | 18 |
| Tenma | Takashi Nagasako | J. David Brimmer | |
| Arisa | Eri Moriya | Eva Kaminsky | 23 |
Additional Voices[]
- Greg Abbey
- Troy Baker
- Emily Bauer
- Matt Caplan
- David Chen
- Kevin T. Collins
- Marc Diraison
- Crispin Freeman
- Wayne Grayson
- Jason Griffith
- Carrie Keranen
- Steve Kramer
- Christopher Kromer
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
- Greg Sextro
- Stephanie Sheh
- Michael Sinterniklaas
- Julie Ann Taylor
- Veronica Taylor
- Marc Thompson
- Kirk Thornton
Notes[]
- Peter Fernandez's final dubbing role.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ImaginAsian | United States | 
|
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandai Entertainment | 2009-2011 | 
|
The Complete Series | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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| 6 Volumes | ||||||
| 2010-2011 | 
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The Complete Series | A DVB-T | |||
| 6 Volumes | ||||||
| Discotek Media | 2024 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
External Links[]
- Kurokami: The Animation at the Internet Movie Database
- Kurokami: The Animation (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia