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Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness

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Alternative title:
Astronave de Respuesta Rapida Nadesico: El Principe de la Oscuridad (Spanish)
Kidō Senkan Nadeshiko: Prince of Darkness (Japanese)
Mobile Battleship Nadesico - The Movie: Il Principe delle Tenebre (Italian)
Nadesico: Prince of Darkness
機動戦艦ナデシコ 劇場版 (Japanese)
機動戰艦電影版 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: mecha
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Three years have passed since the end of the "Martian Successor Nadesico" series and the war with the Jovians has ended. Ruri has become captain of the Nadesico B and both Akito and Yurika have died along with many other independent boson jumpers. When odd events concerning boson jumping begin to occur Ruri and her crew are sent to investigate.
User Ratings: 894 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 41 votes (sub:28, dub:8, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Excellent: 123 votes (dub:57, sub:56, raw:4, ?:2, others:4
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 188 votes (sub:104, dub:68, raw:3, ?:1, others:12
4 Spanish subtitled
4 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 227 votes (sub:123, dub:90, raw:3, ?:2, others:9
5 Spanish dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Decent: 159 votes (sub:104, dub:50, ?:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 63 votes (sub:41, dub:17, raw:1, others:4
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 37 votes (sub:23, dub:8, raw:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Weak: 27 votes (sub:16, dub:10, raw:1)
 Bad: 16 votes (sub:11, dub:4, ?:1)
 Awful: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1749 users, rank: #690 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.875 (Good), std. dev.: 1.883, rank: #4364 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.815 (Good−), rank: #4423 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.82 / seen some: 6.13 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.825 (Good−), rank: #4068 (of 7243)
Running time: 87 minutes
Vintage:
1998
2001-05-21 (Latin America - Locomotion)
2005-01-21 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"Dearest" by Yumi Matsuzawa
Trivia: We have 2
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2017-04-04 (from $43.52)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Martain Successor Nadesico [UK] [Collector's Edition] (Blu-ray + DVD) 2017-06-26
    Martian Successor Nadesico The Movie: The Prince of Darkness (Blu-ray) 2019-06-03
DVD (Region 1)
    Martian Successor Nadesico - The Motion Picture: Prince of Darkness (DVD) 2003-11-11 (from $3.10)
    Martian Successor Nadesico - The Motion Picture: Prince of Darkness (DVD) 2009-01-06 (from $4.96)
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (DVD) 2012-09-04 (from $21.59)
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Complete Collection (DVD) 2017-04-04 (from $21.00)
    Saiyuki: Requiem / Nadesico: Prince of Darkness [Double Pack] (DVD) 2009-05-19 (from $9.97)
Soundtrack
    Nadesico the Movie: The Prince of Darkness (OST) 2003-07-01 (from $5.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tatsuo Satō
Script: Tatsuo Satō
Original Character Design: Kia Asamiya
Character Design: Keiji Gotō
Art Director: Toshihisa Koyama
Chief Animation Director: Keiji Gotō
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography:
Akio Kanazawa
Kazushi Torigoe
3D Production:
Akira Inagaki (IKIF+)
Hiroki Shimonozono (IKIF+)
Kaoru Matsumoto (Production I.G)
Kazunori Suga (IKIF+)
Kenji Itoso (IKIF+)
Naruhiro Baba (IKIF+)
Sonoko Ishida (IKIF+)
Tokumitsu Kifune (IKIF+)
XinHong Wu (IKIF+)
Yoshimasa Yamazaki (Production I.G)
Yoshimitsu Inagaki (Production I.G)
Yumi Kawano (Production I.G)
Color: Hiromi Aoki
In-Between Animation:
Chikashi Kubota
Hiromichi Mizukawa
Original Character Concept: Kia Asamiya
Production manager: Takatoshi Chino
Segment Director: Hiroshi Tamada
Theme Song Arrangement: Toshiyuki Omori (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Toshiyuki Omori (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Yumi Matsuzawa (ED)
Omi Minami as Ruri Hoshino
Yūji Ueda as Akito Tenkawa

Chisa Yokoyama as Ryoko

Akiko Yajima as Sayuri
Akira Nakagawa as Harumi
Emi Motoi as Mikako
Houko Kuwashima as Yurika Misumaru
Ikue Ōtani as Shiratori Yukina
Jūrōta Kosugi as Goat Hory
Kenichi Ono as Prospector
Kentarō Itō as Jun
Kunihiko Yasui as Haruki Kusabe
Maya Okamoto as Minato Haruka
Megumi Hayashibara as Hisagon
Miki Nagasawa as Izumi Maki
Mitsuaki Madono as Sadaaki Munetake
Miyuki Ichijou as Howmei
Naoko Matsui as Inez Fressange
Naoko Takano as Megumi Reinard
Nobuo Tobita as Seiya Uribatake
Noriko Hidaka as Hari Makibi
Norio Wakamoto as Yamazaki
Shiho Kikuchi as Hikaru Aman
Shinichirō Miki as Saburota Takasugi
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Genichiro Tsukiomi
Yuka Imai as Jyunko Mizuhara
Yukie Nakama as Lapis Lazuli
Yuko Nagashima as Erina Kinjo Won
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Kyle Jones
Script: Eric Romero
Translation: Dan Kanemitsu
ADR Script: Kyle Jones
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (2009 release)
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Shawne Kleckner (Right Stuf)
Producer:
David Olsen (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Kris Gero (Right Stuf)
Kyle Jones

Assistant producer: David Olsen (Right Stuf)
Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Graphics: Larry Koteff
DVD Packaging: Larry Koteff
DVD Producer: Thomas Meerbott
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Mixing: Cesar Inserny
Packaging Design:
Greg Hillsman (Right Stuf DVD)
Kyla Stalzer (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Recording engineer: Henry Rogers
Senior Producer: Kris Gero (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Sound Design: Cesar Inserny
Subtitle Timing: Eric Romero
Subtitling: Eric Romero
Spike Spencer as Akito

Cameron Bautsch as Hari
Mike MacRae as Hokushin
Tiffany Grant as Ryoko

Andy McAvin as Kusakabe
Brett Weaver as Operator B
Carl Macek as Committee Member C
Carl Wormley as Male Passenger B
Carole Pavlik as Radio Operator C
Chris Griffin as Successor Operator Male
Chris Nelson as
Editor
Hokushin's Six D
Jovian Representative
Christopher Patton as Saburota
Cynthia Martinez as
Hikaru Amano
Lady Message A
David Harrison as Scientist B
David Matranga as Yamasaki
Don Rush as
Pilot B
Ryoko Squad C
Sawada
Duc Nguyen as
Cyber Geek
Escort Officer B
Emily Carter-Essex as
Erina Kinjo-Won
Newswoman
Orie
Eric Opella as Kawaguchi
Fumiko Chino as
Grade School Kid
Nadesico Crew C
P.A. Woman A
Video Game Fighter 1
Greg Stanley as
Bike Rider
Escort Officer A
Maintenance Crew B
Martian Janitor A
Video Gamer C
Worker A
Henry Rogers as
Pilot A
Pilot D
Soldier A
Hilary Haag as Yukina
Jason Douglas as Tsukuomi
Jay Hickman as Akatsuki Nagare
Jennifer Todoroff as
Drunk Lady
P.A. Woman B
Video Message VO
Yuki
Jenny Strader as
Door Woman
Megumi Reinard
Tall Girl
Video Gamer B
Jessica Boone as
Hisagon
Nadesico Crew A
Sayuri
Jin Ho Chung as
Assault Trooper B
Maintenance Crew C
Salary Man
Successor Assault Officer
Joey Goubeaud as
Operator
Successor Officer B
John Gremillion as
Father Munetake
Genhachiro Akiyama
John Swasey as
American Representative
Drunk Man
Hokushin's Six B
Seiya Uribatake
Jon Talia as Successor Troop Commander
Junie Hoang as
Eri Uemura
Jump Operator B
Takeshi
Kaytha Coker as
Lady Message B
Secretary
Kelli Cousins as
Chika
Female Flight Officer
Harumi Tanaka
Kelly Manison as
Minato
School Girl
Kenneth Smith as
Assault Trooper A
Ryoko Squad A
Kim Prause as
Billboard Girl
Hisago Plan Guide
Successor Operator Female
Kyle Jones as
Commander
Hokushin's Six C
Jovian Operator B
Maintenance Crew A
Nergal Guard B
Scientist A
Successor Navigator
Successor Officer C
Successor Pilot
Video Game Fighter 2
Video Gamer A
Marcy Rae as Miss Howmei
Marta Bechtol as Radio Operator B
Matt Culpepper as Azuma
Matt Wittmeyer as
Escort Officer C
Nergal Guard A
Operator C
Ryoko Squad B
Michael Olesch as Narrator International
Mike Yantosca as
Assault Trooper A
Committee Member A
Jump Operator A
Radio Operator B
Successor Officer A
Successor Trooper A
Monica Rial as
Magical Princess Natural Lychee Sprite
Mikako
Neil O'Sullivan as
Committee Member B
Soldier B
Yukimachizuki Officer
Paul Sidello as Prospector
Phil Ross as
Chairman
Tani
Yukimachizuki Captain
Richard Hasenmyer as
Assault Trooper D
Officer
Pilot C
Soldier C
Rick Burford as Shinjyuu
Rob Mungle as Goat
Serena Varghese as
Jumbotron Newscaster
Minako
Nadesico Crew B
Shelley Calene-Black as
Inez Frassange
Lapis Lazuii
Sierra Jones as
Lieutenant Female
Nadesico Crew D
Steven Hasenmyer as
Male Passenger A
Martian Janitor B
Radio Operator D
Successor Commander
Tamara Lo as Izumi
Ted Pfister as Admiral Kouichiro Misumaru
Vic Mignogna as
Araragi
Hokushin's Six A
Wade Shemwell as
Jovian Operator A
Radio Operator A
English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
Distributor:
ADV Films
Nozomi Entertainment (2011)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Licensed by:
ADV Films (expired)
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
The Right Stuf International (2011)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Luis Alfonso Mendoza
Ariadna Rivas as Ruri Hoshino
Emmanuel Rivas as Akito Tenkawa
Irwin Daayan as Saburota Takasugi
Mónica Villaseñor as Hari Makibi

Alejandra de la Rosa as Ryoko Subaru 
Enrique Cervantes as Hokushin
Gabriela Beltrán as Yurika Misumaru
Gabriela Guzmán as Ryoko Subaru
Isabel Martiñon as Hikaru Amano
Luis Alfonso Mendoza as Nagare Akatsuki
Luis Daniel Ramirez as Jun Aoi
Patricia Quintero as Izumi Maki
Ricardo Mendoza as Professor Yamazaki

Alejandro Illescas as Haruki Kusakabe
Alejandro Villeli as Goat Hory
Arturo Mercado as
Operator 2
Scientist
Benjamin Rivera as Operator 1
Cristina Hernandez as Yukina Shiratori
Daniel Abundis as Operator 3
Elsa Covián as Girl
Gabriela Beltrán as
Inez Fressange
Lapis Lazuli
Gabriela Guzmán as Mikako
Gustavo Melgarejo as Seiya Uribatake
Herman Lopez as Propector
Irene Jiménez as Erina Kinjo Won
Laura Ayala as Minato Haruka
Luis Alfonso Mendoza as
Hisagon
Jovian senator
Marcos Patiño as Boy on computer
Miguel Angel Ghigliazza as Amaterasu's Admiral
Norma Echevarria as Mayumi
Norma Iturbe as Howmei
Rebeca Gómez as Megumi Reynard
Roberto Mendiola as Enichiro Shokuji
Rossy Aguirre as Amaterasu's computer
Sergio Barrios as Earth senator
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Cinema Golden Choice (Mexico)
Cinema Platino Plus (Mexico)
I-Sat (Latin America)
Locomotion
Distributor:
Alebrije Entertainment
Xystus (Latin America)
Dubbing Studio: Art Sound S.A de C.V. Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Silvana Fantini
Art Director: Andrea Sergio

Coordination: Mandy Mometti
Dialogues: Paolo Sala
Dubbing Assistant: Natale Ciravolo
Editorial Director: Anna Marani
Graphic Project: Lorenzo Crotti
Licensing: Mandy Mometti
Managing Director: Massimiliano Rella
Marketing Assistant: Alice Quaglino
Marketing Director: Giorgio Pulini
Mixing: Walter Tuzzeo
Partners Coordination: Gianluca Aicardi (Ad Libitum)
Product Manager: Simona Stanzani
Project Manager:
Carlo Cavazzoni (DVD)
Ivan Murgia (DVD)
Lorenzo Crotti (DVD)
Patrizia Mottola as Ruri Hoshino

Cinzia Massironi as Ryoko Subaru
Cristiana Rossi as Minato
Patrizia Scianca as Hari Makibi
Simone D'Andrea as Saburota Takasugi

Alessandra Karpoff as Hikaru Amano
Antonello Governale as coordinatore
Debora Magnaghi as
Megumi Reinard (one scene)
Yukina Shiratori
Francesca Bielli as Maki Izumi
Gianluca Iacono as Genichiro Tsukuomi
Giorgio Bonino as Shinjyu
Lorella De Luca as Mayumi
Lorenzo Scattorin as Akiko Tenkawa
Luca Bottale as Seiya Uribatake
Luca Sandri as Nagare Akatsuki
Marco Balzarotti as Hokushin
Mario Scarabelli as Misumaru
Mario Zucca as Azuma
Natale Ciravolo as Haruki Kusakabe
Paolo De Santis as Jun Aoi
Paolo Sesana as Yamasaki
Pietro Ubaldi as Munetake
Riccardo Lombardo as Goat Hory
Silvana Fantini as Yurika Misumaru
Stefano Albertini as Genpachiro Akiyama
Italian companies
Distributor: Dynit
Dubbing: A.D.C. Group
DVD Authoring: DVD Hotminds S.r.l.
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Fernanda Bullara as Ruri Hoshino

Fábio Lucindo as Hari
Fábio Moura as Sabutora Takasugi

Alexandre Marconato as Yamazaki
Armando Tiraboschi as Goat Hory
Cecília Lemes as Ryoko Subaru
Celso Alves as Araragi
Daoiz Cabezudo as Amaterasu's admiral
Denise Reis as Mayumi
Fábio Moura as Sakurota
Fátima Noya as Izumi Maki
Francisco Brêtas as
Almirante Yoshitaka
Sadaaki Munetake
Ivo Roberto as Seiya Uribatake (Actual Voice)
Leonardo Camilo as Hokushin
Letícia Quinto as
Tsukumo Shiratori's sister
Yukina Shiratori
Luiz Laffey as
Genpachirou Akiyama
Seiya Uribatake 
Marcelo Campos as Akito Tenkawa
Marcelo Pissardini as Haruki Kusakabe
Márcia Regina as Yurika Mitsumaru
Mauro Eduardo as Shinjyu
Priscila Concépcion as Hikaru Amano
Raquel Marinho as Ines Fresange
Renato Márcio as Kouichirou Misumaru
Rita Almeida as Eri Uemura
Rosa Maria as Howmei
Rosana Beltrame as Izumi Maki
Sérgio Corsetti as Nagare Akatsuki
Sérgio Moreno as Genichirou Tsukiomi
Suzy Pereira as Lapis Lazuli
Tatá Guarnieri as Prospector
Ursula Bezerra as Megumi Reinard
Vagner Fagundes as Jun Aoi
Vanessa Alves as Minato Haruka

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Locomotion
Dubbing Studio: Mastersound
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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