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Ultra Maniac (TV)

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©2003 Wataru Yoshizumi / Shueisha • ULUMANI Project


[ alternate retelling of Ultra Maniac (OAV) ]
Alternative title:
ウルトラマニアック (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, magic, romance
Themes: magical girl
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
Plot Summary:
Nina Sakura, a young, clumsy witch travels from the magic kingdom to collect the five holy stones to win as the princess candidate, competing with her childhood friend,Maya Orihara. But eventually, she develops new friendships in this world with people like Ayu Tateishi, Kaji Tetsushi, Tsujiai Hiroki. She also helps Ayu and Kaji to form a couple.Then she faces the dilemma, whether to stay here or return to the world she belongs to.
Nina, a young girl from the Magic Kingdom, is a candidate for princess. She travels to Earth to search for Holy Stones required for her to be qualified as a candidate. On Earth, she meets Ayu Tateishi, who right away discovered her magical powers and who eventually became her best friend. They continue their friendship as Ayu further learns about Nina's mission. Finally, she collected the 5 Holy Stones. However, a dilemma then came: Nina cannot decipher on what road will she take -- to become a princess, or remain on Earth with her friends.
User Ratings: 397 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 18 votes (sub:14, dub:4)
 Excellent: 50 votes (sub:41, dub:8, raw:1)
 Very good: 101 votes (sub:78, dub:19, Fre.sub:1, English:1, edit.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Good: 122 votes (sub:92, dub:27, raw:2, Spa.dub:1)
 Decent: 50 votes (sub:41, dub:9)
 So-so: 27 votes (sub:19, dub:5, raw:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:3)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:2, raw:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 876 users, rank: #693
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.088 (Good+.08), std. dev.: 1.666, rank: #1501
Weighted mean: 6.942 (Good-.05), rank: #1708 (seen all: 7.17 / seen some: 6.43 / won't finish: 3.99)
Bayesian estimate: 6.956 (Good-.04), rank: #1442
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2003-05-20 to 2003-11-11
Opening Theme:
"Kagami no Naka (Within the Mirror)" by can/goo
Ending Theme:
"Hitotsu=Unmei Kyoudoutai (One=Fated Union)" by can/goo
Official website:
Ultra Maniac Official Site (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Comment:
King Records / Starchild replaced voice actresses of two protagonists in OAV with two seiyuu / singers of their own.
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Related releases:
    Ultra Maniac - Complete DVD Box Set (DVD) 2006-09-19 (from $81.22)
    Ultra Maniac - Magical Girl (DVD 1) 2005-04-05 (from $5.00)
    Ultra Maniac - V1 + Box (DVD 1) 2005-04-05 (from $6.09)
    Ultra Maniac - Magical Friends (DVD 2) 2005-06-21 (from $5.00)
    Ultra Maniac - Magical Stone (DVD 3) 2005-08-16 (from $5.00)
    Ultra Maniac - Magical Feelings (DVD 4) 2005-09-13 (from $5.00)
    Ultra Maniac - Magical Transformation (DVD 5) 2005-12-20 (from $5.00)
    Ultra Maniac - Magical Love (DVD 6) 2006-02-21 (from $5.00)
    Ultra Maniac - Magical Ending (DVD 7) 2006-04-18 (from $5.00)
    Ultra Maniac - Magical Songs CD Soundtrack (OST) 2005-09-06 (from $5.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese companies 

Series director: Shin-ichi Masaki

Series Composition: Miho Maruo

Scenario: Yasuko Oe

Screenplay:
Hisayoshi Kato
Miho Maruo
Shiki Masuda

Storyboard: Nanako Shimazaki

Music:
Toru Yugawa
Toru Yukawa

Original Manga: Wataru Yoshizumi

Character Design: Miho Shimogasa

Art director: Kazuhiro Takahashi

Chief Animation Director: Maki Fujii

Sound director: Yuuki Matsuoka

Director of Photography: Noriaki Oguma

Producer:
Gou Shukuri
Katsunori Naruke
Kiyonori Hirase
Naomi Satou

Editing: Jun Takuma

Planning:
Masao Takiyama
Toshihiko Sato

Sound Effects: Rie Komiya

Theme Song Performance: can goo

 

Animation Production: Ashi Productions

Backgrounds:
Art Max (eps 5, 11, 20)
Echo (ep 18)
Studio Aqua (10 episodes

eps 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21
)
Studio Jack (eps 1-17, 19-26)

Broadcaster: Animax

Finish Animation:
CCR (eps 7, 11, 17)
Dicell (8 episodes

eps 12-13, 16-19, 22, 26
)
Echo (eps 2, 18, 23)
FAI International
Front Line (4 episodes
eps 10, 15, 20, 25
)
Garan (eps 7, 11, 17)
Golden Bell (5 episodes
eps 11, 14, 16, 24, 26
)
Hayashi (ep 18)
JCF (eps 11, 16)
JEM (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Kagura (eps 11, 26)
NARA Animation Studio (eps 2, 18)
NON WOO ANIMATION (ep 8)
QEN (ep 22)
Studio CATS (eps 2, 18, 23)
Studio Step (1,11,21,24,26)
Tanto (9 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 9, 14, 19, 21, 23
)
Triple A (eps 10, 14)
Wild Horse (ep 8)

In-Between Animation:
Anime Roman (ep 7)
Dicell (9 episodes

eps 7, 12-13, 16-19, 22, 26
)
Dogakobo (ep 6)
Echo (eps 2, 17, 23)
F A I
Front Line (4 episodes
eps 10, 15, 20, 25
)
Golden Bell (5 episodes
eps 11, 14, 16, 24, 26
)
Hayashi (ep 18)
JCF (eps 11, 16)
JEM (eps 1, 4, 6)
JEM KOREA (ep 3)
NARA Animation Studio (eps 2, 18)
QEN (ep 22)
Studio Aqua 
Studio CATS (eps 2, 18, 23)
Studio DEEN (eps 11, 21, 26)
Studio Jack 
Studio OX
Tanto (5 episodes
eps 6, 9, 14, 19, 21
)
Tokyo Kids (ep 23)
Triple A (eps 10, 14)
Wild Horse (eps 3, 8)

Key Animation:
Animation Planet (eps 16, 21)
Anime Roman (ep 3)
Ashi Productions (ep 24)
AZETA PICTURES (ep 17)
Dicell (ep 22)
Echo (eps 18, 23)
Echo Films (ep 22)
Last House (ep 3)
NARA Animation Studio (eps 2, 18)
Studio Cockpit (ep 12)
Studio Create (ep 16)
Studio Line (ep 17)
Studio Mark (ep 7)
Studio One Pack (ep 17)
Tanto (ep 24)
Tokyo Animation Center (eps 10, 20)
Triple A (ep 14)

Music Production: Starchild Records

Photography:
Ashi Productions (eps 1-12, 14-26)
Dicell (ep 13)
Studio Wood (eps 17-24)
Wao World (eps 17-19)

Production:
Animax
Ashi Productions
Urumani Project

Recording Studio: Jinnan Studio

special effects:
Marix (eps 18, 23)
Wao World (ep 20)

Video Editing: Tokyo Video Laboratory

Japanese cast 

Akemi Kanda as Nina Sakura

Yui Horie as Ayu Tateishi

Ayumi Furuyama as Akiho

Hiroshi Kamiya as Tetsuji Kaji

Reiko Takagi as Rio

Susumu Chiba as Hiroki Tsujiai

Ai Tokunaga as
Doll (ep 10)
Eriko

Akimitsu Takase as
Home-Stay Father
Umpire (ep 16)

Ayumi Furuyama as
Girl A (ep 15)
Waitress (ep 13)

Chiemi Ishimatsu as Satomi

Chinami Nishimura as Luna (ep 14)

Eiji Takamoto as Principal

Eiji Takemoto as Lulu

Hikari Yono as Tamura-sensei

Isamu Hayashi as Yuta Kirishima

Isao Yamagishi as Jun Kawanakajima

Kiyomi Asai as Bamboo (ep 8)

Kouichi Enkin as Prince (25-26)

Masami Iwasaki as Mikami-sensei

Ryotaro Okiayu as Shinnosuke (ep 17)

Saeko Chiba as Maya Orihara

Sakura Nogawa as Pasocon

Satoshi Sasaki as Nina's grandfather

Shinobu Satou as Kaji's Mother (ep 16)

Takuma Takewaka as Sebastian

Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Mohawk-haired Man (ep 18)

Yumi Fukamizu as Home-stay Mama

Yuya Kubo as
Boy A (ep 15)
Guard (ep 12)
Librarian (ep 11)
Man (ep 18)

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Ezra Weisz

Translation:
Anna Exter
Michael Wishlow

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer:
Kevin Chu
Sook Waiquamdee
Yves Chicha

Adaptation:
Tom O'Conner
Wilder Jacob

ADR Editor:
Alex Gordon
Gina Nuccio

ADR Recording Engineer:
Alex Gordon
Ken Theis

Production producer: Yurika Dennis

Re-Mixing Engineer: Thanos Kazakos

Subtitling: Anna Exter

Video Editing: Alex Agoston

 

Carrie Savage as Nina Sakura

Jennifer Sekiguchi as Ayu Tateishi

Yuri Lowenthal as Tsujiai

Jimmy Benedict as Hiroki Tsujiai

Lorelei Hill Butters as Akiho

Rafael Antonio as Tetsuji Kaji

Barbara Goodson as Bamboo

Doug Erholtz as
Jun Kawanakajima
Prince
Shinnosuke

Ethan Murray as
Host Father
Sebastian

Gaye Coffman as
Eriko
Host Mother

Grant George as
Mikami
Shiro

Jennifer Sekiguchi as Ruru

Jessica Gee as Plum

Jim Taggert as Yuta Kirishima

Jimmy Benedict as Principal

Lorelei Hill Butters as
Magic PC
Miss Tamura

Michael McConnohie as
Butler
Nina's Grandfather

Reba West as Pine

Sam Regal as Student

Sandy Fox as Luna

Sandy Mooney as Satomi

Tara Platt as
Tama
Voodoo Doll

Vicky Green as Maya Orihara

English companies 

ADR Producton: Media Concepts

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia (SE Asia)
Animax India

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Production: Animax Asia

Recording Studio: Media Concepts

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Theme Song Performance: Silvia Guillem (OP, ED, Spain dub)

 

Carmen Calvell as Nina Sakura (Spain dub)

Maria Rosa Guillén as Ayu Tateishi (Spain dub)

Ana Romano as Rio (Spain dub)

Daniel Albiac as Tetsuji Kaji (Spain dub)

Oscar Redondo as Hiroki Tsujiai (Spain dub)

Enrique Hernández as Yuta Kirishima (Spain dub)

Francesc Rocamora as
Abuelo de Nina (Spain dub)
Cuervo de Maya (Spain dub)

Noemi Bayarri as
Ciruela (Spain dub)
Muñeca (Spain dub)

Susana Damas as
Madre de Nina (Spain dub)
Maya Orihara (Spain dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra (Spain dub)

Ana Romano (Spain dub)

Carlos Lladó (Spain dub)

Daniel Albiac (Spain dub)

Oscar Redondo (Spain dub)

Susana Damas (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Distributor: Planeta Junior (Spain)

 
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