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Oban Star-Racers (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ōban Star Racers (French)
Oban, Star-Racers
オーバン・スターレーサーズ (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, racing
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Eva's been hoping to hear from her dad for years. When she gets a part for her bike, she leaves school to find her dad-Don Wei. But right after she finds him the Earth team is off to race in the great race of Oban. Taking the name "Molly" Eva must prove that she can win-and make her dad recongize her.
User Ratings: 120 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (dub:9, sub:2, Fre.dub:1)
 Excellent: 14 votes (dub:9, Fre.dub:1, ?:1, Spa.dub:1, edit.dub:1, sub:1)
 Very good: 31 votes (dub:17, sub:12, Por.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Good: 39 votes (dub:17, sub:14, Dan.dub:2, edit.dub:2, Spa.dub:1, Pol.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Por.dub:1)
 Decent: 15 votes (dub:9, edit.dub:3, sub:2, Pol.sub:1)
 So-so: 4 votes (dub:4)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 3 votes (dub:1, edit.dub:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 303 users, rank: #1439
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.400 (Good+.4), std. dev.: 1.6553, rank: #1042
Weighted mean: 7.194 (Good+.19), rank: #1200 (seen all: 7.47 / seen some: 6.22 / won't finish: 6.16)
Bayesian estimate: 7.218 (Good+.21), rank: #985
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2006-04-12 (France TV Broadcast)
2006-05-27 (London MCM Expo)
2006-06-05 (Original U.S. Broadcast)
2006-06-10 to 2006-08-27 (ABC Family USA)
2006-09-10 (Family Channel Canada)
2006-09-23 (Japanese Broadcast)
2007-04-23 (Super-RTL, Germany)
Releases: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"A Chance to Shine" by Akino
#1: "Never Say Never" By After Midnight Project U.S. Opening
Ending Theme:
"Waratteta" by Sukoshi
Links: We have 6
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Related releases:
    Oban Star-Racers - The Alwas Cycle / DVD-Video (DVD 1) 2008-04-22 (from $12.83)
    Oban Star-Racers - Collection 2: The Oban Cycle (Dub.DVD) 2008-05-20 (from $12.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Storyboard:
Kiyoko Sayama
Soichi Masui
Yoshimitsu Ohashi

Episode Director:
Kiyoko Sayama
Masahiko Watanabe

Music: Taku Iwasaki

Animation director: Tetsuya Kumagai

Associate producer:
Katsunori Haruta
Minoru Takanashi

Color Coordination: Chie Tanimoto

Line Producer: Shinji Nakashima

Mecha Designs: Isao Sugimoto

Music producer: Toshiaki Ohta

Production Coordination: Atsushi Urushiyama

Theme Song Composition: Yoko Kanno

Theme Song Performance:
AKINO (OP)
Sukoshi (ED)

 

Banjou Ginga as Toros

Hiroaki Miura as Prince Aikka

Junichi Suwabe as Rick Thunderbolt

Junko Noda as Molly/Eva Wei

Keiichrou Satomi as Jordan Wilde

Keisuke Fujii as Stan

Masashi Hirose as Satis

Unshou Ishizuka as Don Wei

Yoshinori Fujita as Koji

Japanese companies 

3d Animation: Pumpkin 3D

Animation Production: Hal Film Maker

Broadcaster:
Jetix
NHK BS-2

Distributor: Bandai Visual

Photography: T2 Studio

Production: Hal Film Maker

Recording Studio: Broadmedia Studios Corporation

English cast 
English staff 

Script Adaptation: Jeffrey Paul Kearney

Voice Direction: Michael Donovan

Chiara Zanni as Molly

Samuel Vincent as Jordan

Brian Dobson as General Kross

Brian Drummond as Satis

Colin Murdock as Canaletto

Nicole Oliver as Maya Wei

Richard Newman as President

Alessandro Juliani as Koji

Colin Murdock as
Old Mechanic
Race Official A

Colleen Wheeler as Skun

Dexter Bell as Stan

Don Brown as Lord Furter

Jillian Michaels as Ning

Kirby Morrow as Prince Aika

Michael Dobson as Rick

Michael Donovan as Aika's Elder

Paul Dobson as Avatar

Ron Halder as Don Wei

Trevor Devall as Ondai

English companies 

ADR Production/Recording Studio: Airwaves Sound Design Ltd

Broadcaster:
ABC Family (Jetix)
Disney XD
Jetix (UK)
Toon Disney (Jetix)

DVD Distribution: Shout! Factory 

French staff 
French cast 

Director:
Savin Yeatman-Eiffel
Thomas Romain

Script: Savin Yeatman-Eiffel (all 26 eps)

Original creator: Savin Yeatman-Eiffel

Character Design:
Loic Penon
Thomas Romain

Design: Stanislas Brunet

Story Editor: Jeffrey Paul Kearney

 

Gabrielle Jeru as Molly

Thomas Guitard as Jordan

Alexandre Coadour as Rick

Gérald Morales as Général

Jérome Keen as Don Wei

Johanna Menuteau as Para-Dice

Laurent Alexandre as Directrice du pensionnat

Laurent Maurel as Flint

Mathieu Barbier as
Avatar
Toros

Nicolas Mead as Stan / Sathis

Omar Yami as Grooor

Philippe Resneau as Juges d'Arouas

Rémi Caillebot as Prince Aïka

Sarah Bouché de Vitray as Maya

Vincent Latorre as Koji

Yamin Dib as Vieux juge d'Arouas

French companies 

Animation: PUMPKIN-3D (France)

Broadcaster: France 3 (France)

Production: Sav! The World Productions (France)

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Carlos Carvajal as Don Wei

Jorge Lillo as Rick

Julio González as Avatar

Marco Antonio Espina as Ned

Rodrigo Saavedra as Koji

Ximena Marchant as Molly

Sandro Larenas as Narrator

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Jetix Latin America

Dubbing Studio: DINT Doblajes Internacionales Ltda., Chile (Latin American Dub)

German staff 
German cast 

Dialogue Writer: Christian Schneider

Voice Direction: Christian Schneider

 (none)
German companies 

Broadcaster: Super RTL

Dubbing Studio: Splendid Synchron

Arabic staff 
(none)
Arabic companies 

Dubbing: MBC3

Arabic cast 
(none)
Dutch staff 
Dutch cast 
(none)
 

Lottie Hellingman as Molly/Eva Wei

Sander van der Poel as Koji

Dutch companies 

Broadcaster: Jetix Netherlands

Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Jetix (Russia)

Russian cast 
(none)

Polish cast 
Polish staff 
(none)

Adam Bauman as Avatar

Aleksander Mikołajczak as Don Wei

Andrzej Chudy as Canaletto

Dariusz Odija as Kross

Ewa Kani as
Maya
Ning
Skun

Janusz Wituch as Prezydent

Jarosław Domin as
Lord Further
Ondai

Joanna Węgrzynowska as Para-Dice

Karol Wróblewski as Toros

Katarzyna Laska as Eva /Molly

Leszek Zdun as Jordan

Marek Włodarczyk as Książę Aikka

Mieczysław Morański as Satis/ Super Racer

Robert Tondera as
Avatar (odc. 23)
Ceres
Flint

Tomasz Marzecki as Groor

Wojciech Machnicki as Sul

Wojciech Solarz as Rush

Polish companies 

Broadcaster: Jetix Polska

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Voice Direction: Fernanda Fernandes

 

Lina Mendes as Molly

Manolo Rey as Jordan

Felipe Drummond as Aikka

Júlio Chaves as Don Wei (not Luiz Carlos Persy)

Luiz Carlos Persy as Don Wei

Marcos Souza as Koji

Philippe Maia as Rick Thunderbolt

Thiago Magalhães as Stan

Waldir Fiori as Satis

Carlos Seidl as Toros

Elcio Romar as Presidente

Fernanda Fernandes as Maya

Jorge Vasconcellos as General Kross

Luiz Carlos Persy as Avatar

Marcelo Garcia as Juiz

Ronaldo Júlio as Groor

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster: Jetix (Brazil)

Dubbing: Herbert Richers

 
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