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Raven of the Inner Palace (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kōkyū no Karasu (Japanese)
後宮の烏 (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: spirits
Plot Summary: Uki is an imperial concubine who has never been called to the emperor's bedchambers, and maintains a singularly unique life within the harem chambers. Seen by some as having the appearance of an old woman, and some others as a young lady, she is knowne to use mysterious magic that helps with everything from finding lost items to inflicting curses. When a circumstance makes the emperor call on her, their meeting will change history.
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Ratings: 243 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 21 votes (sub:20, raw:1)
 Excellent: 42 votes (sub:40, dub:2)
 Very good: 88 votes (sub:82, dub:5, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 60 votes (sub:54, dub:3, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 16 votes (sub:14, dub:2)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 403 s, rank: #2496 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.720 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3951, rank: #1257 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.692 (Very good−), rank: #1206 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.94 / seen some: 6.66 / won't finish: 4.66)
Bayesian estimate: 7.681 (Very good−), rank: #935 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2022-10-01
Opening Theme:
"Natsu no Yuki" (夏の雪; Summer Snow) by krage (ep 13)
#1: "MYSTERIOUS" by Queen Bee
Ending Theme:
"MYSTERIOUS" by Queen Bee (ep 13)
#1: "Natsu no Yuki" (夏の雪; Summer Snow) by krage
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Chizuru Miyawaki
Series Composition: Satomi Ooshima
Script:
Satomi Ooshima (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 11-13
)

Storyboard:
Yoshifumi Sasahara (ep 10)
Episode Director:
Yoshifumi Sasahara (ep 10)
Unit Director:
Yasuhiro Minami (OP)
Original creator: Kōko Shirakawa
Original Character Design: Ayuko
Character Design: Shinji Takeuchi
Art Director: Norifumi Nakamura
Chief Animation Director:
Shinji Takeuchi (eps 1-13)
Animation Director:
Ayako Nitta (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 13
)

Issei Hasegawa (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 9-10, 13
)

Kae Takakura (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9-10, 12-13
)

Kanae Suwa (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 12-13
)

Kazuyuki Ikai (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 11-13
)

Kenji Hattori (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10-11, 13
)

Yasuhiro Ueno (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9-10, 13
)

Yūsuke Kawabe (eps 10-11, 13)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Naotaka Watanabe
Executive producer: Masanori Miyake
Producer:
Takashi Maekawa

2D Design:
Saki Masuda
2nd Key Animation:
Eri Ōba (Team Harada; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 9-12
)

Kaori Komai (Team Harada; 7 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 9-12
)

Mami Chida (Bandai Namco Pictures Iwaki Creative Room; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10, 13
)

Nozomu Nagata (Bandai Namco Pictures Iwaki Creative Room; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10, 13
)

Tomoko Kikuchi (8 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7-9, 12-13
)

Xi Nan (5 episodes
eps 6, 8-9, 11-12
)

Xiao Yin Cai (4 episodes
eps 6, 8, 10, 13
)

Yayoi Komiyama (Bandai Namco Pictures Iwaki Creative Room; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10, 13
)

Zhi Yuan Long (7 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 10-13
)

Zoo (ep 12)
Animation Manager: Yeon Suk Lee (MICO Animation; ep 11)
Animation Style Design: Mo Yun Gu (Yu-Sheng Animation; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Art Setting: Jirō Kōno
Art Setting Assistant:
Ying Qian (eps 8-13)
Assistant Director of Photography: Shunsuke Tsukahara (eps 1-13)
Associate producer: Arika Izumi
Background Art:
Ai Kimura (Studio Naya; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 13
)

Akimi Hirakawa (Marvy Jack; 4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 12
)

Chihito Akahori (Studio Naya; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 8, 11, 13
)

Daiki Isobe (Studio Naya; 9 episodes
eps 1-6, 8, 11, 13
)

Hiromi Kamiyama (Studio Naya; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 13
)

Kana Sugiura (Studio Naya; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 13
)

Manami Seki (Studio Naya; 7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 8, 11, 13
)

Midori Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 7, 9-11
)

Miho Yamaguchi (Studio Naya; 7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11
)

Mizue Shōuchi (Studio Naya; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 13
)

Takumi Honma (Studio Naya; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 8, 11
)

Zhen Huan Song (Qiqihar Zhenhuan Animation Design Co., Ltd.; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 13
)

CG Producer:
Yūji Nagano
CG Production: Xi Ling
Character Design Assistant:
Yukie Suzuki
Chief Producer:
Kyōko Uryū
CM Production Assistant: Michitaka Mochizuki
Color design: Ritsuko Utagawa
Color setting:
Hiromi Okamoto (6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10, 12
)

Momono Misawa (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13
)

Takuya Ogaki (ep 8)
Conceptual Design: Chizuru Miyawaki
Distribution Licensing:
Shinpei Kawamura
Editing: Akane Shiraishi
Effect Artist: Kōhei Muramatsu (priestess arts; eps 1-13)
HD Editing:
Kana Sugiyama (qooop; eps 1-13)
HD Editing Desk: Ryōhei Takeishi (qooop; eps 1-13)
In-Between Animation:
Ayumi Tsukamoto (SUNRISE BEYOND; 6 episodes
eps 5, 7, 9-10, 12-13
)

Mineko Suzuki (Wish; 7 episodes
eps 2, 6-9, 11-12
)

Yūri Kai (Studio Gram; ep 1)
In-Between Check:
Takahiro Nawa (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 10, 13
)

Key Animation:
Chikai Okado (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 10-11
)

Kaoru Nagakawa (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 10-11
)

Kouki Ikeda (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 9-10, 13
)

Shirō Tamaki (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 13
)

Shu Jun Xiang (6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8, 12
)

Yoshihiro Taniguchi (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 9, 13
)

Yūsuke Kawabe (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9-11, 13
)

Zi Yang Yu (ep 1)
Licensing:
Tami Yabuno
Line Test:
Mirai Kawasaki (ep 10)
Mixing Assistant: Haruko Mishima
Music Director: Kōki Adaniya
Music producer: Shinji Yamauchi
Music Production Assistant:
Yasushi Horiguchi
Original Work Assistant:
Misako Tega
Overseas Affairs:
Kumiko Honma
Paint:
Yuu Takahashi (Wish; ep 2)
Paint Assistant:
Hyung Geun Jeon (5 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 10-11
)

Yūsuke Kawabe (ep 11)
Paint Check:
Hiromi Okamoto (6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10, 12
)

Momono Misawa (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13
)

Takuya Ogaki (ep 8)
Paint Manager: Kōsuke Kobashi (Wish; eps 1-13)
Photography:
Mari Gomyo (Asahi Production; 10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 10-13
)

Yūsuke Horie (Asahi Production; eps 1-8)
Production Advancement:
Yūki Fujino (eps 1, 5, 9, 13)
Production Affairs: Kyōko Koyama
Production Committee:
Yuki Ogasawara
Production Desk: Takamitsu Ueda
Production Desk Assistant: Naofumi Ikemoto (eps 5-13)
Prop Setting: Yumi Nakamura
Publicity: Koharu Takeshita
Publicity Producer: Konomi Kanaya
PV Production Assistant: Michitaka Mochizuki
Sales Planning: Shiori Kondō
Setting Assistant:
Shō Satō (Ludimus)
Setting Production:
Yuki Nakagami 
Setting Research: Kijin Fujiwara
Silhouette Animation:
Kazuki Hashimoto (Sugarless Factory; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Mitsuru Inoue (Sugarless Factory; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Silhouette Composite:
Kazuki Hashimoto (Sugarless Factory; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Mitsuru Inoue (Sugarless Factory; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Silhouette Design:
Jing Si Zhu (Yu-Sheng Animation; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Pin Wen Chen (Yu-Sheng Animation; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Silhouette Illustration: Rieko Matsumura (Sugarless Factory; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Silhouette Line Producer: Norifumi Fujita (Sugarless Factory; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Silhouette Production Advancement: Pin Yu Chen (Yu-Sheng Animation; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Silhouette Storyboard: Kazuma Taketani (Sugarless Factory; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Silhouette Supervision: Zhi Jun Liu (Yu-Sheng Animation; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Silhouette Unit Director: Kazuma Taketani (Sugarless Factory; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Sound Effects: Yui Andō
Sound Production Manager:
Rie Tanaka
Special Effects:
Yoshitaka Murakami (eps 1-12)
Telop Design: Junichi Arai
Theme Song Arrangement:
Queen Bee (OP)
Theme Song Assistant:
Misa Kobayashi (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Fumito Iwai (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
krage (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Queen Bee (OP)
Web Promotion: Aki Tatsumi
Website Production:
Saki Negishi (Kirksville)
Masaaki Mizunaka as Ka Koushun
Saku Mizuno as Ryuu Jusetsu

Mana Hirata as Ishiha
Marika Kōno as Jiujiu
Riho Sugiyama as Xingxing
Taku Yashiro as Ei Sei

Akira Ishida as Hou Shougetsu (eps 7, 9-13)
Akira Koga as Soldier B (ep 2)
Akira Kuwabara as Fortune-teller (ep 5)
Aya Yamane as Third Consort (ep 1)
Ayako Kawasumi as Consort Sha (ep 1)
Chafūrin as Ui (eps 5-6)
Hana Satō as Old woman (ep 5)
Haruka Shiraishi as You Juujou (ep 4)
Harumi Sakurai as Ei Sei's mother (ep 5)
Hayato Kimura as Soldier A (ep 6)
Hiroki Maeda as Gatekeeper B (ep 1)
Hisako Kanemoto as Kin Keiyou (eps 8-9, 11-12)
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Sakyuu You (ep 10)
Honoka Inoue as Reijou (young; ep 13)
Ikumi Hasegawa as Palace lady A (ep 1)
Junichi Yanagita as Soldier A (ep 2)
Kana Ichinose as You Senjou (ep 3)
Kaori Nakamura as Keishi (ep 9)
Ken Mizukoshi as Master (ep 3)
Kenta Sasa as Guard (ep 5)
Kento Shiraishi as
Acolyte (ep 11)
Keiyou's brother (ep 12)
Kippuku Shihitsu (ep 10)
Kikuko Inoue as Narration
Kōsuke Toriumi as Kouran (ep 8)
Lynn as Setsu Gyoei (young; ep 13)
Mai Nakahara as Jusetsu's mother (eps 2, 6)
Makoto Koichi as Ka Koushun (young; ep 1)
Manaka Iwami as Shou Kouei (ep 8)
Mari Hino as Palace lady A (ep 4)
Marie Ōi as Attendant (eps 11-12)
Masako Katsuki as Empress Dowager (eps 1-2, 7)
Masashi Nogawa as
Attendant (ep 1)
Host (ep 10)
Mayu Minami as Yuisa (ep 8)
Mayuko Kazama as Boy eunuch B (ep 6)
Misa Ishii as Serving woman (ep 3)
Misato Matsuoka as Boy eunuch A (ep 6)
Mitsuru Ogata as Hou Ichigyou (eps 7, 9)
Naoko Komatsu as So Kougyou (ep 2)
Natsumi Fujiwara as Shiken (young; ep 8)
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Tan Kai
Reigo Yamaguchi as Eunuch (ep 8)
Reimi as Woman (ep 5)
Reina Ueda as Un Kajou
Rie Kugimiya as
An Keiran (ep 9)
Sai Enrin (ep 9)
Riho Sugiyama as Ri Shuuyou (ep 1)
Rina Honnizumi as Palace lady B (ep 4)
Ryō Sugisaki as Un Eitoku (eps 1, 10)
Ryō Yaginuma as Soldier B (ep 6)
Sachiko Kojima as Ashuu (ep 1)
Shōgo Sakata as Eunuch A (ep 2)
Shōya Ishige as Merchant A (ep 3)
Sōma Saitō as Kakukou (ep 2)
Takayuki Miyamoto as Merchant (ep 10)
Takuya Eguchi as Ran Hyougetsu (eps 3, 5-7)
Tasuku Hatanaka as Shiken (ep 8)
Tomokazu Sugita as Setsu Gyoei (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10-11, 13
)
Yōji Ueda as Kin Koukei (ep 13)
Yoshihito Sasaki as Entei (ep 2)
Yota Yamamoto as Merchant B (ep 3) 
Yuga Sato as Eunuch B (ep 2)
Yuka Nukui as
Palace lady B (ep 1)
Shousui/Han-oujo (ep 2)
Yuki Arai as Ka Meiin (ep 10)
Yūki Ishikari as
Gatekeeper A (ep 1)
Shifu (ep 5)
Yukiko Motoyoshi as Princess Meiju (eps 6-7)
Yukiya Matsui as Bookseller man (ep 9)
Yuna Yoshino as Attendant (ep 3)
Yurina Amami as Josei (eps 10-12)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Asahi Production (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 10, 13
)

Bandai Namco Pictures Iwaki Creative Room (5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10, 13
)

Studio Gimlet (6 episodes
eps 3-5, 8, 12-13
)

Studio μ (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-6, 12-13
)

Team Harada (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 9-12
)

xenron (ep 7)
Animation Direction: Mico Animation (eps 11, 13)
Animation Production: Bandai Namco Pictures
Background Art:
Marvy Jack (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 12
)

Pine Forest Animation (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 13
)

Qiqihar Zhenhuan Animation Design Co., Ltd. (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 13
)

Studio Naya (9 episodes
eps 1-6, 8, 11, 13
)

Vectart (ep 5)
Broadcaster:
Tokyo MX (2022-10-01)
CG Production Assistance: Sugarless Factory (OP)
Editing Studio: Seyama Editing Room
HD Editing: qooop (Q-Tec Studio; eps 1-13)
In-Between Animation:
M.S.J Musashino Production (6 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 10, 12-13
)

R.I.C (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-8, 10
)

RadPlus (6 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 10, 13
)

Taiguan Animation (10 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-9, 11-12
)

Wish (eps 1-9, 11-12)
Internet Streaming:
Video Market (2022-10-04)
Key Animation:
Sunrise Beyond (eps 5, 8-10)
Line Test:
Asahi Production (eps 1-13)
Logo Design: BALCOLONY.
Music Production: Aniplex
Paint:
Wish (eps 1-13)
Paint Assistance: Sunrise Beyond (ep 13)
Photography: Asahi Production (eps 1-13)
Poster Design: BALCOLONY.
Production:
Tohan Corporation
Setting Assistance:
Tokyo University of Technology
Silhouette Animation: Sugarless Factory (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Silhouette Illustration: Yu-Sheng Animation (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Theme Song Production: Sony Music Labels (OP; ED)
Website Production: Kirksville
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jerry Jewell
ADR Script:
Audrey Drake Rigg (eps 8, 10, 13)

ADR Engineer:
Stevie Rae Krieger
ADR Prep: Olivia Harris
ADR Script Supervisor: Bonny Clinkenbeard
Assistant ADR Director: Jill Harris
Quality Checker: Geoff Mazzolini (subtitles)
Subtitle Timing: Krzysztof Kunc (Aniplus Asia)
Alexis Tipton as Shouxue

Alejandro Saab as Wen Ying
Bryn Apprill as Jiujiu
Hayden Daviau as Yi Siha
Lee George as Wei Qing
Monica Rial as Xing-Xing

Anastasia Munoz as Qiurong
Brittany Lauda as Wei Qing (young)
Cassie Ewulu as Yang Shiniang (ep 4)
Erica Muse as Court Lady
Hannah Alyea as Yingnu (Ghost)
Kelly Greenshield as Shouxue's Mother (ep 2)
Linda Leonard as Empress Dowager
Mark Allen Jr. as Shi Yan (ep 8)
Michael Stimac as Yun Yongde
Molly Searcy as Xie Fei
Molly Zhang as Princess Meiju (eps 6-7)
Reshel Mae as Gaojun (Young)

English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
French staff
French cast
Translation: Marion Sals

Proofreading: Sophie Sun
Spotting: Nolan Fond
(none)
French companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
Translation: Jacqueline Philippi

Project Manager: Tobias Philippi
Quality Control: Nico Keßler
Revision: Sandra Ritzer
Typesetting: Sandra Ritzer
(none)
German companies
(none)

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