Ryobe: The Sea (televison series)

Ryobe: The Sea is an Japanese-American live action swashbuckler television series based on the Japanese animation series, Ryobe: The Sea. The show aired on Vision from 2008 to 2013.

Production
In the summer of 2006, it was reported that Typewriter Productions has bought the license for a possible live action television series based on the anime. In late 2006, it was reported that filming was about to start in July of 2007 until early September 2007, with a release of March 2008. Special effects were to be handled by Venga Shanghai and Venga Seattle.

Filming of season two began in the summer of 2008 and ended in the early fall. For the third season, production started in the fall of 2009 and ended in the early winter of 2009. Same schedule for season four. In Season five, filming was initially back to back for two five episode seasons, but it was later said to be a full ten episode season airing all in a row. Filming started in the early fall of 2011 and ended in February of 2012. The finale of the show on January 18, 2013 had a retrospective one hour special and a live premiere party as well. The last episode was 88 minutes long.

Regular cast

 * David Wenham as Ryobe (Season 1 through 3, main, Season 4 guest star [2 episodes])
 * Jason Douglas as Crater (Season 1 through 5, reoccurring)
 * Pilou Asbæk as Ryobe Jr (Season 4-5, main cast)

Episodes

 * Season 1 (March 25, 2008-May 13, 2008, 8 episodes) [Budget: 500-600k per episode]
 * Season 2 (March 31, 2009-May 19, 2009, 8 episodes) [Budget: 575-625k per episode]
 * Season 3 (May 11, 2010-June 15, 2010, 6 episodes) [Budget: 550-610k per episode]
 * Season 4 (May 24, 2011-June 28, 2011, 6 episodes) [Budget: 600-700k per episode]
 * Season 5 (November 16, 2012-January 18, 2013, 10 episodes) [Budget: 700-800k per episode (1-9), 1.5 million (last episode)]