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Mermaid Forest (OAV)

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© TAKAHASHI RUMIKO/SHOGAKUKAN/VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.


[ adapted from Mermaid Forest (manga), part of [Rumic World] ]

Related anime:
    Mermaid Forest (TV) (prequel)
    Mermaid's Scar (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
El mundo de Rumiko: El bosque de la sirena (Spanish)
La foresta delle sirene (Italian)
Ningyo no Mori (Japanese)
人魚の森 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, horror, mystery, romance
Themes: folklore, immortal, mermaids
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Legend states that eating the flesh of a mermaid will bestow immortality. Yuta and Mana do not remain dead for this reason. Unfortunately, mermaid's flesh affects people differently. Trying to help her sister Towa, Sawa creates a problem that will affect both of them for the rest of their lives. And now Towa's plans threaten both Yuta and Mana.
User Ratings: 132 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:4, ?:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Very good: 43 votes (sub:30, dub:11, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Good: 43 votes (sub:35, dub:7, ?:1)
 Decent: 19 votes (sub:15, dub:3, Ita.dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:3, ?:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 315 users, rank: #1404
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.258 (Good+.25), std. dev.: 1.3121, rank: #1243
Weighted mean: 7.193 (Good+.19), rank: #1204 (seen all: 7.22 / seen some: 6.29)
Bayesian estimate: 7.215 (Good+.21), rank: #992
Running time: 56 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1991-08-16
Releases: We have 1
Links: We have 1
In the news 2 times:
2009-06-08   Central Park Media's Licenses Offered by Liquidator
2004-01-01   Viz Manga Update
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    Mermaid Forest VHS

Related releases:
    Mermaid Forest (DVD)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Takaya Mizutani

Screenplay: Masaichiro Okubo

Music: Kenji Kawai

Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi

Character Design: Ikkoku Sayuri

Art director: Kazuyoshi Kanemura

Animation director: Sayuri Ichiishi

Sound director: Yasunori Honda

Director of Photography: Hajime Noguchi

Color Coordination: Naoko Kodama

Sound Producer: Hiroshi Kuroda

 

Kouichi Yamadera as Yuta

Mika Doi as Towa

Minami Takayama as Mana

Japanese companies 

Distributor: Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.

Production:
OB Planning
Studio Pierrot
Victor Entertainment

English staff 
English cast 

Translation:
Neil Nadelman
Pamela Ferdie (Subtitle)
William Flanagan (Subtitle)

Executive producer: John O'Donnell

Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

Adaptation: Jay Parks (Subtitle)

 (none)
English companies 

Distributor:
Manga Entertainment (Australia, UK)
U.S. Manga Corps (License Expired)

Licensed by: Central Park Media (License Expired)

Subtitles: Studio Nemo

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Jordi Pons as Yuuta (Spain dub)

Mercedes Diemand-Hartz as Towa Kannagi (Spain dub)

Núria Trifol as Mana (Spain dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra as Newsboy (Spain dub)

Carmen Contreras as Sawa Kannagi (Spain dub; old)

Graciela Molina as Sawa Kannagi (Spain dub; young)

José Antequera as Dr. Shiina (Spain dub)

Federico Menescal (Spain dub)

Xavier Fernández (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)

Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever (Barcelona, Spain)


Italian staff 

Dubbing Director: Raffaele Farina

Dialogues: Enrica Minini

Italian cast 

Anna Maria Tulli as Towa

Luigi Rosa as Yuta

Tina Venturi as Mana

Cristiana Rossi as Sawa da giovane

Grazia Migneco as Sawa da anziana

Vittorio Bestoso as Dottore

Italian companies 

Distributor: Polygram Video (1998)

Dubbing: DEA Digital Editing Audio

Translation: TEXT

Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.

Dutch cast 
(none)
 
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