:Kiba (TV series)

{{short description|2006 television anime}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Kiba

| image =File:KibaTVseries.jpg

| caption = Kiba key visual, featuring Zed

| ja_kanji = 牙-KIBA-

| ja_romaji =

| genre = {{ubl|Adventure{{cite web |last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Toonami Jetstream Service Hosts Kiba Anime Online |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-14/toonami-jetstream-service-hosts-kiba-anime-online |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 11, 2018 |date=July 15, 2008}}|Dark fantasy{{cite web |script-title=ja:【季節を楽しむオススメ作品第2回】風薫る初夏に、新たな挑戦を！ 風が人生を変えるドラマチックアニメ |url=https://akiba-souken.com/article/23618/ |website=Akiba Souken |publisher=Kakaku.com |access-date=December 9, 2018 |date=May 17, 2015|language=ja}}|Isekai{{cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |title=Upper Deck Ordered to Pay Aniplex US$3.9 Million+ for Kiba |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-06/upper-deck-ordered-to-pay-aniplex-us$3.9-million+for-kiba |website=Anime News Network |access-date=August 11, 2018 |date=December 7, 2012 |quote=Hiroshi Koujina and Madhouse's 51-episode Kiba alternate-world television anime series.}}}}

| creator = Aniplex

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = tv series

| director = Hiroshi Kōjina

| producer = {{ubl|Norio Yamakawa|Naoki Sasada|Eiichi Kamagata}}

| writer = {{ubl|Toshiki Inoue|Michiko Yokote}}

| music = Jun Miyake

| studio = Madhouse

| licensee = {{English anime licensee

| NA = ADV Films/Upper Deck Entertainment}}

| network = TV Tokyo

| network_en = {{English anime network

| NA = Anime Network

| US = Toonami Jetstream

}}

| first = April 2, 2006

| last = March 25, 2007

| episodes = 51

| episode_list = List of Kiba (TV series) episodes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|Kiba|牙-KIBA-||meaning fang, or if divided into Ki-Ba, a spiritual place}}, a Japanese anime series produced by Madhouse and Aniplex, began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2006. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina with Upper Deck Japan, a trading card game company, as the main sponsor. The anime has been licensed by Upper Deck USA and produced by ADV Films for North American distribution.

The series is more violent than other trading-card-game-tie-in animations with many characters being killed. According to an interview with the March 2006 issue of Animage, Hiroshi Kōjina, the director, noted that the show "absolutely will not have any plot elements that curry favor to children".{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-evo.net/2010/08/23/kiba-review/|title=Kiba Review|publisher=Anime Evo|date=August 23, 2010|access-date=October 8, 2016}} The producer also commented that Kiba is not the type of show to put "human drama" on the back burner while concentrating on promotional tie-ins. Kiba aired on Toonami Jetstream from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009.