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Strange Dawn (TV)

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©Junichi Sato • HAL / Strange Dawn Production Committee


Alternative title:
الحماة الابطال (Arabic)
ストレンジ・ドーン (Japanese)
奇異的破曉 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
Plot Summary: Yuko and Eri are two normal girls who are sucked into the alternate world filled with tiny people. The people of this mysterious world sees them as their "Great Protectors" who can protect their land in a time of strife. The two girls set out on a mission with a group of warriors from the village to find out how they were brought here and how might they return home. However, there is a war brewing and these two Great Protectors are the political tool that every faction lusts for to rally the people to their side.
User Ratings: 48 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:2, ?:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Very good: 5 votes (sub:2, Ita.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Dut.sub:1)
 Good: 16 votes (sub:12, dub:2, Ara.dub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:5, Ita.dub:1, dub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:3, ?:2, raw:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 117 users, rank: #2195
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.396 (Decent+.39), std. dev.: 2.018, rank: #2609
Weighted mean: 6.336 (Decent+.33), rank: #2611 (seen all: 6.21 / seen some: 6.59)
Bayesian estimate: 6.538 (Good-.46), rank: #2062
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2000-07-11 to 2000-09-26
2003 (Middle East - Spacetoon Broadcast)
Opening Theme:
"Sora e (空へ)" by Eri Kawai (eps 1-12)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Melody ni.." by Kaori Shimizu and Shouko Enomoto (eps 1-12)
#2: "Sora e (空へ)" by Eri Kawai (ep 13)
Official website:
Hal Film Maker Strange Dawn (Japanese)
strangedawn.com (Japanese)
In the news 8 times:
2008-08-05   Aria, Utawarerumono Singer/Songwriter Eri Kawai Dies
2003-05-12   Pioneer Licensing Speculation
2002-01-21   Strange Dawn begins Airing in the UK
2001-11-07   New Release Dates
2001-10-23   Strange Dawn officially Announced
2001-10-19   Urban Vision Licences Strange Dawn
2001-10-19   ParaCon - 2001
2000-09-26   Japanese Anime Dates
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Related reviews:
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Related releases:
    Strange Dawn - Strange World (DVD 1) 2002-01-22 (from $13.99)
    Strange Dawn - Strange Journey (DVD 2) 2002-04-30 (from $13.12)
    Strange Dawn - Strange World (Dub.VHS 1) 2002-01-22
    Strange Dawn - Strange Journey (Dub.VHS 2) 2002-04-30

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Junichi Sato
Shougo Kawamoto

Series Composition: Michiko Yokote

Scenario: Michiko Yokote

Storyboard:
Akihiko Yamashita
Hiroshi Hara
Junichi Sato
Masami Shimoda
Nanako Shimazaki
Shougo Kawamoto
Yoshitaka Fujimoto

Episode Director:
Junichi Sato
Masami Shimoda
Nanako Shimazaki
Shougo Kawamoto
Yoshitaka Fujimoto

Music: Kaoru Wada

Original creator: Junichi Sato

Character Design: Akihiko Yamashita

Animation director:
Akemi Kobayashi
Ichiroo Hattori
Nobuhito Akada
Yuki Iwai

Sound director: Junichi Sato

Theme Song Performance:
Eri Kawai (OP & ED2)
Kaori Shimizu (ED - Melody Ni...)
Shouko Enomoto (ED - Melody Ni...)

 

Kaori Shimizu as Yuko Miyabe

Shouko Enomoto as Eri Natsuno

Kentarou Itou as Shall

Kumi Sakuma as Reika

Masako Katsuki as Levian

Mitsuo Iwata as Beret

Rie Ishizuka as Mani

Susumu Chiba as Darl

Yasuhiko Nemoto as Shura

Yuri Shiratori as Princess Alila

Gou Aoba as Kuji

Haruo Satou as
Hus
Kazan

Katsuhiko Kawamoto as Jog

Koichi Sakaguchi as Tessel

Makoto Sasaki as Olt

Masafumi Kimura as village chief

Shigeaki Kano as Grona

Takahiro Uchida as guerilla

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Deum

Tsuyoshi Aoba as Kuji

Yuri Shiratori as
jutsushi (eps 4, 6-7)
magician

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: WOWOW

Original Creator: Hal Film Maker

Production: Hal Film Maker

English staff 
English companies 

Executive producer: Mataichiro Yamamoto

 

Broadcaster: AXN Asia

Licensed by: Urban Vision

English cast 

Alison Noonan as Emi


French cast 
French staff 
(none)

Pascale Chemin as Yuko Miyabe

Céline Brunelle as Mani

Frederic Popovic as Bele

Philippe Roullier as Shall

Martial Leminoux as Jyog

Christine Paris

French companies 

Dubbing: Studio Chinkel

DVD Distribution: Dybex

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Cristina Boraschi

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dialogues: Valentina Semprini

Dubbing Assistant: Alessandro Benati

 

Alida Milana as Eri Natsuno

Federica De Bortoli as Yuko Miyabe

Francesca Manicone as Reka

Maria Letizia Scifoni as Mani

Simone Mori as Shar

Barbara De Bortoli as Arira

Cristina Piras as Vedova

Giorgio Lopez as Olto

Luciano De Ambrosis as Capovillaggio

Massimo De Ambrosis as Dal

Nanni Baldini as Jyog

Sandro Acerbo as Glona

Vittorio Guerrieri as Kuji

Italian companies 

Distributor: Dynamic Italia

Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC

Arabic staff 
Arabic companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Spacetoon

Distributor: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)

Dubbing: Al Zahra Centre - VENUS

Production: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)

Arabic cast 
(none)
Dutch staff 
Dutch cast 

Executive producer: Carlo Levy

Coordination:
Bruno Parent
Philippe Verhelst

Post-production: Studio L'Équipe

Prepress: Michaël Ronsyn

Press Officer: Philippe Christin

Production Assistant:
Manu Roy
Stephanie Leempoels

Supervision: Charles Lewis

 (none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Dybex

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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