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Stratos 4 (TV)

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Alternative title:
ストラトス・フォー (Japanese)
星空防卫队 (Chinese (PRC))
星空防衛隊 (Chinese (Taiwan))
스트라토스 4 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The Earth has a defense system against large meteorites that are in collision course to it. This protection system has the Comet Blasters based in space stations as a 1st line of defense, using nuclear warheads launched by spaceships. The 2nd line of defense are the Meteor Sweepers based on ground airbases using hypersonic planes with special missiles to deal with the resulting debris from the 1st blasts. Mikaze is a troubled girl that is a trainee pilot for Meteor Sweeper team that dreams to become a prestigious Comet Blaster pilot. Stratos 4 turns around Mikaze's and her teammates' challenge to become real pilots, while the Earth faces its threats that comes from outer space.
User Ratings: 397 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (dub:5, sub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 30 votes (sub:19, dub:11)
 Very good: 96 votes (sub:54, dub:36, others:6
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 124 votes (sub:80, dub:35, ?:1, others:8
5 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 73 votes (sub:53, dub:13, raw:1, others:6
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 22 votes (sub:13, dub:7, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:13, dub:5, others:3
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Awful: 1 vote (others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (dub:3, edit.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 807 users, rank: #1489 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.771 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7168, rank: #4849 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 6.696 (Good−), rank: #5020 (of 9919) (seen all: 6.97 / seen some: 5.99 / won't finish: 3.75)
Bayesian estimate: 6.721 (Good−), rank: #4565 (of 7496)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2003-01-05 to 2003-03-30
2005-08-02 to 2005-09-13 (Latin America Broadcast)
Opening Theme:
"1st Priority" by Melocure [Ritsuko Okazaki & Megumi Hinata]
Ending Theme:
#1: "向日葵 (Himawari; Sunflower)" by Melocure (eps 01-12)
#2: "So far, so near" by Melocure (ep 13)
Trivia: We have 11
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DVD (Region 1)
    Stratos 4 - Blast Off (DVD 1) 2004-07-27 (from $5.79)
    Stratos 4 - Blast Off + Artbox [Limited] (DVD 1) 2004-07-27 (from $29.95)
    Stratos 4 - Turbulence (DVD 2) 2004-09-28 (from $25.92)
    Stratos 4 - Contact (DVD 3) 2004-10-26 (from $11.00)
    Stratos 4 - Interception (DVD 4) 2004-12-14 (from $10.96)
    Stratos 4 - Complete Collection (DVD 1-4) 2006-03-14 (from $89.78)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takeshi Mori
Script:
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (ep 9)
Katsuhiko Takayama (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 10, 12-13
)

Takeshi Mori (eps 5-6, 8, 11)
Storyboard:
Hiroshi Matsuzono (ep 9)
Katsumi Terahigashi (ep 6)
Kou Matsuo (ep 5)
Makoto Bessho (ep 8)
Sōichi Masui (eps 4, 13)
Takeshi Mori (eps 1-2)
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (ep 10)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (ep 11)
Yukihiro Nakata (ep 12)
Yuu Kou (OP,ED; ep 3)
Yūzō Satō (ep 7)
Episode Director:
Hirokazu Yamada (ep 13)
Isao Takayama (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 10, 12
)

Kaoru Suzuki (eps 1, 4, 9)
Masafumi Sato (ep 11)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ep 5)
Osamu Mikasa (eps 2, 6)
Shigeru Yazaki (ep 8)
Unit Director: Yuu Kou (OP,ED)
Character Design: Noriyasu Yamauchi
Chief Animation Director: Noriyasu Yamauchi
Animation Director:
Jong Hyun Lee (ep 8)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 11)
Masaaki Sakurai (eps 4, 9, 13)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (OP,ED; eps 1, 13)
Sang-Yeob Kim (ep 5)
Shinichi Shigematsu (ep 5)
Taka Satō (eps 2, 6)
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (ep 10)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (eps 3, 7, 12)
Yukihiro Kitano (ep 5)
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Toru Fukushi

Background Art:
Eri Nakamura (Studio Easter)
Hidenori Sano (Studio Easter)
Hiromi Shirahase (Studio Easter)
Hisaharu Iijima (Studio Easter)
Junko Sakurai (Studio Easter)
Misao Matsukawa (Studio Easter)
Sho Itomitsu (Studio Easter)
Yasuaki Muto (Studio Easter)
Yusuke Ueshima (Studio Easter)
Color Coordination: Osamu Mikasa
In-Between Check:
Hideo Ōmura (10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9-10, 12-13
)

Katsunori Kaneko (M.S.J Musashino Production; 7 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9, 11-13
)

Yoshitomo Miura (M.S.J Musashino Production; 7 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9, 11-13
)

Key Animation:
Ai Kikuchi (ep 7)
Akihiro Okuzawa (eps 6, 11)
Akira Shinoda (ep 10)
Akira Takata (ep 9)
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 10)
Bong Duk Kim (eps 5, 8)
Chang Hwan Park (ep 8)
Chizuko Kusunoki (eps 6, 12)
Daiki Handa (ep 13)
Daisuke Kusakari (eps 6, 11)
Daisuke Yoshida (eps 3, 7)
Do Young Choi (ep 8)
Eizō Kaneda (ep 10)
Etsushi Mori (ep 9)
Gō Suzuki (7 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 9, 12
)

Hajime Yoshida (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Hideo Ōmura (eps 1-2)
Hiroaki Karasu (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Kamura (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Yamada (ep 12)
Hisao Muramatsu (eps 4, 9)
Jong Hyun Lee (ep 8)
Jun Shibata (ep 7)
Jun Yamamoto (eps 1-2, 7, 9)
Jun Yukawa (eps 3, 7)
Kaoru Miura (eps 1-2, 9)
Kaoru Tanaka (ep 3)
Katsuhiko Nishijima (ep 13)
Kazuhiko Yokota (ep 13)
Kazutoyo Yamada (ep 10)
Kei Ajiki (eps 1-2, 7)
Kenji Kodama (ep 11)
Kensuke Ishikawa (eps 1, 9)
Koji Haneda (eps 1, 4)
Kōji Sugimoto (ep 3)
Kyōko Takeuchi (eps 3, 7)
Kyoung Kwan Kim (ep 5)
Makiko Yamazaki (eps 1, 4)
Makoto Itō (ep 4)
Masaaki Sakurai (ep 2)
Masakazu Ishikawa (eps 4, 6, 9)
Masato Kato (eps 4, 9)
Masatsugu Morimoto (ep 11)
Mayumi Furuse (eps 3, 6, 9)
Mayumi Hidaka (ep 10)
Miki Koshida (ep 10)
Minako Ito (eps 4, 12)
Mitsunori Yamaguchi (eps 6, 9)
Miwa Sakai (eps 3, 7)
Motoki Tanaka (ep 10)
Motonori Nishibe (eps 4, 6, 12)
Naoki Mishiba (ep 12)
Naotaka Hayashi (eps 3, 7, 12)
Nishiki Itaoka (ep 7)
Nobuyuki Hata (eps 1-2)
Norikatsu Nakano (ep 9)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (eps 1-3, 12-13)
Osamu Satō (ep 11)
Reiko Kudo (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 12
)

Rie Kawaguchi (ep 10)
Rie Nakanishi (ep 3)
Rumi Miyata (ep 3)
Ryoko Amisaki (ep 3)
Ryūichi Baba (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 12
)

Satoru Kiyomaru (eps 1-2)
Shinji Abe (eps 4, 6, 9)
Shintaro Muraki (ep 10)
Shōsuke Shimizu (ep 10)
Shūjirō Hamakawa (eps 2, 9)
Soon Yeon Kim (ep 4)
Taichi Nakaguma (ep 7)
Taka Satō (ED; eps 1-2, 6)
Takaaki Hirayama (ep 3)
Takashi Igari (ep 12)
Takashi Uchida (ep 1)
Takayuki Abe (ep 9)
Takeshi Mori (ep 13)
Tomohiro Kawahara (ep 1)
Tomohisa Shimoyama (eps 2, 7, 12)
Tomoki Mizuno (eps 2, 9)
Toshiomi Iizumi (ep 12)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (eps 4, 12-13)
Wataru Hirasawa (ep 10)
Yang Hyun Oh (eps 5, 8)
Yasue Ohno (ep 11)
Yasuhito Murakami (eps 1, 4, 12)
Yasushi Shingō (ep 1)
Yōko Ikekawa (ep 10)
Yoshiaki Mizuno (ep 11)
Yoshiki Mizuno (ep 9)
Yosuke Yabumoto (ep 7)
Young Joo Lee (ep 5)
Yūichirō Yamada (ep 13)
Yūji Yanase (ep 9)
Yukihiro Kitano (ep 10)
Yukiko Hitomi (ep 10)
Yukiko Ishibashi (ep 10)
Yuko Takeuchi (ep 12)
Yumiko Hara (ep 3)
Yuri Inoguchi (ep 2)
Yuriko Chiba (ep 2)
Yuriko Takase (eps 7, 12)
Yūzō Satō (ep 13)
Photography:
Jiwon Kong (T2 Studio)
Katsufumi Sato (T2 Studio)
Nozomi Shitara (T2 Studio)
Takeo Goto (T2 Studio; eps 1-13)
Toru Fukushi (T2 Studio)
Yuji Tone (T2 Studio)
Series Story Editor: Katsuhiko Takayama
Theme Song Arrangement: Junjirou Seki (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Megumi Hinata
Ritsuko Okazaki (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Megumi Hinata (Melocure)
Ritsuko Okazaki (Melocure)
Fumiko Orikasa as Karin Kikuhara
Kaori Shimizu as Shizuha Doi
Shiho Kikuchi as Ayamo Nakamura
Yumi Kakazu as Mikaze Honjo

Hideki Tasaka as Tsubasa Miyazaki
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Sora Ikeda
Kouji Tsujitani as Kazuma Iwasaki
Mitsuo Iwata as Kouichirou Sako
Sayaka Ōhara as Sayaka Kisaragi
Tomokazu Seki as Kei Fujitani

Akeno Watanabe as ST operator C
Akiko Hiramatsu as Chizuru Kubo
Akio Ōtsuka as Inquisitor
Fumihiko Tachiki as Shizuha's father (ep 8)
Haruhi Terada as ST operator B
Hikaru Miyata as Ayamo's father (ep 8)
Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Mania #1
Hisako Kyouda as Rin Mikuriya
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Inspector (eps 12-13)
Kaho Kōda as Sayaka's mother (ep 8)
Kaori Mizuhashi as ST operator A
Keiko Konno as Ayamo's mother (ep 8)
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as
Mania #3
Mikaze's father
Kujira as
Boss cat (ep 6)
Chief chef (ep 6)
Kunihiko Yasui as PR officer (ep 10)
Masato Amada as Mania #2
Mayumi Asano as
Alice Mikuriya
Mikaze's mother
Megumi Toyoguchi as Annette Kerry
Michihiro Ikemizu as Inquisitor
Michiko Neya as Ran Mikuriya
Misa Kimura as Shimojijima operator (Touko Mukai)
Satsuki Yukino as Betty Bozeman
Sawa Ishige as Kitten (Shougun "General" Iwasaki)
Tetsuo Mizutori as Patrol boat captain (ep 12)
Tomohisa Asō as Inquisitor
Toshiyuki Takahashi as Mania #4
Yasuyuki Kase as Tsubasa's father (ep 8)
Yōko Sasaki as Ayamo's brother (ep 8)
Yōko Soumi as Miharu Ohzora
Yousuke Akimoto as Robert Reynold
Yū Asakawa as Chris Calman
Yūji Mikimoto as Examiner (ep 12)
Yuki Masuda as Mikaze's sister (ep 8)
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Translation: Lucan Duran
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
5.1 Surround Mix:
Bobby Owsinski
Mike Eckart
Associate producer: Grant Yamagashi
Chief Producer: Charles McCarter
Dialogue Editing: Mike Eckart
DVD Menu Graphics: Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Production manager: Elisa Dease
Script Adaptation: Steve Ohno
Series Producer: Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Subtitling: Riki Le Cotey
Voice Direction: Steve Ohno
Elisa Fiorillo as Ayamo Nakamura
Lisa Enochs as Shizuha Doi
Rachel Kempel as Mikaze Honjyo
Stacey Q as Karin Kikuhara

Greg Lastrapes as Kazuma Iwasaki
Michael-Ann Rowe as Sayaka Kisaragi
Thomas Scofield as Kei Fujitani

Alla Kardot as Betty Boozeman
Carrie Gordon as Ran Mikuriya
Chris Ogden as Sora Ikeda
Debbie Grattan as Rin Mikiura
Devin Kamin as Tsubasa Miyasawa
Jimmy Keegan as Otaku #2
Laurel Hatfield as Annette Keily
Leisa Jo Waller as Miharu Ohzora
Lou Savage as Commander
Mayumi Asano as Alice Mikuriya/Admiral
Melissa Saltzman as Chris Calman
Milton Lawrence as
Kouichiro Sako
Otaku #4
Ronnie Rowe as Otaku #3
Sarah Sido as Chizuru Ookubo
Thomas Shelton as Otaku #1
Tiffany as Mikaze's Sister
English companies
ADR Production: Elastic Media Corporation
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor: Beez Entertainment (UK)
DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD
Internet Streaming:
Tubi TV
Viewster
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Recording Studio: Voiceovers Unlimited Pte. Ltd. (Singaporean dub)
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
Korean cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Franklin Zambrano
Anabella Silva as Karin Kikuhara
Yensi Rivero as Shizuha Doi

Citlalli Godoy as Commander
Maythe Guedes as Ayamo Nakamura
Melanie Henriquez as Mikaze Honjo
Mercedes Prato as Operator
Nour Da Silva as Ran Mikuriya
Rolman Bastidas as Student
Ruben Leon as Kouichirou Sako
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Animax
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
(none)
Dutch companies
Subtitles: TVS - Titra Film
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Locutor: Ronaldo Artinic 
Fátima Silva as Ayamo Nakamura
Luciana Baroli as Shizuha Doi
Tânia Gaidarji as Karin Kikuhara
Tatiane Keplmair as Mikaze Honjo

Carlos Campanile as Robert Reynolds
Dado Monteiro as Sora Ikeda
Hermes Baroli as Kazuma Iwasaki
Márcia Regina as Ran Mikuriya
Márcio Araújo as Tsubasa Miyazaki
Marli Bortoletto as Sayaka Kisaragi
Mauro Eduardo as Kei Fujitani
Rosa Maria Baroli as Rin Mikuriya
Ulisses Bezerra as Sora Ikeda 

Adna Cruz as Mãe de Ayamo (ep 8)
Adriana Pissardini as Chris Calman
Affonso Amajones as Kouichirou Sako
Alexandre Marconato as
Expedidor (eps 11-12)
Oficial da Torre (ep 10)
Alfredo Rollo as Otaku 1 (ep 1)
Cecília Lemes as Miharu Ohzora
Celso Alves as Otaku 4 (ep 7)
César Marchetti as Alice 'Almirante' Mikuriya (ep 6 only)
Christina Rodrigues as Mãe de Mikaze
Figueira Júnior as Otaku 3 (eps 9, 11-12)
Fritz Gianvito as Otaku 3 (ep 7)
Hélio Vaccari as Pai de Tsubasa (ep 8)
Isabel de Sá as Annette Kerry (ep 5 only)
Isaura Gomes as
Cozinheira (ep 6)
Jornalista
Ivo Roberto as
Gato Chefão (ep 6)
Otaku 2
Lene Bastos as Betty Bozeman
Letícia Quinto as Annette Kerry
Luiz Laffey as Tsukino (ep 5)
Luiz Antônio Lobue as Pai de Mikaze (ep 8)
Marcelo Pissardini as Pai de Ayamo (ep 8)
Marco Antonio Abreu as Tsukino (eps 11-12)
Pedrinho Santos as Irmão de Ayamo (ep 8)
Priscila Concépcion as Chizuru Kubo
Priscila Ferreira as Garotinha (ep 11)
Ricardo Sawaya as Otaku 4 (eps 1, 9, 11-12)
Roberto Leite as Otaku 1 (eps 9, 11-12)
Sandra Mara as Touko Mukai, operadora na Ilha Shimoji
Sidney Lilla as Pai de Shizuha (ep 8)
Suzy Pereira as Reika Honjo, irmã de Mikaze (ep 8)

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Brazil (Dubbed)
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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