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Cosplay Complex (OAV)

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© Wonderfarm © Cosplay Complex Production Committee 


 
Alternative title:
こすぷれCOMPLEX (Japanese) 
變裝遊戲 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: comedy 
Themes: cosplay , ecchi , fanservice 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: Chako and her friends are members of the struggling club the Cosplay Association at East Oizuka Academy that dreams of going all the way to the Cosplay World Series. Can these girls, with the help of a new member and a magic fairy get well on the way to becoming Cosplay champions. Clothing and costumes will fly as we find out. 
User Ratings: 422 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Excellent: 21 votes (sub:11, dub:10)
 Very good: 46 votes (dub:22, sub:21, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 113 votes (sub:60, dub:50, edit.dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 111 votes (sub:66, dub:38, ?:4, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 38 votes (sub:27, dub:9, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 28 votes (sub:20, dub:6, ?:1, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Weak: 29 votes (sub:20, dub:9)
 Bad: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:2)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 863 users, rank: #1398 (of 10085)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.986 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9459, rank: #7823 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 5.966 (Decent), rank: #7782 (of 10238) (seen all: 6.13 / seen some: 4.21 / won't finish: 3.30)
Bayesian estimate: 6.012 (Decent), rank: #6763 (of 7689)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 3 
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage: 2002-05-25
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Moete Koso Kosupure" by Nogawa Sakura 
Ending Theme:
"Cosplay Ondo (Kosupure Ondo)" by Nogawa Sakura 
Official website:
Cosplay Complex (Japanese) 
Links: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 4
Review:
Cosplay Complex DVD (Aug 31, 2004)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Cosplay Complex (DVD) 2004-06-01
    Cosplay Complex / My Dear Marie [Double Pack] (DVD) 2008-07-01
    Magical Play / Cosplay Complex [Double Pack] (DVD) delayed/cancelled
DVD (Region 2)
    Cosplay Complex - [ADV Classics Collection] (DVD) 2007-05-07 (from $5.48)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shinichiro Kimura 
Series Composition: Noboru Kimura 
Script: Noboru Kimura 
Storyboard:
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 2) 
Kiyotaka Ohboso (ep 2) 
Shinichiro Kimura (eps 1, 3) 
Episode Director:
Shinichiro Kimura (eps 2-3)  (ep 1) 
Tatsuyuki Nagai (eps 1-3) 
Original story:
Juzo Mutsuki 
Juzo Muzuki 
Character Design: Katsuzō Hirata 
Art Director: Kōki Nagayoshi 
Chief Animation Director: Katsuzō Hirata 
Animation Director:
Iwao Teraoka (ep 2) 
Katsuzō Hirata (OP) 
Sayuri Sugitō  (eps 1, 3) 
Sound Director: Hideo Takahashi 
Director of Photography: Hideo Okazaki 
Executive producer:
Michio Suzuki (Beam Entertainment) 
Nobuhiko Sakoh (The Klockworx Co.) 
Takeshi Yasuda (Kadokawa Shoten) 
Tatsuo Shimamura (IMAGICA) 
Producer:
Atsushi Itou (Kadokawa Shoten; ep 1) 
Masafumi Fukui  (IMAGICA) 
Michio Suzuki 
Nobuhiko Sakoh 
Seiichi Hachiya (Kadokawa Shoten; eps 2-3) 
Seiichi Tomioka 
Shigeaki Tomioka (Beam Entertainment) 
Takeshi Yasuda 
Tatsuo Shimamura 
Tsuneo Takechi  (The Klockworx Co.) 

Animation producer: Nagateru Katō 
Assistant Animation Director: Rie Ueda (ep 3) 
Assistant producer: Yōko Maki (TNK) 
Background Art:
Ayumi Shimazu (Studio Zitus; ep 2) 
Eiji Takahashi (Design Office Mecaman; ep 1) 
Hirofumi Morikawa (Design Office Mecaman; ep 1) 
Hiromitsu Kawashima (Studio Zitus; ep 2) 
Hirotsugu Kakoi (Design Office Mecaman; ep 1) 
Junji Ozeki (Studio LOFT; eps 2-3) 
Kazuhiko Suzuki (Studio LOFT; eps 2-3) 
Kōki Nagayoshi (Design Office Mecaman; eps 2-3) 
Takashi Honda (Design Office Mecaman; ep 1) 
Tomoaki Okada (Design Office Mecaman; ep 1) 
Toshiko Abe (Studio LOFT; eps 2-3) 
Tsuyoshi Fukumoto (Studio LOFT; eps 2-3) 
Calligraphy Design: Goichi Iwahata 
Chief Producer:
Atsushi Itou  (Kadokawa Shoten; eps 2-3) 
Color Check:
Kazuyoshi Maie (ep 3) 
Kei Kobayashi (ep 2) 
Mutsumi Takase (MOOK; ep 1) 
Sachi Yamamoto (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Yoshinori Ueki (Studio Gash; ep 1) 
Yukiharu Obata (ep 3) 
Yukiko Yamaguchi (Studio Gash; ep 1) 
Yumi Niwa (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Color Coordination: Yoshinori Ueki 
Color setting:
Kazuyoshi Maie (eps 1, 3) 
Kei Kobayashi (ep 2) 
Digital Paint:
Aiko Hirao (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Akie Mita (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Emi Ichihashi (Studio Gash; eps 2-3) 
Fumiko Takeuchi (MOOK; ep 3) 
Hiroko Akimoto (MOOK; ep 1) 
Hisako Kataoka (Studio Gash; eps 2-3) 
Ikuko Kitagawa (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Kei Kobayashi (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Koji Hamaoka (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Makoto Iguchi (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Megumi Koishikawa (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Mitsuko Kanamori (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Naoya Imamura (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Sachiko Abe (MOOK; ep 1) 
Satomi Shirayoshi (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Satoshi Inoue (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Sento Dame (Studio Gash; ep 3) 
Takaharu Hirano (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Takao Kanakubo (MOOK; ep 3) 
Yasue Mizoguchi (Studio Gash; eps 2-3) 
Yōko Okamoto (Studio Gash; ep 2) 
Yuka Terasaki (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Yukie Haneishi (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Yukiko Yamaguchi (Studio Gash; eps 2-3) 
Editing: Ryōji Akiyama 
In-Between Animation:
Akihiro Yamamoto (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Akito Fujiwara (MOOK; ep 1) 
Futoshi Suzuki (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Hideyuki Nakahodo (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Hiromi Itō (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Iku Kudo (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Jinsei Fukunaga (MOOK; ep 1) 
Kentarō Sugimoto (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Kōtarō Yamawaki (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Makoto Oda (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Michiyo Maeda (MOOK; ep 3) 
Naoko Nishibashi (TNK; eps 1-2) 
Noriyoshi Nishimura (TNK; ep 3) 
Sachiko Nomo (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Shinji Nagata (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Shinya Suzuki (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Susumu Matsunaga (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Takeshi Kanda (TNK; eps 2-3) 
Tsutomu Takahashi (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Yoko Suzuki (MOOK; ep 1) 
Yoshiyuki Takayanagi (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Yukiko Irimi (TNK; eps 1-3) 
In-Between Check:
Akito Fujiwara (MOOK; ep 3) 
Bon Shigatakeyama (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Misa Watanabe (MOOK; eps 1, 3) 
Yoshitoshi Ikeda (ep 2) 
Key Animation:
Akihiro Kurosaki (ep 3) 
Daisuke Yamauchi (ep 1) 
Iwao Teraoka (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Kaname Wakabayashi (eps 1, 3) 
Katsuzō Hirata (ep 1) 
Keiji Gotō (ep 3) 
Kenji Fukazawa (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Kimitake Nishio (ep 3) 
Kumi Ishii (OP; ep 1) 
Madoka Hirayama (OP) 
Masahiko Nakata (ep 3) 
Masahiro Sunaga (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Masaru Yoshioka (ep 3) 
Masumi Morishita (ep 3) 
Miwa Ōshima (eps 1, 3) 
Motoki Tanaka (eps 1-3) 
Naoto Hosoda (eps 1, 3) 
Rie Ueda (eps 1, 3) 
Rika Sugano (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Satomi Matsuura (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Satoshi Nishimura (eps 1, 3) 
Sayuri Sugitō (eps 1, 3) 
Seiji Masuda (ep 3) 
Shigeki Satō (ep 1) 
Shigenobu Nagasaki (ep 2) 
Shigeru Uchihara (eps 1-3) 
Shin Ōnuma (ep 1) 
Shōji Hara (eps 1, 3) 
Tatsuya Abe (ep 1) 
Tomoyasu Kurashima (eps 1-2) 
Wataru Hirasawa (ep 1) 
Yasuko Chiba (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Yousuke Kabashima (eps 1, 3) 
Yuka Takemori (Ad Cosmo; ep 2) 
Yukio Senoue (ep 3) 
Music producer:
Shunji Inoue  (Lantis) 
Photography:
Katsumi Hirai (AMGA; eps 1-3) 
Masaki Nakamura (AMGA; eps 1-2) 
Naoyuki Taniguchi (AMGA; eps 1-3) 
Ryōji Akiyama (AMGA; ep 3) 
Yuki Okada (AMGA; eps 1-3) 
Planning:
Kei Arisugawa  (Wonder Farm) 
Poster Design: Goichi Iwahata 
Production Advancement:
Hiromoto Kojima (ep 2) 
Takatoshi Mayumi (eps 1, 3) 
Production Cooperation: Takeshi Kurihara (Beam Entertainment) 
Production Head: Atsushi Matsuhashi 
Prop Design: Yasuhiro Moriki 
Publicity: Mutsumi Ōishi (Beam Entertainment) 
Recording Assistant: Noriko Katō 
Recording engineer: Chiaki Satō 
Sound Effects: Mutsuhiro Nishimura 
Sound Production Manager: Takahiro Enomoto 
Special Effects: Masanori Kisoi 
Special Thanks To: Yutaka Kuribayashi (ep 1) 
Theme Song Arrangement: Kenichi Sudo (OP/ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
Masashi Chizawa (OP) 
Ritsuko Miyajima (ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Juzo Muzuki (OP/ED) 
Rie Kugimiya as Delmo 
Sakura Nogawa as Chako Hasegawa 

Ai Shimizu as Athena Imai 
Akeno Watanabe as Jenny Matel 
Chiaki Takahashi as Reika Aoshima 
Kenichi Ono as Ikebukurou 
Kikuko Inoue as Ranko Takara (ep 3) 
Masumi Asano as Tsukasa Tomii (ep 3) 
Saeko Chiba as Maria Imai 
Susumu Chiba as Gorou Yorozuyo 
Takahiro Sakurai as Kousuke Tamiya 
Yuki Masuda as Sachiko Arii 

Akira Oikawa as Boy D (ep 3) 
Katsuya Miyamoto as Boy C (ep 3) 
Kenji Nomura as Coach Kuroba (eps 2-3) 
Masaya Dai as
Boy B (ep 3) 
Shop Manager (ep 2) 
Naomi Kusumi as Priest (ep 2) 
Shuichi Takemasa as Boy A (ep 3) 
Tomohiro Tashiro as Cosplayer A (ep 1) 
Yoshiaki Matsumoto as Announcer (ep 1) 
Yukiko Hirotsu as Jilmo (ep 3) 
Yumiko Kouzu as Cosplayer B (ep 1) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: TNK 
Backgrounds:
Design Office MECAMAN 
Studio Loft (eps 2-3) 
Studio Zitus (ep 2) 
Color Check:
Mook Animation (ep 1) 
Studio Gash (ep 1) 
Digital Paint:
AD Cosmo (ep 2) 
Enzo Animation (ep 3) 
Mook Animation (eps 1, 3) 
Niandai Animation (ep 1) 
Studio Gash (eps 1-3) 
In-Between Animation:
AD Cosmo (ep 2) 
Enzo Animation (ep 3) 
Mook Animation (eps 1, 3) 
Niandai Animation (ep 1) 
Studio Gash (ep 1) 
TNK (eps 1-3) 
In-between Check: Mook Animation (eps 1, 3) 
Key Animation: AD Cosmo (ep 2) 
Music Production: Lantis 
Photography: AMGA 
Planning Production: Wonder Farm 
Recording Studio: Studio T&T 
Sound Production: Dream Force 
Title Design: Wonder Farm 
English cast
English staff
Director: Lowell B. Bartholomee 
Project Translator: Joe Congdon 
ADR Script: Dan Dietz 
Executive producer:
John Ledford 
Mark Williams 
Producer: Lowell B. Bartholomee 

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley 
David Del Rio 
DVD Coordination: Mariela Ortiz 
DVD Graphics: Fumiko Chino 
DVD Menu Design:
Fumiko Chino 
Roberto Garcia 
DVD Producer: Andrew Kent 
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami 
Mixing: Paul Killam 
Packaging Design: Fumiko Chino 
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas 
Recording engineer: Robert S. Fisher 
Sound Design: Paul Killam 
Subtitle Script: Kyle Jaranson 
Subtitle Timing: Kyle Jaranson 
Larissa Wolcott as Chako 

Arthur Tilotson as Ikebukuro 
Camille Chen as Tsukasa (ep 3) 
Carla Witt as Maria 
Corey M. Gagne as Gorou 
Jenny Larson as Reika 
Jessica Smolins as Jenny 
John Minnich as Kosuke 
Kimberly Dilts as Ranko (ep 3) 
Peyton Hayslip as Sachiko 
Tiger Darrow as Athena 

Donatello Kalat as Kuroba (eps 2-3) 
Edwin Neal as Priest (ep 2) 

English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network 
Distributor: ADV Films (UK) 
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. 
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll 
The Anime Network 
Licensed by:
ADV Films  (Expired) 
Recording Facility: Monster Island 
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor:
ACOG 
OVA Films 
German cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: WAN-MI AV-Arts 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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