Samurai Deeper Kyo

Samurai Deeper Kyo
Original Title	サムライ ディーパー キョウ
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	NYAV Post
Voice Director 1	Dan Green
Voice Director 2	Michael Sinterniklaas
Voice Director 3	Sean Schemmel
Translation & Adaptation	Michael Sinterniklaas Kiyoko McCrea
Recorded	2003
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	26
Year	2002

Samurai Deeper Kyo (サムライ ディーパー キョウ Samurai Dīpā Kyō) is a Japanese anime series based on the manga written and illustrated by Akimine Kamijyo. The series is set during the Edo Period of Japan's history. The series follows Demon Eyes Kyo, a feared samurai who seeks to regain his body after his soul is sealed inside the body of his rival, Kyoshiro Mibu. Kyo is then joined in his search by the bounty-hunter Yuya Shiina, the heir to the Tokugawa shogunate Benitora, and Yukimura Sanada, a known rival of the Tokugawa.

Synopsis In the year 1600, at the fog-covered battlefield of Sekigahara, a fierce battle was waged by two exemplary swordsmen. One was Kyoshiro Mibu, a skilled and noble warrior in possession of the unique powers of the Mibu Clan. The other was the thousand-man slayer, with eyes and hair the color of blood, "Demon Eyes" Kyo. Their legendary clash was cut short when a meteor from the heavens fell down upon that battlefield, leaving both to vanish in its wake. Samurai Deeper Kyo begins four years after that battle, when a gun-wielding bounty hunter by the name of Yuya Shiina hunts down Kyoshiro—now a perverted, traveling medicine-man who has built up a large debt. On her way to claim his bounty, they are attacked by an inhuman monster that seeks to devour Kyoshiro. This encounter awakens "Demon Eyes" Kyo, whose mind has been trapped inside of Kyoshiro's body ever since that fateful battle. Thus begins a grand tale of legendary two swordsmen and the discovery of their secrets.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Kyoshiro Mibu / Demon Eyes Kyo	Katsuyuki Konishi	Dan Green
Yuya Shiina	Yui Horie	Veronica Taylor
Izumo No Okani	Yumi Kakazu	Deborah S. Craig
Benitora	Toshihiko Seki	Wayne Grayson
Yukimura Sanada	Megumi Ogata	Christopher Kromer
Sasuke Sarutobi	Akira Ishida	Michelle Newman
Akira	Sōichirō Hoshi	Michael Sinterniklaas
Hotaru	Takehito Koyasu	Sebastian Arcelus
Nobunaga Oda	Shō Hayami	J. David Brimmer
Antera	Kana Ueda	Megan Hollingshead
Basara	Norihisa Mori	Danny Burstein
Bikara	Katsuhiro Harasawa	J. David Brimmer
Haira	Sōichirō Tanaka	Marc Thompson
Kubira	Takahiro Sakurai	Jamie McGonnigal
Mekira	Makoto Yasumura	Ted Lewis
Santera	Miki Machii	Tara Sands
Shatora	Sakiko Tamagawa	Shelly Dean
Shindara	Takayuki Yamaguchi	Ryan Brack
Muramasa	Kazuhiko Inoue	Mike Pollock
Saisei	Kana Ueda	Michal Friedman
Saishi	Sakura Nogawa	Erica Schroeder
Shinrei	Tomokazu Seki	Greg Abbey
Sakuya	Yukana Nogami	Eden Riegel
Makaora	Akio Suyama	Sam Riegel
Nobuyuki Sanada	Susumu Chiba	Sean Schemmel
Saizo Kirigakure	Takashi Matsuyama	Marc Diraison
Kosuke Anayama	Megumi Ogata	Megan Hollingshead
Rokuro Unno		Kevin T. Collins
Ieyasu Tokugawa	Shinpachi Tsuji	Greg Miller
Hanzo Hattori	Takehito Koyasu	Benjamin Thomas
Mahiro	Mikako Takahashi	Stacey Williams
Migeira	Hikaru Midorikawa	Maddie Blaustein
Jimon	Akio Suyama	Lex Woutas

Additional Voices

• Greg Abbey
• J. David Brimmer
• Matt Caplan
• Kevin T. Collins
• Marc Diraison
• Dan Green
• Rohana Kenin
• Carrie Keranen
• Lisa Ortiz
• David Logan Rankin
• Marty Ray
• Sean Schemmel
• Nathan Stith
• Chris Townsend
• Oliver Wyman

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Media Blasters	2003-2004		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			6 Volumes
	2004		The Complete Series
			6 Discs
	2005		The Complete Series
			6 Discs
	2008		The Complete Series
			6 Discs
	2010		The Complete Series
			6 Discs

See Also

• Samurai Deeper Kyo (video game)

External Links

• Samurai Deeper Kyo (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Samurai Deeper Kyo at the Internet Movie Database