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Oban Star-Racers (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ōban Star Racers (French) 
Oban, Star-Racers 
オーバン・スターレーサーズ (Japanese) 
Genres: adventure , drama , science fiction 
Themes: racing 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: Eva's been hoping to hear from her dad for years. When she gets a part for her bike, she leaves school to find her dad-Don Wei. But right after she finds him the Earth team is off to race in the great race of Oban. Taking the name "Molly" Eva must prove that she can win-and make her dad recognize her. 
User Ratings: 238 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 17 votes (dub:11, sub:5, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Excellent: 40 votes (dub:29, sub:6, edit.dub:1, others:4
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Turkish dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Very good: 65 votes (dub:40, sub:22, others:3
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 70 votes (dub:40, sub:20, edit.dub:3, ?:1, others:6
2 Danish dubbed
1 Polish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Decent: 28 votes (dub:15, sub:9, edit.dub:3, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 7 votes (dub:5, sub:2)
 Not really good: 6 votes (dub:2, sub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Polish dubbed
)
 Weak: 3 votes (edit.dub:1, dub:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 564 users, rank: #1964 (of 10084)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.471 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5302, rank: #2025 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 7.350 (Good+), rank: #2285 (of 10238) (seen all: 7.52 / seen some: 6.37 / won't finish: 5.68)
Bayesian estimate: 7.356 (Good+), rank: #1968 (of 7689)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 26 
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2006-04-12 (France TV Broadcast) 
2006-05-27 (London MCM Expo) 
2006-06-05 (Original U.S. Broadcast) 
2006-06-10 to 2006-08-27 (ABC Family USA) 
2006-09-10 (Family Channel Canada) 
2006-09-23 (Japanese Broadcast) 
2007-04-23 (Super-RTL, Germany) 
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"A Chance to Shine" by Akino 
#1: "Never Say Never" By After Midnight Project U.S. Opening 
Ending Theme:
"Waratteta" by Sukoshi 
Links: We have 6
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DVD (Region 0)
    Oban Star-Racers - The Alwas Cycle [UK] (Dub.DVD 1) 2007-08-13
    Oban Star-Racers - The Oban Cycle [UK] (Dub.DVD 2) 2007-10-15
    Oban Star-Racers - The Complete Series [UK] (Dub.DVD 1-2) 2008-02-11
DVD (Region 1)
    Medabots - The Complete First Season (Dub.DVD) 2008-01-15 (from $16.00)
    Oban Star-Racers - The Alwas Cycle (Dub.DVD 1) 2008-04-22 (from $39.96)
    Oban Star-Racers - The Oban Cycle (Dub.DVD 2) 2008-05-20

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Storyboard:
Kiyoko Sayama  (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 12, 20, 26
)
 
Sōichi Masui 
Takeshi Mori 
Tōru Yoshida (ep 15) 
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi  (eps 1-3, 5, 24) 
Episode Director:
Kiyoko Sayama  (eps 1, 26) 
Masahiko Watanabe 
Satoshi Ōsedo (ep 12) 
Tōru Yoshida (ep 15) 
Music: Taku Iwasaki 
Animation Director:
Hiroyuki Negishi (ep 15) 
Itsuko Takeda (ep 1) 
Tetsuya Kumagai 
Tōru Yoshida (ep 10) 
Mecha design: Isao Sugimoto 
Director of Photography:
Atsushi Iwasaki 
Kentarō Takahashi 

Associate producer:
Katsunori Haruta 
Minoru Takanashi 
Color Coordination: Chie Tanimoto 
In-Between Animation:
Aya Kato (Studio Zaendou) 
Chiaki Furuzumi (Studio Mu) 
Eri Ōba (Studio Zaendou) 
Eriko Murakami 
Eriko Nagoya (Studio Zaendou) 
Hitomi Matsui (Anime R) 
Ikuma Tobe 
Kazunori Takada (Studio Zaendou) 
Keiko Ōta 
Kenichirō Yamamoto (Anime R) 
Mayumi Shibazaki (Studio Zaendou) 
Megumi Ueda (Anime R) 
Mina Ichijou (Studio Zaendou) 
Minako Shiba (Hal Film Maker) 
Saori Nakamura (Studio Zaendou) 
Sayaka Ikeda (Anime R) 
Sayaka Okuno 
Shunta Sakamoto (Hal Film Maker) 
Toshiaki Kobayashi 
Yōsuke Kikuchi 
Yūichi Yoshida 
Yuka Kitano (Studio Zaendou) 
Yuki Nagasawa 
Line Producer: Shinji Nakashima 
Music producer: Toshiaki Ohta 
Paint:
Akiko Shimizu (T2 Studio) 
Kasumi Wada (T2 Studio) 
Katsunori Suzuki (Studio Cats) 
Kayoko Hashimoto (T2 Studio) 
Kumi Nanjo (T2 Studio) 
Masahiro Saito (Studio Zaendou) 
Michiko Saito (T2 Studio) 
Miho Suzuki (T2 Studio) 
Yuki Yokoyama (T2 Studio) 
Yukiko Kakita (T2 Studio) 
Production Coordination: Atsushi Urushiyama 
Theme Song Composition: Yōko Kanno 
Theme Song Performance:
AKINO (OP) 
Sukoshi (ED) 
Junko Noda as Molly/Eva Wei 
Keiichirou Satomi as Jordan Wilde 
Keiichrou Satomi as Jordan Wilde 
Unshō Ishizuka as Don Wei 

Ai Orikasa as Ning 
Banjō Ginga as Toros 
Hideo Watanabe as Ondai 
Hiroaki Miura as Prince Aikka 
Jin Horikawa as
Flint 
Groor 
Junichi Suwabe as Rick Thunderbolt 
Keiji Fujiwara as Sull 
Keisuke Fujii as Stan 
Kenji Nomura as Rush 
Masashi Hirose as Satis 
Shōzō Iizuka as General Kross 
Takeshi Maruyama as
Ceres 
Marcel 
Tetsuo Gotō as Lord Furter 
Tomoko Hiratsuji as Skun 
Tomoko Kobashi as Maya Wei 
Yoshinori Fujita as Koji 
Yuri Shiratori as Para-Dise 
Japanese companies
3d Animation: Pumpkin 3D 
Animation Production:
Buyuu (ep 9) 
Hal Film Maker 
SynergySP (ep 5) 
Backgrounds:
DR Movie 
Mukuo Studio 
Ryūbidō 
Broadcaster:
Jetix 
NHK BS-2 
Digital Paint:
Anime R (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 12, 15, 17-18
)
 
Buyuu (ep 5) 
Dōga Kōbō (6 episodes
eps 15, 18, 20, 24-26
)
 
Frontline (ep 9) 
Lee Production (ep 5) 
Phoenix Entertainment (17 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 10-12, 15, 17-20, 22-26
)
 
Radix (ep 18) 
Radix 02 (eps 20, 22) 
Studio CATS (8 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 13-14, 16, 21, 23
)
 
Studio Flag (eps 15, 17) 
Studio Lagoon (ep 22) 
Studio Zaendō (9 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11-12, 14, 16-17, 20-21
)
 
Sung San Production (ep 9) 
T2 Studio (11 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 11-12, 15, 17-18, 20, 22
)
 
White Line (ep 9) 
Distributor: Bandai Visual 
Editing: Q-Tec 
In-Between Animation:
A-Line (ep 3) 
Anime R (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 11-12, 15, 20, 24-26
)
 
Anime Torotoro (ep 2) 
asread (eps 17, 24-26) 
AZETA PICTURES (ep 3) 
Dōga Kōbō (6 episodes
eps 15, 18, 20, 24-26
)
 
Frontline (ep 9) 
Hal Film Maker (8 episodes
eps 7, 10, 12, 19, 22, 24-26
)
 
Lee Production (ep 5) 
Nakamura Production (eps 1-2) 
Phoenix Entertainment (16 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 10-12, 15, 17-20, 22, 24-26
)
 
Radix (ep 18) 
Radix 02 (ep 20) 
Studio CATS (7 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 21, 24-26
)
 
Studio Comet (ep 20) 
Studio DEEN (5 episodes
eps 12, 18, 24-26
)
 
Studio Flag (eps 24-26) 
Studio Lagoon (ep 20) 
Studio Mark (ep 17) 
Studio Mu (eps 11, 20) 
Studio Zaendō (15 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 12-14, 16, 21, 23-26
)
 
Sung San Production (ep 9) 
TNK (8 episodes
eps 3, 15, 17-18, 22, 24-26
)
 
White Line (ep 9) 
Key Animation:
ACCEL (ep 5) 
Anime R (eps 10, 15) 
Studio Zaendō (9 episodes
eps 8, 13-14, 16, 21, 23-26
)
 
Photography: T2 Studio 
Production: Hal Film Maker 
Recording Studio: Broadmedia Studios Corporation 
special effects: T2 Studio 
English cast
English staff
Script Adaptation: Jeffrey Paul Kearney 
Voice Direction: Michael Donovan 
Chiara Zanni as Molly 
Ron Halder as Don Wei 
Samuel Vincent as Jordan 

Brian Dobson as General Kross 
Brian Drummond as Satis 
Colin Murdock as Canaletto 
Nicole Oliver as Maya Wei 
Richard Newman as President 

Alessandro Juliani as Koji 
Colin Murdock as
Old Mechanic 
Race Official A 
Colleen Wheeler as Skun 
Dexter Bell as Stan 
Don Brown as Lord Furter 
Jillian Michaels as Ning 
Kirby Morrow as Prince Aika 
Michael Dobson as Rick 
Michael Donovan as Aika's Elder 
Paul Dobson as Avatar 
Trevor Devall as Ondai 
English companies
ADR Production/Recording Studio: Airwaves Sound Design Ltd 
Broadcaster:
ABC Family (Jetix) 
Disney XD 
Family Channel (Canada) 
Jetix 
Okto (Singapore - as Kids Central) 
Seven Network (Australia) 
Toon Disney (Jetix) 
TVNZ (New Zealand - TVNZ2) 
French staff
French cast
Script: Savin Yeatman-Eiffel (all 26 eps) 
Original creator: Savin Yeatman-Eiffel 
Character Design:
Loic Penon 
Thomas Romain 

Design: Stanislas Brunet 
Story Editor: Jeffrey Paul Kearney 
Gabrielle Jeru as Molly 
Jérome Keen as Don Wei 
Thomas Guitard as Jordan 

Alexandre Coadour as Rick 
Gérald Morales as Général 
Johanna Menuteau as Para-Dice 
Lauren Alexandre as Directrice du pensionnat 
Laurent Maurel as Flint 
Mathieu Barbier as
Avatar 
Krog 
Toros 
Nicolas Mead as Stan / Sathis 
Omar Yami as Grooor 
Philippe Resneau as Juges d'Arouas 
Rémi Caillebot as Prince Aïka 
Vincent Latorre as Koji 
Yamin Dib as Vieux juge d'Arouas 

French companies
Animation: PUMPKIN-3D (France) 
Broadcaster: France 3 (France) 
Dubbing: Digison 
Production: Sav! The World Productions (France) 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Amparo Valencia (Spain dub) 
ADR Script: Amparo Valencia (Spain dub) 

Creative Director: Raul Aldana (Chilean dub) 
Carlos Carvajal as Don Wei 
Iván Jara as Jordan Wilde (Spain dub) 
Jorge Lillo as Rick 
Juan Antonio Gálvez as Don Wei (Spain dub) 
Julio González as Avatar 
Mar Bordallo as Molly/Eva Wei (Spain dub) 
Rodrigo Saavedra as Koji 
Ximena Marchant as Molly 

David Robles as Prince Aikka (Spain dub) 
Eduardo Moreno as Satis (Spain dub) 
Jesús Alberto Pinillos as Koji (Spain dub) 
Jorge Saudinós as Stan (Spain dub) 

Amparo Valencia as Maya Wei (Spain dub) 
Roberto Encinas as Rick Thunderbolt (Spain dub) 
Sandra Jara as Para-Dice (Spain dub) 
Sandro Larenas as Narrator 
Spanish companies
ADR Production: Disney Character Voices International (Chilean dub) 
Broadcaster: Jetix Latin America 
Dubbing Studio:
Best Digital (Spain dub) 
DINT Doblajes Internacionales Ltda., Chile (Latin American Dub) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Sonia Scotti 
Executive producer: Mariagrazia Boccardo 

Dubbing Assistant: Rachele Paolelli 
Dubbing Sound: Luigi Mongelluzzo 
Mixing: Christian Polini 
Davide Perino as Jordan Wilde 
Joy Saltarelli as Eva 'Molly' Wei 
Oliviero Dinelli as Don Wei 

Gabriele Patriarca as Koji 
Marco Baroni as Principe Aika 
Marco Vivio as Rick Thunderbolt 
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Frisbee (from August 2012) 
Jetix Italia (from 5 February 2007) 
Rai 2 (from 25 August 2008) 
Sound: A.D.M. 
German staff
German cast
Dialogue Writer: Christian Schneider 
Voice Direction: Christian Schneider 
(none)
German companies
Broadcaster: Super RTL 
Dubbing Studio: Splendid Synchron GmbH 
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Dubbing: MBC3 
Arabic cast
(none)
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
(none)
Lottie Hellingman as Molly/Eva Wei 

Dutch companies
Broadcaster: Jetix Netherlands 
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Jetix 
Russian cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
Dubbing Director: Ewa Kania 
Executive producer: Marzena Omen-Wiśniewska 

Dialogues:
Aleksandra Rojewska (eps 2-6, 11-13) 
Berenika Wyrobek (eps 1, 7-10) 
Joanna Kuryłko (9 episodes
eps 14-16, 20-24, 26
)
 
Wojciech Szymański (eps 17-19, 25) 
Montage: Krzysztof Podolski 
Katarzyna Laska as Eva /Molly 
Leszek Zduń as Jordan 

Aleksander Mikołajczak as President (ep 6) 
Andrzej Chudy as President (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 23, 25
)
 
Dariusz Odija as President (ep 18) 
Ewa Kania as Maya 
Karol Wróblewski as Koji 
Marcin Przybylski as Rick Thunderbolt 
Wojciech Solarz as Stan 

Adam Bauman as Avatar 
Andrzej Chudy as
Canaletto 
commentator (ep 11) 
Crog (ep 23) 
judge (eps 3-4, 11, 13) 
mechanic (ep 1) 
Prince Aikka's trainer (eps 2, 7-8, 13) 
reporter (ep 21) 
the Creator (eps 22, 26) 
Dariusz Odija as
commentator (ep 16) 
Kross 
Sul (eps 14, 19-20) 
the Creator (ep 22) 
Ewa Kani as
Maya 
Ning 
Skun 
Ewa Kania as
communicator (ep 25) 
headmaster (4 episodes
eps 1, 4, 17, 21
)
 
nurse (ep 13) 
queen (ep 19) 
Skun (6 episodes
eps 14, 16, 19-20, 23-24
)
 
Jan Kulczycki as Rush (eps 10-13) 
Janusz Wituch as Prezydent 
Jarosław Domin as
judge (eps 3-4, 6) 
Lord Further 
Ondai 
reeve (ep 7) 
Rush (ep 7) 
Satis (ep 7) 
Scrub (eps 7-8) 
the Creator (ep 22) 
Joanna Węgrzynowska as Para-Dice 
Karol Wróblewski as
defender (ep 25) 
schoolboy (ep 1) 
Toros 
Katarzyna Laska as
babysitter (ep 18) 
Ning (5 episodes
eps 14, 16, 20, 23-24
)
 
Leszek Zduń as
Crog (ep 23) 
schoolboy (ep 1) 
Marcin Przybylski as William J. Wilde (ep 1) 
Marek Włodarczyk as
general (eps 23, 25) 
Książę Aikka 
mechanic (ep 18) 
poacher (ep 18) 
schoolboy (ep 1) 
Mieczysław Morański as
consul (ep 1) 
Flint (eps 12-13) 
Lord Furter's crew member (ep 23) 
Marcel (ep 4) 
Ned (ep 1) 
poacher (ep 18) 
Satis/ Super Racer 
Robert Tondera as
Avatar (eps 19, 23) 
Avatar (odc. 23) 
bartender (eps 4, 8) 
Ceres 
Crog (ep 23) 
defender (ep 25) 
Flint 
general (ep 1) 
judge (ep 10) 
Marcel (eps 12-13) 
Prince Aikka's trainer (eps 23, 26) 
reeve (ep 11) 
the Creator (ep 22) 
Toros (eps 7, 9, 12-13) 
Tomasz Marzecki as
Crog (ep 23) 
doctor (ep 5) 
Groor 
king (ep 19) 
Narrator (ep 1) 
the Creator (eps 22, 26) 
Wojciech Machnicki as
commentator (ep 1) 
reeve (eps 2-10, 12-13) 
shaman (ep 12) 
Sul 
Zard (eps 7-8) 
Wojciech Solarz as Rush 
Polish companies
Broadcaster: Jetix Polska 
Dubbing Studio: STUDIO EUROCOM 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Translation: Antônio Pavlos Euthymiou 

Editing: Renato Oliveira 
Sound Engineer:
Marco Aurélio 
Ricardo Gomes 
Voice Direction: Fernanda Fernandes 
Júlio Chaves as Don Wei (not Luiz Carlos Persy) 
Lina Mendes as Molly 
Luiz Carlos Persy as Don Wei 
Manolo Rey as Jordan 

Felipe Drummond as Aikka 
Marcos Souza as Koji 
Philippe Maia as Rick Thunderbolt 
Thiago Magalhães as Stan 
Waldir Fiori as Satis 

Carlos Seidl as Toros 
Elcio Romar as Presidente 
Fernanda Fernandes as Maya 
Jorge Vasconcellos as General Kross 
Luiz Carlos Persy as Avatar 
Marcelo Garcia as Juiz 
Maurício Berger as Narrator 
Ronaldo Júlio as Groor 
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Jetix 
Rede Globo 
SIC (Portugal) 
Dubbing: Herbert Richers 
DVD Distribution: Acesso Distribuidora 

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