Kiba — Season 1, Episode 31: Compensation of Ambition
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 24 min • 1 season, 51 episodes • ★ 7.6/10
Episode synopsis
Now that Noah has defeated Zed he can advance to the next round. Since Robes didn't show up to fight Noah, Noah gets to go on to the next round and fight Raja, who defeated Herik to advance. As the fight goes on Noah knocks off Raja's mask to reveal that he is Hugh. With his identity revealed Hugh Summons his Key Spirit Puromino and Amil Gaul, whom he stole from Zed, after Noah summons Sachura. Resulting in the defeat of Noah. But when Hugh tries to take Sachura he falls writhing in pain as Amil Gaul falls out of Hugh. Meanwhile Zed is off to fight to get Roia back after Sagiri wakes him up telling him Roia is in trouble. Will Zed be able to save Roia without his spirit?
About Kiba
Kiba, a fantasy anime 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 Kamishina, the show's director, noted that the show "absolutely will not have any plot elements that curry favor to children". The producers of the show has also commented that Kiba will not be the type of show to put "human drama" on the back burner while concentrating on promotional tie-ins. While Upper Deck owns the rights to the series, ADV Films is the distributor and their production studio Amusement Park Media is producing the dub. Kiba aired on Toonami Jetstream from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009 and is now showing on The Anime Network's Video on Demand service.