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Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre (special)

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Alternative title:
Rozen Maiden: Introduction 
ローゼンメイデン・オーベルテューレ (Japanese) 
薔薇少女 序曲 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: drama , magic 
Themes: dolls , gothic lolita , living dolls 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: Set during the second season, the story between Shinku and Suigintou is told by Souseiseki when Jun buys Shinku a brooch. The first OVA starts with the creation of Sugintou, Rozen's first doll, which he abandons and moves on to create the rest of the Rozen dolls, ignoring Sugintou's cries for help. 
User Ratings: 898 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 94 votes (sub:74, dub:8, raw:4, others:8
7 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 180 votes (sub:154, dub:12, raw:3, others:11
7 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 284 votes (sub:236, dub:26, ?:4, raw:1, others:17
6 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 224 votes (sub:192, dub:12, raw:4, ?:2, others:14
8 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 79 votes (sub:62, dub:11, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:3)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1551 users, rank: #794 (of 10084)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.819 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3813, rank: #1042 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 7.711 (Very good−), rank: #1183 (of 10238) (seen all: 7.71 / seen some: 7.66)
Bayesian estimate: 7.708 (Very good−), rank: #887 (of 7689)
Running time: 24 minutes 
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 2006-12-22 to 2006-12-23 
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Bara Goku Otome" (薔薇獄乙女; "Rose Jail Maiden") by ALI PROJECT 
Ending Theme:
"Utsusemi no Kage" (空蝉ﾉ影) by kukui 
Trivia: We have 2
News: Show:
Rozen Maiden dolls talk Manga Ends (Mar 30, 2014)
New Rozen Maiden Anime's 2nd Promo Streamed (Jun 26, 2013)
New Rozen Maiden Anime's 1st Promo Streamed (Updated) (Apr 26, 2013)
New Rozen Maiden Anime Reunites Cast, Brings in Studio DEEN (Apr 21, 2013)
New Rozen Maiden Anime to Air This Summer (Mar 26, 2013)
Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre and Dragonball Z Season 4 Released Monday (Nov 4, 2012)
Mayo Chiki Release Delayed to 2013 (Jul 16, 2012)
North American Stream List: May 28 - June 3 (Jun 3, 2012)
U.K. Anime Industry Announcements at MCM Expo (Updated) (May 27, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 4-10 (Dec 7, 2011)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Rozen Maiden Anime, Sequel, OVA (Sep 2, 2011)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces December Slate (Sep 20, 2011)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Rozen Maiden - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2024-04-16 (from $62.39)
DVD (Region 1)
    Rozen Maiden - Complete Collection (DVD) 2011-12-06 (from $149.99)
    Rozen Maiden - Complete Collection [Sentai Selects] (DVD) 2016-06-14 (from $149.99)
    Rozen Maiden: Ouverture (DVD) 2011-12-06 (from $23.98)
DVD (Region 2)
    Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre (DVD) 2012-11-05

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kou Matsuo 
Series Composition: Jukki Hanada 
Storyboard:
Kou Matsuo 
Mitsue (ep 1) 
Mitsue Yamazaki (ep 1) 
Music: Shinkichi Mitsumune 
Original creator: Peach-Pit 
Character Design: Kumi Ishii 
Art Director: Chikako Shibata 
Animation Director:
Kumi Ishii (OP) 
Masafumi Tamura (ep 1) 
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 2) 
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka 
Director of Photography: Yūko Orikasa 
Producer:
Chiaki Terada 
Kozue Kananiwa 
Shinichi Nakamura 
Yoshihisa Nakayama 

2nd Key Animation:
Kenji Oda 
Reiko Nozaki 
Reiko Sato 
Assistant Animation Director:
Kenji Oda (ep 2) 
Masafumi Tamura (ep 2) 
Reiko Nozaki (ep 2) 
Assistant producer: Junichirō Tanaka 
Background Art:
Chikako Shibata 
Mayumi Ogawa 
Megumi Ishida 
Naoto Yoshida 
Tomohiro Morishita 
Tomoko Sawada 
Yasuhiro Okumura 
Yukiko Takahashi 
CG Design: Miki Hashimoto 
Color Inspection: Hiroko Umezaki 
Color setting:
Hiroko Umezaki 
Madoka Katsunuma 
Digital Composite:
Hiroshi Yoshida 
Kazuhiro Udagawa (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-2) 
Kazuhiro Utagawa 
Norikazu Yamaguchi 
Shinji Ikegami  (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-2) 
Tomohiro Nishiyama 
Tōru Sugawara 
Yumiko Morimoto 
Digital Special Effects:
Ayumi Arabata 
Kumiko Taniguchi 
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya 
In-Between Animation:
Mizue Akiyama 
Noriko Sato 
Saki Kobayashi 
Takuya Inoue 
In-Between Check: Akiko Fujimoto 
Key Animation:
Akio Kitahara 
Hideki Itō 
Hiroyuki Haruhii 
Jun Fuji (ED) 
Kanako Kajiyama 
Kazuki Ito 
Kazuo Kawano 
Kumiko Kawahara 
Masaaki Sakurai 
Masafumi Nakagawa 
Masafumi Tamura (OP) 
Masashi Nomura 
Naoki Yamauchi 
Noriko Yamashita 
Reiko Okamura 
Reiko Sato 
Ryo Kobayashi 
Shinji Yamamoto  (ep 2) 
Takashi Igari 
Takashi Ueno 
Tatsuya Shiraishi 
Toshiaki Kobayashi 
Tsurugi Katō 
Yuki Nakashima (OP) 
Music producer: Shunji Inoue 
Online Editing Manager: Masaaki Okamoto 
Planning:
Kaori Watanabe (渡辺香) 
Masaki Yasuda 
Tatsuya Ono 
Yōko Kogawa 
Planning Collaboration:
Akane Suzuki 
Yoshimi Nakajima 
Production Desk: Mitsue Yamazaki 
Production manager: Hitomi Ōkawa 
Publicity:
Mizuho Tanaka 
Sadakazu Kikuchi 
Recording Assistant: Megumi Igarashi 
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Mikiya Katakura (OP) 
myu (ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
Mikiya Katakura (OP) 
myu (ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Ali Project (OP) 
Kukui (ED) 
Asami Sanada as Jun Sakurada 
Miyuki Sawashiro as Shinku 
Rie Tanaka as Suigintou 

Asami Sanada as Sarah 
Masayo Kurata as Tomoe Kashiwaba 
Natsuko Kuwatani as Suiseiseki 
Noriko Rikimaru as Nori Sakurada 
Rika Morinaga as Souseiseki 
Sakura Nogawa as Hinaichigo 
Saori Gotō as Barasuishou 
Yumi Shimura as Kanaria 

Daisuke Ono as Enju 
Kōsuke Kobayashi as Man (ep 1) 
Kyōsei Tsukui as Detective Kun-kun 
Masayuki Omoro as Sarah's father 
Shiho Kawaragi as Megu 
Yukiko Mizuochi as Sarah's mother 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Nomad 
Background Art: Studio Kanon 
Broadcaster:
BS-i 
Tokyo Broadcasting System 
Digital Composite: Studio Cosmos 
Digital Paint:
Kyung Kang ANIA 
Studio Elle 
In-Between Animation: Kyung Kang ANIA 
Music Production: Mellow Head 
Offline Editing: Studio Gong 
Recording Studio: Studio Gong 
Sound Production: Gakuonsha 
Video Editing: Q-Tec 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Wendee Lee 
ADR Script: Wendee Lee 
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi 
John Ledford 
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman 
John Ledford (Sentai Selects) 
Kaeko Sakamoto 

Assistant producer: Mio Moroe 
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto 
Co-Producer: Mami Okada 
Dialogue Editing: Justin Kohler 
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes 
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff 
Engineering Assistant:
Austin Shannon 
Jun Umeda 
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams 
Packaging Design:
Andrea Rodriguez (Sentai Selects) 
Larry Koteff 
Production Assistant:
Christine Marie Cabanos  (Bang Zoom!) 
Dwayne Jones 
E.W. Rector, III 
Erika Harlacher  (Bang Zoom!) 
Kayla King 
Production Coordination:
Janice Williams (Sentai Selects) 
Victor Sgroi 
Production manager:
Joey Goubeaud  (Sentai Filmworks) 
Luke Patterson (Sentai Selects) 
Megumi Kunisada  (Bang Zoom!) 
Melanie Hanson  (Bang Zoom!) 
Re-Recording Mixing:
Michael Brooks 
Oscar Garcia 
Recording engineer: Oscar Garcia 
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman 
Spotting: Emily Nicolas 
Subtitle Formatting: Dwayne Jones 
Subtitling:
Clark Cheng  (Bang Zoom!) 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch 
Karen Strassman as Suigintou 
Mela Lee as Shinku 
Mona Marshall as Jun Sakurada 

Christine Marie Cabanos as Sara 
Cristina Valenzuela as Kanaria 
Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Tomoe Kashiwaba 
Julie Ann Taylor as Souseiseki 
Minx Le as Nori Sakurada 
Rebecca Forstadt as Suiseiseki 
Sherry Lynn as Hinaichigo 
Tara Platt as Barasuishou 

Jason C. Miller as Enju 
Keith Silverstein as
LaPlace's Demon 
Sara's father 
Shirosaki 
Victor Sgroi as Man 
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment 
Distributor:
Distribution Solutions (2024 release; United States and Canada) 
Madman Entertainment 
MVM 
Section23 Films (US & Canada) 
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital 
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed) 
The Anime Network 
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks  (2011) 
French cast
French staff
(none)
Claire Tefnin as Suigintou 
Esther Aflalo as Shinku 
Thierry Janssen as Jun Sakurada 

Alexandra Correa as Barasuisho 
Beatrice Wegnez as Hinaichigo 
Cathy Boquet as Suiseiseki 
Coralie Vanderlinden as Kanaria 
Julie Basecqz as Tomoe Kashiwaba 
Sophie Landresse as Souseiseki 
Véronique Fyon as Nori Sakurada 

David Manet as
Laplace No Ma 
Shirosaki 
Marielle Ostrowski as Meg Kakizaki 
Michel Hinderyckx as Enju 
Patrick Donnay as Détective Kun-Kun 
French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ 
Dubbing: Mirroring 
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Translation: Niels Viveen 
(none)
Dutch companies
Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A. (Dutch) 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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