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The Melody of Oblivion (TV)

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[ adapted from (The) Melody of Oblivion (manga) ]
Alternative title:
Boukyaku no Senritsu (Japanese)
La Melodia del Olvido (Spanish)
忘却の旋律 (Japanese)
忘卻的旋律 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: mecha
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A great war occurred in the 20th century between humans and monsters. Since that time, the monsters rule the world in fear but keep relatively hidden from public view. A boy named Bokka ponders the past and wonders what became of the Meros Warriors who defended the world so bravely against the demons. He soon meets Kurofune and learns of the power of the Meros and the I-bar machines they ride in battle. Warriors are the only ones who can see and hear the Melody of Oblivion, a phantom girl hidden away waiting to be rescued and be the savior of mankind. During a battle between Kurofune and a demon, Bokka discovers something only his wildest dreams could possibly imagine...he too can hear that melody. Throughout his journeys, Bokka meets many monsters and their agents, friends, and companions as he discovers the true extent of his new powers. He must continue to battle evil in the hope of releasing Boukyaku no Senritsu and free a world that has forgotten its once beautiful melody.
User Ratings: 520 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:11, raw:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 52 votes (sub:47, dub:5)
 Very good: 102 votes (sub:85, dub:17)
 Good: 135 votes (sub:112, dub:17, raw:3, ?:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 67 votes (sub:55, dub:8, raw:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 53 votes (sub:42, dub:9, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
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 Not really good: 28 votes (sub:22, dub:6)
 Weak: 28 votes (sub:26, dub:2)
 Bad: 17 votes (sub:14, dub:3)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1120 users, rank: #865 (of 5563)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.283 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.2555, rank: #3654 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 6.251 (Decent+), rank: #3653 (of 5553) (seen all: 6.42 / seen some: 6.36 / won't finish: 3.06)
Bayesian estimate: 6.278 (Decent+), rank: #3278 (of 4226)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2004-04-06 to 2004-09-21
2007-08-01 to 2007-09-21 (Singapore, Arts Central)
Opening Theme:
"Will" by lisa
Ending Theme:
"Tenohira no Hikari" by Minawo
Links: We have 2
Reviews:
The Melody of Oblivion DVD 2 (Oct 9, 2005)
The Melody of Oblivion DVD 1 (Jul 14, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Complete DVD Box Set (DVD) 2006-09-19 (from $89.99)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Arrangement (DVD 1) 2005-06-14 (from $6.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - LE DVD Collector's Box (DVD 1) 2005-06-14 (from $14.91)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Monotone (DVD 2) 2005-08-23 (from $1.55)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Metronome (DVD 3) 2005-10-25 (from $6.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Solo (DVD 4) 2005-12-27 (from $6.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Refrain (DVD 5) 2006-02-28 (from $6.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Final Score (DVD 6) 2006-04-25 (from $3.75)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Atsushi Takeyama (ED)
Hiroshi Nishikiori
Series Composition: Yoji Enokido
Script: Yoji Enokido ((1-26))
Storyboard:
Atsushi Takeyama (ED)
Hideki Tachibana (eps 18-19)
Hiroshi Nishikiori (OP; eps 1-2, 24)
Kiyotaka Ohata (eps 3-5, 21-23)
Michio Fukuda (eps 15-17)
Soichi Masui (7 episodes
eps 6-8, 12-14, 20
)
Yoshikazu Miyao (eps 9-11)
Episode Director:
Akira Tsuchiya (ep 7)
Daisuke Takashima (eps 5, 15)
Hideki Tachibana (ep 20)
Hiroaki Nishimura (ep 8)
Hiroshi Nishikiori (eps 11, 24)
Hiroyuki Ishido (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Miyoshi (eps 9, 18, 22)
Katsushi Sakurabi (eps 6, 12)
Kenichiro Watanabe (ep 3)
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 23)
Kouichi Takada (eps 2, 16, 21)
Kouji Ogawa (ep 14)
Matsuo Asami (eps 10, 17)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (eps 4, 13, 19)
Music:
Hijiri Kuwano
Yoshikazu Suo
Character Design: Shinya Hasegawa
Art Director: Shichiro Kobayashi
Animation Director:
Daisuke Takashima (ep 14)
Haruo Ogawara (ep 8)
Hidetoshi Sano (eps 2, 13, 19)
Hiromi Kato (ep 23)
Isao Kamei (ep 22)
Kaoru Ozawa (ep 12)
Kiyoshi Matsumoto (ep 15)
Koichi Yagami (eps 5-6, 10)
Kouichi Motomura (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 18, 21
)
Kuniaki Masuda (eps 3, 9)
Mai Otsuka (ep 16)
Masahiro Tanaka (ep 7)
Masahisa Koyata (ep 17)
Masaki Nakaya (eps 3, 9)
Ryoichi Oki (eps 5-6)
Ryotarou Akao (eps 4, 10, 17)
Shinya Hasegawa (ep 24)
Takashi Wada (ep 1)
Yukiko Akiyama (ep 21)
Yumi Nakayama (ep 20)
Mechanical design:
Yoh Yoshinari
Yoshikazu Miyao
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Shingo Fukuyo
Executive producer: Tetsuo Gensho
Producer:
Hitoshi Sougawa
Takashi Tachizaki
Tsuyoshi Kamimiyashi
Yuji Matsukura
Yuki Sato

Assistant Director: Kiyotaka Ohata
Character Animation Director: Takashi Wada
Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi
Conceptual Design: Shinji Katakura
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Key Animation:
Akira Agata (ep 2)
Asako Inayoshi (ep 24)
Daisuke Kawamori (ep 2)
Fusako Nomura (ep 24)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 24)
Hideki Tachibana (OP)
Hiro Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 19, 22, 24
)
Hiromi Kato (OP; ep 24)
Isao Sugimoto (OP; ep 24)
Junko Matsushita (ep 24)
Katsushi Sakurabi (OP; ep 24)
Kazumi Takaishi (OP)
Keiko Ijima (OP)
Keiko Mototani (ep 24)
Keisuke Watabe (OP)
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 24)
Kouichi Motomura (ep 24)
Kuniaki Masuda (ep 24)
Mai Otsuka (ep 24)
Masashi Ishihama (OP)
Miho Uemura (ep 24)
Mitsuharu Kajiya (ep 24)
Motoki Tanaka (OP; ep 24)
Nobuhiko Kawakami (ep 24)
Nobuyuki Ikigame (ep 24)
Rie Kitahara (ep 24)
Ryozo Sugiyama (ep 24)
Saki Sadamori (ep 24)
Shigeki Kimoto (ep 24)
Shin Tosaka (ep 13)
Shingo Natsume (ep 24)
Shinya Hasegawa (ep 24)
Takashi Wada (ep 24)
Takeshi Morita (ep 24)
Tatsuo Miura (OP)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (ep 20)
Tomoshige Inayoshi (ep 24)
Toru Yoshida (ep 24)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (ep 24)
Yasunari Nitta (OP)
Yoshio Usuda (ep 24)
Youhei Imakubo (ep 24)
Yuichi Nakazawa (ep 24)
Yuki Imoto (ep 24)
Yukie Hiyamizu (ep 24)
Yukiko Akiyama (ep 24)
Mechanical Concept: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ("Iber Machine" Concept)
Monster Design: Yutaka Izubuchi
Music Director: Yuko Sakurai
Music producer: Shiro Sasaki
Planning:
Hiroyuki Nakamura
Hiroyuki Yamaga
Takeshi Yasuda
Tomohisa Abe
Planning Supervisor: Hirokatsu Okada
Promotion:
Hideji Yoshida
Makoto Mineya
Masao Itou
Miho Fujita
Mizuho Tanaka (TBS)
Noriko Kamimura
Recording Adjustment: Yasunori Ebina
Recording Assistant: Megumi Igarashi
Sound Production Desk: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki (OP)
Jun Yamazaki (OP)
Tohru Okada (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Masumi Yamazaki (OP)
Mitsuo Matsuura (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Mikio Sakai (OP)
Minako Yamaguchi (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
lisa (OP)
Minawo (ED)
Houko Kuwashima as Bocca Serenade
Mamiko Noto as The Melody of Oblivion
Masumi Asano as Sayoko Tsukinomori

Daisuke Namikawa as Kuron
Issei Miyazaki as Hikari
Katsuhiro Harasawa as
Aru-koto Nai-koto Parrot
Nic
Ken Yamaguchi as Child Dragon
Mami Kosuge as Hecate/Tamakorogashi
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Ballard Kurofune
Sanae Kobayashi as Toone
Showtaro Morikubo as Hol
Souichiro Hoshi as Skyblue
Tomo Saeki as Solo
Yukari Tamura as Koko

Akira Kosaka as
Kei
Oracle (ep 4)
Waitress (ep 15)
Ako Mayama as Resort Committee President
Asuka Ideno as Pretty Girl (ep 23)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Class President (ep 1)
Aya Hisakawa as Miri Kanaya (eps 6-8)
Ayumi Tsuji as beautiful girl C (ep 23)
Chie Satou as Monokeros #4
Chihiro Suzuki as Prime Minister (young)
Eiji Yanagisawa as Mr. Kagawa
Eri Ono as Mayor's Secretary
Fumio Matsuoka as Tsunagi jii-san
Haruka Kimura as Pretty Girl A (ep 23)
Hazuki Tanaka as M
Hiro Shimono as Elan Vital's Voice (ep 1)
Hiroko Taguchi as Yuko
Ikuya Sawaki as Mayor (Elle's Father)
Issei Futamata as Teacher (ep 1)
Kana Ueda as Kew-chan (eps 3-5)
Kanae Abe as Pretty Girl (ep 23)
Kazuo Oka as Keiko's Father (ep 4)
Keiko Fukushima as Bocca's Mother (ep 1)
Keiko Konno as Keiko's Mother (ep 4)
Keiko Sonoda as Woman Detective
Kirsten Potter as tamakorogashi 
Kouichi Toochika as Eichi Hikoyama (Toune's friend) (eps 6-8, 20)
Mai Nakahara as Elle Sonoda
Masami Toyoshima as Mrs. Kagawa
Masaya Takatsuka as Amimoto (eps 12, 14)
Masayo Kurata as Monster King S II
Megumi Matsumoto as Pan/Flute Player
Mitsuaki Madono as Masaru Hashimoto (eps 9-11)
Naoki Makishima as Mayor (ep 24)
Nobuyuki Kobushi as Reporter (ep 18)
Nozomi Masu as Maid (ep 18)
Rie Saitou as Medusa/Red-Haired Girl
Rio Natsuki as Chief V (ep 11)
Ryotaro Okiayu as Global Mountain Cat (eps 11-12)
Sumako Nomura as Tokiko Tsukinomori
Takeharu Onishi as Butler (eps 6-8)
Takehiro Murozono as Vice Mayor
Takeshi Watabe as Prime Minister
Tohru Furusawa as Young Saburou (ep 11)
Tomoyuki Terai as Man (ep 15)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Lucky Thoroughbred
Yasuyuki Kase as Wakadan (eps 3-5)
Yoshino Ohtori as Old Lady's Voice
Yoshino Takamori as Discount Uribou (eps 4, 20-21)
Youji Outa as Bocca's Father (ep 1)
Yuji Ueda as Bocca's Father
Yumiko Kobayashi as Electric Sheep / Yousui Andou (eps 18-20)
Yuri Amano as Keiko Hamasaki/Midnight Fledgling (eps 3-5)
Yuri Shiratori as
Flying Bunny
Girl (ep 24)

Rin Mizuhara
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Broadcaster:
BS-i
TBS
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Original Creator: GJK
Planning: GAINAX
Production:
Boukyaku no Senritsu Project
GAINAX
J.C. Staff
Kadokawa Shoten
Ken Media
TBS
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Jonathan Klein (eps 13-24)
Reiko Matsuo
Translation:
Reiko Matsuo
Rie Hagihara
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer:
Jonathan Klein
Reiko Matsuo

Audio Layback Engineer: Gregg Hall
DVD Producer: Kevin Chu
DVD Subtitling:
Maki Ueda
Saori Tauchi
Yohei Shikano
Online Editor: Chris LadeGaard
Recording engineer: Rob Landreth
Script Adaptation:
Jonathan Klein
Patrick Seitz
Reiko Matsuo
Rie Hagihara
Sound Mixing: Gregg Hall
Voice Direction: Reiko Matsuo
Carrie Savage as Sayoko Tsukinomori
Ted Sroka as Bocca Serenade

Darrel Guilbeau as Hikari

Barbara Goodson as
Bocca's Mother
Kei
Nurse
Old Woman
President
Chris Kent as Fisherman
Dave Mallow as
Detective A
Elan-Vital
Male Secretary
Man A
Miri's Butler
Vice Mayor
Doug Stone as Teacher
Erica Shaffer as Keiko Hamasaki
Hunter MacKenzie Austin as
Q-chan
Teacher
Jennifer Sekiguchi as
Coco
Yuko
Josh Phillips as Nick
Karen Thompson as Mira Kanaya
Kevin Hatcher as Solo
Kirsten Potter as Tamakorogashi
Kristen Potten as Tamakorogashi 
Liam O'Brien as
Horu
Masaru Hashimoto
Lisa Paris as Elle Sonoda
Mia Bradly as
Discount Uribo
Keiko's Mother
PA Announcer
Wife
Michael McConnohie as
Bocca's Father
Keiko's Father
Mayor Sonoda
Michelle Ruff as The Melody of Oblivion
Patrick Seitz as Kurofune Ballade
Rachel Hirschfeld as Red Hair Girl
Sam Regal as Eichi Hikoyama
T. Axelrod as
Class President (ep 1)
Kuron
True-False Parrot
Wakadan (ep 3)
Young Tsunagi
Tara Platt as Cowgirl
Travis Willingham as Global Wildcat
Wendy Tomson as Tone
William Frederick as Tsunagi (ep 1)
Yuri Lowenthal as Sky Blue

Elise Baughman
Hunter MacKenzie Austin
Kyle Hebert
Liam O'Brien
Patrick Seitz
Rachel Hirschfeld
English companies
ADR Production: New Generation Pictures
Audio Layback: Soundscape, Inc.
Audio Recording Facility: Soundscape, Inc.
DVD Authoring: 342 Media DVD Center
DVD Menu Design: 342 Media DVD Center
DVD Production: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Subtitled Streaming)
Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Recording Studio: New Generation Pictures
Video Editing Facilities: The Post Office, LLC
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation: Marina Bornas (Spain dub)
Jordi Navarro as Bocca Serenade (Spain dub)
Pilar Mora as Melody of Oblivion (Spain dub)
Pilar Morales as Sayoko Tsukinomori (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as Purasangre (Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as Koko (Spain dub)
Lucas Cisneros as Nic (Spain dub)
Mar Nicolas as Toone (Spain dub)
Sofia Garcia as Elle Sonada (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing: Cristal Media (Barcelona - Spain dub)
Translation: TRADUCCIONES IMPOSIBLES (Spain dub)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Script: Russ Carlos
Charmaine Cordoviz as Bocca Serenade
Michiko Azarcon as
Sayoko Tsukinomori
The Melody of Oblivion

Charmaine Cordoviz as Hecate
Rona Aguilar as
Coco Ninna-Nanna
Tone Requiem

Charmaine Cordoviz as
ArukotoNaikoto (parrot)
Elan Vital (Ivermachine & human form)
Q
Rona Aguilar as
Keiko Hamasaki
Medusa/Red-haired girl
Rose Barin as Miri Kanaya

Russ Carlos
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: Hero
Dubbing: Telesuccess Productions, Inc.
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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