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Laughing Under the Clouds (TV)

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Alternative title:
Donten ni Warau (Japanese)
曇天に笑う (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: spirits
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In the eleventh year of the Meiji era carrying swords was forbidden by the government and those known as samurai were slowly fading away. However, there were plenty who didn't like those changes taking place in Japan and inevitably the crime rates increased. The country's only solution was an inescapable lake prison. Since the prison had no other way to access it except by water, the three boys of the Kumo family were assigned to transport the criminals to their new "home".
Ratings: 153 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:4, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Indonesia subtitled
)
 Very good: 36 votes (sub:23, dub:11, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 40 votes (sub:32, dub:8)
 Decent: 29 votes (sub:23, dub:3, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:13, dub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 277 s, rank: #3236 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.752 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.573, rank: #5024 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.746 (Good−), rank: #4939 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.98 / seen some: 6.00 / won't finish: 4.41)
Bayesian estimate: 6.803 (Good−), rank: #4377 (of 7635)
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2014-10-03
Opening Theme:
#1: "Biran no Kaze" (毘藍ノ風) by Ryūji Aoki
#2: "Ruten no Yō" (流転ノ陽) by Ryūji Aoki
Ending Theme:
"ATTITUDE TO LIFE" by Galneryus
News: Show:
Daily Briefs (Feb 25, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Laughing Under the Clouds - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2019-06-04 (from $12.99)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Laughing Under the Clouds - Complete Collection (BD+DVD) 2016-08-23 (from $64.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Composition: Yūya Takahashi
Script:
Yūya Takahashi (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-12
)

Storyboard:
Hiroshi Haraguchi (ED; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 12
)

Toshiya Shinohara (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Yūji Yanase (ep 5)
Unit Director:
Kenji Setō (OP)
Original creator: Karakarakemuri
Character Design: Takao Maki
Art Director: Yuki Ikenoue
Chief Animation Director: Takao Maki
Animation Director:
Atsushi Soga (5 episodes
eps 2, 7-8, 11-12
)

Daisuke Itō (5 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 11-12
)

Keiko Ichihara (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 11-12
)

Shuji Maruyama (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 11-12
)

Young-Beom Kim (ep 10)
Art design: Yoshikatsu Matsumoto (Anime Workshop Basara)
Sound Director: Takahiro Watanabe
Director of Photography: Yasushi Kudō
Producer:
Toshio Nakatani (NTV)

2nd Key Animation:
Chizuru Inoue (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-8, 10-12
)

Etsuko Yamamoto (10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-12
)

Michiko Oda (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8, 12
)

Nana Yamazaki (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10, 12
)

Naomi Sakata (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7-8, 10-12
)

Natsumi Morimoto (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8, 10-12
)

Yuki Asakura (10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-8, 10-12
)

Animation producer: Yosuke Nakamura
Assistant Animation Director:
Yuuko Ikezoe (eps 5, 12)
Assistant Chief Animation Director:
Shuji Maruyama (ep 10)
Assistant Director: Juria Matsumura
Assistant Director of Photography: Kunihiko Ito
Assistant producer:
Yuri Tamura
Background Art:
Yukari Yasuda
Calligraphy Design: Takekazu Iwabatake
Color Check:
Yuka Takeuchi (eps 2, 6, 8)
Color Coordination:
Yūta Takeuchi (eps 2, 6, 8)
Color design: Genta Makabe
Design:
Jun Fujii
Design Production Coordination: Akina Hasegawa
Editing: Emi Onodera
In-Between Animation:
Yūta Takeuchi (ep 12)
In-Between Check:
Naomi Sakata (eps 2, 7, 12)
Key Animation:
Hirohiko Sukegawa (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 11-12
)

Hiromi Nanbe (OP1-2; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 11
)

Mamiko Nakanishi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8, 12
)

Miho Matsuura (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 10, 12
)

Noritaka Tateguchi (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 11-12
)

Saori Den (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 10
)

Saori Sakiguchi (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 10, 12
)

Tsubomi Ishihara (5 episodes
eps 4-10 even, 11
)

Yūki Nakano (OP1-2; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6-7, 11
)

Yukiko Ueda (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 10-11
)

Zenjirō Ukulele (OP; eps 2, 11)
Monster Design: Yoshihiro Nagamori
Music producer:
Kazunari Sengoku
Online Editor:
Ryotaro Tachi
Paint:
Yuka Takeuchi (eps 3-4, 10-11)
Photography:
Yuka Tsutsumi
Planning Cooperation:
Taichi Yokoyama
Production Control: Kenichi Motohashi
Production Supervision: Karakarakemuri (ED)
Program Publicity: Seiichiro Toda
Prop Design: Shuji Maruyama
Publicity Cooperation: Akiko Tarumi
Recording Adjustment: Tatsuhiro Amano
Recording Assistant: Toshifumi Tsuzuki
Sound Effects:
Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Production Manager: Yūsuke Uchimura
Special Effects: Ayuko Harada
Theme Song Arrangement:
Yutaka Shinya (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Syu
Theme Song Lyrics:
Shō (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Ryuji Aoki (OP)
Unit Manager:
Yusho Ko (eps 2, 7)
Web Manager:
Hiroki Matsumoto
Takahiro Sakurai as Shirasu Kinjō
Tsubasa Yonaga as Chūtarō Kumo
Yūichi Nakamura as Tenka Kumo
Yūki Kaji as Soramaru Kumo

Hiro Shimono as Rakuchō Takeda
Hiroki Yasumoto as Seiichirō Takamine
Hiroshi Iwasaki as Chenran Shi
Kenichi Suzumura as Abe no Hirari
Kōji Yusa as Kotarō Fūma
Kōsuke Toriumi as Abe no Sōsei
Mamiko Noto as Nishiki
Rina Satō as Botan
Sayaka Ōhara as Kiiko Sasaki
Shinichirō Miki as Naoto Kagami
Takahiro Fujiwara as Zenzō Inukai
Yūki Fujiwara as Mutsuki Ashiya

Aimi Tanaka as
Gerokichi (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 11-12
)

Poko (ep 7)
Ari Ozawa as
Familiar (ep 9)
Kanbayashi's son (eps 1, 6, 10)
Tenka Kumo (young; eps 5, 8)
Chie Horikoshi as Kanbayashi (5 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 10, 12
)
Daisuke Endō as
Criminal (ep 1)
Doctor Ōta (ep 3)
Daisuke Kishio as Kagemitsu Kumo (eps 6-7)
Gaku Kudō as Policeman (ep 6)
Haruo Satō as Leader (ep 7)
Isamu Yūsen as
Jailer (ep 4)
Merchant (ep 5)
Ōki's subordinate (ep 7)
Tomomi Iwakura (ep 3)
Yasu Tsuchiya
Katsuki Donoshita as
Criminal (ep 3)
Doctor Ōta (eps 2, 5, 11)
Keiji Fujiwara as Taiko Kumo (eps 8, 11)
Kenichirō Matsuda as Chiyonaga Orida (6 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 9-11
)
Makoto Furukawa as Policeman (ep 6)
Masaki Terasoma as Kiyotsuna Sasaki (ep 7)
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Mangetsu Ashiya (ep 7)
Ryuichi Horibe as
Group member (ep 3)
Tomomi Iwakura (eps 2, 8)
Tomotaka Hachisuka as
Hideo Kitamura
Jailer (ep 4)
Toshihiko Nakanishi as Takatō Ōki (eps 7-9)
Yoshikazu Nagano as Criminal (ep 1)
Yuki Sorami as
Abe no Sōsei (young; eps 5, 8)
Familiar (ep 9)
Kanbayashi's daughter (eps 1, 6, 10)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
xenron
Animation Direction: UEC (ep 10)
Animation Production: Dōga Kōbō
Editing: Jay Film
Finish Animation:
xenron
In-Between Animation:
Studio Elle
Key Animation:
UEC (ep 10)
Logo Design: VOLARE inc.
Music Cooperation:
VAP
Online Editing: Sony PCL
Photography Cooperation: Cyan
Production:
VAP
Recording Studio: Sound Inn Studios
Sound Production: delfi Sound
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Joel McDonald
Translation: Nita Lieu
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer: Peter Hawkinson
ADR Supervisor: Gino Palencia
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez
Subtitler:
Sara Bachmeyer
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Josh Tyler
Video Engineer: Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
Christopher Wehkamp as Tenka Kumo
Dave Trosko as Soramaru Kumo
Robert McCollum as Shirasu Kinjo
Terri Doty as Chutaro Kumo

Christopher R. Sabat as Seiichirō Takamine
Clifford Chapin as Mutsuki Ashiya
Cole Brown as Zenzo Inukai
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Kiiko Sasaki
Eric Vale as Abe no Sōsei
Ian Sinclair as Naoto Kagami
J. Michael Tatum as Kotaro Fuma
Jamie Marchi as Nishiki
Joel McDonald as Rakucho Takeda
Micah Solusod as Abe no Hirari
Mike McFarland as Shi Qian-Lang
Morgan Garrett as Botan

Bill Jenkins as Chiyonaga Oda (Orita)
Bradley Campbell as Old Man (ep 1 uncredited)
Brandon Potter as Takato Oki
Caitlin Glass as Abe no Sōsei (young; eps 5, 8)
Elias Taylorson as Samurai Bandit (ep 1 uncredited)
Jarrod Greene as Yasu Tsuchiya
Josh Grelle as Kagemitsu Kumo (eps 6-7)
Kent Williams as Kiyotsuna Sasaki
Marcus D. Stimac as Ashiya Mangetsu
Mark Stoddard as Doctor Ōta (ep 3)
Nancy Sherrard as Kanbayashi
R Bruce Elliott as Tomomi Iwakura
Randy Pearlman as Hideo Kitamura
Sonny Strait as Taiko Kumo (eps 8, 11)

Morgan Mabry (as Morgan Mabry Mason)
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Internet Streaming:
Wakanim (Nordic countries)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Viewster (DE, AT, CH, FR, SE, NO, DK, FI, BE, NL, ES: Simulcast)
French cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Viewster (DE, AT, CH, FR, SE, NO, DK, FI, BE, NL, ES: Simulcast)
German cast
(none)

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