Kiba (anime)
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Kiba
| image = [[Image:KibaOp.jpg|230px]]
| caption = Title card of ''Kiba''
| ja_name = 牙-KIBA-
| ja_name_trans =
| genre = [[Action genre|Action]], [[Fantasy]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Anime
| title =
| director = Hiroshi Kōjina
| studio = [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]], [[Aniplex]]
| network = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[TV Tokyo]]
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Toonami Jetstream]]
| licensor = {{flagicon|USA}} [[A.D. Vision|ADV Films]]
| first = [[April 5]] [[2006]]
| last = [[March 24]] [[2007]]
| episodes = 51
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Kiba'''''|牙-KIBA-||literally fang}}, a fantasy [[anime]] by [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]], began broadcasting on [[TV Tokyo]] on [[April 5]] [[2006]]. The series is directed by [[Hiroshi Kōjina]] with [[Upper Deck|Upper Deck Japan]], a [[trading card game]] company, as the main sponsor. <ref name = "jawiki">牙-KIBA-. ([[2006-05-27]]). Wikipedia. Retrieved May 31, 2006 from [[:ja:牙-KIBA-]].</ref> The anime has been licensed by [[ADV Films]] for [[North America]]n distribution.
The series is more violent than other trading-card-game-tie-in animations with many characters being killed. According to an interview with the March 2006 issue of [[Animage]], [[Hiroshi Kamishina]], the show's director, noted that the show "absolutely will not have any plot elements that curry favor to children".<ref name ="jawiki" /> The producers of the show has also commented that Kiba will not be the type of show to put "human drama" on the back burner while concentrating on promotional tie-ins.<ref name ="jawiki" />. [[A.D. Vision|ADV Films]] also has acquired the rights to the Kiba anime, and it will be available later this year.<ref>[http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/12289.html ADV Acquires 'Kiba' Anime]</ref> Kiba started airing on [[Toonami Jetstream]] on July 14, 2008.
==Plot==
''Kiba'''s main character is Zed, a 15-year-old boy who lives in a place called "Calm". Frustrated by his current situation in life he feels that somewhere out there is a place where he can live more fully. One day, at the invitation of a mysterious wind, Zed dives into a space-time crevasse ([[Portal (fiction)|portal]]), seeking the answers that might be there. Riding on the wind, he is transported to a war-torn world where magic users called "Shard Casters" fight endlessly with each other, using spells in the form of marble-like "Shards".
With the power of the Shards, the Shard Casters are able to use spells and control monsters called "[[Spirit]]s". Fascinated by that power, Zed aims to become a Shard Caster. However, he still doesn't know that residing in his body is "Amil Gaoul", a mighty Spirit with the power to influence the world's future. Amil Gaoul is one of the "Key Spirits" that, when together with the other Key Spirits, can destroy or save the world. There are a total of six Key Spirits: Amil Gaoul, Pronimo, Sachira, Monardi, Jumamis and Shadin.
Zed undergoes countless trials in order to find out who he really is and what is most important to him.
==Characters==
{{Main|List of characters in Kiba}}
;{{nihongo|[[Zed (Kiba)|Zed]]|ゼッド|Zeddo}}
:Zed is the 15-year-old main character and protagonist. He is an unsatisfied and unfocused boy living in [[Kiba (anime)#Countries|Calm]]. One day, he finally gets his chance at a new life when a mysterious gust of wind guides him to a small space/time crevasse. It leads him to [[Kiba (anime)#Countries|Tempura]], a land full of "[[Magic (paranormal)|magic]]", [[crystal]]s with strange powers called shards, and monsters called spirits.
;{{nihongo|[[Noa (Kiba)|Noa]]|ノア|Noa}}
:Noa Boalia is Zed's friend from Calm. He is sickly, but nevertheless insists on pursuing his goals whole heartedly. After Zed goes through the portal to Tempura, Noa is eventually teleported to a militaristic land called Neotopia.
;{{nihongo|Roya|ロイア|Roia}}
:Roya is a 16-year-old girl living in Tempura. She is the disciple of the elder sage Jiko, who rescued a 6-year-old Roya from Task. She was to be killed after it was predicted that she would kill her father, Morocco. She is a new-found friend of Zed, and an old friend of Miki.
;{{nihongo|Jiko|ジーコ|Jīko|}}
:Jiko is a 79-year-old man, and is one of six sages of Tempura. Jiko has a rather calm and wise personality, in which he regularly performs rather sagely tasks such as meditation and fishing, while equipped with a mind of void. After Zed arrives, Jiko acts as his mentor, and gives him advice on many occasions.
;{{nihongo|Robès Redondo|ロベス・レドンド|Robesu Redondo}}
:Robès is a princely figure living in Tempura. He recently became the Shard Champion after winning the Shard Casters tournament. For fun, he wears a mask, and under the name "No Face", likes to rob the townspeople of their riches.
==Countries==
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'''Calm''': The city in which Zed was raised. A world where the wind never blows and where people don't know about the existence of shard casters.
'''Tempura''': A land that represents harmony and humanity. The place that Zed is first teleported to and makes his home.
'''Neotopia''': A totalitarian state that revolves around a set of "Ultimate Rules". Anyone who breaks these "Ultimate Rules" is considered an outlaw and is hunted down and killed. There are no second chances and no exceptions. Family members of outlaws were sent to Ulbacus unless they show a high aptitude for shard-casting.In the latter part of the series, Neotopia is taken over by Task.
'''Kalbu-fu''': A small territory where the people are persecuted by Zymot.
'''The Seekers''': A floating fort where strangers come together. A place of safe keeping during a worldwide war between the countries.
'''Task''': Country led by a council of masked people who are in turn led by masked Jeem, whom placed Gari as a fake king to luring other Taskans to believe that there's a god. Task contains two races; Tasker Humans (as shown in episode 1) and Beastmen (as shown in 19 and beyond) which are both recognized by the "taskans" protruding from either shoulder.
'''Ulbacus''': An observatory-like country with many great scientists (lead by Professor Bender), who focus on gathering information from the best fighters to perfect their own. Ulbacus science enables people who are not shard casters to use shards (via mechanical implants), and can fuse low-level spirits to create stronger spirits. It has been revealed that Ulbacus has no native population, and that most citizens are people banished from Neotopia. The surrounding area is constantly raining. Famine is a major issue due to a lack of farmland. It's also the residence of Herrick, Ginga,and Moreno.
'''Zymot''': The empire once ruled by the monarchy of King Bakkam, later overthrown by Hugh. Most of the royal family was executed, later including surviving members such as Philip and Princess Rebecca.<ref name="episode10">
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| airdate = 2006-06-04
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==Episodes==
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{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Wind of Destiny
|JapaneseTitle=Unmei no Kaze
|KanjiTitle=運命の風
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-04-02]]
|EpisodeNumber=1
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=New World
|JapaneseTitle=Atarashii Sekai
|KanjiTitle=新しい世界
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-04-09]]
|EpisodeNumber=2
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Ones With Power
|JapaneseTitle=Chikara wo Motsumono-tachi
|KanjiTitle=力を持つ者たち
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-04-16]]
|EpisodeNumber=3
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Resolution of the Wind
|JapaneseTitle=Kaze no Ketsui
|KanjiTitle=風の決意
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-04-23]]
|EpisodeNumber=4
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Land of Commandment
|JapaneseTitle=Kairitsu no Kuni
|KanjiTitle=戒律の国
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-04-30]]
|EpisodeNumber=5
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Premature Outcome
|JapaneseTitle=Hayasugita Ketsumatsu
|KanjiTitle=早すぎた結末
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-05-07]]
|EpisodeNumber=6
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Awakened Thoughts
|JapaneseTitle=Mezameta Omoi
|KanjiTitle=目覚めた思い
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-05-14]]
|EpisodeNumber=7
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Betrayers' Whereabouts
|JapaneseTitle=Uragiri no Yukue
|KanjiTitle=裏切りの行方
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-05-21]]
|EpisodeNumber=8
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=After the Fight is Over
|JapaneseTitle=Tatakai no Ato
|KanjiTitle=戦いのあと
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-05-28]]
|EpisodeNumber=9
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Lonely Princess
|JapaneseTitle=Kodokuna Ōjo
|KanjiTitle=孤独な王女
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-06-04]]
|EpisodeNumber=10
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Premonition of Conspiracy
|JapaneseTitle=Inbō no Yokan
|KanjiTitle=陰謀の予感
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-06-11]]
|EpisodeNumber=11
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Advance Towards Truth
|JapaneseTitle=Shinjitsu he no Zenshin
|KanjiTitle=真実への前進
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-06-18]]
|EpisodeNumber=12
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Strength to Dash
|JapaneseTitle=Shissōsuru Chikara
|KanjiTitle=疾走する力
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-06-25]]
|EpisodeNumber=13
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Temptation of Power
|JapaneseTitle=Chikara no Yūwaku
|KanjiTitle=力の誘惑
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-07-02]]
|EpisodeNumber=14
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Small Treasure
|JapaneseTitle=Chiisana Takaramono
|KanjiTitle=小さな宝物
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-07-09]]
|EpisodeNumber=15
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Tragedy of a Race
|JapaneseTitle=Higeki no Tami
|KanjiTitle=悲劇の民
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-07-16]]
|EpisodeNumber=16
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Unreachable Desire
|JapaneseTitle=Todokanu Negai
|KanjiTitle=届かぬ願い
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-07-23]]
|EpisodeNumber=17
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=A Wish Beyond Reach
|JapaneseTitle=Kienai Inori
|KanjiTitle=消えない祈り
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-07-30]]
|EpisodeNumber=18
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Land of Darkness
|JapaneseTitle=Ankoku no chi
|KanjiTitle=暗黒の地
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-08-06]]
|EpisodeNumber=19
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Reunion
|JapaneseTitle=Saikai
|KanjiTitle=再会
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-08-13]]
|EpisodeNumber=20
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Unforgetable Memory
|JapaneseTitle=Nuguenu Omoi
|KanjiTitle=拭えぬ思い
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-08-20]]
|EpisodeNumber=21
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Maze of Memories
|JapaneseTitle=Kioku no meiro
|KanjiTitle=記憶の迷路
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-08-27]]
|EpisodeNumber=22
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Bonds
|JapaneseTitle=Kizuna
|KanjiTitle=絆
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-09-03]]
|EpisodeNumber=23
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Yellow Shard of Happiness
|JapaneseTitle=Shiawase no kiiroi shādo
|KanjiTitle=幸せの黄色いシャード
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-09-10]]
|EpisodeNumber=24
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Prologue to The Battle
|JapaneseTitle=Tatakai no josou
|KanjiTitle=戦いの序奏
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-09-17]]
|EpisodeNumber=25
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Lonely Memories
|JapaneseTitle=Kodoku na kioku
|KanjiTitle=孤独な記憶
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-09-24]]
|EpisodeNumber=26
}}
|}
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|-
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Soldiers
|JapaneseTitle=Senshi-tachi
|KanjiTitle=戦士たち
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-10-01]]
|EpisodeNumber=27
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Proof of Existence
|JapaneseTitle=Sonzai no Akashi
|KanjiTitle=存在の証
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-10-08]]
|EpisodeNumber=28
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Friendship that Slipped By
|JapaneseTitle=Surechigau Yūjō
|KanjiTitle=すれ違う友情
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-10-15]]
|EpisodeNumber=29
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Confrontation
|JapaneseTitle=Taiketsu
|KanjiTitle=対決
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-10-22]]
|EpisodeNumber=30
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Price of Ambition
|JapaneseTitle=Yabō no Daishō
|KanjiTitle=野望の代償
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-10-29]]
|EpisodeNumber=31
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Speculations of a Country
|JapaneseTitle=Kokka no Omowaku
|KanjiTitle=国家の思惑
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-11-05]]
|EpisodeNumber=32
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Lost Radiance
|JapaneseTitle=Ushinawareta Kagayaki
|KanjiTitle=失われた輝き
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-11-12]]
|EpisodeNumber=33
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Unfolding War
|JapaneseTitle=Makiokoru Senka
|KanjiTitle=巻き起こる戦火
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-11-19]]
|EpisodeNumber=34
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Person Who Became the Sacrifice
|JapaneseTitle=Ikenie to narumono
|KanjiTitle=生贄となる者
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-11-26]]
|EpisodeNumber=35
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Mended Wing
|JapaneseTitle=Yomigaeru Tsubasa
|KanjiTitle=よみがえる翼
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-12-03]]
|EpisodeNumber=36
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Fall of the Capital City
|JapaneseTitle=Shuto Kanraku
|KanjiTitle=首都陥落
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-12-10]]
|EpisodeNumber=37
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Endless War
|JapaneseTitle=Owarinaki Tatakai
|KanjiTitle=終わりなき戦い
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-12-17]]
|EpisodeNumber=38
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Awakening
|JapaneseTitle=Kaigan
|KanjiTitle=開眼
|OriginalAirDate=[[2006-12-24]]
|EpisodeNumber=39
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Aimed Power
|JapaneseTitle=Nerareta Chikara
|KanjiTitle=狙われた力
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-01-07]]
|EpisodeNumber=40
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Captive Desires
|JapaneseTitle=Torawareta omoi
|KanjiTitle=囚われた思い
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-01-14]]
|EpisodeNumber=41
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Little Messiah
|JapaneseTitle=Chiisana Kyūseishu
|KanjiTitle=小さな救世主
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-01-21]]
|EpisodeNumber=42
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Truth Revealed
|JapaneseTitle=Akasareta Shinjitsu
|KanjiTitle=明かされた真実
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-01-28]]
|EpisodeNumber=43
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Unbreakable Curse
|JapaneseTitle=Tokenai Jubaku
|KanjiTitle=解けない呪縛
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-02-04]]
|EpisodeNumber=44
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Castle-Confined Girl
|JapaneseTitle=Rōjyō no Shōjo
|KanjiTitle=籠城の少女
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-02-11]]
|EpisodeNumber=45
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=To the Land of Determination
|JapaneseTitle=Ketsudan no chi e
|KanjiTitle=決断の地へ
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-02-18]]
|EpisodeNumber=46
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=The Savior who Strayed
|JapaneseTitle=Mayoeru Kyūseishu
|KanjiTitle=迷える救世主
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-02-25]]
|EpisodeNumber=47
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Advent
|JapaneseTitle=Kōrin
|KanjiTitle=降臨
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-03-04]]
|EpisodeNumber=48
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Mother and Child
|JapaneseTitle=Haha to Ko
|KanjiTitle=母と子
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-03-10]]
|EpisodeNumber=49
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=Bonds of Eternity
|JapaneseTitle=Eien no Kizuna
|KanjiTitle=永遠の絆
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-03-17]]
|EpisodeNumber=50
}}
{{Japanese episode list
|EnglishTitle=To the place where the wind blows... [Finale]
|JapaneseTitle=Kazefuku basho he
|KanjiTitle=風吹く場所へ
|OriginalAirDate=[[2007-03-24]]
|EpisodeNumber=51
}}
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A 'movie' button on the TV Tokyo Japanese Kiba website indicates that Kiba the movie may be in the works. <ref>[http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/kiba/ TV Tokyo Kiba site]</ref>
==Music (anime)==
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|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|colspan=4|
===Opening themes===
|-
| '''Transcription/Translation'''
| '''Artist'''
| '''Episodes'''
|- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"
| Sanctuary
| [[Nami Tamaki]]
| 1-26
|-
| Hakanaku Tsuyoku
| [[Younha]]
| 27-51
|- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"
|colspan=4|
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|colspan=4|
===Ending themes===
|- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"
| Very Very
| [[Afromania]]
| 1-13
|-
| Solar Wind
| [[Snowkel]]
| 14-26
|- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"
| STAY GOLD
| [[:ja:ライムライト (音楽グループ)|Limelight]]
| 27-39
|-
| Sekai no Hate made/Until the end of the World
| [[Kozue Takada]]
| 40-51
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|colspan=4|
===Image songs===
|- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"
| Wind of Power / Zed
| [[Hiroyuki Yoshino]]
| n/a
|-
| Go Smiler / Roya
| [[Nana Mizuki]]
| n/a
|- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"
| Fate / Zed
| [[Miyake Jun]]
| n/a
|-
|}
==Cast==
* [[Leraldo Anzaldua]] - Zed
* [[Eden Barrera]] -
* [[Shelley Callene-Black]] - Sara
* [[Charles Campbell]] - Zico
* [[Josh Grell]] - Teacher
* [[Jovan Jackson]] - Ninja
* [[Adam Jones]] -
* [[Brittney Karbowski]] - Roya
* [[Mark X. Laskowski]] -
* [[Jonathan Novack]] -
* [[Chris Patton]] - Noah
* [[David Wald]] - Vice Principal
* [[Jon Walt]] - Principal
==References==
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==External links==
* {{jp icon}} [http://www.ki-ba.com/ Official Site]
* {{en icon}} [http://www.toonamijetstream.com/ Official online service running the dub]
* {{en icon}} [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6312 Kiba (TV)] at Anime News Network
* {{jp icon}} [http://blog.aniplex.co.jp/kiba_blog Kiba Blog at Aniplex]
* {{en icon}} [http://www.kiba-anime.com Kiba fan site!]
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