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Orphen (TV)

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©Yoshinobu Akita • Yuuya Kusaka/Kadokawa Shoten


Related anime:
    Orphen (manga)
    Orphen: The Revenge (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Las Aventuras de Orphen (Spanish)
Lo Stregone Orphen (Italian)
Majutsushi Orphen (Japanese)
Orphen le sorcier noir (French)
Orphen, el bruixot (Spanish)
Sorcerer Orphen (Tagalog)
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
魔術士オーフェン (Japanese)
魔術士歐菲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Orphen is the greatest sorcerer that the tower has ever seen but he is more interested in chasing the Bloody August, an infamous and very mysterious dragon. Along with his apprentice Majic and their companion Clio he heads off on a quest with the Sword of Baltanders, the only thing that can free the Bloody August or 'Azile' from the spell she is under.
User Ratings: 542 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 21 votes (dub:12, sub:7, ?:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Excellent: 56 votes (dub:31, sub:22, Spa.dub:2, Por.sub:1)
 Very good: 119 votes (dub:60, sub:46, edit.dub:3, Spa.dub:2, ?:2, Ita.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Tag.dub:1, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Good: 153 votes (sub:70, dub:70, Spa.dub:5, raw:2, ?:2, Tag.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 88 votes (sub:43, dub:33, Spa.dub:4, Ita.dub:3, Tag.dub:2, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 So-so: 60 votes (sub:33, dub:21, raw:1, ?:1, Por.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:10, dub:6)
 Weak: 22 votes (sub:10, dub:9, Ita.dub:2, Spa.dub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:2, Ita.dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Ita.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1340 users, rank: #457
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.836 (Good-.16), std. dev.: 1.6978, rank: #1985
Weighted mean: 6.752 (Good-.24), rank: #1988 (seen all: 7.01 / seen some: 6.44 / won't finish: 4.87)
Bayesian estimate: 6.766 (Good-.23), rank: #1722
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
1998-10-03 to 1999-03-27
2001-11-03 (France)
2007-10-20 to 2008-01-06 (AXN Portugal)
2007-10-20 to 2008-01-06 (Spain - AXN)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Ai Just on my Love" by Sharan Q (eps 1-13)
#2: "Kimi Wa Majutsushi" by Hatake [Sharan Q] (eps 14-24)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Last Kiss" by Tanpopo (eps 1-13)
#2: "Doshiyou" by Yuka (eps 14-24)
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Orphen DVD 6
    Orphen DVD 5
    Orphen DVD 4
    Orphen DVD 3
    Orphen DVD 1

Related releases:
    Orphen - The Perfect Collection (DVD) 2003-04-22
    Orphen - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-08-18 (from $27.99)
    Orphen - Spell of the Dragon (DVD 1) 2001-07-10
    Orphen - Supernatural Powers (DVD 2) 2001-09-11 (from $18.36)
    Orphen - Ruins and Relics (DVD 3) 2001-11-27 (from $18.48)
    Orphen - Mystere (DVD 4) 2002-03-26 (from $18.36)
    Orphen - The Soul Stealers (DVD 5) 2002-05-28 (from $18.36)
    Orphen - The Third Talisman (DVD 6) 2002-07-30 (from $5.00)
    Orphen - Spell of the Dragon (Dub.VHS 1)
    Orphen - Supernatural Powers (Dub.VHS 2) 2001-09-11
    Orphen - Ruins and Relics (Dub.VHS 3) 2001-11-27
    Orphen - Mystere (Dub.VHS 4) 2002-03-26
    Orphen - The Soul Stealers (Dub.VHS 5) 2002-05-28
    Orphen - The Third Talisman (Dub.VHS 6) 2002-07-30

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Hiroshi Watanabe

Screenplay:
Masashi Kubota
Mayori Sekijima

Music: Hatake

Original creator:
Yoshinobu Akita (story)
Yuuya Kusaka (illustration)

Character Design: Masahiro Aizawa

Art director:
Kenji Kato
Shichiro Kobayashi

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Toyomitsu Nakajo

Producer:
Michiasa Abe
Tetsuo Gensho
Yuji Matsukura

Color: Junko Yokou

Theme Song Composition: Tsunku (ED1)

Theme Song Lyrics: Tsunku (ED1)

Theme Song Performance:
Aya Ishiguro (ED1)
Kaori Iida (ED1)
Mari Yaguchi (ED1)
Sharan Q (OP1/OP2)
Tanpopo (ED1)
Yuka (ED2)

 

Mayumi Iizuka as Cleao Everlasting

Omi Minami as Majic Lin

Showtaro Morikubo as Orphen

Emi Shinohara as Azalie

Hekiru Shiina as Dortin

Jouji Nakata as Childman

Kazue Ikura as Volkan

Konami Yoshida as Reki

Ryotaro Okiayu as Hardia

Akiko Yajima as Maris

Akimitsu Takase as Ranch owner

Daisuke Sakaguchi as Killing Doll

Fumio Matsuoka as Elder A

Hikari Tachibana as Female

Hiroshi Yanaka as Teimu

Ikuo Nishikawa as Rokkusu Rou

Jun Hazumi as Rokkusu's father

Junko Noda as
young Azalie
young Hartia

Katsumi Toriumi as Rai

Kayo Kubota as Bagup

Kenichi Suzumura as Sentry C (ep 13)

Kenji Nojima as Cox (ep 14)

Masaharu Satou as Batrov

Reiko Takagi as Male student

Sakiko Tamagawa as Stephanie

Saori Suzuki as Ruru

Satsuki Yukino as Mariaberu

Takashi Matsuo as Master

Takehito Koyasu as Flameheart

Yoshiko Okamoto as Chester Deasy

Yui Horie as Fiena

Yukari Honma as Beast

Yumiko Nakanishi as young Kirilanshelo

Yuzuru Fujimoto as Elder B

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: J.C. Staff

Broadcaster: TBS

Producer: TBS

Production: Kadokawa Shoten

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Steven Foster

Art director: Ruby Halipoto

ADR Script:
C. Zack Gonzales
Steven Foster

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa

Producer: Steven Foster

DVD Coordination:
Carl Wormely
James Bates
Janice Williams

DVD Graphics: James Bates

DVD Producer:
David Williams
Sharon Papa

Editing:
David Grundy
Gerald Brewer
Jay Charean
Joey Goubeaud
Robbie Stevens

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Akiko Yoshii
Andrew Kent
Carl Wormely
Maki Nagano
Miyuki Kamiya

Production Coordination: Janice Williams

Project Translator: Beni Axia Hirayama

Recording engineer:
Christopher Bourque
Wade Shemwell

Sound Design:
Brent Marshall
Paul Killam

Subtitle Script: Janice Williams

Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes

 

David Matranga as Orphen

Shelley Calene-Black as Cleao

Spike Spencer as Majic

Christine M. Auten as Azalie

Hilary Haag as Dortin

Jason Douglas as Childman

John Swasey as Volkan

Karen Coffer as Stephanie

Randy Sparks as Hartia/Black Tiger

Albert Goke as George

Alissa Alban as Letitia

Andrea Ryan as
Cleao's Mother
Gracie

Andy McAvin as
Elder
Townspeople

Andy Orjuela as
Customer
Townspeople

Anna Bechtol as Townspeople

April McGee as Student

Barbara Smith as
Telga
Townspeople

Ben Bailiff as
Bully
Hartia (Young)
Kid
Student

Chad Rushing as Villager

Charlie Purdy as Customer

Chris Hawley as
Customer
Townspeople
Villager

Christine M. Auten as
Handmaid
Mother

Corey Henson as Townspeople

D. Wade Shizzy as
Barrel Boy
Customer
Hopscotch Boy
Student

Daniel Stone as Elder

Danielle Kimball as
Kid
Lulu

Danny Summers as Driver

David Tong as Townspeople

Denise Combs as Villager

Destiny Evoniuk as Villager

Emma Wach as Kid

Fumiko Chino as Villager

Graeme Wach as Kid

Griffin Vance as Townspeople

Illich Guardiola as
Killing Doll
Sentry
The Golem
Townspeople

James Bates as
Customer
Townspeople
Villager

Jason Douglas as The Guardian

Jason Remmert as Villager

Jay Hickman as
Sentry
Student
Tim

Jeffery Stone as Townspeople

Jeremy Baldwin as Lai

Joe Enriquez as Villager

Joey Goubeaud as Customer

John Gremillion as Rox Roe

Kaytha Coker as Young Mother

Kelly Manison as Mariabelle

Ken Wiatrek as Townspeople

Kevin Corn as
Hopscotch Boy
Kid
Maris
Orphen (Young)

Kira Vincent-Davis as Fiena

Lash Bourque as
Barrel Boy
Student
Villager

Lauren Stephens as Student

Marcus Lavergne as Villager

Marcy Bannor as
Elder
Netta

Matt Greenfield as
Captain
Villager

Michele Guevara as Student

Mike Bailiff as Student

Mike Vance as Restaurateur

Nick Bailiff as
Bully
Kid

Only Spence as Villager

Paul Locklear as Batrov

Quoc Phu as Villager

Randy Sparks as
Customer
Fisherman 2

Rob Mungle as Bagup

Sam Foster as
Bully
Fisherman
Kid

Sean Chisholm as Villager

Shoko Oono as Villager

Sly Schertz as Customer

Snowshoe N. Lewis as Sentry

Steven Foster as
Barkeep
Barrel Boy
Customer
Fisherman 1
Villager

Suzanne Wilkins as Leki

Ted Pfister as
Elder
Farmer

Tedric Breed as Villager

Ty Mayberry as
Flameheart
Townspeople

Valerie Harper as Townspeople

Vic Mignogna as
Cox
Lai

Zippy Kaye as Student

Zoe Foster as Cox (Young)

English companies 

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

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

Licensed by: ADV Films

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Thierry Kazazian

 

Bérangère Jean as Cleo Everlastin

Bruno Magne as Orphen

Thierry Bourdon as Majic

Nathalie Homs as Volcan

Suzanne Sindberg as Dortin

Thierry Kazazian as Hartia

Antoine Tome as Childman

Gilbert Levy as
Flameheart
Raï

Susan Sindberg as
Azalea - Dortin
Mère de Cléo

Suzanne Sindberg as Azalea

French companies 

Broadcaster: TF6

Distributor: Dybex

Dubbing: Studio Chinkel

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Executive producer: Hugo Rose

Theme Song Performance: Rosario Zamora (ED 1,2, Latin American dub)

 

Marc Zanni as Orphen (Catalan dub)

Oscar Redondo as Orphen (Spain dub)

Pablo Ausensi as Orphen

Carlos Lladó as Volcan (Spain dub)

Carmen Ambrós as Clea (Spain dub)

Daniel Albiac as Magic (Spain dub)

Gemma Ibáñez as Cleao Everlasting (Catalan dub)

Gloria Garcia as Dorchin (Spain dub)

Jordi Pineda as Hartia (Spain dub)

Jorge Araneda J. as Majic

José Javier Serrano as Majic Lin (Catalan dub)

Keyros Guillén as Fienna

Laura Olazabal as Cleo

Sandro Larenas as Childman

Sara Pantoja as Dorchin

Tasio Alonso as Childman (Spain dub)

Geni Rey as Dortin (Catalan dub)

Isabel Valls as
Mariavelle (Catalan dub)
Ricoris Nielsen (Catalan dub)

Montserrat Roig as Esperança (Catalan dub)

Quim Roca as Childman (Catalan dub)

Vicky Martínez as Volkan Polkano (Catalan dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
AXN Spain
Buzz Channel (Spain)
Canal RCN (Colombia)
Canal Uno (Colombia)
Chilevision (Chile)
ETC...TV (Chile)
K3
LIVTV (Chile 2008 Broadcast)
Magic Kids (Latin America)

Distributor: Selecta Visión (Spain)

Dubbing: Technoworks Ltda., Santiago de Chile (Latin America)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)

Liv Tv > Broadcaster: Liv Tv

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Angelo Nicotra

Translation: Laura Giordano

Dialogues: Alessandro Trombetta

Dubbing Assistant: Alessandro Di Giacomo

Mixing In Dolby Surround: Carlo Lucchi

Synchronization: Paolo Brunori

 

Patrizio Prata as Orphen

Daniele Raffaeli as Dortin

Davide Chevalier as Majic Rin

Federica De Bortoli as Creao Everlasting

Massimiliano Alto as Volcan

Angelo Nicotra as Bagup (ep 24)

Anna Rita Pasanisi as Tistini

Aurora Cancian as Shaster Daisy

Barbara De Bortoli as Azalea

Christian Iansante as Flameheart

Daniele De Carolis as Kiriranshelo (eps 8, 15, 22)

Dario Penne as Anziano della Torre della Zanna #5

Domitilla D'Amico as Stephanie (eps 20-24)

Eleonora De Angelis as Mariabell (eps 1-3, 24)

Eva Padoan as Lulu

Fabrizio De Flaviis as Hartia (child - eps. 8, 15, 22)

Fabrizio Manfredi as Rai

Flavio Aquilone as Maris (ep 11)

Francesco Bulckaen as Hartia/Black Tiger

Gianni Musy as Rocks Row

Giorgio Lopez as Anziano della Torre della Zanna #1

Luciano De Ambrosis as Bagup (eps 1-3)

Mario Mastria as Anziano della Torre della Zanna #2

Mario Milita as Anziano della Torre della Zanna #3

Nino Prester as Batlaf (eps 5-6)

Perla Liberatori as Fiena (eps 5-6)

Roberto Draghetti as Father

Roberto Gammino as Killing Doll (eps 9-10)

Sergio Di Stefano as Childman

Sergio Graziani as Anziano della Torre della Zanna #4

Simone Crisari as Kocks

Stefanella Marrama as Reki

Tiziana Avarista as Stephanie (eps 9-10)

Italian companies 

Distributor: Dynamic Italia

Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC

Postproduction: Studio P.V. Milano


Tagalog staff 
(none)
Tagalog cast 

Filipina Pamintuan as Majic Lin

Jose Amado Santiago as Orphen

Filipina Pamintuan as Dortin

Rowena Raganit as Volkan

Hazel Hernan as Cleao Everlasting

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
GMA Network
Hero (August 2006)
QTV Channel 11 (May 08, 2006)

Dubbing: Telesuccess Productions, Inc.

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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