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Dragon Half (OAV)

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[ adapted from Dragon Half (manga) ]
Alternative title:
ドラゴンハーフ (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, fantasy
Themes: dragons, fanservice
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Mink - the daughter of a dragon and a retired dragonslaying knight - sets out on a journey to get tickets for a concert held by Dick Saucer, world-famous teen idol and dragon hunter. Meanwhile, the corrupt king of the land is trying to take her hostage to get at her mother, and his magic-using daughter seeks to foil Mink's quest out of sheer spite.
User Ratings: 683 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 47 votes (sub:32, dub:15)
 Excellent: 112 votes (sub:86, dub:23, raw:1, ?:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Very good: 195 votes (sub:132, dub:53, Spa.sub:4, ?:2, Rus.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Good: 157 votes (sub:112, dub:40, raw:2, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Decent: 90 votes (sub:58, dub:29, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:21, dub:3)
 Not really good: 22 votes (sub:15, dub:7)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:9, dub:6, raw:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:3)
 Awful: 5 votes (dub:2, sub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1421 users, rank: #422
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.269 (Good+.26), std. dev.: 1.8152, rank: #1223
Weighted mean: 7.219 (Good+.21), rank: #1167 (seen all: 7.28 / seen some: 5.78 / won't finish: 3.51)
Bayesian estimate: 7.224 (Good+.22), rank: #976
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 1993-03-26 to 1993-05-28
Releases: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Taosu zo! Red Dragon" by Yasunori Matsumoto
Ending Theme:
"Watashi no Tamagoyaki" by Kotono Mitsuishi
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 5
In the news 10 times:
2007-09-24   ADV, Bandai Visual Set Release Dates
2003-03-13   More Acen Guests
2002-07-10   AX 2002: ADV Panel
2002-05-08   Anime Boston Guests and PR
2002-03-27   Kare Kano Dub List
2002-02-25   Anime Central Guest Announcement
2001-09-03   Online Chat with Jessica Calvello
2001-07-07   ADV at AX
2001-05-30   New AX Guest of Honor: Kikuko Inoue
2000-11-16   AOL Chat with Jessica Calvello tonight!
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Related reviews:
    Dragon Half DVD

Related releases:
    Dragon Half - Essential Anime (DVD) 2004-09-28
    Dragon Half - Puni Pui Poemy Doublepack (DVD) 2007-12-04 (from $12.31)
    Dragon Half (DVD) 2002-09-24

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Shinya Sadamitsu

Music: Kouhei Tanaka

Original creator: Ryuusuke Mita

Character Design: Masahiro Koyama

Art director:
Masahiro Koyama (ep1)
Takahiro Kishida (ep2)

Sound director: Yasunori Honda

Producer:
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Shiro Sasaki

Script Director: Shinya Sadamitsu

Theme Song Performance:
Kotono Mitsuishi (ED)
Yasunori Matsumoto (OP)

 

Kotono Mitsuishi as Mink

Mariko Kouda as Rufa

Rei Sakuma as Vena

Yasunori Matsumoto as Dick Saucer

Akio Ohtsuka as Damaramu

Kaneto Shiozawa as Rosario

Kenichi Ogata as King

Kikuko Inoue as Mana

Kosuke Tomita as
Minotaurus
Narrator

Megumi Urawa as Doug Fin

Noriko Asano as Venus

Sanshiro Onita as Receptionist

Shinshirou Nitta as Announcer

Taeko Yamada as Pia

Takeshi Aono as Ruth

Takumi Yamazaki as
Chuckson
Mappy

Japanese companies 

Production: Kadokawa Shoten

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Matt Greenfield

Art director: Ruby Halipoto

ADR Script: Matt Greenfield

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa

Producer: Matt Greenfield

DVD Coordination:
Anthony Benavides (ADV Essential Anime Collection)
Janice Williams

DVD Graphics: Hiroko Fukumori

DVD Producer: David Williams

Editing:
David Grundy
Gerald Brewer

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Andrew Kent
Carl Wormley
Maki Nagano

Project Translator:
Greg Gaddis
Ichiro Arakaki

Recording engineer: Christopher Bourque

Sound Design: Paul Killam

Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes

 

Jessica Calvello as Mink

Aaron Krohn as Dick Saucer

Amanda Winn Lee as Vina

Andy McAvin as Rosario

Brett Weaver as Damaramu

Greg Stanley as Blue Slime

Hilary Haag as Pia

Jennifer K. Earhart as Luffa

John Swasey as
Announcer
Narrator

Kelly Manison as Venus

Kira Vincent-Davis as Yellow Slime

Lew Temple as Ticket Man

Marcy Rae as Mom

Matt Greenfield as Golem

Paul Sidello as The King

Phil Ross as
Nurse
Royal Advisor

Rob Mungle as Ruth the Red Lightning

Spike Spencer as
Roshi
Slug

Tiffany Grant as Dug Fin

English companies 

Distributor: ADV Films (UK) (UK)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

Recording Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

German staff 
German cast 

ADR Script: Jan Walravens

 

Susanne Dobrusskin as Mink

Jan Walravens as Dick Saucer

Myriam Wiesemann as Pia

Petra Glunz-Grosch as Luffa

Rolf Berg as Rosario

Sybille Kuhne as Vina

Axel Ludwig as Annoucer

Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as King

German companies 

Distributor:
ADV Films (DT) (germany)
Universum-Films

Dubbing: ELG Media

 
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