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Mermaid's Scar (OAV)

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[ sequel of Mermaid Forest (OAV), adapted from Mermaid's Scar (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Mermaid's Scar - La Cicatrice de la sirène
Ningyo no Kizu (Japanese)
人魚の傷 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, horror, mystery
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Legend states that eating the flesh of a mermaid will bestow immortality. Yuta and Mana do not remain dead for this reason. A chance meeting with a child named Masato leads the two of them into a mystery that spans generations and will threaten their immortal lives.
User Ratings: 131 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 17 votes (sub:9, dub:7, raw:1)
 Very good: 48 votes (sub:31, dub:15, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 31 votes (sub:17, dub:12, Fre.dub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:3, Fre.sub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:5, dub:4)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 278 users, rank: #1498
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.435 (Good+.43), std. dev.: 1.3765, rank: #1006
Weighted mean: 7.385 (Good+.38), rank: #959 (seen all: 7.43 / seen some: 5.84 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.394 (Good+.39), rank: #744
Vintage: 1993-09-24
Ending Theme:
"Beads of Tears" by Maki Mochida
Comment:
Along with Ranma 1/2, Mermaid's Scar was Viz Video's first domestic release.
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Morio Asaka

Script: Tatsuhiko Urahata

Music: Norihiro Tauri (True Project)

Original Manga: Rumiko Takahashi

Character Design: Kumiko Takahashi

Art director: Hidetoshi Kaneko

Animation director: Kumiko Takahashi

Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamada

Producer:
Ayao Ueda (Shogakukan)
Shiro Sasaki (Victor)

Assistant director: Hiroyuki Tanaka

Editing:
Harutoshi Ogata
Satoshi Terauchi (Mushi Pro)
Yukiko Itou

Planning:
Masao Maruyama (Madhouse)
Shigeichi Ochiai

Recording Director: Yasuo Tachibana

Special Effects:
Setsuko Tamai
Shigeko Tanifuji

Theme Song Composition:
Narishige Uohida
Nitioku Inoue

Theme Song Performance:
Akino Arai (ED)
Maki Mochida

 

Kouichi Yamadera as Yuta

Minami Takayama as Mana

Kikuko Inoue as Yukie

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Production:
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
Victor Entertainment

English staff 
English cast 

Script: Trish Ledoux

Art director: Yoshiyuki Higuchi

Translation:
Toshifumi Yoshida
Trish Ledoux

Executive producer: Seiji Horibuchi

Producer: Seiji Horibuchi

Additional Sound Effects: Mark Hensley

Associate producer: Satoru Fujii

Dialogue Director: Terry Klassen

Mixing: Stephen Cheung

Packaging Design: Yoshiyuki Higuchi

Production Coordination: Trish Ledoux

Recording engineer:
Keith A. Goddard
Mike Sankey

Theme Song Lyrics: Trish Ledoux

Wordfit Editor: Mark Hensley

 

Christopher Turner as Masato

Jason Gray-Stanford as Yuta

Lalainia Lindbjerg as Mana

Willow Johnson as Yukie

Janyse Jaud as Misa

Kathleen Barr as Narrator

Terry Klassen as Construction Foreman

Teryl Rothery as Woman at Construction Site

English companies 

ADR Production: The Ocean Group

Licensed by: Viz Media

Recording Studio: Ocean Studios

Spanish cast 
Spanish staff 
(none)

Maria Josep Guasch as Mana (Catalan dub)

Oscar Muñoz as Yuta (Catalan dub)

Belén Roca as Yukie (Catalan dub)

TERESA MANRESA as Misa (Catalan dub)

Albert Roig as Sr. Haruyo (Catalan dub)

Rosa Pastó as Sra. Haruyo (Catalan dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)

 
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