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Chaika - The Coffin Princess (TV)

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Alternative title:
Chaika la princesse-cercueil (French)
Chaika, la princesa del ataud (Spanish)
Chaika: A Princesa do Caixão (Portuguese)
Hitsugi no Chaika (Japanese)
Sargprinzessin Chaika (German)
Гроб принцессы Чайки (Russian)
хицуги но тяйка (Russian)
棺姫のチャイカ (Japanese)
관희 챠이카 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Toru Acura is a 20-year-old retired soldier meandering through life now that the war has ended. He encounters Chaika Trabant, a 14-year-old sorceress carrying a coffin, and follows her in hopes of finding meaning to his life again. The two travel with Toru's adopted sister, Akari, the employed member of the group and thus Toru's source of income.
User Ratings: 742 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 24 votes (sub:20, dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 96 votes (sub:87, dub:4, raw:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 272 votes (sub:232, dub:27, raw:2, others:11
8 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 229 votes (sub:192, dub:23, raw:2, ?:1, others:11
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 79 votes (sub:67, dub:11, ?:1)
 So-so: 23 votes (sub:19, dub:3, ?:1)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, Eng:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1271 users, rank: #948 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.457 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.2622, rank: #1993 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.420 (Good+), rank: #1926 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.50 / seen some: 6.29 / won't finish: 4.54)
Bayesian estimate: 7.421 (Good+), rank: #1651 (of 7289)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2014-04-09
2015-11-12 to 2015-11-27 (Philippines, Hero TV)
Opening Theme:
"DARAKENA" by Iori Nomizu
Ending Theme:
"Kairaku Genri (快楽原理;Pleasure Theory)" by coffin princess
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Chaika: The Coffin Princess - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2015-12-15 (from $59.95)
    Chaika: The Coffin Princess - Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2017-12-12 (from $37.00)
    Chaika: The Coffin Princess - Complete Series Collection (Blu-ray) 2022-12-20 (from $42.51)
DVD (Region 1)
    Chaika: The Coffin Princess - Complete Collection (DVD) 2015-12-15 (from $38.88)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Sōichi Masui
Series Composition: Touko Machida
Script:
Michihiro Tsuchiya (eps 5-7, 10-12)
Touko Machida (eps 1-4, 8-9)
Storyboard:
Hitoshi Nanba (eps 3, 8-9)
Iwao Teraoka (ep 11)
Sōichi Masui (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7, 12
)

Takashi Kobayashi (ep 4)
Takurō Tsukada (ep 7)
Yo Miura (ED)
Yoshimitsu Ohashi (eps 6, 10)
Episode Director:
Daigo Yamagishi (ep 12)
Daisuke Chiba (ep 4)
Noriyuki Nomata (ep 5)
Shinsuke Gomi (ep 9)
Shinya Watada (eps 1, 6)
Shūji Miyahara (ep 8)
Sōichi Masui (OP)
Sumito Sasaki (ep 3)
Takahiro Ikezoe (ep 11)
Takurō Tsukada (ED; eps 2, 7, 12)
Yasuyuki Fuse (ep 10)
Yo Miura (11)
Original creator: Ichiro Sakaki
Original Character Design: Namaniku ATK
Character Design: Nobuhiro Arai
Art Director: Kouji Okamoto
Chief Animation Director:
Masahiro Suwa
Nobuhiro Arai
Animation Director:
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 4 assist.)
Ayu Tanaka (ep 6, 8; ep 3 assist.)
Chie Hashimoto (ep 11; ep 9 assist.)
Chizuko Kusakabe (ep 9)
Hiroki Kanno (eps 3, 6, 8)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (ep 4 assist.)
Kenichi Ōnuki (1 episodes
ep 3 assist. ep 7
)

Kōhei Tokuoka (ep 5, 7, 11; 3 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8 assist.
)

Masahiro Suwa (ED; ep 8; 3 episodes
eps 1, 6, 7 assist.
)

Nobuhiro Arai (OP; ep 7-8 assist.; eps 1, 11)
Satoshi Hattori (ep 3 assist.; eps 2, 6, 8)
Takahiro Komori (ep 2 assist.)
Yukio Okano (ep 4 assist.)
Yumi Shimojō (eps 4, 10)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Hikaru Fukuda

2nd Key Animation:
Asahi Takeuchi (ep 2)
Atsumi Sakasai (ep 10)
Chie Tanaka (eps 1, 3)
Chiharu Satō (eps 2-3, 5)
Chiyo Imamaki (ep 4)
Emi Matsunaga (eps 3, 5)
Fumino Shimizu (Studio 4°C; eps 2-3)
Hidenori Fukuoka (eps 2, 5, 7)
Hiro Ōki (ep 10)
Hiroaki Kurihara (ep 9)
Hiroaki Takagi (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Hiroki Yoshida (Mouse; ep 3)
Hiroto Nakagawa (Anime R; ep 1)
Katsunori Tanaka (ep 4)
Kazu Yasui (Anime R; ep 1)
Keisuke Hiroe (Bones Animation Dept.; eps 1-3, 5, 7-8)
Kenji Hashimoto (Mouse; ep 3)
Kōhei Tokuoka (eps 1, 5)
Miho Sekimoto (eps 2-3, 8)
Miki Sakaihara (ep 1)
Miyuki Mori (ep 9)
Naomi Kaneda (ep 2)
Nobushige Ishita (D-Motion; ep 1)
Shōhei Nishijima (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7-8, 12
)

Shunsuke Itai (eps 1-3, 7-8)
Tatsuya Kimishima (ep 10)
Tetsurō Taira (Mouse; ep 3)
Tomoko Higashiyama (Anime R; ep 1)
Yoshiko Nakamura (ep 4)
Youichi Sakai (ep 2)
Yui Igarashi (ep 10)
Yūichi Matsumoto (Anime R; ep 1)
Yuka Hirata (Bones Animation Dept.; ep 3)
Yuki Nomura (Mouse; ep 3)
Yusuke Kawakami (Mouse; ep 3)
Yuta Hasegawa (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Yuta Hirayama (ep 10)
Animation producer: Makoto Watanabe
Art Setting: Kazushige Kanehira
Assistant Director: Takahiro Komori
Color design: Reiko Iwasawa
Concept Mechanical Design: Fumihiro Katagai
Editing: Masahiro Gotō
In-Between Animation:
Hiroaki Kurihara (Snowdrop; ep 9)
Mio Yamakawa (Acca effe; ep 9)
Yūki Nakano (Snowdrop; ep 9)
Yuki Tainaka (Snowdrop; ep 9)
Yumiko Totsu (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Akiko Hirata (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Akiko Seki (ep 6)
Ako Kagiyama (eps 3, 8, 12)
Atsuko Sugawara (ep 3)
Atsushi Saitō (ep 1)
Ayako Tanai (ep 2)
Ayu Tanaka (eps 1, 12)
Chiaki Nakamura (ep 7)
Chie Hashimoto (Snowdrop; ep 9)
Daisuke Agata (eps 3, 6, 11-12)
Daisuke Takemoto (ep 2)
Emi Matsunaga (eps 8, 12)
Emi Sakamoto (eps 5, 11)
Haruka Watanabe (ep 6)
Hidenori Fukuoka (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11
)

Hikaru Suzuki (ep 4)
Hirofumi Onodera (ep 3)
Hiroshi Kawashima (eps 2, 7)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Takashima (ep 6)
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 4)
Kanako Baba (Studio Wanpack; eps 7, 10-11)
Katsunori Tanaka (ep 4)
Katsuya Shigehara (ep 11)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (ep 4)
Kazuo Takigawa (ep 4)
Keisuke Hiroe (eps 6, 11-12)
Ken'ichi Ōtomo (eps 5, 7, 11)
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 3)
Kiyomi Torii (Snowdrop; ep 9)
Kōhei Tokuoka (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-8, 12
)

Kōichi Takai (ep 2)
Konomi Satō (ep 7)
Kumiko Kakoi (ep 3)
Kumiko Onaga (ep 5)
Mai Sakamoto (ep 5)
Masahiro Satō (OP)
Masahiro Suwa (eps 1, 7)
Misa Kubota (Studio Wanpack; eps 8, 12)
Misao Abe (OP)
Miwa Sakai (ep 6)
Miyako Kamiya (ep 6)
Motoki Kurihara (ep 6)
Naomi Kaneda (OP; eps 1, 6, 8, 12)
Nobuhiro Arai (ep 1)
Nobuki Nakamura (eps 5, 11)
Nobuo Horii (ep 4)
Nobutaka Masuda (ep 2)
Reina Yamauchi (eps 5, 11)
Ryoko Amisaki (ED; eps 1, 7)
Ryoko Sugiura (ep 5)
Saki Fujiwara (ep 10)
Satoshi Hattori (eps 1-2, 12)
Shigenori Taniguchi (ep 10)
Shigeru Chiba (eps 4, 10)
Shigeru Kimishima (ep 1)
Shingo Nakamura (eps 5, 8)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 3)
Shinichi Shigematsu (ep 8)
Shinichi Wada (ep 4)
Shinsuke Gomi (eps 4, 9, 12)
Shinya Itō (ep 8)
Shōgo Nishi (ep 4)
Shōhei Nishijima (ED; 6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 11-12
)

Susumu Shigeta (eps 2, 7)
Taeko Oda (ep 6)
Taichi Nakaguma (eps 3, 11)
Takao Ozone (ep 3)
Takeshi Oda (ep 4)
Tomoaki Sakiyama (eps 5-6)
Tomoka Nukano (Studio Wanpack; ep 8)
Tomokatsu Nagasaku (ED)
Tomonori Mine (eps 6, 12)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (eps 2, 8)
Toshihiko Araki (ep 2)
Tsuyoshi Kuwahara (ep 5)
Yōichi Shimizu (ep 11)
Yōko Fukushima (Studio Wanpack; eps 7, 10-11)
Yoshiaki Taniguchi (ep 8)
Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 1-2)
Yūki Nakano (Snowdrop; ep 9)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 2)
Yukio Okano (ep 10)
Yumi Shimojō (eps 4, 10)
Yumiko Nakamura (ep 4)
Yutaka Nakamura (ep 8)
Monster Design: Takuhito Kusanagi
Production Advancement: Nobuhito Takemoto (eps 2, 7)
Production Desk: Mari Suzuki
Prop Design: Ryō Hirata
Setting Production: Takahiro Hasui
Theme Song Performance:
Chika Anzai (ED)
Iori Nomizu (OP)
Saeko Zōgō (ED)
Yui Makino (ED)
Chika Anzai as Chaika Travant
Junji Majima as Tohru Acura
Yuko Hara as Akari Acura

Chiwa Saito as Frederica
Iori Nomizu as Vivi Holopainen
Kazutomi Yamamoto as Leonardo Stoller
Kensuke Satō as Nikolai Aftotorr
Saeko Zōgō as Chaika Bogdan 
Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Selma Kenworth (eps 5-6)
Shūta Morishima as Mateus Callaway
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Alveric Gilette
Yumeha Kōda as Zuita Brusasco

Akane Kohinata as Hasmin Uro (ep 9)
Akira Takano as Thief B (ep 8)
Ayumu Murase as Gii
Chieko Miyazaki as Mistress (ep 1)
Chikahiro Kobayashi as Soldier (ep 6)
Chinami Hashimoto as Town Girl (ep 10)
Daiki Hamano as
Coachman (ep 3)
Guard (ep 6)
Eiji Miyashita as Unicorn (ep 1)
Eri Izumi as Female Customer (ep 1)
Hiroki Tōchi as Grant Lancia
Hiroshi Naka as Thief (ep 9)
Hiroshi Yanaka as Lavre (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Kinoshita as Simon Scania (ep 7)
Jun Inoue as
Citizen (ep 6)
Customer A (ep 1)
Wizard C (ep 12)
Kaori Sadohara as Urea (ep 8)
Keisuke Kōmoto as Guard (ep 1)
Kenshirō Usuki as Shopkeeper (ep 7)
Kento Fujinuma as
Dorado Denisov (ep 10)
Representative C (ep 6)
Shopkeeper (ep 9)
Kōji Ochiai as Marat (ep 8)
Kōsuke Sakaki as
Cockatrice (ep 6)
Thug B (ep 5)
Kōtarō Nakamura as Bernard Cizeta
Kyōka Yamaguchi as
Lady (ep 9)
Mistress (ep 3)
Manami Ono as Town Girl (ep 11)
Masafumi Kimura as Kraken (eps 1, 11)
Masaki Aizawa as Theobalt Setra (eps 11-12)
Megumi Ogata as Ricardo Gavanni
Nao Fujita as Mother (ep 3)
Naomi Ōzora as Karen Bombardier (eps 2, 9)
Shusaku Shirakawa as Wizard B (ep 12)
Shūta Morishima as Thief A (ep 8)
Tadanori Date as
Customer B (ep 1)
Thug A (ep 5)
Takahiro Miyamoto as
Anton Ivanov (eps 8, 10)
Representative A (ep 6)
Takahiro Sakurai as Shin Acura
Takaya Hashi as Robert Avart
Tetsuo Kanao as Konrad Steinmetz
Tomoyuki Maruyama as
Ephrem Bellman (ep 10)
Messenger (ep 8)
Representative B (ep 6)
Tōru Nara as Flor (ep 8)
Toshiki Iwasawa as
Man (ep 3)
Wizard A (ep 12)
Yasuo Muramatsu as Vernon Aldo Vimac IV
Yui Makino as Layla
Yuichiro Umehara as Thug C (ep 5)
Yuka Terasaki as Thor (young; ep 9)
Yuki Arai as Orthrus (ep 3)
Yutaka Aoyama as Foden (eps 10, 12)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: BONES
Key Animation:
Art Base Bam (eps 6-8, 12)
drop (ep 7)
Jumondo (eps 7-8)
Seigasha (ep 8)
Snowdrop (ep 9)
Studio Wanpack (eps 7-8, 11-12)
Studio Wombat (ED)
Triple A (ep 8)
Music Production: Flying Dog
Production Cooperation:
C2C (eps 4, 10)
Snowdrop (ep 9)
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres
Translation: Sawa Savage
ADR Script: Katelyn Barr
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Mixing: Brent Marshall
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager:
Luke Patterson
Son Phan Le (2017 release)
Subtitling: Jessica Kim
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Joanne Bonasso as Akari Acura
Kira Vincent-Davis as Chaika Trabant
Leraldo Anzaldua as Toru Acura

Allison Sumrall as Selma Kenworth
Andrew Love as Nikolai Avtotor
Blake Shepard as Alberic Gillet
Brittney Karbowski as Chaika Bohdan
Caitlynn French as Zita Brusasco
Krystal LaPorte as Frederica
Luci Christian as Vivi Holopainen
Mike Yager as Mateus Callaway
Scott Gibbs as David
Shannon Emerick as Leonardo Stolla

Adam Gibbs as Shin Acura
Amanda L. Baird as Jasmine
Cayla Coats as Toru Acura (Young)
David Wald as Grato Lancia
Greg Ayres as Ricardo Gavarni
John Swasey as Cizeta
Kalin Coates as Guy
Katelyn Barr as Layla
Kurt Bauer as Marat
Kyle Jones as Frol
Luis Galindo as Simon Scania
Molly Searcy as Karen Bombardier
Rob Mungle as Theobald Setra
Rutherford Cravens as Konrad Steinmetz
Scotty Fults as Roberto Abarth
Tommy Baird as Foden

English companies
Distributor: Hanabee Entertainment
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
German staff
German cast
(none)
Gabrielle Pietermann as Chaika Trabant
Ilena Gwisdalla as Akari Acura
Maximilian Belle as Toru Acura

Angela Wiederhut as Frederica
Bettina Zech as Zita Brusasco
Claudia Schmidt as Leonardo Stola
Dirk Meyer as Alberic Gilette
Gerhard Jilka as Nikolai Avtotor
Mike Carl as Matheus Callaway
Olivia Powell as Vivi Holopainen
Tatjana Pokorny as Ricardo Gavani

Angelika Bender as Landlady (ep 1)
Björn-Tilo Kraft as Kraken (ep 1)
Crock Krumbiegel as Mart (ep 8)
Gerhard Acktun as Foden (ep 10)
Henk Flemming as Bernard Chizeta (eps 6-12 even)
Holger Schwiers as Grado Francia (eps 10-12)
Kai Taschner as David (eps 5-6)
Katharina Iacobescu as Layla (eps 11-12)
Katharina Schwarzmaier as
Karen Bombardier (eps 2, 8-9)
Selma Kenworth (eps 5-6)
Maria Böhme as Woman of the Inn (ep 3)
Stefan Lehnen as Lavr (ep 8)
Stefanie Dischinger as Guy (eps 3, 7, 9)
Thomas Rauscher as Theobald Setra (eps 11-12)
Walter von Hauff as
Anton Ivanov (eps 6, 8, 10)
Roberto Abarth (eps 1-2)
Wolfgang Schatz as Efrem Berman (eps 6, 10)
German companies
Distributor: Nipponart
Internet Streaming: Nipponart
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Alfred Labatos as Tohru Acura
Marick Dacanay as Chaika Travant

Anthony Malejana as Mateus Callaway
Anthony Steven San Juan as Alveric Gilette
Carlo Christopher Caling as Nikolai Aftotorr
Celeste Dela Cruz as
Frederica
Vivi Holopainen
Nica Rojo as Chaika Bohdan

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV

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