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[ adapted from Lament of the Lamb (manga) ]

Alternative title:

Das Lied der Lämmer (German)

Lament of the Lamb

Sheep's Song

羊のうた (Japanese)

Themes: tragedy,vampires

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: Kazuna's family has a history of suffering from a disease that creates an uncontrollable vampire-like thirst for blood. Knowing none of this, Kazuna was sent to live with the Eda couple as a child. As the sickness begins to show signs of being present within himself, he comes into contact with his older sister, Chizuna, who has been suffering from it since early childhood. Knowing that the sickness incurs a heavy weight upon those that suffer from it, Chizuna tries to ease her brother's burden, to help him learn to control his urges, but...

User Ratings: 354 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:14)

Excellent: 37 votes (sub:33, dub:2, others:2

1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled

)

Very good: 70 votes (sub:65, dub:3, ?:1, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Good: 84 votes (sub:74, dub:2, ?:1, raw:1, others:6

2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese edited dub

)

Decent: 55 votes (sub:53, dub:2)

So-so: 39 votes (sub:35, dub:1, ?:1, others:2

2 Spanish subtitled

)

Not really good: 26 votes (sub:22, dub:1, raw:1, others:2

1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed

)

Weak: 14 votes (sub:14)

Bad: 7 votes (sub:7)

Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, raw:1)

Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:4, ?:1, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Seen in part or in whole by 624 users, rank: #1813 (of 9770)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.520 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.0394, rank: #5741 (of 9913)
Weighted mean: 6.452 (Decent+), rank: #5948 (of 9913) (seen all: 6.52 / seen some: 5.98 / won't finish: 3.22)
Bayesian estimate: 6.489 (Decent+), rank: #5379 (of 7494)

Running time: half hour per episode

Number of episodes: 4

Vintage: 2003-05-25

Release dates: We have 3

Ending Theme:

"Destiny ~Shukumei~" by Hayashibara Megumi & Seki Tomokazu

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Japanese staffJapanese cast

Director: Gisaburō Sugii

Script:
Gisaburō Sugii (eps 1-4)

Storyboard: Gisaburō Sugii (eps 1-4)

Episode Director: Gisaburō Sugii (eps 1-4)

Music: Ken Miyazawa

Original creator: Kei Toume

Character Design: Yasuhiro Seo

Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Animation Director:
Akiyoshi Fukamachi (eps 3-4)
Yasuhiro Seo (eps 1-2)

Sound Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama

Director of Photography: Youichirou Satou

Executive producer: Takumi Ogawa

Producer:
Kazuhiko Soma
Masao Maruyama
Setsuko Matsuba

Animation producer: Hiroshi Sakurai

Assistant Art Director:
Minoru Akiba (eps 2-4)
Reiji Nishiyama (ep 1)

Background Art:
Keisuke Nagai (Studio Jack; ep 1)
Mayumi Okada (Studio Jack; ep 1)
Minoru Akiba (Studio Jack; eps 2-4)
Reiji Nishiyama (Studio Jack; eps 1-2, 4)
Sachiko Kato (Studio Jack; ep 1)
Tomoko Yonemoto (Studio Jack; eps 2-4)

Chief Executive Producer:
Akira Narisawa
Koji Koreyasu

Color design: Ritsuko Utagawa

Color setting:
Ritsuko Utagawa (eps 1-3)
Tomoko Chiba (ep 4)

Digital Paint:
Chiharu Hashimoto (Studio Peacock; eps 1-3)
Hiroshi Moriwaki (Studio Elle; ep 4)
Kanako Hokari (Studio Elle; ep 4)
Kazuko Ōizumi (Studio Peacock; eps 1-3)
Kiyomi Sakairi (Studio Peacock; eps 1-3)
Maki Kanemori (Studio Peacock; eps 1-3)
Maki Kokubo (Studio Peacock; eps 1-4)
Mayumi Oikawa (Studio Peacock; eps 1-4)
Michiko Kado (Studio Elle; ep 4)
Mika Kinoshita (Studio Elle; ep 4)
Nami Tsuyuki (Studio Peacock; eps 1-3)
Noriko Omura (Studio Peacock; eps 1-4)
Tomoko Kohira (Studio Elle; ep 4)
Yoko Suzuki (Studio Peacock; eps 1-4)
Yoriko Matsumori (Studio Peacock; eps 1-3)

Digital Photography:
Daisuke Sugai (eps 1-3)
Kanade Saito (eps 2-4)
Keiko Ōtsubo (ep 4)
Mayo Suzuki (eps 1-4)
Oh Seong Ha (eps 3-4)
Tadasuke Kiyoyama (ep 1)
Tetsumigi Maruyama (eps 1-2)

Editing: Masashi Furukawa

Editing Assistant: Yūji Oka

In-Between Animation:
Mayumi Fujimoto (Project Team Sara; eps 1-4)
Mayumi Matsuno (Project Team Sara; eps 1-4)
Yūko Kunishima (Project Team Sara; eps 1-4)

In-Between Check: Akemi Ueda (eps 1-4)

Key Animation:
Akiyoshi Fukamachi (Project Team Sara; eps 1-4)
Atsuo Tobe (Project Team Sara; ep 2)
Hitomi Misaki (Angle; ep 1)
In Chul Hwang (eps 3-4)
Jong Heon Kim (ep 3)
Katsumi Aoshima (eps 3-4)
Motohide Nishimura (ep 3)
Rie Kaneko (Angle; ep 1)
Tatsuo Yamada (Project Team Sara; ep 2)
Yasuhiro Seo (eps 1-2)
Yoshiaki Tomita (Angle; ep 1)
Yuichiro Miyake (Angle; ep 1)
Yukiyoshi Hane (Project Team Sara; eps 2-4)

Music producer: Nobuyuki Abe

Planning:
Akira Narisawa
Koji Koreyasu

Production Advancement:
Hiroshi Odawara (ep 1)
Shuushuu Edo (eps 1-4)
Takumi Yamamura (ep 4)

Production Desk: Yuichi Ishizu

Production manager:
Daisuke Aranishi (ep 1)
Kazuaki Shimamura (eps 1-4)
Tatsuhiko Urahata (eps 1-4)

Production Publicity: Hitoshi Hayakawa

Recording Adjustment: Satoshi Yano

Recording Assistant:
Hiroyuki Suzuki (Jinnan Studio; eps 1-4)
Ken Ichikawa (Studio Echo; ep 3)
Naoya Tanaka (ep 1)
Yoshinori Hibino (Studio Echo; eps 2, 4)

Setting Production: Kazuhiro Nagase

Sound Effects: Shōji Katō

Sound Production Manager: Nobuhiro Ogawa

Special Effects:
Naomasa Fukuda (Studio Peacock; eps 3-4)
Yuki Hama (Asahi Production; eps 1-2)

Theme Song Arrangement: Tetsuya Takahashi (OP)

Theme Song Composition: Tetsuya Takahashi (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics: Reiko Noda (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Megumi Hayashibara (OP)
Tomokazu Seki (OP)

Video Editing Operator:
Atsushi Sanemori (eps 1-4)
Satoshi Hisatomi (ep 4)

Video Editing Operator Assistant:
Satoshi Hisatomi (eps 1, 3)
Shinichi Araki (ep 2)

Megumi Hayashibara as

Chizuna Takashiro

Tomokazu Seki as

Kazuna Takashiro

Jūrōta Kosugi as

Akira Eda

Kenichi Suzumura as

Kinoshita

Kikuko Inoue as

Momoko Takashiro

Miki Nagasawa as

Emi

Mitsuru Ogata as

Principal

Satsuki Yukino as

Shou Yaegashi

Shinichirō Miki as

Minase

Yōko Sasaki as

Natsuko Eda
Japanese companies

Animation Production: Madhouse

Background Art:
L-Green (eps 1-4)
Moon Seong Animation (eps 1-4)
Studio Jack (eps 1-4)

Digital Paint:
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 4)
Phoenix Animation (eps 2-4)
Studio Elle (ep 4)
Studio Kuma (eps 1-2)
Studio Peacock (eps 1-4)

In-Between Animation:
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 4)
Phoenix Animation (eps 2-4)
Project Team Sarah (eps 1-4)
Studio Kuma (eps 1-2)

Key Animation:
Project Team Sarah (eps 1-4)
Studio Angle (ep 1)
Synod (ep 4)

Music Production:
Dios
Inter Communications Inc.

Production:
Groove Corporation
Hitsuji no Uta Production Committee
Inter Communications Inc.

Production Assistance: Group TAC (eps 1-4)

Production Cooperation: Gentosha Comics

Recording Studio:
Central Recording (ep 1)
Jinnan Studio (eps 1-4)
Studio Echo (eps 2-4)

Sound Production: Jinnan Studio

special effects:
Asahi Production (eps 1-2)
Studio Peacock (eps 3-4)

Video Editing:
G's Studio (ep 4)
Mitomo VTC (eps 1-4)

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