Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon
Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon / Ayatsuri Sakon / Ningyou Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon / Puppet Master Sakon / Tales of Puppetmaster Sakon / Sakon the VentriloquistSummary
The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji era by the famous female dollmaker Unosuke. Together they run into murders and solve them.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 26
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 10 h 50 min (26 × 25 min)
- Season
- Fall 1999
- Start date
- October 8, 1999
- End date
- March 31, 2000
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- TMS Entertainment
- Romaji title
- Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon
- Native title
- 人形草紙あやつり左近
- Other titles
- Ayatsuri Sakon · Ningyou Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon · Puppet Master Sakon · Tales of Puppetmaster Sakon · Sakon the Ventriloquist
Characters 25
Main characters
- Sakon Tachibana橘左近Main
- Ukon右近Main
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- Kouji Kitamura北村浩二Supporting
- Zenkichi Fujita藤田善吉Supporting
- Seiji Isshiki一色星治Supporting
- Niemon Tachibana橘二衛門Supporting
- Shizu Sanjou三条静Supporting
- Seiichi Mori森誠一Supporting
- Nagare Tachibana橘流Supporting
- Maya Nishihara西原摩耶Supporting
- Kaoruko Tachibana橘薫子Supporting
- Mai Kawai河合舞Supporting
- Kisaragi Ittetsu塩沢兼人Supporting
- Hazuki Funasaki船橋葉月Supporting
- Ayano Shiguresaki時雨崎綾乃Supporting
- Hisashi Sugiyama杉山久志Supporting
- Shiho Akizuki秋月四帆Supporting
- Chuuta Shikiba式場忠太Supporting
- Saemon Tachibana橘左衛門Supporting
- Kenichi Saitou斉藤健一Supporting
- Toshio Kobayashi小林利夫Supporting
- Takumi Shinozaki篠崎琢巳Supporting
- Chizuru Tachibana橘千鶴Supporting
- Tsutomu Saeki佐伯勉Supporting
- Sayoko Fukami深見小夜子Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Hitoyuki MatsuiDirector
- Takeshi ObataOriginal Character Design
- Masaru MiyazakiOriginal creator
- Toshimitsu KobayashiCharacter design
- Norihiro TsuruMusic
- Yuriko NakamuraMusic
- Tooru KogaArt director
- Katsuyoshi KobayashiSound director
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- Akino AraiTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Humming BirdTheme Song Performance (OP)
- Kazuharu SatouScript (eps 4-7)
- Daisuke HabaraScript (eps 8-10)
- Takeo OonoScript (eps 21-23)
- Tsuyoshi ImaiEditing
- Takuya KawamiColor Design
- Soutarou HayashiScript (eps 14-17, 24-26)
- Yuuichi HigurashiScript (eps 18-20)
- Chiho KatsuraScript (eps 1-3)
- Hitoyuki MatsuiStoryboard (eps 1-3, 8, 18, 26)
- Hitoyuki MatsuiEpisode Director (eps 1, 26)
- Yasuhiro GeshiEpisode Director (eps 2, 5, 12)
- Hideki TonokatsuStoryboard (eps 4, 7, 11, 16, 21, 23)
- Yasuhiro GeshiStoryboard (eps 5, 12)
- Kazuo NogamiEpisode Director (eps 9, 14, 19, 23)
- KOKIAInsert Song Performance (ep 20)