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Engage Planet Kiss Dum (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kiss Dum
Kissdum: Engage Planet
キスダム -ENGAGE planet- (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, drama, science fiction, supernatural
Themes: mecha, military
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: In A.D. 2031, humans are enjoying a prosperous existence until strange life forms called Hardians appear. They suddenly begin to multiply and assault the human population. As a countermeasure, mankind organizes the N.I.D.F. to investigate the Hardians and protect themselves. A fighter pilot, Aiba Shu, begins to become involved in the battle against the lifeforms. Rurika Yuno, one of Earth's foremost scientists, investigates the Hardians and hears rumors about the "Book of a Dead Man". Now, the fight for mankind's survival begins.
User Ratings: 48 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Very good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:7, ?:1)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (?:1, dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 177 users, rank: #1834
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.042 (Decent+.04), std. dev.: 2.6454, rank: #3011
Weighted mean: 5.921 (Decent-.07), rank: #3181 (seen all: 6.44 / seen some: 6.18 / won't finish: 4.56)
Bayesian estimate: 6.195 (Decent+.19), rank: #2521
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2007-04-03 to 2007-09-25
Opening Theme:
#1: "Toki o Koete (時空を超えて)" by II MIX DELTA (eps 2-21) 
#2: "A Runner At Daybreak" by II MIX DELTA (eps 22-24)
#3: "Toki o Koete The Second Chapter (時空を超えて The Second Chapter)" by II MIX DELTA (eps 25-26)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Toki o Koete (時空を超えて)" by II MIX DELTA (ep 1)
#2: "Kimi ga iru Kagiri (君がいる限り)" by Stephanie (eps 2-18)
#3: "because of you" by Stephanie (eps 19-26)
Official website:
Official Engage Planet Kiss Dum Homepage (Japanese)
キスダム -ENGAGE Planet- @ TV Tokyo (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Chief Director: Yasuchika Nagaoka

Director: Eiichi Sato

Series Composition: Yasuchika Nagaoka

Script:
Katsuhiko Takayama (ep 2)
Yasuchika Nagaoka (ep 1)

Storyboard:
Eiichi Sato (ep 1)
Junya Koshiba (ep 5)
Tsukasa Sunaga (ep 5)
Yasuchika Nagaoka (ep 1)

Episode Director:
Hiroyuki Kanbe (ep 1)
Norio Kashima (ep 2)
Yuuji Kumazawa (ep 3)

Music: II Mix Delta

Character Design: Sushio

Art director: Seo Gu Lee

Animation director:
Hiromi Okazaki (Ep1)
Kazuya Miyoshi (Ep2)
Kei Tsuchiya (ep 3)

Mechanical design: Shoji Kawamori

Sound director: Jin Aketagawa

Director of Photography: Takeshi Katsurayama

Assistant director: Hiroyuki Kanbe

CGI Animation Director: Eiji Inomoto

Color design: Kumiko Nakayama

Design Work: Yasuhiro Moriki

Key Animation: Ryousuke Sawa (ep 25)

Theme Song Composition:
Joe Rinoie (OP1/ED1/ED2/ED3)
Minami Takayama (OP2)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Joe Rinoie (OP1)
Kana Yazumi (ED3)
Shiina Nagano (OP2)
Stephanie (ED2/ED3)

Theme Song Performance:
II Mix Delta (OP 1-3/ED 1)
Minami Takayama (II MIX DELTA)
Stephanie (ED2/ED3)

 

Aya Endo as Noa Rukina

Daisuke Ono as Syuu Aiba

Akeno Watanabe as Iera Hamon

Katsuyuki Konishi as Masaki

Kenji Nomura as Roki Demon

Marina Inoue as Tohn Kirii

Nana Mizuki as Yuno Rukina

Ryoka Yuzuki as Rei

Saori Yumiba as Kyouka Iburi

Satomi Akesaka as Varda

Shinji Kawada as Aguri Io

Yuka Iguchi as Vaire

Yuko Kaida as Itsuki Sasara

Yuuichi Nakamura as Syuu Nanao

Akiko as Kazuki (eps 9-10)

Eiji Miyashita as Nasser (ep 6)

Haruka Tomatsu as Mayura (eps 1, 12)

Kazuya Nakai as Garnagal

Mai Kadowaki as Lyla (ep 6)

Mikako Takahashi as Miki (eps 9-10)

Natsuki Mori as Lalah (ep 6)

Reiko Sasakawa as Sharon (ep 6)

Satoshi Hino as Tanaka

Shintaro Asanuma as Ueno (eps 9-10)

Susumu Akagi as Haji (ep 6)

Takashi Oohara as Abd (ep 6)

Tarô Yamaguchi as Ral (ep 6)

Tohru Furusawa as Professor Sasara (ep 16)

Tsuguo Mogami as
Captain Harris (eps 17, 20-21)
Malcolm (ep 6)

Wataru Hatano as Vice captain (eps 12, 25-26)

Eiji Miyashita (4 episodes

eps 9-10, 22, 24
)

Fumi Oda (ep 11)

Gô Shinomiya (ep 3)

Junko Kitanishi (7 episodes

eps 13-14, 22-26
)

Misaki Sekiyama (eps 9-10)

Nobuhiko Okamoto (ep 16)

Susumu Akagi (16 episodes

eps 2-4, 9-13, 18-19, 21-26
)

Takashi Oohara (18 episodes

eps 2-4, 9, 12-14, 16-26
)

Takayuki Kondou (eps 2, 4)

Tsuguo Mogami (ep2-4,7,9-11,13,18,19,22-24,26)

Wataru Hatano (eps 7, 13, 18)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Satelight

Broadcaster:
AT-X
TV Aichi (2007-04-10)
TV Hokkaido (2007-04-10)
TV Osaka (2007-04-07)
TV Setouchi (2007-04-10)
TV Tokyo (2007-04-03)
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2007-04-05)

Original Concept: Satelight

Production:
Bandai Visual
Project NES

English staff 
English companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Bandai Visual USA

English cast 
(none)

French cast 
French staff 

Art design: Thomas Romain 

(none)
French companies 
(none)
 
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