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Momo: The Girl God of Death (TV)

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© K-Ske Hasegawa / Mediaworks•PONY CANYON


Alternative title:
Ballad of a Shinigami
Momo, Girl God of Death
Shinigami no Ballad: momo the girl god of death
しにがみのバラッド。 (Japanese)
Themes: shinigami, tragedy
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: A girl wrapped in white, her name is Momo...in her hand lies a blunt yet shiny scythe. By her side is a wingged black cat by the name of Daniel. Carrying the souls of humans, the girl's existence parallels to that of a "Death God" or "Shinigami". At the instant when this white Death God touches the hearts of humans, the world is filled with kindness and grief...
User Ratings: 997 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 81 votes (sub:76, dub:3, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 259 votes (sub:249, dub:7, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 194 votes (sub:183, dub:6, others:5
3 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 225 votes (sub:187, dub:23, raw:5, others:10
5 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 119 votes (sub:97, dub:17, raw:1, others:4
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 71 votes (sub:61, dub:7, others:3
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 22 votes (sub:19, dub:2, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Weak: 16 votes (sub:15, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1697 users, rank: #720 (of 10152)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.511 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6952, rank: #1848 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 7.452 (Good+), rank: #1899 (of 10321) (seen all: 7.59 / seen some: 6.55 / won't finish: 4.25)
Bayesian estimate: 7.452 (Good+), rank: #1587 (of 7760)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage: 2006-03-02
Opening Theme:
"no one" by KOY
Ending Theme:
"White Messenger" by KOY
Official website:
Shinigami no Ballad Official Site (Japanese)
Shinigami no Ballad WOWOW Site (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
Momo: The Girl God of Death DVD (Jul 2, 2013)
News:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 23-29 (Updated) (Jun 25, 2013)
Maiden Japan Adds Ballad of a Shinigami Anime (Feb 18, 2013)
Bost Launches Global Anime Video-on-Demand from Japan (Nov 26, 2007)
Bost Announces Global Anime Video-on-Demand from Japan (Nov 23, 2007)
Shinigami no Ballad Anime (Aug 10, 2005)
Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces June Slate (Feb 22, 2013)
Section23 Films Announces June Slate (Feb 21, 2013)
'Direct From the Source' - BOST Launches Anime Video-on-Demand Site (Nov 23, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Momo: The Girl God of Death - Complete Collection (DVD) 2013-06-25 (from $49.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Script: Reiko Yoshida (eps 1-6)
Storyboard:
Manabu Fukazawa (OP)
Ryuichi Kimura (ep 3)
Satoshi Nakagawa (ep 5)
Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Episode Director:
Ryuichi Kimura (eps 1, 3)
Satoshi Nakagawa (eps 2, 5)
Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 4, 6)
Unit Director:
Manabu Fukazawa (OP)
Tomomi Mochizuki (ED)
Music: Moka
Original creator: K-Ske Hasegawa
Original Character Design: Nanakusa
Character Design: Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Art Director: Kazuyuki Hashimoto
Chief Animation Director: Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Animation Director:
Hiroyuki Horiuchi (eps 1, 3, 6)
Kenichi Imaizumi (ep 4)
Yuji Ushijima (eps 2, 5)
Art design: Naomi Ikukata
Sound Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Director of Photography: Masahide Okino
Producer: Tatsuya Ishiguro (Pony Canyon)

2nd Key Animation:
Akie Tsutsumi (eps 1, 6)
Daitoku Kawaguchi (ep 6)
Kazunori Shibata (ep 1)
Rie Yamamoto (ep 1)
Animation producer:
Kenjirō Kawando
Yasuo Hasegawa
Background Art:
Aiko Nagamine
Kazuyuki Hashimoto
Kōji Okamoto (Kusanagi; eps 4, 6)
Kuniaki Nemoto (Kusanagi; ep 1)
Kyo Inoue (Kusanagi; ep 1)
Tsutomu Uchida (Kusanagi; ep 4)
Wakako Hideshima (Kusanagi; eps 3, 5-6)
Yuki Umino (Kusanagi; eps 1, 3, 5-6)
Color Coordination:
Hatsumi Okada (eps 2, 5)
Nanae Shinaji (ep 3)
Naoko Satō (eps 1, 4, 6)
Color design: Naoko Satō
Digital Paint:
Hatsumi Okada (eps 2, 5)
Kahori Sato (ep 2)
Mikako Ohshima
Taeko Kumagai (ep 2)
Editing: Yūji Oka
Film Editing: Ryosuke Nagasawa (eps 1-6)
In-Between Animation:
Hitomi Hasebe
Masako Kawai (eps 2, 5)
Miyuki Mochizuki
In-Between Check:
Shirō Tamaki
Yōji Egawa (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Asami Tezuka (eps 2, 5)
Ayumi Ono
Daitoku Kawaguchi (ep 3)
Emiko Endo (ep 6)
Haruka Tanaka (ep 3)
Hiroshi Konno (ep 1)
Isao Sugimoto (OP)
Itsuko Takeda (OP)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (eps 3, 6)
Kazunori Shibata (ep 3)
Keiji Shigesawa (eps 3, 6)
Kenichi Imaizumi (eps 1, 4)
Kumiko Kakoi (eps 2, 5)
Kunihiro Abe (OP)
Kyō Sannan (ep 2)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 6)
Manami Hattori (ep 3)
Masaki Hosoyama (ep 6)
Masako Gotō (ED)
Masaru Kawashima (ep 1)
Miho Harada (ep 6)
Mika Torigata (eps 1, 6)
Misao Abe (ep 6)
Miwa Takahashi (ep 6)
Naoko Igarashi
Nobutaka Masuda (ep 6)
Nobuyuki Hata (ep 1)
Noritoshi Yoshizawa (eps 3, 6)
Osamu Sakata (eps 3, 6)
Sakiko Yoshida (ep 6)
Shigenobu Nagasaki (ep 5)
Shirō Tamaki
Somsak Mahamongkol (ep 2)
Toshiaki Miki (OP)
Tsukasa Sakurai
Tsuyoshi Tanabe (ep 6)
Tsuyoshi Yoshinaga
Wataru Sekimoto (ep 6)
Yūko Hineno (ep 6)
Photography:
Daisuke Inoue
Hajime Izumisawa (T Nishimura; eps 1-6)
Masahide Okino
Masao Ōnuki (T Nishimura; eps 1-6)
Planning:
Hiroyuki Kitaura (WOWOW)
Kenji Kume (Pony Canyon)
Naoko Koyama (Mediaworks)
Production Advancement:
Hiroyoshi Kishikawa (ep 4)
Kōta Tanaka (ep 1)
Takehiro Hata (eps 2, 5)
Yasuyuki Shimizu (ep 3)
Recording Adjustment: Hiroyuki Suzuki
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki
Sound Production: Kimiko Hayashi
Special Effects: Yasuhiko Komori (eps 2, 5)
Theme Song Arrangement: macado (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
macado (OP)
namahage (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: MACHA (ED)
Theme Song Performance: KOY (OP,ED)
Ai Shimizu as Daniel
Akiko Kobayashi as Momo

Akiko Kimura as Subaru Asano (ep 2)
Akiyo Kanada as Kouta Nodo (eps 1, 3, 5)
Asami Yaguchi as Nakayama (ep 4)
Chiwa Saitō as Mai Makihara (eps 1, 3, 5)
Daisuke Ono as Matsumoto (ep 6)
Eriko Kigawa as Kouta's mother (eps 1, 3)
Eriko Nakamura as Sawako (ep 6)
Fumi Oda as Kantarou's mother (ep 3)
Fuyuka Oura as
Eko Miyazaki (ep 5)
Girl A (eps 1, 3)
Hikari Yono as Mitsuki's mother (ep 2)
Hiroshi Shimozaki as Guard A (ep 5)
Hozumi Gōda as Koutarou Ichihara (ep 3)
Kana Ueda as Yutaka Fujishima (ep 2)
Kanako Mitsuhashi as Tomato Fujiwara (ep 3)
Kouji Hiwatari as Chiaki's father (ep 4)
Makoto Igarashi as Man 2 (ep 2)
Masatoshi Iida as Guard B (ep 5)
Miwa Matsumoto as Wako Miyazaki (ep 5)
Natsuki Mori as Doctor (ep 2)
Nobuyuki Kobushi as Sakura's father (ep 6)
Orie Kimoto as Ayame Kozakai (ep 6)
Reiko Takagi as Saiki (eps 1, 3, 5)
Rie Nakagawa as Member (ep 5)
Ryōko Shiraishi as Fuyuki Kazama (ep 4)
Sayori Ishizuka as Miyuki (ep 6)
Shinsuke Fukui as Man A (ep 6)
Sumi Shimamoto as Chiaki's mother (ep 4)
Tae Okajima as Kanako (ep 4)
Tetsuya Kakihara as Man 1 (ep 2)
Tomo Shigematsu as Eko's mother (ep 5)
Tomoko Sadohara as Chiaki Kazama (ep 4)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kantarou Ichihara (ep 3)
Yōko Sasaki as Sakura's mother (ep 6)
Youko Sakamoto as Sakura Kozakai (ep 6)
Yuki Kaida as Mitsuki Asano (ep 2)
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Ginga-ya
Group TAC
Backgrounds: Kusanagi
Broadcaster: WOWOW
In-Between Animation:
Sung San Production
TASK
Production: Pony Canyon
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Video Editing: TOVIC
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Jason Grundy
Joey Goubeaud
Translation: Anna Exter
Executive producer:
Matt Greenfield
Toru Iwakami

DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Packaging Design:
Edwin Gayle
Larry Koteff
Production Assistant:
E.W. Rector, III
Jessica Williams
Kayla King
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Recording engineer: Jason Grundy
Sound Design: Bryan Leach
Subtitle Formatting: Dwayne Jones
Subtitle Timing: Anna Exter
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Jessica Boone as Momo
Nancy Novotny as Daniel

Allison Keith-Shipp as
Chiaki's Mother (ep 4)
Sakura's Mother (ep 6)
School Nurse (ep 2)
Wako Miyazaki (ep 5)
Weather Woman (ep 1)
Blake Shepard as Boy B (ep 2)
Brittney Karbowski as
Sawako (ep 6)
Tomato Fujiwara (ep 3)
Carli Mosier as
Eko's Mother (ep 5)
Kanako (ep 4)
Landlady (ep 3)
Miyuki (ep 6)
Christopher Patton as Kantaro Ichihara (ep 3)
Cynthia Martinez as
Ayame Kosakai (ep 6)
Yutaka Fushijima (ep 2)
David Matranga as
Chiaki's Father (ep 4)
Matsumoto (ep 6)
Security Guard A (ep 5)
Genevieve Simmons as
Kouta's Mother (ep 1)
Sakura Kosakai (ep 6)
Subaru Asano (ep 2)
Teammate (ep 5)
Greg Ayres as
Mitsuki Asano (ep 2)
Nakayama (ep 4)
Jessica Boone as Matsumoto's Girlfriend (ep 6)
John Swasey as
Kotaro Ichihara (ep 3)
Sakura's Father (ep 6)
Security Guard B (ep 5)
Luci Christian as
Chiaki Kazama (ep 4)
Kantaro's Mother (ep 3)
Mitsuki's Mother (ep 2)
Saiki (eps 1, 3, 5)
Maggie Flecknoe as
Eko Miyazaki (ep 5)
Girl B (ep 2)
Lunch Lady (ep 6)
Meaghan Avocato as
Boy A (ep 2)
Fuyuki Kazama (ep 4)
Sasha Paysinger as
Girl A (eps 2, 4-5)
Mai Makihara (ep 1)
Shannon Emerick as Kouta Seito (eps 1, 5)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America)
Internet Streaming:
BOST Digital Entertainment (expired)
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
The Anime Network (US & Canada)
Licensed by: Maiden Japan
Production: Seraphim Digital

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