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Someday's Dreamers (TV)

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Alternative title:
Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto (Japanese)
Things That Are Important to Magic Users
Нечто важное для мага (Russian)
魔法使的條件 (Chinese (Taiwan))
魔法遣いに大切なこと (Japanese)
Genres: magic, slice of life
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Yume Kikuchi, a girl who can use magic, goes to Tokyo to be an apprentice mage to the handsome Masami Oyamada (a professional mage). In Tokyo, Yume learns about magic, helping people, and various other things on her way to being a mage. but she soon also finds out that even just magic alone isnt enough to make someone truly happy...
User Ratings: 686 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 33 votes (sub:26, dub:6, ?:1)
 Excellent: 78 votes (sub:51, dub:23, raw:3, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 156 votes (sub:104, dub:47, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 190 votes (sub:143, dub:40, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
2 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 107 votes (sub:76, dub:28, raw:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 66 votes (sub:46, dub:19, raw:1)
 Not really good: 27 votes (sub:16, dub:9, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 22 votes (sub:13, dub:8, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1354 users, rank: #909 (of 10146)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.945 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6963, rank: #4376 (of 10318)
Weighted mean: 6.879 (Good), rank: #4438 (of 10318) (seen all: 6.98 / seen some: 6.53 / won't finish: 4.78)
Bayesian estimate: 6.890 (Good), rank: #4065 (of 7759)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2003-01-09 to 2003-03-27
Opening Theme:
"Kaze no Hana" by HANA HANA
Ending Theme:
"Under the Blue Sky" by The Indigo
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
Someday's Dreamers DVD 1 (Dec 9, 2003)
News: Show:
North American Stream List: Oct. 15-21 (Oct 21, 2012)
North American Stream List: Aug. 27- Sept. 2 (Sep 4, 2012)
North American Stream List: May 28 - June 3 (Jun 3, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 15-21 (Apr 17, 2012)
North American Stream List: January 2-8 (Jan 8, 2012)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Someday's Dreamers Anime (Jan 4, 2012)
Japanese Box Office, April 24-25 (Apr 29, 2010)
Japanese Box Office, April 10-11 (Apr 17, 2010)
Japanese Box Office, April 3-4 (Apr 11, 2010)
Someday's Dreamers Adapted into New Anime This Summer (Mar 26, 2008)
Tokyopop February and March Manga (Oct 12, 2005)
Otakon Musical Guests (Jul 8, 2005)
ACen License Round-Up (May 28, 2003)
Someday's Dreamers Licensed (May 16, 2003)
New Anime Trailers Online. (Oct 22, 2002)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces April Slate (Jan 16, 2012)
Other articles: Show:
Hey, Answerman! - Insurmountable Chaos (Feb 11, 2011)
RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - One Year Later (Jan 23, 2007)
Sound Decision - the Indigo Interview (Jul 26, 2006)
RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Cat's Cradle (Apr 4, 2006)
Sound Decision - Trigun, Viewtiful Joe, Ah! My Goddess (Mar 15, 2006)
Shelf Life - And a Happy New Year... (Dec 30, 2004)
Sound Decision - Someday's Dreamers (Jan 29, 2004)
Sound Decision - Live (Jan 29, 2004)
Shelf Life - Educating the masses (Jan 18, 2004)
The Spring 2003 Anime Preview Guide (Jan 15, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Someday's Dreamers - Complete Collection (DVD) 2012-04-17
    Someday's Dreamers - Magical Dreamer (DVD 1) 2003-11-11 (from $11.37)
    Someday's Dreamers - Magical Dreamer + Artbox (DVD 1) 2003-11-11 (from $39.99)
    Someday's Dreamers - Power of Love (DVD 2) 2004-01-13 (from $2.93)
    Someday's Dreamers - Precious Feelings (DVD 3) 2004-03-09 (from $6.00)
Soundtrack
    Someday's Dreamers (OST) 2003-11-04 (from $14.12)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masami Shimoda
Scenario: Norie Yamada
Storyboard:
Akitoshi Shimazu
Katsuichi Nakayama (eps 1, 7, 11)
Kozo Yokota (OP)
Episode Director: Katsuichi Nakayama (eps 7, 11)
Music: Takefumi Haketa
Original Manga:
Kumichi Yoshizuki
Norie Yamada
Character Design: Michinori Chiba
Art Director: Junichirō Nishikawa
Chief Animation Director: Keiko Kawashima
Animation Director:
Michinori Chiba (OP; ED; ep 2)
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Hisashi Akimoto
Producer:
Akio Matsuda
Masaru Kono
Satoshi Fujita
Shun Shimizu

Animation producer:
Rikiya Arasaki
Yuji Matsukura
Assistant producer: Miwa Sasaki
Casting Associate: Nobue Yoshinaga (Phoenicia)
Color Coordination: Miyuki Ishida
Color setting: Eiko Nishi (ep 9)
Digital Paint: Kyōsuke Ishikawa (ep 12)
Digital Production Advancement: Tatsuya Amanuma
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Key Animation:
Chizuru Mori (ep 6)
Isao Sugimoto (ED)
Katsuichi Nakayama (eps 7, 11)
Kenji Uchinō (ED)
Kozo Yokota (ED)
Takayoshi Hashimoto (Studio Mu; ep 1)
Takayuki Abe (ep 11)
Yoshikatsu Inoue (ep 5)
Yukako Tsuzuki (eps 1, 7, 12)
Music Performance: Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Music Selection: Tadashi Jinbo
Painting Inspector: Eiko Nishi (ep 9)
PR Producer:
Takashi Iida (Pioneer LDC)
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi (Kadokawa Daiei)
Production Coordination: Makoto Hosokawa
Production manager: Naoki Itsuki
Publicity: Wakana Koide (TV Asahi)
Recording Assistant: Masatsugu Kokubu
Sound Effects: Kōji Konno
Theme Song Arrangement:
Takefumi Haketa (ED)
Youichi Ichikawa (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Hana Hana (OP)
The Indigo (ED)
Aoi Miyazaki as Yume Kikuchi
Junichi Suwabe as Masami Oyamada

Akeno Watanabe as Angela Charon Brooks
Akiko Hiramatsu as Milinda
Sanae Kobayashi as Haru Kikuchi
Yūko Sasaki as Etsuko Kikuchi (ep 5)

Akiko Kurumado as Junko Iwanaga (ep 4)
Akira Tomisaka as Female Employee (ep 2)
Asami Imai as Girl A (ep 3)
Chie Kōjiro as Osamu Kuroda (ep 4)
Chika Sakamoto as Yasuyuki Terao (ep 4)
Eiji Maruyama as Jiro Furusaki (ep 9)
Hiroshi Iida as Go Kato
Hiroshi Naka as Kozo Endo
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Soccer Club Member (eps 10-11)
Hisako Kyōda as Mitsuko Takahashi
Ikuya Sawaki as Kazuki (ep 7)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Yume's Father (ep 1)
Kei Hayami as Kuniko (ep 3)
Kenichi Mochizuki as Announcer (ep 6)
Kōji Tsujitani as Chief Ginpun
Kōzō Shioya as Arai
Kumi Sakuma as Aya Kikuchi (ep 1)
Masaaki Tsukada as Fukui-sensei (ep 4)
Masako Nozawa as
Mutsuko Enomoto (ep 6)
Trainee A (ep 8)
Michiko Neya as Yoko Morikawa (ep 5)
Mika Kanai as Girl (ep 9)
Mio Yasuda as Girl B (ep 3)
Misato Fukuen as Yuuta (ep 6)
Motomu Kiyokawa as Rikiya Furusaki
Mugihito as Kazuo Takahashi (eps 10, 12)
Nami Kurokawa as
High School Girl (ep 7)
Trainee B (ep 8)
Nobuo Tobita as Sakuya Inoue (eps 7-8)
Ryōka Yuzuki as
Ayano Gotō (ep 3)
Ayano Gotou
Sawa Ishige as Runa Morikawa
Sayori Ishizuka as Mother (ep 11)
Shinichirō Miki as Husband (ep 12)
Shinji Kawada as Male Employee (ep 2)
Takeharu Ōnishi as Hoshio Morikawa (ep 5)
Takuma Suzuki as Cake Shop Owner (ep 7)
Takurō Kitagawa as Watchmaker (ep 7)
Tomoe Hanba as Takako's Son (ep 12)
Yūji Ueda as Zennosuke (eps 1-2)
Yūko Kobayashi as Nanako Furusaki (ep 9)
Yūko Mizutani as Sachiko (eps 1, 7)
Yumi Kakazu as Takako (ep 11)
Yuriko Fuchizaki as
Female Mage (ep 2)
Narrator of instructional video (ep 2)
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
J.C. Staff
Viewworks
Backgrounds:
E-cho
J.C. Staff Art Dept. (eps 11-12)
Studio Zitus
Broadcaster: TV Asahi
Digital Paint:
AIC
Buyuu (ep 7)
Hadashi Pro
JEM
Niandai Animation
Pak Production
Studio Elle
Studio March
Studio Road
T2 Studio
Effects: J.C. Staff Photography Dept. (eps 1-12)
In-Between Animation:
Hadashi Pro
Nakamura Production
Niandai Animation
Pak Production
Project 4
Key Animation:
Anime Roman (ep 10)
Nakamura Production (ep 10)
Studio Mu (eps 1, 7)
Studio Wanpack (ep 4)
Photography Cooperation: J.C. Staff Photography Dept. (eps 1-12)
Post Production: Tokyo Laboratory
Production:
Daiei Co. Ltd.
J.C. Staff
Pioneer LDC
Rondo Robe
Viewworks
Production Cooperation: PIGGY (eps 3, 9)
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Effect Production: Audio Tanaka
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Mariana Malkoskie
Translation: Yurika Dennis
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai)
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
John Ledford (Sentai)
Producer:
Satoshi Fujii
Sook Waiquamdee
Yves Chicha

Adaptation: Darlene Waddington
ADR Recording Engineer: Skyie Lewin
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes (Sentai)
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (Sentai)
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai)
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud (Sentai)
Re-Mixing Engineer: Thanos Kazakos
Subtitle Supervisor: Mariana Malkoskie
Supervising Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto
Video Editing: Alex Agoston
Kay Jensen as Yume Kikuchi
Otto Towne as Masami Oyamada

Bryce Papenbrook as Smiley
Shereen Hickman as Angela Charon Brooks
Stevie Bloch as Milinda

Alfred Thor as
Councilor Furusaki Rikiya
Kazuki
Dick Smallberries Jr. as Smiley (*)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Runa's mother
Jake Martin as
Inoue
Master Chief Ginpun
Zennosuke's Friend
Jessica Stenuis as Takako
Jim Taggert as
Office Tailor
Schooltaker Fukui
Train Announcer
Joe Booe as Zennosuke (eps 1-2)
Julie Maddalena as Runa
Laura Coyle as Nanako Furusaki
Mariana Malkoskie as Etsuko Kikuchi
Michelle Ruff as Ayano (ep 3)
Mona Marshall as
Gossiping Mage
Haru
Junko
Mother
Ms. Kuniko
Office Clerk
Orphanage Headmaster
Yasuyuki (ep 4)
English companies
ADR Production: Media Concepts
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
New Video Group
Section23 Films
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (expired)
Sentai Filmworks (2012)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Dybex
French cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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