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Stratos 4 (TV)

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Related anime:
    Stratos 4 (OAV) (sequel)
      Stratos 4 Advance (OAV) (sequel)
        Stratos 4 Advance Kanketsuhen (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
ストラトス・フォー (Japanese)
星空防衛隊 (Chinese (Taiwan))
스트라토스 4 (Korean)
Themes: military
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary:
The Earth has a defense system against large meteorites that are in collision course to it. This protection system has the Comet Blasters based in space stations as a 1st line of defense, using nuclear warheads lauched by spaceships. The 2nd line of defense are the Meteor Swepers based on ground airbases using hipersonic planes with special missiles to deal with the resulting debris from the 1st blasts. Mikaze is a troubled girl that is a trainee pilot for Meteor Sweper team that dreams to become a prestigious Comet Blaster pilot. Stratos 4 turns around Mikaze's and her teammates' challenge to become real pilots, while the Earth faces its threats that comes from outerspace.
The Earth has a defense system against large meteorites that are in collision course to it. This protection system has the Comet Blasters based in space stations as a 1st line of defense, using nuclear warheads launched by spaceships. The 2nd line of defense are the Meteor Sweepers based on ground airbases using hypersonic planes with special missiles to deal with the resulting debris from the 1st blasts. Mikaze is a troubled girl that is a trainee pilot for Meteor Sweeper team that dreams to become a prestigious Comet Blaster pilot. Stratos 4 turns around Mikaze's and her teammates' challenge to become real pilots, while the Earth faces its threats that comes from outer space. 
User Ratings: 377 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (dub:4, sub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 26 votes (sub:15, dub:11)
 Very good: 94 votes (sub:52, dub:36, others:6
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 119 votes (sub:78, dub:33, ?:1, others:7
5 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 67 votes (sub:50, dub:10, raw:1, others:6
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 23 votes (sub:13, dub:7, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 20 votes (sub:12, dub:5, others:3
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, edit.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 767 users, rank: #1194 (of 5565)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.772 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6834, rank: #2707 (of 5555)
Weighted mean: 6.707 (Good−), rank: #2722 (of 5555) (seen all: 7.00 / seen some: 5.89 / won't finish: 3.85)
Bayesian estimate: 6.731 (Good−), rank: #2443 (of 4230)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2003-01-05 to 2003-03-30
2005-08-02 to 2005-09-13 (Latin America Broadcast)
2007-01-06 (Animax Latin America)
Opening Theme:
"1st Priority" by Melocure [Ritsuko Okazaki & Megumi Hinata]
Ending Theme:
#1: "向日葵 (Himawari; Sunflower)" by Melocure (eps 01-12)
#2: "So far, so near" by Melocure (ep 13)
Trivia: We have 11
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DVD (Region 1)
    Stratos 4 - Complete Collection (DVD) 2006-03-14
    Stratos 4 - Blast Off (DVD 1) 2004-07-27 (from $2.24)
    Stratos 4 - Blast Off + Artbox (Limited) (DVD 1) 2004-07-27 (from $5.00)
    Stratos 4 - Turbulence (DVD 2) 2004-09-28 (from $16.49)
    Stratos 4 - Contact (DVD 3) 2004-10-26
    Stratos 4 - Interception (DVD 4) 2004-12-14

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takeshi Mori
Script: Katsuhiko Takayama
Music: Masamichi Amano
Character Design: Noriyasu Yamauchi
Chief Animation Director: Noriyasu Yamauchi
Mechanical design:
Noriyasu Yamauchi
Tomohiro Kawahara
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Toru Fukushi

3D CG Supervision:
Hiroaki Matsuura
Tomohiro Kawahara
Color Coordination: Osamu Mikasa
Key Animation:
Katsuhiko Nishijima (ep 13)
Takaaki Hirayama (ep 13)
Yuriko Chiba (ep 2)
Planning:
Hiro Maeyama
Kazumi Kawashiro
Tomohisa Itsuka
Series Story Editor: Katsuhiko Takayama
Theme Song Arrangement: Junjirou Seki (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Megumi Hinata
Ritsuko Okazaki (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Megumi Hinata (Melocure)
Ritsuko Okazaki (Melocure)
Fumiko Orikasa as Karin Kikuhara
Kaori Shimizu as Shizuha Doi
Shiho Kikuchi as Ayamo Nakamura
Yumi Kakazu as Mikaze Honjo

Hideki Tasaka as Tsubasa Miyazaki
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Sora Ikeda
Kouji Tsujitani as Kazuma Iwasaki
Mitsuo Iwata as Kouichirou Sako
Sayaka Ohara as Sayaka Kisaragi
Tomokazu Seki as Kei Fujitani

Akeno Watanabe as ST operator C
Akiko Hiramatsu as Chizuru Kubo
Akio Ohtsuka as Inquisitor
Fumihiko Tachiki as Shizuha's father (ep 8)
Haruhi Terada as ST operator B
Hikaru Miyata as Ayamo's father (ep 8)
Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Mania #1
Hisako Kyouda as Rin Mikuriya
Houchu Ohtsuka as Inspector (eps 12-13)
Kaho Kouda as Sayaka's mother (ep 8)
Kaori Mizuhashi as ST operator A
Keiko Konno as Ayamo's mother (ep 8)
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as
Mania #3
Mikaze's father
Kujira as
Boss cat (ep 6)
Chief chef (ep 6)
Kunihiko Yasui as PR officer (ep 10)
Masato Amada as Mania #2
Mayumi Asano as
Alice Mikuriya
Mikaze's mother
Megumi Toyoguchi as Annette Kerry
Michihiro Ikemizu as Inquisitor
Michiko Neya as Ran Mikuriya
Misa Kimura as Shimojijima operator (Touko Mukai)
Satsuki Yukino as Betty Bozeman
Sawa Ishige as Kitten (Shougun "General" Iwasaki)
Tetsuo Mizutori as Patrol boat captain (ep 12)
Tomohisa Asou as Inquisitor
Toshiyuki Takahashi as Mania #4
Yasuyuki Kase as Tsubasa's father (ep 8)
Yoko Sasaki as Ayamo's brother (ep 8)
Yoko Soumi as Miharu Ohzora
Yousuke Akimoto as Robert Reynold
Yuji Mikimoto as Examiner (ep 12)
Yuki Masuda as Mikaze's sister (ep 8)
Yuu Asakawa as Chris Calman
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation: Lucan Duran
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Producer:
Mike Eckart
Rod Boaz

5.1 Surround Mix:
Bobby Owsinski
Mike Eckart
Associate producer: Grant Yamagashi
Chief Producer: Charles McCarter
Dialogue Editing: Mike Eckart
Production Assistant:
Stephanie Fernandez
Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi
Production manager: Elisa Dease
Re-recording:
Bobby Owsinski
Mike Eckart
Recording engineer:
Daniel Powell
John Heirsekorn
Marcus Junkin
Script Adaptation: Steve Ohno
Series Producer: Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Subtitling: Riki Le Cotey
Voice Direction: Steve Ohno
Elisa Fiorillo as Ayamo Nakamura
Lisa Enochs as Shizuha Doi
Rachel Kempel as Mikaze Honjyo
Stacey Q as Karin Kikuhara

Greg Lastrapes as Kazuma Iwasaki
Michael-Ann Rowe as Sayaka Kisaragi
Thomas Scofield as Kei Fujitani

Alla Kardot as Betty Boozeman
Carrie Goldon as Ran Mikiura 
Carrie Gordon as Ran Mikuriya
Chris Ogden as Sora Ikeda
Debbie Grattan as Rin Mikiura
Devin Kamin as Tsubasa Miyasawa
Jimmy Keegan as Otaku #2
Lara Jill Miller as Ran Mikuriya
Laurel Hatfield as Annette Keily
Leisa Jo Waller as Miharu Ohzora
Lou Savage as Commander
Mayumi Asano as Alice Mikuriya/Admiral
Melissa Saltzman as Chris Calman
Milton Lawrence as
Kouichiro Sako
Otaku #4
Ronnie Rowe as Otaku #3
Sara Sido as Chizuru Ookubo 
Sarah Sido as Chizuru Ookubo
Thomas Shelton as Otaku #1
Tiffany as Mikaze's Sister
English companies
ADR Production: Elastic Media Corporation
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor: Beez Entertainment (UK)
Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
Korean cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
(none)
Anabella Silva as Karin Kikuhara
Yensi Rivero as Shizuha Doi

Citlalli Godoy as Commander
Maite Guedes as Ayamo Nakamura
Melanie Henriquez as Mikaze Honjo
Mercedes Prato as Operator
Nour Da Silva as Ran Mikuriya
Rolman Bastidas as Student
Ruben Leon as Kouichirou Sako
Spanish companies
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Translation:
Aleksandar Jankovic
Jelle de Swert

Script Check: Willem Keessen
(none)
Dutch companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Fátima Silva as Ayamo Nakamura
Luciana Baroli as Shizuha Doi
Tânia Gaidarji as Karin Kikuhara
Tatiane Keplermaier as Mikaze Honjo

Hermes Baroli as Kazuma Iwasaki
Márcio Araújo as Tsubasa Miyazaki
Marli Bortoleto as Sayaka Kisaragi
Ulisses Bezerra as Sora Ikeda

Afonso Amajones as Kouichirou Sako
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Animax (Brasil)
Animax Brazil (Dubbed)
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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