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Paradise Kiss (TV)

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©2005 Yazawa Manga Seisakusho/Shodensha / Paradise Kiss Committee


[ adapted from Paradise Kiss (manga) ]

Alternative title:
ParaKiss
قبلـة الجنـة (Arabic)
パラダイス・キス (Japanese)
天國之吻 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: fashion
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school everyday. As she starts to question her way of life, she encounters a group of fashion design students who has a clothing label known as "Paradise Kiss". The group needs to find a model to showcase their designs in an up-coming fashion show and decides to pick Yukari instead. Initially, Yukari was reluctant to be associated with this seemingly eccentric group, but eventually, she realises that they are really nice people. Furthermore, their passion and enthusiasm to follow their ideals and dreams make Yukari realise that she has not been enjoying her life and this motivated her to pursue her own dreams.
User Ratings: 1132 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 156 votes (sub:135, dub:18, Rus.dub:1, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Excellent: 315 votes (sub:260, dub:42, Spa.sub:8, raw:3, ?:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 326 votes (sub:273, dub:42, Spa.sub:9, raw:2)
 Good: 188 votes (sub:160, dub:17, Spa.sub:3, raw:2, ?:2, Ger.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Decent: 63 votes (sub:55, dub:4, Rus.sub:1, ?:1, raw:1, Ger.dub:1)
 So-so: 47 votes (sub:41, Spa.sub:3, dub:3)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:10, Fre.sub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 2101 users, rank: #275
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.978 (Very good-.02), std. dev.: 1.6046, rank: #485
Weighted mean: 7.895 (Very good-.10), rank: #437 (seen all: 8.06 / seen some: 6.87 / won't finish: 4.25)
Bayesian estimate: 7.891 (Very good-.10), rank: #289
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2005-10-13 to 2005-12-29
2007-01-17 (Ep. 1-3, Italy - Future Film Festival)
2007-07-31 to 2007-10-16 (USA - ImaginAsian TV)
Opening Theme:
"♥Lonely in Gorgeous♥" by Tommy february6
Ending Theme:
"Do You Want To" by FRANZ FERDINAND
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 4
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Related reviews:
    Paradise Kiss DVD 2 + 3
    Paradise Kiss DVD 1

Related releases:
    Paradise Kiss - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2007-11-20
    Paradise Kiss - Box Set (DVD) 2008-09-23 (from $28.99)
    Paradise Kiss - Box Set (Thinpack) (DVD) 2009-07-07 (from $23.75)
    Paradise Kiss (DVD 1) 2006-12-19 (from $18.99)
    Paradise Kiss (DVD 2) 2007-02-20 (from $26.99)
    Paradise Kiss (DVD 3) 2007-04-17
    Paradise Kiss - Special Edition (DVD 3) 2007-04-17
    Paradise Kiss + Artbox (DVD 1) 2006-12-19 (from $11.36)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Osamu Kobayashi 

Series Composition: Osamu Kobayashi

Script: Osamu Kobayashi (eps 1-12)

Storyboard:
Motonobu Hori (eps 2, 8)
Osamu Kobayashi (OP, ep 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12 ED)
Rintaro (ep 10)
Satoshi Nishimura (ep 6)
Takaaki Ishiyama (ep 5)
Yuichi Tanaka (ep 9)

Episode Director:
Ken'ichi Ishikura (ep 3 asst., 5)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ep 4, 10, 12 (asst))
Motonobu Hori (ep 2, 8, 11 (asst))
Norihiko Nagahama (ep 7)
Osamu Kobayashi (OP, ep 1, 3, 11, 12, ED)
Shigetaka Ikeda (ep 6)
Yuichi Tanaka (ep 9)

Original Manga: Ai Yazawa

Character Design: Nobuteru Yuki

Art director:
Asami Kiyokawa
Shinichi Uehara

Art:
Hisashi Ikeda (eps 7, 10-11)
Masako Okada (eps 3, 9)
Naruyo Kiriyama (eps 5, 8)
Shinichi Uehara (eps 1-2, 12)
Zohsui Nishikawa (eps 4, 6, 11)

Animation director:
Fumie Muroi (eps 5-6, 9)
Hiromi Kato (eps 2, 8, 12)
Itsuko Takeda (ep 6)
Junichi Takaoka (ep 3)
Katsuya Yamada (eps 5-6, 11)
Katsuyuki Kubo (eps 4, 10)
Kazuo Tomizawa (eps 7, 9)
Naomi Hayakawa (ep 7)
Nobuteru Yuki (OP)
Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 3)
Yuichi Tanaka (ep 1)

Sound director: Masafumi Mima

Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita

Producer:
Kouji Yamamoto (Fuji TV)
Masao Maruyama
Ryo Oyama
Tetsuya Watanabe
Yoko Matsusaki (Fuji TV)
Yukihiro Ito (Fuji TV)

2nd Key Animation:
Bomin Kim (ep 10)
Chihiro Hayashi (ep 7)
Daiki Imamura (eps 6-7)
Eriko Kubokawa (eps 8-9)
Hanako Enomoto (ep 7)
Hiroko Oohata (eps 6-9)
Ikuma Tobe (ep 7)
Kou Nishimura (eps 6-9, 11)
Masahiro Yamanaka (ep 11)
Masayuki Kouda (ep 10)
Meiying Hong (eps 8-9, 11)
Mifumi Tomita (ep 10)
Miho Inoue (ep 10)
Mika Uchiki (ep 10)
Miki Kato (ep 11)
Miki Yoshimoto (eps 6-7)
Miwako Yamamoto (eps 6-7)
Naoko Masui (eps 8-9, 11)
Naoyuki Asano (ep 6)
Osamu Kobayashi (ep 10)
Pil Kang Kim (ep 9)
Ryuuta Yanagi (ep 10)
Shinmei Saito (eps 7, 9)

Animation producer:
Masao Morosawa
Tsutomu Fujio

Assistant producer:
Hironori Toba (Fuji TV)
Kumiko Nakano (Fuji TV)

Background Art:
Hiromichi Tanigawa (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Hisashi Ikeda (6 episodes

eps 1-2, 5, 8-9, 12
)
Kanae Sakakura (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Masako Okada (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 10, 12
)

Masashi Kurihara (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Naruyo Kiriyama (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 9-10, 12
)

Shinichi Uehara (eps 3, 5, 7-10)
Takuya Iida (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Tomie Akiho (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Toshiyuki Yoshimura (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Yasunari Usuda (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Yuichiro Nakajima (eps 4, 6)
Yuka Okamoto (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Yumiko Yamada (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Yuuichi Takayama (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)
Zohsui Nishikawa (ep 4, 6, 11- Atelier BWCA)

Chief Editor: Yoshiko Kimura

Clothing Design: Atsuro Tayama

Color design: Yoshinori Horikawa

Colour Check:
Azusa Sasaki (eps 6, 9, 11)
Fumie Hayashi (5 episodes

eps 2-3, 6-7, 11
)
Izumi Murasaki (ep 4 - Pierrot DAR)
Masako Torigata (eps 3, 8, 11)
Noriko Kikui (eps 3, 12)
Rika Fujishima (ep 5)
Tomoe Imamura (ep 4 - Pierrot DAR)
Yasuko Suenaga (ep 10)
Yoshinori Horikawa (ep 1)
Yuuko Satou (eps 4, 10)

Colour Setting:
Azusa Sasaki (eps 6, 9, 11)
Fumie Hayashi (eps 2, 7, 11)
Masako Torigata (eps 8, 11)
Noriko Kikui (eps 3, 12)
Tomomi Kato (ep 5)
Yoshinori Horikawa (ep 1)
Yuki Kase (ep 10)
Yuuko Satou (ep 4)

Composite: Atsushi Takeyama (ED)

Digital Art: Rei Kawano

Digital Effects: Shinichi Igarashi (all eps)

In-Between Check:
Akiko Ohshima (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 6-9, 11-12
)
Hiroko Tezuka (ep 10)
Kayo Sakazume (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-9, 11-12
)

Megumi Tonegawa (7 episodes
eps 3, 6-9, 11-12
)

Sakiko Watanabe (eps 1-2)
Yaeko Kodama (ep 4)
Yuki Nomura (ep 5)

Key Animation:
Akiko Asaki (ep 1)
Akio Hasegawa (ep 9)
Ayumu Kotake (eps 3, 12)
Bomin Kim (ep 4)
Chihiro Hayashi (8 episodes

eps 1-3, 6, 8-9, 11-12
)
Daiki Imamura (eps 3, 8)
Emiko Kataoka (eps 2, 6)
Eriko Kubokawa (ep 7)
Fumie Muroi (OP; eps 3, 9, 12)
Fumio Fukushima (ep 5)
Hidehiko Sawada (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Hiroko Oohata (eps 3, 12)
Hiromi Kato (eps 1, 9)
Hirotaka Kinoshita (ep 4)
Hiroto Tanaka (OP)
Hiroyuki Hashimoto (eps 1, 3, 6)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (ED)
Itsuko Takeda (OP)
Junichi Takaoka (eps 7, 9, 11)
Katsuya Yamada (eps 11-12)
Katsuyuki Kubo (eps 4, 10)
Kazuko Shibata (ep 12)
Kazunobu Hoshi (ep 10)
Kazuya Saitoh (eps 2, 6, 9)
Koji Maruoka (ep 5)
Kouichi Arai (OP)
Kunihiko Inoue (eps 2, 6, 9, 12)
Kunio Katsuki (OP; ep 2)
Masafumi Nakagawa (eps 3, 6)
Masahiko Sasaki (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 8-9, 11-12
)

Masahiro Neriki (eps 4, 10)
Masahiro Yamanaka (eps 6, 9)
Masayuki Kouda (ep 4)
Masayuki Sato (eps 6, 9, 11-12)
Meiying Hong (ep 12)
Mika Uchiki (ep 4)
Mika Yamamoto (ep 7)
Miki Kato (ep 6)
Miki Yoshimoto (ep 3)
Miwako Yamamoto (ep 3)
Motohiko Kurihara (ep 9)
Motonobu Hori (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 8, 11-12
)

Nagisa Nakajima (ep 2)
Naoko Masui (ep 12)
Naoyuki Asano (eps 1, 3, 12)
Nobuyuki Kitajima (ep 9)
Norimoto Tokura (OP)
Osamu Kobayashi (OP; 10 episodes
eps 1, 3-9, 11-12
)

Pil Kang Kim (eps 2, 7-8)
Ryou Iino (ep 5)
Ryouma Ebata (ep 7)
Ryuuta Yanagi (ep 4)
Seika Saruwatari (ep 2)
Setsuko Unno (ep 5)
Shingo Okano (ep 3)
Shuuji Miyazaki (eps 2, 8)
Tadakatsu Yoshida (ep 10)
Tadashi Shimizu (ep 5)
Takashi Otsuka (ep 5)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (ep 8)
Yosuke Sotoyama (ep 9)
Yu Maruyama (ep 1)
Yuichi Endo (eps 4, 10)
Yuichi Tanaka (eps 9, 12)
Yuki Nomura (ep 5)
Yumi Masuda (ep 1)
Yusuke Yoshigaki (ED)
Yuujirou Moriyama (eps 2, 8)

Music producer: Hiroaki Sano

Planning: Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV)

Production:
Hideo Katsumata
Jungo Maruta
Kouichi Uchida (Fuji TV)
Minoru Ishihara
Shuichi Machida

Production manager:
Hideyoshi Akabane
Masaaki Yukawa
Tooko Takase (Fuji TV)
Yukiko Ninokata

Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi

Special Effects:
Ayumi Arahata (eps 1-2, 5)
Kumiko Taniguchi (eps 1-2, 5)
Tomoe Ikeda (ep 4, 10 - Pierrot DAR)
Toyohiko Sakakibara (7 episodes

eps 3, 6-9, 11-12
)

Texture Art: Yuichi Suehiro

Theme Song Performance:
Franz Ferdinand (ED)
Tommy february (OP)

 

Kenji Hamada as Jouji "George" Koizumi

Yu Yamada as Yukari "Caroline" Hayasaka

Chiharu Suzuka as Isabella

Marika Matsumoto as Miwako Sakurada

Noriyuki Uchino as Hiroyuki Tokumori

Shunsuke Mizutani as Arashi Nagase

Akeno Watanabe as Higasa (ep 6)

Akiko Kawase as Hamada-sensei (eps 7, 9-12)

Daisuke Namikawa as Suguru Hayasaka (Yukari's brother (ep 12))

Enapou as School nurse (ep 9)

KAORI as Store girl (ep 6)

Kappei Yamaguchi as Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Kenichi Ogata as Sebas-chan (ep 10)

Makoto Tsumura as Suguru Hayasaka (Yukari's brother)

Megumi Toyoguchi as Tanabe (ep 6)

Miho Saiki as Kaori Asou (eps 10-12)

Porche Okite as Noriji Sunami (ep 10)

Rica Matsumoto as young George (ep 10)

Rie Kugimiya as young Isabella (ep 10)

Rumi Shishido as
Alice Yamaguchi (ep 2)
Mikako Kouda

Shinichiro Miki as Seiji Kisaragi (eps 1, 6, 11-12)

Shoko Tsuda as Yasuko Hayasaka (Yukari's mother)

Tetsu Nara as Konishi (Tokumori's friend)

Urara Takano as Lisa Nagase

Yoko Soumi as Kozue Shimamoto (ep 7)

Yoshino Takamori as Yukino Koizumi

Japanese companies 

2nd Key Animation:
Anime Roman (eps 7, 9, 11)
Mouse (eps 7, 9)
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 7)
Triple A (ep 6)
Wombat (eps 6-9, 11)

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Background Art:
Atelier BWCA (eps 4, 6, 8, 12)
Dr. Movie (all eps)

Broadcaster:
Fuji TV
Kansai TV
Tokai TV

Digital Photography: Studio Twinkle

Key Animation:
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 8)
Madhouse Studios (ep 5)
Mito Animation (ep 5)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 5)
Wombat (ep 3)

Music Production: Aniplex

Production:
Aniplex
Dentsu Inc.
Fuji TV
Madhouse Studios
Shodensha Publishing

Production Assistance:
Sanchai Corporation (ep 5)
Studio Pierrot (eps 4, 10)

Sound Effects: Sound Box

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Stephanie Sheh

Translation: Shoko Oono

Executive producer: Katsuhiko Tsurumoto

Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Kaeko Sakamoto
Sawako Furuya

ADR Writer: Stephanie Sheh

Assistant Engineer:
Amie Farquhar (eps 1-4)
Jeff Prosser (eps 9-12)
Matt Hovland (eps 5-8)

Assistant producer: Mami Okada

Associate Casting Director: Mami Okada

Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto

Dialogue Editing:
Alex Gordon
Kevin Patzelt
Patrick Rodman

Post-Production Assistant: Don Alderson

Production Assistant:
Charles Ohta
John Cha
Mark Fujita

Production Coordination: Megumi Kunisada

Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks

Recording engineer:
Alex Gordon
Kevin Patzelt
Patrick Rodman

Spotting:
Clark Cheng
Tetsuya Fujita

Subtitling: Clark Cheng

Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman

Julie Ann Taylor as Yukari

Patrick Seitz as Jouji "George" Koizumi

Barbara Goodson as Kozue Shimamoto

Derek Stephen Prince as Arashi Nagase

Jane Alan as Isabella

Johnny Yong Bosch as Hiroyuki Tokumori

Jolie Jackson as Miwako Sakurada

Barbara Goodson as George (Young; ep 10)

David Keefir as Konishi (eps 1-3)

Dorothy Fahn as Kaori Aso

Jasmine Dias as Mikako Kouda

Jennifer Sekiguchi as
Alice Yamaguchi
Nakayama

Julie Rei Goldstein as Risa Nagase

Karen Thompson as Teacher Hamada

Liam O'Brien as
Guy in Street (ep 1)
Noriji Sunami (eps 10-11)
Seiji Kisaragi (eps 1, 6, 11-12)
Teacher (ep 3)

Mia Bradly as Yukino Koizumi

Michelle Ruff as
Cram School Girl (ep 3)
Girl in Street (ep 1)
Hostess (ep 4)
School Nurse (ep 9)
Suguru Hayasaka (Young)

Mike McFarland as Joichi Nikaido

Patrick Seitz as Sebastian (ep 10)

Peter Doyle as Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Sam Carr as Yasuko Hayasaka

Tara Platt as Higasa (ep 6)

Vic Mignogna as Suguru Hayasaka (Older)

English companies 

ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
iaTV

Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

French staff 
French cast 

Dubbing Director: Philippe Roullier

Adaptation: Charles Platto

 

Céline Melloul as Yukari

Philippe Roullier as Georges

Bérangère Jean as Isabella

Bruno Meyere as Hiroyuki

Jessie LAMBOTTE as Miwako

Thierry Bourdon as Arashi

Adrien Solis as Konishi

Christine Paris as Hama

Fabrice Lelyon as Professeur

Olivia Dutron as Mikako

Pascale Chemin as Nakayama

French companies 

Distributor: Kana Video

Dubbing: MediaCenter Post-Production

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Editorial Coordination: Luca Ficarelli

 

Domitilla D'Amico as Yukari "Caroline" Hayasaka

Francesco Bulckaen as Jouji "George" Koizumi

Alessandra Cassioli as Isabella

David Chevalier as Arashi Nagase

Maria Letizia Scifoni as Miwako Sakurada

Alessandra Korompay as Yukino Koizumi

Antonella Baldini as Mikako Kouda

Bianca Portone as Alice Yamaguchi (ep 2)

Emanuela Rossi as Kozue Shimamoto (ep 7)

Federica Bebi as Isabella (young)

Federica Bomba as Lisa Nagase

Gabriele Patriarca as George (young)

Marco Vivio as Seiji Kisaragi (eps 1, 6, 11-12)

Stefano Crescentini as Hiroyuki Tokumori

Italian companies 

Broadcaster: Cartoon Network Italia (from 30 June 2008)

Distributor: Panini Video Italia

German staff 
German cast 

Dubbing Director: Richard Westerhaus (eps 1-12)

Dialogue Writer: Christian Schneider (eps 1 - 12)

 

Gabi Wienand as Yukari "Caroline" Hayasaka

Markus Pfeiffer as Jouji "George" Koizumi

Dieter Maise as Arashi Nagase

Heiko Obermüller as Hiroyuki Tokumori

Ilya Welter as Isabella

Sarah Brückner as Miwako Sakurada

Britt Gülland as Hamada

Corinna Dörenkamp as Mikako Kouda

Philipp Scheppmann as Konishi

German companies 

Distributor: Panini Video

Dubbing: G&G Tonstudios


Russian staff 
(none)
Russian companies 

Distributor: Mega-Anime

Russian cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

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Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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