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Golden Boy (OAV)

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©1995-1996 Tatsuya Egawa / Shueisha • Softgarage. 


 
[ adapted from Golden Boy (manga) ]

Alternative title:
GOLDEN BOY さすらいのお勉強野郎 (Japanese) 
Золотой парень (Russian) 
ゴールデンボーイ (Japanese) 
Genres: comedy 
Themes: ecchi , fanservice 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: Kintarou Oe doesn't look like it, but he is a genius who completed all his university courses and then quit before graduating. He becomes a wandering student, going from place to place on his bicycle, seeking to learn what he can about life, the world, and women. He is willing and able to do any job he has to prove himself. His travels take him to a variety of locations and a variety of women, each who learns to love the hardworking guy, but not before he can run off. 
User Ratings: 2190 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 337 votes (sub:180, dub:132, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:23
7 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
3 German dubbed
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 French edited dub
1 Italian edited dub
1 Russian dubbed
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 528 votes (sub:306, dub:192, ?:3, others:27
6 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
4 Spanish dubbed
3 German dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Very good: 613 votes (sub:350, dub:213, raw:4, ?:3, others:43
10 Spanish subtitled
10 Portuguese subtitled
9 German dubbed
5 Spanish dubbed
4 Italian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 German edited dub
)
 Good: 398 votes (sub:247, dub:116, ?:3, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:29
5 German dubbed
4 Spanish subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 Spanish edited dub
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 German edited dub
)
 Decent: 166 votes (sub:96, dub:57, raw:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:10
4 German dubbed
2 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 67 votes (sub:34, dub:23, ?:2, others:8
6 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 29 votes (sub:19, dub:10)
 Weak: 29 votes (sub:18, dub:10, ?:1)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 11 votes (dub:5, sub:4, ?:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:3, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 3926 users, rank: #186 (of 5563)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.931 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.6356, rank: #600 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 7.843 (Very good), rank: #596 (of 5553) (seen all: 8.00 / seen some: 6.58 / won't finish: 3.68)
Bayesian estimate: 7.841 (Very good), rank: #401 (of 4225)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 6 
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage:
1995 
1995-10-27 to 1996-06-28 
2001-03-28 to 2001-06-09 (Germany, MTV) 
2002-05-31 (France) 
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"My Golden Boy" by Computerjockeys (eps 1-6) 
Ending Theme:
"Study A Go! Go!" by Golden Girls 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 6
News: Show:
ADV Industry Panel (Oct 4, 2003)
Coming ADV releases (Mar 6, 2002)
Doug Smith Interview (Jan 3, 2002)
Fanime Guest List (Mar 9, 2001)
ADV Cancels titles (Jan 5, 2001)
Anime Newsbriefs: (Aug 30, 2000)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Golden Boy - Treasure Hunt (DVD 1) 2002-04-23
    Golden Boy - Bound for Glory (DVD 2) 2002-06-18
    Golden Boy - Essential Anime Collection (DVD 1-2) 2004-05-25
    Golden Boy - The Complete Series Remastered (DVD 1-2) 2007-11-06
    Golden Boy - The Complete Series (DVD 1-2) 2012-11-06 (from $18.46)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo 
Screenplay: Tatsuya Egawa 
Storyboard:
Hiroaki Oogami (ep 4) 
Hiroyuki Kitakubo  (eps 1, 6) 
Hiroyuki Morita (ep 3) 
Kenji Takemura (ep 5) 
Yasuhito Kikuchi (ep 2) 
Episode Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (ep 4) 
Hiroyuki Kitakubo (eps 1, 6) 
Hiroyuki Morita (ep 3) 
Kenji Takemura (ep 5) 
Yasuhito Kikuchi (ep 2) 
Original creator: Tatsuya Egawa 
Character Design: Toshihiro Kawamoto 
Art Director: Tatsuya Kushida 
Chief Animation Director: Toshihiro Kawamoto 
Animation Director:
Akira Oguro (ep 5) 
Hiroshi Osaka (ep 4) 
Michiyo Suzuki (ep 3) 
Takeshi Honda (ep 2) 
Toshihiro Kawamoto (eps 1, 6) 
Yasuhito Kikuchi (ep 2) 
Sound Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo 
Director of Photography: Hideo Okazaki 
Animation Check: Koichi Iwanaga 
Assistant Animation Checker:
Ryoji Enomoto 
Takashi Yaguchi 
Yuichiro Miyake 
Assistant producer: Hideaki Fujii 
Chief animator: Toshihiro Kawamoto 
Color Coordination: Yuko Kanemaru 
Design: Shigeru Obata 
Editing: Eiko Nishide 
Effects Animation Director: Hisashi Ezura (ep 4) 
Music producer: Sohichiro Harada 
Production Assistant:
Hiroaki Urano 
Kenji Miyashita 
Sound Effects: Yasu Konno 
Sound Effects Producer: Kouichi Iizuka 
Special Effects: Yutaka Hoshiba 
Theme Song Arrangement: Mitsuhiro Tada 
Theme Song Composition: Kanji Saito 
Theme Song Lyrics: Hiroyuki Kitakubo 
Video Editing: Koutaro Muranaka 
Mitsuo Iwata as Kintarou Oe 

Hiromi Tsuru as Female president 
Junko Iwao as Employee B 
Junko Shimakata as Employee D 
Juurouta Kosugi as Hiroshi Kogure 
Kenichi Ogata as Animator D (ep 6) 
Kikuko Inoue as
Ayuko 
Employee A 
Megumi Tano as Child 
Michiko Neya as Instructor C 
Mika Kanai as
Chie 
Employee E 
Miki Takahashi as employee C 
Ryuuzou Ishino as
Animator 
Animator B (ep 6) 
Sakiko Tamagawa as Reiko Terayama 
Takuma Suzuki as Animator C (ep 6) 
Tatsuya Egawa as Engawa, Tatsuya (ep 6) 
Wataru Takagi as Office worker 
Yoko Asada as Ayuko (Young) 
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kogure's girl 
Yuka Koyama as Yuka Kanzaki 
Yuko Minaguchi as Naoko Katsuda (ep 2) 
Yuko Mizutani as Instructor A 
Yuri Shiratori as Noriko 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio A.P.P.P. 
Backgrounds: Studio Bihoh 
Film Processing: Tokyo Laboratory 
Finish Animation: AIC 
Music Production: Razz Office 
Original Titles: Maki Productions 
Photography: IMG 
Recording Studio: Abaco Creative Studio 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Matt Greenfield 
Art Director:
John Siers (Re-release) 
Ruby Halipoto 
Translation:
Dan Kanemitsu (eps 4-6) 
Ichiro Arakaki 
ADR Script: Matt Greenfield 
Executive producer:
John Ledford 
John Sirabella (Re-release) 
Sharon Papa 
Producer: Matt Greenfield 

Additional Translation: Shoko Oono 
DVD Author: Dave Beinlich (Re-release) 
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams 
DVD Graphics: Chris Hawley 
DVD Producer: David Williams 
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami 
Packaging Design: Jason Remmert 
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas 
Production Assistant: Andrew Kent 
Production Supervision:
Richard York (Re-release) 
Sean Molyneaux (Re-release) 
Recording engineer:
Charles Campbell 
Dan Rockwell 
Sound Design: Paul Killam 
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes 
Doug Smith as Kintaro Oe 

Allison Keith as
Employee A 
Naoko Katsuda 
Amanda Winn Lee as
Girl A 
Producer 
Carol Amerson as Yuka 
Carolyn Boone as Mother 
Charles Campbell as
Animation Checker 
Animator C 
Father 
Narrator 
Track Announcer 
Curtis Billings as
Animator B 
Instructor A 
Erin Rosaire as
Colorist 
Instructor C 
Jan Angus as Noriko Katsuda 
Jason Lee as
Narration 
Yakuza A 
John Swasey as Director 
Kim McGraw as Instructor B 
Kim Sevier as Noriko 
Laura Chapman as Reiko Terayama 
Lew Temple as Animator E 
Lorraine Reyes as Girl B 
Marcie Corder as
Maid 
Wife 
Marcy Rae as Bicycle Shop Woman 
Mary Lou Reyes as Employee E 
Matt Greenfield as
Animator D 
Porche Driver 
Sakata 
Thug A 
Thug B 
Yakuza B 
Phil Ross as Owner 
Renee Foresman as Employee D 
Robert Peeples as Bicycle Shop Man 
Spike Spencer as Maid 
Stuart Krohn as Animator A 
Sue Ulu as Ayuko Hayamizu 
Tiffany Grant as
Kogure's Girlfriend 
Madame President 
Traci Shannon as Employee B 
Tristan MacAvery as
Boss 
Butler 
Hiroshi Kogure 
Juzo Katsuda 
Wendy Hughes as Employee C 
Yvonne Aguirre as Chie 

English companies
Broadcaster:
MTV 
The Anime Network 
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. 
Licensed by:
ADV Films 
Discotek Media (2012) 
Media Blasters (2007 license renewal) 
French staff
French cast
Executive producer: Carlo Levy 

Production Coordination: Pierre Giner 
Olivier Korol as Kintaro Oe 

Christine Paris as Mme la présidente (ep 1) 
Colette Noel as Reiko Takayama (ep 5) 
Dominique Vallee as Ayuko Hayami (ep 4) 
Laurence Bréheret as Noriko (ep 3) 
Marjolaine Poulain as Naoko Katsuda (ep 2) 

Christine Paris as
employée (ep 5) 
monitrice (ep 4) 
Noriko Katsuda (ep 2) 
Colette Noel as
adjointe (ep 1) 
animatrice (ep 6) 
intendante (ep 2) 
Dominique Lelong as productrice (ep 6) 
Dominique Vallee as Baby Doll (ep 3) 
Jacques Albaret as Tetsuya Egawa (ep 6) 
Laurence Bréheret as monitrice (ep 4) 
Marjolaine Poulain as employée (ep 1) 
Michel Tureau as
animateur (ep 6) 
Mr Katsuda (ep 2) 
narrateur (ep 1) 
père d'Ayuko (ep 4) 
père de Noriko (ep 3) 
Philippe Roullier as
employé (ep 4) 
Hiroshi Kogure (ep 3) 
Yann Pichon as
moine (ep 5) 
patron (ep 6) 
Yakusa (ep 1)  (ep 2) 
French companies
Broadcaster:
Gong (from September 2009) 
Paris Première (from 2002) 
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel 
Released by: Dybex 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Nacho de Porrata as Kintarou Oe (Spain dub) 

Ana María Camps as Noriko (Spain dub) 
Carmen Ambrós as Naoko Katsuda (Spain dub) 
Mayte Supervia as Madame Presidenta (Spain dub) 

Assumpta Navascues as Empleada C (Spain dub) 
Tasio Alonso as Hiroshi Kogure (Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: 8 Madrid TV (Spain; 2010-11-01) 
Distributor: Selecta Visión (Spain) 
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain) 
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Davide Lepore as Kintaro Oe 

Alessandra Karpoff as Ayuko (eps 4, 6) 
Antonio Paiola as Juzo Katsuda (ep 2) 
Cinzia De Carolis as Presidente (eps 1, 6) 
Cinzia Massironi as Naoko Katsuda (eps 2, 6) 
Claudio Moneta as Kogure Hiroshi (ep 3) 
Dania Cericola as Reiko (eps 5-6) 
Elisabetta Cesone as Governante (eps 2, 5) 
Elisabetta Spinelli as
Chie (ep 6) 
Programmatrice (ep 1) 
Emanuela Pacotto as Programmatrice (ep 1) 
Enrico Maggi as Capo animatore (ep 6) 
Fabrizio Mazzotta as Wakamoto (ep 6) 
Federica De Bortoli as Noriko (eps 3, 6) 
Flavio Arras as Animatore (ep 6) 
Gianmarco Ceconi as Animatore (ep 6) 
Ivo De Palma as Regista (ep 6) 
Loredana Nicosia as Istruttrice (ep 4) 
Lorella De Luca as Produttrice (ep 6) 
Manuela Scaglione as Istruttrice (ep 4) 
Marco Balzarotti as Sakada (ep 3) 
Massimiliano Lotti as Istruttore (ep 4) 
Paolo Buglioni as Narratore 
Patrizia Mottola as Yuka (ep 6) 
Patrizio Prata as Egawa (ep 6) 
Roberta Gallina Laurenti as Programmatrice (ep 1) 
Simone D'Andrea as Animatore (ep 6) 
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Cultoon (from March 2009) 
MTV Italia (2000) 
Distributor: Dynamic Italia 
German staff
German cast
Executive Producer (german Version): Carlo Levy 
Main Theme: Computerjockeys (My Golden Boy) 
Timmo Niesner as Kintaro Oe 

Christin Marquitan as Ausbilderin 1 (ep 4) 
Diana Borgwardt as Reiko Terayama 
Eberhard Prüter as Geldeintreiber B (ep 1) 
Erich Räuker as Erzähler 
Karl Schulz as Geldeintreiber A (ep 1) 
Michael Pan as Wakamoto (ep 6) 
Michael Telloke as Sakata 
Peggy Sander as Ayuko Hayami 
Peter Groeger as Fahradverkäufer (ep 1) 
Robin Kahnmeyer as Tatsuya Egawa (ep 6) 
Silvia Missbach as Angestellte A (ep 1) 
German companies
Broadcaster:
MTV (Germany) (2001-03-28) 
MTV2 Pop 
Distributor:
Dynamic (germany) 
Nipponart 
DVD Distribution: Dybex 
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Producteur Executif: Carlo Levy 
(none)
Dutch companies
Distributor: Dybex 
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