Ultra Maniac (TV)

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[ alternate retelling of Ultra Maniac (OAV) ]

Alternative title:

Streghe per amore (Italian)

ウルトラマニアック (Japanese)

Genres: comedy, magic, romance

Themes: magical girl

Objectionable content: None

Plot Summary:

Nina Sakura, a young clumsy witch, from the Magic Kingdom is a candidate for Princess. She travels to Earth to collect the five Holy Stones required for her to win, competing with her childhood friend, Maya Orihara. On Earth, she meets Ayu Tateishi who discovers her magical powers and who eventually becomes her best friend. They continue their friendship as Ayu further learns about Ninas' mission as well as making new friends along the way -Kaji Tetsushi and Tsujiai Hiroki. Finally, she collects the five Holy Stones however facing a dilemma…

Nina Sakura, a young, clumsy witch, a young girl from the Magic Kingdom, is a candidate for princess. She travels to Earth to collect the five Holy Stones required for her to win, competing with her childhood friend, Maya Orihara. On Earth, she meets Ayu Tateishi, who right away discovers her magical powers and who eventually becomes her best friend. They continue their friendship as Ayu further learns about Nina's mission, and as Nina makes other friends along the way—Kaji Tetsushi and Tsujiai Hiroki. She also helps Ayu and Kaji become a couple. Finally, she collects the five Holy Stones, but then faces a dilemma…

User Ratings: 488 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 24 votes (sub:16, dub:7, edit.dub:1)

Excellent: 59 votes (sub:45, dub:13, raw:1)

Very good: 122 votes (sub:95, dub:23, edit.dub:1, Eng:1, others:2

1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled

)

Good: 149 votes (sub:108, dub:38, raw:2, others:1

1 Spanish dubbed

)

Decent: 67 votes (sub:52, dub:14, others:1

1 Indonesian dubbed

)

So-so: 30 votes (sub:22, dub:5, raw:2, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

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Not really good: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:6)

Weak: 18 votes (sub:14, dub:4)

Bad: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, raw:1)

Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 1105 users, rank: #879 (of 5563)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.086 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6536, rank: #1963 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 6.947 (Good), rank: #2210 (of 5553) (seen all: 7.20 / seen some: 6.40 / won't finish: 4.41)
Bayesian estimate: 6.960 (Good), rank: #1921 (of 4226)

Running time: 23 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 26

Episode titles: We have 26

Vintage:

2003-05-20 to 2003-11-11

2011-01-10 (Italy)

Opening Theme:

"Kagami no Naka" ("Within the Mirror") by can/goo

Ending Theme:

"Hitotsu=Unmei Kyōdōtai" ("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 seiyū/singers of their own.

Review:

Ultra Maniac DVD 1 (Apr 1, 2005)

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DVD (Region 1)

Ultra Maniac - Complete DVD Box Set (DVD) 2006-09-19 (from $89.99)

Ultra Maniac - Magical Girl (DVD 1) 2005-04-05 (from $3.06)

Ultra Maniac - V1 + Box (DVD 1) 2005-04-05 (from $29.95)

Ultra Maniac - Magical Friends (DVD 2) 2005-06-21 (from $46.08)

Ultra Maniac - Magical Stone (DVD 3) 2005-08-16 (from $4.50)

Ultra Maniac - Magical Feelings (DVD 4) 2005-09-13 (from $4.39)

Ultra Maniac - Magical Transformation (DVD 5) 2005-12-20 (from $4.95)

Ultra Maniac - Magical Love (DVD 6) 2006-02-21 (from $38.43)

Ultra Maniac - Magical Ending (DVD 7) 2006-04-18 (from $5.00)

Soundtrack

Ultra Maniac - Magical Songs CD Soundtrack (OST) 2005-09-06 (from $5.00)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Series Director: Shin'ichi Masaki

Series Composition: Miho Maruo

Scenario:
Akiyoshi Sakai (ep 7)
Mamiko Ikeda (ep 10)
Miho Maruo (18 episodes

eps 1-2, 4-5, 9, 12-13, 15-16, 18-26

)
Shoji Ayano (eps 3, 6)
Tomoko Konparu (eps 8, 14)
Yasuko Oe
Yuki Enatsu (eps 11, 17)

Script: Kouji Ayano (eps 3, 6)

Screenplay:
Hisayoshi Kato
Miho Maruo
Shiki Masuda

Storyboard:
Gou Masui (ep 13)
Hideaki Oba (eps 12, 17, 22)
Kazumi Kobayashi (ep 7)
Kiyoshi Egami (eps 15, 20, 24)
Mashu Itō (ep 6)
Nanako Shimazaki
Ryoji Fujiwara (eps 3, 8)
Ryuichi Kimura (4 episodes

eps 5, 11, 16, 25

)
Shin'ichi Masaki (eps 1, 21, 26)
Tamiko Kojima (eps 2, 18, 23)
Yasuo Iwamoto (5 episodes

eps 4, 9-10, 14, 19

)

Episode Director:
Gou Masui (eps 10, 20, 22)
Hideaki Nakano (assistant; ep 8)
Hideaki Oba (ep 7)
Katsumi Minokuchi (ep 9)
Katsutoshi Sasaki (ep 24)
Mashu Itō (ep 6)
Ryoji Fujiwara (eps 3, 8, 13)
Ryuichi Kimura (eps 16, 21)
Shigeru Kimiya (ep 11)
Shin'ichi Masaki (eps 1, 26)
Tamiko Kojima (eps 2, 18, 23)
Toshihiro Ishikawa (eps 5, 15, 25)
Yasuo Iwamoto (eps 4, 14, 19)

Music:
Toru Yugawa
Toru Yukawa

Original Manga: Wataru Yoshizumi

Character Design: Miho Shimogasa

Art Director: Kazuhiro Takahashi

Chief Animation Director:
Maki Fujii
Miho Shimogasa (OP/ED)
Taeko Sato (eps 14-26)

Animation Director:
Chuta Ishii (ep 19)
Hidetoshi Sano (ep 12)
Hiroyuki Taiga (assistant; eps 1, 8)
Hitoshi Morikawa (eps 18, 23)
Junichi Takaoka (ep 5)
Kaoru Tanaka (assistant; ep 6)
Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 15)
Kazuo Noguchi (assistant; eps 1, 6, 11)
Kouji Sugimoto (assistant; 6 episodes

eps 6, 8, 11, 14, 19, 24

)
Kwon Eun Kyeong (ep 13)
Maki Fujii (ep 1)
Makoto Fumitsuki (ep 3)
Mariko Emori (ep 7)
Masumi Hattori (eps 13, 22)
Mayami Sugiyama (eps 4, 9)
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 20)
Miyuki Hanawa (ep 20)
Shigenori Awai (ep 17)
Shouhei Obara (OP/ED)
Takashi Tsuda (ep 25)
Tateru Namikaze (eps 16, 21, 26)
Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 10)
Toyohiro Okuda (ep 8)
Yoshimitsu Yamashita (ep 2)

3D Director: Hidenori Hayashi

Sound Director: Yūki Matsuoka

Director of Photography: Noriaki Oguma

Producer:
Gou Shukuri
Katsunori Naruke
Kiyonori Hirase
Mitsuhiro Masuda
Naomi Satou

Animation:
Kaoru Tanaka (OP/ED)
Sayuri Sugitou (OP/ED)

Assistant producer: Naoyuki Masaki

Background Art:
Akiko Mikami (Studio Jack; eps 1, 7, 22)
Geki Katsumata (Cosmos Arts; ep 18)
Gou Sasaki (Studio Jack; eps 3, 25)
Hitomi Murakami (Studio Jack; eps 17, 26)
Mayumi Yokodan (Studio Jack; 11 episodes

eps 1-7 odd, 11-17 odd, 20, 22, 25

)
Norihiro Yoshikawa (Studio Jack; ep 9)
Noriko Tsutsui (Studio Aqua; 10 episodes

eps 2-16 even, 19, 21

)
Reiji Nishiyama (Studio Jack; ep 13)
Rieko Shimizu (Studio Jack; 12 episodes

eps 2-16 even, 19, 21, 23, 26

)
Sanae Miyauchi (Studio Jack; ep 24)
Shunsuke Tsuji (Studio Jack; ep 23)

Color Check:
Kyoko Shibata (eps 2, 18, 23)
Manami Aoyama (5 episodes

eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

)
Taeko Kumagai (eps 3, 8)
Tomomi Tamura (4 episodes

eps 1, 6, 21, 26

)
Yoko Wakana (ep 24)
Yoshitaka Kato (5 episodes

eps 7, 12-13, 17, 22

)
Yuki Tameda (eps 4, 9, 11)
Yukiko Matsushita (eps 14, 16, 19)

Color setting: Tomomi Tamura (eps 3-26)

Editing: Jun Takuma

Finish Animation:
Akiko Uehara (eps 10, 20)
Chie Sasaki (JEM; eps 1-2, 4, 8)
Emi Inoue (eps 10, 15, 20)
Fumiko Koono (Studio Cats; ep 23)
Fumiko Matsuda (Studio Cats; ep 23)
Katsunori Suzuki (Studio Cats; ep 23)
Mie Kurihara (JEM; eps 3, 8)
Nami Tokizawa (Tant; ep 9)
Satomi Yamaguchi (Tant; eps 4, 9)
Taeko Kumagai (JEM; eps 1, 4)
Toshiyuki Fujikawa (ep 15)
Yoshitaka Kato (ep 13)
Yumie Yaginuma (Tant; ep 9)
Yumiko Kokubu (ep 13)

Finish Check:
Kyoko Shibata (ep 2)
Yuki Umeda (ep 1)

In-Between Animation:
Chie Yamazaki (eps 5, 15)
Chisato Kikunaga (Ashi Production; 5 episodes

eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21

)
Emi Watanabe (eps 15, 25)
Emi Yamashita (JEM; eps 1, 4)
Emiko Matsuno (4 episodes

eps 7, 12-13, 17

)
Eriko Kondo (Ashi Production; 4 episodes

eps 16, 21, 24, 26

)
Hiromi Ogata (Ashi Production; 5 episodes

eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21

)
Hiromi Sakurasawa (Tanto; ep 9)
Jeong Ju Young (ep 8)
Kaoru Suzaki (ep 8)
Kim Hu Yeong (ep 8)
Kimihiko Higuchi (ep 8)
Kyouko Nakamura (JEM; eps 1, 4, 8)
Marekei Nanba (5 episodes

eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

)
Masahiro Suwa (Ashi Production; ep 4)
Masaru Fukuyama (ep 8)
Mayumi Fujita (Ashi Production; eps 19, 24)
Mayumi Kaneda (ep 2)
Miho Ueno (Tanto; ep 9)
Mika Tomitani (Ashi Production; 5 episodes

eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24

)
Naoko Fukuoka (ep 25)
Sachiyuki Abe (Ashi Production; 5 episodes

eps 4, 9, 11, 14, 26

)
Takako Uetake (ep 25)
Takashi Isomatsu (ep 2)
Takayuki Chiba (Ashi Production; eps 1, 6)
Tomoko Nakayama (4 episodes

eps 7, 12-13, 17

)
Toshiyuki Satou (5 episodes

eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

)
Wakako Shigemoto (4 episodes

eps 7, 12-13, 17

)
Yoshihiko Matsui (eps 2, 18, 23)
Yoshihito Ota (ep 23)
Yosuke Antachi (ep 8)
Yosuke Jinbo (Ashi Production; 6 episodes

eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 26

)
Yuko Tamura (ep 25)
Yuuji Takano (Ashi Production; Tanto; eps 4, 9)

In-Between Check:
Chie Yamazaki (eps 5, 15, 25)
Emi Yamashita (eps 3, 8)
Marekei Nanba (eps 10, 20)
Masahiro Suwa (eps 9, 19)
Masayoshi Kikuchi (11 episodes

eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26

)
Miho Ueno (eps 4, 14, 16)
Osamu Kamijō (ep 13)
Shinichiro Suzuki (eps 12, 17)
Shun Odajima (ep 7)

Inspection:
Kyoko Shibata (eps 18, 23)
Maki Saitou (eps 15, 25)
Manami Aoyama (eps 5, 10, 20)
Taeko Kumagai (eps 3, 8)
Tatsuhiko Takeuchi (eps 19, 21)
Tomoko Saito (eps 15, 25)
Tomomi Tamura (ep 26)
Yoko Wakana (ep 24)
Yuki Umeda (eps 4, 6, 9, 11)
Yukiko Matsushita (eps 14, 16)
Yumiko Kokubu (eps 7, 17, 22)

Key Animation:
Akihiko Mamashita (eps 14, 26)
Atsuko Matsushita (eps 16, 21, 26)
Atsushi Shibata (eps 15, 25)
Bae Hyun Han (ep 13)
Chie Yamazaki (eps 5, 20)
Chizuko Tachibana (eps 16, 21, 26)
Choe Bae Dal (ep 13)
Choe Jong Gi (eps 3, 8)
Dong Jun Sin (ep 8)
Eizou Kawata (eps 5, 10)
Genki Yagi (eps 19, 24)
Hakarujin Yoshida (eps 7, 12, 17)
Hideaki Nakano (ep 3)
Hidemi Kawashita (ep 3)
Hiroaki Hanawa (ep 20)
Hiroki Ikeshita (eps 15, 25)
Hironori Suda (ep 11)
Hiroshi Kawashima (eps 10, 20)
Hiroyuki Terao (eps 15, 20, 25)
Joji Ooshima (ep 2)
Jun Shibata (ep 5)
Jung Ho Won (ep 8)
Junichi Kigawa (eps 4, 9)
Kaoru Tanaka (ep 1)
Katsuhiko Fukuda (ep 21)
Katsumi Aoshima (eps 18, 23)
Kazuo Ohara (ep 23)
Kazuyuki Toshida (4 episodes

eps 4, 9, 14, 19

)
Keisei Noguchi (ep 23)
Kim Jing Wang (ep 13)
Kim Jong Ryong (ep 3)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (eps 1, 11)
Koichiro Kono (eps 5, 15)
Kouji Kawaguchi (ep 19)
Kouji Murai (eps 11, 26)
Kouji Sugimoto (eps 1, 4)
Lee Jong Hyeon (ep 3)
Lee Jae Uk (ep 13)
Masaaki Sakurai (eps 6-7)
Masakuni Kaneko (ep 23)
Masatsugu Morimoto (eps 7, 12, 17)
Masayoshi Kikuchi (eps 19, 24)
Michitaka Yamamoto (ep 7)
Miharu Nagano (ep 6)
Miyuki Hanawa (ep 10)
Nanae Yonemoto (ep 14)
Noriko Takahashi (5 episodes

eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 25

)
Oh Se Il (ep 13)
Park Jeong Jin (ep 8)
Park Ryeo (ep 3)
Rie Nakanishi (eps 1, 6, 16)
Rumi Miyata (4 episodes

eps 4, 16, 21, 24

)
Sachiko Suzuki (eps 2, 18, 23)
Seiji Masuda (eps 11, 16, 26)
Seiji Okada (eps 9, 14, 19)
Shigetaka Kiyoyama (eps 2, 18)
Shingo Nishiyama (4 episodes

eps 4, 16, 21, 24

)
Shizuo Kawai (ep 19)
Tadashi Fukuda (eps 1, 11, 26)
Takafumi Hayashi (ep 14)
Takeshi Okada (eps 7, 12, 26)
Tetsuya Sato (eps 4, 9)
Tomoko Fukui (ep 2)
Toshiaki Kanbara (eps 11, 26)
Toshie Kawasuji (eps 7, 12, 17)
Yasushiko Ishizuka (ep 6)
Yoko Ono (eps 4, 9, 14)
Yong Ju Kim (ep 8)
Yoshihito Ota (ep 2)
Yoshimi Imagawa (eps 9, 14, 19)
Yoshimitsu Yamashita (eps 2, 23)
Yuichiro Masuda (eps 6, 19)
Yuriko Ikehara (ep 12)

Literary Representative:
Kuka Katou
Shiki Masuda

Photography:
Atsushi Ozawa (Ashi Production; eps 1-12, 14-26)
Hiroshi Inoue (Ashi Production; eps 1-12, 14-26)
Koichi Sawaguchi (Ashi Production; eps 1-12, 14-26)
Toshihiro Niimi (Ashi Production; eps 1-12, 14-26)
Yuji Ichikawa (Ashi Production; eps 1-12, 14-26)
Yukiko Hiruma (Ashi Production; eps 1-12, 14-26)

Planning:
Masao Takiyama
Toshihiko Sato

Production Advancement:
Atsushi Ishibashi (ep 5)
Chika Kane (eps 2, 23)
Daizou Hirose (4 episodes

eps 2, 6, 14, 21

)
Ikuko Toida (eps 22, 24)
Kazuhiro Konishi (ep 4)
Koichi Nakamura (eps 10, 20)
Kumi Watabe (eps 15, 25)
Moriya Uchiyama (ep 18)
Shigeo Aoki (ep 8)
Shunsuke Machitani (ep 16)
Takashi Tomoyasu (5 episodes

eps 7, 12-13, 17, 22

)
Tetsuya Fujisawa (5 episodes

eps 5, 8, 11, 19, 26

)
Tomoharu Komiyama (ep 3)
Tsunemitsu Yabusaki (eps 1, 9)

Production manager: Makoto Sakoda

Production Secretary:
Akiko Kobayashi
Mayumi Maeyama

Prop Setting:
Keiichiro Kawaguchi (eps 3-26)
Miho Nakata (eps 3-26)

Publicity:
Kaichiro Takei (eps 23, 25-26)
Miyuki Ogiwara (eps 1, 24)

Recording Adjustment: Miyuki Takahashi

Setting Production: Yuki Sugihara

Sound Effects: Rie Komiya

Sound Production: Kimiko Hayashi

Special Effects:
Atsushi Ishibashi (ep 25)
Hiromi Osone (12 episodes

eps 1, 5-6, 9-11, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26

)
Taeko Kumagai (eps 3, 8)
Tatsuhiko Takeuchi (ep 4)
Toshiyuki Fujikawa (ep 15)
Yoshitaka Kato (eps 17, 22)
Yumiko Kokubu (eps 7, 12-13)

Theme Song Performance: can goo

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 Takemoto as
Lulu
Principal

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)

Kouichi Toochika as Prince (eps 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)

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Ashi Productions

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

eps 2-16 even, 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