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Neo Ranga (TV)

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© Shou Aikawa / Pony Canyon • Studio Pierrot • Marubeni


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Alternative title:
Nankai Kio Neoranga (Japanese)
Neoranga - L'arcana divinità del mare del sud (Italian)
Strange World of the South Seas - Neoranga
南海奇皇ネオランガ (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, horror
Themes: mecha
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: An ancient God called Ranga awakens on an isolated island in the South Pacific where it has been slumbering forgotten by mankind. Three sisters living in Tokyo - Minami, Ushio and Yuuhi Shimabara discover they have inherited this Island Kingdom, along with the huge God. When Ranga shows up in Tokyo, it soon becomes a source of wonder and conflict for the three sisters that control Ranga, the people who want to destroy it, and ones who want to use it.
User Ratings: 184 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:8, dub:5)
 Very good: 37 votes (dub:18, sub:17, Ita.dub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 40 votes (sub:23, dub:16, Ita.dub:1)
 Decent: 39 votes (sub:25, dub:12, Ita.dub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 23 votes (sub:15, dub:5, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:4)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:6, dub:5)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 378 users, rank: #1289
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.402 (Decent+.40), std. dev.: 1.9142, rank: #2591
Weighted mean: 6.390 (Decent+.38), rank: #2535 (seen all: 6.59 / seen some: 6.42 / won't finish: 4.52)
Bayesian estimate: 6.447 (Decent+.44), rank: #2199
Running time: 15 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 48
Episode titles: We have 48
Vintage: 1998-04-06 to 1998-09-28
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kaze no Nemuru Shima" by Miyamura Yuko, Sumitomo Yuko, and Sendai Eri (eps 1-24)
#2: "Kami to Nare" by Kuniaki Haishima (eps 25-48)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Prologue ~A City In The Sky " by Ito Masaaki (eps 1-24)
#2: "Kawaki No Miwa Ni Te" by Miyamura Yuko, Sumitomo Yuko, and Sendai Eri (eps 25-48)
Official website:
Links: We have 1
In the news 8 times:
2005-03-02   ADV Removes Releases
2002-12-12   New ADV Release Dates
2001-07-07   ADV at AX
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    Neoranga DVD 1

Related releases:
    Neo Ranga - Complete Collection (2nd Edition) (DVD) 2008-12-02 (from $28.99)
    Neoranga - DVD Collection (Thinpak) (DVD) 2006-01-24 (from $33.99)
    Neoranga (DVD 1) 2003-03-04 (from $3.00)
    Neoranga (DVD 2) 2002-04-15
    Neoranga - The Right of Kings (DVD 3) 2003-05-27 (from $23.98)
    Neoranga - A Nation Apart (DVD 4) 2003-08-19 (from $3.00)
    Neoranga - Ghosts of Days Gone By (DVD 5) 2003-10-14 (from $3.00)
    Neoranga - The Search for Paradise (DVD 6) 2003-12-09 (from $18.36)
    Neoranga DVD 1 + Box (DVD 1) 2003-03-04 (from $6.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Jun Kamiya

Script: Shou Aikawa

Music: Kuniaki Haishima

Original creator: Shou Aikawa

Character Design: Hiroto Tanaka

Art director: Yuji Ikeda

Mecha design: Shiho Takeuchi

Theme Song Performance:
Eri Sendai (OP 1)
Ito Masaaki (ED 1)
Kuniaki Haishima (OP 2)
Yuko Miyamura (OP 1)
Yuuko Sumitomo (OP 1)

 

Eri Sendai as Yuuhi Shimahara

Yuko Miyamura as Ushio Shimahara

Yuuko Sumitomo as Minami Shimahara

Akio Ohtsuka as Shogo Haseoka

Harunori Miyata as Joel

Megumi Ogata as Mei Ohmori

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Kazuo Fujiwara

Seiji Sotoyama as Masaru Shimabara

YUURI as Laburey

Ayako Kawasumi as Aya Seike

Chie Ishibashi as Tomoko Chikamatsu

Ginzo Matsuo as Yoshiyuki Takesue

Kaya Matsutani as Nayel

Kazusa Murai as
Honami Ichikawa
Tokimi (eps 31-32)

Ken Narita as Gorou

Makoto Tsumura as Takako Kedoin

Momoyo Kodama as Shoko Hara

Ryoko Mizuta as Hiromi Andou

Tomoko Hasegawa as Mizuki

Toru Ohkawa as Makoto Kageyama

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Hayato Tetsu

Urara Miura as Elina Amagi

Yuji Ueda as narrator

Yukiko Mannaka as Nakata the reporter

Shozo Iizuka

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: WOWOW

Production:
Marubeni
Pony Canyon
Studio Pierrot

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Don Rush

Art director:
David Del Rio
Ruby Halipoto

ADR Script:
Don Rush
Mike Yantosca

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Producer: Don Rush

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Graphics: Larry Koteff

DVD Menu Design: Patrick Givens

DVD Producer: Andrew Kent

Editing:
Neil O'Sullivan
Patrick Givens

Graphics: Patrick Givens

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Packaging Design: Larry Koteff

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik
Marta Bechtol
Miwa Murayama

Project Translator: Joe Congdon

Recording engineer:
Cesar Inserny
Henry Rogers

Sound Design: Brent Marshall

Subtitle Script & Timing: Carl Wormley

 

Kaytha Coker as Minami Shimabara

Kelli Cousins as Ushio Shimabara

Kira Vincent-Davis as Yuuhi Shimabara

Kevin Corn as Joel

Mike MacRae as Haseoka

Monica Rial as Mei Omori

Allison Sumrall as Kaori

Andy McAvin as Prime Minister

Carl Wormley as Masked Man

Christine Auten as Sadako

Christopher Patton as Ichigi

Cynthia Martinez as Laburey

Cynthia Ann Feaster as Shoko

Dan Sessions as Old Politician

Greg Ayres as Tsubasa

Greg Dean as
Commander
Rano the Elder

Heather LeMaster as
Garu the Elder
Yoshino Sasai

Hilary Haag as Mizuki

Illich Guardiola as Tsunehira

Jason Douglas as
Internal Affairs Man
Kurogane

Jay Hickman as Kazuo Fujiwara

Jessica Boone as
Aya
Elina

Jody Ferdig as Honami

John Gremillion as
Kageyama the Reporter
Mr. Asoaka
Unbo the Elder

John Swasey as
Junichi Andou
Yamazaki

Luci Christian as
Takako Kedoin
Tokimi

Marcy Rae as Haruhiro Andou

Matt Kelley as Gorou (eps 17-18)

Melanie Taylor as Ms. Ichijou

Mike Vance as Governor Akiyama

Mike Yantosca as Kamizuru (eps 15-18)

Nomed Kaerf as Jirou Niimura

Phil Ross as Uncle Tatsuji

Randy Sparks as Senator Sasai

Rick Burford as Takesue

Rob Mungle as Taneoka

Shawn Taylor as Nayelu

Shelley Calene-Black as Murder Suspect (ep 37)

Steve Garris as Narrator

Ted Pfister as Tribal Chief

Tiffany Grant as Masked Woman

Vic Mignogna as Takuya Kimuro

Vicki Barosh as Aunt Yoshie

Andrew Klimko

Chris Hawley

Donaldo

Fumiko Chino

Joe Congdon

Joey Goubeaud

Kyle Jones

Luther Chakurian

Max Rush

Mike Yantosca

Ruby Halipoto

English companies 

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

Recording Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Eric Chevallier

 

Céline Brunelle as Ushio Shimabara

Léa Gabriele as Yuhi Shimabara

Léa Gabrielle as Yuhi Shimabara

Susan Sindberg as Minami Shimabara

Emmanuel Fouquet as Shogo Haseoka

Susan Sindberg as Joel

Bernard Demory as
le narrateur
Yoshiyuki Takesue

Cyrille Monge as Hayato Tetsu

Emmanuel Fouquet as Kasuo Fujiwara

Marie-Annick Mahé as Tsubasa

French companies 

Broadcaster: TF6

Dubbing: Studio Chinkel

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Azucena Díaz (Spain dub)

Translation: Montse Rocher (Catalan dub)

Adaptation: Anna Gilabert (Catalan dub)

Dubbing Assistant: Iola Ledesma (Catalan dub)

 

Esther Solans as Minami Shimahara (Catalan dub)

Mar Roca as Minami (Spain dub)

Marta Ullod as Ushio Shimahara (Catalan dub)

Mònica Padrós as Yuuhi Shimahara (Catalan dub)

Núria Trifol as Ushio (Spain dub)

Roser Vilches as Yuuji (Spain dub)

Aleix Estadella as Kazuo Fujiwara (Catalan dub)

Carmen Ambrós as Joel (Spain dub)

Geni Rey as Hiromi Andoh (Catalan dub)

TERESA MANRESA as Mei (Spain dub)

Alicia Laorden as Professora (Catalan dub)

Carlos Lladó as Tetsu (Spain dub)

Santi Lorenz as Mafiós (Catalan dub)

Angel del Río (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)

Dubbing Studio:
Dubbing Films (Barcelona ; Spain dub)
Q.T. Lever (Catalan dub)


Italian staff 

Script: Paolo Cortese

Translation: Laura Giordano

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Assistant Director Of Dubbing: Elisabetta Cortese

Assistant producer: Jessica Poce

AVID Operator:
Marco Vitali
Paolo Quadrelli

Director Of Dubbing: Paolo Cortese

Dolby Surround Mixing: Stefano Morandi

Editorial Coordination: Titti Matera

Editorial Staff Secretary:
Anna Marani
Caterina Mallimaci
Emanuela Mastromattei

Japanese Consultant:
Kazuhiko Murata
Pierre Giner
Yoshiya Hirohama

Mastering: Marco Segni

Mixing Assistant: Giorgio Bassanelli

Postproduction Coordinator: Cristina Minoja

Postproduction Staff Secretary:
Anna Zuppiroli
Cinzia Muttarini

Production Staff Secretary: Gianfranco Calvitti

Supervisor Of Postproduction: Valerio Manenti

Titles: Sara Radelli

Italian cast 

Domitilla D'Amico as Yuhi Shimabara

Perla Liberatori as Ushio Shimabara

Stella Musy as Minami Shimabara

Stefano De Filippis as Joel

Francesca Fiorentini as Omori

Francesco Bulckaen as Hayato Tetsu

Francesco Prando as Narratore

Giorgio Locuratolo as Vicecomandante

Giuliano Santi as Minoru Kageyama

Pasquale Anselmo as Shogo Haseoka

Pino Ammendola as Takesue

Saverio Indrio as Comandante

Simone Crisari as Tsubasa

Vittorio Guerrieri as Kazuo Fujiwara

Italian companies 

Distributor:
Dynamic Italia
Dynamic Visions

Dubbing: Cooperativa Eddy Cortese

Postproduction: Studio PV

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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