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Utsunomiko: Heaven Chapter (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Utsunomiko Tenjō-hen (Japanese) 
宇宙皇子 天上篇 (Japanese) 
Genres: adventure , fantasy 
Themes: gods , historical , monks , samurai 
Plot Summary: Utsu no Miko is a Shugenja, Friends of the People training at Mt. Kongo. The Shugenja rebelled against the Imperial Court. During a fight he is wounded and while unconscious his soul is in the The Dark Wasteland where the dead are still clinging to life. Here he meets a female soul which is on a journey to be reborn into the Celestial Realm. They both play the same song on their flute. Once awaken they start looking for each other. But the prince also falls for the Celestial princess because she is very pretty. The prince keeps her well guarded. 
Running time: 30 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 13 
Vintage: 1990-10-24 to 1992-02-19 
Release dates: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"Asu e no Shinwa" (未来への神話) by Yoshimi Hamada 
Ending Theme:
"Aoi Hitomi no Naka ni" (蒼い瞳の中に) by Yoshimi Hamada 
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Tetsuo Imazawa 
Director:
Atsutoshi Umezawa (eps 2, 6, 8, 11) 
Takao Yoshizawa (eps 3, 5, 9, 12) 
Tetsuo Imazawa  (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
)
 
Series Composition: Junki Takegami 
Screenplay:
Junki Takegami (eps 1-13 odd) 
Sukehiro Tomita  (eps 2-12 even) 
Original creator: Keisuke Fujikawa 
Character Design:
Mutsumi Inomata 
Noriyoshi Yamazaki 
Art Director: Kenji Matsumoto 
Animation Director:
Ken Ueno (ep 2)  (eps 5, 9, 12) 
Kōichi Usami (eps 3, 6, 11) 
Michio Fukuda (ep 8) 
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
)
 
Mechanical design: Katsumi Itabashi 
Director of Photography:
Toshiharu Takei (ep 9) 
Yōichi Takanashi (ep 8) 
Yoshio Aiso (ep 10) 
Yoshiyuki Tamagawa (eps 1-7, 11-13) 
Producer:
Akira Takano (Kadokawa Shoten) 
Hiroshi Meguro (Toei; eps 5-13) 
Kenji Yokoyama (Toei) 
Sachiko Iijima (Bandai) 
Tetsuo Oka (TV Tokyo) 
Yōichi Kominato (Toei; eps 1-4) 

Art Advancement: Haruo Tamura 
Background Art:
Kenji Matsumoto (eps 1-13) 
Kuniko Matsumoto (eps 1-13) 
Color Coordination:
Hideko Sakai (ep 5) 
Hiroshi Morita (eps 4, 7) 
Kunio Tsujita (eps 1-3, 6-13) 
Editing: Masaaki Hanai 
Finishing Advancement: Osamu Honma 
Key Animation:
Akemi Kobayashi (ep 11) 
Akio Ujiie (6 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 9, 12-13
)
 
Atsushi Aono (eps 4, 7, 9) 
Hidetoshi Ōmori (eps 1, 4, 6) 
Jōji Ōshima (eps 6-7) 
Kazuo Hayashi (ep 1) 
Keiichi Satō (eps 2, 5) 
Ken Ueno  (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 12
)
 
Kenichi Ōnuki (ep 11) 
Kōji Nashizawa (ep 2) 
Mariko Aoki (ep 9) 
Michio Fukuda (6 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8, 10-11, 13
)
 
Minoru Sugimori (ep 7) 
Noriaki Tetsura (ep 2) 
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (8 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 10-13
)
 
Satoshi Horisawa (eps 3, 9) 
Shigenobu Nagasaki (6 episodes
eps 3, 6-8, 10, 12
)
 
Shinichi Endo (ep 8) 
Takaaki Yamashita (eps 1, 4) 
Tetsurō Aoki (ep 3) 
Tomoaki Kado (ep 5) 
Tsutomu Nishiyama (ep 8) 
Yōichi Mitsui (ep 8) 
Yoshie Kawamura (eps 9, 11) 
Yoshihiko Umakoshi (ep 6) 
Yoshihiro Kitano (eps 3, 5, 8) 
Yoshinori Tanabe (ep 4) 
Yoshio Chatani (ep 5) 
Yūki Iwai (eps 2-3) 
Music producer: Yōko Tenshō 
Music Selection: Shigeru Miyashita 
Production manager:
Hiroshi Meguro (eps 1-4) 
Yoshirō Sugawara 
Record Keeping: Yoshiko Hara (eps 10-13) 
Recording: Isao Hatano 
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno 
Special Effects:
Chiaki Hirao (eps 2, 4) 
Masayuki Kawachi (eps 1, 6) 
Nobuhiro Shimokawa (eps 3, 8) 
Shōji Satō (eps 5, 7, 9) 
Yoshiaki Okada (eps 10-13) 
Titles: Keisuke Fujikawa 
Tōru Furuya as Utsunomiko 

Banjō Ginga as Taishakuten 
Eiko Yamada as Kagami 
Hidekatsu Shibata as
En no Ozunu 
Narration 
Hideyuki Tanaka as Kusuri 
Katsuji Mori as Prince Kawashima 
Miina Tominaga as Nayotake Kaguyahime 
Yoku Shioya as Tsuri 
Yūko Mita as Kijimunā 

Kazuhiko Kishino as Ashura-oh 
Kōji Totani as Kazatsukengan-Ten 
Kuniko Oguchi as Shirakube 
Masaharu Satō as Zōchōten 
Michihiro Ikemizu as Prince Ohzu 
Nana Yamaguchi as Dainichi Nyorai 
Noriko Hidaka as Tatarame 
Osamu Saka as Fudō Myōō 
Rei Sakuma as Utsunomiko (Young) 
Seizō Katō as Hōki 
Sumi Shimamoto as Nayotake 
Takeshi Kusao as Kawashima no Miko 
Tarō Ishida as Fuhito Fujiharano 

Japanese companies
Animation: Toei Animation 
Backgrounds: Atelier Shanty 
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry 
Finish Animation: N.S.A (ep 4) 
Key Animation: D.A.S.T Corporation (ep 1) 
Production Cooperation: Toei Animation 

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