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The Big O (TV)

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Alternative title:
The Big O II
THEビッグオー (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, noir, robot girl
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Paradigm City is a place without a past. 40 years ago, something happened that wiped the memories of everyone in it. Unfortunately, the people of Paradigm City were very busy before then, making Megadueses(giant robots) and monsters. People who were born after the memory wipe are gaining/recovering memories of the past and using them to build newer threats. Roger Smith keeps Paradigm City safe with the help of The Big O (a faithful giant robot), his butler Norman and the android Dorothy, Roger keeps Paradigm City safe. As problems mount and more memories surface, Roger's past and Paradigm's future begin to become suspect...
User Ratings: 2132 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 143 votes (dub:100, sub:39, edit.dub:3, ?:1)
 Excellent: 331 votes (dub:236, sub:81, edit.dub:8, raw:3, ?:3)
 Very good: 562 votes (dub:416, sub:129, edit.dub:12, raw:2, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 502 votes (dub:334, sub:134, edit.dub:26, raw:3, ?:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 276 votes (dub:194, sub:67, edit.dub:10, ?:1, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 137 votes (dub:87, sub:43, edit.dub:5, ?:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 61 votes (dub:40, sub:18, edit.dub:2, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 65 votes (dub:50, sub:11, edit.dub:4)
 Bad: 32 votes (dub:19, sub:8, ?:2, edit.dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 10 votes (dub:7, ?:2, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 13 votes (dub:10, sub:2, edit.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 5189 users, rank: #147 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.164 (Good), std. dev.: 1.8537, rank: #3119 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.100 (Good), rank: #3194 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.47 / seen some: 6.28 / won't finish: 4.03)
Bayesian estimate: 7.102 (Good), rank: #2981 (of 7496)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
1999-10-13 to 2000-01-19 (Japan - Season 1)
2001-04-02 to 2001-04-18 (Season 1- USA)
2003-01-02 to 2003-03-27 (Japan - Season 2)
2003-08-03 to 2003-11-02 (Season 2- USA)
Seasons:
1. Season 1, 13 eps (1999-10-13 to 2000-01-19)
2. Season 2, 13 eps (2003-01-02 to 2003-03-27)
Chronology:
(1999-10-13) The Big O Begins Broadcast in Japan
(2000-01-19) Initial Run of Thirteen-Episode Series Completed
(2003-01-02) Episode 14 Premieres in Japan
Opening Theme:
#1: "Stoning" by Toshihiko Sahashi (Eps 1-2,14)
#2: "Big-O!" by Rui Nagai (Eps 3-13)
#3: "Big-O!" by Rui Nagai [USA DVD Release] (eps 15-25)
#3: "Respect" by Toshihiko Sahashi (Eps 15-20,22-25)
#4: "Big-O! Show Must Go On" by Rui Nagai [2007 ANIMAX Broadcast]
Ending Theme:
"And Forever..." by Robbie Danzie with Naoki Takao
"Stand a Chance" by Toshihiko Sahashi [Cartoon Network Toonami Broadcast] (eps 1-13)
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 16
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
Comment:
Originally a thirteen-episode series, postive fan response internationally resulted in a second season co-produced by Cartoon Network, Sunrise, and Bandai Visual. The full 26-episode series re-aired from the beginning starting October 1, 2002 in Japan.
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Big O 2 Japanese Air Date (Mar 12, 2003)
New ACen 2003 Guests (Feb 16, 2003)
AX 2002: Bandai Panel (Jul 10, 2002)
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This Week's Releases (Dec 19, 2001)
Anime re-runs on TV (Nov 11, 2001)
Newest Sequential Tart (Nov 2, 2001)
Bandai Release Dates (Oct 24, 2001)
Bandai at AX (Jul 7, 2001)
Bandai Interview (Jul 2, 2001)
Big O fan art mix up (Jun 22, 2001)
Big O Day (Jun 22, 2001)
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Big O Trailer (Apr 29, 2001)
The Big O Fan Art Contest (Apr 29, 2001)
Big O Interviews (Apr 24, 2001)
Anime Previews (Apr 9, 2001)
Lots of Bandai News (Apr 5, 2001)
Large Toonami Updates (Mar 27, 2001)
Big O Reruns (Mar 19, 2001)
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Bandai Updates website (Jan 26, 2001)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Script:
Chiaki J. Konaka (1-4, 7, 14-26)
Keiichi Hasegawa (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 13
)

Masanao Akahoshi (eps 6, 12)
Shin Yoshida (eps 9, 11)
Storyboard:
Akihiko Yamashita (eps 7, 9, 12)
Akira Matsuoka (ep 3)
Hideki Okamoto (ep 5)
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 22, 24)
Kazuyoshi Katayama (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 10, 13
)

Kiichi Hadame (ep 25)
Susumu Nishizawa (ep 23)
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 8)
Tōru Kitahata (ep 19)
Umanosuke Iida (eps 4, 11)
Yoshitomo Yonetani (ep 18)
Episode Director:
Akira Yoshimura (eps 22, 26)
Hideki Okamoto (ep 5)
Ikurō Satō (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 9, 13-14, 17, 21, 25
)

Kazuyoshi Katayama (ep 26)
Kenji Nakamura (ep 18)
Masakazu Obara (ep 7)
Sumio Watanabe (ep 10)
Tetsuya Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Tōru Kitahata (5 episodes
eps 3, 11, 15, 19, 23
)

Original creator: Hajime Yatate
Character Design: Keiichi Satō
Art Director: Masaru Ohta
Chief Animation Director: Hiroshi Takeuchi
Animation Director:
Hiromitsu Morishita (ep 25)
Hiroshi Takeuchi (eps 15, 22)
Junichi Hayama (ep 21)
Kenji Hayama (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 11, 13
)

Kumi Horii (eps 2, 7, 13)
Madoka Hirayama (eps 2, 6, 11-12)
Makoto Yoshizaki (ep 19)
Masahiro Yamane (eps 11-12)
Masami Nagata (ep 23)
Masami Ozone (ep 1)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 17)
Takuro Shinbo (Nakamura Production; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13
)

Mechanical design: Keiichi Satō
Art design: Hajime Satō
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography:
Kazuhiro Okeda
Toru Fukushi (eps 14-26)
Assistant Animation Director:
Akihiko Yamashita
Hiroshi Takeuchi (ep 17)
Kumi Horii (eps 11, 13, 26)
Madoka Hirayama (eps 13, 24)
Masahiro Yamane (ep 12)
Masanori Aoyama (ep 17)
Ryūji Shiromae (eps 21, 26)
Takuro Shinbo (Nakamura Production; ep 13)
Tsutomu Suzuki
Yoshinobu Ando (eps 21, 26)
Yukie Sakō (ep 21)
Assistant Art Director: Hiroshi Katō
Assistant producer:
Hisanori Kunisaki
Tatsuhiro Ishikawa (eps 14-26)
Background Art:
Akemi Takemura (Biho)
Aki Chiba (Biho)
Akira Itō (Biho)
Aya Mitsumoto (Biho)
Ayumi Iino (Design Office Mechaman)
Chieko Nezaki (Biho)
Eiji Takahashi (Design Office Mechaman)
Fuminao Akai (Biho)
Goichi Katanosaka (Studio WHO)
Hisayo Usui (Studio WHO)
Izumi Hogi (Biho)
Kanako Tsukiyama (Biho)
Kaoru Abe (Biho)
Kaoru Chiba (Design Office Mechaman)
Kayo Kojio (Biho Digital Works)
Kazuki Higashiji (eps 7, 9-10)
Kazuko Aomi (Biho)
Kazuko Nakamura (Biho)
Keita Sakai (Biho)
Kōki Nagayoshi (Design Office Mechaman)
Kotomi Yagi (Biho)
Kuniharu Kyoda (Biho)
Mariko Toda (Biho)
Masami Ozeki (Design Office Mechaman)
Masanobu Nomura (Biho)
Masao Ichigaya (Baku Production)
Masaru Ohta (Biho)
Masaru Satō (Biho)
Megumi Katō (Biho)
Michie Suzuki (Biho)
Mikoto Yagi (Biho)
Misao Takimoto (Biho)
Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi (Baku Production)
Miyuki Uoya (Studio WHO)
Nami Kataoka (Biho Digital Works)
Nami Okamoto (Biho Digital Works)
Natsuyo Kato (Studio WHO)
Ryōka Kinoshita (Biho)
Satoko Shinohara (Biho)
Shin Okui (Biho)
Shinji Takasuka (Biho)
Shuichi Tsuji (Biho)
Shunichiro Yoshihara (Biho)
Sohei Koizumi (Biho)
Takao Shimizu (Baku Production)
Tomoko Aomi (Biho)
Tomoko Shimomoto (Studio WHO)
Toshihiro Kohama (Biho)
Tsubasa Matsumoto (Biho)
Yasunao Moriyasu (Studio WHO)
Yoichi Yajima (Baku Production)
Yuji Shimada (Biho)
Yuka Hirama (Biho)
Yuka Ohashi (Biho)
Yukie Wakasugi (Biho)
Yukiko Ono (Biho)
Background Scan: Takeshi Ogawa
CGI Adviser: Yoshitoku Seki
Cultural Setting: Kazuhiko Aida
Design Cooperation: Masami Ozone (ep 26)
Editing Assistant: Yoshiki Ushiroda (Jay Film)
Finish Animation:
Akemi Horie (Tatsunoko Digital Room)
Akemi Nagao (EMUAI)
Akemi Tejima (EMUAI)
Akiko Inoue (EMUAI)
Atsuko Iiyama (EMUAI)
Ayako Tsunoda (EMUAI)
Chie Nakazato
Chieko Odaka (Tatsunoko Digital Room)
Chiho Nishioka (EMUAI)
Chizue Saitō (EMUAI)
Emiko Okui (EMUAI)
Fumiko Shibata (Tatsunoko Digital Room)
Fusako Nakao (EMUAI)
Hiromi Hida (EMUAI)
Hiromi Kobayashi (Buyu)
Hiromi Mizuno (EMUAI)
Hiromi Okamoto (EMUAI)
Izumi Inoue (EMUAI)
Junko Hakamada (EMUAI)
Kazuhiro Mikami (EMUAI)
Kazuko Kikuchi (EMUAI)
Kiyoko Momose (Tatsunoko Digital Room)
Koji Hamaoka (Ad Cosmo; ep 15)
Makiko Doi (Buyu)
Mayuko Kato (EMUAI)
Mayumi Hiraide (EMUAI)
Mayumi Sugano (EMUAI)
Michiko Nakamura (Tatsunoko Digital Room)
Miho Suzuki (EMUAI)
Mika Nagano (EMUAI)
Mizue Ueda (EMUAI)
Naoya Imamura (Ad Cosmo; ep 15)
Nobuto Takagi (EMUAI)
Reiko Kitajima (Buyu)
Shinichi Yoneda (EMUAI)
Takako Ito
Takako Uemura (EMUAI)
Tohru Kawamura (EMUAI)
Tomoko Takahashi (EMUAI)
Tomomi Asawa (Buyu)
Yasuko Suenaga (EMUAI)
Yuichi Kuboki
Yukari Goto (EMUAI)
Yuko Ueda (Buyu)
In-Between Animation:
Ai Saito
Chihiro Yagyuu
Chikashi Kadekaru
Chizuko Iwasa
Chizuko Tachibana
Daisuke Niitsuma
Hideaki Kobayashi (Nakamura Production)
Hideko Yukino
Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Production)
Hiroko Takahashi 
Hiroya Yoshida (Nakamura Production)
Hiroyuki Ogura (Nakamura Production)
Hisaka Nate (Nakamura Production)
Isshou Matsuyama (Nakamura Production)
Kaichiro Terada
Kazuhiko Yano
Kazuhiro Takamura (Nakamura Production)
Kazuyo Tominaga
Kazuyuki Matsuyama (Nakamura Production)
Keiko Abu (eps 1-2)
Keiko Horise (Buyu)
Keisuke Goto
Ken'ichi Tamaru (Nakamura Production)
Kōhei Hatano
Koichi Iwanaga
Kōji Konno (Nakamura Production)
Masafumi Tamura (Nakamura Production)
Midori Okumura
Midori Yamamoto
Rie Saitou
Ryūgo Nihon'yagi (Nakamura Production)
Satomi Tanaka (Nakamura Production)
Satoru Ooki (Buyu)
Sayuri Tsuruyama
Shōko Kushibiki (Buyu)
Shou Sugai
Shunsuke Kanou (Buyu)
Sunao Komiya (Buyu)
Takashi Muratani (Nakamura Production)
Takashi Toyomura (Nakamura Production)
Teizō Shimada
Tetsuya Imai
Tomoyuki Kojima
Tomoyuki Tajima (Nakamura Production)
Tsuyoshi Shimoyajiri (Nakamura Production)
Yoshiko Terada
Yūji Amano (Nakamura Production)
Yukie Tsutsumi
Yukihiro Miyaji (Nakamura Production)
Key Animation:
Akihiko Yamashita (ep 18)
Akihito Aoki (Studio Line; ep 7)
Akira Inoue (eps 2, 4)
Akira Kikuchi (Studio Renge; ep 12)
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production-Ep3,5,8,10)
Akito Dobashi (ep 23)
Arihiro Gotō (ep 23)
Asako Inayoshi (Nakamura Production; ep 26)
Atsuo Tobe (ep 21)
Atsushi Aono (eps 2, 4, 9, 13)
Atsuya Miura (ep 18)
Ayako Ishihara (ep 16)
Ayako Saitō (Studio Graffiti; eps 22, 25)
Chiyo Hosokawa (Anime R; ep 16)
Chiyuki Tanaka (ep 18)
Chūichi Iguchi (ep 18)
Eiji Komatsu (eps 2, 4)
Eiji Nakada (eps 3, 5, 8, 10)
Etsushi Mori (eps 2, 6)
Fumiaki Kouta (Anime R; ep 16)
Fumie Muroi (ep 13)
Fumiko Urawa (Studio Graffiti; eps 22, 25)
Fuminori Kizaki (ep 18)
Fumitoshi Oizaki (ep 1)
Hideki Shibuya (ep 9)
Hidenori Matsubara (ep 26)
Hidetoshi Sano (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 23
)

Hiroaki Karasu (ep 16)
Hirofumi Masuda (9 episodes
eps 1, 4, 9, 11-15, 17
)

Hiromichi Mizukawa (ep 23)
Hiromitsu Morita (ep 19)
Hiroshi Arisawa (ep 16)
Hiroshi Takeuchi (eps 15-16)
Hiroyuki Mori (Nakamura Production-Ep3,5,8,10)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 26)
Hiroyuki Terao (ep 18)
Hiroyuki Uchida (eps 14, 17, 21)
Hisao Muramatsu (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 16, 18, 20
)

Hisashi Nakayama (ep 15)
Hisashi Saito (ep 26)
Hitomi Takechi (Nakamura Production; ep 26)
Hitoshi Kamata (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15-16, 20, 24, 26
)

Isao Ōshima (Studio Line; ep 7)
Jinto Tameie (NEOX; ep 25)
Jōji Yanase (ep 19)
Jun Nakai (ep 1)
Jun Shibata (ep 13)
Jun Takizawa (ep 19)
Kaichiro Terada (ep 24)
Kaname Wakabayashi (ep 19)
Kaori Kasuga (NEOX; ep 25)
Katsuhisa Yamamoto (ep 11)
Katsuzō Hirata (ep 20)
Kazuhiro Itakura (Nakamura Production-Ep3,5,10)
Kazuhisa Okada (eps 2, 9, 12)
Kazumi Sato (ep 13)
Kazuya Morimae (ep 26)
Kazuyo Tominaga (ep 11)
Kazuyuki Honda (Studio Renge; ep 12)
Kei Hyōdō (4 episodes
eps 2, 4, 16, 21
)

Kei Muramatsu (Studio Graffiti; eps 22, 25)
Keiichirō Okamoto (eps 16, 20)
Keiko Ichihashi (Studio Graffiti; ep 25)
Kenji Hayama (eps 1-2, 9, 11)
Kenji Shimada (ep 23)
Kenji Suzuki (NakamuraProduction-Ep.3,5,8,20)
Kensuke Ishikawa (eps 14, 17)
Kohei Yoneyama (Nakamura Production; ep 26)
Koichi Hatsumi (ep 7)
Kōji Itō (ep 23)
Kōji Kawaguchi (ep 19)
Kōji Takeuchi (ep 14)
Kosuke Machida (ep 7)
Kumi Horii (Jungle Gym-Ep.6,9,11,12,14,24)
Kyōta Washikita (ep 17)
Madoka Hirayama (Jungle Gym-Ep 6,9,11,14,24)
Maki Fujita (ep 23)
Makoto Itō (ep 23)
Manabu Fukazawa (ep 4)
Manabu Imura (Nakamura Production; eps 8, 10)
Manabu Nakatake (ep 18)
Masaaki Sakurai (eps 17-18)
Masaharu Morinaka (ep 23)
Masahiko Kaneda (Nakamura Production; ep 5)
Masahiro Tano (ep 11)
Masakazu Ishikawa (4 episodes
eps 14, 17, 21, 24
)

Masakazu Kawazoe (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 17, 20, 23
)

Masakazu Saitō (5 episodes
eps 14, 17, 21, 24, 26
)

Masako Dohi (ep 15)
Masami Ozone (eps 24, 26)
Masanori Aoyama (5 episodes
eps 14-15, 20, 24, 26
)

Masatsugu Arakawa (ep 18)
Masumi Hoshino (Nakamura Production; ep 26)
Minoru Okabe (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 14-15, 17
)

Miyako Nishida (NEOX; ep 25)
Mizuho Masago (NEOX; ep 25)
Morifumi Naka (eps 9, 11, 26)
Motoki Yagi (ep 23)
Motonori Nishibe (ep 11)
Munetaka Abe (ep 9)
Naoki Abe (Studio Renge; ep 12)
Naotaka Hayashi (ep 18)
Nobuaki Nagano (ep 1)
Nobuyuki Hata (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 16, 20, 24
)

Noe Inagaki (Studio Graffiti; eps 22, 25)
Noriko Kitazawa (ep 23)
Noriko Shimazawa (Studio Graffiti; eps 22, 25)
Noriko Takahashi (ep 26)
Noriyuki Nakajima (ep 7)
Reiko Kudo (ep 18)
Rie Kitahara (ep 4)
Rie Nakajima (ep 1)
Rika Sugano (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 21, 24
)

Rion Kujo (ep 26)
Rondo Mizukami (ep 20)
Ryō Tanaka (ep 7)
Ryūji Shiromae (ep 14)
Sachie Satou (ep 14)
Saki Ishiyama (ep 20)
Satomi Kitahara (eps 2, 17, 21)
Satoshi Ishino (ep 2)
Satoshi Shishido (ep 2)
Satoshi Taki (ep 13)
Seiichi Hashimoto (Nakamura Production-Ep3,5,8,10)
Shigeki Kuhara (ep 18)
Shigeru Uchihara (Jungle Gym; eps 6, 9, 12)
Shingo Kurakari (AdCosmo-Ep15,16,20,21,24,26)
Shinichi Takahashi (Nakamura Production-Ep3,5,8,10)
Shinji Abe (4 episodes
eps 14, 17, 21, 24
)

Shinobu Nishioka (ep 26)
Shinobu Nishiyama (Anime R; eps 16, 26)
Shinsuke Kasahara (ep 23)
Shinya Hamamoto (NEOX; ep 25)
Shinya Tateyama (NEOX; ep 25)
Shinya Uchida (10 episodes
eps 6, 9, 11-12, 15-16, 20-21, 24, 26
)

Shōko Kikuchi (ep 9)
Shū Watanabe (Studio Mark; ep 23)
Shūjirō Hamakawa (eps 14, 21)
Susumu Yamaguchi (ep 21)
Takaharu Ōkuma (eps 21, 24)
Takahiro Kimura (ep 18)
Takahito Katayama (Studio Graffiti; eps 22, 25)
Takamitsu Kondō (Jungle Gym; eps 6, 13-14)
Takanori Suzuki (ep 9)
Takashi Hashimoto (eps 2, 26)
Takashi Maruyama (ep 23)
Takashi Nozawa (ep 18)
Takashi Ono (NEOX; ep 25)
Takayuki Gotan (eps 17, 20, 23)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 15)
Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Production-Ep3,5,8,10)
Tamako Miyanishi (NEOX; ep 25)
Tatsuo Yamada (ep 4)
Tetsuhito Saito (ep 13)
Tetsukazu Yamagishi (Studio Renge; ep 12)
Tetsuya Matsukawa (ep 16)
Tetsuya Wakano (ep 16)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (ep 18)
Tomoaki Chishima (ep 24)
Tomoaki Kado (ep 18)
Tomoshige Inayoshi (Nakamura Production; ep 26)
Toshiharu Sugie (eps 19, 24)
Toshiki Yoshida (ep 19)
Toshio Mori (4 episodes
eps 17, 21, 24, 26
)

Toshiyasu Okada (ep 19)
Tsunenaka Nozaki (9 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6-7, 13, 15, 17, 20, 24
)

Tsunenori Omura (ep 18)
Tsutomu Miyazawa (Jungle Gym; eps 2, 6, 11-12)
Tsutomu Suzuki (7 episodes
eps 1, 7, 11-14, 24
)

Yasuhiro Saiki (eps 17, 21, 24)
Yasuhito Murakami (eps 11, 17-18)
Yasuko Chiba (Ad Cosmo; 4 episodes
eps 15-16, 21, 24
)

Yasushi Muraki (eps 4, 26)
Yasushi Shingō (eps 2, 9)
Yasuzō Iino (14 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 11-16, 20-21, 24, 26
)

Yoshinobu Ando (Studio Renge; eps 12, 14)
Yoshiyuki Ichikawa (Studio Line; ep 7)
Yousuke Kabashima (eps 14, 26)
Yū Ikeda (Nakamura Production; eps 8, 10)
Yū Orita (ep 20)
Yūji Akoku (Studio Renge; ep 12)
Yūji Koume (Studio Renge; ep 12)
Yuji Koumi (ep 7)
Yūji Miyashita (Nakamura Production-Ep3,5,8,10)
Yuji Mukoyama (ep 1)
Yūji Yanase (ep 7)
Yuka Aono (Studio Graffiti; eps 22, 25)
Yūki Kinoshita (Studio Graffiti; eps 22, 25)
Yuki Tsugihashi (ep 16)
Yukie Sakō (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 11-13, 20
)

Yukio Dobashi (Studio Line; ep 7)
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Yumiko Ishii (ep 16)
Yusuke Kamata (ep 9)
Mechanical animation Director:
Hirofumi Masuda (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 17, 20, 26
)

Hiromitsu Morishita (ep 16)
Hisashi Nakayama (ep 21)
Kohei Yoneyama (Nakamura Production; eps 3, 5, 8, 10)
Kōji Itō (ep 23)
Masahiro Yamane (ep 18)
Morifumi Naka (eps 11-12)
Ryūji Shiromae (4 episodes
eps 14-15, 19, 24
)

Tōru Yoshida (eps 16, 22, 25)
Tsutomu Miyazawa (eps 2, 6)
Tsutomu Suzuki (ep 7)
Yoshinobu Ando (4 episodes
eps 14-15, 19, 24
)

Music producer: Keiichi Nozaki
Photography:
Hidekatsu Ōishi (Asahi Production)
Hidekazu Shinya (Asahi Production)
Hiroshi Fukuda (Asahi Production)
Katsufumi Sato (T2 Studio)
Kayo Kugi (T Nishimura)
Masahide Okino (T Nishimura)
Mayumi Kamizawa (T2 Studio)
Misako Ogata (T Nishimura)
Mitsugu Hatori (Asahi Production)
Nobumasa Hanai (Asahi Production)
Nozomi Shitara (T2 Studio)
Satoshi Ichikawa (Asahi Production)
Shigemi Ogawa (Asahi Production)
Takamitsu Sera (T Nishimura)
Takeo Goto (T2 Studio; eps 14-26)
Tomoyoshi Ishizuka (T Nishimura)
Toru Fukushi (T2 Studio)
Yoshio Sugisawa (Asahi Production)
Yuji Tone (T2 Studio)
Yukimoto Ana (T2 Studio)
Production Advancement:
Daisuke Abe (ep 23)
Hiromitsu Gotō (ep 18)
Kiyoka Fukushima (eps 15, 19, 23)
Masae Sano (eps 20, 26)
Masaya Honda (eps 1, 11)
Shingo Nagai (ep 25)
Taiga Todoroki (eps 2, 6)
Takashi Sasaki (eps 3, 5, 9-10)
Tomoki Nakayama (eps 2, 7, 11-12)
Yōichirō Fujii (eps 16, 22)
Yoshihiko Hiroe (ep 19)
Yoshihiro Fukunaga (7 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13-14, 17, 21, 24
)

Production Assistant:
Kanayo Saho (eps 1-13)
Kyō Suzuki (eps 14-26)
Production Cooperation:
Masao Komiya (ADEX)
Tatsuhiko Tsukamoto
Tatsuya Hoshino
Production Desk:
Isao Minegishi (eps 1-13)
Kazuhiko Tamura (eps 14-26)
Program Manager: Junko Somemiya (WOWOW)
Project Development: Gaku Nakamura
Publicity:
Michiko Suzuki (WOWOW; eps 1-13)
Noriaki Tanaka (eps 14-26)
Takayuki Yoshida (eps 1-13)
Recording: Shōji Hata
Setting Production: Taiga Todoroki
Sound Effects:
Masahiro Shōji (Fizz Sound; eps 14-26)
Tōru Noguchi (Anime Sound; eps 1-13)
Sound Production: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Effects:
Yukiko Kakita (eps 14-26)
Yutaka Hoshiba (Marix)
Supervising Animation Director: Keiichi Satō
Theme Song Composition:
Ken Shima (ED)
Rui Nagai (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Chie (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Naoki Takao (ED)
Robbie Danzie (ED)
Rui Nagai (OP 2 & 4)
Video Editing: Shinichi Sugawara
Akiko Yajima as R. Dorothy Wayneright
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Roger Smith

Emi Shinohara as Angel
Gorō Naya as Gordon Rosewater
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Beck Gold
Issei Futamata as Alan Gabriel (eps 14-26)
Katsunosuke Hori as Michael Seebach / Schwarzwald
Motomu Kiyokawa as Norman Burg
Sayuri as Vera Ronstadt
Shinpachi Tsuji as Big Ear
Tesshō Genda as Dan Dastun
Unshō Ishizuka as Alex Rosewater

Akio Nojima as R. Instro (ep 6)
Ayaka Yamashita as Citizen (ep 16)
Chafūrin as Rene Rigetti (ep 7)
Chie Tsuruno as Perot
Chikao Ōtsuka as Rosco Fitzgerald (ep 15)
Chizuko Hoshino as Dancer (ep 13)
Dai Matsumoto as Man (ep 12)
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Jeff Meyers (ep 10)
Eiji Maruyama as Old Man (ep 3)
Eiji Yanagisawa as
Beck's Henchman (eps 1-2)
Policeman (eps 13, 19)
Fumihiko Tachiki as
Paul Readerman (ep 7)
Paul Reserman
Fumio Matsuoka as Old man (ep 19)
Fuuko Shinomiya as Forensics (ep 10)
Haruna Ikezawa as Laura (ep 11)
Hideto Ebihara as Policeman (ep 22)
Hiroaki Ishikawa as Storekeeper (ep 19)
Hiroshi Naka as
Forensics (ep 10)
Vice President (ep 17)
Hiroyuki Yokoo as
Phil (ep 19)
Policeman (ep 16)
Hisanori Koyatsu as Young man (ep 14)
Hisao Egawa as Waiter (ep 2)
Isshin Chiba as Policeman (ep 11)
Jun Ishimaru as Policeman (ep 12)
Junichi Sugawara as
Chief Engineer (ep 22)
Legal Adviser (ep 18)
Kaori Mizuhashi as Tami (ep 16)
Katsuhiko Sasaki as Jim McGowan (ep 16)
Katsuhisa Hōki as
Committee Member (ep 10)
Sam (ep 19)
Vice President (ep 17)
Katsumi Suzuki as Legal Adviser (ep 18)
Kazuhiko Kishino as Ed Hillery (ep 5)
Kazuo Oka as
Fisherman (ep 7)
Old Man (ep 3)
Keiichi Sonobe as T-bone (ep 18)
Kenichi Ogata as Miguel Soldano
Kenji Hamada as
Beck's Henchman (ep 2)
Inspector (ep 1)
Kōji Ishii as Dulles (ep 3)
Kōji Tobe as Old Man (ep 3)
Kuniko Yoshioka as Announcer (ep 1)
Kyōko Minami as Dancer (ep 13)
Kyoko Tsuruno as Louise Ferry (ep 8)
Makoto Nagai as Bartender (ep 6)
Masaki Aizawa as Committee Member (ep 10)
Masanobu Kariya as Guard A (ep 14)
Masayuki Nakata as
Cop
Policeman
Mayumi Yanagisawa as
Clerk (ep 11)
Maid (ep 5)
Michihiro Ikemizu as Rick Frazier (ep 5)
Miho Yoshida as
Dancer (ep 13)
Florist (ep 22)
Receptionist (ep 19)
Miki Tsuchiya as Citizen (ep 16)
Mikio Terashima as Gisang (ep 6)
Mitsuo Senda as
Beck's Henchman (ep 9)
Davu
Dove (ep 18)
Miyuki Ichijou as Melissa Frazier (ep 5)
Motoko Nagai as Bartender
Nobuo Tanaka as R. Frederick O'Reilly (ep 19)
Osamu Hosoi as Legal Adviser (ep 18)
Osamu Saka as Sven Marisky (ep 3)
Ryōichi Tanaka as Robert Ferry (ep 8)
Sachi Matsumoto as Forensics (ep 10)
Sakiko Tamagawa as Sybil Rowen (ep 10)
Sayaka Aida as Child (ep 11)
Sayaka Ōhara as Girl (ep 7)
Shin Aomori as Oliver Garland (ep 10)
Shinichirō Miki as Oliver (ep 11)
Shō Saitō as Old Lady (ep 4)
Sumako Nomura as Vice President (ep 17)
Takashi Nagasako as Sanitation worker (ep 11)
Takayuki Fujimoto as Citizen (ep 16)
Takeharu Ōnishi as Commander (eps 23, 26)
Takeshi Aono as Mr. Wise (ep 9)
Takkō Ishimori as Timothy Wayneright
Takuo Kawamura as Citizen (ep 16)
Tatsuyuki Jinnai as Anthony Gauss (ep 5)
Tomomichi Nishimura as
Morgan Schuyler (eps 10-11)
Senior Officer (eps 23, 26)
Tōru Furuya as Bonnie Frazier
Tōru Ohkawa as Thug (ep 4)
Toshiharu Sakurai as Beck's Henchman (ep 9)
Toshihide Tsuchiya as Military Police officer (ep 25)
Toshiko Sawada as Kelly Fitzgerald (ep 15)
Toshio Furukawa as Eugene Grant (ep 8)
Yoshiko Okamoto as Forensics (ep 10)
Yukari Tamura as Forensics (ep 10)
Yukie Maeda as Citizen (ep 16)
Yūko Sasamoto as Forensics (ep 10)
Yumiko Kajiwara as Citizen (ep 16)
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Santa Claus (ep 11)

Eiji Hanawa (ep 12)
Eri Miyajima (eps 1-2)
Hideto Ebihara (eps 1-2)
Kyōko Minami (ep 13)
Naohiro Yamamoto (eps 1-2)
Saori Kato (ep 12)
Shizuka Arai (eps 1-2)
Tomoyuki Horita (ep 12)
Japanese companies
Animation Check:
Buyuu (eps 13, 20)
Nakamura Production (eps 3, 5, 8, 10)
Animation Cooperation: J.C.F.
Animation Direction: Nakamura Production (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13
)

Broadcaster:
Animax (2007)
Bandai Channel
Sun TV (eps 14-26)
WOWOW (eps 1-13)
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Key Animation:
AD Cosmo
Anime R (ep 1)
Anime Roman (eps 2, 4)
Big Bang
Buyuu (ep 6)
Decell
Nakamura Production (16 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-8, 12-13, 15-16, 18, 20-22, 24, 26
)

Neox
Studio D-Bolt (ep 13)
Studio Dub (ep 11)
Studio Graffiti
Studio Jungle Gym (ep 6)
Studio Line (ep 7)
Studio Mark
Studio Renge (ep 12)
Studio Takuranke (ep 7)
Studio Wanpack (ep 4)
Studio Wombat
Sung San Production (4 episodes
eps 19-20, 24, 26
)

Uni Animation (ep 23)
Yuhodo
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Opening Animation: GONZO
Photography:
Asahi Production (eps 1-10, 12-13)
T. Nishimura (ep 11)
T2 Studio (eps 14-26)
Trans Arts Co.
Viola Co.
Planning: Sunrise
Production Assistance:
J.C.F. (eps 11-13)
Liberty Ship (ep 19)
Plum (ep 23)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 18)
Tatsunoko VCR (ep 18)
Recording Studio:
Sanpunzaka Studio (eps 1-13)
Studio Gong (eps 14-26)
Tokyo TV Center (eps 1-13)
Reference Model Builders: Max Factory
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
special effects: T2 Studio
Titles: Maki Production
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Lia Sargent (eps 14-26)
Quint Lancaster
Translation: David Fleming
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai release)
Jason DeMarco (Season 2, for Williams Street)
John Ledford (Sentai release)
Ken Iyadomi
Kenji Uchida
Sean Akins (Season 2, for Williams Street)
Art Manager: Larry Koteff (Sentai 2019 BD SteelBook)
Booklet Design: Sarah Cain (Sentai 2019 BD SteelBook)
Booklet Editing:
Luke La Padula (Sentai 2019 BD SteelBook)
Natalie Jones (Sentai 2019 BD SteelBook)
Booklet Layout: Sarah Cain (Sentai 2019 BD SteelBook)
Booklet Translation: Ian Fagen (Sentai 2019 BD SteelBook)
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray (Sentai release)
Menu Design: Sarah Cain (Sentai release)
Mixing: Michael McCarty
Online Editor: C.P. Booth
Packaging Design: Sarah Cain (Sentai release)
Product Manager: Pooja Amin (Sentai 2019 BD SteelBook)
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (Sentai release)
Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai release)
Son Phan Le (Sentai release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Kuniyoshi (Sentai release)
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai release)
Jennifer Challenger (Sentai release)
Jose DeArmas (Sentai release)
Kjell Doucet (Sentai release)
Natalie Jones (Sentai release)
Ned Gayle (Sentai release)
Shannon Reed (Sentai release)
Production Coordination:
Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Keisuke Ōnishi
Production manager:
Mayumi Yuba
Ryota Wakanabe
Son Phan Le (Sentai release)
Recording Facility Engineer: Les Claypool III
Subtitle Timing: David Fleming
Subtitling: Jordan Hemann (Sentai release)
Supervising Translator: Jennifer Challenger (Sentai release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai release)
David Lucas as Roger Smith (eps 1-13)
Lia Sargent as R. Dorothy Wayneright
Steven Jay Blum as Roger Smith (eps 14-26)

Alan Oppenheimer as Norman Burg (eps 14-26)
Alfred Thor as Alex Rosewater
Carolyn Hennesy as Vera Ronstadt
Chuck Farley as Major Dan Dastun (eps 1-13)
Crispin Freeman as Alan Gabriel (eps 14-26)
James Lyon as Big Ear
Michael Forest as Alex Rosewater
Michael McConnohie as Michael Seebach / Schwarzwald
Peter Lurie as Colonel Dan Dastun (eps 14-26)
Richard Barnes as Norman Burg (eps 1-13)
Robert Wicks as Beck Gold
Wendee Lee as Angel
William Frederick as Gordon Rosewater

Alyss Henderson as Florist (ep 22)
Anthony Mozdy as Gieseng (ep 6)
Axel Roberts as Colonel Anthony Gauss (ep 5)
Bob Papenbrook as Roscoe Fitzgerald (ep 15)
Carol Stanzione as Kelly Fitzgerald (ep 15)
Cheryl Montelle as Citizen (ep 16)
Dan Lorge as MP Boat Patrol (1 episodes
ep 5 (uncredited)
)
Dave Florek as Chief Engineer (ep 22)
Devon Michaels as Darres (ep 3)
Dorothy Melendrez as Louise Ferry
Eddie Jones as Sam (ep 19)
Elliot Reynolds as
Bartender (ep 6)
Cordon Officer (ep 1)
Hillery's Driver (ep 5)
Ethan Murray as Preview Narrator
Ezra Weisz as Phil (ep 19)
Frank Buck as Robert Ferry
Fred Sanders as Citizen (ep 16)
G. Gordon Baer as Rick Fraser (ep 5)
Garry Michaels as Cop 1 (ep 8)
Georgette Rose as
Bar Patron (ep 1)
Laura
Gil Starberry as Paul Readerman (ep 7)
Gregory White as Storekeeper (ep 19)
Gully Jimson as Mr. Wise (ep 9)
Ivan Buckley as Party Host
Jad Mager as Policeman (ep 16)
Jamieson K. Price as Commander (ep 26)
Jane Alan as Announcement
Jessica Gee as Tie Clerk (ep 11)
Jim Taggert as
Crime Scene Officer (ep 13)
Police Dispatcher A (ep 11)
Joe Romersa as
Nightingale Club Bouncer (ep 2)
Repairman (ep 25)
John Rubinstein as Vice President (ep 17)
Jonathan C. Osborne as
Military Messenger (ep 7)
MP with Binoculars (ep 12)
Party Guest
Police Dispatcher B (ep 11)
Karen Strassman as
Citizen (ep 16)
Receptionist (ep 19)
Kevin Seymour as
Rene Rigetti (1 episodes
ep 7 (uncredited)
)

Santa Claus (1 episodes
ep 11 (uncredited)
)

Timothy Wayneright (1 episodes
ep 2 (uncredited)
)
Kim Strauss as R. Frederick O'Reilly (ep 19)
Mari Devon as
Paradigm Press (ep 19)
Vice President (ep 17)
Michael Lindsay as Policeman (ep 22)
Michael McCarty as
Guard B (ep 14)
Vice President (ep 17)
Mona Marshall as
Sybil Rowan (ep 10)
Winter Night Phantom 
Nicholas Guest as Military Police (ep 25)
Peter Doyle as
Police Officer (ep 19)
Senior Officer (ep 26)
Rafael Antonio as Beck's Henchman (ep 9)
Rafer Weigel as Police Officer (ep 19)
Ray Michaels as Sven Marisky
Richard Plantagenet as
Major Ed Hillery (ep 5)
Thug (ep 4)
Robert Buchholz as Jason Beck (Season 2)
Ron Rogge as
Bank Guard (ep 14)
Citizen (ep 16)
Sam Strong as Forensics (ep 10)
Sherry Lynn as Tami (ep 16)
Simon Isaacson as Miguel Soldano
Sparky Thornton as Instro
Stephen Davies as Jim McGowan (ep 16)
Stephen Gilborn as Old Man (ep 19)
Steve Areno as Oliver
Steve Kramer as Bonnie
Susan Hull as Citizen (ep 16)
Tom Charles as Eugene Grant
Tony Oliver as Dove/T-Bone (ep 18)
W.T. Hatch as Morgan Skyler (eps 10-11)

English companies
Adaptation:
Williams Street (Season 2)
ZRO Limit Productions
Additional Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai release)
ADR Production: Animaze
Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Cartoon Network (Toonami & Adult Swim)
Toonami (UK)
Co-Production:
Cartoon Network (Season 2)
ZRO Limit Productions
Distributor:
Beez Entertainment (UK)
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (North America; 2001-2003)
Section23 Films (North America)
DVD Production Services: Cinram/POP DVD Center
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Sentai Filmworks (2013)
Online Editing Facility: VDI Multimedia West
Production: Bandai Entertainment
Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Thierry Kazazian
Executive producer: Carlo Levy

Pascal Germain as Roger Smith
Sabrina Leurquin as R. Dorothy Wayneright

Alain Floret as Alexander Rosewater
Bruno Magne as
Beck
Gordon Rosewater
Eric Peter as Major Dan Dastun
Frédéric Cerdal as Norman Burg
Suzanne Sindberg as Angel
Thierry Kazazian as Michael Seebach/Schwarzwald
Tony Joudrier as Alan Gabriel

Bérangère Jean as Sybil Rowan
Bernard Demory as Wise
Constantin Pappas as Eugène
Danièle Hazan as Melissa Frazer
Marjolaine Poulain as
Laura
Louise
Mathieu Rivolier as Informateur
Philippe Roullier as Instro
Thierry Kazazian as Gieseng
Yann Pichon as
Miguel Soldano
Oliver

French companies
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network France (Apr 2001, 2005)
Distributor: Beez Entertainment
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Producteur Executif: Carlo Levy
(none)
Dutch companies
Distributor: Dybex

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