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Vampire Princess Miyu (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Miyu, la princesa vampir (Spanish) 
Vampire Miyu 
吸血姫 美夕 (Japanese) 
Genres: drama , horror , supernatural 
Themes: demons , occult , vampires 
Plot Summary: Spiritualist Himiko Se finds herself involved with the supernatural when she comes face to face with a young vampire girl known only as Miyu whose purpose is to banish a race of demons known only as Shinma to the dark. 
User Ratings: 630 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 32 votes (sub:25, dub:7)
 Excellent: 76 votes (sub:52, dub:18, ?:2, raw:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 136 votes (sub:107, dub:21, ?:4, raw:2, others:2
1 French dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 178 votes (sub:133, dub:35, ?:4, raw:1, others:5
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 114 votes (sub:83, dub:22, ?:5, others:4
1 French subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 So-so: 55 votes (sub:39, dub:15, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 19 votes (sub:13, dub:4, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:4)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1371 users, rank: #895 (of 10086)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.021 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6197, rank: #3761 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 6.976 (Good), rank: #4018 (of 10238) (seen all: 7.08 / seen some: 6.25 / won't finish: 4.52)
Bayesian estimate: 6.986 (Good), rank: #3605 (of 7689)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 4 
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1988-07-21 to 1989-04-21 
Release dates: We have 1
Insert song:
"Vampire Miyu" (吸血姫 美夕) by Naoko Watanabe 
Links: We have 2
Review:
Vampire Princess Miyu OVA DVD 1 (Dec 8, 2001)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Vampire Princess Miyu (DVD 1) 2001-05-29 (from $14.23)
    Vampire Princess Miyu (DVD 2) 2001-12-17 (from $6.99)
LaserDisc
    Vampire Princess Miyu (LD 1) 1996-08-14
    Vampire Princess Miyu (LD 2) 1996-10-16
    Vampire Princess Miyu [Sub] (LD) 1992-00-00
VHS
    Vampire Princess Miyu (Dub.VHS 1) 1996-07-02
    Vampire Princess Miyu (Dub.VHS 2) 1996-09-25 (from $18.99)
    Vampire Princess Miyu - Chapters One & Two [UK] (Dub.VHS 1) 1996-03-04
    Vampire Princess Miyu - Chapters Three & Four [UK] (Dub.VHS 2) 1996-04-15
    Vampire Princess Miyu (Sub.VHS 1) 1995-04-16 (from $19.99)
    Vampire Princess Miyu (Sub.VHS 2) 1994-07-01 (from $4.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Eri Tsukamoto 
Toshihiro Hirano 
Screenplay: Noboru Aikawa 
Storyboard:
Narumi Kakinouchi  (eps 1-2, 4) 
Toshiki Hirano (ep 3) 
Music:
Kenji Kawai 
Kōhei Tanaka 
Original creator: Narumi Kakinouchi 
Character Design: Narumi Kakinouchi 
Art Director:
Yōichi Nangō  (eps 3-4) 
Yōji Nakaza  (eps 1-2) 
Animation Director:
Masanori Nishii (ep 3) 
Narumi Kakinouchi  (eps 1-4) 
Sound Director: Etsuji Yamada 
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Konishi 
Producer:
Kazufumi Nomura 
Tōru Miura 

Airbrush Work: Toyohiko Sakakibara 
Assistant Unit Director: Akira Nishimori 
Background Art:
Eiko Sudō (eps 1-2) 
Hiroaki Satō (ep 4) 
Mieko Chijinami (ep 3) 
Yōichi Nangō (eps 3-4) 
Yōji Nakaza (eps 1-2) 
Engineer: Toshiyuki Fukui 
Engineering Assistant: Yoshihide Mikami 
Finish Check:
Eri Nakamura (ep 2) 
Hiromi Anzai (ep 1) 
Hiromi Nishino (ep 3) 
Kayo Asai (ep 4) 
Kōji Ōtsuki (eps 3-4) 
Takayuki Nishida (eps 3-4) 
Yūko Kanemaru (ep 1) 
Yurie Ōtsuki (ep 2) 
In-Between Animation:
Chizu Fujimoto (eps 2, 4) 
Chizuko Nakamura (eps 1-3) 
Emiko Iwayanagi (eps 2-3) 
Fumiko Tateyama (eps 1-4) 
Hajime Ichikawa (ep 3) 
Hiroki Yamanaka (ep 2) 
Hiroshi Fujimoto (ep 1) 
Hiroshi Sugihara (eps 1, 3) 
Hisako Tanabe (eps 1, 3-4) 
Jun Segawa (eps 3-4) 
Katsushi Sakurabi (eps 1, 3-4) 
Kazuyuki Kuroiwa (eps 3-4) 
Keiko Sakuma (eps 1-3) 
Kunihiro Abe (ep 1) 
Kunio Takahide (eps 1, 3) 
Masahiko Ōuchi (eps 3-4) 
Masashi Yanagishita (ep 1) 
Masatsugu Iwase (ep 3) 
Miho Saitō 
Mika Tokitomo (ep 2) 
Mitsushi Atsuga (ep 3) 
Ryōkichi Yoshizawa (ep 2) 
Sadayuki Iwai (ep 4) 
Seiji Handa (eps 1-4) 
Tadao Miyamoto (eps 1, 3) 
Takafumi Watanabe (eps 1, 3-4) 
Takuya Iinuma (eps 1-2) 
Tatsuo Kashima (ep 1) 
Tomo Ikeuchi (eps 1-4) 
Tomohiro Nawate (ep 1) 
Toshimasa Kuwabara (ep 1) 
Toshiya Watanabe (ep 1) 
Yasumitsu Ueki (ep 3) 
Yasushi Muraki (eps 3-4) 
Yoshinobu Ito (ep 4) 
Yūji Tateno (ep 3) 
Yurie Sugihara (eps 1-3) 
In-Between Check:
Kazuyuki Kuroiwa (ep 1) 
Ritsuko Shiina (eps 2-4) 
Key Animation:
Akihiro Kanayama (ep 4) 
Akitoshi Yokoyama (ep 3) 
Atsuko Ishida (ep 2) 
Harumi Izawa (ep 3) 
Hideaki Matsuoka (eps 2, 4) 
Hideyuki Motohashi (eps 1-2, 4) 
Hiroko Kazui (ep 3) 
Hiroto Katō (ep 4) 
Hiroyuki Horiuchi (ep 3) 
Hiroyuki Kitazume (ep 4) 
Kōichi Arai (eps 2-4) 
Kōji Itō (ep 2) 
Masaru Kitao (ep 1) 
Michitaka Kikuchi (ep 1) 
Miho Nakata (ep 2) 
Mitsuhiro Tougou (ep 3) 
Mitsuhiro Yotsuya (ep 3) 
Morifumi Naka (ep 1) 
Naoyuki Onda (ep 2) 
Narumi Kakinouchi (ep 4) 
Nobuko Shinohara (ep 3) 
Osamu Tsuruyama (ep 4) 
Ryūichi Makino (ep 4) 
Sayuri Matsumoto (ep 3) 
Shin Matsuo (ep 1) 
Toshiaki Hontani (ep 1) 
Yoko Konishi (ep 3) 
Yoshiharu Shimizu (ep 1) 
Monster Design: Yasuhiro Moriki 
Paint:
Akemi Tamura (ep 2) 
Eri Nakamura (ep 1) 
Haruko Tadenuma (ep 2) 
Hiroko Kochiya (eps 1-4) 
Hiromi Nishino (eps 1-2) 
Ikuo Yamada (eps 1, 3-4) 
Kazue Sugiyama (eps 1-3) 
Kazumi Sakayori (ep 1) 
Kinuko Tawara (ep 2) 
Kiyomi Yamaguchi (ep 2) 
Kōji Ōtsuki (eps 1-2) 
Nariko Tsuyusaki (eps 1-3) 
Ritsuo Toyokawa (eps 1-4) 
Satoshi Tsuchiya (eps 1, 3-4) 
Sawako Yoshizaki (ep 2) 
Shūji Miyahara (eps 1, 3-4) 
Tadayuki Suzuki (ep 2) 
Takayuki Nishida (eps 1-2) 
Takuya Kawami (eps 1, 3-4) 
Toshimasa Yamazaki (eps 1-3) 
Yurie Ōtsuki (ep 1) 
Photography:
Daisuke Ōwada 
Hideo Tazawa 
Hiroshi Tanigaki 
Hitoshi Satō 
Katsuhiro Tezuka 
Osamu Kubota 
Toshiyuki Yasuhara 
Planning Production:
Hisatoshi Maruyama (Pony Canyon) 
Naotaka Yoshida 
Production Advancement:
Katsuhito Yamamoto (eps 3-4) 
Osamu Funada (ep 2) 
Takashi Komatsu (ep 1) 
Production manager:
Jun'ichi Ōtsuka (ep 1) 
Motoyuki Komiya (eps 2-4) 
Recording:
Yoshikazu Shibata (eps 2-4) 
Zen Shiba (ep 1) 
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki (Anime Sound Production) 
Special Effects: Toyohiko Sakakibara 
Title Design: Yasuhiro Moriki 
キーボード・プレーヤー: Fumito Hirata 
シンセサイザー・マニュピュレーター: Masanori Iimori 
ネガ編集:
Masami Ohashi 
Yoko Taguchi 
舞台設定: Yasuhiro Moriki 
色彩設定: Yoriko Takayasu 
調整: Toshiaki Hoshino 
Mami Koyama as Himiko Se 
Naoko Watanabe as Miyu 

Kaneto Shiozawa as Larva  (ep 3) 
Katsumi Toriumi as Miyahito  (ep 1) 
Kiyonobu Suzuki as Miyu's Father  (ep 4) 
Masako Ikeda as Miyu's Mother  (ep 4) 
Mayumi Shō as Ranka  (ep 2) 
Ryō Horikawa as Kei Yuzuki  (ep 2) 
Tesshō Genda as Armored Shinma  (ep 3) 
Yūji Mitsuya as Lemures  (ep 3) 
Yumi Takada as Akiko  (ep 4) 

Emi Shinohara as Kayo (ep 2) 
Gorō Naya as
narrator 
Shinma (ep 4) 
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Aiko's Father (ep 1) 
Hiromi Nakamura as Student (ep 2) 
Kiyoko Kobayashi as Ryoko (ep 1) 
Masato Kubota as Kei's Brother (ep 2) 
Rena Kurihara as Schoolgirl (ep 1) 
Shūhei Murakuni as Policeman (ep 3) 
Tesshō Genda as Doctor  (ep 1) 
Toshiya Ueda as Shiba (ep 2) 
Yōko Matsuoka as Aiko's Mother (ep 1) 
Yoshiko Asai as Kei's Mother (ep 2) 
Yuka Yoshikawa as Girl (ep 2) 

Atsushi Anbe (ep 4) 
Mayumi Kimura (ep 4) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: AIC 
Backgrounds: Film Magic (eps 3-4) 
In-Between Animation:
AIC (ep 2) 
Anime Spot (ep 2) 
Artland (ep 1) 
Ashi Productions (ep 1) 
Aubec (ep 1) 
Bebow (ep 2) 
Big Bang (ep 1) 
Group Donguri (ep 4) 
Kabochamura (ep 2) 
Magic Bus (ep 4) 
Office Next-One (ep 3) 
Project Team Muu (ep 4) 
Samtack (ep 4) 
Studio Byron (ep 4) 
Studio Egg (eps 2-4) 
Studio Emu (ep 2) 
Studio Rod (eps 2, 4) 
Studio Ship (ep 2) 
Studio Ten (ep 2) 
Studio Wombat (eps 1, 4) 
Watanabe Promotion (eps 1-2, 4) 
Music Production: Pony Canyon 
Production: AIC 
Recording Studio: Central Recording 
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production 
Sound Production:
81 Produce 
Procen Studio 
エアブラシ・ワーク: Light Magic (ep 4) 
タイトル・リスワーク: Maki Production 
仕上:
E&G Films (ep 3) 
Hadashi Pro (ep 2) 
NVC (ep 2) 
Office Next-One (ep 3) 
Pure Nippou (eps 2, 4) 
Studio Mac (eps 2-4) 
Studio Tomcat (ep 3) 
協力: ToKyo BAY 
原画: Studio Hakk (ep 3) 
特殊効果: Light Magic (eps 1-3) 
現像: Tokyo Laboratory 
編集: Kamiya Editing Room 
製作: Pony Canyon 
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Mariko Nishiyama  (ep 4) 
Masaki Takai  (eps 1-4) 
Richard Uyeyama  (ep 2) 
Shin Kurokawa  (eps 2-3) 
Executive producer:
Janice Hindle (Dubbing) 
Peter R. Haswell (Dubbing) 
Producer: Robert J. Woodhead 

Associate producer: Natsumi Ueki (Dubbing) 
Audio Engineer: Brett Ekstrom 
Communications: Pam Tomosunas (Dubbing) 
Dialogue Mixer: Eric Tomosunas 
DVD Authoring: Greg Green 
DVD Menu Design: Juan Carlos Morales 
DVD Producer: Shin Kurokawa 
Editing: Roe R. Adams III 
Music & Effects Editor:
Dan DeVries  (eps 1-2) 
Eric Wallace  (eps 3-4) 
Production Assistant:
Catherine Provost (DVD) 
Jayme Westman (DVD) 
Production Coordination: Natsumi Ueki (Subtitling) 
Production manager:
Janice Hindle (Subtitling) 
Peter R. Haswell (Subtitling) 
Scott Carlson (DVD) 
Script Supervision: Eric Tomosunas 
Subtitling Director: Michael House 
Voice Direction: Zach Hanner 
Anne Marie Zola as Miyu (MangaUK dub) 
Pamela Weidner as Miyu 
Stephanie Griffin as Himiko Se 

Belinda Bizic as Ranka  (ep 2) 
Bob Sayer as Miyu's Father  (ep 4) 
Chad Carlberg as Lemures  (ep 3) 
Jessica Watson as Akiko  (ep 4) 
Melissa Stanley as Miyu's Mother  (ep 4) 
Michael Granberry as Yuzuki Kei  (ep 2) 
Shaun O'Rourke as Miyahito 

Amy Anderson as Schoolgirl  (eps 1-2) 
Connie Nelson as Ryooko  (ep 1) 
David Bjorkback as Schoolboy  (ep 2) 
David Stokes as Narrator 
Ellen Lee as Kei's Mother (ep 2) 
Greg Taylor as Clerk  (ep 1) 
Hope Brownewell as Aiko's Mother  (ep 1) 
Lee Domenick as Doctor  (ep 1) 
Linda Carlisle as
Giddy Schoolgirl  (ep 2) 
Kayo  (ep 2) 
Mac Ingrahm as Policeman  (ep 1) 
Maggy Brownewell as Giddy Schoolgirl  (ep 2) 
Ralph Brownewell as Policeman  (ep 3) 
Regan Foreman as Giddy Schoolgirl  (ep 2) 
Rick Forrester as Armor Monster  (ep 3) 
Robert Wailes as Kei's Brother  (ep 2) 
Sarah Wakild as Female Student  (ep 1) 
Shannon Taylor as Schoolgirl  (ep 4) 
Shelby Reynolds as Kei's Girlfriend  (ep 2) 
Steve Rassin as Police Captain  (ep 1) 
Tom Maddis as Shiba  (ep 2) 
Turner Knox as Aiko's Father  (ep 1) 
Zach Hanner as Larva  (ep 3) 
English companies
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia) 
Manga Video (UK VHS) 
Internet Streaming:
CONtv 
Midnight Pulp  (Dubbed) 
RetroCrush (Dubbed) 
Tubi TV 
Licensed by: AnimEigo 
Recording Studio: In Tune Music Recording 
French cast
French staff
(none)
Barbara Delsol as Himiko Se 
Charlyne Pestel as Miyu 

Marie Martine as Miyu's mother 
Yann Le Madic as Kei Yuzuki 

Marie Martine as
Kayo 
Ryoko (ep 1) 
Pascale Chemin as
Akiko 
Ranka 
Yann Le Madic as Yoito 

Philippe Dumond 
French companies
Broadcaster: Canal + (from 27 October 1998) 
Distributor:
Fox Pathé Europa 
Manga Video 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val 

Screen Inserts: Alberto Trifol (Spain dub) 
Belén Roca as Miyu Yamano (Catalan dub) 
Maria Moscardó as Himiko Se (Catalan dub)  (Spain dub) 
Núria Trifol as Miyu (Spain dub) 

Alberto Mieza as Remlas (Catalan dub) 
Claudi Domingo as Miyahito (Spain dub) 
Isabel Muntaner as Sra. Yamano (Catalan dub) 
Joel Mulachs as Ranka (Spain dub) 
Jordi Pons as Kei Yuzuki (Spain dub) 
Marc Zanni as Kei Yuzuki (Catalan dub) 
Montse Puga as Renka (Catalan dub) 
Santi Lorenz as Amant (Catalan dub) 

Alberto Trifol as Narrator (Spain dub) 
Aleix Estadella as Miyahito (Catalan dub) 
Claudi Domingo as Kei's Brother (Spain dub) 
Félix Benito as Shinma (Catalan dub) 
Geni Rey as Akiko (Catalan dub) 
Jaume Comas as Narrador (Catalan dub) 
Josep María Zamora as
Doctor (Spain dub) 
Shiba (Spain dub) 
María Pilar Quesada as
Aiko's Mother (Spain dub) 
Kayo (Spain dub) 
Miquel Bonet as Mare de l'Aiko (Catalan dub) 
Quim Roca as Pare de l'Aiko (Catalan dub) 
Ramon Canals as Aiko's Father (Spain dub) 
Reyes Serrano as Kei's Mother (Spain dub) 
Sílvia Gómez as Ryoko (Spain dub) 

Ana María Camps (Catalan dub) 
Assumpta Navascues (Catalan dub) 
Cristina Mauri (Catalan dub) 
Elisabet Bargalló (Catalan dub) 
Joel Mulachs (Catalan dub) 
Marta Ullod (Catalan dub) 
Nuria Doménech (Catalan dub) 
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain; eps 1-2) 
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub) 
Triveu (Catalan dub) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Stefania Patruno 
Marcella Silvestri as Miyu 
Stefania Patruno as Himiko 

Antonio Paiola as Shinma (ep 4) 
Benedetta Ponticelli as Reiha 
Cinzia Massironi as Ranka (ep 2) 
Dania Cericola as Madre di Miyu (ep 4) 
Dario Oppido as Narratore 
Gianluca Iacono as
Padre di Kei (ep 2) 
Padre di Miyu (ep 4) 
Lorella De Luca as Akiko (ep 4) 
Luca Sandri as Kei Yuzuki (ep 2) 
Marco Balzarotti as Armatura (ep 3) 
Mario Scarabelli as Murasaki (ep 3) 
Massimo Di Benedetto as Lemures (ep 3) 
Paolo Sesana as
Agente (ep 3) 
Miyahito (ep 1) 
Patrizio Prata as Larva 
Rossana Bassani as Madre di Kei (ep 2) 
Tania de Domenico as Ryoko (ep 1) 
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga (from 28 December 2010) 
Distributor: Yamato Video 
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Mario von Jascheroff 
Cathlen Gawlich as Himiko 
Rubina Kuraoka as Miyu 

Jill Böttcher as Ranka 
Julia Meynen as Akiko 
Julien Haggege as Kei 
Mario von Jascheroff as Lemures 

Anja Rybiczka as Mutter (Miyu) 
Dennis Schmidt-Foß as
Larva 
Vater (Himiko) 
Jan Spitzer as Erzähler 
Julia Meynen as Ryoko 
Mario von Jascheroff as Vater (Miyu) 
Reinhard Scheunemann as
Arzt 
Rüst-Monster 
Tim Moeseritz as Shiba 

Annika Desch 
German companies
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual 
Kazé Germany (now) 
Dubbing: Elektrofilm (re-edition) 
Publisher: Carlsen Comics 
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Manga DVD 
Translation: Hoek & Sonépouse ondertiteling 
Dutch cast
(none)

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