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Glass Maiden (TV)

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Alternative title:
CryBla
Crystal Blaze
クリスタル ブレイズ (Japanese)
水晶之焰 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The stage is the Middle East in a not too far away future: in Rags Town, a city full of scum. A carefree detective named Shun is living in this city, doing what he pleases. But one day he meets a beautiful girl who's lost her memory, and he tries to solve her mystery without knowing that this would change his life and make him face a powerful enemy.
User Ratings: 216 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Very good: 26 votes (sub:22, dub:4)
 Good: 55 votes (sub:50, dub:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 52 votes (sub:50, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 38 votes (sub:35, dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:14, dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:15)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 493 users, rank: #2155 (of 9777)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.907 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.6862, rank: #7728 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 5.879 (Decent), rank: #7761 (of 9919) (seen all: 6.05 / seen some: 5.98 / won't finish: 4.36)
Bayesian estimate: 5.969 (Decent), rank: #6647 (of 7496)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2008-04-08 to 2008-06-24
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Never looking back - Sukitōru Kokoro de" (Never looking back 〜透き通る心で) by Rie
Ending Theme:
#1: "qué sera-sera" by TASO (eps 1-8)
#2: "Kokoro yo Kaze ni Nare" (こころよ 風になれ) by TASO (eps 9-12)
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
North American Stream List: August 6-12 (Aug 12, 2012)
Viki Streams Koutetsu Sangokushi, Don Dracula With English Subtitles (May 3, 2012)
North American Stream List: October 24-30 (Oct 30, 2011)
North American Stream List: October 17-23 (Oct 23, 2011)
North American Stream List: October 10-16 (Oct 16, 2011)
North American Stream List: October 3-9 (Oct 9, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: October 2-8 (Oct 4, 2011)
North American Stream List: September 25-October 2 (Oct 2, 2011)
North American Stream List: September 18-24 (Sep 26, 2011)
North American Stream List: September 11-17 (Sep 17, 2011)
North American Stream List: September 5-10 (Sep 10, 2011)
North American Stream List: August 28-September 4 (Sep 4, 2011)
North American Stream List: August 20-27 (Aug 28, 2011)
North American Stream List: August 15-19 (Aug 19, 2011)
North American Stream List: August 6–14 (Aug 14, 2011)
Section23, Maiden Japan Add Glass Maiden Mystery Anime (Jun 6, 2011)
Crunchyroll Adds Kunio Katō's Oscar-Winning Petits Cubes (Jul 2, 2009)
Crunchyroll to Simulcast Ristorante Paradiso on Wednesday (Apr 7, 2009)
Ristorante Paradiso Production Studio Video Streamed (Apr 7, 2009)
Ristorante Paradiso Slice-of-Life Anime's Promos Posted (Mar 25, 2009)
Studio Fantasia's New Work Green-Lit for Production (Mar 25, 2009)
Crunchyroll to Add Chi's, Mainichi Kāsan, Saki Anime (Mar 18, 2009)
Crystal Blaze TV Anime's Promotional Video Streamed (Mar 11, 2008)
Shion, Kitarō, Glass Maiden Pitched for Overseas Rights (Feb 8, 2008)
New Crystal Blaze Anime to Premiere in Japan in April (Jan 10, 2008)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces October Slate, Glass Maiden Complete Collection Available on October 4th (Jul 20, 2011)
Other articles: Show:
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Shelf Life - Neo Toyko (Jan 16, 2012)
The Spring 2008 Anime Preview Guide - Carl Kimlinger (Apr 8, 2008)
The Spring 2008 Anime Preview Guide - Casey Brienza (Apr 8, 2008)
The Spring 2008 Anime Preview Guide - Theron Martin (Apr 8, 2008)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Glass Maiden - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2011-10-04 (from $59.62)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mitsuko Kase
Series Composition:
Atsuhiro Tomioka
Masashi Tsukino
Script: Atsuhiro Tomioka (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
Katsuyuki Kodera (ep 9)
Minami Akitsu (ep 5)
Mitsuko Kase (eps 1, 12)
Shinichi Tōkairin (eps 3, 8)
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 7)
Tōru Kitahata (eps 4, 12)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (eps 2, 6, 10)
Yukio Nishimoto (eps 11-12)
Yūzō Satō (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Kazunobu Shimizu (ep 10)
Masahiko Watanabe (eps 5, 9)
Mitsuko Kase (ep 12)
Osamu Mikasa (ep 2)
Satoshi Nakagawa (eps 4, 11)
Shinichi Tōkairin (eps 3, 8)
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 7)
Tōru Kitahata (eps 1, 6, 12)
Music: Ryo Sakai
Character Design: Hisashi Kagawa
Art Director: Yong Il Park
Chief Animation Director: Hisashi Kagawa
Mechanical design: Tomohiro Kawahara
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography:
Jiro Tazawa
Toshiya Kimura
Producer:
Masashi Tsukino (Studio Fantasia)
Satoshi Matsui (Happinet Pictures)
Shigehiko Sato (FCC)
Takeshi Ando (Toei Video)

Color design: Osamu Mikasa
Key Animation:
Atsumi Sakasai (ep 10)
Atsushi Ogata (ep 5)
Chieko Miyakawa (ep 4)
Chinatsu Ueno (eps 4, 11)
Eiichi Asada (ep 5)
Etsushi Mori (OP; ep 1)
Haruo Okuno (OP)
Haruyo Sakai (Studio Create; ep 6)
Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 6, 12)
Hironori Hano (eps 1, 6, 12)
Hiroshi Kosuga (ep 6)
Hisashi Kagawa (ep 1)
Hisashi Samejima (eps 6, 12)
Junpei Fukuchi (ep 5)
Katsuhiko Nishijima (eps 6, 11)
Katsuya Furumoto (ep 9)
Katsuyuki Yamazaki (ep 5)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (eps 5, 9)
Kazuyuki Ikai (eps 6, 12)
Kengo Fukuda (ep 10)
Kenichi Ishimaru (OP)
Kenichirō Yamamoto (ep 9)
Kōichi Shimoda (ep 6)
Manabu Yamamoto (ep 9)
Masaaki Sakurai (OP)
Masahiko Matsuo (ep 9)
Masahito Wada (eps 1, 6, 11-12)
Masakazu Kawazoe (OP)
Masako Adachi (ep 5)
Megumi Ueda (ep 9)
Michiko Tomoda (ep 6)
Mitsuhiro Okumura (eps 5, 9)
Mitsuko Baba (OP)
Naoki Muramatsu (ep 1)
Naoyuki Owada (OP; ep 11)
Nobuyuki Hata (eps 6, 11-12)
Reiko Fujita (ep 5)
Satoru Yamashita (ep 9)
Shigemi Aoyagi (ep 6)
Shōichi Funaki (ep 9)
Shōji Endō (ep 10)
Susumu Matsunaga (ep 5)
Tadahiro Hirakawa (eps 6, 12)
Takao Ozone (ep 10)
Takashi Hirabayashi (Studio Create; ep 6)
Takashi Tsuda (ep 1)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 5, 9)
Takeshi Oda (ep 5)
Tomohiro Kamiya (eps 6, 12)
Tomoki Ogawa (ep 5)
Tomomi Murayama (Studio Create; eps 6, 12)
Tōru Imanishi (ep 11)
Toshiaki Satō (ep 11)
Toshio Hasegawa (ep 9)
Tsuyoshi Kakihara (ep 12)
Yasue Ohno (eps 5, 9)
Yasushi Shingō (OP)
Yōko Nomura (Studio Create; ep 6)
Yoshihiro Nishikawa (ep 5)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (ep 6)
Yūko Hineno (ep 9)
Yumi Kobayashi (eps 4, 11)
Yūta Masaki (eps 1, 6, 12)
Mechanical animation Director: Tomohiro Kawahara
Planning:
Naoko Takahashi (Toei Video)
Yoshiko Nakayama (FCC)
Production Advancement: Mika Takahata (eps 8-9, 11)
Setting Production: Yasushi Shimizu (eps 5-12)
Theme Song Composition: Kōsuke Makino (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Rie (OP)
TASO (ED1, ED2)
Shinichirō Miki as Shū

Eiji Maruyama as Sensei
Hiroki Takahashi as JJ
Mikako Takahashi as Ayaka
Miki Itō as Monica
Miyuki Sawashiro as Kirie
Naomi Kusumi as Lawrence
Norihiro Inoue as Kitō
Saeko Chiba as Sofia
Satomi Arai as Manami
Seiji Rokkaku as Porilin
Takashi Matsuyama as Yobu
Yū Kobayashi as Sara
Yūji Ueda as Akira

Kazuya Tatekabe as Homeless
Ooki Sugiyama as Judgment member (ep 1)
Ryō Sugisaki as Judgment member (ep 1)
Saori Seto as Girl (ep 1)
Seisou Aizawa as Brandon
Teruyuki Tanzawa as Detective (ep 1)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
GK Entertainment
Nakamura Production
Rising Force
Studio Create
Studio Line
Animation Production: Studio Fantasia
Backgrounds: GK Entertainment
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2008-04-08)
Chiba Television (2008-04-08)
KBS Kyoto (2008-04-10)
Kids Station (2008-04-17)
Sun TV (2008-04-10)
Television Kanagawa (2008-04-09)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2008-04-08)
Tokyo MX (2008-04-11)
Digital Photography: T2 Studio
In-Between Animation:
Anime Spot
ARCTURUS
Ashi Productions
cube A motion
Eagle Entertainment
FAI
Frontline
GK Entertainment
Hayashi
Nakamura Production
R.I.C
Snow Light Staff
Studio Angle
Triple A
WHITE FOX
Key Animation:
Eagle Entertainment
GK Entertainment
I&S Factory
Studio Create
Sung San Production
Music Production: Happinet Pictures
Official Site Production: BIGLOBE
Paint:
cube A motion
FAI
Frontline
GK Entertainment
Hayashi
R.I.C
Triple A
Production:
Crystal Blaze Production Committee
Fuji Creative Corporation
Happinet Pictures
Studio Fantasia
Toei Video Co., Ltd.
Production Cooperation:
GK Entertainment (eps 2-4, 7-8)
Kelmadick (ep 10)
OLM (eps 5, 9)
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Jackie McClure
Michael Brown
Executive producer:
Matt Greenfield
Toru Iwakami

DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Assistant:
Dwayne Jones
E.W. Rector, III
Kayla King
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Subtitle Script & Timing: Christopher Williams
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (expired)
HIDIVE
Hulu
The Anime Network
Viki
Licensed by: Maiden Japan
Production: Seraphim Digital
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming: YouTube (Yamato Animation)
Italian cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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