Kurozuka
Kurozuka / Black TombSummary
Adaptation of Takashi Noguchi’s manga, which itself adapts Baku Yumemakura’s supernatural romance novel.
The original novel is about a 12th-century man named Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Kurou). Kurou flees into the mountains after losing to his brother Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first Shogun to rule all of Japan. History records that he committed suicide, but instead, Kurou meets a strange, beautiful woman named Kuromitsu in her mountain hermitage. Eventually, Kurou falls in love with Kuromitsu, but then realizes she conceals a dark secret. He learns that he is unable to die and continues to live for a thousand years as Japan evolves into a future society.
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Episodes
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 4 h 36 min (12 × 23 min)
- Season
- Fall 2008
- Start date
- October 7, 2008
- End date
- December 23, 2008
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- MADHOUSE
- Romaji title
- Kurozuka
- English title
- Kurozuka
- Native title
- 黒塚
- Other titles
- Black Tomb
Characters 8
Main characters
- KurouクロウMain
- Kuromitsu黒蜜Main
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- Izana居座魚Supporting
- Arashiyama嵐山Supporting
- RaiSupporting
- Karuta歌留多Supporting
- Kuon久遠Supporting
- Benkei弁慶Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Tetsurou ArakiDirector
- Tetsurou ArakiSeries composition
- Kiyoshi YoshidaMusic
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- Tetsurou ArakiStoryboard (OP, eps 1, 12)
- Tetsurou ArakiEpisode Director (ep 12)
- Hiroshi HamasakiStoryboard (eps 6, 11)
- Takayuki HiraoEpisode Director (ep 9)
- Takayuki HiraoStoryboard (ep 9)
- ShigiTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Tomohiko ItouEpisode Director (ep 3)
- Tomohiko ItouStoryboard (ep 3)
- Moriyasu TaniguchiKey Animation (eps 2, 6-7)
- Yuuji KumazawaEpisode Director (ep 2)
- Tomomi ShimazakiKey Animation (ep 1)
- Tetsuya WakanoKey Animation (eps 5, 12)
- Atsuko IshizukaStoryboard (ED)
- Atsuko IshizukaUnit Director (ED)
- Hidehiko SawadaKey Animation (OP1, eps 1, 3, 6, 12)
- ShigiTheme Song Lyrics (ED)
- Maximum the Ryou-kunTheme Song Performance (OP)
- ShigiTheme Song Composition (ED)