is a Japanese ''
tokusatsu
is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, War film, war, fantasy, or Horror film, horror media featuring such te ...
''
television drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms t ...
produced by
Kadokawa Pictures
Kadokawa Daiei Studio, formerly is the film division of the Japanese company the Kadokawa Corporation. It is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and is therefore one of Japan's Big Four film stud ...
and broadcast on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...
.
The series premiered on April 2, 2010. The series retells the story of the original ''
Daimajin
is a series of Japanese films. The trilogy of films were all shot simultaneously and released in 1966 with three different directors and predominantly the same crew. The series was produced by Daiei Film and contained similar plot structures inv ...
'' film in a modern Japanese setting. Planned to run for 26 episodes, the series was prefaced by a manga by
Seijuro Mizu in ''
Young Ace
is a monthly ''seinen'' manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 2009. A spin-off web manga magazine titled ''Young Ace UP'' began publication in December 2015.
Series ''Young Ace''
*''Akuma no Ikenie'' ('' Devil's Sacri ...
'' magazine. Writing for the series is shared by
Shinji Ōishi and
Naruhisa Arakawa
is a Japanese screenwriter who primarily works on anime and tokusatsu Japanese television drama, dramas. He first served as a series' main writer for ''Blue Seed'' anime and the Kamen Rider Series revival ''Kamen Rider Kuuga''. Arakawa was the m ...
.
Episodes
Each episode of the series has its own unique kanji, but they are all read as "Kanon".
# - April 2, 2010
# - April 9, 2010
# - April 16, 2010
# - April 23, 2010
# - April 30, 2010
# - May 7, 2010
# - May 14, 2010
# - May 21, 2010
# - June 4, 2010
# - June 11, 2010
# - June 18, 2010
# - June 25, 2010
# - July 2, 2010
# - July 9, 2010
# - July 16, 2010
# - July 23, 2010
# - July 30, 2010
# - August 6, 2010
# - August 13, 2010
# - August 20, 2010
# - August 27, 2010
# - September 3, 2010
# - September 10, 2010
# - September 17, 2010
# - September 24, 2010
# - October 1, 2010
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Theme songs
All songs were written by
Shoko Fujibayashi
is a Japanese lyricist who has written the lyrics for several tokusatsu television series' theme songs. Most recently, Fujibayashi has worked with Shuhei Naruse on the soundtracks of '' Kamen Rider Den-O'', ''Kamen Rider Kiva'', and their films. S ...
and composed by
Toshihiko Sahashi
is a Japanese composer. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1986. Sahashi has composed music for various anime series (including OVAs, movies, and drama CDs), video games, movies, dramas, and musicals.
His wo ...
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;Opening theme
*"Sing Your Heart Out"
**Artist:
Ryoko Moriyama
(born January 18, 1948) is a Japanese folk singer and actress. Her father is Hisashi Moriyama, a pioneer of Japanese jazz. Her son Naotarō Moriyama is a singer. Her first cousin Hiroshi Kamayatsu is also a musician.
She is known as the ''Jap ...
;Closing themes: Both songs performed by
Lia
Lia is a feminine given name. In the Spanish-speaking world, it is accented Lía. In America, the name may be a variant of Leah or Lea. Lia may be a diminutive of various names including Julia, Cecilia, Amelia, Talia, Cornelia, Ophelia, Rosal ...
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**Episodes: 1-13
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**Episodes: 14-26
References
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External links
Official websiteOfficial TV Tokyo website
Tokusatsu television series
2010 Japanese television series debuts
Japanese drama television series
2010 Japanese television series endings
TV Tokyo original programming