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MAPS (OAV 1994)

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© Yuichi Hasegawa • Gakken/KSS • TMS


[ remake of MAPS (OAV 1987) ]
Alternative title:
MAPS: La leggenda dell'uragano di luce (Italian)
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: While looking for the ledgendary Mapman, the last surviving member of the Nomad Star tribe, Lipumira finds him in Tokyo. His name is Gen Tokishima and he is the only one able to get one part of the starmap hidden within the Earth. After retrieving the piece, Gen must make a decision to follow Lipumira in her foolhardy search to find the remaining pieces of the starmap or stay on Earth. He makes his decision, only to find his girlfriend has beaten him to the spaceship as she wants to come as well. Unfortunately, as Gen learns the secret of the starmap, Lipumira's sisters have plans to stop her and will stop her at any cost.
User Ratings: 80 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Very good: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, Fre.sub:1)
 Good: 21 votes (sub:12, dub:8, ?:1)
 Decent: 23 votes (dub:13, sub:9, raw:1)
 So-so: 10 votes (dub:6, sub:3, Fre.sub:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, ?:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 183 users, rank: #1817
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.812 (Decent-.18), std. dev.: 1.7255, rank: #3333
Weighted mean: 5.727 (Decent-.27), rank: #3377 (seen all: 5.79 / seen some: 4.68 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 5.925 (Decent-.07), rank: #2775
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1994
Opening Theme:
"The Wind Rides on Wings, Wings Ride on the Wind" by Yasuhiro Mizushima
Ending Theme:
"The Wind Rides on Wings, Wings Ride on the Wind" by Yasuhiro Mizushima
Official website:
ADV - MAPS Official
マップス @ TMS Entertainment (Japanese)
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Related releases:
    MAPS (DVD) 2005-01-25 (from $16.99)
    MAPS (DVD) 2008-11-04 (from $11.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Susumu Nishizawa

Screenplay: Masaki Tsuji

Original creator: Yuichi Hasegawa

Character Design: Masahiko Ohkura

Art director: Yukihiro Shibutani

Producer:
Masao Machizuki (KSS)
Mukihiro Iwata (Tokyo Movie Shinsha)

Chief animator: Hideyuki Motohashi

Soundtrack: Masahiro Kawasaki

Theme Song Performance: Yasuhiro Mizushima

 

Hikaru Midorikawa as Gen Tokishima

Yumi Touma as Lipumira Gweiss

Ai Orikasa as Daine

Kikuko Inoue as Rain

Mariko Kouda as Hoshimi Kimizuka

Megumi Ogata as Shian

Miina Tominaga as Ladou

Miki Takahashi as Jarna

Satomi Koorogi as Lim

Masaya Onosaka as Calion

Seizo Katou as Lingrade

Japanese companies 

Production:
KSS
Tokyo Movie Shinsha


English cast 
English staff 

Director: Gary Dehan

Art director: Laura Gadbois Attwell

Translation:
Dwayne Jones
Ichiro Arakaki

ADR Script:
Gary Dehan
Jennifer Presto

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa

Producer:
Gary Dehan
Matt Greenfield

Audio Mix: Paul Killam

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Logo Design: Kevin Hinnant

Production Coordination: Janice Williams

Sound Design: Paul Killam

Sound Engineer: Charles Campbell

Vocal Stunt Director: Charles Campbell

Claire Hamilton as Lipumira Gweiss

Jeff Gibbs as Gen Tokishima

Amber Allison as Jarna

Amy Gamber as Daine

Missy Atwood as Hoshimi Kimizuka

Sascha Biesi as Lim

Amy Bizjak as Teacher

Charles Campbell as Bruhha Kala Kala

David R. Jarrott as Commander Zero

Gary Dehan as Distressed Caller

José R. Brown as Chief Commander Sasandra

Lainie Frasier as Mother

Michael Dalmon as Gahha Kala Kala

Paul Wright as Calion

Robert Newell as Svelgard

English companies 

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

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

Licensed by: ADV Films

Recording Studio: Monster Island

French staff 
French cast 

Translation: René-Gilles Deberdt (eps 1-2)

 (none)
French companies 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Director Of Dubbing: Patrizia Salmoiraghi

 

Maddalena Vadacca as Leap Mila

Patrizio Prata as Gen Tokishima

Dania Cericola as Leap Dain

Emanuela Pacotto as Giarna

Lara Parmiani as Leap Lim

Marina Thovez as Leap Radow

Patrizia Mottola as Hoshimi Kimizuka

Antonio Paiola as Sasandra

Enrico Maggi as Gaha Karakara

Stefano Albertini as Kalion

Italian companies 

Distributor: Dynamic Italia

Dubbing: Studio PV


Tagalog staff 
(none)
Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: ABS-CBN

Tagalog cast 
(none)
 
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