Simoun (TV)
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:
705 ratings have been given [details]
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
Official website:
シムーン : 株式会社スタジオディーン (Japanese)
シムーン|作品紹介|SOTSU・創通 (Japanese)
TV Tokyo's Simoun Website (Japanese)
シムーン (Japanese)
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 $10.49) |
| Simoun - Orchestra of Betrayal (Sub.DVD 2) 2008-02-26 (from $6.49) |
| 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 $7.99) |
| Simoun - Endless Melody Collection (Sub.DVD 1-5) 2009-06-16 (from $34.97) |
| Simoun - Endless Melody Collection [AnimeWorks Classic] (Sub.DVD 1-5) 2012-06-12 (from $15.98) |
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 (10 episodes eps 12-13, 15-16, 18, 20-21, 23-24, 26 )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 ) (OP, ED; ep 26)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) Junji Nishimura (ep 26) 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 )Unit Director: Junji Nishimura (OP, ED) 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: Kōji 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) Genichirō Kondō (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 Saitō (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) Production Advancement: Eri Kawabata (6 episodes eps 3, 6, 11, 16, 21, 25 )Kazuomi Senoo (9 episodes eps 1, 5, 10, 13, 15, 19, 23, 25-26 )Kimiko Yamaoka (eps 7, 12, 17) Shinichi Sasaki (ep 2) Tatsushi Moriya (5 episodes eps 4, 9, 14, 18, 22 )Yoshifumi Sasahara (6 episodes eps 5, 10, 14, 18, 20, 24 )Yuki Okumura (ep 8) Production manager: Ai Matsuki Setting Production: Hitoshi Yoneoka SF Research: Hiroaki Murakami Sound Production: Tetsu Hirata (Dax Production Inc.) | Michi Niino as Rieko Takahashi as Ami Koshimizu as Eri Kitamura as Fumie Mizusawa as Houko Kuwashima as Kaori Nazuka as Mamiko Noto as Megumi Toyoguchi as Michiko Hosokoshi as Michiru Aizawa as Mikako Takahashi as Nana Mizuki as Reiko Kiuchi as Rika Morinaga as Sakiko Tamagawa as Yukana as Eri Kitamura as Fumie Mizusawa as Hisako Kyōda as Houko Kuwashima as Kaori Nazuka as Mamiko Noto as Megumi Toyoguchi as eps 14, 17, 19-20, 26 )Michiko Hosokoshi as Michiru Aizawa as Mikako Takahashi as Miyu Matsuki as Nana Mizuki as Rei Igarashi as Reiko Kiuchi as Rieko Takahashi as Rika Morinaga as Sakiko Tamagawa as Yukana as Ami Koshimizu Michiko Hosokoshi Rei Igarashi Rika Morinaga | |||
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) 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 Format Editing: Imagica 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 Sound Production: Dax International | ||||
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