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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) 
Genres: comedy , drama , mystery , science fiction 
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 5564)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.423 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.0875, rank: #3377 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 6.334 (Decent+), rank: #3498 (of 5554) (seen all: 6.83 / seen some: 5.28 / won't finish: 3.43)
Bayesian estimate: 6.369 (Decent+), rank: #3129 (of 4226)
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)
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue DVD 2 (Jul 11, 2005)
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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