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Mezzo (TV)

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Alternative title:
Mezzo Danger Service Agency
Mezzo DSA
MEZZO: ИГРА СО СМЕРТЬЮ (Russian)
メゾ (Japanese)
密探任務 (Chinese (Taiwan))
메조 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: ©2003 Yasuomi Umetsu / MEZZO Committee
Plot Summary: Mikura, Kurokawa, and Harada are the 3 members of the Danger Service Agency (DSA). Mikaru is the brawns of the group, Harada is the brains, and Kurokawa is just a bitter ex-cop that likes to think he's in charge. They'll take on any job as long as it involves lots of danger and, of course, money. If you want to live long enough to eat dinner, you better not cross them. Their biggest case, however, could prove to be finding out why someone wants Kurokawa assasinated.
User Ratings: 755 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 25 votes (sub:22, dub:3)
 Excellent: 72 votes (dub:37, sub:33, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 201 votes (dub:115, sub:76, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:7
6 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 219 votes (sub:117, dub:97, edit.dub:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 119 votes (sub:59, dub:54, ?:1, others:5
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 45 votes (sub:27, dub:17, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 24 votes (sub:14, dub:9, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 34 votes (sub:22, dub:11, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:4)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1654 users, rank: #739 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.889 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7227, rank: #4318 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.838 (Good), rank: #4319 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.07 / seen some: 6.18 / won't finish: 3.81)
Bayesian estimate: 6.850 (Good), rank: #3949 (of 7243)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2004-01-04 to 2004-03-28
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"「スキマミマイタイ」 Suki Mami Mai Tai" by Barnabys
Ending Theme:
"「蜜」 Mitsu" by Barnabys
Links: We have 6
Trivia: We have 4
Review:
Mezzo DVD 3 (Apr 21, 2005)
Press Releases:
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DVD (Region 1)
    Mezzo - Complete Collection (DVD) 2017-03-21
    Mezzo - Shell One + Artbox (DVD 1) 2004-10-19 (from $49.95)
    Mezzo - Shell One (DVD 1) 2004-10-19 (from $3.39)
    Mezzo - Shell Two (DVD 2) 2004-12-14 (from $7.13)
    Mezzo - Shell Three (DVD 3) 2005-02-08 (from $3.39)
    Mezzo - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-3) 2005-11-15 (from $52.00)
    Mezzo - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-3) 2008-10-07 (from $49.48)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yasuomi Umetsu
Scenario: Takao Yoshioka
Screenplay:
Shigenori Kageyama (ep 8)
Takao Yoshioka (eps 3-13)
Yasuomi Umetsu (eps 1-2)
Storyboard:
Kan Fukumoto (ep 13)
Katsuma Kanazawa (ep 6)
Keisuke Ōnishi (ep 11)
Kōichi Ōhata (eps 2, 4-5)
Takahiro Tanaka (ep 10)
Takashi Kondō (eps 3, 7, 12)
Toshiyuki Shimazu (eps 9, 13)
Yasuomi Umetsu (eps 1-2, 10)
Yōsei Morino (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Kan Fukumoto (ep 2)
Keisuke Ōnishi (eps 6, 11)
Keizou Kusakawa (eps 1, 10)
Satoshi Nakagawa (ep 7)
Satoshi Saga (ep 9)
Sumio Watanabe (ep 8)
Takashi Kondō (eps 3, 12)
Yasuomi Umetsu (eps 1, 13)
Unit Director: Yasuomi Umetsu (OP, ED)
Music: Fumika Yasuda
Original creator: Yasuomi Umetsu
Character Design: Yasuomi Umetsu
Chief Animation Director: Yasuomi Umetsu (ep 13)
Animation Director:
Akira Inoue (ep 8)
Chiyomi Tsukamoto (ep 9)
Hideaki Shimada (eps 3, 7, 12)
Hidehiko Okano (ep 13)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 6)
Kenji Hattori (ep 11)
Makoto Kohara (ep 5)
Masumi Hattori (ep 8)
Toshihiko Shimada (eps 2, 10)
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP, ED; ep 1)
Yūji Yanase (eps 4, 9)
Mechanical design: Shoumaru
Art design: Saitaniya
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Executive producer: Michio Suzuki
CG Creator: Keizou Kusakawa (OP)
Character Coordinator Girl: Yohko Ariizumi (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-13
)

Color Coordination: Kimiko Kitazawa
Digital Paint:
Naomi Kaneko (Studio March)
Yumiko Noda (Studio March; eps 4-5, 9)
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Key Animation:
Akira Matsui (OP; eps 1-2)
Akira Otsuka (ep 13)
Akira Takeuchi (ep 8)
Atsushi Ogata (ep 13)
Chiyomi Tsukamoto (ep 9)
Daisuke Kusakari (eps 6, 8)
Eitaro Abe (eps 10, 13)
Fumihide Sai (ep 1)
Hideaki Shimada (ep 3)
Hidehiko Okano (eps 1, 10, 13)
Hideo Maru (eps 1, 10, 13)
Hiroko Shigekuni (ep 4)
Hitomi Misaki (ep 6)
Inosuke Naitō (ep 9)
Jōji Yanase (ep 11)
Jun Nakai (eps 1-2, 13)
Kaori Ikeda (ep 6)
Kazuhiko Abe (ep 11)
Kazuhiro Taga (eps 7, 12)
Keiko Motoya (ep 5)
Kenichi Yamaguchi (ep 1)
Kenji Kodama (ep 6)
Kenji Uchinō (ep 6)
Kōichirō Ono (ep 1)
Kunihiko Inoue (eps 1, 10)
Makoto Sawazaki (ep 1)
Manabu Yasumoto (ep 6)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (eps 1, 13)
Masahiro Sekino (ep 10)
Masashi Ishihama (OP; eps 1, 13)
Masayo Matsumoto (ep 11)
Michio Satō (ep 11)
Minoru Murao (OP)
Minoru Watanabe (eps 1-2, 10, 13)
Mitsuo Kimura (ep 11)
Mitsuru Ishihara (ep 1)
Miyuki Inoue (eps 4-5, 9)
Mizue Ogawa (eps 4, 9)
Motoki Yagi (eps 1, 10, 13)
Nobuo Horii (ep 1)
Nobuyuki Furukawa (eps 4, 9)
Nobuyuki Hata (ep 8)
Rin-Sin (OP; eps 2, 13)
Seiko Asai (eps 1, 13)
Shigemi Aoyagi (eps 2, 10)
Shintaro Suzuki (ep 6)
Shinya Uchida (eps 1, 13)
Shūji Sakamoto (eps 1, 13)
Takahiro Tanaka (eps 1, 13)
Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 1)
Toshihiko Shimada (ep 10)
Toyohiro Okada (eps 1-2, 13)
Tsukasa Sakurai (eps 7, 12)
Tsutomu Miyazawa (eps 1, 13)
Tsutomu Ohshiro (eps 2, 10, 13)
Tsuyoshi Kakihara (ep 7)
Tsuyoshi Yoshinaga (ep 7)
Yasue Ohno (ep 6)
Yasuko Higuchi (ep 1)
Yasuomi Umetsu (ED; OP; eps 1-2)
Yohko Ariizumi (OP; eps 1, 10, 13)
Yoshiaki Mizuno (ep 6)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (ep 4)
Yoshimi Imagawa (ep 11)
Yoshinobu Aohachi (eps 7, 12)
Yoshinori Inoue (ep 8)
Yūki Itō (OP; eps 1, 10, 13)
Yukio Okano (ep 11)
Offline Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya (Seyama Editing Room)
Photography:
Norikazu Yamaguchi (Studio Cosmos)
Tomohiro Nishiyama (Studio Cosmos)
Tōru Sugawara (Studio Cosmos)
Yuji Shirai (Studio Cosmos)
Yuko Orikasa (Studio Cosmos)
Planning: Masato Suzuki
Recording: Kimitaka Kawasaki
Recording Assistant: Mitsuharu Ito
Rewrite Planning Assistant: Yūki Itō
Series Story Editor: Takao Yoshioka
Sound Effects: Yukiyoshi Itokawa
Sound Production: Kaoru Machida (Arts Pro)
Supervision: Dr. POCHI
Theme Song Composition: Ai (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Ai (OP)
Theme Song Performance: Barnabys
Miyu Matsuki as Asami Igarashi
Taichirō Hirokawa as Kenichi Kurokawa
Takumi Yamazaki as Tomohisa Harada
Tomoko Kotani as Mikura Suzuki

Issei Miyazaki as Gyogan no Kazuto
Mie Akagi as Mao
Misato Fukuen as Kanako
Shinpachi Tsuji as Senzo Omabari
Yūichi Nagashima as Hasami (Chiyoki Mugiyama)

Akira Ishida as Hiroshi "Mahito" Otokawa (ep 9)
Asako Dodo as Announcer (ep 10)
Ben Takada as Sakaguchi (ep 7)
Eiji Hanawa as
Asano (ep 1)
Chouno (ep 11)
Hidenari Ugaki as Hachisu (ep 11)
Hideyuki Umezu as Mr. Magician (ep 2)
Hiroshi Yanaka as Ooya (ep 7)
Issei Futamata as Akudou (ep 13)
Junko Noda as Manon Asakura (ep 6)
Kan Tanaka as President Taneri (ep 4)
Kazuo Oka as Hanamura (ep 12)
Kenta Miyake as Kira (ep 7)
Kiri Yoshizawa as Tamiko (ep 7)
Mamiko Noto as Aiko Hasegawa (ep 2)
Masuo Amada as Tanishi (ep 3)
Miki Nagasawa as Sakura Sakurada
Seizo Katou as Ooyabu (ep 11)
Shiho Kawaragi as Misaki (ep 1)
Shinji Kawada as Takizawa (ep 1)
Takehiro Murozono as Hosokawa (ep 3)
Toshihiko Kojima as Andou (eps 4-5)
Wataru Takagi as Magura (ep 8)
Yasuhiro Fujiwara as
Chauffeur (ep 3)
Chief Macho (ep 1)
Flirting man (ep 5)
Kose (eps 12-13)
Man B (ep 9)
Man in black (ep 4)
Newscaster (eps 6, 10)
Ooki (ep 7)
Producer (ep 2)
Researcher A (ep 8)
Yakuza A (ep 11)
Yasuyuki Kase as Leon (ep 2)
Yoshio Kawai as Baba (ep 7)
Yuko Sasamoto as Aya (eps 12-13)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Arms
Animation Production Cooperation:
Studio Guts (eps 6, 8, 11)
Studio Kuma (eps 3, 7, 12)
Backgrounds: Shanghai Superman
Distributor: Shochiku
In-between Check:
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (ep 6)
Triple A (ep 11)
Key Animation:
Animation Planet (ep 3)
Anime R (ep 3)
C&S (ep 12)
E-cho (ep 4)
Nakamura Production (ep 5)
NEO Planning (eps 3, 7, 12)
Shanghai Superman (eps 4, 9)
Studio Angle (ep 8)
Studio Mark (ep 11)
Sung San Production (eps 3, 7, 12)
Music Production: Zipangu Products
Photography: Studio Cosmos
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Jin Ho Chung
Art Director: J. Michael Stovall
Translation: Lucan Duran
ADR Script: David Harrison
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (2008, 2017 releases)
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer: Jin Ho Chung

DVD Authoring: Joel McCray (2017 release)
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Graphics:
Bridgett Bradford
Russell Etchen (2005 Thinpak)
DVD Menu Design:
Bill Newton
Bridgett Bradford
Larry Koteff (2017 release)
DVD Producer: Andrew Kent
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Packaging Design:
Bridgett Bradford
Larry Koteff (2008 Thinpak, 2017 release)
Russell Etchen (2005 Thinpak)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (2017 release)
Janice Williams (2017 release)
Joey Goubeaud (2017 release)
Son Phan Le (2017 release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Kuniyoshi (2017 release)
Carole Pavlik
Cierra Kling (2017 release)
E.W. Rector, III (2017 release)
Jose DeArmas (2017 release)
Maki Nagano
Miyuki Kamiya
Natalie Jones (2017 release)
Ned Gayle (2017 release)
Paul Mericle
Sara Muir
Shannon Reed (2017 release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (2017 release)
Production manager: Son Phan Le (2017 release)
Sound Design: Bryan Leach
Subtitle Script:
Andrew Kent
Carl Wormley
Subtitle Timing:
Andrew Kent
Carl Wormley
Subtitling: Neal Barnes (2017 release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (2017 release)
Andy McAvin as Kenichi Kurokawa
Jason Douglas as Tomohisa Harada
Luci Christian as Mikura Suzuki
Sasha Paysinger as Asami Igarashi

Chris Patton as Kazuto
Mike MacRae as Omabari
Vic Mignogna as Mugiyama

Andrew Ruthvan as Hachisu (ep 11)
Ben Pronsky as Friend A (eps 6-7)
Braden Hunt as Kira (ep 7)
Chris Ayres as Motoharu (ep 1)
Christine Auten as Misaki/Kisami (ep 1)
David Born as Hosokawa (ep 3)
Dwight Clark as Mikijiro (ep 6)
Eric Opella as Kose (eps 12-13)
H.K. Kahng as Mr. Magician (ep 2)
Hilary Haag as Aya
Illich Guardiola as
Andou (eps 4-5)
Furahre (ep 10)
Jay Hickman as Leon (ep 2)
Jennie Welch as Tamiko (ep 7)
Jessica Boone as Kanako (ep 1)
John Swasey as Takizawa (ep 1)
Jovan Jackson as Sakaguchi (ep 7)
Kim Prause as Mao (ep 1)
Leo Allan as Asano (ep 1)
Marty Fleck as Ohya (ep 7)
Monica Rial as Sakura
Paul Oddo as
Akudoh (ep 13)
Chohno
Rick Piersall as Interviewing Police Officer (ep 9)
Rob Mungle as
Head Hijacker (ep 10)
Ohbayu (ep 11)
Shelley Calene-Black as Aiko (ep 2)
Tiffany Grant as Manon Asakura
TJP as District Chief (ep 1)

English companies
Broadcaster:
Rapture (UK)
The Anime Network
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
New Video Group
Section23 Films (North America; 2017)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Hulu
The Anime Network
Tubi TV
Licensed by: ADV Films
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Production: Sentai Studios (2017 release)
Recording Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Claire Beaudoin
French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ
Dubbing: Umedia
German staff
German cast
(none)
Anna-Marie Kuricova as Asami Igaragi 
Pius Maria Cüppers as Chiyoki Mugiyama
Renier Baaken as Kenichi Kurokawa
Stefan Rieger as Tomohisa Harada

Anna-Maria Kuricova as Asami Igarashi
Barbara Seifert as Kisami
Karin Schubert as Sakura Sakurada
Melanie Wiegmann as Mikura Suzuki
Patricia Litten as Aiko Hasegawa
German companies
Distributor: ADV Films
Dubbing: Aaron Synchros
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Licensed by: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Distributor: Hi-Yu International
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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