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A day in the life of a teenage samurai - Constantine N. Vaporis

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The year is 1800 in the castle town of Kôchi, Japan. It’s just after sunrise, and 16-year-old Mori Banshirô is already hard at work practicing drills with his long sword. He is an ambitious samurai in training, and today he must impress his teachers more than ever so he can travel to the capital city for martial and scholarly studies. Constantine N. Vaporis outlines a day in the life of a samurai.

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Constantine N. Vaporis
  • Director WOW-HOW Studio
  • Narrator Adrian Dannatt
  • Storyboard Artist Nikita Bondarenko, Sergey Yaroshenko
  • Animator Alex Bohdan
  • Art Director Marianna Murashko
  • WOW-HOW Studio Producer Daria Kachan , Tatiana Koroleva
  • Music Stephen LaRosa
  • Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
  • Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
  • Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Fact-Checker Eden Girma

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