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Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (TV)

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Alternative title:
Daphne (Polish)
Hikari to Mizu no Daphne (Japanese)
光と水のダフネ (Japanese)
빛과 물의 다프네 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Copyright notice: ©2003 NeSKes / "Daphne in the Brilliant Blue"
Plot Summary: In the future, the earth is mostly covered with water, but the several cities that do remain are flourishing. Maia Mizuki has been trying hard to achieve her dream of joining the Ocean Agency, a government organization. When she fails to be accepted and faces homelessness and hopelessness, a series of unfortunate happenings force her into a job with Neres, a security and investigation company that will also do almost anything else for enough money. It soon becomes obvious that no one “normal” works at Neres. Shizuka is a kind, tech-crazy young woman with a passion for food, Glora is a trigger-happy, money-loving tomboy, Yuu, a quiet, brooding woman is frighteningly deadly in combat, and Rena is the capable, alluring, unofficial leader of this particular Neres office. With Neres, Maia faces danger and crazy situations daily; it’s almost too much for her, but Maia is strong, and she does her best to hang on and make it through this unexpected turn her life has taken.
User Ratings: 369 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (dub:6, sub:5, ?:1)
 Excellent: 34 votes (dub:20, sub:14)
 Very good: 76 votes (sub:41, dub:33, others:2
2 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 98 votes (sub:54, dub:43, raw:1)
 Decent: 50 votes (sub:27, dub:20, ?:2, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 31 votes (sub:21, dub:10)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:6)
 Weak: 27 votes (sub:16, dub:11)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:8, dub:5)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 866 users, rank: #1090 (of 5565)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.423 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.0875, rank: #3378 (of 5555)
Weighted mean: 6.334 (Decent+), rank: #3497 (of 5555) (seen all: 6.83 / seen some: 5.28 / won't finish: 3.43)
Bayesian estimate: 6.369 (Decent+), rank: #3132 (of 4230)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2004-01-15 to 2004-07-03
Release dates: We have 31
Opening Theme:
"Asu no Blue Wing" (明日のBlue wing) by Sae
Ending Theme:
#1: "Anata to Iu Toki" (あなたと言う時間) by CooRie (eps 1-16, 25)
#2: "Anata to Iu Toki" (あなたと言う時間) by Mai Nakahara (eps 17-23, 26)
#3: "Asu no Blue Wing" (instrumental version) by Sae (ep 24)
Official website:
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue @ J.C. Staff (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue DVD Collection 2 (Sep 27, 2009)
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue DVD Collection 1 (Aug 11, 2009)
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Daphne in the Brilliant Blue DVD 1 (Apr 25, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2006-08-01
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Collection 1 (DVD) 2009-08-18 (from $23.57)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Collection 2 (DVD) 2009-09-08 (from $22.82)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Initiation (DVD 1) 2005-03-01 (from $4.12)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Initiation + Artbox (Limited Edition) (DVD 1) 2005-03-01
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Reunion (DVD 2) 2005-05-24 (from $6.32)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Getaway (DVD 3) 2005-07-26 (from $6.67)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (DVD 4) 2005-09-27 (from $18.58)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Treasure (DVD 5) 2005-11-22 (from $4.50)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Memories (DVD 6) 2006-01-24 (from $4.50)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Regenesis (DVD 7) 2006-03-21 (from $18.59)
DVD (Region 4)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue Collection (DVD) 2008-09-17
Soundtrack
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - CD Soundtrack (OST) 2005-03-08 (from $5.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takashi Ikehata
Series Composition: Seishi Minakami
Storyboard: Mangetu Mizudori (OP)
Episode Director: Kazuo Yamada (ep 1)
Music: Kô Ôtani
Character Design: Kazunori Iwakura
Art Director: Shinichi Tanimura
Chief Animation Director: Yumi Nakayama
Animation Director:
Kazunori Iwakura (OP)
Takashi Maruyama (ep 1)
Character Conceptual Design: Satoshi Shiki
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Executive producer:
Kazuaki Morishiri
Takao Ihei
Tomo Matsui
Producer:
Nobuhiro Osawa
Yuji Matsukura

Animation Check:
Hiroki Okamoto (ep 1)
Nobuko Ogino (ep 1)
Takako Kawano (ep 1)
Assistant producer: Ufufu Takano
Background Art:
Akira Itoman (ep 1)
Kenta Shimizu (ep 1)
Koji Eto (ep 1)
Makiko Hirasawa (ep 1)
Masaru Yanaka (ep 1)
Shin Okui (ep 1)
Shinji Takasuga (ep 1)
Yuuko Yano (ep 1)
Color design: Tomomi Andou
Cooperation:
Mikio Ikai
Osamu Kobayashi
Design: Shingo Takehan
Digital Composite:
Hiroyuki Hata (ep 1)
Kazuya Iwai (ep 1)
Shingo Fukuyo (ep 1)
Toshirō Hamamura (ep 1)
Youhei Suzuki (ep 1)
Yutaka Kurosawa (ep 1)
Digital Paint:
Asuka Hino (ep 1)
Kyousuke Ishikawa (ep 1)
Maya Muranaga (ep 1)
Miwako Suzuki (ep 1)
Syouko Mori (ep 1)
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Ending Illustrations: Satoshi Shiki
Final Checking:
Akiko Uchida (ep 1)
Mayumi Tanahashi (ep 1)
Mika Funahashi (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Fusako Nomura (ep 1)
Kaori Miyazaki (ep 1)
Miho Uemura (ep 1)
Satoshi Tezuka (ep 1)
Shigeki Kimoto (ep 1)
Shingo Natsume (ep 1)
Takehiko Kageyama (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Arihiro Gotou (ep 1)
Atsushi Okita (OP; ep 1)
Eiichi Endo (ep 1)
Hideyuki Kataoka (OP)
Hiroshi Kawashima (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Hashimoto (OP)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (OP)
Jun Arai (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Oyama (OP)
Keiji Ishihara (OP)
Kouji Ogawa (ep 1)
Masashi Ishihama (OP)
Mayumi Yamamoto (ep 1)
Megumi Sakamoto (ep 1)
Motoki Tanaka (OP)
Naomi Miyata (OP)
Ryozo Sugiyama (OP)
Shinya Hasegawa (OP)
Yoshiharu Fukushima (ep 1)
Yoshio Usuda (ep 1)
Yosuke Imakubo (ep 1)
Yuriko Ikehara (ep 1)
Line Producer: Takashi Satou
Planning:
Kazuyoshi Miyazato
Michio Suzuki
Taro Maki
Tomohisa Abe
Planning Cooperation: Fumihiko Takayama
Production Assistant: Tadashi Imai
Prop Design:
Hirotaka Kinoshita
Koutaro Hashimoto
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakano (ep 1)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kaoru Okubo (ED)
Kousuke Ooshima (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Kousuke Ooshima (OP)
rino (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hata (OP)
rino (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
CooRie (ED)
Mai Nakahara (ED; eps 17-23, 26)
Sae (OP)
Kana Ueda as Shizuka Hayama
Mai Nakahara as Maia Mizuki
Masumi Asano as Gloria
Sayaka Ohara as Rena Honjou
Yuko Kaida as Yuu Paku

Mitsuo Iwata as Ben Hanaoka
Sakura Nogawa as Tsukasa

Akiko Kawase as Female Student B
Ami Koshimizu as Yukari Hanaoka
Chiaki Takahashi as
Hostess
Mitzue Takahashi
Chihiro Maruyama as News Reporter
Daiki Nakamura as Wilfred Kim
Daisuke Egawa as Purse-snatcher
Daisuke Kirii as Outlaw
Daisuke Ono as
Chinpira
Control Official
Ramen Shop Owner
Rent Non-payer
Testing Official
Fumihiko Tachiki as Youichi Mizuki (eps 22, 24)
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Kosuke Yagi
Hitomi Nabatame as
Female Student A
May
Policewoman
Jun Fukuyama as Yasuki Jyonouchi (ep 26)
Junko Minagawa as Shounen
Junko Noda as Milly
Kahoru Sasajima as Rosemary
Katsuhisa Houki as Alexander Fujiyama
Katsumi Chou as Machin
Katsuyuki Konishi as Giro
Keiji Fujiwara as Kevin Wei
Kenji Hamada as Trevor
Kenji Nomura as Wong
Kentarou Itou as Yang Zeming (ep 25)
Koichi Sakaguchi as Davis
Makoto Yasumura as Underling B
Makoto Yasuyama as
Announcer
Punk B
Masako Joh as Pao
Masanobu Kariya as
Professor
Underling A
Masumi Asano as Riddle Female
Matsuo Matsuo as Ossan
Mugihito as Shou Mizuki
Noriko Shitaya as Nurse
Rie Kugimiya as Kenta Takahashi
Rio Natsuki as Oba-san
Ryoka Yuzuki as Hikari Claire
Ryoko Nagata as Interviewer B
Ryou Hirohashi as Ai
Shinji Kawada as
Chan
Ves
Shinpachi Tsuji as Tanaka
Souichirou Tanaka as Shibasaki Run
Susumu Chiba as Riddle Teller
Tadasuke Oomizu as Punk C
Takayuki Kondou as
Billy
Manager
Takeharu Onishi as
Interviewer A
Mafia A
Tarusuke Shingaki as
Mafia B
Official
Tomokazu Seki as Katsuya Mori
Tomomichi Nishimura as Lee (ep 5)
Tomoyuki Shimura as
Bookstore Owner
Ocean Agency Official
Ryousuke Takahashi
Toshihiko Nakajima as
Pilot
Sergei Fujiyama
Yoshio Kawai as Doctor
Youji Ueda as Thief Boss
Youto Kazama as
Policeman 
Punk A 
Yuuto Kazama as
Policeman
Punk A
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Background Art: Studio Easter (ep 1)
Broadcaster:
Chiba TV
Mainichi Broadcasting System
TV Kanagawa
TV Saitama
Cooperation: Young King Ours
In-Between Animation:
Dicell (ep 1)
Echo (ep 1)
Nendai Douga (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Echo (ep 1)
Nendai Douga (ep 1)
Music Production: Lantis
Original Creation: NeSKeS
Production:
GENCO
Toshiba Entertainment
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English staff
English cast
Director: Sam Regal
Translation: Rika Kolka
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai Filmworks)
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
John Ledford (Sentai Filmworks)
Producer:
Jonathan Klein
Reiko Matsuo
Satoshi Fujii

Audio Layback Engineer: Gregg Hall
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes (Sentai Re-release)
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai Re-release)
DVD Subtitling:
Maki Ueda
Saori Tauchi
Graphics: Larry Koteff (Sentai Re-release)
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (Sentai Re-release)
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai Re-release)
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud (Sentai Re-release)
Recording engineer: Marc Rizzo
Script Adaptation: Sam Regal
Sound Mixing: Marco Bustos
Carrie Savage as Maia Mizuki
Erika Weinstein as Yu Park
Megan Hollingshead as Gloria
Michelle Ruff as Shizuka Hayama
Wendee Lee as Rena Honjou

J.B. Blanc as Lee
JB Blanc as Lee
John Smallberries as Tanaka
Kirsten Potter as May
Mia Bradly as Millie
Yuri Lowenthal as Young Sho

Alfred Thor as
Cab Driver (ep 1)
Ishiyama (ep 1)
Martin
Sho Mizuki
Amy Kincaid as Female Student B
Barbara Goodson as President
Billy Regan as
Interviewer A
Theft Victim
Bob Johnson as
Lun Shibazaki
Past Due Tennant
Street Punk A
Chad Jameson as Instructor
Dave Ernst as Katsuya Mori
David Vincent as Katsuya Mori (eps 15-16)
Doug Erholtz as Trevor
Doug Stone as
Street Punk C
Tsutomu Hanaoka
Edward Villa as
Leader of the Thieves (ep 7)
Police Announcement (ep 6)
Elise Baughman as
Lady
Mieko Muzuki
Erica Shaffer as Rosemary
Georgette Riley as
Announcer
Hostess
Madam
Hunter MacKenzie Austin as
Bao
Clyde
Tsukasa Takashiro
Ivan Buckley as Ryosuke Takahashi (ep 15)
J.B. Blanc as Leonskii
J.D. Stone as Kenta Takahasi (eps 15-16)
Jack Lingo as Guy A (ep 10)
Jackson Daniels as Thief C
Jennifer Sekiguchi as
Clare
Mrs. Zeming
Joey Capps as Submarine Captain
John Smallberries as
Alexander Fujiyama
Construction Worker
DJ
Yoichi Mizuki
Johnny Yong Bosch as Jonouchi
Kyle Hebert as
Lun Shibazaki
Mafia A
Submarine Co-Captain
Yan Zeming
Liam O'Brien as
Jiro
Noodle Stand Owner
Officer
Tony Long
Lillian Rodriguez as Dog
Linh May as Female Student A
Lulu Chiang as Yukari Hanaoka
Marc Rizzo as Mammo
Megan Hollingshead as Mysterious Woman
Mia Bradly as Ai
Michael McConnohie as
Guard A (ep 13)
Old Shop Owner (ep 5)
Thomas (ep 8)
Yasuo Nakamura (ep 14)
Michelle Ruff as Kirika (ep 12)
Patrick Seitz as
Street Punk B
Wong
Quyen Regal as Nurse
Sam Regal as Chang
Samantha Inoue-Harte as Stewardess
Sonja Scrancia as Kirika
Stephen Martello as
Doctor
Hirosuke Yagi
Majordomo
T. Axelrod as Middle Aged Man
Tom Anthony as
Policeman (ep 6)
Thief B (ep 7)
Travis Willingham as Kim
Vic Mignogna as Davis (eps 15-16)
Vivette Hucheleigh as Nurse (ep 9)
Wendee Lee as Interviewer B
Yuri Lowenthal as
Billy
Kevin
Maia's Brother
English companies
Audio Recording: The Post Office LLC
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Section23 Films
Tokyo Night Train (Australia & New Zealand)
Dubbing: New Generation Pictures
DVD Production: Amusement Park Media (Sentai Re-release)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Video Editing: The Post Office LLC
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Dybex
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Ariadna Jiménez as Gloria (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Maia Mizuki (Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as Shizuka Hayama (Spain dub)
Esperanza Doménech as Yuu Paku (Spain dub)
Sofia Garcia as Rena Honjou (Spain dub)

Mar Nicolas as Tsukasa (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as Wang (Spain dub)
Mar Nicolas as Tracie (Spain dub)
Pilar Mora as Milly (Spain dub)

Ariadna Jiménez (Spain dub)
Isabel Muntané (Spain dub)
Oriol de Balle (Spain dub)
Pilar Mora (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Translation: TRADUCCIONES IMPOSIBLES (Spain dub)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish cast
(none)
Danuta Stachyra as Lektor
Polish companies
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