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Kiba
牙-KIBA-
Genre	Action, Fantasy
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Kōjina
Studio	Madhouse, Aniplex
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	Anime Network; ImaginAsian TV/FUNimation Channel; Toonami Jetstream
Original run	April 5, 2006 – March 24, 2007
Episodes	51

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Kiba (牙-KIBA-, literally fang, or if divided into Ki-Ba, a spiritual place), a fantasy anime by Madhouse, began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2006. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina with Upper Deck Japan, a trading card game company, as the main sponsor. The anime has been licensed by Upper Deck USA and produced by ADV Films for North American 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".^{[This quote needs a citation]} 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.^{[citation needed]} While Upper Deck owns the rights to the series, ADV Films is the distributor and their production studio Amusement Park Media is producing the dub. Kiba aired on Toonami Jetstream from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009 and is now showing on The Anime Network's Video on Demand service. As of September 27, 2010, Kiba currently aired in reruns everyday at 6:30 PM on FUNimation Channel.

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), 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 "Spirits". Fascinated by that power, Zed aims to become a Shard Caster. However, he still doesn't know that residing in his body is "Amil Gaul", a mighty Spirit with the power to influence the world's future. Amil Gaul 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 Gaul, 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.

Episode list

#	Title^[1]^[2]	Original airdate

Music

Opening themes
Transcription/Translation	Artist	Episodes
Sanctuary	Nami Tamaki	1-26
Hakanaku Tsuyoku	Younha	27-51
Ending themes
Very Very	Afromania	1-13
Solar Wind	Snowkel	14-26
STAY GOLD	Limelight	27-39
Sekai no Hate made/Until the end of the World	Kozue Takada	40-51
Insert songs
Nakanaide	Afromania	15
Image songs
Wind of Power / Zed	Hiroyuki Yoshino	n/a
Go Smiler / Roya	Nana Mizuki	n/a
Fate / Zed	Jun Miyake	n/a

Kiba Original Soundtrack 1

CD 1:

zed-fate
zed-run
roya-pas de bourree
zymot
templer-fear
enemy
zed-nostalgia
zed-intense
dawn
templer-breeze
templer-promenade
roya-sentiment
noa-intense
noa-calmness
battle-approach
battle-bump
battle-chase
zed-friends
mother
shard-blaze
shard-battle
zed-regret
urban
zed-journey
Sanctuary [TV ver.]
Very Very [TV ver.]
solar wind [TV ver.]

CD 2:

Wind of Power
Go Smiler

Kiba Original Soundtrack 2

Disc 1

zed-fate
war
plot
joy
scene-forest
scene-lake
scene-desert
underground
neotopia
roya-romance
fanfare
roya-destiny
noa-friends
disaster
darkness
secret
seekers
shard-battle ~ perish
universe
tears
anger
zed-friends (alternative take)
Hakanaku Tsuyoku (TV ver.)
STAY GOLD (TV ver.)
Sekai no Hate Made (TV ver.)

Disc 2

Mei no Naki Kaze ni Fukarete
Kaze no Fuku Basho

References

External links

Official Site Template:Jp icon
Kiba Blog at Aniplex Template:Jp icon
Kiba (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[episodes-1] Episode list, Official site.

[English_Titles-2] Show Description on Anime Network, English distributor

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 {{nihongo|'''''Kiba'''''|牙-KIBA-||literally [[fang]], or if divided into Ki-Ba, a spiritual place}}, 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. The anime has been licensed by [[Upper Deck|Upper Deck USA]] and produced by [[ADV Films]] for North American 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".{{cq|date=December 2010}} 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.{{cn|date=December 2010}} While Upper Deck owns the rights to the series, [[A.D. Vision|ADV Films]] is the distributor and their production studio [[Seraphim Digital Studios|Amusement Park Media]] is producing the dub. Kiba aired on [[Toonami Jetstream]] from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009 and is now showing on [[The Anime Network]]'s [[Video on Demand]] service.
+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".{{cq|date=December 2010}} 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.{{cn|date=December 2010}} While Upper Deck owns the rights to the series, [[A.D. Vision|ADV Films]] is the distributor and their production studio [[Seraphim Digital Studios|Amusement Park Media]] is producing the dub. Kiba aired on [[Toonami Jetstream]] from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009 and is now showing on [[The Anime Network]]'s [[Video on Demand]] service. As of September 27, 2010, Kiba currently aired in reruns everyday at 6:30 PM on [[FUNimation Channel]].
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