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Chiisana Kyojin Microman (TV)

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Alternative title:
The Small Giant, Microman 
小さな巨人ミクロマン (Japanese) 
Genres: action , adventure , science fiction 
Objectionable content: None 
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 52 
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage: 1999-01-04 to 1999-12-27 
Opening Theme:
"Big Heart: Microman no Theme" (Big heart〜ミクロマンのテーマ〜) by Daichi Miura 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Big Heart: Microman no Theme" by Seikō Nagaoka (eps 1-6) 
#2: "Perfect World" by Daichi Miura (eps 7-35) 
#3: "I Want You Back" by Folder (eps 36-52) 
News: Show:
Daichi Miura to Perform Ending Theme for Parasyte TV Anime (Oct 1, 2014)
J.J. Abrams, Hasbro in Micronauts/Microman Film Talks (Nov 5, 2009)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Noriyuki Abe 
Series Composition: Hiroshi Hashimoto 
Script:
Akatsuki Yamatoya (8 episodes
eps 31, 35, 37, 40-41, 48-50
) 
Daisuke Yajima (16 episodes
eps 4, 7, 9, 13, 19-20, 24-25, 29-30, 36, 38-39, 45-47
) 
Hiroshi Hashimoto (8 episodes
eps 1, 5, 15-17, 34, 51-52
) 
Katsuyuki Sumisawa (10 episodes
eps 3, 8, 10-11, 18, 21-22, 26, 33, 44
) 
Yoshio Urasawa (9 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 14, 23, 27-28, 42-43
) 
Storyboard:
Hideki Takayama (eps 15, 24) 
Hiroaki Yoshikawa (eps 14, 23) 
Jōhei Matsuura (eps 35, 43, 49) 
Jun Kamiya (eps 2, 22, 33) 
Junji Nishimura (eps 6, 8, 12) 
Junya Koshiba (eps 31, 37, 45) 
Kazuhisa Ōno (ep 17) 
Kazuhito Kikuchi (ep 7) 
Kōichi Takada (ep 38) 
Kunitoshi Okajima (eps 21, 36, 44) 
Mitsuo Hashimoto (eps 16, 46) 
Mitsutaka Noshitani (ep 25) 
Naoyuki Yoshinaga (ep 10) 
Noriyuki Abe (4 episodes
eps 1, 3, 50, 52
) 
Osamu Uemura (ep 19) 
Rion Kujo (eps 30, 40, 48) 
Shigenori Kageyama (4 episodes
eps 11, 18, 27, 51
) 
Shigeru Ueda (eps 41, 47, 52) 
Shinjirō Ishihara (ep 13) 
Shintarō Itoga (ep 5) 
Shouji Saeki (eps 26, 39) 
Tetsuya Endō (ep 42) 
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 4) 
Yoshito Hata (ep 34) 
Yukihiro Makino (eps 20, 29) 
Yukio Okano (ep 28) 
Episode Director:
Hidekazu Satō (ep 32) 
Hideki Takayama (eps 15, 24) 
Hiroshi Tamada (ep 3) 
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (eps 17, 21) 
Jōhei Matsuura (6 episodes
eps 11, 18, 27, 35, 43, 51
) 
Kaoru Suzuki (eps 20, 29, 34) 
Kazuhito Kikuchi (ep 7) 
Kazuyuki Hirokawa (ep 9) 
Kenichi Takeshita (ep 14) 
Kenichirō Watanabe (eps 28, 45, 49) 
Kunitoshi Okajima (4 episodes
eps 25, 31, 36, 40
) 
Makoto Sokuza (eps 8, 12) 
Noriyuki Abe (ep 1) 
Rion Kujo (eps 30, 48) 
Shigeru Ueda (10 episodes
eps 2, 16, 19, 23, 33, 37, 41, 47, 50, 52
) 
Shinjirō Ishihara (5 episodes
eps 5, 13, 22, 42, 46
) 
Shouji Saeki (eps 26, 39) 
Shunji Yoshida (eps 6, 10) 
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 4) 
Music: Seikou Nagaoka (all eps) 
Character Design: Atsushi Wakabayashi 
Art Director: Shigenori Takada 
Animation Director:
Atsushi Wakabayashi (eps 1, 52) 
Haruo Sotozaki (ep 8) 
Hiroyuki Imaishi (ep 26) 
Michinori Chiba (ep 31) 
Shinji Suetomi (ep 39) 
Sound Director: Noriyuki Abe 
Director of Photography: Katsunori Maehara 

Assistant Episode Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (ep 40) 
Color design: Yūko Kobari 
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura 
In-Between Animation: Mayumi Okamoto (Studio Mu; ep 37) 
Key Animation:
Atsushi Wakabayashi (ep 52) 
Hiroyuki Imaishi (eps 39, 52) 
Hisashi Saito (ep 16) 
Kan Ogawa (ep 23) 
Kazuya Saitō (5 episodes
eps 2, 42, 46, 50, 52
) 
Masaya Ōnishi (eps 19, 52) 
Michinori Chiba (ep 31) 
Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 31) 
Rion Kujo (11 episodes
eps 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 28, 30, 36, 40, 48, 52
) 
Shigenobu Nagasaki (ep 15) 
Shinji Suetomi (eps 26, 39) 
Sushio (eps 29, 39, 52) 
Takayoshi Hashimoto (ep 31) 
Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 47) 
Yuri Inoguchi (ep 48) 
Yusuke Yoshigaki (eps 16, 26, 39) 
Photography: Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos; eps 1, 39) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Hiromi Mori 
Theme Song Performance:
AKINA (ED3) 
Daichi Miura 
Folder5 (ED3) 
Hikari Mitsushima (ED3) 
Eiji Itō as Odin (eps 28-46) 
Kentarō Itō as Arthur 
Mitsuaki Madono as Walt 
Mitsuki Saiga as Izam 
Nobuo Tobita as Edison 
Tōru Furusawa as Odin  (eps 1-27, 47-52) 

Akiko Hiramatsu as Arden Purple 
Kaneto Shiozawa as Demon Green 
Katsumi Suzuki as Jigoku Pinch 
Kazuhiro Nakata as
Demon Red 
Narration 
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Arden Dark 
Masaya Onosaka as Arden Flame 
Minoru Inaba as Chain Spider 
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Professor K (Akira Katagai) 
Shigeru Chiba as Cobrage 
Takako Honda as Kōhei Kuji 
Takumi Yamazaki as
Bark 
Demon Blue 
Tomoe Hanba as Mami Mizusawa 
Yōko Teppōzuka as Yūta Kuji 

Atsushi Murai as
Killer  (ep 32) 
Rangyo (ep 12) 
Spinry (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 51
) 
Chika Sakamoto as Mr. Grey (4 episodes
eps 28, 31, 42, 51
) 
Eiji Itō as
Angolmois (eps 49-52) 
Drill Joe (eps 3, 13, 23) 
Mayor 
Hironori Miyata as Gunbody  (6 episodes
eps 19-20, 30, 32, 43, 51
) 
Jin Yamanoi as Minister of the Left (ep 12) 
Katsumi Suzuki as Ataru Kuji (9 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 10-11, 14, 29, 35, 50
) 
Kōsuke Okano as Lasermaster  (6 episodes
eps 19-20, 30, 32, 43, 51
) 
Masaya Onosaka as
Obina (ep 12) 
Tomahawk (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 13, 23, 35, 51
) 
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Acromach (ep 34) 
Ryūji Mizuno as Death (ep 31) 
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Yōjin D (eps 48-49) 
Shouto Kashii as
Bomberhead (eps 12-13, 51) 
Jet Mogura  (5 episodes
eps 19-20, 30, 32, 43
) 
Susumu Chiba as Gel (eps 24-25) 
Takashi Nagasako as Shell (ep 27) 
Takashi Yoshida as
Hoverjack (4 episodes
eps 13-14, 35, 51
) 
Issūn (ep 22) 
Yūta Kuji (adult; ep 52) 
Takehiro Koyama as Principal  (eps 2, 15) 
Takumi Yamazaki as Kōhei Kuji (adult; ep 52) 
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Blizzerk (ep 7) 
Yōko Soumi as
Fiburn (ep 8) 
Yōko Kuji (17 episodes
eps 1-7, 9-12, 14-15, 21, 29, 35, 50
) 
Yuki Hamano as
Mami's Mother (eps 2, 8) 
Teacher (eps 3, 5) 
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Seoul Loft 
Studio Loft 
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo 
CG: Pierrot DAR (as Digital Animation Room) 
Finish Animation:
Ani Muse 
FAI International 
Han Jin Animation 
Kyung Kang 
In-Between Animation:
Ani Muse 
Ashi Productions 
CDI 
Danni Animation 
DR Movie 
E-cho 
FAI International 
FAI Shanghai Studio 
Far Eastern Animation 
Han il Animation 
Han Jin Animation 
Jiwoo Animation 
Jiwoo Production 
Kyung Kang 
Moon Seong Animation 
Niandai Animation 
Park Young 
Pilgrim Entertainment    
Seong Bo Yang Haeng 
Studio Add 
Studio CATS 
Studio Mu 
Sung San Production 
Wuxi Maliang Animation 
Key Animation:
Art Office Sharaku (ep 11) 
Han il Animation 
Liberty 
Liberty Animation Studio 
Nakamura Production 
Studio Angle 
Studio Liberty 
Studio Mu 
Studio Wanpack 
Original Concept: Takara 
Photography:
Studio Cosmos 
T. Nishimura 
Production:
Studio Pierrot 
TV Tokyo 
Yomiko Advertising, Inc. 
Production Cooperation: BIG 
Sound Production: Zack Promotion 

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