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Simoun (TV)

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Alternative title:
シムーン (Japanese)
Plot Summary: In the world of Daikuuriku, everyone is born female, and chooses which sex they wish to become at age 17. In this world, the peaceful theocracy of Simulacrum is guarded by magical flying machines called "Simoun", which can only be piloted by young girls who haven't chosen a sex yet. The Simoun can activate a magical power known as "Ri Maajon" that can destroy large numbers of enemies at once. When the industrialized nation of Argentum decides that it needs to invade Simulacrum to acquire the secret of the Simoun, war breaks out, drawing the Simoun "Sibyllae" (priestesses who fly the Simoun) into a lopsided battle. Because the war is raging, the Sibyllae are granted an exemption from choosing a permanent sex for as long as they're willing to keep flying. Aaeru, a determined young Sibylla with a mysterious past, and Neviril, the leader of Chor Tempest, Simulacrum's most elite Simoun squadron, must lead their fellow priestesses through conflict both within their ranks and in the sky.
User Ratings: 703 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 124 votes (sub:114, dub:5, raw:1, others:4
4 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 154 votes (sub:139, dub:7, raw:4, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Very good: 149 votes (sub:134, dub:7, raw:3, ?:2, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 124 votes (sub:115, dub:3, raw:3, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 58 votes (sub:55, raw:2, dub:1)
 So-so: 31 votes (sub:30, dub:1)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Weak: 23 votes (sub:17, dub:2, ?:2, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1270 users, rank: #950 (of 9777)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.617 (Very good−), std. dev.: 2.0877, rank: #1481 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.569 (Very good−), rank: #1482 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.87 / seen some: 6.36 / won't finish: 3.62)
Bayesian estimate: 7.568 (Very good−), rank: #1179 (of 7496)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2006-04-03 to 2006-09-25
Release dates: We have 9
Opening Theme:
"Utsukushi Kereba Sore de Ii" by Chiaki Ishikawa
Ending Theme:
"Inori no Uta" by Savage Genius
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Simoun Sub.DVD 5 (Aug 26, 2008)
Simoun Sub.DVD 3 (May 10, 2008)
Simoun Sub.DVD 2 (Apr 9, 2008)
Simoun Sub.DVD 1 (Jan 8, 2008)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Simoun - Choir of Pairs (Sub.DVD 1) 2007-11-13 (from $10.41)
    Simoun - Orchestra of Betrayal (Sub.DVD 2) 2008-02-26 (from $16.19)
    Simoun - Rondo of Loss (Sub.DVD 3) 2008-04-08 (from $10.00)
    Simoun - Crescendo of Lamentation (Sub.DVD 4) 2008-06-03
    Simoun - Song of Prayer (Sub.DVD 5) 2008-08-05 (from $16.19)
    Simoun - Endless Melody Collection (Sub.DVD 1-5) 2009-06-16 (from $29.99)
    Simoun - Endless Melody Collection [AnimeWorks Classic] (Sub.DVD 1-5) 2012-06-12 (from $15.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Junji Nishimura
Script:
Akatsuki Yamatoya (eps 5-6, 11)
Fūkyōshi Oyamada (eps 1-2, 4, 7-8)
Junji Nishimura (9 episodes
eps 3, 9-10, 14, 16-17, 19, 22, 25
)
Mari Okada (9 episodes
eps 12-13, 15-16, 18, 20-21, 23-24
)
Storyboard:
Hideyo Yamamoto (eps 4, 18)
Hiroshi Kotaki (ep 5)
Junji Nishimura (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24-25
) 
Ryōji Fujiwara (10 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9-10, 13, 15, 17, 20-21, 23
)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 8)
Toshiyuki Kato (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 22
)
Yumi Kamakura (eps 14, 24)
Episode Director:
Hitoshi Ishida (ep 4)
Masato Jinbo (eps 9, 20)
Seung Hui Son (eps 10, 15, 21)
Shigeru Ueda (eps 14, 19, 24)
Shunji Yoshida (7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 13, 18, 23, 25
)
Toshiyuki Kato (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 22
)
Yasuhiro Geshi (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17
)
Music: Toshihiko Sahashi
Original creator: Goh Mihara
Character Design: Asako Nishida
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Chief Animation Director: Asako Nishida
Animation Director:
Asako Nishida (ep 26)
Hirofumi Morimoto (eps 12, 18, 24)
Kazuo Noguchi (eps 17, 23)
Masaru Yamada (ep 6)
Michinori Shiga (ep 5)
Seizo Ryu (ep 25)
Shinichiro Minami (6 episodes
eps 4, 11, 15, 19, 21, 26
)
Shinobu Nishioka (5 episodes
eps 1, 9, 16, 22, 26
)
Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 5)
Takehiro Nakayama (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 20, 26
)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 7, 13)
Tateru Namikaze (eps 3, 10, 12)
Yōko Kikuchi (eps 19, 25)
Youki Ebisu (eps 18, 24)
Mecha design: Jin Seob Song
Sound Director: Kouji Tsujitani
Director of Photography: Masayuki Kawaguchi

3DCG Animation:
Airi Suzuki (D.A.G) 
Atsuko Ogami (D.A.G)
Fumihiro Watabe (D.A.G)
Hideto Tsuchiya (D.A.G)
Hiroaki Hirano (D.A.G)
Hisanori Matsushima (D.A.G; eps 19-26)
Kiyoshi Tarukawa (D.A.G)
Makoto Kobayashi (D.A.G; eps 19-26)
Masafumi Kikuchi (D.A.G; 23 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9, 11-26
)
Masakatsu Kozuru (CreativeField)
Masakazu Sekino (D.A.G; eps 1-3)
Sadahiro Okui (D.A.G)
Takeshi Nagai (D.A.G)
Tomohiro Shibuya (D.A.G)
Yōsuke Yamashita (D.A.G; eps 1-3)
Color design: Takeshi Mochida
Conceptual Design: Hiroshi Nagahama
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
In Charge Of Programming: Fukashi Azuma (TV Tokyo)
Key Animation:
Akihito Asai (ep 18)
Asako Nishida (eps 25-26)
Asuka Manabe (ep 7)
Aya Maeda (ep 22)
Aya Nozawa (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21-22, 25
)
Chie Nishio (eps 18, 22)
Chūji Nakajima (ep 5)
Daisuke Takemoto (ep 7)
Eiichi Endō (ep 4)
Emiko Shimamura (ep 2)
Genichiro Kondo (ep 17)
Hajime Yoshida (eps 4, 10)
Hideaki Tsukioka (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 20, 24
)
Hidemi Yamashita (ep 11)
Hidenori Hazaka (eps 4, 9)
Hiroaki Shimizu (eps 13, 15, 18)
Hiroki Abe (ep 15)
Hiroko Kanehara (eps 8, 12, 16)
Hiromitsu Hagiwara (eps 11, 18)
Hiroshi Ōyama (11 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 9-10, 13-14, 18, 22, 24, 26
)
Hitomi Matsui (ep 7)
Issei Hasegawa (ep 4)
Kana Hashidate (eps 19, 22, 26)
Kazuo Takematsu (eps 1, 17, 23)
Kazuya Nakanishi (eps 15, 18-19)
Ken Takahashi (eps 14, 22)
Kimiko Yamauchi (ep 4)
Kōhei Yamazaki (eps 4, 10)
Kumi Horii (ep 1)
Kumi Kobayashi (eps 14, 18, 22)
Masahiro Furihata (4 episodes
eps 17, 22, 25-26
)
Masumi Hoshino (eps 11, 17, 26)
Mayuko Kato (ep 12)
Mayumi Kimura (eps 18, 22)
Megumi Yamazaki (ep 4)
Michinori Shiga (ep 4)
Miyoko Kawamoto (ep 16)
Naho Kozono (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 10, 12, 15-16, 19
)
Naomi Okita (ep 5)
Natsuki Egami (OP)
Natsuko Suzuki (ep 4)
Noriko Takahashi (eps 7, 13)
Noriko Yamashita (ep 6)
Reiko Yamada (ep 10)
Ryō Takahashi (ep 17)
Sachiko Iwamura (ep 7)
Sakiko Yoshida (eps 6, 11)
Satoshi Inoue (ep 25)
Shigenobu Nagasaki (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 21
)
Shinichiro Minami (OP; eps 1-2, 11, 25)
Shinobu Nishioka (ep 6)
Shōko Kikuchi (ep 15)
Takao Ozone (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 19, 23
)
Takashi Koizumi (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 13, 19, 24
)
Takashi Tanazawa (OP; 4 episodes
eps 5, 17, 19, 25
)
Takashi Yanagisawa (eps 24, 26)
Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 5)
Takehiro Nakayama (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 14, 18, 20, 26
)
Takenori Tsukuma (OP)
Takeo Yoshioka (eps 7, 13)
Takeshi Miyamoto (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 19
)
Teppei Sakai (ep 4)
Tetsuhito Saito (OP; eps 12, 18)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (eps 11, 25)
Tomoko Kanno (ep 22)
Tomomi Kimura (ep 8)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (5 episodes
eps 4, 16, 21, 23, 26
)
Toshio Mori (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 19
)
Toshiyuki Kato (eps 16, 22)
Tsuyoshi Tanabe (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 17, 23
)
Wataru Yamamoto (ep 4)
Yasuko Suzuki (eps 15, 20, 24)
Yasuyuki Tada (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 19, 23
)
Yōichi Ishikawa (OP)
Yōko Kikuchi (ep 25)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (eps 7, 13)
Yoshinori Deno (eps 3, 24)
Yoshitaka Koyama (ep 21)
Yoshitaka Sato (eps 17, 22, 26)
Yūichirō Yamada (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 21
)
Yukiko Akiyama (OP)
Yūko Hineno (ep 13)
Yūko Yamada (4 episodes
eps 5, 15, 20, 24
)
Yumiko Kinoshita (eps 7, 13)
Key Animator/Prop Designer: Goichi Iwahata (Ending Animation)
Music Performance:
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Masanori Hirohara (Trombone)
Mio Noguchi (Flute & Piccolo)
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Music producer: Keiichi Nozaki
Orchestra Conductor: Koji Haishima
Photography: Shigemitsu Hamao (Megumi; eps 5-26)
Publicity: Machiko Ishii
Series construction:
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Fūkyōshi Oyamada
SF Research: Hiroaki Murakami
Sound Production: Tetsu Hirata (Dax Production Inc.)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki (ED)
Masara Nishida (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Chiaki Ishikawa (OP)
takumi (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aa (ED)
Chiaki Ishikawa (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Chiaki Ishikawa (OP)
Savage Genius (ED)
Michi Niino as Aeru
Rieko Takahashi as Neviril

Ami Koshimizu as Paraietta
Eri Kitamura as Amuria
Fumie Mizusawa as Wapourif
Houko Kuwashima as Guragief
Kaori Nazuka as Yun
Mamiko Noto as Rimone
Megumi Toyoguchi as Alti
Michiko Hosokoshi as Kaimu
Michiru Aizawa as Furoe
Mikako Takahashi as Rodoreamon
Nana Mizuki as Morinasu
Reiko Kiuchi as Anubituf
Rika Morinaga as Mamiina
Sakiko Tamagawa as Onasia
Yukana as Dominura

Ai Hayasaka as
Bridge Crew Member (ep 7)
Military Official B (ep 9)
Vyura
Ami Koshimizu as
Child (eps 21, 26)
Escort (ep 7)
Sibylla A (ep 21)
Trainee 5 (ep 3)
Eri Kitamura as Girl B (ep 26)
Fumie Mizusawa as
Attendant (ep 18)
Boy (ep 26)
Bridge Crew (ep 22)
Child (eps 21, 26)
Child A (ep 22)
Chor Capt pilot (ep 1)
Chor Ruboru Member A (ep 4)
Chor Ruboru Member B (ep 7)
Escort (ep 7)
Pal E (ep 1)
Priestess (ep 8)
Priestess A (eps 20-21)
Priestess B (ep 19)
Soldier (ep 12)
Soldier D (ep 25)
Trainee 4 (ep 3)
Hisako Kyouda as Aeru's grandfather (ep 18)
Houko Kuwashima as
Child (ep 21)
Child B (ep 22)
Clerk (ep 24)
Cook B (eps 10, 16, 19)
Girl (ep 26)
Girl A (ep 20)
Man B (ep 26)
Passenger (ep 2)
Priestess D (eps 19, 25)
Shoukoku Soldier C (ep 23)
Soldier (ep 19)
Trainee A (eps 5, 7)
Kaori Nazuka as
Bridge Crew (ep 22)
Child (ep 26)
Communications Personnel (ep 22)
Escort (ep 7)
Girl B (ep 20)
Ground Crew (ep 22)
Hanna (ep 26)
Mamiko Noto as
Child (ep 26)
Ground Crew B (ep 14)
Narrator (ep 1)
Reikoku Priestess B (ep 25)
Soldier (ep 12)
Soldier い (ep 11)
Technician (ep 3)
Trainee 6 (ep 3)
Trainee A (ep 19)
Megumi Toyoguchi as
Admin A (ep 1)
Administrator (ep 7)
Bridge Crew (Arcus Prima; ep 21)
Bridge Crew A (ep 22)
Child (eps 21, 26)
Chor Ruboru Member (ep 7)
Escort (ep 7)
Government Official A (ep 9)
Ground Crew (ep 22)
Ground Crew A (5 episodes
eps 14, 17, 19-20, 26
)
Ground Officer (ep 22)
Kyuukoku Soldier A (ep 23)
Military Official B (eps 18, 21)
Pilot C (ep 16)
Soldier A (ep 25)
Soldier あ (ep 11)
Technician A (ep 10)
Trainee 2 (ep 3)
Trainee B (eps 1-2)
Michi Niino as
Bridge Crew (ep 22)
Enemy Soldier B (ep 22)
Michiko Hosokoshi as
Auriga (ep 3)
Chor Ruboru Member (ep 7)
Guard B (ep 1)
Military Official A (eps 18, 21)
Passenger (ep 2)
Radar Crew B (ep 22)
Soldier (ep 19)
Michiru Aizawa as Enemy Soldier A (ep 22)
Mikako Takahashi as
Bridge Crew B (ep 22)
Child (ep 21)
Clerk (ep 24)
Ground Crew (ep 22)
Ground Crew B (ep 26)
Mastif (ep 11)
Military Technician (ep 10)
Passenger (ep 2)
Shrine Guardian B (ep 22)
Soldier C (ep 25)
Trainee 1 (ep 3)
Youth B (ep 26)
Miyu Matsuki as Anguras (eps 8, 17-18)
Nana Mizuki as
Bridge Crew (Messis; ep 21)
Bridge Crew C (ep 22)
Instructor (ep 5)
Pal D (ep 1)
Patrol Personnel A (ep 19)
Pilot B (ep 16)
Shrine Guardian A (eps 1, 9, 17-19)
Soldier B (eps 11-12, 25)
Rei Igarashi as
Bridge Crew (ep 22)
Commanding Officer (ep 11)
Ground Crew (ep 22)
Minister of Military Affairs (ep 21)
Old Man B (ep 21)
Shoukoku Pilot B (ep 22)
Soldier (ep 19)
Reiko Kiuchi as
Child (ep 26)
Child C (ep 22)
Cook A (eps 10, 16, 19)
Ground Crew (ep 22)
Mamina's Father (ep 7)
Man A (ep 26)
Passenger (ep 2)
Priestess B (ep 21)
Shoukoku Soldier B (ep 23)
Soldier (ep 19)
Trainee 3 (ep 3)
Rieko Takahashi as
Ground Crew B (ep 17)
Personnel A (ep 14)
Pilot A (eps 16, 19)
Radar Crew A (ep 22)
Soldier う (ep 11)
Rika Morinaga as
Aira (ep 26)
Chor Ruboru Member (ep 7)
Conductor (ep 2)
Escort (ep 7)
Pal C (ep 1)
People (ep 2)
Shrine Guardian B (ep 9)
Trainee A (eps 1-2)
Sakiko Tamagawa as
Admin B (ep 1)
Chor Ruboru Member A (ep 7)
Elder (ep 26)
Ground Crew C (ep 17)
Mamina's Mother (ep 7)
Military Official (eps 7-8)
Military Official A (ep 9)
Pal B (ep 1)
Rimone's mother (ep 5)
Sibylla (ep 8)
Trainee B (ep 7)
Urara Takano as
Old Man A (ep 21)
Shoukoku Pilot A (ep 22)
Soldier A (eps 11-12)
Wauf
Yōko Soumi as
Harukonfu (e)
Shoukoku Soldier A (ep 23)
Soldier (ep 19)
Yukana as
Eri/Erifu
Military Technician (ep 10)
Pair A (ep 19)
Priestess A (ep 26)
Reikoku Priestess A (ep 25)
Wauf's Daughter (ep 26)

Ami Koshimizu (ep 17)
Michiko Hosokoshi (ep 17)
Rei Igarashi (ep 17)
Rika Morinaga (eps 17, 26)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Anime House (eps 4, 9, 20)
Chaos Project (ep 5)
E-cho (eps 8-9)
GAINAX (ep 19)
KURENAIGUMI (eps 11, 25)
Mook Animation (ep 8)
Nakamura Production (12 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10-11, 13, 15-17, 19-20, 24-25
)
Seigasha (ep 26)
Studio Liberty (14 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10-13, 15-17, 20-21, 23, 25-26
)
Studio Takuranke (ep 5)
3DCG Production:
CreativeField
D.A.G
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Animation Tool: Animo
Background Art: Kobayashi Production
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2006-04-07)
AT-X (2006-04-27)
TV Osaka (2006-04-07)
TV Tokyo (2006-04-03)
Cinematography: Megumi
Finish Animation:
E-cho
Noside (9 episodes
eps 5, 7-11, 14, 20, 26
)
Format Editing: Imagica
In-Between Animation:
arp Japan (ep 4)
E-cho
GONZO (ep 11)
Noside (eps 1-2, 5)
Key Animation:
Anime House (eps 16, 21, 25)
E-cho (6 episodes
eps 6, 12, 19, 24-26
)
Nakamura Production (ep 21)
Studio Liberty (8 episodes
eps 2, 17, 19-20, 23-26
)
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Music Production Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Production:
Bandai Visual
Simoun Production Committee
Sotsu Co., Ltd.
Studio DEEN
Recording Studio:
AVACO Creative Studios
Three S Studio
Sound Production: Dax International
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Dana Gill
Translation: Yuki Urakawa

Special Thanks To: Erica Friedman (eps 12-26)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Media Blasters

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