Sky Girls (TV)

Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki 

Series Composition: Takao Yoshioka 

Script:
Masanao Akahoshi (5 episodes

eps 5, 9, 18, 21, 25

) 
Michiko Itou (5 episodes

eps 4, 10, 15-16, 22

) 
Takao Yoshioka (9 episodes

eps 1-3, 11-12, 19, 23-24, 26

) 
Tsuyoshi Tamai (eps 6, 8) 
Yasunori Yamada (4 episodes

eps 7, 13, 17, 20

) 

Storyboard:
Atsushi Takeyama (ED) 
Hideki Tachibana (OP) 
Kazuo Takigawa (4 episodes

eps 5, 9, 14, 21

) 
Masahiko Komino (ep 13) 
Naoyuki Kuzuya (ep 2) 
Osamu Yamauchi (4 episodes

eps 4, 10, 16, 22

) 
Shin Misawa (ep 12) 
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (ep 8) 
Toshihiko Masuda (ep 20) 
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (eps 1, 26) 
Yūichi Nihei (6 episodes

eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 18, 24

) 
Yūichi Tanaka (4 episodes

eps 6, 19, 23, 25

) 

Episode Director:
Daisuke Takashima (ep 9) 
Hisakazu Ishikawa (ep 23) 
Hodaka Kuramoto (ep 19) 
Kaoru Yabana (4 episodes

eps 4, 10, 16, 22

) 
Kei Umabiki (eps 11, 18, 24) 
Masahito Otani (eps 12, 20) 
Shigeru Ueda (eps 6, 13, 25) 
Shigeru Yamazaki (ep 5) 
Shūichi Hirokawa (ep 7) 
Tomio Yamauchi (eps 3, 17) 
Toshikazu Hashimoto (ep 15) 
Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto (eps 2, 14, 21) 
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (ep 1) 

Unit Director:
Atsushi Takeyama (ED) 
Hideki Tachibana (OP) 

Music: Shinkichi Mitsumune 

Original Concept: Shougo Kumasaka 

Original Character Design:
Humikane Shimada 
Kouhaku Kuroboshi 

Character Design:
Kazunori Iwakura 
Shigeki Kimoto (sub) 

Art Director: Akira Suzuki 

Chief Animation Director:
Haruko Iizuka (eps 6-26 even) 
Shigeki Kimoto (14 episodes

eps 2-3, 5-25 odd, 26

) 

Animation Director:
Ayako Tanai (eps 4, 10) 
Eri Sano (ep 24) 
Haruko Iizuka (eps 1, 26) 
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 19) 
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 7) 
Ikuo Yoshida (ep 24) 
Jouji Sawada (ep 19) 
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 16) 
Keiichi Ishida (石田慶一; eps 23, 26) 
Masakazu Saitō (ep 6) 
Mayumi Okamoto (ep 17) 
Mitsuharu Kajitani (eps 9, 14, 25) 
Motonao Komiya (eps 8, 14, 21) 
Naoki Suehiro (ep 5) 
Nobuhiro Arai (eps 11, 18) 
Ryo Kobayashi (eps 8, 20) 
Shirō Shibata (eps 3, 17) 
Sōichirō Sako (ep 15) 
Takafumi Hino (eps 9, 15, 25) 
Toshiya Furuike (eps 16, 22) 
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 5) 
Yōko Ono (ep 12) 
Yoshiko Nakajima (5 episodes

eps 2, 8, 13, 20, 24

) 
Yoshio Usuda (ep 7) 
Yukie Hiyamizu (ep 2) 
Yūko Yamada (ep 3) 
Yumiko Ishii (eps 5, 13) 
Yumiko Kinoshita (eps 11, 17, 23) 

Mechanical design: Mika Akitaka 

Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa 

Director of Photography: Kazuya Iwai 

2nd Key Animation:
Emiko Kobayashi (8 episodes

eps 1-3, 8-9, 13, 15, 17

) 
Hiroshi Tomioka (ep 2) 
Hiroshi Yakou (ep 2) 
Kazuhide Kondo (eps 3, 6, 9, 14) 
Kazuya Hirata (ep 13) 
Kazuya Nakanishi (ep 7) 
Kumiko Kawahara (ep 3) 
Kyōhei Ōyabu (eps 1, 9) 
Makiko Uemura (ep 3) 
Michiru Shinoda (3, 9, 17; 篠田三千留) 
Miki Terunuma (ep 14) 
Miyako Jingu (ep 3) 
Natsumi Tamura (ep 9) 
Norifumi Shiro (ep 13) 
Risako Yoshida (吉田里沙子; ep 2) 
Rumiko Umemoto (ep 3) 
Shiho Tamai (ep 3) 
Shingo Fujii (eps 3, 9) 
Shintaro Tsubota (ep 13) 
Yōko Itō (ep 17) 
Yōsuke Imakubo (ep 13) 
Yūji Wada (ep 5) 
Yuuhei Ueda (ep 3) 

3D Animation: Atsushi Takeyama (OP) 

Assistant Animation Director:
Asuka Shimizu (ep 7) 
Kenji Yokoyama (ep 12) 
Satoshi Sakai (ep 12) 
Sōichi Higuchi (ep 7) 
Yumi Shimizu (ep 7) 

Color design: Miyuki Ishida 

Composite: Atsushi Takeyama (ED) 

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama 

Key Animation:
Akihiro Gotō (ep 14) 
Akiko Kawashima (eps 4, 10, 16) 
Akiko Matsuo (ep 8) 
Arihiro Gotō (4 episodes

eps 2, 8, 13, 15

) 
Asao Takahashi (eps 6, 14) 
Asuka Shimizu (eps 1, 15) 
Aya Nagumo (ep 15) 
Chikai Okado (ep 1) 
Daiki Handa (ep 9) 
Daisuke Saitō (斉藤大介; ep 6) 
Eiichi Tominaga (ep 13) 
Eiji Kaneda (ep 6) 
Fumiko Kon (ep 11) 
Hayato Tejima (eps 7, 12) 
Hideaki Tsukioka (6 episodes

eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 14, 17

) 
Hidenori Hanesaka (ep 6) 
Hideo Maru (ep 3) 
Hideoki Kusama (ep 2) 
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 2) 
Hiroki Antoku (ep 9) 
Hiroki Kusuda (eps 4, 10, 16) 
Hiroko Kaneda (ep 1) 
Hiroko Saito (eps 3, 15) 
Hiromi Mita (eps 4, 10, 16) 
Hiromi Yoshinuma (ep 13) 
Hironao Takahashi (eps 10, 16) 
Hiroshi Kawashima (eps 11, 13) 
Hiroshi Sasaki (eps 2, 15) 
Hiroshi Yakou (eps 11, 15) 
Hiroshi Yamashita (ep 11) 
Hiroto Yokote (ep 12) 
Hiroyasu Oda (ep 1) 
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 5) 
Hiroyuki Itai (ep 5) 
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 12) 
Ikuko Satō (ep 4) 
Ikumi Fukumoto (ep 8) 
Itaru Yawata (eps 4, 16) 
Jin Nishino (ep 13) 
Junichi Kigawa (eps 7, 12) 
Junko Abe (あべじゅんこ; eps 4, 16) 
Junko Matsushita (ep 2) 
Kan Terada (ep 13) 
Kazufumi Takano (OP; eps 6, 14) 
Kazuhiko Abe (eps 6, 14) 
Kazuhiko Yabumoto (ep 13) 
Kazuko Matsumura (ep 13) 
Kazunori Shibata (ep 15) 
Kazuyuki Yoshida (eps 7, 12) 
Kei Ajiki (OP) 
Keiichirō Honjō (ep 13) 
Ken Mori (ep 17) 
Ken Mukaigawa (ep 8) 
Kenichirō Yamamoto (ep 14) 
Kenji Kuroyanagi (ep 3) 
Kiyomi Komatsubara (eps 4, 10) 
Kōichi Takai (eps 6, 14) 
Koji Maruoka (eps 4, 16) 
Kōji Ogawa (eps 1, 6, 13) 
Kouyou Kimura (ep 17) 
Kyōhei Ōyabu (ep 9) 
Kyōko Takeuchi (ep 6) 
Mai Takehara (eps 4, 10, 16) 
Makiko Uemura (eps 9, 13, 17) 
Makoto Makabe (ep 3) 
Mamiko Nakanishi (OP; ep 1) 
Manabu Akita (ep 5) 
Manami Shiozaki (ep 11) 
Masakazu Yamazaki (eps 9, 13) 
Masaki Miyauchi (5 episodes

eps 3, 6, 9, 14, 17

) 
Masato Kimura (eps 7, 12) 
Masumi Hoshino (eps 3, 9) 
Michiko Oohigashi (ep 13) 
Miho Kojima (ep 13) 
Minami Tsuruakari (ep 3) 
Mineko Ueda (eps 2, 8) 
Mitsuharu Kajitani (OP; eps 9, 13) 
Mitsuhiro Kumita (ep 5) 
Mitsumasa Kimura (eps 6, 9, 11) 
Miyuki Goto (後藤みゆき; eps 2, 8, 15) 
Momoko Kawai (ep 9) 
Motoi Nakamura (eps 1, 9) 
Motonao Komiya (ep 2) 
Naomi Uogishi (eps 8, 15) 
Naoto Hosoda (OP) 
Naoto Yoshida (eps 2, 9, 17) 
Natsumi Tamura (eps 8, 15) 
Noboru Kawamori (ep 17) 
Nobuhiko Kawakami (ep 11) 
Nobuhiro Arai (ep 11) 
Noriko Shibata (ep 2) 
Noriko Takahashi (ep 4) 
Noriko Yoshida (ep 11) 
Osamu Kurosawa (eps 14, 17) 
Rika Kanetaka (ep 13) 
Riki Matsuura (eps 2, 8, 15) 
Rumi Miyata (eps 8, 15) 
Ryo Kobayashi (OP; eps 3, 8) 
Ryo Komori (ep 9) 
Ryou Kodama (eps 11, 13) 
Ryuji Tsuzuku (Studio Mark; ep 12) 
Satoshi Horikawa (ep 7) 
Satoshi Iwataki (ep 9) 
Satoshi Ohsawa (ep 13) 
Satoshi Sakai (Studio Mark; SP3; ep 12) 
Seiji Masuda (eps 6, 14) 
Seiji Okada (ep 12) 
Seika Saruwatari (ep 9) 
Seimi Ogasawara (ep 16) 
Shigeru Ishii (ep 11) 
Shimon Kondou (ep 17) 
Shinichi Iimura (ep 11) 
Shinichi Wada (eps 3, 6, 14) 
Shinkirō Hattori (ep 7) 
Shinsuke Ishikawa (ep 14) 
Shintaro Tsubota (eps 9, 14) 
Shinya Yamada (ep 5) 
Shizuo Tanaka (ep 5) 
Shō Yamamoto (ep 9) 
Shūhei Nakajima (ep 7) 
Sōichirō Sako (OP; 5 episodes

eps 1-2, 8-9, 15

) 
Sono Kato (ep 4) 
Tadashi Shimizu (eps 4, 16) 
Takao Ozone (eps 2, 8-9, 17) 
Takashi Iwao (ep 11) 
Takashi Otsuka (eps 10, 16) 
Takashi Tsuda (ep 15) 
Takashi Yoshiyama (eps 4, 16) 
Takeshi Matsuda (保田剛志; ep 5) 
Takeshi Miyamoto (eps 8, 15) 
Takeshi Morita (eps 3, 6) 
Takeyuki Mizumura (ep 14) 
Taro Ikegami (OP) 
Tatsuya Shiraishi (ep 1) 
Tatsuya Urano (OP; eps 1, 13-14) 
Tetsuya Kawakami (OP; 4 episodes

eps 3, 9, 14, 17

) 
Tetsuya Koshizaki (5 episodes

eps 1-2, 8, 15, 17

) 
Tomoko Kagawa (ep 17) 
Tomoyuki Ōshita (eps 9, 17) 
Tōru Iino (ep 16) 
Tsubasa Ito (eps 7, 12) 
Tsuyoshi Sakai (eps 9, 13) 
Usaku Myouchin (eps 1, 12) 
Wataru Hasegawa (Studio Mark; ep 12) 
Watashi Morika (ep 10) 
Yoshihiro Nishikawa (ep 15) 
Yoshimi Imagawa (ep 7) 
Yoshimi Iwata (eps 13, 17) 
Yoshimichi Masuko (eps 11, 17) 
Yosuke Miura (ep 1) 
You Satou (ep 5) 
Yuji Emoto (eps 7, 12) 
Yukari Akimoto (eps 4, 10) 
Yukari Miyagawa (eps 4, 10, 16) 
Yūki Hara (eps 3, 6, 14) 
Yuki Imoto (ep 2) 
Yūko Hineno (ep 14) 
Yuko Kimura (ep 13) 
Yūko Yamada (ep 9) 
Yumi Nakayama (OP) 
Yumiko Ishii (OP; 石井裕美子) 
Yumiko Kinoshita (4 episodes

eps 1, 6, 11, 17

) 
Yurie Kuniyuki (eps 13-14) 
Yuriko Ikehara (eps 1, 3, 14) 
Yuuhei Ueda (eps 2, 8, 15) 
Yuuko Yoshida (eps 2, 15) 
Zenzai Yamamoto (ep 14) 

Mechanical Director: Satoshi Iwataki (eps 1-17) 

Monster Design: Junya Ishigaki 

Planning:
Akihiro Kawamura 
Naohiro Tafu 
Yojiro Kudou 

Prop Design: Haruko Iizuka 

Theme Song Arrangement:
Hiroshi Takaki (ED) 
Maiko Iuchi (OP) 

Theme Song Composition:
Hiroshi Takaki (ED) 
Maiko Iuchi (OP) 

Theme Song Lyrics:
MELL (OP) 
Shōko Fujibayashi (ED) 

Theme Song Performance:
Azusa Kataoka (ED2) 
MELL (OP) 
Saori Gotō (ED1) 

Ayako Kawasumi as Otoha Sakurano 

Ayumi Tsuji as Elise von Dietrich 

Saori Gotō as Karen Sonomiya 

Shizuka Itō as Eika Ichijo 

Azusa Kataoka as Aisha 

Junji Majima as Rei Hizuki 

Keiji Fujiwara as Souya Togo 

Kishō Taniyama as Ryohei Tachibana 

Ryōko Shiraishi as Takumi Hayami 

Yui Horie as Nanae Fujieda 

Akiko Kimura as Suou Kiriko 

Atsushi Ono as Akitaka Shima 

Chifuyu as Aunt (ep 1) 

Fumi Oda as Aunt (ep 1) 

Fumie Mizusawa as Julia Kudou 

Fuyuka Oura as
Female Student (ep 2) 
Shizuko Ichijo (ep 15) 

Haruka Tomatsu as Yayoi Makihara 

Hideki Nakanishi as Kumakura (ep 1) 

Hitomi Nabatame as Dr. Aki Yuko 

Junichi Suwabe as Zin Hizaki 

Kan Tanaka as Oto Seibi 

Kiyomi Yazawa as Aunt (ep 1) 

Kumiko Higa as Ranko Mikogami 

Miyuki Sawashiro as Yuki Sakurano 

Momoko Ishikawa as Haruko Mikogami 

Nobuhiko Okamoto as Hiroharu Kurosawa (ep 16) 

Ryōko Ono as
Kotono Fujieda (ep 16) 
Mother (ep 7)  (ep 8) 

Ryū Yamaguchi as
Executive (eps 7, 15) 
High Official (ep 9) 

Sayuri Yahagi as Child (eps 7-9) 

Seirō Ogino as High Official (ep 9) 

Shinji Ogawa as Kadowaki Soichiro 

Takashi Oohara as Air Festival Announcement (ep 7) 

Taketora as
Announcement Inside the Station (ep 2) 
Executive (ep 7) 
Gen-san 
High Official (ep 9) 

Tohru Furusawa as Eigi Ichijo (eps 15, 24-25) 

Tōru Ōkawa as Tenzen Sakurano (eps 1, 5, 26) 

Yasuhiro Mamiya as Krishnam (ep 23) 

Yasuyuki Konno as Spotted Jelly Worm (ep 14) 

Yoshinori Sonobe as Prime Minister (ep 9) 

Yūichi Nakamura as
Chief Cabinet Secretary (ep 9) 
Engine Worker (eps 18-19) 
Executive (ep 15) 
Homare Moriyama 
Matsuzaka (ep 1) 
Snatch Man (ep 2) 
Takumi's Father (ep 20) 
Weather Forecaster (ep 7) 

Yūko Katō as Kae Sakurano (eps 1, 26) 

2nd Key Animation:
Ashi Productions 
drop 
Ekura Animal 
Fan Out 
Frontline 
GAINAX 
Garan 
I-Move (ep 12) 
KURENAIGUMI 
Last House 
Mushi Production (ep 12) 
Tanto 
TNK 
Triple A 
ufotable 
VENET 
Wish 
Yuhodo 

Animation Production: J.C. Staff 

Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2007-07-05) 
AT-X (2007-08-02) 
Chiba Television (2007-07-05) 
Television Kanagawa (2007-07-05) 
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2007-07-07) 
TV Osaka (2007-07-07) 

Co-Production:
AIC (eps 5, 14-15) 
Sunshine Corporation (eps 4, 18) 
Tanto (ep 7) 

DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc. 

Key Animation:
Anime Spot (ep 10) 
HOOK 
Lee Production (ep 5) 
Mito Animation (ep 12) 
Studio Create (ep 4) 
Studio Mark 
Sung San Production (ep 5) 

Production: Konami