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series are directed by

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and animated by

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. The anime is an adaptation of

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's ''Nabari no Ou''

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, which was first serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine ''

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'' in 2004. The story revolves around Rokujo Miharu, a 14-year-old student who unknowingly possesses a powerful hijutsu within him, and his introduction into the hidden

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world of Nabari upon his power's activation. It first began airing on Japan's

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network

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on April 6, 2008; airing on Sundays from 01:30 to 02:00 ( JST). It also aired on other Japanese networks such as

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and

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, though it aired first on TV Tokyo. It contains a total of twenty-six episodes. On August 19, 2008

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, on the behalf of d-rights, sent

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orders to the

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groups who were subtitling the series, to prevent copyright infringement. On December 25, 2008, Funimation announced they licensed the series for an

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release. Three pieces of

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are used for the episodes: one opening theme and two ending themes. The opening theme is "Crawl", performed and arranged by Veltpunch, with the lyrics and composition by Hidenori Naganuma. The ending theme up to the sixteenth episode is "Hikari" by Elisa, with lyrics by Emi Nishida. From the sixteenth episode to the end, by Anamu & Maki is used. Veltpunch and Elisa released the singles for "Crawl" and "Hikari" on May 21, 2008, and Anamu & Maki released the single for "Aru ga Mama" on September 3, 2008. Nine DVD compilations of the series, all containing three episodes except for the first compilation (two episodes), have been released by

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between July 25, 2008, and March 25, 2009.

released the English language adaption of the anime series in two

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sets. The first was released on September 22, 2009, and the second on November 24 of the same year.

Episode list

References

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External links

''Nabari no Ou'' official anime site

''Nabari no Ou'' at TV Tokyo
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Nabari no Ou is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuhki Kamatani. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly GFantasy'' from May 2004 to August 2010, with its chapters collected in 14 ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...