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My-Otome (TV)

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Alternative title:
Mai-Otome (Japanese) 
My-Z-Hime: My-Otome 
舞-乙HiME (Japanese) 
Genres: action , drama , fantasy , science fiction 
Themes: magical girl 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: Arika Yumemiya has traveled far in search of her goal: the prestigious Gualderobe Academy. This is the school where young girls are trained to become Otomes, protectors of royal leaders throughout the lands. Here, Arika makes plenty of friends, but some enemies know something about her past that she does not. Nevertheless, her spirit and determination will keep pushing her forward. --- Adapted from its predecessor, Mai-HiME, this series is not a direct sequel, but an alternate universe setting featuring some of the Mai-HiME cast (though with different personalities). 
User Ratings: 1789 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 157 votes (sub:131, dub:20, raw:4, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 431 votes (sub:364, dub:46, raw:6, ?:2, others:13
8 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 482 votes (sub:407, dub:55, ?:3, raw:3, others:14
9 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 391 votes (sub:334, dub:43, ?:4, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 166 votes (sub:135, dub:19, ?:3, raw:1, others:8
4 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 68 votes (sub:60, dub:5, ?:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 37 votes (sub:34, dub:3)
 Weak: 25 votes (sub:25)
 Bad: 20 votes (sub:17, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:5)
Seen in part or in whole by 3285 users, rank: #319 (of 10086)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.629 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.685, rank: #1480 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 7.516 (Very good−), rank: #1690 (of 10238) (seen all: 7.60 / seen some: 6.27 / won't finish: 4.04)
Bayesian estimate: 7.515 (Very good−), rank: #1369 (of 7689)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 26 
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2005-10-06 to 2006-03-30 
2008 (USA - ImaginAsian TV) 
Opening Theme:
#1: "Dream Wing" by Minami Kuribayashi (eps 1-15) 
#2: "Crystal Energy" by Minami Kuribayashi (eps 16-25) 
Ending Theme:
"Otome wa DO MY BEST deshou? (乙女はDO MY BESTでしょ?)" by Mika Kikuchi and Ami Koshimizu 
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 16
Reviews:
My-Otome DVDs 6-7 (Aug 3, 2008)
My-Otome DVD 5 (Apr 12, 2008)
My-Otome DVD 4 (Mar 11, 2008)
My-Otome DVD 2 (Sep 23, 2007)
My-Otome DVD 1 (Jul 26, 2007)
News: Show:
Mai-Otome Trailer (Aug 15, 2005)
Mai Maid (Jun 9, 2005)
Mai Hime Second Season (Apr 11, 2005)
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    My-Otome - The Complete Series (BD+DVD) 2018-01-09 (from $50.51)
DVD (Region 1)
    My-Otome (DVD 1) 2007-07-17 (from $7.73)
    My-Otome - [Special Edition Artbox] (DVD 1) 2007-07-17 (from $19.99)
    My-Otome (DVD 2) 2007-09-04 (from $3.99)
    My-Otome (DVD 3) 2007-11-06 (from $6.99)
    My-Otome (DVD 4) 2008-01-08
    My-Otome (DVD 5) 2008-03-04 (from $6.00)
    My-Otome (DVD 6) 2008-05-20 (from $4.38)
    My-Otome (DVD 7) 2008-07-15 (from $8.99)
    My-Otome - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-7) 2009-12-01 (from $51.49)
DVD (Region 4)
    My-Otome V1 (DVD 1) 2008-01-23

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masakazu Obara 
Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino 
Screenplay:
Hiroyuki Yoshino 
Kazufumi Takano (ep 6) 
Storyboard:
Hiroshi Takeuchi (eps 1, 5, 11) 
Kazuma Mizukusa (eps 4, 10) 
Masakazu Obara (ep 1) 
Shinhai Orihara (ep 6) 
Tatsuyuki Nagai (eps 2, 7) 
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 13)  (ep 22) 
Tsukasa Sunaga (eps 8-9, 12) 
Yasuhiro Minami (ep 3) 
Unit Director:
Hiromi Yokoyama (ep 8) 
Kiyoshi Fukumoto (eps 4, 10) 
Masahiko Ōta (eps 5, 11) 
Tatsuyuki Nagai (eps 2, 7, 12) 
Tetsuya Watanabe (eps 1, 6, 13) 
Yasuhiro Minami (eps 3, 9) 
Music:
Yuki Kajiura 
Yuriko Kaida (Vocals) 
Original Concept: Hajime Yatate 
Character Design: Hirokazu Hisayuki 
Art Director: Shinji Takasuka 
Animation Director:
Hirokazu Hisayuki (Chara; eps 1, 17, 26) 
Hiromitsu Morishita (ep 18) 
Hiroshi Takeuchi (Studio Live; 6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 13, 18, 25
)
 
Hiroshi Yamamoto (ep 20) 
Keizou Ichikawa (Mecha; eps 13, 19, 21) 
Ken Ōtsuka (Mecha; 4 episodes
eps 1, 17, 20, 26
)
 
Takaaki Hirayama (Studio Live; eps 5, 21) 
Tomoaki Kado (Chara; eps 15, 21) 
Yousuke Kabashima (eps 14, 22) 
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima 
Director of Photography: Takashi Suehiro 
CG Effect: Takahiko Kyōgoku 
Color Coordination: Sayoko Yokoyama 
Color setting: Kazumi Hasegawa (Studio Toys; 8 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25
)
 
Design:
Hiroyuki Taiga 
Junichi Akutsu (BEE CRAFT) 
Kazutaka Miyatake (Studio Nue) 
Digital Paint: Kazumi Hasegawa (Studio Toys; 17 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7, 9, 11-12, 14-15, 17-18, 20-21, 23-24, 26
)
 
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki 
Key Animation:
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production) 
Amane Watanabe (Studio Mark) 
Asako Inayoshi 
Asako Nishida 
Atsushi Itou 
Ayako Kurata 
Daisuke Mataga 
Eiichi Akiyama 
Eiji Komatsu 
Eizō Kawada 
Fumiaki Kouta (5 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 22, 26
)
  (Anime R) 
Gorō Taki 
Hidetoshi Sano 
Hirokazu Hisayuki 
Hiroki Moritomo 
Hiromi Funatsu 
Hiroshi Yamamoto 
Hiroyuki Hashimoto 
Hiroyuki Kaidou  (Anime R) 
Hiroyuki Koizumi 
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (Studio Gimlet) 
Hitomi Tsuruta 
Isao Hayashi (Nakamura Production) 
Kaichiro Terada 
Kaori Saito 
Katsuhisa Yamamoto 
Kayo Nomichi  (Studio Mark) 
Kazufumi Takano 
Keiichi Ishida 
Keiko Ichihara (Studio Mu) 
Keita Hagio (Studio Gimlet) 
Keizou Ichikawa 
Makiko Fujiwara (Nakamura Production) 
Manabu Imura  (Nakamura Production) 
Masahiko Kaneda 
Masahiro Andō (Nakamura Production) 
Masakazu Ishikawa 
Masakazu Kawazoe  (Studio Mark) 
Masaki Miyauchi  (Studio Mark) 
Masayoshi Tanaka (OP 1; eps 7, 12) 
Masayuki Kunihiro 
Masayuki Ozaki 
Masumi Hoshino 
Minoru Yamazawa 
Misao Abe 
Namiko Ebihara 
Naoki Yamauchi 
Naoko Igarashi  (Studio Kuma) 
Naotaka Hayashi 
Nobuhiro Arai 
Nobuyuki Hata 
Norihiro Watanabe 
Noriko Takahashi 
Rie Nakanishi 
Seiji Masuda 
Shigeru Ichihara 
Shinichi Takahashi (Nakamura Production) 
Shinji Abe 
Shinryo Sakurai 
Shinya Kameyama 
Shirō Tamaki 
Takaaki Hirayama 
Takashi Hyōdō 
Takashi Maruyama 
Takayoshi Hashimoto (Studio Mu; 5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 20, 25
)
 
Takayuki Gotan 
Takeshi Morita  (Anime R) 
Tatsuo Nakajima (Nakamura Production) 
Tatsuya Shiraishi 
Tetsurō Yamada (Nakamura Production) 
Tetsuya Matsukawa 
Tomoshige Inayoshi 
Tomoyuki Kitamura  (Studio Mark) 
Tomoyuki Ōshita (Studio Gimlet) 
Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production) 
Tsukasa Sakurai  (Studio Kuma) 
Yoshitaka Sato 
Yousuke Kabashima 
Yousuke Obuchi 
Yū Ikeda (Nakamura Production) 
Yuichiro Hayashi (Studio Live; ep 2) 
Yukari Watanabe (Studio Mu) 
Yukie Suzuki 
Yūko Danki (Studio Mu) 
Yūya Furuta (Nakamura Production) 
Music Performance: Ayano Kasahara (Cello) 
Music producer: Shunji Inoue 
Recording: Makoto Uchida 
Recording Assistant: Shigeru Fujibayashi (Aoi Studio) 
Set Design: Tomoyuki Aoki 
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (Soundbox) 
Sound Production: Shingo Okatani (Techno Sound) 
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa (Marix) 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kaoru Okubo (ED) 
Masaaki Iizuka (OP) 
Theme Song Composition:
Hitoshi Haba (ED) 
Minami Kuribayashi (OP) 
Yuki Kajiura (INS) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hata (ED, INS) 
Minami Kuribayashi (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
Ami Koshimizu (ED/ep 4,16,22 INS) 
Mika Kikuchi (ED/ep 3,9,16 INS) 
Minami Kuribayashi 
Tomo Sakurai (ep 2 INS) 
Yukana (eps 7, 12 INS) 
Ami Koshimizu as Nina Wáng 
Mika Kikuchi as Arika Yumemiya 
Yukana as Mashiro Blan de Windbloom 

Ai Shimizu as Mikoto 
Akira Ishida as Nagi Dài Artai 
Junko Iwao as Akane Soir 
Katsuyuki Konishi as Sergay Wáng 
Kiyomi Asai as Miyu 
Kumiko Higa as Irina Woods 
Mai Nakahara as Mai Tokiha 
Mamiko Noto as Yukino Chrysant 
Minami Kuribayashi as Erstin Ho 
Mitsuki Saiga as Chie Hallard 
Naomi Shindoh as Shizuru Viola 
Rie Tanaka as Tomoe Marguerite 
Ryōka Yuzuki as Haruka Armitage 
Ryoko Shintani as Aoi Senoh 
Saeko Chiba as Natsuki Kruger 
Sakura Nogawa as Shiho Huit 
Toshihiko Seki as Rad 
Yōko Matsuoka as Maria Graceburt 
Yukari Tamura as Midori 
Yuuka Nanri as Juliet Nao Zhang 

Ai Shimizu as Mimi 
Akari Higuchi as
Child (ep 1) 
Court Lady (ep 7) 
Akiko Kimura as
Lilie Adean 
Yohko Helene 
Akio Suyama as Sakomizu Cardinal 
Anri Katsu as Iori (ep 12) 
Atsushi Kakehashi as
Cardair Representative (ep 2) 
Man in Black (ep 7) 
Man with Boat (ep 11) 
Waiter (ep 1) 
Eiji Miyashita as
Dyne 
Florence Representative (ep 2) 
Man (ep 18) 
Man in Black (ep 1) 
Nguyen Bao 
Official (ep 3) 
Worker (ep 7) 
Hisafumi Oda as Tatsuhiko Gorvic Zayceech IV 
Hisanori Koyatsu as
Man (ep 15) 
Yamada 
Jin Horikawa as Reporter (DVD Vol.2 Omake) 
Kana Oomura as Court Lady (ep 7) 
Kazuma Horie as Kazuya Krau-xeku 
Kikuko Inoue as
Gal 
Laula Bianchi 
Old Lady (ep 22) 
Yukariko Steinberg 
Kimiko Koyama as Yayoi Alter 
Kiyomi Asai as Carla Bellini 
Kiyotaka Furushima as Soldier (eps 23-25) 
Kōichi Sakaguchi as
Foreman (ep 7) 
Minister (ep 1) 
Mantarō Iwao as Charles (King of Florence) 
Mikako Takahashi as Rosalie Claudel 
Miyuki Sawashiro as Sara Gallagher 
Naoya Uchida as
John Smith 
Lumen 
Rie Tanaka as Fiar Grosse 
Ryoko Shintani as Ahn Lu 
Sanae Kobayashi as Akira Okuzaki 
Shinya Fukumatsu as
Archbishop (ep 3) 
Florence Representative (ep 13) 
Man (ep 15) 
Operator (ep 25) 
Remus Representative (ep 14) 
Vassal (ep 11) 
Takaya Kuroda as Young Man (ep 7) 
Taketora as Man (eps 5, 14-15) 
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Soldier (ep 24) 
Tomo Sakurai as Rena Sayers 
Tomoaki Ikeda as
Argos XIV 
Man (ep 15) 
Tsuguo Mogami as Guard (ep 1) 
Yōko Matsuoka as Ruo 
Yoko Nishino as Coral Student (ep 2) 
Yugo Takahashi as Takumi Tokiha 
Yui Itsuki as Miya Clochette 
Yumiko Kobayashi as Mahya Blythe 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Nakamura Production (5 episodes
eps 2, 17, 21-23
)
 
Studio Gash (ep 22) 
Studio Kuma (6 episodes
eps 5, 10, 12, 17, 22, 25
)
 
Sunrise Animation Studio (ep 18) 
Yuhodo (ep 5) 
3D Works: Sunrise D.I.D. 
Animation Direction: Studio Live (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 18, 21, 25
)
 
Animation Production: Sunrise 
Background Art:
Kusanagi (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-9, 11-12
)
 
Studio Easter 
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2005-10-10) 
Bandai Channel 
TV Osaka (2005-10-10) 
TV Tokyo 
CG Effects: Sunrise D.I.D. 
Composite:
Anime Film (eps 1-7, 9-26) 
IMAGIN (ep 8) 
Digital Paint:
ANIK (ep 8) 
Buyuu (eps 7, 20, 26) 
D-COLORS (eps 7, 13, 25) 
Hanjin Animation (ep 24) 
Hayashi (ep 25) 
Kyoto Animation (eps 10, 12-14) 
R.I.C (eps 1-7, 9-26) 
SHAFT (eps 7, 26) 
Studio Elle (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 23, 26
)
 
Studio Kuma (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 9, 12-13, 18, 26
)
 
Studio Toys (eps 1-7, 9-26) 
Sung San Production (eps 19, 24, 26) 
Triple A (eps 21, 25-26) 
Yuhodo (ep 20) 
In-Between Animation:
ANIK (ep 8) 
Anime R (ep 26) 
Artland (4 episodes
eps 1, 12, 20, 26
)
 
Buyuu (eps 4, 20-21) 
Frontline (eps 7, 12-13) 
GAINAX (ep 3) 
Hanjin Animation (ep 24) 
Kyoto Animation (7 episodes
eps 9-10, 12-14, 16, 19
)
 
Nakamura Production (12 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 11, 20-23, 25-26
)
 
R.I.C (eps 1-7, 9-26) 
Rikuentai (ep 2) 
SHAFT (5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 15, 20-21
)
 
Studio Cockpit (eps 1, 4) 
Studio Dub (5 episodes
eps 5, 12, 18, 24-25
)
 
Studio Elle (ep 16) 
Studio Fantasia (eps 25-26) 
Studio Gash (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 15
)
 
Studio Gimlet (eps 2, 7, 24) 
Studio Kuma (13 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9-10, 13-14, 19, 24, 26
)
 
Studio Live (ep 1) 
Studio Mu (eps 7, 9, 12) 
Studio Takuranke (ep 1) 
Studio Wombat (ep 5) 
Sung San Production (eps 19, 24, 26) 
Sunrise Animation Studio (eps 2, 4, 7) 
Tama Production (ep 2) 
Triple A (eps 21, 25-26) 
VENET (ep 20) 
Yuhodo (11 episodes
eps 2-4, 9-10, 12-13, 17, 20, 24, 26
)
 
Key Animation:
ANIK (ep 8) 
Anime R (6 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 22, 24, 26
)
 
Nakamura Production (13 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 11, 14, 16-17, 19-22, 25-26
)
 
Studio Gimlet (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 24
)
 
Studio Kuma (eps 4, 10, 16) 
Studio Live (ep 2) 
Studio Mark (8 episodes
eps 5, 10-11, 16-17, 21, 23, 26
)
 
Studio Mu (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 20, 25
)
 
Music Production: Lantis 
Music Production Cooperation:
Sunrise Music Publishing 
TV Tokyo Music 
Planning: Sunrise 
Production:
Bandai Visual 
Sunrise 
Script-book Printing: Maple 
Sound Effects: Sound Box 
Sound Production: Techno Sound 
Sound Studio: Aoi Studio 
Video Processing: Tokyo Laboratory 
Website Cooperation: BIGLOBE 
English staff
English cast
Translation: Paul Baldwin 
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi 
Producer:
Diana Gage 
Taku Otsuka 

Associate producer:
Corey Fischer 
Kyle Johnson 
Chief Producer: Nobuo Masuda 
Re-Recording Mixing: Derek Simpson 
Recording engineer:
Derek Sylwestrzak 
Rich Jaeger 
Script Adaptation: Michelle Clough 
Subtitle Script: Kim Wishart Goddard 
Video Post-Production:
Michael Hey 
Sean McConkey 
Shannon Lum 
Voice Direction: Marc Matsumoto 
Angie Beers as Arika Yumemiya 
Katie Rowan as Mashiro Blan de Windbloom 
Kris Rundle as Nina Wang 

Barb Mitchell as Maria Graceburt 
Caitlynne Medrek as Mikoto Minagi 
Carol-Anne Day as Mai Tokiha 
Cheryl McMaster as Natsuki Kruger 
Ethan Cole as Rad 
Graham Ko as Nagi Dai Artai 
Hazel Forman as Chie Hallard 
Jayna Mitchell as Aoi Senoh 
Leah Dubbin-Steckel as Irina Woods 
Leda Davies as Shiho Huit 
Lori Barnes-Smith as Erstin Ho 
Maizun Jayoussi as Miyu  
Marcy Lannan as Juliet Nao Zhang 
Melanie Risdon as Shizuru Viola 
Morgan Partridge as Yukino Chrysant 
Morgan Patridge as Akane Soir 
Phil Fulton as Sergei Wang 
Randall Wiebe as Sakomizu Cardinal 
Rocio Barahona as Rosalie Claudel 
Tracy Sutton as Tomoe Marguerite 

Adam Hunter as Dyne 
Annita Odegard as Akira Okuzaki 
Barbara Kozicki as Yukariko Steinberg 
Brett Bauer as Kazuya Krau-xeku 
Cole Howard as Takumi Tokiha 
Jeffrey Watson as Tatsuhiko Zaycech IV 
Jillian Hannah as Lilie Adeean 
Jim Sarantis as Councilman 1 
Jonathan Love as
John Smith 
Lumen 
Kelsey Schimpf as Miya Clochette 
Leah Dubbin-Steckel as Yayoi Alter 
Lori Barnes-Smith as Haruka Armitage 
Maddie Duke as Mimi 
Mariette Sluyter as Midori 
Melanie Risdon as Yohko Helene 
Ryan Stocket as Iori 
Steve Olson as Argos XIV 
Victor Atelevich as Yamada 
English companies
ADR Production: The Ocean Group 
Broadcaster:
iaTV (The Block) 
Mnet America 
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
DVD Menu Design: LittleHaus 
DVD Production Services: SpeeDVD 
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment  (Expired) 
FUNimation Entertainment  (2013) 
Recording Studio: Blue Water Studios 
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: TV5 (coming soon) 
Tagalog cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd. 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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