Garo: Makai no Hana

Garo: Makai no Hana
Promotional poster for Garo: Makai no Hana featuring Raiga Saezima (Masei Nakayama)
Genre	Tokusatsu Horror Drama
Created by	Keita Amemiya
Based on	Garo
Written by	Keita Amemiya Hisako Fujihira Kei Taguchi Itaru Era Yūdai Yamaguchi Norio Kida Sumiko Umeda Yūsuke Kawanami
Directed by	Keita Amemiya Mitsuyoshi Abe Yūdai Yamaguchi Makoto Yokoyama Yasuhiro Matsuda Ryu Kaneda Akihito Shimoda Shigeyuki Nakagawa Jubei Ino Yoshiomi Umetsu Akira Ohashi Kei Era
Starring	Masei Nakayama Atomu Mizuishi Natsumi Ishibashi
Opening theme	"Garo -Makai no Hana-" by Masaaki Endoh, Masami Okui, and Hiroshi Kitadani "Raiga ~Tusk of thunder~" by JAM Project
Ending theme	"Yasashisa no Tsubomi" by Faylan "my memory, your memory" by JAM Project
Composer(s)	Shunji Inoue
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	25 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Kiyotaka Ninomiya
Producer(s)	Kanako Natsui
Running time	24-25 minutes (per episode)
Production company(s)	Tohokushinsha Film
Release
Original network	TX Network
Original release	April 4 (2014-04-04) – September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26)
Chronology
Preceded by	Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono
Followed by	Garo: Goldstorm Sho
Related shows	GARO
External links
テレビ東京・あにてれ　牙狼＜GARO＞-魔戒ノ花-	www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/garo-makainohana/
「牙狼〈GARO〉-魔戒ノ花-」2014年4月 放送スタート	garo-project.jp/TV4/

Garo: Makai no Hana (牙狼〈GARO〉-魔戒ノ花-, "Garo: The Makai Flower") is a 2014 Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the fourth television series set in the Garo universe, this time focusing on the character of Raiga Saezima, the son of the original protagonist Kouga, who takes on the mantle of the Golden Knight Garo. The series began broadcast on April 4, 2014, on TV Tokyo and its sister stations in the TX Network.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Plot

Garo: Makai no Hana follows Raiga Saezima, the son of Kouga Saezima and Kaoru Mitsuki, who after his parents' disappearance when he was little, was trained by Silver Knight Zero to succeed his father as the new Golden Knight Garo.

When the seal at the "Ady Slate" slab containing the ancient Horror Eyrith is undone and she escapes, Raiga is partnered up with the Phantom Knight Crow, and Mayuri, a young woman with the power to recapture the nine Horrors that were imprisoned with Eyrith as well in time to prevent her resurrection, as when Eyrith returns to life and her Makai Flower blooms, Messiah, the Ultimate Horror will return to bring doom the world.

As the truth behind the unsealing of the Ady Slate is revealed, Raiga and his friends come face to face with the culprit, Wicked Bones Knight Giru, Eiji Busujima, a Shadow Knight and Crow's former master who is willing to use Eyrith's power to bring back his dead lover, Akari. They also learn the origins of Mayuri and the cruel fate that awaits her, and gain an unexpected ally with Darkness Hunter Bikuu, who is on Eiji's trail for her own reasons, while they run against time to prevent the Makai Flower from blooming and the end of the world as well.

Episodes

On April 4, 2014, TV Tokyo broadcast a special program titled Garo: Makai no Hana New Legend Special (牙狼〈GARO〉-魔戒ノ花- 新たなる伝説スペシャル, Garo Makai no Hana Aratanaru Densetsu Supesharu).^[31]

Cast

• Raiga Saezima (冴島 雷牙, Saejima Raiga): Masei Nakayama (中山 麻聖, Nakayama Masei)
• Mayuri (マユリ): Natsumi Ishibashi (石橋 菜津美, Ishibashi Natsumi)
• Crow (クロウ, Kurō): Atomu Mizuishi (水石 亜飛夢, Mizuishi Atomu)
• Gonza Kurahashi (倉橋 ゴンザ, Kurahashi Gonza): Yukijirō Hotaru (螢 雪次朗, Hotaru Yukijirō)
• Jiiru (ジイル): Asana Mamoru (護 あさな, Mamoru Asana)
• Bikuu (媚空, Bikū): Sayaka Akimoto (秋元 才加, Akimoto Sayaka)
• Shidou (四道, Shidō): Ren Osugi (大杉 漣, Ōsugi Ren)
• Eiji Busujima (毒島 エイジ, Busujima Eiji): Show Aikawa (哀川 翔, Aikawa Shō)
• Madō Ring Zaruba (魔導輪ザルバ, Madōrin Zaruba, Voice): Hironobu Kageyama (影山 ヒロノブ, Kageyama Hironobu)
• Madō Brooch Orva (魔導具オルヴァ, Madōgu Oruva, Voice): Eri Ōzeki (大関 英里, Ōzeki Eri)

Theme songs

Opening themes

• "Garo -Makai no Hana-" (牙狼〈GARO〉 -魔戒ノ花-)
  • Composition & Arrangement: Shiho Terada, Yoshichika Kuriyama, Yoichi Matsuo
  • Artist: Masaaki Endoh, Masami Okui, Hiroshi Kitadani
• "Raiga ~Tusk of thunder~" (雷牙 ～Tusk of thunder～)
  • Lyrics & Composition: Hironobu Kageyama
  • Arrangement: Kenichi Sudō
  • Artist: JAM Project

Ending themes

• "Yasashisa no Tsubomi" (優しさの蕾, "Flower Bud of Kindness")
  • Composition: Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)
  • Arrangement: Evan Call (Elements Garden)
  • Lyrics & Artist: Faylan
• "my memory, your memory"
  • Lyrics & Composition: Masami Okui
  • Arrangement: Shiho Terada, Yoshichika Kuriyama
  • Artist: JAM Project

References

External links

• Official website
• Garo: Makai no Hana at TV Tokyo