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Argento Soma (TV)

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Alternative title:
AΠHENTO ΣOMA 
アルジェント ソーマ (Japanese) 
Genres: adventure , drama , science fiction 
Themes: alien , mecha , military 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: In the year 2059, the earth has been plagued by aliens for several years. In an effort to learn more about these aliens, Dr. Noguchi and his assistants Maki Agata and Tukuto Kenishiro try to revive the professor's experiment, a large Bio-Mechanical alien named Frank. During this process the alien comes to 'life' and the lab is subsequently destroyed leaving Takuto the only survivor and the alien disappearing into the wilderness. While Frank roams the wilderness he meets Hattie, an emotionally distressed young girl whose parents are killed in the first 'close encounter' war. Oddly enough she is able to communicate with Frank and soon after they are taken into custody by a secret agency known only as 'Funeral'. Meanwhile, Takuto wakes up in a hospital bed with his life in shambles, and his face disfigured. Motivated by vengeance and heart break, Takuto accepts an offer from the mysterious 'Mr. X' and receives a new identity as a ranking Funeral officer named Ryu Soma. 
User Ratings: 470 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 51 votes (sub:32, dub:16, raw:2, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 90 votes (sub:51, dub:33, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 139 votes (sub:77, dub:52, ?:2, raw:1, others:7
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 79 votes (dub:40, sub:37, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 52 votes (sub:35, dub:14, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:12, dub:5, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 22 votes (sub:18, dub:4)
 Bad: 2 votes (raw:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1170 users, rank: #1049 (of 10086)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.766 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6798, rank: #5017 (of 10240)
Weighted mean: 6.725 (Good−), rank: #5065 (of 10240) (seen all: 7.04 / seen some: 6.20 / won't finish: 4.80)
Bayesian estimate: 6.745 (Good−), rank: #4617 (of 7690)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 25 
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2000-10-06 to 2001-03-22 
2006-10-19 to 2006-12-11 (France) 
Opening Theme:
"Silent Wind" by Eri Sugai 
Ending Theme:
"Horizon" by Sphere 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
Argento Soma DVD 1 (Feb 2, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Argento Soma - Another Reality (DVD 1) 2003-02-04 (from $9.49)
    Argento Soma - Another Reality + Artbox (DVD 1) 2003-02-04 (from $30.00)
    Argento Soma - Another Reality (DVD 1) 2004-03-02 (from $7.98)
    Argento Soma - Getting Even (DVD 2) 2003-04-01 (from $24.99)
    Argento Soma - Getting Even (DVD 2) 2004-03-02 (from $18.99)
    Argento Soma - No Tears (DVD 3) 2003-06-03 (from $8.86)
    Argento Soma - No Tears (DVD 3) 2004-03-02 (from $12.99)
    Argento Soma - Outside Reality (DVD 4) 2003-08-05 (from $5.99)
    Argento Soma - Outside Sanity (DVD 4) 2004-03-02 (from $26.93)
    Argento Soma - Our Memories (DVD 5) 2003-10-07 (from $15.09)
    Argento Soma - Our Memories (DVD 5) 2004-03-02 (from $8.95)
    Argento Soma - Annihilation (DVD 6) 2003-12-02 (from $10.99)
    Argento Soma - Annihilation (DVD 6) 2004-03-02 (from $11.00)
    Argento Soma - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2004-11-09 (from $139.98)
    Argento Soma - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-6) 2006-08-22 (from $99.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama 
Screenplay:
Hiroaki Kitajima (5 episodes
eps 7, 9, 11, 18, 26
) 
Hiroshi Yamaguchi  (19 episodes
eps 1-6, 8, 10, 12-13, 16-17, 19-25
) 
Shin Yoshida (ep 15) 
Tōru Nozaki (ep 14) 
Storyboard:
Eiji Yamanaka  (ep 5) 
Go Sakamoto  (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19
) 
Hiroki Kudō  (ep 8) 
Kazuo Yamazaki  (ep 12) 
Kazuyoshi Katayama  (eps 1, 12, 25) 
Natsumi Yaguchi  (eps 3, 7) 
Tsukasa Sunaga  (14 episodes
eps 8, 10-11, 13, 15-18, 20-24, 26
) 
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi  (eps 2, 6) 
Episode Director: Keitarō Motonaga (ep 15) 
Unit Director:
Eiji Yamanaka  (ep 5) 
Kazuyoshi Katayama (eps 25-26) 
Keitarō Motonaga  (ep 15) 
Kōichi Takada  (ep 20) 
Natsumi Yaguchi  (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 13, 16, 19, 24
) 
Ryuu Kyuukyoku (ep 10) 
Shintarō Itoga  (4 episodes
eps 8, 12, 17, 21
) 
Shinya Hanai  (ep 22) 
Tōru Kitahata  (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 18, 23
) 
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi  (eps 2, 6, 11) 
Music:
DJ K.HASEGAWA (KH-R) 
Katsuhisa Hattori 
Original Concept:
Hajime Yatate 
Hiroshi Yamaguchi 
Hiroyuki Kitajima 
Kazuyoshi Katayama 
Shin Yoshida 
Tōru Nozaki 
Character Design: Shūkō Murase 
Art Director: Masaru Ohta 
Animation Director:
Asako Nishida (Character)  (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 18, 24
) 
Eiji Nakada (Mechanical; eps 5, 15) 
Hirotoshi Sano (OP, ED for 3-24, 26) 
Jun Nakai (Character)  (Studio Wanpack)  (eps 6, 12) 
Ken Ōtsuka (Mechanical)  (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 19
) 
Kohei Yoneyama (Mechanical)  (eps 20, 23) 
Morifumi Naka (Mechanical)  (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 18, 24
) 
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Character)  (ep 10) 
Noboru Sugimitsu (Character, Mechanical)  (Artland)  (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17
) 
Shigeru Sasaki (Character)  (ep 22) 
Shūkō Murase (Character, Mechanical)  (OP, ED; eps 1, 14, 25) 
Takuro Shinbo (Character)  (Nakamura Pro)  (4 episodes
eps 5, 15, 20, 23
) 
Tomoaki Kado (Character)  (eps 11, 19) 
Yōichi Ueda (Character, Mechanical)  (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 16, 21, 26
) 
Yoshiharu Anjo (Mechanical)  (eps 10, 22) 
Mecha design: Kimitoshi Yamane 
Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino 
Cgi Director:
Katsutoshi Sugai (eps 1-20) 
Norio Matsuda (eps 1-26) 
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai 
Producer:
Hiroyuki Birukawa  (Victor Entertainment) 
Kenichi Matsumura  (Sunrise) 
Shinichiro Kobayashi  (Sunrise) 

Animation Director Cooperation: Morifumi Naka (ep 25) 
Art Setting: Kinue Murayama 
Assistant Animation Director: Masayoshi Tanaka (ep 12) 
Assistant Episode Director: Hirofumi Ogura (ep 15) 
Assistant Mechanical Designer: Takumi Sakura 
Background Art:
Akemi Takemura (Studio Bihou; 6 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 10-11, 13
) 
Aki Chiba (Studio Bihou)  (eps 1-5, 9-10) 
Atsuko Takigami (Studio Bihou; 17 episodes
eps 1-7, 11, 13-14, 16-21, 26
) 
Aya Mitsumoto (Studio Bihou; 9 episodes
eps 4-5, 9, 11-12, 14-15, 23-24
) 
Izumi Hoki (Studio Bihou; eps 4-5, 11) 
Jun Okabe (Studio Bihou; ep 5) 
Kaori Higashida (Studio Bihou)  (16 episodes
eps 1-5, 11-15, 18-22, 26
) 
Kaoru Abe (Studio Bihou; eps 23, 26) 
Kazumi Enomoto (Studio Bihou; eps 1, 4-10) 
Keita Sakai (Studio Bihou)  (15 episodes
eps 1-5, 8-10, 18-21, 24-26
) 
Kotomi Yagi (Studio Bihou)  (11 episodes
eps 4-5, 9, 12-16, 22, 24-25
) 
Kuniharu Kyoda (Studio Bihou; eps 4-5) 
Masanobu Nomura (Studio Bihou)  (eps 1, 7, 22) 
Masaru Satō (Studio Bihou; eps 13, 15) 
Michie Suzuki (Studio Bihou)  (20 episodes
eps 1-5, 8-19, 21-22, 26
) 
Michiko Morokuma (Studio Bihou; 22 episodes
eps 1, 4-17, 19, 21-26
) 
Mikiya Oka (Studio Bihou; eps 23, 26) 
Misao Takimoto (Studio Bihou)  (19 episodes
eps 1-6, 11-16, 18-21, 24-26
) 
Naoko Yamada (Studio Bihou)  (19 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-11, 13-19, 23, 25
) 
Riko Shinohara (Studio Bihou)  (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 8-9, 23
) 
Ryōka Kinoshita (Studio Bihou; 17 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-10, 12-16, 21-22, 26
) 
Shin Okui (Studio Bihou; 17 episodes
eps 5-7, 9-10, 12-19, 23-26
) 
Shinji Takasuka (Studio Bihou)  (17 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-11, 13-15, 18-21, 26
) 
Shuichi Tsuji (Studio Bihou; 10 episodes
eps 1-5, 11, 19, 22, 25-26
) 
Takashi Shigezawa (Studio Bihou; 16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11, 14, 16, 19, 23-24, 26
) 
Tomoko Aomi (Studio Bihou; eps 1-6) 
Tomomi Nakajima (Studio Bihou)  (ep 1) 
Tsubasa Matsumoto (Studio Bihou)  (eps 1-6, 8-26) 
Yasuhiro Maruyama (Studio Bihou; ep 26) 
Youichi Watanabe (Studio Bihou)  (11 episodes
eps 1-4, 7-9, 14-15, 19, 22
) 
Yuka Hirama (Studio Bihou)  (8 episodes
eps 4-5, 9-11, 13, 24-25
) 
Background Scan: Hiroaki Satō (eps 10-26) 
CG:
Hirofumi Araki (Studio Ipse; eps 1-26) 
Katsutoshi Sugai (Studio Ipse; eps 21-26) 
Norio Matsuda (Studio Ipse; eps 1-20) 
Takahiro Shiotani (Studio Ipse; eps 4-26) 
Tsuyoshi Hanzawa (Studio Ipse; eps 14-26) 
Yukiya Imamura (Studio Ipse; eps 19-26) 
Chief Writer: Hiroshi Yamaguchi 
Color Check:
Keiko Yamashita (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17
) 
Rika Nishio (ep 4) 
Sayuri Sugawara (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 22
) 
Color design: Reiko Iwasawa 
Color setting:
Akiko Shibata (8 episodes
eps 6, 10, 15, 20-21, 23-25
) 
Junko Sasaki (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 13, 18, 26
) 
Keiko Yamashita (ep 4) 
Kuniharu Okano (eps 8, 12) 
Reiko Iwasawa (eps 1, 25) 
Rika Nishio (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
Sayoko Yokoyama (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 16, 19
) 
Sayuri Sugawara (ep 4) 
Yūko Satō (ep 14) 
Design Cooperation:
Eiichi Hagiwara (eps 1-2) 
Masayuki Nagura 
Digital Editing:
Chieko Takayama 
Seiji Morita 
Yukie Oikawa 
Digital Effects:
Toshio Hasegawa (Marix) 
Yutaka Hoshiba (Marix; 10 episodes
eps 10, 13, 19-26
) 
Digital Photography:
Hiroshi Yoshida (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-26) 
Naohisa Haijima (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-26) 
Tōru Sugawara (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-26) 
Yūji Shirai (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-26) 
Yumiko Morimoto (Studio Cosmos; eps 11-26) 
Digital Work:
Kayo Kojio (18 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 15-25
) 
Nami Kataoka (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14
) 
DPO: Takuya Utsunomiya (eps 1-13, 15-26) 
Finish Animation:
Bo Hong Li (Hangzhou Animation; ep 15) 
Han Jun Zhou (Hangzhou Animation; ep 15) 
Kang Wang (Hangzhou Animation; ep 15) 
Keiko Yamashita (Artland; ep 22) 
Li Wen Wang (Hangzhou Animation; ep 15) 
Qing Lang Lian (Hangzhou Animation; ep 15) 
Sayoko Yokoyama (ep 9) 
Sayuri Sugawara (Artland; ep 17) 
Takuya Utsunomiya (ep 14) 
Tōru Sugimoto (Artland; eps 17, 22) 
Xiao Chun Chen (Hangzhou Animation; ep 15) 
Ying Xie (Hangzhou Animation; ep 15) 
Yuki Nariai (Studio March; ep 10) 
Finishing Assistant: Yūko Satō (eps 1-13, 15-25) 
Guest Color Design: Reiko Iwasawa (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
In-Between Animation:
Atsuhiro Shamoto (Nakamura Pro)  (ep 15) 
Chizuko Kusunoki (eps 1, 11) 
Fumiko Kimura (Studio March; ep 10) 
Kaichiro Terada (ep 6) 
Katsuaki Murai (Nakamura Pro)  (ep 14) 
Kazuhiro Suzuki (Studio March; ep 10) 
Kazumi Takechi (Nakamura Pro; ep 5) 
Kazumi Takeuchi (Nakamura Pro) 
Keita Hagio (Anime World Osaka; ep 14) 
Kumiko Terada (Studio Takuranke)  (ep 14) 
Kunihiko Kimura (Anime World Osaka; ep 14) 
Makoto Shimojima (Nakamura Pro)  (ep 15) 
Miho Otsuka (ep 14) 
Mutsumi Inaba (Nakamura Pro)  (ep 15) 
Ryuuji Iwabuchi (Nakamura Pro)  (eps 5, 15) 
Satomi Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 2, 19, 25-26
) 
Satoshi Koike (Studio Takuranke)  (ep 14) 
Satoshi Koizumi (Anime World Osaka)  (ep 14) 
Seiko Asai (Studio Takuranke)  (ep 14) 
Senju Yagyu (eps 2, 14) 
Takahiro Nawa (eps 9, 15) 
Takahiro Ninagawa (Studio Takuranke)  (ep 14) 
Takeyoshi Omagari (Nakamura Pro; eps 14-15) 
Tatsuya Uetsu (Nakamura Pro; eps 5, 14) 
Tetsuji Kato (Nakamura Pro)  (ep 15) 
Tetsurō Yamada (Nakamura Pro)  (ep 15) 
Tomoyuki Kinoshita (Anime World Osaka)  (ep 14) 
Tomoyuki Tajima (Nakamura Pro)  (eps 14-15) 
Yasuko Moriya (ep 14) 
Yoshiko Terada (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 13-14
) 
Yoshitake Iwakami (Nakamura Pro; ep 5) 
In-Between Check: Tatsuya Uetsu (Nakamura Pro; ep 15) 
In-Between Cooperation:
Kaichiro Terada (eps 14, 24) 
Keiichi Watanabe (ep 3) 
Takahiro Nawa (eps 1-3) 
In-Between Supervisor:
Hiroyuki Saitō (ep 16) 
Kaichiro Terada (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 18-19, 25
) 
Keiichi Watanabe (ep 26) 
Shiro Kikai (ep 21) 
Takahiro Nawa (8 episodes
eps 6, 9, 11, 13-14, 18-19, 24
) 
Key Animation:
Akira Koshiishi (Dogakobo; ep 4) 
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Pro; 5 episodes
eps 5, 15, 20, 22-23
) 
Asako Inayoshi (Nakamura Pro; 12 episodes
eps 2, 5, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20-23, 25-26
) 
Asako Nishida (eps 1, 7, 24-25)  (OP) 
Atsuko Sasaki (Dogakobo; ep 4) 
Ayako Karatani (ep 16) 
Chie Kokubo (ep 8) 
Chikashi Kadekaru (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 11, 16, 19, 21, 24-26
) 
Chizuko Kusakabe (ep 1) 
Eiichi Akiyama (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 16, 21, 24
) 
Eiichi Nanjo (ep 4) 
Eiichi Tokura (Mouse; ep 4) 
Eiji Komatsu (5 episodes
eps 11, 16, 21, 24-25
)  (ep 26) 
Eiji Nakada (eps 20, 23)  (Nakamura Pro) 
Fujiko Aoyagi (ep 17) 
Fumi Nakamori (ep 7) 
Fumiko Ueda (Anime R; ep 6) 
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 10) 
Hideki Shibuya (Anime Roman; 4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 10, 12
) 
Hidemasa Shimizu (Anime R; ep 6) 
Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Pro; ep 14) 
Hideo Maru (ep 17) 
Hideyuki Hamada (Mouse; ep 4) 
Hideyuki Kanesaka (Anime Roman; 4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 22
) 
Hiroki Ikeshita (ep 17) 
Hiromi Masuko (Anime Roman; eps 4, 8, 12) 
Hiromitsu Morishita (eps 7, 13)  (OP) 
Hironori Sawada (eps 17, 22) 
Hirotoshi Sano (eps 7, 18) 
Hiroya Yoshida (Nakamura Pro; ep 14) 
Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Nakamura Pro; ep 15) 
Hiroyuki Mori (Nakamura Pro; 4 episodes
eps 15-16, 20, 23
)  (eps 5, 22) 
Hiroyuki Ogura (Nakamura Pro; ep 14) 
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (Anime World Osaka; ep 12)  (eps 4, 17, 22) 
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 8) 
Hisao Muramatsu (4 episodes
eps 11, 13, 18, 25
)  (ep 10) 
Hisashi Saito (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 21, 25
)  (eps 9, 26) 
Hitomi Tsuruta (ep 12) 
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 10) 
Isamu Imakake (ED) 
Isshou Matsuyama (Nakamura Pro; ep 23) 
Jun Nakai (Studio Wanpack; eps 2, 11) 
Junko Komatsuzaki (Nakamura Pro; 11 episodes
eps 5, 13, 15, 18, 20-26
) 
Kaichiro Terada (ep 25)  (6 episodes
eps 1, 9, 11, 16, 24, 26
) 
Kanetoshi Kamimoto (ep 10) 
Kaori Itō (ep 8) 
Katsuhisa Yamamoto (ep 24)  (ep 26) 
Kazuhide Shikama (Studio Ad; ep 6) 
Kazuhiro Itakura (Nakamura Pro; 6 episodes
eps 6, 11, 13, 16, 18, 21
) 
Kazuko Nakamura (ep 17) 
Kazuyuki Ikai (eps 3, 10) 
Keiichi Ishida (Studio Wanpack; ep 2) 
Keita Hagio (Anime World Osaka; 4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 17, 22
) 
Ken Ōtsuka (ep 25) 
Kenichi Takase (Nakamura Pro; 5 episodes
eps 5, 15, 20, 22-23
) 
Kenichiro Kasuya (Nakamura Pro; ep 23) 
Kenji Hayashida (5 episodes
eps 7, 13, 19, 24-25
)  (ep 26) 
Kiyoshi Nakamura (ep 1) 
Kohei Yoneyama (Nakamura Pro; eps 15-16) 
Kōichi Takai (Anime R; ep 6) 
Kōji Kataoka (ep 10) 
Kumiko Kasuga (ep 17) 
Kunihiko Kimura (Anime World Osaka; 4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 17, 22
) 
Kunihiro Abe (ep 13) 
Maki Uchida (Studio Kuma; ep 22) 
Manabu Imura (Nakamura Pro; ep 15) 
Masaaki Kitahara (Nakamura Pro; ep 14)  (ep 26) 
Masahiro Aizawa (ep 7) 
Masahiro Kase (ep 9) 
Masakazu Kawazoe (6 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 19, 24, 26
) 
Masami Nagata (Studio Mark; eps 17, 22) 
Masaru Kimura (ep 6) 
Masaru Koseki (eps 8, 12) 
Masashi Kudo (eps 8, 12) 
Masaya Tanaka (eps 4, 8)  (ep 12) 
Masayoshi Tanaka (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
Masumi Hoshino (Nakamura Pro; 12 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22-26
)  (eps 11, 21) 
Mihoko Nomura (ep 12) 
Misao Abe (12 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24-26
) 
Mitsuhiro Okumura (Anime World Osaka; eps 4, 12, 22) 
Morifumi Naka (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 25
) 
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R; ep 2) 
Munenori Nawa (ep 26) 
Munetaka Abe (ep 25) 
Naoki Aisaka (Studio Mark; eps 17, 22) 
Naoko Nakamoto (Anime R; ep 2) 
Naoto Kanda (ep 10) 
Naoya Dōgen (Anime R; ep 6) 
Noboru Sugimitsu (eps 9, 17) 
Nobuaki Shirai (eps 8, 12) 
Nobumitsu Kunioka (Nakamura Pro; ep 14) 
Nobutoshi Ogura (ep 24) 
Nobuyuki Hata (eps 6, 18) 
Noriko Gotō (ep 10) 
Rie Fujiwara (ep 24) 
Rie Kawaguchi (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 13, 24
)  (eps 21, 26) 
Riki Sakamoto (eps 9, 17) 
Ryo Komori (eps 19, 21) 
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (eps 4, 12, 22)  (ep 17) 
Sai Yamane (ep 19) 
Satoru Kobayashi (eps 16, 21) 
Satoshi Nishimura (eps 2, 19, 24) 
Satsuki Takaichi (Nakamura Pro; ep 14) 
Sawako Yamamoto (ep 19) 
Seiichi Hashimoto (Nakamura Pro; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 15, 20, 23
)  (eps 16, 22) 
Seiichi Nakatani (5 episodes
eps 7, 11, 24-26
) 
Seishirō Katō (ep 10) 
Shin Matsuo (OP) 
Shinichi Takahashi (Nakamura Pro; ep 5) 
Shinichi Toda (eps 4, 8, 12) 
Shinichi Tōkairin (ep 10) 
Shinya Kokaji (Anime World Osaka; eps 4, 12, 22) 
Shūji Sakamoto (12 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24-25
)  (ep 26) 
Shūkō Murase (eps 14, 25)  (ep 7) 
Sōichirō Matsuda (ep 1) 
Sumiko Matsumoto (ep 10) 
Tadashi Abiru (eps 3, 18) 
Tadashi Hiramatsu  (ep 25) 
Takahiro Kimura (ep 25) 
Takako Shimizu (Studio Wanpack; eps 2, 6, 18) 
Takashi Hyōdō (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 12, 18-19
) 
Takashi Tanazawa (ep 9) 
Takayoshi Hashimoto (Studio Mu; 6 episodes
eps 9, 11, 16, 19, 21, 24
) 
Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Pro; 4 episodes
eps 15, 20, 22-23
) 
Takeshi Itou (OP) 
Takeshi Okada (Studio Wanpack; ep 6) 
Takuya Suzuki (11 episodes
eps 1-9 odd, 13, 18, 21, 24-26
) 
Tatsuya Suzuki (9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 13, 18, 24-26
)  (OP) 
Tomoaki Kado (eps 1, 6) 
Tomoaki Sakiyama (Anime R; ep 2) 
Tomohiro Takayama (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13, 18, 24
)  (OP; eps 25-26) 
Tomohisa Shimoyama (ep 22) 
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (Nakamura Pro; eps 24-26) 
Tomoshige Inayoshi (Nakamura Pro; 12 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 11, 13, 15, 20-22, 24-26
)  (ep 18) 
Tomoya Hiratsuka (Dogakobo; ep 4) 
Tomoyuki Ōshita (Anime World Osaka; eps 4, 22) 
Tōru Yoshida (Anime R; OP; 5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 13, 18, 25
)  (ep 7) 
Toshihiro Nakajima (eps 7, 13, 25)  (OP; ep 26) 
Toushio Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 9, 11, 16, 24
) 
Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Pro; eps 15, 20, 23) 
Tsutomu Morimura (ep 19) 
Yasushi Shingō (OP) 
Yoshiaki Kameda (Studio Ad; ep 6) 
Yoshiharu Anjo (ep 10) 
Yoshikazu Samura (OP) 
Yoshiki Mizuno (ep 13) 
Yoshiko Imazato (5 episodes
eps 13, 19, 24-26
) 
Yoshiko Nakajima (Anime R; ep 6) 
Yoshimi Imagawa (ep 10) 
Yoshinobu Andō (ep 11) 
Yoshinobu Aohachi (eps 5, 9) 
Yoshitaka Katō (ep 18)  (ep 6) 
Yoshitaka Sato (eps 16, 21, 24)  (ep 26) 
Yūichi Nakazawa (Anime R; eps 2, 6) 
Yuichiro Araki (Mouse; ep 4) 
Yuji Mukoyama (eps 1, 6) 
Yuji Nakao (Mouse; ep 4) 
Yūji Takahashi (ep 10) 
Yukari Watanabe (ep 24) 
Yuki Chika (ep 16) 
Yukie Sakō (eps 18, 24) 
Yukie Suzuki (eps 18, 24) 
Yukiko Akiyama (ep 24) 
Yukiko Ban (Studio Wanpack; ep 6) 
Yukiko Okada (ep 12) 
Yuko Hirasawa (ep 22) 
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Pro; 9 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 20-22, 24-26
) 
Yumiko Ishii (Studio Wanpack; ep 2) 
Yutaka Kamogawa (eps 2, 5, 7, 13) 
Yutaka Matsubara (Studio Gash; eps 7, 18, 24) 
Yūya Furuta (Nakamura Pro; ep 14) 
Manga Seralization: Mikami Akitsu (Ace Next by Kadokawa Shoten; eps 6-26) 
Mechanical animation Director:
Eiji Nakada (eps 5, 15)  (Nakamura Pro) 
Mechanical Supporter: Hirotoshi Sano 
Music Performance:
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute) 
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp) 
Music producer: Yuko Sakurai 
Photography:
Hiroshi Noguchi (Studio Cosmos)  (16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Katsunori Maehara (Studio Cosmos)  (16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Motoaki Ikegami (Studio Cosmos; 16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos)  (16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Takashi Shimada (Studio Cosmos)  (16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Tetsuo Ōfuji (Studio Cosmos; 16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Planning Manager: Koutaro Nakayama 
Production Advancement:
Atsushi Umezaki (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25-26
) 
Hirofumi Ogura (eps 9, 15) 
Hiroshi Kudo (ep 21) 
Kenjirō Ishida (ep 14) 
Masashi Saitō (ep 20) 
Mitsuhiro Matsumoto (eps 3, 8) 
Shinobu Amemiya (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 12, 18, 23
) 
Sumihisa Ueda (Artland; 5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
Tadashi Hirayama (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 16, 24
) 
Takeshi Tsuya (ep 10) 
Tōru Sugimoto (Artland; eps 17, 22) 
Yūya Watanabe (Digimation; ep 10) 
Production Assistant: Natsuko Matsuyama 
Production Desk:
Katsuyoshi Kishi 
Shigetaka Ikeda (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
Production Desk Assistance: Keiji Shimomura 
Program Manager: Jong Su Choi (TV Tokyo; eps 1-25) 
Program Publicity:
Akako Kobayashi (TV Tokyo; eps 6-16) 
Junya Itou (TV Tokyo; ep 1) 
Nariomi Ishii (TV Tokyo; eps 2-5) 
Tadamitsu Matsusaka (TV Tokyo; eps 17-25) 
Publicity:
Makoto Shibuya (Sunrise) 
Shousei Ito (Victor Entertainment) 
Takanori Sugawara (Victor Entertainment) 
Recording Adjustment: Riyo Yamada (Tokyo TV Center) 
Recording Coordination: Tatsue Nishizawa (Tokyo TV Center) 
Set Design: Hajime Satō 
Setting Production: Aya Kishida 
Sound Effects: Mutsuhiro Nishimura 
Sound Production: Keiko Senda (Cruise) 
Special Concept: Tōru Nozaki 
Special Effects: Yutaka Hoshiba (Marix; 16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Telecine: Makoto Imazuka (Q-Tec; 16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Theme Song Arrangement: Katsuhisa Hattori (OP, ED) 
Theme Song Composition: Katsuhisa Hattori (OP, ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Keiko Kitagawa (OP, ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Eri Sugai (OP) 
Kumi Sasaki (as Sphere; ED) 
Motoyoshi Iwasaki (as Sphere; ED) 
Naoki Takao (as Sphere; ED) 
Taeko Saitō (as Sphere; ED) 
Video Editing: Kazunori Okada (Q-Tec) 
Houko Kuwashima as Harriet "Hattie" Bartholomew 
Sōichirō Hoshi as Takuto Kaneshiro/Ryu Soma 

Jōji Nakata as Michael Heartland 
Kikuko Inoue as Guinevere Green 
Sayuri as Lana Ines 
Takehito Koyasu as Dan Simmonds 
Yui Horie as Sue Harris 
Yūji Takada as Frank 

Akemi Kanda as
clerk (ep 14) 
operator (eps 23-24) 
Akiko Yajima as Kroka Leonov (eps 20-21) 
Atsuko Enomoto as
operator 
Scarlet (17 episodes
eps 3-7, 10-13, 17-24
) 
Ayaka Yamashita as
announcer (ep 1) 
Jinova (ep 6) 
Ayako Kawasumi as
Joan (17 episodes
eps 2, 4-7, 11-13, 15, 17-24
) 
operator 
Chafūrin as Ernest Noguchi 
Dai Matsumoto as commander (ep 1) 
Hidenari Ugaki as official A (eps 3, 11) 
Hirohiko Kakegawa as scholar A (ep 16) 
Hiroki Takahashi as
announcement  (eps 4, 8) 
college student (ep 1) 
guard (ep 17) 
pilot (ep 12) 
soldier (ep 3) 
soldier B (ep 6) 
Hironori Miyata as
academic A (ep 14) 
board of education official (ep 2) 
Hiroomi Sugino as politician B (ep 14) 
Hiroshi Takemura as Mr. X 
Hitoshi Bifu as official C (ep 11) 
Houko Kuwashima as
Amian (OAV) 
Maki Agata 
narrator (ep 14) 
Ikuya Sawaki as
Hattie's grandfather (ep 2) 
politician A (ep 14) 
Jun Fukushima as operator B (ep 20) 
Kazuhiko Kishino as Commodore Wilson (7 episodes
eps 5-6, 11, 13-14, 18, 20
) 
Kazuhiko Nishimatsu as officer B (ep 14) 
Kazuhiro Nakata as Colonel Kilgore 
Kazuo Oka as Mr. Smith (ep 19) 
Kōji Haramaki as
guard (eps 23-24) 
politician C (ep 14) 
Masato Hirano as scholar B (ep 16) 
Minoru Inaba as warden (ep 25) 
Mitsuaki Madono as sheriff (ep 2) 
Moriya Endou as man in Lana's memories (ep 9) 
Motomu Kiyokawa as Dr. Stuart (ep 9) 
Moyu Arishima as
Ai (9 episodes
eps 6-7, 12-13, 18-21, 23
) 
crewmember (ep 25) 
Munehiro Tokita as
research student (ep 1) 
voice on radio (ep 15) 
Naoki Bandō as academic B (ep 14) 
Rin Mizuhara as Miss Stacey (ep 25) 
Ryōtarō Okiayu as soldier at new Morgue base (ep 16) 
Ryūji Nakagi as defense minister A (ep 14) 
Sachiko Miki as Mrs. Smith (ep 19) 
Sayuri as Kachika Harris (OAV) 
Shinichirō Miki as Rick (ep 17) 
Shunsuke Shima as
Chairman Makarov (eps 14, 23-24) 
operator A (ep 20) 
Professor Kurihara 
Sōichirō Hoshi as Hiro (OAV) 
Takashi Nagasako as
official B (eps 3-4, 11) 
soldier A (ep 6) 
Takeharu Ōnishi as general (ep 18) 
Takehiro Murozono as aide (ep 20) 
Tomohisa Asō as officer A (ep 14) 
Toshihiko Nakajima as military strategist (ep 14) 
Yasuo Muramatsu as secretary of defense (ep 14) 
Yūji Takada as
defense minister B (ep 14) 
Henry Harris (OAV) 
Yuki Makishima as Violetta (ep 18) 
Yukimasa Natori as scholar C (ep 16) 
Yūko Sasamoto as Elaine Simmons (ep 8) 
Japanese companies
Animation Direction:
Artland (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
Nakamura Production (4 episodes
eps 5, 15, 20, 23
) 
Studio Wanpack (character; eps 6, 12) 
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc. 
Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel 
TV Tokyo 
CG Production: Studio Ipse 
Development: Tokyo Laboratory (16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Digital Photography: Studio Cosmos 
Finish Animation:
AD Cosmo  (eps 19-21, 26) 
AIC  (ep 8) 
Anime World Osaka  (17 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9-11, 13-14, 16, 18, 20-21, 23, 25
) 
Artland (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
Buyuu  (ep 5) 
DR Movie  (ep 5) 
FAI International (14 episodes
eps 2-8, 11-13, 16-17, 21, 24
) 
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.  (5 episodes
eps 15, 17-18, 22, 24
) 
Hayashi  (7 episodes
eps 13-14, 19-20, 23, 25-26
) 
M.S.J Musashino Production  (21 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 9-16, 18-25
) 
Marsa, Inc. (eps 1-3, 11, 13) 
Niandai Animation  (eps 12, 17) 
Step Visual Corporation (ep 2) 
Studio Add  (eps 1, 7) 
Studio Alpha (ep 9) 
Studio Gash (eps 1, 3, 5, 16) 
Studio Kuma (eps 10-11) 
Studio March  (ep 10) 
Studio OM  (eps 1-2, 20, 26) 
Studio Peacock (ep 6) 
Studio Robin  (ep 4) 
Studio Toys  (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11, 16
) 
Sung San Production  (ep 20) 
In-Between Animation:
AD Cosmo  (eps 19-21, 26) 
AIC  (eps 1, 8) 
Anime R  (eps 2-3) 
Anime World Osaka  (13 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 9-10, 13-14, 16, 20-21, 25
) 
Artland  (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
Dōga Kōbō  (eps 3-4) 
FAI International  (13 episodes
eps 2, 4-8, 11-13, 16-17, 21, 24
) 
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.  (eps 17, 22, 24) 
Hayashi  (7 episodes
eps 13-14, 19-20, 23, 25-26
) 
IMAGIN  (ep 5) 
M.S.J Musashino Production  (21 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-7, 9-16, 18-25
) 
Marsa, Inc.  (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 9, 11, 13, 26
) 
MI  (ep 3) 
Mouse  (ep 4) 
Nakamura Production  (9 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 14-16, 18, 20, 23
) 
Niandai Animation  (eps 12, 17) 
Step Visual Corporation (ep 2) 
Studio Add  (eps 1, 3, 6-7) 
Studio Gash  (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 9, 16, 18
) 
Studio Kuma (eps 10-11) 
Studio March  (ep 10) 
Studio Mu  (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 11, 16
) 
Studio Takuranke  (eps 1, 3, 14) 
Studio Wanpack  (eps 1, 3) 
Sung San Production  (ep 20) 
In-between Check:
Artland (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
Nakamura Production (ep 15)  (ep 23) 
Key Animation:
AIC (eps 9-11) 
Anime R (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 12, 19
) 
Anime Roman (eps 4, 8)  (ep 12) 
Anime World Osaka (eps 4, 17, 22)  (ep 12) 
Dōga Kōbō (ep 4) 
Mouse (ep 4) 
Nakamura Production (ep 6 DVD ver.; 21 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9-16, 18-26
) 
Studio Add (ep 6) 
Studio Dub (4 episodes
eps 7, 10, 12-13
) 
Studio Gash (ep 7) 
Studio Kuma (eps 3, 7, 22)  (ep 10) 
Studio Mark (eps 17, 22) 
Studio Mu (eps 3, 9) 
Studio Wanpack (eps 2-3, 6) 
Lithwork: Maki Production (16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Music Production: Victor Entertainment 
OA Video Editing:
Tokyo Laboratory (4 episodes
eps 15, 17, 21, 25
) 
Video-Tech (ep 25) 
Photography: Studio Cosmos (16 episodes
eps 1-9, 11-13, 15-18
) 
Planning: Sunrise 
Production:
Sunrise 
Victor Entertainment 
Production Cooperation:
Artland (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 17, 22
) 
Digimation (ep 10) 
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center 
Theme Song Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music 
Title Work: Maki Production (eps 19-26) 
Unit Director: ULTIMATE DRAGON 
Video Editing: Q-Tec 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Eric P. Sherman 
Kristi Reed (eps 15-26) 
Translation: Dan Papia 
ADR Script:
Fred Kennemer 
Rebecca Olkowski 
Tom Wyner 
Tony Oliver 
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi 
Producer: Eric P. Sherman 

Assistant producer: Mami Okada 
Chief Producer: Charles McCarter 
Dialogue Editing: David Barr 
DVD Authoring: Mark Brems 
DVD Menu Design: Erika Offutt 
DVD Producer:
Richard Noboru Kekahuna 
Taku Otsuka 
Managing Producer: Miho Kinoshita 
Production Assistant: Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi 
Re-Recording Mixing:
Doug Andorka 
Mark Rozett 
Recording engineer:
David Barr 
Patrick Rodman 
Subtitling: Clark Cheng 
Sandy Fox as Harriet "Hattie" Bartholomew 
Steve Staley as Takuto Kaneshiro/Ryu Soma 

Beau Billingslea as Michael Heartland 
Crispin Freeman as Dan Simmonds 
Lara Jill Miller as Sue Harris 
Lex Lang as Frank 
Melodee M. Spevack as Lana Inness 
Paula Mattioli Walker as Guinevere Green 
Philece Sampler as Ai 

Dave Mallow as
Base Guard 
Bird House Operator 
Defense Man B 
Doctor 
Ground Control 
Guard 
Ulysses Transmission 
Dave Wittenberg as Sheriff 
Derek Stephen Prince as Lab Assistant B 
Dorothy Fahn as
Ai 
Dr. Harriet 'Hattie' Bartholomew 
Joan 
Kid 
Maki Agata 
Narrator 
Secretary 
Tsinober 
Doug Stone as Dr. Ernest Noguchi 
James Price as Base Alert 
Jamieson K. Price as Colonel Kilgore 
Julie Ann Taylor as Amian 
Lex Lang as
Crane Operator B 
Doctor 
High Official 
Ines' Husband 
Military Man 
Moon Observation B 
Professor Kurihara 
Scientist B 
Second Lt. Rick Steiner 
Student 
White Stork Pilot B 
Yuri Leonov 
Lynn Fischer as Kroka Leonov 
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as
Apartment Super 
Auntie 
Countdown Announcement 
News Anchor 
Scarlet 
Stacey 
Michael McConnohie as Dignitary A 
Michelle Ruff as
Narrator 
Operator 
Paul St. Peter as MORGUE Officer 
Richard Cansino as
Guard 
Hiro 
Mr. X 
Simon Prescott as
Air Force Official A 
Scientist A 
Stephen Apostolina as Army Official B 
Steve Kramer as FUNERAL Board 
Tom Wyner as
Grandpa 
UN Official 
Tony Oliver as
Air Force Official B 
Border Patrol Pilot B 
Dr. Takahashi 
Gate Guard 
Tony Pope as Official 
Wendee Lee as Joan 
English companies
Distributor:
Bandai Entertainment 
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (North America; 2003) 
Madman Entertainment (Australia) 
Dubbing: Bang Zoom! Entertainment 
DVD Production Services: Blink Digital 
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment  (Expired) 
Sentai Filmworks  (2013) 
Subtitles: Bang Zoom! Entertainment 
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Cyrille Artaux 

Adaptation:
Carsten Toti 
Émilie Lonchampt 
Ludovic Torreton 
Tim Stevens 
Sound Engineer: Benjamin Cabaj 
Benjamin Pascal as Takuto Kaneshiro/Ryu Soma 
Jessica Barrier as Harriet "Hattie" Bartholomew 

Antoine Tome as Frank/Yuri Leonov 
Bruno Magne as Michael Heartland 
Cyrille Artaux as Dan Simmonds 
Guylène Ouvrard as Commandant Lanna Inès 
Helene Bizot as Guinevere Green 
Véronique Uzureau as Sue Harris 

Adeline Moreau as Maki Agata 
Cyrille Artaux as Colonel Kilgore 
François Creton as Rick Steiner 
Jean-François Vlerick as M. X/David Lorenz 
Jean-Pascal Quilichini as Général 
Naïké Fauveau as
Kroka Leonov 
Opératrice 
Yann Pichon as Dr Ernest Noguchi 

Martial Leminoux 
Philippe Bozo 
French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1 (from 21 March 2007) 
Mangas  (from 10 January 2007) 
NT1 (from 19 October 2006) 
Distributor: KAZÉ 
Dubbing: Studio Lincoln 
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Translation: Niels Viveen 

Script Check: Kaj Schulten 
(none)
Dutch companies
Publisher: Kaze Animation S.A. 

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