Ushio and Tora (TV)
Also known as Ushio to Tora (TV)
うしおととら (TV)
Long ago, a ferocious monster terrorized the land, until a samurai, wielding the legendary “Beast Spear”, sealed him away. 500 years later, a middle school student named Ushio Aotsuki accidently uncovers the monster in a hidden cellar under his family’s temple. The unsealed monster and the spear attract many other supernatural creatures to the temple and Ushio is forced to release the monster in order to defeat them. Ushio names the monster “Tora” and unwillingly work together to battle other spirits and demons.
TV anime, 26 episodes, Summer 2015, MAPPA. Episode guide with the official trailer and links to licensed services. Studio MAPPA. Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Season: Summer 2015.
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Characters and voice cast
- Tora (虎) - main character, voiced by Rikiya Koyama (小山力也); English dub: Brett Weaver
- Ushio Aotsuki (蒼月潮) - main character, voiced by Tasuku Hatanaka (畠中祐); English dub: David Matranga
- Asako Nakamura (中村麻子) - supporting character, voiced by Mikako Komatsu (小松未可子); English dub: Allison Sumrall
- Mayuko Inoue (井上真由子) - supporting character, voiced by Kiyono Yasuno (安野希世乃); English dub: Luci Christian
- Hyo (鏢) - supporting character, voiced by Daisuke Namikawa (浪川大輔); English dub: David Wald
- Shigure Aotsuki (蒼月紫暮) - supporting character, voiced by Keiji Fujiwara (藤原啓治); English dub: John Swasey
- Kenichi Masaki (間崎賢一) - supporting character, voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura (中村悠一); English dub: David Wald
- Sumako Aotsuki (蒼月須磨子) - supporting character, voiced by Maaya Sakamoto (坂本真綾); English dub: Emily Neves
- Giryou (ギリョウ) - supporting character, voiced by Mamoru Miyano (宮野真守); English dub: John Gremillion
- Nagare Akiba (秋葉流) - supporting character, voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya (細谷佳正); English dub: Ian Sinclair
- Reiko Hanyuu (羽生礼子) - supporting character, voiced by Yui Makino (牧野由依); English dub: Kira Vincent-Davis
- Jie Mei (ジエメイ) - supporting character, voiced by Kana Hanazawa (花澤香菜); English dub: Carli Mosier
- Jun Moritsuna (杜綱純) - supporting character, voiced by Ayahi Takagaki (高垣彩陽); English dub: Emily Neves
- Mikado Hizaki (日崎御角) - supporting character, voiced by Fumiko Orikasa (折笠富美子); English dub: Shelley Calene-Black
- Satoru Moritsuna (杜綱悟) - supporting character, voiced by Ryouta Oosaka (逢坂良太); English dub: Clifford Chapin
- Saya Takatori (鷹取小夜) - supporting character, voiced by Yuuka Nanri (南里侑香); English dub: Tiffany Grant
- Yuu Hiyama (檜山勇) - supporting character, voiced by Aki Toyosaki (豊崎愛生); English dub: Brittney Karbowski
- Kyoji Atsuzawa (厚沢恭治) - supporting character, voiced by Masaki Terasoma (てらそままさき); English dub: Mark Laskowski
Staff
- Original Creator: Kazuhiro Fujita (藤田和日郎)
- Director: Satoshi Nishimura (西村聡)
- Series Composition: Kazuhiro Fujita (藤田和日郎)
- Series Composition: Toshiki Inoue (井上敏樹)
- Character Design: Tomoko Mori (もりともこ)
- Prop Design: Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣宏)
- Art Director: Tomoyuki Shimizu (清水友幸)
- Art Design: Shinji Sugiyama (杉山晋史)
- Color Design: Yoshinori Horikawa (堀川佳典)
- Director of Photography: Masashi Uoyama (魚山真志)
- Editing: Yumi Jinguuji (神宮司由美)
- CG Director: Tsukasa Saitou (さいとうつかさ)
- Sound Director: Masafumi Mima (三間雅文)
- Music: Eishi Segawa (瀬川英史)
Production: MAPPA (animation), Studio VOLN (animation), TOKYO MX, Sentai Filmworks.
Rankings on AniList: #49 highest rated 2015, #63 most popular 2015, #12 highest rated summer 2015, #20 most popular summer 2015.
AniList members score Ushio and Tora (TV) 73/100. On their lists: 2,878 watching, 24,011 completed, 15,138 planning to watch, 3,151 dropped; 669 favourites.
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Episodes
- Episode 1: The Fate that Brings Ushio And Tora Together
- Episode 2: Rock Eater
- Episode 3: The Demon That Dwells In The Painting
- Episode 4: Tora Goes to the City
- Episode 5: Exorcist Hyou
- Episode 6: The Sea of the Ayakashi
- Episode 7: Legend
- Episode 8: He Is in the Sky
- Episode 9: Mad Wind
- Episode 10: The House Where the Child Lives
- Episode 11: Mirror of a Single Strike
- Episode 12: The Road to the Touno Youkai Battle ~Part One~
- Episode 13: The Road to the Touno Youkai Battle ~Part Two~
- Episode 14: Hiyou Pursuit ~Successor
- Episode 15: The Crossroads of the Pursuit ~Successor
- Episode 16: Tranformation
- Episode 17: To Kamui Kotan
- Episode 18: Revival ~And Finally...
- Episode 19: The Demon That Turns Back Time
- Episode 20: The Demon Returns
- Episode 21: The Fourth: Kirio
- Episode 22: Great Summoning ~Destruction of the Beast Spear
- Episode 23: Eternal Solitude
- Episode 24: The Fools Gather at the Banquet
- Episode 25: H.A.M.M.R ~The H.A.M.M.R Institute
- Episode 26: Tatari Breaker