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Mars Daybreak (TV)

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Alternative title:
Gorgeous Tango: The Mars Daybreak
Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak
絢爛舞踏祭ザ・マーズ・デイブレイク (Japanese)
현란무답제 The Mars Daybreak (Korean)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Life on Mars is hard for those who live here. As the economy worsens, work becomes scarce and food becomes expensive and highly prized. Gram and his friends try to do the best they can but, he finds himself on the run with the most notorious pirates on Mars. The only problem is he soon starts to enjoy the adventure.
User Ratings: 448 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:14, raw:1, dub:1)
 Excellent: 63 votes (sub:49, dub:13, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 133 votes (sub:89, dub:37, edit.dub:1, others:6
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 119 votes (sub:91, dub:25, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 68 votes (sub:49, dub:17, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 26 votes (sub:23, dub:2, ?:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:5)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 920 users, rank: #1318 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.221 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.52, rank: #2886 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.133 (Good), rank: #3053 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.32 / seen some: 6.28 / won't finish: 4.40)
Bayesian estimate: 7.143 (Good), rank: #2811 (of 7496)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2004-04-01 to 2004-09-23
2008 (USA, ImaginAsian TV - The Block)
Opening Theme:
"Take Back" by G B Shelter
Ending Theme:
"Aoi Tabibito (Blue Travelers)" by Takatsugu Tsumabuki
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Comment:
Based on Sony Computer Entertainment's PS2 game, Kenran Butoh Sai.
Review:
Mars Daybreak DVD 1 (Sep 21, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Mars Daybreak (DVD 1) 2005-09-13 (from $12.92)
    Mars Daybreak - Limited Edition [Tin Case, CD, Magnet] (DVD 1) 2005-09-13 (from $10.75)
    Mars Daybreak (DVD 2) 2005-11-08 (from $6.87)
    Mars Daybreak - Limited Edition [Slipcase, CD] (DVD 2) 2005-11-08 (from $16.00)
    Mars Daybreak (DVD 3) 2006-01-03 (from $25.99)
    Mars Daybreak (DVD 4) 2006-02-14 (from $5.99)
    Mars Daybreak (DVD 5) 2006-04-11 (from $29.99)
    Mars Daybreak (DVD 6) 2006-06-13 (from $5.99)
    Mars Daybreak - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2006-11-28 (from $39.95)
    Mars Daybreak - Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-6) 2007-11-06 (from $40.28)
Soundtrack
    Mars Daybreak - Soundtrack 1 (OST) 2005-08-23 (from $18.99)
    Mars Daybreak - Soundtrack 2 (OST) 2005-10-11 (from $3.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kunihiro Mori
Script:
Dai Satō (4 episodes
eps 12, 16, 21, 24
)

Jirō Takayama (5 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 17, 22
)

Megumi Shimizu (eps 13, 18)
Miya Asakawa (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25-26
)

Yutaka Nada (eps 6, 15)
Yuuichi Nomura (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 23
)

Storyboard:
Akitoshi Yokoyama (ep 13)
Hiroshi Ōsaka (OP)
Kazuya Murata (eps 17, 23)
Kunihiro Mori (eps 1-2, 12, 26)
Masaru Yasukawa (ep 12)
Masayuki Miyaji (OP; 4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 20, 25
)

Shiho Takeuchi (ED)
Shinsaku Sasaki (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 21
)

Tomoki Kyoda (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 15
)

Tsukasa Sunaga (eps 18, 22, 24)
Yasushi Muraki (OP; 5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 19, 26
)

Episode Director:
Hideyo Yamamoto (ep 11)
Hirokazu Yamada (ep 24)
Ikurō Satō (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 18, 24
)

Kazuya Murata (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 17, 23
)

Kunihiro Mori (ep 26)
Masaru Yasukawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 16, 22
)

Masayuki Miyaji (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 14, 20, 25
)

Matsuo Asami (eps 12, 15, 19)
Shiho Takeuchi (ED)
Shinsaku Sasaki (ep 21)
Tomoki Kyoda (ep 3)
Music: Kaoru Wada
Character Design: Hiroshi Ōsaka
Art Director: Atsushi Morikawa
Animation Director:
Akira Takahashi (ep 4)
Ayumi Kurashima (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 18, 24
)

Chūichi Iguchi (eps 11, 16, 23)
Hiroko Kazui (ep 3)
Hiroshi Ōsaka (4 episodes
eps 8, 13, 17, 23
)

Il Bae Kim (ep 12)
Kenichi Imaizumi (ep 10)
Kiyoaki Maeda (ep 18)
Kōji Sugiura (4 episodes
eps 8, 13, 17, 23
)

Masateru Tanaka (ep 19)
Michitaka Yamamoto (ep 23)
Shigeki Awai (ep 23)
Tatsuya Oka (ep 6)
Toshihiro Kawamoto (eps 1, 9)
Tsunenori Saitō (ep 9)
Yoshiyuki Kodaira (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 21, 26
)

Yukio Senoue (eps 7, 15, 21)
Yuriko Chiba (eps 14, 20, 25)
Mechanical design: Michiaki Sato
3D Director: Shinji Nasu (T2 Studio)
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Toshiya Kimura (T2 Studio)
Animation producer: Koutaro Nakayama
Background Art:
Atsushi Morikawa (OP/ED)
Ayari Wake (ep 4)
Chigusa Yokoyama (GREEN; ep 13)
Kaori Higashida (GREEN; ep 13)
Katsuhiro Kaji (OP/ED)
Nariyuki Ogi (ep 4)
Seiki Tamura (OP/ED)
Sumiyo Okamura (ep 4)
Tenshi Nakayama (GREEN; eps 4, 13)
Yumiko Kondō (GREEN; eps 4, 13)
Chief Writer: Miya Asakawa
Color design: Reiko Iwasawa
Color Key:
Akiko Inoue (eps 20, 23, 25)
Hikaru Takigawa (7 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 13, 15, 21, 24
)

Kunji Okano (ep 10)
Mikako Ohshima (ep 12)
Naoki Fukutani (Studio Lon; ep 19)
Rika Nishio (ep 10)
Takao Kanakubo (ep 18)
Tomoko Chiba (eps 11, 16)
Tomomi Murakami (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 9, 14, 17
)

Yoshiki Ito (ep 3)
Yoshitaka Katō (CCR; ep 6)
Editing: Shigeyuki Yamamori (J-Film)
Editing Assistant: Kumiko Sakamoto (J-Film)
Finishing:
Izumi Inoue (MI; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 13, 20, 25
)

Miyuki Satō (MI; eps 5, 23)
Finishing Processing: Yoko Maemura
Finishing Supervisor: Yumiko Kokubu (CCR; ep 6)
In-Between Animation:
Atsuko Nozaki (15 episodes
eps 1-3, 8-9, 13-15, 17, 20-21, 23-26
)

Keiko Abu (eps 1-4, 25-26)
In-Between Check:
Chika Kojima (ep 19)
Emiko Matsuno (ep 22)
Eyuu Nakai (eps 11, 16)
Junmi Shirafuji (eps 11, 16)
Kentarō Sugimoto (ep 18)
Koichi Iwanaga (17 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7-9, 13-15, 17, 20-21, 23-26
)

Makiko Kamimura (ep 10)
Reiko Saito (ep 4)
Wakako Shigemoto (A-Line; ep 6)
Key Animation:
Akira Yamaguchi (6 episodes
eps 1, 9, 13-14, 23, 25
)

Akitsugu Hisagi (ep 25)
Amane Watanabe (Studio Mark; ep 6)
Asako Nishida (OP)
Atsushi Itagaki (eps 11, 23, 26)
Aya Satō (ep 25)
Chiyo Hosokawa (Anime R; ep 6)
Eiji Komatsu (ep 8)
Eiji Nakada (5 episodes
eps 9, 14, 20, 25-26
)

Fumihide Sai (OP)
Haruka Tanaka (eps 1, 8, 23)
Hidenori Fukuoka (eps 7, 17, 23)
Hidetsugu Itō (ED; eps 24, 26)
Hiroaki Shigeta (ep 6)
Hirofumi Kashihara (ep 8)
Hiroko Kazui (ep 8)
Hiroshi Ōsaka (ep 23)
Hiroyuki Mori (ep 25)
Hiroyuki Notake (ep 6)
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (ep 8)
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 8)
Isao Yamakuchi (15 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 13-15, 20-21, 23-26
)

Jimmy Stone (eps 11, 16)
Kaori Takeuchi (ep 25)
Kazuhiro Miwa (ep 1)
Kazuya Murata (ep 23)
Keiichirō Honjō (Studio Mark; ep 6)
Keiko Takano (ep 25)
Kenichi Yoshida (OP, 3 cuts)
Kōichi Takai (Anime R; ep 6)
Kōji Sugiura (ep 23)
Koji Watanabe (ep 1)
Kyouko Yasuda (eps 1, 25)
Makoto Shimojima (ep 25)
Makoto Yamada (ep 8)
Masakazu Kawazoe (ep 8)
Masanori Toge (Anime R; ep 6)
Masayuki Ozaki (eps 8, 23)
Michitaka Yamamoto (ep 6)
Mika Yamamoto (ep 23)
Minako Ito (ep 8)
Miyuki Inoue (ep 9)
Naoaki Hōjō (ep 6)
Naomi Kaneda (Anime Roman; eps 8, 25)
Nobuaki Nagano (ep 8)
Noriko Kitazawa (Anime R; ep 6)
Satomi Higuchi (Anime Roman; eps 8, 23, 25)
Seiichi Hashimoto (OP; 6 episodes
eps 9, 14-15, 20, 25-26
)

Seiichi Nakatani (ep 14)
Shiho Takeuchi (ep 1)
Shinako Okayama (4 episodes
eps 9, 14, 20, 25
)

Shingo Kobayashi (ep 1)
Shinichi Iimura (Studio Mark; ep 6)
Shinmei Saito (eps 1, 8)
Shintaro Suzuki (ep 6)
Shūji Sakamoto (ep 25)
Suzuko Kobayashi (OP)
Takashi Yamamoto (Anime Roman; eps 1, 8, 25)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 8)
Takeshi Okada (ep 6)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (Anime R; ep 6)
Tatsuya Shiraishi (ep 23)
Tomoki Mizuno (OP; eps 1-2, 8, 13)
Toshifumi Niijima (Anime R; eps 6, 8)
Toshihiro Kawamoto (OP; 5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 23, 26
)

Tsukasa Sakurai (ep 8)
Yasuko Higuchi (ep 25)
Yoshinori Yumoto (ep 1)
Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 9, 14)
Yūki Kinoshita (ep 6)
Yukio Okano (ep 1)
Yukio Okazaki (ep 23)
Mecha Animation Design: Kenji Mizuhata
Mechanical animation Director: Eiji Nakada (eps 14, 20, 25)
Mechanical Director: Yasushi Muraki
Music Performance:
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Music producer: Masao Fukuda
Post Production: Kunihiko Okada
Production Administration:
Itsuka Tanaka (all eps)
Yoshi Aikawa (ep 15)
Production Advancement: Keiichiro Tanaka (eps 1, 4)
Program Advertisement:
Hiroaki Ooki (TV Tokyo; eps 1-15)
Seiko Watanabe (TV Tokyo)
RB Design: Yoshinori Sayama
Recording Adjustment: Satoshi Yano
Recording Assistant: Fumiaki Tanaka
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Production Desk: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Effects: Miyako Hoshi (eps 1-4, 6-26)
Special Effects Director: Shiho Takeuchi
Special Skills Director:
Shiho Takenouchi
Yasushi Muraki
Theme Song Arrangement:
G B Shelter (OP)
Ryosuke Nakanishi (ED)
Seiji Muto (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Kōsuke Shimizu (OP)
Masatoshi Murashita (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Kōsuke Shimizu (OP)
Masatoshi Murashita (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
G B Shelter (OP)
Takatsugu Tsumabuki (ED)
Houko Kuwashima as Vestemona "Vess" Lauren
Tomokazu Seki as Gram River

Akino Murata as Enora Taft
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Kato Takigawa, Jr.
Fumiko Orikasa as Ester Ein Astrada
Hiroshi Yanaka as Poipoider
Jin Yamanoi as Yagami "Shinigami" Arian
Keiji Fujiwara as Kubernes
Miyuki Ichijou as Elizabeth Liati
Takumi Yamazaki as Achillies "Achi" Polandwood
Tetsu Inada as Rich
Yui Horie as Megumi Higashibara

Akiko Hiramatsu as Selena Knightly (ep 13)
Akiko Yajima as Sala Shesha
Dai Matsumoto as Abbot
Fumie Houjou as Anya
Gara Takashima as MAKI
Hideki Tasaka as Cornel
Hirofumi Nojima as Kamal
Hiroko Emori as Garma
Katsuhiro Harasawa as
Army engineer steering Earth (ep 1)
Bronson
Kazusa Murai as Rosetta
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Chrysalis Milch
Mahito Tsujimura as Supervisor
Maki Tamura as Neli Oamaru
Mako Hyōdō as Clara Do Sirene
Masaaki Tsukada as Doze
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Fuuko
Rikako Aikawa as Bon
Sakiko Tamagawa as Anna Grace
Shinpachi Tsuji as Neil Poe
Shōzō Iizuka as Doctor (ep 18)
Takashi Nagasako as Dolittle
Takashi Okimoto as Lauren
Toshihiko Nakajima as
Grandpa
Uro
Yō Kitazawa as Rim-eyes
Japanese companies
3D Direction: T2 Studio
3DCGI: T2 Studio
Animation Direction: Mook Animation (ep 22)
Animation Production: BONES
Backgrounds:
Feng Animation
Green
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Editing: Jay Film
Key Animation:
Anime R (eps 6, 18)
Anime Roman (eps 6, 8)
AniVillage (ep 16)
ARP (ep 10)
Big Bang (ep 24)
BUZZ (ep 22)
E-cho (ep 22)
Garan (ep 22)
Last House (eps 5, 17)
MI (ep 24)
Mook Animation (eps 19, 22, 24)
Niandai Animation (ep 12)
Shanghai Dub (ep 4)
Studio Dub (ep 4)
Studio Gimlet (ep 10)
Studio Kuma (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 12-14, 16, 21
)

Studio Mark (ep 6)
Studio Wanpack (4 episodes
eps 18-19, 23-24
)

Studio Wombat (ep 1)
Sung San Production (ep 12)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 23)
Triple A (ep 24)
Uni Animation (ep 19)
VENET (ep 18)
Layout:
Studio Kuma (ep 22)
Studio Mark (ep 22)
Studio Wanpack (ep 22)
VENET (ep 22)
Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Online Editing: Q-Tec
Original Creator: Sony Computer Entertainment
Photography: T2 Studio
Photography Direction: T2 Studio
Production Cooperation:
A-Line (ep 6)
Artland (ep 10)
Azlead (ep 19)
KenRan Project
Mook Animation (ep 18)
Studio Kuma (ep 12)
Tatsunoko Production (eps 11, 16)
Recording Studio:
Studio Gong
Tokyo TV Center (all eps)
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
特効: T2 Studio
English staff
English cast
Translation: David Fleming
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Assistant producer: Mami Okada
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Chief Producer: Charles McCarter
DVD Menu Design: Jeff Livingston
Engineering Assistant:
Deb Munini
Kevin Patzelt
Production Coordination: Megumi Kunisada
Re-Recording Mixing: Rick Hart
Sound Editor: Kevin Patzelt
Subtitling: David Fleming
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
Voice Direction: Kirk Thornton
Johnny Yong Bosch as Gram River
Melissa Fahn as Vestemona "Vess" Lauren

Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Enora Taft
Crispin Freeman as Rich
Jamieson K. Price as Chrysalis Milch
Michael McConnohie as Niall Poe
Steven Jay Blum as Yagami Arian
Yuri Lowenthal as Junior

Barbara Goodson as Elizabeth Liati
Bob Papenbrook as Doze's Flunky
Bridget Hoffman as Selena Knightley (ep 13)
Christopher Smith as Focault
Dan Woren as Hat Man
Dave Mallow as Ginpetit
Derek Stephen Prince as Crowley (ep 15)
Doug Stone as O'Connell
Erik Davies as Achilles Polandwood
Joe Cappelletti as Abbott
Kari Wahlgren as Rosetta
Kate Higgins as Ester
Kim Strauss as Granpa
Kirk Thornton as Dolittle
Lex Lang as Kuberness
Mari Devon as Anna Grace
Megan Hollingshead as Sala Sesa
Mela Lee as Clara De Sirene
Michael Forest as EF Commander
Michael McConnohie as Poipoider
Michael Sorich as Doctor (ep 18)
Paul St. Peter as OD Pirate
Peggy O'Neal as Maki
Peter Doyle as Kamal
Philece Sampler as Anya
Sandy Fox as Shie
Stephanie Sheh as Megumi Higashihara
Steve Kramer as EF Helmsmen
Wendee Lee as Neli Oamaru
English companies
Broadcaster: iaTV (The Block)
Internet Streaming: Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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