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Mermaid Forest (TV)

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[ prequel of Mermaid Forest (OAV), sequel of Rumiko Takahashi Anthology (TV) ]

Alternative title:
A Saga da Sereia (Portuguese)
La Foresta delle Sirene (Italian)
La Selva de Sirenas (Spanish)
Ningyo no Mori (Japanese)
Rumic Theater: Mermaid Forest
Takahashi Rumiko Gekijou: Ningyo no Mori (Japanese)
人魚之森 (Chinese (Taiwan))
高橋留美子劇場 人魚の森 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, horror, romance
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: According to an ancient legend, mermaid's flesh can grant immortality if eaten. 500 years ago, Yuta unknowingly ate a piece of mermaid's flesh. For centuries, he travels across Japan, hoping to find a mermaid, thinking she may be able to make him a normal human again. When he finally finds one, he discovers that she and her companions have been raising a girl to be their food so they can eat her and take on her youthful looks. That is how mermaids stay young. Yuta kills the mermaids and rescues her, but she has already eaten some of the mermaid's flesh. Although he had to kill the mermaids, Yuta isn't too disappointed. Yuta's once lonely existence is now over, as he has found a companion in Mana. And Mana, who had been trapped in a small hut her whole life, finds delight in even the simplest of things. Together, Yuta and Mana attempt to seek out more mermaids, trying to become normal humans again.
User Ratings: 328 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:4)
 Excellent: 32 votes (sub:21, dub:9, raw:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Very good: 82 votes (sub:52, dub:25, Spa.sub:4, raw:1)
 Good: 103 votes (sub:74, dub:26, Dut.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 45 votes (sub:37, dub:6, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:18, dub:4, raw:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:3)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 716 users, rank: #833
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.970 (Good-.03), std. dev.: 1.6998, rank: #1809
Weighted mean: 6.904 (Good-.09), rank: #1766 (seen all: 7.06 / seen some: 6.46 / won't finish: 4.51)
Bayesian estimate: 6.922 (Good-.07), rank: #1502
Running time: 22 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2003-10-04 to 2003-12-20
Opening Theme:
"Like an angel" by Chiaki Ishikawa
Ending Theme:
"Mizu tamari" by kayoko
Links: We have 1
In the news 1 times:
Comment:
Episodes twelve and thirteen were not broadcast, but rather were released along with the rest of the series when it came to DVD.
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    Mermaid Forest DVD 3
    Mermaid Forest DVD 2
    Mermaid Forest DVD 1

Related releases:
    Mermaid Forest - Box Set (DVD) 2006-08-08 (from $52.49)
    Mermaid Forest - Quest for Death (DVD 1) 2005-07-05 (from $7.00)
    Mermaid Forest - Quest for Death + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-07-05 (from $10.62)
    Mermaid Forest - Bitter Flesh (DVD 2) 2005-09-20 (from $5.27)
    Mermaid Forest - Unquenchable Thirst (DVD 3) 2005-11-15 (from $7.00)
    Mermaid Forest - Unending Nightmare (DVD 4) 2006-01-03 (from $7.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Masaharu Okuwaki

Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi

Character Design: Masaki Sato

Art director:
Junichi Azuma
Toshiyuki Tokuda

Sound director: Yasuo Uragami

Director of Photography: Mizuru Sugiura

Color Coordination: Naoko Kodama

Editing: Terumitsu Okada

Series Story Editor: Yunichi Miyashita

Theme Song Arrangement: Michiaki Kato (OP)

Theme Song Composition: Chiaki Ishikawa (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics: Chiaki Ishikawa (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Chiaki Ishikawa (OP)
Kayoko (ED)

 

Kouichi Yamadera as Yuuta

Minami Takayama as Mana

Ai Orikasa as Isago

Daisuke Gouri as Oomanako [Big Eyes]

Hisako Kyouda as Sawa

Houko Kuwashima as Rin

Kazuko Sugiyama as Natsume

Masako Katsuki as mother (eps 8-9)

Roko Takizawa as Baba

Sumi Shimamoto as Towa

Toshiko Fujita as Nanao

Yukari Honma as Ayu

Yuri Amano as Nae

Asako Dodo as Sayori

Chieko Honda as Yukie

Eisuke Yoda as Dr. Shiina

Haruna Ikezawa as Sawa (young)

Hisao Egawa as fisherman

Junko Hori as village elder

Kinryuu Arimoto as Rin's father

Kôichi Kitamura as Natsume's pa

Kouzou Mito as Shiina

Kyouko Tonguu as Soukichi (60 years ago)

Machiko Toyoshima as Toukichi

Makiko Ohmoto as Masato

Masashi Hirose as leader of Sakagami pirates

Megumi Urawa as jochuu (ep 5)

Minoru Inaba as Soukichi

Rei Sakuma as Masato's mother

Seiko Tomoe as grandmother (eps 8-9)

Seizo Katou as monk (ep 7)

Tamio Ohki as Eijiro

Tomie Kataoka as Oba-chan

Yasunori Matsumoto as
Eijiro (60 years ago)
fisherman

Yuuji Takada as man (eps 8-9)

Yuzuru Fujimoto as hunter (ep 6)

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster:
TV Osaka
TV Tokyo

Music Production: Avex, Inc.

Production:
Prime Direction
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
TMS Entertainment
TV Tokyo

English staff 
English cast 

Translation: Rika Kolka

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer:
Jonathan Klein
Reiko Matsuo
Sawako Furuya

ADR Script Editor: Charlie Sullivan

Online Editor:
Chris LadeGaard
Steve Korechoff

Recording engineer: Marc Rizzo

Sound Mixing:
Roger Potenza
Sergio Gonzalez

Subtitling:
Maki Ueda
Saori Tauchi

Voice Direction: Charlie Sullivan

 

Justin Gross as Yuta (eps 01-3)

Karen Thomson as Mana

Liam O'Brien as Yuta (eps 04-13)

Amy Kincaid as Ayu

Erica Shaffer as Towa (eps 4-5)

Lulu Chiang as Rin

Wendee Lee as Isago

Alfred Thor as Dr. Shiina (eps 4-5)

Barbara Goodson as
Old Woman
Tokichi

Bill Conway as
Bonze (ep 6)
Court Noble (ep 7)

Carrie Savage as Mitsue

Chris Kent as
Nanao (Old; eps 8-9)
Pa (Young)

Christopher R. Sabat as
Construction Worker (ep 12)
Deformed One (ep 12)
Man A (eps 10-11)
Person on Bike (ep 13)

Deem Bristow as Flower Shop Owner

Doug Stone as Toba Islander

Elise Baughman as
Oba-chan (ep 8)
Wife (ep 7)

Erika Weinstein as Masato

Georgette Reilly as Housewife

Gina Grad as Misa (eps 12-13)

Howard Clarendon as Sakagami Islander

Hunter MacKenzie Austin as
Clerk (ep 11)
Sayori
Yukie (eps 12-13)

Ivan Buckley as Newscaster

J.C. Miller as Sakagami Islander

J.D. Stone as Kota

Jay Klein as Sailor

Jennifer Chu as Bunkhouse Lady (eps 12-13)

Jennifer Sekiguchi as Emiri

Jody Jaress as Old Woman

Karen Thompson as Mana

Kevin Hatcher as Minoru

Kirsty Pape as
Housewife (ep 13)
Nae (eps 10-11)
Person on Bike (ep 13)
Sokichi (Young; ep 10)

Kyle Hebert as Big Eyes

Lance J. Holt as Sakagami Islander

Liam O'Brien as Toba Islander

Louise Chamis as
Elders
Nanny
Old Woman

Lulu Chiang as Fisherman's Wife (ep 1)

Megan Hollingshead as
Fuwa's Neighbour
Housewife 2
Ruriko Tonegawa

Michael McConnohie as Rin's Father

Michelle Ruff as Mother (eps 8-9)

Monica Rial as Natsume

Patrick Seitz as Toba Islander

Qyen Regal as Female High School Student

Rachel Hirschfeld as Hizuki Fuwa

Russell Thor as Kohakura

Sally Dana as Mrs. Kakei

Sam Regal as
Fisherman
Sailor

Sparky Roberts as Leader of Sakagami Island

Stephen Martello as Doctor

Talis Axelrod as Fisherman

Tiffany Hsieh as Child

Travis Willingham as
Eijiro (Young)
Man in Black Suit (ep 10)

William Frederick as Toba Islander

Yuri Lowenthal as Man (ep 7)

English companies 

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Distributor: Kaze

French cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Script: Enrica Minini

Director Of Dubbing: Raffaele Farina

 

Luigi Rosa as Yuta

Tina Venturi as Mana

Anna Maria Tulli as Towa

Grazia Migneco as Sawa (old)

Cristiana Rossi as Sawa (young)

Vittorio Bestoso as Dottore

Italian companies 

Distributor: Polygram Video

Dubbing: DEA Digital Editing Audio

Translation: TEXT

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Julia Kaufmann as Mana

Sebastian Schulz as Yuta

Andreas Rybiczka as Nanao (jung)

Antje von der Ahe as Nae

Axel Lutter as Jäger

Diana Borgwardt as Masato

Gadah al Akel as Towa

Gisela Fritsch as Baba

Giuliana Jakobeit as Yuki

Hans-Werner Bussinger as Soukichi

Hasso Zorn as Eijiro

Heide Domanowski as Mutter

Helmut Gauss as Mönch

Horst Lampe as Großauge

Jannick Beek as Nanao (Sohn)

Julien Haggege as Eijiro (vor 60 Jahren)

Karl Schulz as Anführer der Sakagami-Piraten

Luise Lunow as Großmutter

Magdalena Turba as Natsume

Marianne Lutz as Sawa

Marina Krogull as Isago

Nikolas Böll as Rins Vater

Peter Gröger as Natsumes Vater

Rubina Kuraoka as Rin

Rüdiger Evers as Shiina

Sabine Arnold as Mutter

Uwe Büschken as Nanao (erwachsen)

German companies 

Distributor: Red Planet/Alive AG

Dubbing: brandt Film Berlin


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.

Dutch cast 
(none)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Pinky Rebucas as Mana

Sherwin Revestir as
Nae
Rin
Towa

Pinky Rebucas as Yukie

Sherwin Revestir as
Masato's mother
mother (eps 8-9)

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: Hero


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

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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