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Spirit of Wonder (OAV)

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© Kenji Tsuruta/Kodansha • Toshiba EMI



[ adapted from Spirit of Wonder (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Spirit of Wonder Scientific Boys Club (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring
ザスピリットオブワンダー - チャイナさんの憂鬱 (Japanese)
Themes: steampunk
Plot Summary: Miss China, a young Chinese girl, runs a restaurant in England. Dr Breckenridge and Jim are boarders that live upstairs. Unfortunately, Miss China has a problem with getting the rent from them because they spend all their money on wild inventions. The latest one allows people to travel to the moon. No one believes them, so they devise a way to prove it.
User Ratings: 70 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Very good: 15 votes (sub:9, dub:6)
 Good: 20 votes (sub:13, dub:6, Spa.dub:1)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:7, dub:2, ?:1, Ita.dub:1)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (raw:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 139 users, rank: #2047
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.786 (Good-.21), std. dev.: 1.8508, rank: #2064
Weighted mean: 6.766 (Good-.23), rank: #1970 (seen all: 7.05 / seen some: 4.99 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.859 (Good-.14), rank: #1585
Vintage: 1992-06-03
Ending Theme:
"Yume no Tobira" by Noriko Hidaka
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Trivia: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Spirit of Wonder DVD

Related releases:
    Spirit of Wonder - Miss China's Ring (DVD)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Mitsuru Hongo

Screenplay: Michiru Shimada

Music: Kouhei Tanaka

Original Manga: Kenji Tsuruta

Character Design: Yoshiaki Yanagida

Art director:
Hiromasa Ogura
Yoshiaki Yanagida

Animation director: Yoshiaki Yanagida

Sound director: Akira Ookuma

Director of Photography: Akio Saitô

Color design: Miyoko Ichinose

Design:
Hiroyuki Nishimura
Toshihisa Kaiya

Editing: Yumiko Fuse

In-Between Supervision: Yuuichi Nakajima

Theme Song Performance: Noriko Hidaka

 

Hiroyuki Shibamoto as Jim Freud

Noriko Hidaka as Miss China

Michio Hazama as Dr. Breckenridge

Chafurin as man A

Akiko Hiramatsu as Nancy

Chisa Yokoyama as Robin

Ikuya Sawaki as Paul

Rin Mizuhara as Joan

Shozo Iizuka as Rock

Tamao Hayashi as Titi

Yuriko Fuchizaki as Lily

Yutaka Shimaka as shop owner

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Asiadou

Production: Toshiba EMI

English staff 
English cast 

Art director: Luray Carroll

Translation: Shin Kurokawa

Executive producer:
Janice Hindle
Peter R. Haswell

Associate producer: Natsumi Ueki

Audio Engineer: Nick Stuteville

Dialogue Checker: Natsumi Ueki

Dialogue Editing: Roe R. Adams III

Dialogue Mixer: Ron Abfalter

Production Coordination: Natsumi Ueki

Script Supervisor: William Bailey

Subtitling: Saori Tauchi

Subtitling Director: Robert J. Woodhead

Voice Direction: Scott Houle

 

David Bjorkback as Jim

Pamela Weidner as Miss China

Mike Way as Dr. Breckenridge

Bob Weidner as Evans

Chuck Denson Jr. as Rock

Dave Underwood as Policeman

Eric Paisley as Jim's Boss

Erica Shaffer as Lily

Gertrude Weidner as Marketwoman

Jim Clark as Thief

John Paul Houle as Jon

Kevin Greenway as Gentleman 2

Lanelle Markgraf as Lily

Lisa Gattis as Titi

Mark Matney as Gil

Norm Shore as Narrator

Rachael Seidman as Nancy

Robert Boucher as Gentleman 1

Scott Bailey as Paul

Sean P. O'Connell as Kelly

Shawn Ernie as Robin

Elmo Jones

Nick Manatee

Patrick Humphrey

William Brenton

English companies 

Licensed by: AnimEigo (Expired)

Recording Studio: Coastal Carolina Sound Studios


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Distributor: Beez

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 
(none)
 

Massimo Di Benedetto as Jim

Italian companies 

Distributor: Panini Video Italia


German cast 
German staff 
(none)

Claudia Urbschat-Mingues as China

Matthias Hinze as Jim Floyd

Hans Teuscher as Dr. Breckenridge

Dennis Schmidt-Foss as Jack

Gerhard Paul as Cooper

Kaspar Eichel as Shepard

Roland Hemmo as Gordon

Schaukje Könning as Windy

Silvia Missbach as Lily

German companies 

Distributor: Panini Video

 
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