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Blade Dance of the Elementalers (TV)

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Alternative title:
Bladedance of Elementalers
Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance (Japanese)
精霊使いの剣舞 (Japanese)
Themes: harem, spirits
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The story is set in Areishia Spirit Academy, where girls from noble families are educated to become spirit contractors. A boy named Kamito, a male spirit contractor whose existence Was believed to be impossible, accidentally peeps on a girl named Clair while she was bathing, and forms a contract with the spirit she set her sights on. In order to make up for his mistake, Kamito must become Clair's contracted spirit.
User Ratings: 306 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:10, raw:1)
 Excellent: 24 votes (sub:22, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 65 votes (sub:61, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 90 votes (sub:82, dub:3, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 63 votes (sub:56, raw:2, dub:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 26 votes (sub:26)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:8, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, raw:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 613 users, rank: #1837 (of 9763)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.755 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6653, rank: #4905 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 6.625 (Good−), rank: #5302 (of 9909) (seen all: 6.72 / seen some: 4.76 / won't finish: 4.17)
Bayesian estimate: 6.660 (Good−), rank: #4793 (of 7492)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 18
Vintage: 2014-07-14
Opening Theme:
"Kyōmei no True Force" (共鳴のTrue Force) by Hitomi Harada
Ending Theme:
"Blade Dance" (精霊剣舞祭<ブレイドダンス>) by Knee-Socks
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Blade Dance of the Elementalers - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-02-02 (from $34.10)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Blade Dance of the Elementalers - Complete Collection [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2016-05-02 (from $137.27)
DVD (Region 1)
    Blade Dance of the Elementalers - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2016-02-02 (from $34.56)
DVD (Region 2)
    Blade Dance of the Elementalers - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2016-05-02 (from $92.80)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Series Composition: Takao Yoshioka
Script:
Ryunosuke Kingetsu (eps 3, 5-6, 10)
Takao Yoshioka (eps 1-2, 9, 12)
Toshimitsu Takeuchi (eps 4, 7-8, 11)
Storyboard:
Dojag-a-gen (eps 3, 9)
Hideki Okamoto (ep 11)
Katsuyuki Kodera (ep 6)
Minoru Ōhara (eps 2, 7)
Narumi Kakinouchi (OP; ep 8)
Shinichiro Kimura (ep 5)
Susumu Nishizawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12
)

Tetsuya Yanagisawa (ED; ep 1)
Episode Director:
Hiromichi Matano (ep 11)
Matsuo Asami (ep 10)
Naoyoshi Kusaka (eps 3, 9)
Norihiko Nagahama (eps 1, 10)
Noriyuki Nomata (ep 5)
Shunji Yoshida (ep 8)
Taiji Kawanishi (ep 6)
Taro Kubo (ep 6)
Tatsuma Minamikawa (ep 12)
Yasuhiro Minami (eps 4, 12)
Yōsuke Hashiguchi (eps 2, 7)
Unit Director:
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (ED)
Yasuhiro Minami (OP)
Original creator: Yū Shimizu
Original Character Design: Hanpen Sakura
Character Design: Maki Fujii
Art Director: Kenichi Kurata
Chief Animation Director:
Junji Gotō
Maki Fujii
Tomoko Iwasa
Animation Director:
Akiko Nakano (ep 1)
Asami Kishikawa (ep 3)
Eri Suzuki (eps 7, 11)
Haruo Ōgawara (ep 2)
Hisae Ikezu (ep 6)
Ho Won Jeong (ep 4)
Ichirō Ogawa (ep 7)
Jin Isurugi (eps 6, 10)
Junji Gotō (OP; eps 10, 12)
Kazuyuki Ikai (eps 5, 8, 11-12)
Maki Fujii (OP, ED; eyecatch eps 1-12)
Masayuki Fujita (eps 8, 12)
Masayuki Nomoto (eps 3, 9)
Miho Aoki (eps 1, 4)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (ep 12)
Rie Suzuki (ep 5)
Shingo Nishiyama (ep 6)
Shōsuke Shimizu (ep 10)
Tae Young Kim (ep 4)
Takao Takegami (eps 2, 7)
Takeshi Kanda (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-12 even
)

Yoshiko Nakajima (eps 1, 4, 8, 10)
Yūji Moriyama (eps 2, 5, 11)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Tomoko Minobe
Producer:
Hisato Usui (Showgate)
Shō Tanaka (Kadokawa Media Factory)
Takurō Hatakeyama (GENCO)
Tetsuya Tsuchihashi (AT-X)
Youhei Hayashi (MOVIC)
Yuta Shukawa (Kadokawa Media Factory)

2nd Key Animation:
Hiroyuki Saita (eyecatch ep 3)
Kōki Hirano (Jumondo; ep 10)
Masami Yamashita (OVA 1; eps 1, 4, 6)
Assistant Animation Director: Kazuya Morimae (ep 8)
Assistant Chief Animation Director: Kazuya Morimae (ep 12)
Color design: Jin Hibino (Shaft)
Editing: Aya Hida
Finish Animation:
Junichi Kōno (Peace & Kindness; OVA2; eps 1, 6, 12)
Mayu Yoshida (Studio Elle; OVA 2, 4; ep 10)
In-Between Animation: Hai Nguyen (Sao Sang)
Key Animation:
Aito Ōhashi (OP; ep 1)
Hiroyuki Saita (OP, ED)
Hisae Ikezu (OP, ED; eps 6, 12)
Hisashi Saito (OP)
Kazunori Ozawa (OP; ep 6)
Kazunori Shibata (ep 12)
Kazuya Morimae (OP; eps 8, 12)
Kazuya Saitō (OP)
Ken'ichi Hamazaki (OP, ED)
Kōji Itō (OP)
Kōta Sera (OP, ED; ep 1)
Masahiko Itojima (OP)
Motoki Yagi (eps 4, 6, 10)
Noriko Tejima (OP)
Ryō Tanaka (OP; eps 1, 6, 12)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (eps 5, 9)
Yōko Ikekawa (OP)
Yūichi Yoshida (ep 2)
Music producer: Saori Takeyama
Production producer: Keisuke Kawai
Prop Design: Kenji Miyawaki
Recording Adjustment: Nobuhiro Negishi
Recording Assistant: Fumihiko Ootera
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Sound Production Manager: Masazumi Yagihashi
Theme Song Arrangement:
Maiko Iuchi (OP)
Shingo Yamazaki (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Maiko Iuchi (OP)
Shingo Yamazaki (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
LINDEN (OP)
Ryuji Sakai (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Ai Kakuma (ED; as Knee-Socks)
Hitomi Harada (OP)
Ibuki Kido (ED; as Knee-Socks)
Kana Yūki (ED; as Knee-Socks)
Saori Ōnishi (ED; as Knee-Socks)
Shizuka Ishigami (ED; as Knee-Socks)
Ai Kakuma as Terminus Est
Ibuki Kido as Claire Rouge
Kana Yūki as Rinslet Laurenfrost
Makoto Furukawa as Kazehaya Kamito
Saori Ōnishi as Fianna Ray Ordesia
Shizuka Ishigami as Ellis Fahrengart

Ayane Sakura as Velsaria Eva Fahrengart
Harumi Sakurai as Vivian Melosa (eps 9-12)
Mai Nakahara as Greyworth Ciel Mais
Manami Tanaka as Carol Natassha
Yōko Hikasa as Restia Ashdoll
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Jio Inzagi
Yumi Kakazu as Freya Grandol (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 9, 12
)

Arisa Suzuki as Sylphid member (ep 10)
Asuka Nishi as
Shareiria (ep 5)
Student (ep 1)
Atsushi Ono as Duke Cygnus Fahrengart (ep 9)
Ayaka Suwa as Dinare (eps 2, 4, 9-10)
Chinami Hashimoto as Reishia (eps 2, 7, 10-12)
Chitose Morinaga as Student (ep 6)
Eri Suzuki as Rakka (eps 2, 7, 11-12)
Haruki Ishiya as Audience (ep 4)
Hironori Saitō as Customer (ep 5)
Itaru Yamamoto as Adamantine (eps 4, 11)
Juri Kimura as Dera (ep 9)
Kanehira Yamamoto as Announcer (ep 1)
Kengo Kawanishi as Audience (ep 4)
Masashi Nogawa as Instructor (ep 3)
Mayuka Nomura as Student (ep 3)
Minami Takahashi as Student (ep 4)
Momo Asakura as Vitte (ep 9)
Rie Murakawa as Student (eps 1, 5)
Rina Dendō as
Elsa (eps 2, 4, 9-11)
Student (ep 1)
Ryōko Maekawa as
Student (eps 1, 3-5)
Sylphid member (eps 6, 10)
Saori Ōnishi as Student (ep 1)
Satsumi Matsuda as Student (ep 6)
Shiina Natsukawa as Meinasu (ep 9)
Taishi Murata as Audience (ep 4)
Tomo Muranaka as Student (ep 5)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Javier Lopez
Katrina Leonoudakis (Extras)
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production:
Janice Williams (Home Video)
Joey Goubeaud (Home Video)
Luke Patterson (Home Video)
Son Phan Le (Home Video)
Production Assistant:
Annie Nguyen
Crystal Ruiz (Home Video)
E.W. Rector, III
Holly Dorsett (Simulcast)
Jessica Williams (Simulcast)
Jose DeArmas (Home Video)
Kjell Doucet (Home Video)
Ned Gayle (Home Video)
Shannon Reed (Home Video)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Home Video)
Production manager: Luke Patterson
Subtitle Timing: Stephanie McFall
Subtitling:
Janice Williams (Home Video)
Luke Patterson (Home Video)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor: Manga Entertainment (UK & Ireland)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Animatsu Entertainment (UK & Ireland)
Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
Sentai Filmworks
Production:
Sentai Studios (Home Video)
Seraphim Digital
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)

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