Mermaid Forest (TV)
Alternative title:
A Saga da Sereia (Portuguese)
La Foresta delle Sirene (Italian)
La saga de la sirena (Spanish)
La Selva de Sirenas (Spanish)
Ningyo no Mori (Japanese)
Rumic Theater: Mermaid Forest
Takahashi Rumiko Gekijou: Ningyo no Mori (Japanese)
人魚之森 (Chinese (Taiwan))
高橋留美子劇場 人魚の森 (Japanese)
Objectionable content:
Intense
Plot Summary:
According to an ancient legend, mermaid's flesh can grant immortality if eaten. 500 years ago, Yuta unknowingly ate a piece of mermaid's flesh. For centuries, he travels across Japan, hoping to find a mermaid, thinking she may be able to make him a normal human again. When he finally finds one, he discovers that she and her companions have been raising a girl to be their food so they can eat her and take on her youthful looks. That is how mermaids stay young. Yuta kills the mermaids and rescues her, but she has already eaten some of the mermaid's flesh. Although he had to kill the mermaids, Yuta isn't too disappointed. Yuta's once lonely existence is now over, as he has found a companion in Mana. And Mana, who had been trapped in a small hut her whole life, finds delight in even the simplest of things. Together, Yuta and Mana attempt to seek out more mermaids, trying to become normal humans again.
User Ratings:
505 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
22 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2003-10-04 to 2003-12-20
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Like an angel" by Chiaki Ishikawa
Ending Theme:
"Mizu tamari (Water Puddle)" by kayoko
"Mizu tamari" by kayoko
Official website:
TV Tokyo's Official Mermaid Forest Homepage (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
Episodes twelve and thirteen were not broadcast, but rather were released along with the rest of the series when it came to DVD.
Reviews:
Mermaid Forest DVD 3 (Dec 1, 2005)
Mermaid Forest DVD 2 (Oct 14, 2005)
Mermaid Forest DVD 1 (Aug 18, 2005)
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Shelf Life - ANN Maid Team (Sep 11, 2006)
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| Mermaid Forest - Quest for Death (DVD 1) 2005-07-05 (from $14.92) |
| Mermaid Forest - Quest for Death + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-07-05 (from $99.99) |
| Mermaid Forest - Bitter Flesh (DVD 2) 2005-09-20 (from $13.82) |
| Mermaid Forest - Unquenchable Thirst (DVD 3) 2005-11-15 (from $11.99) |
| Mermaid Forest - Unending Nightmare (DVD 4) 2006-01-03 (from $21.99) |
| Mermaid Forest - Box Set (DVD 1-4) 2006-08-08 |
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Director: Masaharu Okuwaki
Series Composition: Junichi Miyashita
Screenplay:
Daiki Shimazaki (ep 7) Junichi Miyashita (eps 1, 10-13) Megumu Sasano (eps 2-3, 6) Tsuyoshi Tamai (eps 4-5, 8-9)
Storyboard:
Hideaki Oba (ep 6) Junji Nishimura (eps 2-3, 10) Masaharu Okuwaki (OP/ED; 8 episodes eps 1, 4-5, 7-9, 12-13 )Mitsuko Ohya (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Tsuji (ep 4) Hideaki Oba (ep 6) Hiromichi Matano (ep 12) Hiroshi Matsuzono (eps 5, 11, 13) Masahiro Hosoda (ep 1) Ryo Miyata (ep 8) Shinji Ushiro (ep 9) Sumio Watanabe (ep 7) Susumu Murakami (ep 10) Yasuo Ejima (ep 3) Yukio Okazaki (ep 2)
Unit Director: Masaharu Okuwaki (OP/ED)
Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi
Character Design: Masaki Satō
Chief Animation Director: Masaki Katō (ep 12)
Animation Director:
Akio Kawamura (eps 3, 9) Hirotoshi Takaya (OP/ED) Ichirō Ogawa (eps 5, 11-12) Masahiko Yoda (ep 4) Masaki Hinata (eps 2, 8) Masaki Satō (ep 13) Masumi Hattori (ep 7) Osamu Ōkubo (ep 7) Shingo Ishikawa (ep 10) Yoshitsugu Hatano (eps 1, 6)
Sound Director: Yasuo Uragami
Director of Photography: Mitsuru Sugiura
Executive producer: Masahito Yoshioka (TMS Entertainment)
Art Setting: Hiroshi Izumi
Assistant producer: Junya Okamoto (Shogakukan)
Background Art:
Eiko Miyazaki (Studio Easter; eps 10-11) Eri Nakamura (Studio Easter; eps 5-12) Ju-Jeong Ko (Studio Easter; eps 3-5) Junko Sakurai (Studio Easter; ep 6) Junko Shimizu (Studio Easter; ep 12) Kei Ichikura (Studio Easter; eps 10-12) Ken Arai (Studio Easter; eps 9-11) Kenta Shimizu (Studio Easter; eps 1-12) Koji Eto (Studio Easter; eps 2, 4) Masayuki Kaneko (Studio Easter; eps 8-9) Michiko Nakatsuji (Studio Easter; eps 1-5, 12-13) Misako Sekine (Studio Easter; eps 2, 4-5) Misao Matsukawa (Studio Easter; ep 13) Shin Okui (Studio Easter; ep 13) Shinichi Tanimura (Studio Easter; eps 7-8) Takamasa Nakakuki (Studio Easter; eps 12-13) Toshiyuki Tokuda (Studio Easter; eps 1-13) Yasuaki Muto (Studio Easter; eps 3, 6-9, 13) Yasutada Kato (Studio Easter; eps 1-7, 10-11) Yayoi Okashiwa (Studio Easter; ep 12) Yoshishige Eguchi (Studio Easter; eps 5, 12-13) Yuka Ohashi (Studio Easter; ep 3) Yukie Abe (Studio Easter; ep 7) Yusuke Ueshima (Studio Easter; eps 10-11)
Color Check:
Kozue Yokota (St aB; eps 3, 9) Midori Kanazawa (ep 7) Naoko Kodama (eps 1, 5, 11-13) Rika Nishio (eps 2, 8)
Color Coordination: Naoko Kodama
Color setting:
Kozue Yokota (St aB; eps 3, 9) Midori Kanazawa (ep 7) Miyuki Yoshioka (eps 4, 6, 10) Naoko Kodama (eps 1, 5, 11-13) Rika Nishio (eps 2, 8)
Digital Paint:
Chie Sasaki (JEM; ep 5) Hiroshi Tanihata (Mouse; ep 11) Keiko Yamashita (Artland; eps 2, 8) Rika Nishio (Artland; eps 2, 8) Risa Kikuchi (Hadashi Pro; ep 1) Saori Yonekawa (Hadashi Pro; eps 5, 11-13) Satomi Sakaguchi (Hadashi Pro; eps 5, 11-13) Satsuki Sakuma (Hadashi Pro; ep 1) Sayuri Sugawara (Artland; eps 2, 8) Shiori Shōji (Mouse; ep 11) Taeko Kumagai (JEM; ep 5) Tomoko Yamazaki (Artland; eps 2, 8) Tōru Sugimoto (Artland; eps 2, 8) Tsukasa Ishimura (Hadashi Pro; ep 5) Yasuko Kawamata (Hadashi Pro; eps 1, 5, 11-13) Yūko Fukuda (Mouse; ep 11)
Editing: Terumitsu Okada
In-Between Animation:
Akie Tsutsumi (Studio Guts; ep 7) Atsuyuki Fukue (Tokyo Animation Center; ep 5) Chiaki Suda (Artland; ep 8) Fujiko Nagahama (Hadashi Pro; eps 12-13) Hideaki Nagata (Studio Boomerang; eps 5, 11) Hiroe Sawada (Artland; eps 2, 8) Hirofumi Takano (Big Bang; eps 3, 9) Mai Iesato (Artland; eps 2, 8) Makiko Uemura (Artland; eps 2, 8) Mari Kunii (Hadashi Pro; eps 1, 12-13) Mariko Goto (Artland; eps 2, 8) Masahiko Taniguchi (Studio Boomerang; eps 5, 11, 13) Mayumi Shiga (Hadashi Pro; ep 1) Miho Ayabe (Studio Boomerang; ep 11) Mirai Murase (Studio Boomerang; ep 13) Naoya Terakawa (Studio Boomerang; ep 13) Ryōko Nakano (Artland; ep 2) Satoru Harada (Tokyo Animation Center; ep 5) Satoshi Tada (Big Bang; ep 3) Shino Sudō (Studio Boomerang; ep 13) Takafumi Torii (Artland; eps 2, 8) Takahiro Eguchi (Hadashi Pro; eps 1, 12-13) Takashi Ueno (Artland; eps 2, 8) Tokushō Takahashi (Studio Boomerang; ep 13) Yoshiyuki Takayanagi (TMS Entertainment; ep 11) Yosuke Joudan (Studio Boomerang; eps 11, 13)
In-Between Check:
Hiroe Sawada (eps 2, 8) Katsushi Suzuki (ep 3) Shigeru Ishii (eps 3, 9) Shino Sudō (eps 12-13) Toshio Nitta (ep 7)
Key Animation:
Akie Tsutsumi (ep 7) Akihiko Mamashita (eps 3, 9) Akiko Ito (ep 2) Akiko Tanada (eps 1, 6-7) Arihiro Gotō (ep 7) Asami Imamura (ep 7) Asuka Shimizu (ep 8) Atsuya Miura (eps 5-6, 11, 13) Chiaki Ebisutani (ep 2) Chikae Kuwahara (eps 3, 9) Chūji Nakajima (eps 4, 10) Dai Nishino (eps 3, 9) Eiji Uemura (eps 2, 8) Eriko Utsumi (eps 3, 9) Fujiko Aoyagi (ep 2) Fumiko Yoshida (ep 11) Hasue Hotta (ep 13) Hideki Ito (ep 8) Hideki Sekiguchi (studio 4°C; ep 1) Hideo Kawaguchi (ep 8) Hideyuki Arao (ep 2) Hiroe Sawada (ep 8) Hiroki Moritomo (ep 2) Hiromichi Kikuchi (ep 2) Hironobu Kobayashi (eps 2, 8) Hironori Naruse (ep 5) Hiroshi Nakanishi (studio 4°C; ep 1) Hiroyuki Notake (eps 6, 13) Hiroyuki Tanji (ep 6) Hitomi Tsuruta (ep 12) Hitoshi Kamata (eps 5, 10) Isamu Utsuki (ep 11) Issei Hasegawa (ep 2) Jin Takebe (eps 1, 6) Jirō Kanai (eps 10, 12) Jun Nakai (ep 1) Jun Ohara (ep 1) Junichi Fukunaga (ep 3) Junichi Hayakawa (eps 1, 10, 12) Kanako Maru (OP/ED) Katsushi Suzuki (ep 3) Kazuo Ohara (eps 3, 9) Kazuya Nomura (studio 4°C; ep 1) Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 8) Kazuyuki Matsubara (ep 4) Keiji Maeda (ep 6) Keiji Shigesawa (eps 1, 6) Keita Hagio (ep 2) Ken Yoshikawa (ep 5) Kiichi Suzuno (ep 7) Kimiko Matsushita (ep 4) Kimiko Yashiro (ep 2) Kiyomi Masuda (ep 7) Kiyomitsu Sato (ep 3) Koichi Nakaya (eps 4, 10, 12) Kōichirō Kawano (ep 6) Kōji Kataoka (eps 5, 10) Maki Fujita (ep 7) Masaki Hinata (eps 2, 8) Masaki Hosoyama (eps 1, 6, 11) Masanori Hashimoto (eps 3, 9) Masaru Oshiro (eps 4, 6) Masaya Tanaka (ep 8) Mayumi Oda (eps 4, 10, 12) Megumi Noda (ep 8) Mieko Hosoi (eps 5, 10, 12) Miharu Nagano (eps 1, 11) Minoru Kibata (ep 7) Mitsuhiro Okumura (eps 2, 8) Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 7) Mitsunori Yamaguchi (ep 6) Naoko Soeda (ep 3) Nariyuki Takahashi (ep 13) Natsumi Tamura (ep 8) Nobuhiko Kawakami (ep 9) Nobuhiro Masuda (eps 5, 11) Norihito Yoshida (ep 2) Rika Katō (ep 8) Ryōko Nakano (ep 8) Sanae Narasaki (eps 6, 12) Seiichi Nakatani (ep 13) Seizō Toma (ep 4) Shigeru Harada (eps 4, 10) Shigeru Ishii (eps 3, 9) Shinichi Toda (eps 2, 8) Souichirou Sako (ep 8) Sumiko Matsumoto (eps 4, 10, 13) Tadahiro Hirakawa (ep 8) Taeka Ishiko (ep 2) Taeko Oda (eps 5, 7) Takako Shimizu (ep 13) Takeshi Okada (eps 2, 8) Tomochi Kosaka (eps 1, 6, 11) Tomohisa Shimoyama (ep 2) Tomoko Shimizu (ep 2) Toshikazu Nagaone (ep 1) Toshimitsu Kobayashi (eps 11, 13) Toshiyuki Furukawa (ep 9) Tsunenaka Nozaki (ep 7) Wataru Abe (eps 1, 13) Wataru Sekimoto (ep 6) Yōko Kadokami (eps 4, 10, 13) Yoshihiro Taniguchi (ep 1) Yoshihiro Ujiie (eps 1, 6, 11-12) Yoshiko Sasaki (eps 1, 6) Yoshinobu Aohachi (ep 6) Yoshitsugu Hatano (ep 11) Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 5, 11) Yuki Tsugihashi (eps 2, 8) Yukiko Akiyama (eps 1, 12) Yukiko Muta (eps 3, 9) Yukio Okano (eps 6, 10-11) Yuko Iwasa (eps 6, 11, 13) Yūko Kiyoshima (eps 3, 9) Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 7) Yutaka Kawasuji (ep 5) Yutaka Oka (ep 5)
Layout Animation Director: Akio Kawamura (eps 2, 8)
Literature Manager: Youko Iizawa
Music producer: Masanori Nagaoka (prime direction)
Photography:
Junichi Kakinuma (Raretrick; 11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-13 )Kazuyuki Oota (Raretrick; 11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-13 )Mitsuru Sugiura (Raretrick; 11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-13 )Naoyuki Ohba (Raretrick; 11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-13 )Rikiya Matsushita (Big Bang; eps 3, 9) Takashi Tanahashi (Raretrick; 11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-13 )Tetsuji Higuchi (Raretrick; 11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-13 )Tomokazu Handa (Raretrick; 11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-13 )Yasuhiko Abe (Raretrick; 11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-13 )Yū Kikuchi (Big Bang; eps 3, 9) Yuki Okita (Big Bang; eps 3, 9) Yuri Hirokawa (Raretrick; 11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-13 )
Production Advancement:
Emi Yoshiga (5 episodes eps 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 )Hodaka Sawada (eps 1, 6, 12) Kazuhiko Sugatani (ep 7) Masahiro Shibuya (eps 2, 8) Takashi Endō (ep 10) Takeshi Yamada (eps 4, 8-9, 13) Tetsurō Haraya (eps 3, 9) Yoshinosuke Taguchi (ep 6)
Production Committee:
Masakazu Kubo (Shogakukan) Shin Unozawa (Bandai Visual) Shunzō Katō (TMS Entertainment) Yoko Furukawa (Pony Canyon) Yoshihisa Nagata (Kitty Entertainment) Yuma Sakata (Dentsu)
Production manager: Takeshi Yamakawa
Setting Production: Tooru Okahata
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
Sound Mixing: Akiyoshi Tanaka
Sound Mixing Assistant: Nobutaka Taguchi
Special Effects:
Kozue Yokota (ep 9) Kuniharu Okano (eps 2, 8) Yoshimi Hayashi (8 episodes eps 1, 4-6, 10-13 )Yū Kikuchi (ep 3) Yumiko Kokubun (ep 7)
Title Backing: Masahiko Yoda
Title Design: Yoshiko Tagami
Title Logo Design: Koji Inami
Video Editing:
Ikuyo Fujita (TMS Photo T.D.B.; 5 episodes eps 5-6, 8, 10-11 )Kazuya Mutō (TMS Photo T.D.B.; 6 episodes eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 12-13 )Naoko Sōma (TMS Photo T.D.B.; ep 2) Takafumi Koyake (TMS Photo T.D.B.; eps 3, 8-9) Yuriko Sano (TMS Photo T.D.B.; 9 episodes eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-13 ) |
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Backgrounds: Studio Easter
Color Check: Studio aB (eps 3, 9)
Color Setting: Studio aB (eps 3, 9)
Design Works: Studio Boomerang
Finish Animation:
Artland (eps 2, 8) Hadashi Pro (8 episodes eps 1, 4-6, 10-13 )JEM (eps 3, 5, 12-13) Kagura (ep 8) Mizo Planning (8 episodes eps 1, 4-6, 10-13 )Mook Animation (ep 8) Mouse (eps 1, 11-13) Niandai Animation (eps 2, 8) Peacock (ep 3) Studio aB (eps 3, 9) Studio Angle (ep 2) Studio Apple Tree 02 (ep 2) Studio Elle (eps 12-13) Studio Gimlet (ep 2) Studio Kuma (eps 3, 9) Studio Rong (ep 7) Studio Ryu (eps 2, 8) Studio Step (eps 2, 4-5) T2 Studio (eps 5-6, 10) Triple A (ep 7)
In-Between Animation:
ARP (ep 2) Artland (eps 2, 8) Big Bang (eps 3, 9) Hadashi Pro (7 episodes eps 1, 4-6, 10, 12-13 )Mizo Planning (8 episodes eps 1, 4-6, 10-13 )Mook Animation (ep 8) Nakamura Production (eps 1, 4) Niandai Animation (eps 2, 8) Snow Light Staff (ep 2) Studio Angle (ep 2) Studio Apple Tree 02 (ep 2) Studio Boomerang (eps 4-6, 11, 13) Studio Gimlet (ep 2) Studio Kuma (eps 3, 9) Studio Live (eps 4-5) Studio Wanpack (ep 2) Tokyo Animation Center (eps 5, 10) Triple A (ep 7) ZEXCS (ep 2)
Key Animation:
ARP (ep 4) Garan (ep 8) Nakamura Production (ep 4) Planet (ep 4) Snow Light Staff (ep 8) Studio 4°C (ep 1) Studio Gimlet (ep 8)
Music Production: Avex, Inc.
Photography Cooperation:
Ace Creation (ep 11) Azuhata Production (eps 4-6, 8) Raretrick (ep 3) Studio Rong (ep 7) Studio Twinkle (ep 10) TMS Photo (eps 1-3, 11, 13) Trans Arts Co. (10 episodes eps 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10-13 )
Planning Cooperation:
Shogakukan Character Enterprise Center Shogakukan Weekly Shonen Sunday Editorial Department
Production Cooperation:
Artland (2 episodes eps 2 uncredited, 8 )Big Bang (2 episodes eps 3 uncredited, 9 )Studio Guts (ep 7)
Recording Studio: Apu Meguro Studio
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
Title Logo Design: Bay Bridge Studio
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Translation: Rika Kolka
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
ADR Script Editing: Charlie Sullivan
Recording engineer: Marc Rizzo
Voice Direction: Charlie Sullivan
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ADR Production: New Generation Pictures
DVD Authoring: Blink Digital
Recording Studio: The Post Office, LLC
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Executive producer: José Luis Puertas
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Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: K2000 (Spain dub)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
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Dubbing Director: Raffaele Farina
Script: Enrica Minini
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Distributor: Red Planet/Alive AG
Dubbing: brandt Film Berlin
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Broadcaster: HERO TV |
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Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd. |
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