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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: 1168 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 158 votes (sub:138, dub:17, raw:1, Spa.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Excellent: 320 votes (sub:265, dub:42, Spa.sub:8, raw:3, Rus.sub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 340 votes (sub:285, dub:44, Spa.sub:9, raw:2)
 Good: 199 votes (sub:167, dub:21, Spa.sub:3, raw:2, ?:2, Ger.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Decent: 65 votes (sub:57, dub:5, raw:1, Ger.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 So-so: 48 votes (sub:42, dub:3, Spa.sub:3)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:10, Fre.sub:1, ?: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 2163 users, rank: #276
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.967 (Very good-.03), std. dev.: 1.5972, rank: #539
Weighted mean: 7.888 (Very good-.11), rank: #490 (seen all: 8.05 / seen some: 6.88 / won't finish: 4.48)
Bayesian estimate: 7.885 (Very good-.11), rank: #300
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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Reviews:
    Paradise Kiss DVD 2 + 3
    Paradise Kiss DVD 1

DVD
    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 $25.36)
    Paradise Kiss (DVD 1) 2006-12-19 (from $18.99)
    Paradise Kiss (DVD 2) 2007-02-20
    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 $22.49)
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:
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
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
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 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)
Color design: Yoshinori Horikawa
Color 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 Production: Hiroaki Sano
Planning: Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV)
Production Assistant:
Hironori Toba (Fuji TV)
Kumiko Nakano (Fuji TV)
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)
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 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
ADR Writer: Stephanie Sheh
Associate Casting Director: Mami Okada
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Engineering Assistant:
Amie Farquhar (eps 1-4)
Jeff Prosser (eps 9-12)
Matt Hovland (eps 5-8)
Post-Production Assistant: Don Alderson
Production Coordination: Megumi Kunisada
Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks
Subtitling: Clark Cheng
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
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
French staff 
French cast 
ADR Director: Philippe Roullier

Adaptation: Charles Platto
 
Céline Melloul as Yukari

Bérangère Jean as Isabella
Bruno Meyere as Hiroyuki
Jessie LAMBOTTE as Miwako
Thierry Bourdon as Arashi

Adrien Solis as Konishi
Fabrice Lelyon as Professeur
Olivia Dutron as Mikako
Pascale Chemin as Nakayama
French companies 
Distributor: Kana Video
Italian staff 
Italian cast 
Editorial Coordination: Luca Ficarelli
 
Domitilla D'Amico as Yukari "Caroline" Hayasaka
Francesco Bulckaen as Jouji "George" Koizumi

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
German companies 
Distributor: Panini Video

Russian staff 
(none)
Russian companies 
Distributor: Mega-Anime
Russian cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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