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Sorcerer Hunters (TV)

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© Satoru Akahori • Rei Omishi • Media Works /Bakuretsu Project • TV Tokyo • Soutsu Agency


[ adapted from Sorcerer Hunters (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Sorcerer Hunters (OAV) (sequel)
    Sorcerer on the Rocks (OAV) (spinoff)

Alternative title:
Bakuretsu Hunter (Japanese)
Bakuretsu Hunter - I cacciastregoni (Italian)
Spell Wars: Sorcerer Hunters Revenge
爆れつハンター (Japanese)
Themes: ecchi, fanservice
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: In the continent of spooner, sorcerers, who are the continent's aristocrats, have begun to abuse their powers. Under the guidance of Big Momma (their boss) Carrot (who turns into a giant monster every time he's placed under a magic spell), Gateau (a bodybuilder), Marron (a mage), Chocolate and Tira (who can transform into dominatrix's at will) must stop the evil sorcerers from picking on the weak. However, none of them (except maybe Marron) have a clue to what’s going on.
Video:
User Ratings: 440 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:6, dub:5, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 40 votes (sub:20, dub:18, Tag.dub:2)
 Very good: 87 votes (dub:44, sub:37, raw:2, Rus.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, ?:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 133 votes (sub:77, dub:51, ?:2, Tag.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 89 votes (sub:55, dub:30, ?:3, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 30 votes (sub:17, dub:11, Por.sub:1, Tag.dub:1)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:3, ?:1)
 Weak: 23 votes (sub:16, dub:6, raw:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:1, raw:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1357 users, rank: #445
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.661 (Good-.33), std. dev.: 1.7905, rank: #2249
Weighted mean: 6.625 (Good-.37), rank: #2187 (seen all: 6.88 / seen some: 6.04 / won't finish: 4.67)
Bayesian estimate: 6.645 (Good-.35), rank: #1903
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 1995-10-03 to 1996-03-26
Opening Theme:
"What's Up Guys?" by Shinnosuke Furumoto and Megumi Hayashibara
Ending Theme:
"Mask" by Masami Okui and Kasumi Matsumura
Links: We have 3
Comment:
The last 12 episodes of the series were originally marketed by ADV under the name "Spell Wars: Sorcerer Hunters Revenge", but this is in fact one and the same TV series.
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Related reviews:
    Sorcerer Hunters DVD 4
    Sorcerer Hunters DVD 3
    Sorcerer Hunters DVD 2
    Sorcerer Hunters VHS 1-2

Related releases:
    Sorcerer Hunters - Essential Anime (DVD 3) 2005-03-29
    Sorcerer Hunters - Essential Anime (DVD 1) 2004-11-30 (from $6.00)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Desires (DVD 2) 2001-08-13 (from $2.00)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Essential Anime (DVD 2) 2005-01-25
    Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Contests (DVD 3) 2001-09-11
    Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Battles (DVD 4) 2001-10-09 (from $2.65)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Perfect Collection (DVD 1-4) 2003-09-16
    Sorcerer Hunters - TV+OAV Collection (DVD 1-4) 2007-12-18 (from $34.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Koichi Mashimo

Series Composition: Hiroyuki Kawasaki

Screenplay:
Chika Hojo
Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Katsuhiko Takayama
Masaharu Amiya
Shou Aikawa

Storyboard:
Gen Dojaga
Kazuhiro Ozawa
Koichi Mashimo
Kunihisa Sugishima
Nobuyoshi Habara
Takaaki Ishiyama
Takao Kato
Yasushi Murayama

Episode Director:
Kunihisa Sugishima
Naoyoshi Kusaka
Nobuyoshi Habara
Takahiko Hoshiai
Takao Kato
Yasushi Murayama
Yoshihiro Oda

Music: Kenji Kawai

Original creator:
Miku Yuki
Rei Omishi
Satoru Akahori

Character Design:
Hisashi Abe
Keiji Gotoh

Art director: Toshihisa Koyama

Animation director:
Hisashi Abe
Keiji Gotoh 
Toru Sato

Sound director: Shigeharu Shiba

Director of Photography: Yukio Sugiyama

Producer:
Masakatsu Kozuru (Sotsu Agency)
Noriko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Rei Omishi
Satoru Akahori
Yukinao Shimoji (XEBEC)

Assistant director: Nobuyoshi Habara

Color Coordination: Miyoko Kobayashi

Continuity: Koichi Mashimo

Design Work: Ikusabune

Editing: Naoyuki Masaki

General Manager: Naoko Marukawa

Key Animation:
Akio Takami (ED)
Hideaki Sakaguchi (OP)
Keiji Gotoh (OP) 
Kenichirou Katsura (OP)
Makoto Uno (ED)
Michiyo Hatano (OP)
Mitsuru Ishihara (OP)
Shinya Hasegawa (OP)
Toshihiro Nakajima (OP)

Production Design: Ikusa Bune

Production Desk:
Takatoshi Chino
Takatoshi Chio

Sound Effects: Michihiro Ito

Theme Song Arrangement:
Toshiro Yabuki (ED)
Tsutomu Ohira (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
Masami Okui (ED)
Miho Matsuba (OP)
Sho Goshima (OP)
Toshiro Yabuki (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Kasumi Matsumura (ED)
Masami Okui (ED)
Megumi Hayashibara (OP)
Shinnosuke Furumoto (OP)

 

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Gateau Mocha

Megumi Hayashibara as Tira Misu

Mitsuaki Madono as Maron Glasse

Shinnosuke Furumoto as Carrot Glasse

Yuko Mizutani as Chocolat Misu

Banjou Ginga as Saj Torte

Sakiko Tamagawa as Dotta

Sumi Shimamoto as Big Momma

Yasuyuki Hirata as Mille Feuille

Akiko Hiramatsu as Bomber (ep 4)

Akiko Toda as girl (ep 4)

Akimasa Ohmori as secretary (ep 14)

Banjou Ginga as Narrator

Chie Kitagawa as old woman (ep 15)

Chika Sakamoto as Lila (ep 1)

Eiji Maruyama as old butler (ep 3)

Eiji Sekiguchi as
black clothed man (ep 22)
bodyguard A (ep 10)
butler (ep 2)

Gara Takashima as Amore (ep 2)

Hidehiro Kikuchi as Daniel (ep 7)

Hiroko Kasahara as Sanchu (ep 11)

Hiromi Tsuru as Yester Day (ep 20)

Hiroshi Masuoka as Count Watsuki Bell (ep 19)

Hirotaka Suzuki as Lord Crow Wassen (ep 9) 

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Lord Crow Wassen (ep 9)

Ichirô Nagai as Elder (ep 7)

Ikue Ohtani as Pooro (ep 14)

Katsuaki Arima as Sono Nii (ep 22)

Kazue Ikura as
Next Day (ep 20)
pigcat (ep 7)

Kenichi Ogata as Londo (ep 14)

Kikuko Inoue as Laina (ep 14)

Kousuke Okano as
man (ep 6)
manager (ep 10)
Ox (ep 4)

Kujira as Pooro's Mother (ep 14)

Masako Sugaya as Lake (ep 4)

Masami Toyoshima as Butter (ep 12)

Mayumi Tanaka as boy (ep 17)

Mifuyu Hiiragi as
girl (eps 13, 15)
Opera (ep 9)
woman (ep 6)

Miina Tominaga as Nurse Aramaa (ep 16)

Mika Kanai as Margo (ep 22)

Momoko Ishi as woman (ep 6)

Naoki Tatsuta as Sukoya (ep 20)

Naoko Matsui as Barubara (ep 3)

Nobuo Tobita as
Kuppa (ep 11)
Regner (ep 1)
Yukke (ep 11)

Rei Sakuma as Lake (girl; ep 4)

Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Count Lanoia (ep 8)

Ryusei Nakao as Vegas (ep 10)

Saeko Shimazu as Doctor Iiwa (ep 16)

Sakiko Tamagawa as
Lin (ep 6)
Marina (ep 7)

Shino Kakimura as Female

Shino Kakinuma as girl (ep 13)

Takeshi Kusao as Kou (ep 6)

Tesshô Genda as Count Tartmut (ep 18)

Tomohiro Nishimura as commanding officer (ep 19)

Tomohiro Tsuboi as butler (ep 2)

Toru Shinagawa as Bread (ep 12)

Toshihiro Tsuboi as
bodyguard C (ep 10)
soldier (ep 22)

Toshikatsu Izaki as Sono Icchi (ep 22)

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Julian Monet (ep 19)

Yuichi Sato as
bodyguard B (ep 10)
villager (ep 16)

Yuji Ueda as cook (ep 14)

Yuka Matsui as girl (ep 4)

Yuko Ikeda as
boy (ep 11)
girl (ep 13)
pretty girl (ep 2)
woman (ep 6)

Yuko Kobayashi as Ruliko (ep 10)

Yumi Touma as Anne Vestori (ep 9)

Yuuzou Mikawa as
old man (eps 14, 22)
village master (eps 12, 15)

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Ashi Productions
BHAIN Cartoon
Production I.G
Shin Woo Animation Studio
Studio Giants
Sunrise

Animation Production:
Daume
T-Up
Xebec

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Development: Imagica

Distributor: Starchild Records

Finish Animation:
AIC
Ashi Productions
BHAIN Cartoon
M I
Shima Studio
Shin Woo Animation Studio

Music Production:
Starchild Records
TV Tokyo Music

Photography: Trans Arts Co.

Production:
MediaWorks
MOVIC
Sotsu Agency

Titles: Maki Productions


English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director:
Matt Greenfield
Steven Foster (Ep 15+)

Art director: Andy Orjuela

ADR Script:
Matt Greenfield
Steven Foster (Ep 15+)

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams (Essential Anime Collection)

Producer:
Matt Greenfield
Steven Foster (Ep 15+)

DVD Producer: Janice Williams

Editing:
David Grundy
Joey Goubeaud

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Logo Design:
Douglas Smith
James Bates

Menu Design: Chris Hawley

Mixing: Paul Killam

Packaging Design: Chris Hawley

Production Assistant:
Akiko Yoshii
Andrew Kent
Maki Nagano
Malinda Talbot
Masami Takahashi

Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol

Project Translator: Kenzo Tsubai

Promotion: Rod Peters

Sound Design: Paul Killam

Subtitle Script & Timing: William McBee

Andrew Klimko as Gateau Mocha (Ep 15 +)

Brett Weaver as Carrot

Chris Corey as Gateau Mocha

Jason Douglas as Marron

Tamara Lo as Tira Mizu

Tiffany Grant as Chocolate Misu

Kelly Manison as Big Momma (Ep 7 +)

Kira as Dotta

Sue Ulu as Big Momma

Brain Grandveldt as Lord Wacky (ep 19)

Bryan Bounds as Regner (ep 1)

Christine Auten as Yesterday (ep 20)

Christopher Riley as Next (ep 20)

Cindy Duhe as Marina

Cynthia Martinez as Bomber (ep 4)

Dell Gibson as Narrator

Diane Salter as Laura (ep 1)

Doug Smith as Ox (ep 4)

Emily Carter as Nurse Ohno (ep 16)

Guil Lunde as Zaha Torte

Hilary Haag as Margo (ep 22)

Illich Guardiola as Julian More (ep 19)

Jason Lee as Kou

John Gremillion as Mr.Sweaty (ep 20)

Junie Hoang as Lin

Kaytha Coker as Dr.Sure (ep 16)

Kim Sevier as Lake

Lew Temple as Millefeuille

Marc Shreiner as Tannis (ep 19)

Marcy Rae as Amore (ep 2)

Matt Wethington as
Margo's Dad (ep 22)
Old Man (ep 15)
Old Man #1 (ep 22)
Soldier (ep 22)

Mike Kleinhenz as Tartolette (ep 18)

Randy Sparks as Zaha Torte (2nd. voice)

Rikki Lauren as Tuxedo (ep 22)

Rob Mungle as Battler Butler (ep 3)

Robert Vellani as First (ep 22)

Sheri Simms as Lila (ep 1)

Tony Amador as Second (ep 22)

Zachary Spears as Old Man #2 (ep 22)

Cher MacDonald

John Gremillion

Kelly Manison

Meredith Dahl

Pamela Lauer

English companies 

ADR Production: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

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

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Distributor: Kaze

French cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Micaela Santojacono

Dialogues: Irene Cantoni

Mixing: Christian Polini

 

Antonella Baldini as Tira Misu

Simone Crisari as Carrot Glace

Stefano Crescentini as Marron Glace

Tatiana Dessi as Chocolat

Vittorio Guerrieri as Gateau Moka

Claudia Razzi as Big Mum

Perla Liberatori as Daughter

Italian companies 

Broadcaster: La 7 Cartapiu (from July 2007)

Distributor: Yamato Video

Dubbing: D.P.T. (Roma)

German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 

Annouced:
ADV Films (DT)
Universum-Films

German cast 

Marieke Oeffinger as Tira Misu

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 

Script: Charmaine Cordoviz (all eps except ep 1)

Translation: Charmaine Cordoviz (all eps except ep 1)

 

Bon Reyes as Marron Glace

Charmaine Sagrado as Tira Misu 

Fourth Lee as Carrot Glace

Fourth Brillante Lee as Carrot Glaze

Grace Cornel as Chocolate Misu

Richie Padilla as Gateau Mocha

Dada Carlos as
Big Momma
Dotta

Charmaine Cordoviz as
Anna Pestori
Child guardian of the Evil Edifice (ep 17)
Dr. Ayosa (ep 16)
Koppa (kid version)
Lake (ep 6)
Lenu (ep 14)
Margo (ep 22)
Nex (ep 20)
Puskal (stray cat in ep.7)
Tira Misu

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
GMA Network
Hero

 
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