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El Hazard - The Magnificent World (OAV)

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Related anime:
    El Hazard 2 - The Magnificent World (OAV) (sequel)
      El Hazard: The Alternative World (TV) (sequel)
    El-Hazard: The Wanderers (TV) (alternate retelling)

Alternative title:
El Hazard le Monde Magnifique (French)
El-Hazard: Un mundo fantástico (Japanese)
Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard (Japanese)
神祕的世界 (Chinese (Taiwan))
神秘の世界エルハザード (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: When Makoto Mizuhara discovers an old monument in his school and awakens a beautiful woman, he, his teacher, his worst enemy and one of his female friends is transported to the magnificent world of El Hazard. There they discovers that they have received some special powers. Makoto and his teacher Fujisawa lands in a jungle and saves a princess from some large bugs. Makotos friend Nanami lands in a desert. And Makotos rival, Jinnai lands in the middle of the bug’s kingdom and becomes their general, plotting to destroy Makoto and his new friends. After several having his attacks repelled by Makoto several times, Jinnai learns about an ultimate weapon, the demon Ifurita. And so everyone sets of to find Ifurita, and when she's found Makoto learns that she is the same woman that sent them to El Hazard. But the one gaining control of her is Jinnai.
User Ratings: 734 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 82 votes (sub:40, dub:37, raw:1, ?:1, others:3
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 139 votes (sub:83, dub:50, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 189 votes (sub:124, dub:59, ?:1, others:5
3 French subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 185 votes (sub:122, dub:50, raw:4, others:9
3 German dubbed
3 French dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 78 votes (sub:52, dub:20, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:23, dub:4, ?:1, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:4, ?:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:2, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1584 users, rank: #624 (of 5563)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.609 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6411, rank: #988 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 7.575 (Very good−), rank: #900 (of 5553) (seen all: 7.72 / seen some: 6.16 / won't finish: 4.82)
Bayesian estimate: 7.575 (Very good−), rank: #683 (of 4225)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 7
Episode titles: We have 7
Vintage: 1995-05-26 to 1996-01-25
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Boys be Free!" by Etsuko Kozakura
Links: We have 3
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 6
Review:
El Hazard - The Magnificent World (Sep 6, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    El Hazard - The Magnificent World - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2001-08-07
    El Hazard (DVD 1) 2007-05-29 (from $13.48)
    El Hazard (DVD 2) 2007-07-31 (from $5.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (ep 1)
Haruo Nakayama (ep 6)
Hiroki Hayashi (Series Director)
Kazuhiro Ozawa (ep 3)
Shigeru Kimiya (eps 2, 5)
Screenplay: Ryoe Tsukimura
Music: Seikou Nagaoka
Original Concept:
Hiroki Hayashi
Ryoe Tsukimura
Character Design: Kazuto Nakazawa
Art Director: Nobuhito Sue
Animation Director:
Kazunobu Hoshi (ep 6)
Koji Watanabe (eps 4-5, 7)
Shinji Ochi (ep 3)
Yuji Ikeda (eps 2, 5)
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Sato
Producer:
Hiroaki Inoue
Kazuaki Morijiri
Yasuo Hasegawa

Color Styling: Takuya Kawami
Concept Advice:
Hiroaki Ohue
Hiroyuki Hataike
Takeshi Okazaki
Design: Koji Watanabe
Key Animation: Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 6)
Music Director: Akira Kawase
Planning:
Taro Maki
Toru Miura
Recording: Kimitaka Kawasaki
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Supervising Animation Director: Kazuto Nakazawa
Theme Song Lyrics: Natsuko Karedo (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Etsuko Kozakura (ED)
Aya Sakaguchi as Ura
Ryotaro Okiayu as Katsuhiko Jinnai
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Makoto Mizuhara
Yuri Amano as Ifurita

Etsuko Kozakura as Alielle
Kikuko Inoue as Rune Venus
Kouji Ishii as Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa
Mifuyu Hiiragi as Fatora
Rikako Aikawa as Nahato
Rio Natsuki as Nanami Jinnai
Tomo Sakurai as Shayla-Shayla

Hiroshi Naka as Londs
Maaya Sakamoto as Qawoor Towles
Miho Yoshida as Afura Mann
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Galus
Saeko Shimazu as Miz Mishtal
Tamio Ohki as Dr. Shtalubaugh
Yoko Soumi as Diva
Japanese companies
Co-Production:
Daume
Magic Bus
Oniro
Production:
AIC
PIONEER LDC
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jenny Haniver
Translation:
Lois Takakura
Nobuhiro Hayashi
Rika Takahashi
Takayu Toshizo
ADR Script:
Jenny Haniver
Mary Claypool
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer:
John Pierce
Kevin Chu

Digital ADR Engineer:
Joe Romersa
Phil Brewster
DVD Design: Tom Watanabe
DVD Engineer: Songyi Liu
Recording Facility Engineer: Les Claypool III
Bob Marx as Katsuhiko Jinnai
Christy Mathewson as Makoto Mizuhara 
Julie Kliewer as Ura
Tiffany James as Ifurita

Debbie Derosa as Kiriya
Lia Sargent as Nanami Jinnai
Melissa Charles as Alielle
Michael Sorich as Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa
Mimi Woods as Shayla-Shayla
Mona Marshall as Nahato
Ruby Marlowe as Rune Venus
Tessa Ariel as Fatora
Tom Wyner as Galus
William Frederick Knight as Dr. Schtalubaugh

David Lucas as
General (ep 6)
Phantom Tribe Scientist A
Diva West as Diva
Dorothy Melendrez as Miz Mishtal
Dougary Grant as
Creature (ep 1)
Driver (ep 3)
Lord (ep 5)
Joe Romersa as Driver (ep 3)
Patricia Ja Lee as
Afura Mann
Reporter
Peter Spellos as Roll Londs
Rudy Luzion as
Lord (eps 1-2)
Student Council Member (ep 1)
Sam Strong as Phantom Tribe Scientist B
Susan Amber as Messenger

Arnie Hanks
Bambi Darro
Dan Martin
Dolly Llama
Gloria Gines
Jeff Nimoy
Jimmy Krakor
Joan Carol
Joey Camen
Jonathan Charles
Les Claypool III
Mary Claypool
Melodee Lee
Ralph Holderness
Reyna Romersa
Yuji Moto
English companies
ADR Production:
Animaze
ZRO Limit Productions
Broadcaster:
AXN-Asia (SE Asia)
International Channel
Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions
French staff
French cast
(none)
Cyrille Artaux as Katsuhiko Jinnaï
Laurence Bréheret as Ifurita
Olivier Korol as Makoto Mizuhara

Antoine Tome as Mr Fujisawa
Colette Noel as Shayla-Shayla
Laurence Bréheret as Rune Venus
Stéphanie Lafforgue as Nanami Jinnaï (voix 2)
Sybille Tureau as Nanami Jinnaï (voix 1)

Antoine Tome as Galus
Christine Paris as
Afura Mann
Diva (voix 2)
Michel Raimbault as Londs
Sybille Tureau as Diva (voix 1)

Michel Tugot-Doris
Yves Thullier
French companies
Broadcaster: Mangas
Distributor: Kaze
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Aurora Ferrándiz as Ifurita (Spain dub; ep 1)
Diana De Guzmán as Ifurita (Spain dub; eps 6-7)
Jordi Pons as Makoto Mizuhara (Spain dub)
José Javier Serrano as Katsuhiko Jinnai (Spain dub)
Marta Barbará as Ifurita (Spain dub; eps 4-5)

Alberto Mieza as Masamichi Fujisawa (Spain dub)
Aurora Ferrándiz as Afura Mann (Spain dub; eps 2-3)
Berta Cortés as Nanami Jinnai (Spain dub; eps 1-3)
Elisa Beuter as Rune Venus (Spain dub; eps 6-7)
Elisabet Bargalló as
Alielle Relrye (Spain dub)
Fatora Venus (Spain dub; ep 7)
Geni Rey as Afura Mann (Spain dub; eps 4-7)
Isabel Muntané as Ura (Spain dub; eps 1-3)
Javier Viñas as Galus (Spain dub)
Maria del Mar Tamarit as Shayla-Shayla (Spain dub)
Marta Barbará as Rune Venus (Spain dub; eps 1-2, 5)
Mercedes Diemand-Hartz as Nanami Jinnai (Spain dub; eps 4-7)
Nuria Doménech as Miz Mishtal (Spain dub; ep 3)
Victoria Ramos as
Alielle Relrye (Spain dub; ep 6)
Miz Mishtal (Spain dub; eps 4-7)

Concha García Valero as Diva (Spain dub; eps 1-3)
Dionisio Macias as Londs (Spain dub; eps 1-2)
Elisa Beuter as
Kiriya (Spain dub)
Nahato (Spain dub; eps 6-7)
Félix Benito as Dr. Shtalubaugh (Spain dub; ep 5)
Gloria Gonzalez as Diva (Spain dub; ep 5)
Luis Espinosa as Londs (Spain dub; ep 5)
Santiago Cortés as Dr. Shtalubaugh (Spain dub; eps 1-2)
Toni Solanes as Dr. Shtalubaugh (Spain dub; eps 6-7)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: International Soundstudio (Spain dub)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Adeline Schebesch as Ifurita
Andreas Müller as Mizuhara Makoto
Christina Nussbaum as Ura
Sasha Kaufmann as Jinnai

Adeline Schebesch as Shayla-Shayla
Björn Dobelman as Nahato
Frank Strobelt as Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa
Heidi Schliesser as Alielle
Natasa Tolimir as Fatora
Stefanie Albrecht as Rune Venus

Christina Nussbaum as Jinnai
Heidi Schliesser as Kiraia
Joachim Rudolph as Galus
Nina Marschke as
AfuraMang
Diva
Stephanie Albrecht as Miz Mishtal
Thomas Witte as Dr. Schtalubaugh
Tristan Vogt as Londs
German companies
Broadcaster: VOX
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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