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Gate Keepers 21 (OAV)

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©A.E.G.I.S., GONZO, KADOKAWA SHOTEN / GK PROJECT21


Alternative title:
Gatekeepers 21
Хранители врат 21 (Russian)
ゲートキーパーズ21 (Japanese)
捍衛者21 (Chinese (Taiwan))
게이트 키퍼즈 21 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: 32 years have passed since the initial defeat of the Invaders. A.E.G.I.S is all but dismantled now and has become an underground organiziation consisting of only a few Gate Keepers left to save humanity. One of the members, Ayane Isuzu, is sick of society as a whole, though she continues to defeat the Invaders out of spite for her father. Suddenly, she learns of the revival of Machine General (Kikai Shogun) and Devil Count (Akuma Hakushaku), but a mysterious ghost girl now accompanies them. It is up to Ayane and the remnants of A.E.G.I.S to stop them and save humanity once again.
User Ratings: 500 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (dub:10, sub:4, raw:2)
 Excellent: 64 votes (sub:31, dub:30, edit.dub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 101 votes (sub:54, dub:46, ?:1)
 Good: 149 votes (sub:71, dub:66, edit.dub:7, raw:2, ?:2, others:1
1 Dutch edited dub
)
 Decent: 92 votes (sub:48, dub:40, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 So-so: 41 votes (sub:21, dub:19, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 16 votes (dub:9, sub:7)
 Weak: 13 votes (dub:8, sub:5)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1164 users, rank: #1055 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.920 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6376, rank: #4207 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.828 (Good−), rank: #4356 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.92 / seen some: 6.13 / won't finish: 4.54)
Bayesian estimate: 6.845 (Good), rank: #3971 (of 7243)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage: 2002-04-24
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
#1: "Haneoto (羽音)" by Junko Watanabe (eps 1-3)
#2: "Ima, Egao ga Areba (今日、笑顔があれば)" by Sakura Nogawa (eps 4-5)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Ima, Egao ga Areba (今日、笑顔があれば)" by Sakura Nogawa (eps 1-3,6)
#2: "Haneoto (羽音)" by Junko Watanabe (eps 4-5)
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Gatekeepers 21 DVD 1 (Jul 7, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Gate Keepers - Brick Set (DVD 1-10) 2007-04-17
    Gate Keepers 21 - Invader Hunters (DVD 1) 2003-04-15 (from $3.00)
    Gate Keepers 21 - The Final Gate (DVD 2) 2003-06-24 (from $18.91)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Script:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Taichi Hashimoto (ep 4)
Storyboard:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (OP1; eps 1-2)
Ichirou Miyoshi (ep 5)
Junichi Satō (ep 3)
Kazuyoshi Katayama (ep 4)
Keiji Gotō (OP2)
Mahiro Maeda (ep 6)
Takeshi Mori (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Fumitoshi Oizaki (ep 4)
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (eps 1, 6)
Ichirou Miyoshi (ep 5)
Junichi Satō (ep 3)
Kenichi Takeshita (ep 2)
Unit Director:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (OP1)
Keiji Gotō (OP2)
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Original story: Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Character Design: Keiji Gotō
Art Director: Masanori Kikuchi
Art: Kazuo Ogura (OP2)
Chief Animation Director:
Keiji Gotō (eps 2-6)
Animation Director:
Akito Dobashi (ep 4)
Atsushi Aono (ep 6)
Chikashi Kadekaru (ep 6)
Fumio Tada (ep 5)
Fumitoshi Oizaki (ep 4)
Hiroshi Nakanishi (ep 4)
Kazuya Nomura (ep 4)
Keiji Gotō (OP 1-2; ep 1)
Kenji Uchinō (ep 4)
Shunji Suzuki (eps 2, 6)
Tetsuya Kumagai (ep 3)
Tomoyuki Minagawa (ep 6)
Yuji Hosogoe (ep 2)
Yuka Takashina (eps 2, 4)
3D Director: Hiroaki Matsuura (eps 1-2, 6)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Takashi Horiuchi
Producer:
Daisuke Futagi (Kadokawa Shoten)
Masafumi Fukui (Imagica)
Shouji Murahama (GONZO)
Takashi Watanabe (Pony Canyon)

3D Texture: Shinichi Tanimura (ep 6)
Advertising: Yūko Fujita
Art Setting:
Masanori Kikuchi
Tadashi Iwasa (Kusanagi; ep 1)
Assistant Animation Director:
Akiko Asaki (ep 1)
Yuka Takashina (ep 1)
Assistant Episode Director: Matsuo Asami (ep 3)
Background Art:
Atsuki Betsumiya (ep 5)
Hiroko Satō (OP2)
Hiroshi Gōroku (Ogura Kobo; eps 2, 4)
Joji Unoguchi (ep 5)
Kazumi Yamazaki (Ogura Kobo; eps 2, 4, 6)
Koji Eto (Studio Sparrow; eps 1-4, 6)
Manabu Otsuzuki (OP2)
Masako Nagata (ep 4)
Masanori Kikuchi (OP1; ep 6)
Mika Tabata (OP2)
Misako Sekine (Studio Sparrow; eps 1-3, 6)
Mutsuo Shinohara (ep 5)
Naoki Hosokawa (ep 5)
Ryutaro Ueda (Ogura Kobo; eps 2, 4, 6)
Shihomi Suzuki (Ogura Kobo; eps 2, 4, 6)
Shinichi Tanimura (Studio Sparrow; eps 1, 3)
Shinobu Yamaguchi (Studio Sparrow; eps 2-4)
Shizuko Uehara (ep 5)
Takanori Tanaka (Ogura Kobo; eps 2, 4, 6)
Takeshi Satou (OP2)
Tsukasa Kakizakai (Ogura Kobo; ep 6)
Yōji Takeshige (ep 4)
Yūji Kaneko (Ogura Kobo; eps 2, 4, 6)
Yuki Yamaguchi (Ogura Kobo; eps 2, 4, 6)
Yūko Yano (Studio Sparrow; eps 2-4, 6)
Color design: Eriko Murata
Color setting:
Rie Takagi (ep 5)
Toshie Suzuki (eps 1-2, 6)
Yoshimi Kawakami (ep 3)
Yukiko Harada (ep 4)
Cooperation:
Hanako Nagira (ep 1)
Hidemasa Arai (eps 1-6)
Kihachi Hirayama (ep 3)
Masashi Tsukino (eps 3-5)
Tomonori Shibata (eps 1-6)
Touyou Ikeda (eps 1-6)
Yoshifumi Hachiyama (ep 3)
Yoshihiro Egawa (eps 2-5)
Yosuke Kawabe (ep 6)
Yōsuke Suzuki (ep 1)
Digital Production: Yoshiharu Takeshita (ep 3)
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
Finish Check:
Rie Takagi (ep 5)
Toshie Suzuki (ep 1)
Yoshimi Kawakami (ep 3)
Yukiko Harada (ep 4)
I/O:
Hiromi Uchibayashi (eps 1-3, 6)
Noriyuki Ootorii (eps 1-3, 6)
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Higaki (ep 5)
Akiko Kawashima (ep 5)
Aya Satō (ep 5)
Chiyo Kurita (ep 5)
Chiyoko Ueno (ep 5)
Emi Nakano (ep 5)
Hisashi Samejima (ep 4)
Kenji Murayama (ep 5)
Manami Natsumeda (ep 5)
Mie Kiyohara (ep 5)
Mika Ōta (ep 5)
Mika Yamamoto (ep 4)
Tomiko Kisuki (ep 5)
Yoshiaki Hagino (ep 5)
Yumi Ōhashi (ep 5)
Yumi Ookawa (ep 5)
Yumiko Hashi (ep 5)
In-Between Check:
Chitose Nakamine (ep 5)
Kōichi Shimoda (eps 1-2)
Sachiyo Hiraide (ep 6)
Tatsuji Narita (ep 3)
Invader Design: Mahiro Maeda
Key Animation:
Akiko Asaki (OP1; eps 1, 6)
Akito Dobashi (ep 4)
Chiyo Hosokawa (Double R; ep 6)
Daisuke Agata (Angle; eps 1, 6)
Daisuke Takemoto (Double R; ep 2)
Eiichi Kuboyama (OP2; ep 6)
Erkin Kawabata (OP2; eps 2, 6)
Etsushi Mori (eps 1-2, 6)
Fumitoshi Oizaki (OP2; ep 4)
Haruo Sotozaki (OP2)
Hatsue Nakayama (ep 1)
Hideki Sekiguchi (Studio 4°C; ep 4)
Hidemasa Shimizu (Double R; ep 6)
Hidetoshi Sano (ep 3)
Hiroaki Ōgami (ep 3)
Hiroo Shigeta (ep 2)
Hiroshi Mimata (eps 1, 6)
Hiroshi Nakanishi (Studio 4°C; ep 4)
Hiroshi Takaguchi (OP2; eps 2, 6)
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (eps 1-2, 6)
Hiroyuki Kaidou (Double R; ep 2)
Hisashi Samejima (ep 4)
Hitoshi Koga (ep 1)
Hitoshi Suzuki (ep 1)
Isao Sugimoto (ep 3)
Itsuko Takeda (ep 3)
Jun Takagi (OP2)
Junichi Hayakawa (ep 3)
Junko Matsushita (ep 1)
Kaori Koga (ep 5)
Kazuko Maejima (ep 4)
Kazuo Sakai (eps 1-2)
Kazuya Nomura (Studio 4°C; ep 4)
Kazuya Sakamoto (ep 5)
Kazuyoshi Tanaka (Double R; ep 2)
Kazuyuki Hirakawa (Double R; eps 2, 6)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 1)
Keiji Gotō (OP 2; ep 1)
Kenji Kuroyanagi (ep 6)
Kenji Uchinō (OP2; eps 4, 6)
Kenji Yokoyama (OP2; ep 6)
Kenzō Fujisaki (ep 3)
Kōichi Motomura (OP2; eps 1-2)
Kōichi Takai (Double R; eps 2, 6)
Kōichi Usami (ep 3)
Kōji Kataoka (ep 2)
Kōtarō Sasaki (Studio Saito; ep 4)
Kumi Ishii (ep 6)
Masaki Tanigawa (OP2; eps 2, 6)
Masanobu Aoyama (OP2)
Megumi Kadonosono (OP1)
Mikio Fujiwara (Angle; eps 1, 6)
Misao Abe (ep 4)
Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (ep 5)
Miwako Yamamoto (ep 2)
Motoki Tanaka (ep 1)
Naoki Kusumoto (ep 6)
Naoto Takemoto (Studio 4°C; ep 4)
Naoya Dougen (Double R; eps 2, 6)
Naoya Shiokawa (ep 1)
Noboru Kawamori (Angle; eps 1, 6)
Nobuto Akada (ep 3)
Noriko Takahashi (Double R; ep 2)
Noriyuki Kitanohara (ep 5)
Ryo Komori (ep 3)
Ryōtarō Akao (OP2; ep 6)
Satoshi Hata (ep 3)
Satoshi Kadowaki (ep 5)
Seika Saruwatari (ep 6)
Shinichi Nozaki (eps 1-2)
Shinichi Tōkairin (ep 1)
Shinjiro Mogi (ep 6)
Shinmei Saito (Studio Saito; ep 4)
Shōichi Masuo (OP2; ep 4)
Takaaki Fukuyo (ep 3)
Takaaki Wada (ep 1)
Takafumi Hino (Double R; ep 2)
Takahiko Yoshida (OP2; ep 1)
Takao Takegami (eps 1-2)
Takashi Hirabayashi (ep 2)
Takashi Maruyama (ep 1)
Takeshi Morita (Double R; ep 6)
Takeyuki Mizumura (ep 3)
Takuji Yoshimoto (Angle; OP2; ep 6)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (Double R; ep 2)
Tohru Mitsuhashi (ep 5)
Tomoaki Ohta (Studio Saito; ep 4)
Tomohiro Kawahara (eps 1, 6)
Tomoki Ogawa (Double R; ep 2)
Tomoyuki Minagawa (OP2)
Toru Yonemoto (ep 6)
Toshimi Nishihata (Angle; eps 1, 6)
Toshiyuki Arai (ep 3)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 6)
Yasuzō Iino (OP2)
Yoshiaki Tomita (Angle; ep 6)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (ep 6)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Double R; eps 2, 6)
Yoshinobu Ando (ep 2)
Yuichiro Miyake (Studio Saito; ep 4)
Yuji Hosogoe (ep 6)
Yūji Miyashita (ep 2)
Yuka Takashina (OP 1-2; eps 3-6)
Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 6)
Yukiko Miyamoto (Angle; ep 1)
Yumiko Kinoshita (Double R; ep 2)
Layout Animation Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda (Kyoto Animation; ep 5)
Literature Production: Taichi Hashimoto
Main Animator:
Akiko Asaki (ep 1)
Yuka Takashina
Manager: Nagaharu Ohashi (ep 5)
Monitor Graphics: Yōsuke Nanjō
Photography:
Atsushi Takeyama (eps 1-3)
Ayumi Ushijima (eps 2-3, 6)
Chie Nakamura (ep 4)
Chinami Matsubara (ep 4)
Fumiko Kurosaka (ep 4)
Haruhide Ishiguro (eps 1-2, 6)
Harukata Kinoshita (ep 1)
Hiroshi Maeda (ep 4)
Kazuhiro Tamura (Kyoto Animation; ep 5)
Kazuyo Nakagawa (ep 4)
Kōjirō Hayashi (eps 2-3, 6)
Maiko Teramura (Kyoto Animation; ep 5)
Maki Ueda (ep 4)
Mihoko Hosoe (ep 4)
Naoki Kitamura (eps 2-3, 6)
Naomi Takahashi (ep 4)
Osamu Motoyama (ep 1)
Ryūta Nakagami (Kyoto Animation; ep 5)
Shuichi Heishi (eps 3, 6)
Tadashi Kitaoka (ep 2)
Takashi Horiuchi (eps 1-3, 6)
Tsunetaka Ema (ep 2)
Production:
Maki Fujiwara (ep 4)
Mihoko Yoneyama (ep 4)
Production Advancement:
Atsushi Urushiyama (ep 3)
Masahiro Nishida (ep 4)
Norio Takei (ep 6)
Yoshifumi Hachiyama (eps 1-2)
Production Affairs:
Chikako Suzuki (ep 2)
Megumi Kashiwa (ep 1)
Yutaka Arai (eps 3-6)
Production Cooperation: Masashi Tsukino (eps 1-2)
Production manager:
Noriaki Kimura (eps 1-3)
Yoko Hatta (ep 5)
Yoshihiro Egawa (eps 4-6)
Production producer: Shinichirō Ishikawa
Production Supervision: Koji Kajita
Prop Design: Akiko Asaki
Publicity Manager: Yuusuke Iida (Pony Canyon)
Recording Adjustment: Haru Yamada
Recording Assistant:
Fumiaki Tanaka (ep 4)
Sōshi Shiihara
SFX Animation Director: Tomohiro Kawahara (ep 2)
Sound Effects:
Daisuke Jinbo (eps 1, 3-6)
Minoru Yamada (ep 2)
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Effects:
Hiroaki Yanagisawa (ep 2)
Kentarō Takahashi (ep 2)
Megumi Saitō (ep 4)
Miyako Hoshi (eps 1, 3)
Shin Inoie (eps 2, 6)
Tetsuya Nakai (ep 2)
Special Ending Artist: Kengo Shigemura (eps 4-6)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Masami Kishimura (OP1; ED2)
Yasunori Iwasaki (OP2; ED1)
Theme Song Composition: Kōhei Tanaka (OP 1-2; ED 1-2)
Theme Song Lyrics: Kyoko Matsumiya (OP 1-2; ED 1-2)
Theme Song Performance:
Junko Watanabe (OP1; ED2)
Sakura Nogawa (OP2; ED1)
Visual Coordinator: Eriko Murata
Ikue Ōtani as Ayane Isuzu
Mamiko Noto as Ghost Girl
Sakura Nogawa as Satoka Tachikawa
Tomokazu Seki as Reiji Kageyama

Chinami Nishimura as Chinami Watanabe
Hidekatsu Shibata as Devil Count
Hiromi Konno as Female Student A (ep 1)
Kayo Deguchi as Female Student B (ep 1)
Masami Suzuki as Yukino Houjo
Naoko Takano as Naoko Itou
Shōzō Iizuka as Machine General
Takahiro Sakurai as Shun Ukiya
Takehito Koyasu as Daichi Hashimoto
Yukiko Hanioka as Miu Manaduru
Yuriko Hishimi as Saemi Ikeda
Japanese companies
Animation Production: GONZO
Backgrounds:
BJCF (ep 1)
G&G Entertainment (ep 1)
Kusanagi (OP2)
Ogura Kobo (eps 2, 4, 6)
Sparrow (eps 1-4, 6)
Distributor: Pioneer LDC
Finish Animation:
Ani Village (eps 1, 3-4)
DR DIGITAL (ep 1)
DR Movie (eps 2, 6)
G&G Entertainment (ep 2)
Phoenix Animation (ep 1)
Studio Elle (eps 1-2)
Homepage Production: Chōonsoku
In-Between Animation:
Ani Village (eps 1, 3-4)
DR DIGITAL (ep 1)
DR Movie (eps 2, 6)
G&G Entertainment (ep 2)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 6)
MI (ep 1)
Nakamura Production (ep 2)
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 6)
Key Animation:
Double R (eps 2, 6)
G&G Entertainment (ep 1)
Nakamura Production (eps 2, 4)
Studio 4°C (ep 4)
Studio Angle (eps 1, 6)
Studio Saito (ep 4)
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Music Production Assistance: IMAGINE
Online Editing: Imagica
Production: GK21 Project
Production Cooperation:
Hal Film Maker (ep 3)
Kyoto Animation (ep 5)
Satelight (ep 4)
Recording Studio: Studio Gong
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Kirk Thornton
Translation: Anna Exter
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Adaptation: Jack Maeby
ADR Recording Engineer:
Rob Bourque
Sean Foye
AVID Editor: Alex Agoston
Marketing: Chad Kime
Production Supervision: Gerard Jakubowicz
Re-Mixing Engineer: Patrick Giraudi
Re-Recording Mixing: Thanos Kazakos
Subtitle Supervisor: Mariana Malkoskie
Supervising Producer: Yukio Kusumoto
Lia Sargent as Satoka Tachikawa
Lynn Fischer as Ghost Girl
Reba West as Ayane Isuzu
Ron Allen as Reiji Kageyama

Abe Lasser as
Kaiser Kikai
Taxi Driver
Teacher
Jake Martin as Inspector Daisuke Hashimoto
Jane Alan as
Frightened Girl
Saemi Ikeda
Voice Mail
Jim Taggert as
Miu’s Date
Officer Kimura
Shun Ukiya
Student
Yoshiho Yamata
Kay Jensen as Miu Manazuru
Lia Sargent as Yukino Hojo
Lynn Fischer as PA Recording
Michael McConnohie as
Count Akuma
Teacher
Michelle Ruff as
Classmate 2
Holly
Karaoke Cashier
Naoko Ito
Ron Allen as
Dispatcher
HIT Movie Monster
Ruby Marlowe as
Chinami Watanabe
HIT Movie Goddess
Reporter
English companies
ADR Production: Media Concepts
Broadcaster: TechTV (Anime Unleashed)
DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD
DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
Packaging Design: Jason71.com
French staff
French cast
(none)
Anouck Hautbois as Ayane
Anouk Hautbois as Ayame
Benoit Du Pac as Reiji Kageyama
Brigitte Guedj as Satoko
Delphine Liez as Yukino
Eric Laugérias as Comte de l’Enfer
Fabien Schneider as Fantôme
Faby Schneider as Fantome
Jérome Keen as Mecha général
Olivier Podesta as Shun Ukiya (ep 6)
Vincent De Bouard as Policier

French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1 (from March 2008)
Mangas
NT1
Distributor: KAZÉ
Dubbing: Midisync
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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