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Emma: A Victorian Romance (TV)

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© Kaoru Mori • Enterbrain, Inc. / Emma Production Committee


[ adapted from Emma (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Emma: A Victorian Romance Second Act (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (Japanese)
Emma : Un Romance Victoriano (Spanish)
Emma – Una storia romantica (Italian)
Emma-Eine Viktorianische Liebe (German)
Victorian Romance Emma
英國戀物語 艾瑪
英國戀物語エマ (Japanese)
Plot Summary: In late 19th century London, William Jones, a member of the gentry, meets and falls in love with Emma, and she with him. This chance meeting overturns both their lives - for Emma is a maid, and the barriers of class and wealth stand between them.
User Ratings: 658 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 108 votes (sub:85, dub:11, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:9
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 207 votes (sub:185, dub:10, raw:6, ?:2, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 174 votes (sub:160, dub:8, raw:2, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 97 votes (sub:93, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 39 votes (sub:35, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:12, edit.dub:1, raw:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1120 users, rank: #872 (of 5579)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.176 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.4812, rank: #339 (of 5568)
Weighted mean: 8.067 (Very good), rank: #343 (of 5568) (seen all: 8.16 / seen some: 7.54 / won't finish: 5.50)
Bayesian estimate: 8.058 (Very good), rank: #238 (of 4248)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2005-04-02 to 2005-06-18
Opening Theme:
"Silhouette of a Breeze" by Kunihiko Ryo (eps 1-11)
Ending Theme:
"Menuet for EMMA" by Tokyo Recorder Orchestra
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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DVD (Region 1)
    Emma: A Victorian Romance - Season 1 (Sub.DVD) 2008-06-24 (from $28.46)
    Emma: A Victorian Romance - Season 1 [Litebox] (Sub.DVD) 2013-02-05 (from $22.62)
    Emma: A Victorian Romance Complete Series Limited Edition Bundle (Sub.DVD) 2011-09-13 (from $42.78)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi
Scenario: Mamiko Ikeda
Script:
Mamiko Ikeda (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 9-12
)
Miharu Hirami (eps 5, 8)
Reiko Yoshida (ep 6)
Shinya Kawabata (ep 3)
Storyboard:
Nagisa Miyazaki (ep 10)
Nanako Shimazaki (ep 9)
Rei Kaneko (eps 3, 7)
Tadashi Kojima (ep 5)
Tensai Okamura (ep 2)
Tetsuji Nakamura (eps 4, 10)
Tsuneo Kobayashi (eps 1, 8, 12)
Yumi Kamakura (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Hiromitsu Kanazawa (eps 5, 10)
Kotaro Miyake (ep 6)
Nanako Shimazaki (eps 3, 9)
Tetsuji Nakamura (eps 4, 10)
Tsuneo Kobayashi (eps 1, 12)
Yuki Hayashi (eps 2, 7)
Yumi Kamakura (ep 8)
Music: Kunihiko Ryo
Original Manga: Kaoru Mori
Character Design:
Keiko Shimizu
Yuko Kusumoto
Art:
Etsuko Abe (OP)
Etsuko Matsunaga (OP)
Hiromi Shirahase (OP)
Junko Sakurai
Masaki Mayuzumi (END)
Noriko Kaneko (OP)
Yuuko Yano
Animation Director:
Akemi Kobayashi (asst; ep 1)
Hideyuki Arao (ep 8)
Hiroshi Saitou (eps 2, 9)
Hirotaka Kinoshita (eps 7, 11)
Hiroto Tanaka (OP; ep 1 layout)
Junko Abe (ep 8)
Katsuyuki Kubo (ep 9)
Keiko Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8 overall, 12
)
Kumiko Horikoshi (ep 5)
Mayumi Nishimoto (ep 6)
Yoko Kadokami (eps 4, 11)
Yuichi Endo (eps 3, 10)
Yuko Kusumoto (ep 1, ep 3, 5, 6, 11 overall)
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Director of Photography: Atsuho Matsumoto
Executive producer:
Hisato Usui
Kaoru Saitou
Michiyuki Honma
Youko Furugawa
Yukio Sonobe
Producer:
Kei Fukura
Naofumi Morishita
Takashi Watabe
Tetsuo Gensho
Yoshiko Nakayama

Animation: Masaharu Tada (END)
Art Setting: Chie Minakami
Assistant producer: Yasutaka Kimura
CG Effect: Naomi Wada
Chief Editor: Seiji Morita
Collaboration:
Hiroki Ueno
Katsuhiko Okumura
Mariko Nakamura
Wataru Ooba
Color Check:
Akiko Ueda (ep 6)
Kimiko Oshima (eps 1-11)
Makiko Yagihashi (ep 11)
Mayumi Nagashima (ep 11)
Tomoe Imamura (eps 1-11)
Yoshiko Shimizu (1-11)
Color Designation:
Akiko Ueda (ep 6)
Kuniharu Okano (ep 8)
Yuki Kase (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-11 odd
)
Yuuko Satou (eps 1, 4, 10)
Color setting: Yuuko Satou
Cultural Advisor: Rico Murakami (Victorian England)
In-Between Check:
Chiaki Suda (ep 8)
Hiroko Tezuka (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 10
)
Junko Ono (ep 6)
Mitsuko Toyoshima (eps 3, 5, 9, 11)
Key Animation:
Atsuko Otani (OP)
Haruo Miyagawa (OP)
Hiroomi Yamakawa (OP)
Hirotaka Kinoshita (OP)
Mamoru Otake (OP)
Masaharu Tada (OP)
Masahiro Neriki (eps 1-3, 6)
Layout Supervisor:
Hiroto Tanaka (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 11-12
)
Junichi Takaoka (eps 2, 6)
Music Performance:
Motoko Fujiie (Violin)
Susumu Miyake (Cello)
Offline Editing:
Chieko Takayama (Morita Editing Room)
Seiji Morita (Morita Editing Room)
Online Editor:
Hiroyuki Nagai (Sony PCL)
Manabu Kamino (Sony PCL)
Production Coordination: Kouichi Machiyama
Production Desk: Chigira Hirakawa
Production manager: Masashi Matsui
Prop Design: Haruo Miyagawa
Public Relations: Sayaka Ono
Publicity: Gouto Muroichi
Recording: Yasushi Nagura
Scene Setting:
Hiroto Tanaka
Junichi Takaoka
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Production Head: Aki Fujinuma
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kenji Kaneko (ED)
Kunihiko Ryo (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Kunihiko Ryo (OP/ED)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Willam Jones
Yumi Touma as Emma

Akio Nojima as Richard Jones
Sanae Kobayashi as Eleanor Campbell
Taeko Nakanishi as Kelly Stownar
Yuji Ueda as Hakim Atawari

Aki Unone as Eliza (eps 4, 7)
Aya Endo as Mary
Ayumi Tsunematsu as House maid (ep 11)
Eiji Maruyama as Minister (ep 9)
Eisuke Asakura as Official (ep 7)
Eri Saito as Laundry maid (ep 11)
Gara Takashima as Dorothea Molders (ep 12)
Hideo Watanabe as Official (ep 7)
Hirofumi Nojima as Robert Halford
Junko Noda as Kelly Stownar (young)
Kachiko Hino as Landlady (ep 11)
Kaori Mizuhashi as Vivian Jones
Katsunosuke Hori as Viscount Campbell (ep 10)
Kayo Noumi as cook (ep 9)
Kazusa Murai as
Alice (eps 4, 7)
Pageboy (ep 8)
Keiko Aizawa as Mrs. Campbell
Koichiro Morioka as Doug (ep 5)
Kouki Miyata as Arthur Jones
Mantarô Iwao as Jeff
Masaaki Tsukada as Doctor (ep 8)
Masako Isobe as Aunt (ep 11)
Masatoyo Tetsuno as Footman (ep 9)
Naomi Wakabayashi as Tasha (ep 12)
Natsumi Sakuma as Mrs Melville (ep 9)
Noriko Shitaya as Collin Jones
Noriko Suzuki as Theresa Hamilton
Rei Igarashi as Head maid (ep 9)
Risa Hayamizu as Kitchen maid (ep 9)
Ruri Asano as
Fanny (eps 4, 7)
House maid (ep 11)
Sayaka Ohara as Grace Jones
Seiko Fujiki as Old lady (ep 5)
Shizuka Itou as House maid (eps 10-11)
Takashi Oohara as Delivery man (ep 1)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Al
Toshihiro Okubo as Official (ep 7)
Yasuko Egawa as Kelly's friend (ep 12)
Yoshinori Muto as Paul
Yoshinori Sonobe as Official (ep 4)
Youko Honna as Sarah
Yuji Mikimoto as Stevens
Yuki Hamano as Kitchen maid (ep 9)
Yuki Kodaira as Kitchen maid (ep 9)
Yuki Masuda as Kitchen maid (ep 9)
Yukiko Tagami as Francis
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot
Backgrounds: Studio Easter
Broadcaster:
BS-i
TBS
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Production:
Enterbrain
Fuji Creative Corporation
Pony Canyon
Studio Pierrot
TBS
Toshiba Entertainment
Production Assistance: Artland (ep 8)
English staff
English cast
Translation: Mayumi Kobayashi
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Producer: Kris Kleckner

Assistant producer: Judy DeFrieze
Design: Phillip Grothus
Website Design: Eric Hansel
Andrea Kwan as Emma (Animax dub)
Darren Pleavin as William Jones (Animax dub)

Candice Moore as Eleanor Campbell (Animax dub)
Claudia Thompson as Kelly Stownar (Animax dub)

Andrea Kwan as Vivian Jones (Animax dub)
Candice Moore as
Colin Jones (Animax dub)
Sarah (Animax dub)
Theresa Hamilton (Animax dub)
Claudia Thompson as
Grace Jones (Animax dub)
Mrs. Campbell (Animax dub)
Russell Wait as Robert Halford (Animax dub)
English companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia (February 2006)
Animax India
Distributor: Bayview Entertainment (2011)
Internet Streaming: YouTube
Licensed by: The Right Stuf International
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Min-Jeong Yeo as Emma
Yeong-Jae Pyo as William Jones

Gi-Hyeung Kim as Hakim Atawari
Hyeon-Ji Kim as Eleanor Campbell
Lee Hoin as Richard Jones
Mun-Ja Choi as Kelly Stownar

An Yeongmi as Theresa Hamilton
Beom-Gi Hong as Arthur Jones
Chae-Eon Han as Dorotea Mölders (ep 12)
Hyeon-Sim Kim as Tasha (ep 12)
Jeong Seonhye as Grace Jones
Lee Jamyeong as Vivian Jones
Lee Jonggu as Al
Lee Soeun as Collin Jones
Seon Hoje as Robert Halford
Yeong-Chan Kim as Stevens
Korean companies
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Azucena Díaz (Spain dub)
Translation: Marta E. Gallego (Spain dub)

ADR Engineer: Héctor Ruiz (Spain dub)
Mix Engineer: Raúl Echevarría (Spain dub)
Ana Pallejà as Emma (Spain dub)
Raúl Llorens as William Jones (Spain dub)

Inés Moraleda as Eleonor Campbell (Spain dub)
Jordi Pons as Hakim Atawari (Spain dub)
Juan Carlos Gustems as Richard (Spain dub)
Marta Martorell as Kelly Stownar (Spain dub)

Aleix Estadella as Arthur Jones (Spain dub)
Alicia Laorden as Eliza (Spain dub)
Angel del Río as Encargado (Spain dub)
Antonio García Moral as Al (Spain dub)
Antonio Lara as John (padre) (Spain dub)
Azucena Díaz as Lady Campbell (Spain dub)
Berta Cortés as Vivian (Spain dub)
Elisa Beuter as Alice (Spain dub)
Enriqueta Linares as Teresa (Spain dub)
Francisco Alborch as Steven (Spain dub)
Juan Antonio Soler as Robert Halford (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Annie (Spain dub)
Nuria Doménech as Grace Jones (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Fanny (Spain dub)
Pilar Morales as Mary (Spain dub)
Roser Vilches as Frances (Spain dub)
Victoria Ramos as Colin (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Dubbing Films (Barcelona ; Spain dub)
Translation: DARUMA (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Beatrice Caggiula as Emma
Dania Cericola as Sig.ra Campbell
Daniela Fava as Viavian Jones
Davide Albano as William Jones
Federico Zanandrea as Arthur Jones
Graziella Porta as Kelly Stownar
Loretta Di Pisa as Eleonor Campbell
Massimo Di Benedetto as Hakim Atawari
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Hiro (March, 2010)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Mark Seidenberg as William Jones
Simona Pahl as Emma

Arlette Stanschus as Eleanor Campbell
Eberhard Haar as Richard Jones
Isabella Grothe as Kelly Stowner
Patrick Bach as Hakim Atawari
German companies
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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