Tenkai Knights

Tenkai Knights
Cover for the show's first rental DVD volume featuring Guren Nash and Bravenwolf.
テンカイナイト
(Tenkai Naito)
GenreAction, Mecha, Science Fantasy
Created bySpin Master
Anime television series
Directed byMitsuru Hongo
Produced byRyō Sasaki (1)
Susumu Matsuyama (2-51)
Tomoya Negishi
Written byJin Kanada (1–26)
Hiroshi Ōnogi (27–51)
Music byMONACA
StudioBones
Licensed by
Original networkTeletoon (Canada)
TV Tokyo (Japan)
English network
Original run August 24, 2013 December 6, 2014
Episodes51 + recap (List of episodes)
Manga
Written byRyo Takamisaki
Published byShogakukan
ImprintTentōmushi CoroCoro Comics
MagazineCoroCoro Ichiban!
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 21, 2014March 27, 2015
Volumes2
Video game
Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle
DeveloperNamco Bandai Games
PublisherNamco Bandai Games
GenreAction
PlatformNintendo 3DS
Released
  • NA: October 7, 2014
  • JP: September 25, 2014
  • EU: September 26, 2014

Tenkai Knights (Japanese: テンカイナイト, Hepburn: Tenkai Naito) is a 2014 Japanese-Canadian mecha anime series based on a toy line by Spin Master, produced by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Spin Master Entertainment[1] and TV Tokyo and animated by Bones.[2] It was directed by Mitsuru Hongo, with Jin Kanada and Hiroshi Ōnogi handling series scripts, Toshihiro Kawamoto and Shigeru Fujita designing the characters, Takayuki Yanase and Fujirō designing the 3DCG characters and MONACA composing the music. The series officially aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on August 24, 2013 and in Canada on Teletoon on September 28, 2013.[1] After a year, it premiered on TV Tokyo and its affiliate stations on April 5, 2014.[3][4]

In North America, the toys have been on sale since December 2013.

  1. ^ a b "ShoPro & Spin Master's Tenkai Knights to Run on Cartoon Network". Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "Anime Studio Bones' "Tenkai Knight" Project Listed". Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (February 20, 2014). "Crunchyroll - Bones' Kids Anime "Tenkai Knights" to Start Airing in Japan on April 5". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "制作はボンズ 「テンカイナイト」4月5日テレビ東京他放送開始、世界展開のキッズアニメ". アニメ!アニメ!. February 21, 2014. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2015.