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Monkey Turn (TV)

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Alternative title:
モンキーターン (Japanese)
飛艇急轉彎 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
馳風!競艇王 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Kenji Hatano originally wanted to be a baseball superstar, but didn't like how one player's mistake can hurt the whole team. Upon being shown a kyōtei (mini-hydroplane) race by his coach and sees a special move called a monkey turn, he decides to try it out. After capsizing due to a monkey turn gone wrong, Kenji decides to become a professional kyōtei racer. Two years later, he graduates from the Yamato Academy, and promises his friend Sumi Ubukata that he'll become Japan's #1 kyōtei racer within three years.
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage: 2004-01-10 to 2004-06-26
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Kokoro ga Tomaranai" (ココロが止まらない) by JEWELRY
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hikari to Kaze to Kimi no Naka de" (光と風と君の中で) by Ai Takaoka
#2: "Kimi o Kazaru Hana o Sakasou" (君を飾る花を咲かそう) by Garnet Crow
Official website:
News: Show:
New ShoPro Acquisitions (Jun 12, 2004)
Monkey Turn Trailer (May 17, 2004)
New Anime in Japan (Nov 13, 2003)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Katsuhito Akiyama
Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Script:
Atsuhiro Tomioka (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 12, 16, 21
)

Kazuharu Sato (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 19, 24
)

Koichi Chigira (4 episodes
eps 7, 13-14, 20
)

Natsuko Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 22
)

Shin Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 15, 23
)

Yūji Hosono (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 17, 25
)

Storyboard:
Ei Aoki (ep 7)
Hiroshi Ishiodori (eps 2, 8)
Kanji Wakabayashi (eps 15, 25)
Katsuhito Akiyama (ep 1)
Keiichi Sasajima (ep 18)
Kenichi Yatagai (ep 3)
Kiyoshi Egami (4 episodes
eps 13-14, 19, 23
)

Masami Furukawa (ep 6)
Ryuichi Kimura (eps 5, 12, 20)
Shin'ichi Masaki (eps 4, 10)
Takafumi Hoshikawa (eps 17, 22)
Tōru Yamada (ep 24)
Toshiki Hirano (ep 11)
Yasuo Iwamoto (ep 16)
Yoshikazu Miyao (OP & ED)
Yoshiyuki Asai (ep 9)
Unit Director:
Hiroshi Ishiodori (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 16, 23
)

Kanji Wakabayashi (eps 7, 15, 25)
Masami Furukawa (eps 6, 14, 21)
Ryuichi Kimura (eps 5, 12, 20)
Shin'ichi Masaki (eps 4, 10)
Taiki Nishimura (ep 9)
Takafumi Hoshikawa (4 episodes
eps 1, 11, 17, 22
)

Tōru Yamada (eps 13, 19, 24)
Yoshihiko Iwata (ep 18)
Yoshikazu Miyao (OP & ED)
Yoshiyuki Asai (ep 3)
Music: Daisuke Ikeda
Original creator: Katsutoshi Kawai
Character Design: Atsushi Okuda
Art Director: Maho Takahashi
Animation Director: Atsushi Okuda (OP & ED)
Mechanical design:
Misaki Kiryu (eps 1-5)
Takashi Hashimoto (eps 6-25)
Sound Director: Jun Watanabe
Director of Photography: Hidetake Nakajima
Animation producer: Hisao Fuke
Associate producer: Junya Okamoto
CG Producer: Jun Kondo
Color setting: Aya Ouchi
Editing: Shota Migiyama
General Producer: Nobumasa Sawabe
In-Between Animation: Takashi Habe
Key Animation:
Chizuko Kusakabe (ED)
Kōichi Takai (Double R; ep 7)
Naoto Yoshida (Double R; ep 7)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (eps 3, 11, 18)
Sung-Chul Kim (NARA Animation Studio; eps 6, 14)
Takaaki Ishihara (Double R; ep 7)
Planning: Mitsuru Ōshima
Production Supervision:
Masakazu Kubo
Yuji Nozaki
Theme Song Lyrics: U-ka Saegusa (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Ai Takaoka (ED1)
Garnet Crow (ED2)
JEWELRY (OP1)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Kenji Hatano

Akemi Okamura as Makoto Hagiwara
Atsushi Kisaichi as Hiroshi "Jun" Kishimoto
Isshin Chiba as Masahiko Yamazaki
Junji Majima as Takehiro Doguchi
Junko Noda as Sumi Ubukata
Kaho Kouda as Yoshiko Doguchi
Katsuyuki Konishi as Yusuke Enoki
Kenji Hamada as Tsutomu Tao
Kishō Taniyama as Kazumi Konou
Machiko Toyoshima as Mizuki Kobayashi
Mugihito as Kanichi Koike
Naoko Takano as Yuko Aoshima
Takeharu Ōnishi as Masayoshi Mifune
Takeshi Aono as Takeo Douguchi

Akemi Kanda as Kako Takahashi
Akira Tomisaka as Kanna Hatano
Aya Hisakawa as Ryouko (eps 12, 20)
Daiki Nakamura as Kiichi Ayakawa
Hirofumi Nojima as Hideaki Matsunaga
Isshin Chiba as Seiji Okaizumi
Izumi Kikuchi as Noriko Hatano
Kan Tanaka as Prof. Otobe
Katsuhisa Hōki as Gentarou Hatano
Kazusa Murai as Hazuki Hatano
Keikou Sakai as Ooyama
Kenichi Mochizuki as Jyuzou Tsutsui
Kōichi Tōchika as Toshiya Shiozaki
Masaki Aizawa as Jyuji Egami
Masaru Motegi as Sakamoto
Michiko Neya as Arisa Jougasaki
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Gunji Inukai
Naotsugu Yoneda as Staff
Shigeru Shibuya as Takeshi Hamaoka
Shouto Kashii as Kagetora Katsuki
Takumi Yamazaki as Jyoji Wakui
Takurō Kitagawa as Takeshi Yamaguchi
Wataru Hatano as Mitsuru Tadou
Yūko Katō as Miyuki Kouno
Yumi Touma as Aki Koike
Japanese companies
Animation Production: OLM
Animation Production Cooperation: AIC
CG Production: OLM Digital
Key Animation:
AniVillage (eps 2-10 even)
Double R (ep 7)
MI (eps 4, 16)
NARA Animation (10 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 19, 21, 23-24
)

Studio Mu (ep 4)
Studio Wanpack (ep 7)
Production Cooperation: Studio Gazelle (12 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 13-14, 16, 19, 21, 23-24
)

Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: ShoPro Entertainment
English cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Bernie Malejana
Owen Caling as Hagiwara, Grandma

Bernie Malejana as Kenji Hatano
Hazel Hernan as Sumi
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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