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Chivalry of a Failed Knight (TV)

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Alternative title:
A Tale of Worst One
L'epopea del cavaliere ripetente (Italian)
Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry (Japanese)
落第騎士の英雄譚(キャバルリィ) (Japanese)
Genres: romance
Themes: swordplay
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Magic Knights are modern magic-s who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life."
Ratings: 647 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 66 votes (sub:54, dub:11, raw:1)
 Excellent: 166 votes (sub:143, dub:20, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 175 votes (sub:139, dub:32, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 135 votes (sub:103, dub:28, raw:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 65 votes (sub:56, dub:6, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:14, dub:2, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1034 s, rank: #1189 (of 9997)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.804 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5176, rank: #1083 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.731 (Very good−), rank: #1120 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.81 / seen some: 4.42 / won't finish: 5.05)
Bayesian estimate: 7.726 (Very good−), rank: #845 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2015-10-03
Opening Theme:
"Identity" by Mikio Sakai
Ending Theme:
"Haramitsu Renge" (波羅密恋華) by Ali Project
News: Show:
MVM Q3 Schedule (May 8, 2019)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Chivalry of a Failed Knight - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2017-06-13 (from $26.94)
    Chivalry of a Failed Knight - Collector's Edition [SteelBook] (Blu-ray) 2023-04-25 (from $49.99)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Chivalry of a Failed Knight - Complete Series [AU] (Blu-ray) 2017-07-19
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Chivalry of a Failed Knight - Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2017-06-13 (from $125.00)
DVD (Region 1)
    Chivalry of a Failed Knight - Complete Collection (DVD) 2017-06-13 (from $79.99)
DVD (Region 4)
    Chivalry of a Failed Knight - Complete Series [AU] (DVD) 2017-07-05

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Jin Tamamura
Director: Shin Ōnuma
Series Composition: Shogo Yasukawa
Script:
Shun Kawanabe (eps 5-6, 10)
Storyboard:
Yūichi Nihei (eps 5, 11)
Episode Director:
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Yūta Takamura (ep 7)
Unit Director:
Shin Ōnuma (OP)
Original creator: Riku Misora
Original Character Design: Won
Character Design: Kiyoshi Komatsubara
Art Director: Tōru Koga (Studio Uni)
Chief Animation Director:
Yasuyuki Noda (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Yochi (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Animation Director:
Ryōsuke Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Yoshiki Nozawa (eps 3, 8, 11)
Sound Director:
Jin Aketagawa (Magic Capsule)
Director of Photography: Takeshi Hirooka (Nexus)
Producer:
Yutaka Kashiwagi (AT-X; eps 1-4)

2nd Key Animation:
Mayu Hirotomi (SILVER LINK.; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Shoko Naoki (SILVER LINK.; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Takahiro Nakatsugawa (SILVER LINK.; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Yuya Kishi (ep 1)
3D: Toshirō Hamamura (Wired; OP/ED)
3D Animation:
Yukihiro Mao (Studio Shamrock)
Action Director:
Takeo Ōhira
Advertising: Takayuki Matsunaga
Animation:
Yūta Kiso (OP)
Animation producer: Jiro Nakagawa
Armament Design: Yochi
Assistant Animation Director: Jimmy Stone (ep 2)
Assistant Director of Photography: Mutsumi Usuda
Associate producer:
Yūki Yamaoka
Background Art:
Yuka Nagai (Studio Uni; eps 1, 3)
Color Coordination:
Satomi Ozawa (ep 7)
Color design: Manami Yamaguchi
Device Design: Kenichi Takase
Editing: Kentarō Tsubone (REAL-T)
Editing Assistant: Michi Takigawa
Finish Check:
Satomi Ozawa (ep 7)
In-Between Animation:
Arisa Sugiyama (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Ayame Minatohara (Nexus; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10
)

Chenge Zheng (Nexus; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10
)

Daichi Sato (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Hiroki Tsuji (Nexus; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10
)

Kana Hamada (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Kasumi Okuda (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Kōhei Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Masanao Momoki (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Megumi Moribayashi (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Nagisa Hayashi (Nexus; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10
)

Natsuho Iwaida (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Shin Kimata (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Tsukiho Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Yōsuke Taguchi (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Yukino Nishio (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Yusuke Sekine (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

In-Between Check:
Yukino Nishio (ED)
Ink Writing: Goichi Iwahata (ep 8)
Insert Song Arrangement: Mikio Sakai (ep 12)
Insert Song Composition: Mikio Sakai (ep 12)
Insert Song Lyrics: Mikio Sakai (ep 12)
Insert Song Performance: Mikio Sakai (ep 12)
Key Animation:
Daichi Kitahara (Nexus; 4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12
)

Hiroko Shigekuni (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10
)

Kazumasa Takeuchi (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Masahito Wada (4 episodes
eps 2, 4, 10, 12
)

Masato Okada (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 12
)

Shintaro Tsubota (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8-9, 12
)

Takeo Ōhira (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 11-12
)

Takurō Sakurai (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 12
)

Yasunori Aoki (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 12
)

Yūji Gotō (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Yuuta Takanami (eps 6, 12)
Line Producer:
Kousuke Onizuka
Music producer: Yoshimoto Ishikawa
Online Editor:
Takami Tachikawa (Q-Tec; ep 12)
Paint:
Ayami Okada (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Kazue Odaka (Nexus; 6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Kazuya Kimura (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Minami Inamura (Nexus; 6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Yūsaku Nagahama (ep 7)
Photography:
Yuri Kawada (Nexus)
Planning:
Yusuke Dan (Animatic)
Planning Cooperation: Seiji Miyazaki
Production Advancement:
Youn Kyoung Kim (ep 7)
Production Desk: Masashi Tsunemitsu
Prop Design: Usaku Myouchin (Nexus)
Recording Adjustment: Nobuhiro Negishi
Recording Assistant: Fumihiko Ōtera
Sound Effects: Rei Ueno (Swara Pro)
Sound Production Manager:
Rie Tanaka
Spray Art: Hiroyuki Wada (ep 8)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Mikiya Katakura (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Mikiya Katakura (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Mikio Sakai (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Mikio Sakai (OP)
Kazuya Nakanishi (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

Kenichi Takase (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8, 11-12
)

Takaaki Kōnosu (Quaras)
Yuki Yamabe (ep 3)
Yutaka Kashiwagi (eps 5-12)
Kazumasa Ōta (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 11-12
)

Yūki Maekawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 11-12
)

Yūtarō Kikuchi (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 11-12
)

Nao Tōyama as Shizuku Kurogane (eps 2-12)
Ryōta Ōsaka as Ikki Kurogane
Shintarō Asanuma as Nagi Arisuin (eps 2-12)
Shizuka Ishigami as Stella Vermillion

Hisako Kanemoto as Tōka Tōdō (eps 9-12)
Izumi Kitta as Yūri Oreki (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 11-12
)
Kinryū Arimoto as Ryōma Kurogane (eps 1-2, 12)
M.A.O as Renren Tomaru (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11-12
)
Mariko Higashiuchi as Kurono Shingūji (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 9-12
)
Megumi Han as Utakata Misogi (eps 6, 9-12)
Ryōta Takeuchi as Ikazuchi Saijou (eps 5-6, 9, 11)
Show Hayami as Itsuki Kurogane (eps 9-12)
Tōru Ōkawa as Mamoru Akaza (eps 9-12)
Yōko Hikasa as Kanata Totokubara (eps 6, 9-10)
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kuraudo Kurashiki (eps 6-8)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Shizuya Kirihara (eps 3-4)
Yū Kobayashi as Ayase Ayatsuji (eps 5-8, 12)
Yuka Aisaka as Kagami Kusakabe (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7, 11-12
)
Yuka Iguchi as Nene Saikyō (eps 1, 4, 10-12)

Atsushi Ono as Kaito Ayatsuji (eps 7-8)
Chinatsu Akasaki as
Hangetsu Tsukuyomi (5 episodes
eps 4, 7, 9, 11-12
)

Mangetsu Tsukuyomi (eps 5, 11)
Mikazuki Tsukuyomi (eps 4, 10)
Genki Muro as
Companion (eps 6, 8)
Student (eps 5, 12)
Haruki Ishiya as Student (eps 2, 4, 10)
Harumi Sakurai as
Announcer (eps 1, 4, 7, 12)
Companion (ep 6)
Mother (ep 3)
Oniitama (ep 9)
Student (eps 2, 10)
Hideyuki Hori as Lord Vermillion (ep 12)
Hiromichi Tezuka as
Student (ep 12)
Underling (ep 3)
Itaru Yamamoto as Yakin (ep 3)
Junichi Yanagita as
Companion (ep 6)
Manabe (eps 5, 12)
Student (eps 1, 4, 12)
Juri Kimura as
Announcer (ep 4)
Female student (eps 5-6)
Reporter (ep 1)
Kazumasa Nakamura as Sugawara (ep 8)
Kengo Kawanishi as
Security guard (ep 3)
Student (ep 1)
Kenji Nojima as Bishou (ep 3)
Kōhei Amasaki as Student (eps 1-2, 4)
Kōichi Sōma as Underling (ep 3)
Kōji Kawakami as
Companion (eps 6, 8)
Momodani (ep 4)
Student (ep 5)
Kyō Yaoya as Woman (ep 3)
Makoto Furukawa as Student (ep 5)
Marika Kōno as Student (eps 1, 5)
Masumi Tazawa as Female student (eps 4-5)
Mugihito as Torajirō Nangō (ep 12)
Ryōta Ōsaka as Kazumasa (ep 5)
Ryūichi Kijima as Man (ep 9)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Golem (ep 9)
Syuhei Toyoshima as
Companion (ep 8)
Student (ep 5)
Tomo Muranaka as
Boy (ep 3)
Stella's mother (ep 1)
Yō Taichi as Kurogane house servant (ep 9)
Yūki Ishikari as Student (eps 4, 10, 12)
Yūki Kuwahara as Kurogane house servant (ep 9)
Yukiyo Fujii as Ikki Kurogane (young)
Yūko Iida as Underling (ep 3)
Yūya Hirose as Student (ep 4)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
SILVER LINK. (5 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 10, 12
)

Zero-G (eps 3, 11)
3DCGI:
Wired
Animation Check: White Line (ep 7)
Animation Production:
SILVER LINK.
Backgrounds:
Studio Uni (ED; eps 1-11 odd)
Finish Animation:
Nexus (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

R.I.C (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

White Line (ep 7)
Font Cooperation:
Hakushu Fonts
In-Between Animation:
BEEP (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 11-12
)

Nexus (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
)

R.I.C (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 9-10, 12
)

White Line (ep 7)
In-between Check: R.I.C (ep 10)
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack (eps 5, 10)
Music Production: Flying Dog
Offline Editing: REAL-T
Online Editing: Q-Tec
Photography: Nexus
Photography Cooperation: Asura Film (eps 9, 12)
Production Cooperation:
Graphinica (ep 5)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres
Translation: Tomoe Spencer
ADR Script: David Wald
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Audio Engineer:
Ricardo Contreras
Booklet Editing: Natalie Jones (Limited Edition)
Booklet Layout: Larry Koteff (Limited Edition)
Booklet Translation: Sawa Savage (Limited Edition)
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Extras Translation: Sawa Savage
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Product Manager: Heather Spiller (Limited Edition)
Production:
Son Phan Le
Production Assistant:
Yesenia Torres
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
Subtitling: Robert Cardenas (eps 1-12)
Supervising Translator: Jessica Kim
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Chris Patton as Nagi Arisuin
Clint Bickham as Ikki Kurogane
Juliet Simmons as Shizuku Kurogane
Luci Christian as Stella Vermillion

Andrew Love as Kuraudo Kurashiki
Blake Shepard as Shizuya Kirihara
Chelsea Ryan McCurdy as Ayase Ayatsuji
David Matranga as Itsuki Kurogane
Hilary Haag as Nene Saikyo
Jack Ivy as Ikazuchi Saijo
James Belcher as Mamoru Akaza
Josh Morrison as Ryoma Kurogane
Kalin Coates as Utakata Misogi
Kelly Manison as Kurono Shinguji
Molly Searcy as Yuri Oreki
Shannon Emerick as Kagami Kusakabe
Shelley Calene-Black as Kanata Totokubara
Stephanie Wittels as Toka Todo
Tiffany Grant as Renren Tomaru

Bryson Baugus as Sugawara (ep 8)
Cameron Bautsch as Momotani (ep 4)
Cara Duncan as Mikazuki Tsukuyomi (eps 4, 10)
Carl Masterson as Torajiro Nango (ep 12)
Greg Cote as Yakin (ep 3)
Hilary Haag as Onitama (ep 9)
Josh Morrison as Lord Vermillion (ep 12)
Luis Galindo as Kaito Ayatsuji (eps 7-8)
Mark X Laskowski as Bisho (ep 3)
Natalie Rial as Mangetsu Tsukuyomi (eps 5, 11)
Shanae'a Moore as Hangetsu Tsukuyomi (5 episodes
eps 4, 7, 9, 11-12
)
Tiffany Grant as Ikki Kurogane (Young)
Tyler Galindo as Manabe (eps 5, 12)

English companies
Distributor: MVM (UK and Ireland)
Internet Streaming:
Viewster
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
French staff
French companies
(none)
Broadcaster: J-One
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming:
YouTube (Yamato Animation)
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Birte Baumgardt
Script: Rieke Werner

Recording engineer: Fabian Raats
Jana Kilka as Stella Vermillion
Julian Manuel as Ikki Kurogane

Adam Nümm as Kuraudo Kurashiki
Anna Ewelina as Ayase Ayatsuji
Bernd Kuschmann as Ryoma Kurogane
Charlotte Uhlig as Kagami Kusakabe
Christian Zeiger as Utakata Misogi
Corinna Dörenkamp as Touka Toudou
Demet Fey as Kanata Totokubara
Gabi Wienand as Kurono Shinguji
Hans Bayer as Mamoru Akaza
Leal Çehreli as Renren Tomaru
Moira May as Shizuku Kurogane
René Dawn-Claude as Shizuya Kirihara
Tobias Brecklinghaus as Ikazuchi Saijo
Tom Raczko as Nagi Arisuin
Winnie Brandes as Nene Saikyo

Ben Steinhoff as Yakin (ep 3)
Birte Baumgardt as Mikazuki Tsukuyomi
Fabienne Hesse as Hangetsu Tsukuyomi
Gregor Höppner as Kaito Ayatsuji
Martin Bross as Bishou (ep 3)
Michael Borgard as Manabe (eps 5, 12)
Rieke Werner as Mangetsu Tsukuyomi
German companies
Distributor: KSM
Dubbing: G&G Tonstudios

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