Daimajin Kanon


Daimajin Kanon is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama produced by Kadokawa Pictures and broadcast on TV Tokyo. The series premiered on April 2, 2010. The series retells the story of the original Daimajin film in a modern Japanese setting. Consisting of 26 episodes, the series was prefaced by a manga by Seijuro Mizu in Young Ace magazine. Writing for the series is shared by Shinji Ōishi and Naruhisa Arakawa.

Episodes

Each episode of the series has its own unique kanji, but they are all read as "Kanon".
  1. - April 2, 2010
  2. - April 9, 2010
  3. - April 16, 2010
  4. - April 23, 2010
  5. - April 30, 2010
  6. - May 7, 2010
  7. - May 14, 2010
  8. - May 21, 2010
  9. - June 4, 2010
  10. - June 11, 2010
  11. - June 18, 2010
  12. - June 25, 2010
  13. - July 2, 2010
  14. - July 9, 2010
  15. - July 16, 2010
  16. - July 23, 2010
  17. - July 30, 2010
  18. - August 6, 2010
  19. - August 13, 2010
  20. - August 20, 2010
  21. - August 27, 2010
  22. - September 3, 2010
  23. - September 10, 2010
  24. - September 17, 2010
  25. - September 24, 2010
  26. - October 1, 2010

Cast

Production

At the acquirement of Daiei Film properties from Tokuma Shoten, Kadokawa president Kazuo Kuroi originally announced to produce a Daimajin project along with Godzilla vs. Gamera, which followed Yasuyoshi Tokuma 's attempt to produce a crossover with Gamera and Godzilla before his death in 2000, however the proposals were eventually turned down by Toho. Gamera the Brave was instead produced in 2006, however its box office returns resulted in cancellation of subsequent Gamera productions and a Daimajin project by Takashi Miike. The scrapped Daimajin film by Miike was eventually redeveloped into Daimajin Kanon, while Miike made Daimajin to appear in his 2021 film The Great Yokai War: Guardians, along with Gamera appeared in its spinoff novel.
In the early stage of production of Daimajin Kanon, Noriaki Yuasa, known for his involvements in various tokusatsu productions especially the Gamera franchise, was appointed for the director of Daimajin Kanon. Other previously appointed staffs include Mamoru Sasaki as the writer, and multiple crews who have participated in Toei's Kamen Rider franchise. Yuasa and Sasaki, previously co-participated in various television dramas such as Princess Comet and Okusama wa 18-sai, along with Yoji Hashimoto, once attempted to produce a television series of Daimajin in 1960s, however it was cancelled due to budgetary problem and predictable storyline of the franchise, where financial situation of Daiei Film was further cornered by producing three Daimajin films in 1966.

Theme songs

All songs were written by Shoko Fujibayashi and composed by Toshihiko Sahashi.
;Opening theme
;Closing themes: Both songs performed by Lia
  • "Ashita Tenki ni Naare"
  • * Episodes: 1-13
  • "Aruite Kaerou"
  • * Episodes: 14-26