Read or Die (OAV)
Alternative title:
R.O.D
Прочти или умри (Russian)
إقرأ أو مت (Arabic)
リード・オア・ダイ (Japanese)
Themes:
secret agents,
superpowers
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
Yomiko Readman is "The Paper" a secret underground operative for the British Library with the inredible power of complete control over paper, including the ability to make it solid as steel. She is called to duty when a book that could spell the end of the world is stolen, and she must take it back. Going with two other operatives, she attempts to take it back and save the world.
User Ratings:
3539 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
29 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
3
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage:
2001-05-23
2004-10-24 (USA TV)
2007-09-07 to 2007-09-09 (Germany - Animax)
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"R.O.D Theme" by Taku Iwasaki
Ending Theme:
#1: "Those Who Love Books to Insanity Say, 'Paper Is Always with Us'" by Taku Iwasaki (ep 1)
#2: "Subete no Eichi o Eikoku e!" (すべての叡知を英国へ!; Bring All the Wisdom to Great Britain!) by Taku Iwasaki (eps 2-3)
Official website:
Read or Die (Sony Japanese Website) (Japanese)
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
This OVA series is often incorrectly referred to as a "Read or Die Movie."
Review:
Read or Die DVD (Jul 5, 2003)
News: Show:
New Anime Project for Read or Die Novels Considered (Aug 24, 2016)
Read or Die's Final 2 Novel Volumes Scheduled After 10 Years (Jun 24, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: January 16-22 (Jan 18, 2011)
R.O.D. TV box details (Mar 26, 2004)
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Blu-ray (Region A) |
R.O.D The TV - Complete Collection + OVA (Blu-ray) 2011-01-18 |
DVD (Region 1) |
Read or Die (DVD) 2003-05-27 |
Read or Die [CA] (DVD) 2003-05-27 |
Read or Die [The Essence of Anime] (DVD) 2007-09-04 (from $24.95) |
Fanbook |
R.O.D Official Archive (Fanbook) 2013-01-02 (from $39.99) |
Soundtrack |
Read or Die (OST) 2004-06-08 |
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Director: Koji Masunari
Script: Hideyuki Kurata
Storyboard: Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP)
Unit Director: Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP)
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Original creator: Hideyuki Kurata
Original Character Design: Taraku Uon (Studio Orphee)
Character Design: Masashi Ishihama
Art Director: Kazuo Ogura
Art design: Hideyasu Narita
Mecha design: Eiji Suganuma
3D Cooperation: Shingo Suzuki (ep 3)
Assistant Animation Director:
Hideki Tachibana (ep 1) Kenichi Ishimaru (ep 3) Takahiro Chiba (eps 2-3) Tetsuhito Saito (ep 3)
Character Animation Director: Masashi Ishihama
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Development: Ryūzō Shirakawa (SME Visual Works)
In-Between Animation: Hiroaki Tomita (eps 2-3)
Key Animation:
Akira Matsushima (ep 2) Chikara Sakurai (eps 1-2) Eiji Suganuma (eps 1-3) Fujio Suzuki (ep 2) Fumihide Sai (ep 3) Haruo Sotozaki (ep 2) Hideki Inoue (ep 1) Hideki Nagamachi (ep 3) Hideki Tachibana (eps 1-3) Hidenori Fukuoka (eps 2-3) Hirofumi Morimoto (ep 2) Hirofumi Suzuki (eps 1-3) Hiroko Kazui (eps 1-2) Hiromi Oikawa (ep 2) Hitoshi Ueda (ep 3) Kaori Takahashi (ep 3) Kazuhiko Abe (ep 2) Keiji Gotō (ep 3) Keiko Shimizu (ep 3) Kenichi Ishimaru (eps 1-2) Kenichi Yamaguchi (ep 3) Kōji Shinaki (ep 3) Koji Watanabe (eps 2-3) Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 3) Masaru Hyodo (eps 1-3) Masashi Ishihama (eps 1-3) Miyako Tsuji (ep 3) Nobutoshi Ogura (ep 3) Noriaki Tetsura (ep 3) Sanae Narazaki (eps 1-3) Satoru Kobayashi (ep 1) Seiichi Nakatani (eps 1-2) Shingo Suzuki (ep 3) Shinobu Tagashira (ep 1) Shinpei Tomooka (ep 3) Shinya Harii (ep 3) Shinya Hasegawa (ep 3) Shōgo Morishita (ep 3) Taiki Shibuya (eps 1-3) Takaaki Sekizaki (ep 3) Takahiro Chiba (eps 1-3) Takashi Sasaoka (ep 3) Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 3) Takuji Abe (ep 2) Takuya Saitō (eps 1, 3) Tatsuya Oishi (ep 2) Tetsuya Kumagai (ep 1) Tokuyuki Matsutake (eps 1, 3) Toshiharu Murata (ep 2) Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 3) Yasuhiro Aoki (ep 3) Yasuomi Umetsu (ep 3) Yoshitaka Kohno (ep 2)
Music Director: Takashi Kodama (SME Visual Works)
Post-Production Engineer: Takuya Hiramitsu
Production Design: Noriyuki Shinguji
Prop Design: Hideki Tachibana
Recording Assistant: Yuki Ikeda
Set Design: Hideyasu Narita
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Animation: Studio DEEN
Backgrounds: Kusanagi
Broadcaster: Animax
Production Studio: SME Visual Works
Recording Facility: Omnibus Japan Sanpunzaka Studio
Sound Production: SME Visual Works
Titles: Maki Production
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ADR Director: Amanda Winn Lee
Translation: Al Kennedy
ADR Script: Taliesin Jaffe
Executive producer: Marvin Gleicher
Line Producer: Margo Coughlin
Recording engineer: Sean Vahle
Sound Mixing: Sean Vahle
Subtitling: Brett Jacobsen
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5.1 Surround Mix: The Post Office, LLC
Broadcaster:
Adult Swim Animax Asia Animax India Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) Sci-Fi Channel (Ani-Tuesday)
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia) Manga Entertainment (UK) Sony Music Entertainment (Canada)
Dubbing: Gaijin Productions
Recording Facility: The Post Office, LLC
Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
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ADR Director: Thierry Kazazian |
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ADR Production: Studio Chinkel
DVD Distribution: Dybex (France)
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Translation: Bárbara Pesquer (Spain dub)
Licensing Manager: Liliana Silveira
Screen Inserts: Rafael Ordonez (Spain dub)
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Dubbing Studio: Media Arts Studio (Spain dub)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Producer: Fantasy Entertainment
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Broadcaster: Animax Germany (2007-09-07 to 2007-09-09)
Dubbing: Elektrofilm
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Distributor: MC Entertainment |
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Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Portugal) |
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