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Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (TV)

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Alternative title:
Sōkō no Strain (Japanese)
奏光のストレイン (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Sara Werec comes from a respected military family and when her brother Ralph leaves for the frontlines of an interstellar war she makes a promise to follow in his footsteps and join him one day. However the next time she sees her brother he has become a traitor and is leading an enemy attack on her training base. Defeated and disgraced, Sara loses her status in an elite military unit and now must start over as a common pilot and work her way back up so she can once again confront her brother.
User Ratings: 604 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 51 votes (sub:48, dub:3)
 Excellent: 104 votes (sub:84, dub:17, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 167 votes (sub:123, dub:39, ?:1, others:4
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 131 votes (sub:93, dub:31, raw:2, ?:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 84 votes (sub:57, dub:24, raw:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:23, dub:5, ?:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:2, ?:1)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:7, dub:3, others:1
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Bad: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:2, ?:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1004 users, rank: #1225 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.381 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7484, rank: #2296 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.199 (Good+), rank: #2807 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.32 / seen some: 7.04 / won't finish: 4.02)
Bayesian estimate: 7.205 (Good+), rank: #2555 (of 7496)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2006-11-01 to 2007-02-14
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Message" by Yoko
Ending Theme:
#1: "Umi no Opal" by Sema
#2: "Aurora ~Hitsuji no Shokou~" by Yoko (ep 9)
Comment:
A science fictional adaptation loosely based on the novel A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett
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DVD (Region 1)
    Str.A.In.: Strategic Armored Infantry - The Complete Series (DVD) 2009-01-27 (from $16.89)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tetsuya Watanabe
Series Composition: Masanao Akahoshi
Screenplay:
Akira Tanizaki (ep 8)
Masanao Akahoshi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 9, 13
)

Satoru Nishizono (eps 3, 7, 10-11)
Episode Director:
Ei Aoki (ep 13)
Hiroshi Kimura (ep 9)
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 11)
Music: Ryo Sakai
Original story: Frances Hodgson Burnett ("A Little Princess")
Character Design: Mariko Fujita
Art Director: Kei Ichikura
Chief Animation Director: Taka Satō
Animation Director:
Daisuke Takemoto (ep 5)
Eri Sano (Anime R; eps 3, 10)
Hirotaka Marufuji (NEST; ep 6)
Mariko Fujita (ep 11)
Masaru Kawashima (ep 9)
Naoko Nakamoto (ep 5)
Naomi Hayakawa (ep 10)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (ep 11)
Rie Kawaguchi (ep 4)
Sachiko Suzuki (ep 2)
Satoru Kiyomaru (eps 1-2, 8, 13)
Yūko Yamamoto (Anime R; ep 10)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography: Jun Fukushi
Producer:
Hiroyuki Kitaura (WOWOW)
Mariko Kusuhara (Happinet Pictures)
Masashi Tsukino (Studio Fantasia)
Satoshi Matsui (Happinet Pictures)

Color design: Eiko Inoue
Editing: Kengo Shigemura (Studio Gong)
Key Animation:
Ai Ishimori (Studio Wanpack; ep 3)
Akane Sakai (Studio Kibana; ep 10)
Akihisa Akuzawa (ep 1)
Amane Watanabe (ep 12)
Atsushi Itou (ep 9)
Aya Iijima (Studio Kibana; ep 10)
Eiji Fukuyama (ep 8)
Eisuke Matsubara (ep 2)
Eizō Kawada (ep 1)
Fuyumi Toriyama (I Move; ep 13)
Hajime Yoshida (ep 1)
Hayaka Ikeda (Anime R; ep 3)
Hidemi Kanazawa (Anime R; ep 3)
Hirokazu Hisayuki (ep 1)
Hiroki Moritomo (eps 7, 13)
Hiroko Kanehara (ep 4)
Hiroko Saito (ep 3)
Hiromi Kawamoto (Studio Wanpack; ep 10)
Hironori Sawada (ep 8)
Hiroshi Sakai (ep 6)
Hirotaka Nii (ep 1)
Jun Takagi (eps 3, 8)
Junko Matsushita (ep 3)
Katsuhiko Nishijima (ep 8)
Kazuo Hayashi (ep 3)
Kenichirō Yamamoto (Anime R; ep 3)
Kenji Uchinō (ep 8)
Kenta Taniguchi (ep 6)
Kōji Kataoka (Tokyo Animation Center; ep 9)
Koutarou Yamawaki (ep 12)
Kunihito Takahashi (ep 3)
Maki Takano (Tokyo Animation Center; ep 9)
Makoto Uematsu (ep 4)
Manabu Shioda (Anime R; ep 3)
Manabu Yasumoto (ep 5)
Mariko Fujita (ep 13)
Masahiko Matsuo (Anime R; ep 3)
Masakatsu Sasaki (ep 3)
Masakazu Yamazaki (Studio Wanpack; ep 9)
Masaki Miyauchi (eps 9, 13)
Masaru Suda (Anime Roman; ep 9)
Masato Nishikawa (Anime R; eps 3, 10)
Masayuki Uchiyama (ep 1)
Mayu Saito (ep 1)
Mayumi Furuse (ep 1)
Mayumi Hidaka (ep 12)
Miho Kojima (Studio Wanpack; ep 9)
Miki Koshida (ep 12)
Mitsuhiro Okumura (ep 2)
Mizue Ogawa (eps 5, 8, 13)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R; ep 3)
Motoki Yagi (eps 3, 8)
Naotaka Hayashi (ep 1)
Naoto Yoshida (ep 3)
Naoyuki Owada (eps 1, 8, 13)
Nobuharu Ishido (ep 8)
Nobutaka Masuda (Anime R; eps 3, 10)
Nobuyuki Hata (ep 1)
Noriaki Kobayashi (Studio Kibana; ep 10)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (ep 8)
Osamu Kurosawa (ep 13)
Rie Kaneko (ep 13)
Rika Katō (ep 2)
Satoru Kusuda (ep 2)
Shigenobu Nagasaki (ep 12)
Shin Komatsu (eps 4, 12)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 7)
Shinya Yamada (Tokyo Animation Center; ep 9)
Sōichi Higuchi (ep 8)
Taichi Atarashi (ep 6)
Taiichirō Kohara (ep 12)
Takahiro Ninagawa (ep 12)
Takao Suzuki (Tokyo Animation Center; ep 9)
Takaomi Higashino (Studio Wanpack; ep 10)
Takashi Tsuda (eps 1, 8, 13)
Takeo Yoshioka (eps 4, 12)
Takeshi Morita (Anime R; eps 3, 9)
Tatsumi Fujii (ep 4)
Tatsuya Ikeda (Anime Roman; ep 9)
Tomohide Takahashi (ep 6)
Tomohiko Ishii (ep 6)
Tomohiko Takahashi (Anime Roman; ep 9)
Tomohiro Kawahara (ep 8)
Tomoyuki Kanno (ep 8)
Tōru Yoshida (ep 5)
Toshiharu Matsuno (ep 6)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (ep 8)
Tsuyoshi Yasuda (Tokyo Animation Center; ep 9)
Yoko Inoue (I Move; ep 13)
Yoshie Sakata (ep 5)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; eps 3, 10)
Yoshikatsu Inoue (ep 2)
Yoshinobu Ando (ep 6)
Yūji Moriyama (ep 5)
Yuki Fujita (Studio Wanpack; ep 3)
Yūko Hineno (Anime R; eps 3, 10)
Yūko Yamamoto (Anime R; ep 3)
Music producer: Tomoko Shibuya
Publicity: Yutaka Endō (WOWOW)
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakano
Theme Song Arrangement: Yōko Ueno (OP/ED)
Theme Song Composition: Yōko Ueno (OP/ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Midori Ueda (OP/ED)
Theme Song Performance: Yoko (OP; ED2)
Ayako Kawasumi as Sara Werec
Takashi Kondō as Ralph Werec

Ai Nonaka as Lavinia Liberus
Asuka Tanii as Carmicheal
Atsuko Tanaka as Medlock
Jōji Nakata as Dufarge
Junko Minagawa as Melchisidec
Katsumi Chou as Barrow
Kayo Sakata as Bekki
Kenji Nomura as Ben Prophetta Hughes
Kishō Taniyama as Decon Sidnok
Miyu Matsuki as Jesse Iges
Mugihito as Claiven
Nao Hanai as Martha Shubipauel
Sōichirō Hoshi as Caris / Carisford Radflicks
Yukana as Lotti Gellar

Ai Nonaka as Emily
Asuka Tanii as Mariette
Atsushi Imaruoka as Hopps (ep 1)
Hajime Iijima as Jake (eps 2-4)
Hiroki Yasumoto as Brad Radflicks (eps 7-8)
Jamie Sky as Machine Voice (ep 1)
Kayo Sakata as Ermengarde Yohannis
Keiichirou Endou as
Adjutant (ep 3)
Controller (ep 7)
Scientist (ep 10)
Kimiko Saitō as Jeanette (ep 8)
Masami Takayama as
Female Student (ep 9)
Trainee (ep 3)
Masanori Kobayashi as
Instructor (ep 3)
Operator (ep 7)
Scientist (ep 10)
Masayori Hayashi as Captain (ep 3)
Munehiro Tokita as Gall's staff (ep 9)
Rie Tanaka as
Isabella
Mary
Ryō Sugisaki as
Captain (ep 3)
Scientist (ep 10)
Sachiko Okada as Reception desk (ep 8)
Saori Seto as News Announcer (ep 2)
Seiko Ueda as Operator (ep 5)
Takaya Hashi as Dorinkoto (ep 1)
Takehiro Murozono as Lotti's older brother (ep 9)
Takeshi Mori as
Instructor (ep 1)
Male Student (ep 2)
Operator (eps 7, 9, 11-12)
Scientist (ep 10)
Trainee (eps 3, 13)
Tetsu Shiratori as Cedi
Toshinobu Iida as
Instructor (eps 1, 4)
Male Student (ep 2)
Trainee (eps 3, 13)
Yōji Ueda as Havisham (ep 1)
Yūki Masuda as
Colin
Instructor (ep 3)
Mechaman (ep 2)
Operator (eps 4, 7)
Scientist (ep 10)
Trainee (ep 13)
Yumiko Daikoku as
Female Student (ep 9)
Machine Voice (eps 2, 7)
Operator (7 episodes
eps 1, 4-6, 10-12
)

Trainee (eps 3-4, 13)
Yuuka Nakatsukasa as
Female Student (ep 9)
Operator (8 episodes
eps 2, 4-7, 10-12
)

Student (ep 1)
Trainee (ep 3)
Japanese companies
3DCGI: SANZIGEN
Animation Direction:
Anime R (ep 10)
Nest (ep 6)
Animation Production: Studio Fantasia
Backgrounds: Studio Easter
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2007-12-02)
WOWOW
Key Animation:
AD Cosmo (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 11, 13
)

ANI FACTORY (ep 6)
Anime R (eps 3, 10)
Anime Roman (eps 6, 9)
CCOMA Animation (ep 2)
GK Entertainment (ep 13)
I Move (ep 13)
K-Production (eps 8, 11)
Kibana (ep 10)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 8-9, 11, 13)
Seigasha (ep 2)
Studio Angle (ep 10)
Studio Kuma (ep 5)
Studio Wanpack (eps 3, 6, 9-10)
Sung San Production (ep 6)
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 9)
Xuyang Animation (eps 3, 10)
Monitor Graphics: BONES
Music Production: Happinet Pictures
Photography: T2 Studio
Production Assistance:
Asahi Production (eps 3, 10)
Chaos Project (eps 5, 7)
Kelmadick (ep 6)
studio BABEL (ep 9)
TNK (eps 4, 12)
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Effects: Sound Box
English staff
English cast
ADR Director:
Leah Clark (eps 6-13)
Zach Bolton
Script:
Andrew Rye (eps 1-3, 7)
Joel McDonald (eps 5-6, 12-13)
Luci Christian (eps 4, 8-11)
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer:
Matthew Stephenson (eps 6-13)
Peter Hawkinson
Assistant ADR Director: Leah Clark (eps 1-5)
Commentary:
Alison Viktorin (ep 6)
Cherami Leigh (ep 6)
Leah Clark (ep 6)
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Tyler Piersall
DVD Menu Design: Cate Ferman
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
Head Writer: Andrew Rye
Line Producer: Zach Bolton
Logo Animation: Candelaria Vidana
Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler
Caitlin Glass as Sara Werec
Robert McCollum as Ralph Werec

Alison Viktorin as Carmichael
Brian Mathis as Ben
Brina Palencia as Martha Shoebbeypower
Carrie Savage as Jessie Iges
Cherami Leigh as Lottie Gelh
Cole Brown as Craven
Eric Vale as Dickon Sidnok
Greg Ayres as Melchi
Jennifer Seman as Vivian Medlock
Kent Williams as Dufarge
Leah Clark as Lavinia Reberth
Monica Rial as Becky
R Bruce Elliott as Barrow
Todd Haberkorn as Carrisford "Carris" Radofrics

Amanda Doskocil as
Computer (eps 11-12)
Misery (ep 12)
Charles Campbell as Dorincourt (ep 1)
Chris Burnett as Colin (ep 1)
Christopher R. Sabat as Bridge Captain (ep 3)
Chuck Huber as Brad Radofrics (eps 7-8)
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Mariette
Greg Dulcie as Havisham (ep 1)
J. Michael Tatum as Cedie (ep 1)
Jason Liebrecht as Lottie's Brother (ep 9)
John Swasey as Hobbs (ep 1)
Julie Mayfield as Janet (ep 8)
Kate Oxley as Mary (ep 1)
Kim Matula as Ermengarde "Ermy" Johannits
Kyle Hebert as Mechanic (ep 3)
Luci Christian as Emily (Doll)
Mark Stoddard as Jake (eps 2-4)
Reilly Harrison as Emily (Human)
Trina Nishimura as Isabella

English companies
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment

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