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SaiKano (TV)

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[ adapted from SaiKano (manga) ]

Related anime:
    SaiKano: Another Love Song (OAV) (side story)

Alternative title:
Larme Ultime (French)
Lei, l'arma finale (Italian)
Mi novia el Arma Definitiva (Spanish)
Saishuu Heiki Kanojo (Japanese)
Saishuu Heiki Kanojo: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet (Japanese)
She, The Ultimate Weapon
Моя девушка - совершенное оружие (Russian)
最終兵器彼女 (Japanese)
Themes: angst, military
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Shuji and Chise are two Hokkaido high school students barely starting a relationship with each other. Then, with no warning, a squadron of bombers from an unknown country destroy the city of Sapporo. All hope is lost when suddenly, the bombers are destroyed by a small red light floating across the sky. At this point, Shuji finds out that the one responsible for eliminating the enemy forces is Chise, who reveals herself as a cyborg engineered for mass-destruction.
User Ratings: 1716 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 414 votes (sub:315, dub:69, Spa.sub:17, ?:2, Por.sub:2, raw:2, Rus.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Por.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Excellent: 359 votes (sub:283, dub:55, Spa.sub:7, raw:4, Por.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, Pol.sub:2, Por.dub:2, ?:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 345 votes (sub:274, dub:51, raw:5, Spa.sub:4, Fre.sub:3, ?:3, Por.sub:2, Spa.dub:2, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 237 votes (sub:186, dub:34, Spa.sub:7, Spa.dub:2, Ita.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, ?:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.dub:1)
 Decent: 119 votes (sub:90, dub:19, Spa.sub:3, ?:2, raw:2, Por.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 So-so: 66 votes (sub:52, dub:9, Spa.dub:2, Por.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 46 votes (sub:36, dub:7, Spa.dub:2, ?:1)
 Weak: 58 votes (sub:42, dub:12, Por.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Por.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Bad: 22 votes (sub:18, Por.sub:2, dub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Awful: 17 votes (sub:11, dub:4, Rus.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 33 votes (sub:24, dub:6, Pol.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2960 users, rank: #167
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.723 (Very good-.27), std. dev.: 2.3045, rank: #683
Weighted mean: 7.617 (Very good-.38), rank: #683 (seen all: 7.79 / seen some: 6.44 / won't finish: 3.71)
Bayesian estimate: 7.616 (Very good-.38), rank: #489
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2002-07-02 to 2002-09-24
2006-05-10 to 2006-08-02 (Animax Latin America)
Releases: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Koisuru Kimochi" by Yuria Yato (eps 2-12)
Ending Theme:
"Sayonara" by Yuria Yato
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
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Related reviews:
    SaiKano
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Related releases:
    SaiKano - Girlfriend (DVD 1) 2004-04-27 (from $2.17)
    SaiKano - Break Up (DVD 2) 2004-07-06 (from $10.00)
    SaiKano - Changes (DVD 3) 2004-09-07 (from $10.00)
    SaiKano - Love Song (DVD 4) 2004-11-09 (from $2.20)
    SaiKano - Complete Collection (DVD 1-2) 2005-11-15 (from $71.98)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Mitsuko Kase

Script: Itaru Era

Episode Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama
Hirokazu Yamada
Hiroshi Haraguchi
Hiroyuki Kanbe
Koh Yuh
Toshinori Narita
Yoshimasa Hiraike
Yuichiro Miyake

Music: Takeo Miratsu

Original Manga: Shin Takahashi

Character Design: Hisashi Kagawa

Art director:
Junichi Higashi
Toshihiro Kohama

Chief Animation Director: Masayuki Sato

Animation director:
Chihiro Hayashi
Hisashi Kagawa (ED)
Natsuki Egami
Ryo Yonemoto
Shinichi Nozaki
Shinichiro Takagi
Takahiko Yoshida

Mechanical design: Hiroyuki Kanbe

3D Director: Hiroaki Matsuura

Sound director: Keiichiro Miyoshi

Director of Photography: Haruhide Ishiguro

Producer:
Masashi Tsukino
Naoko Takahashi
Naotsugu Kato
Rika Tsurusaki

2D CGI: Yousuke Nanjou (OP)

3D Animation:
Kazuhira Tanaka
Yoko Komatsubara

Animation Check:
Akinori Fudesaka
Kouichi Shimoda

Art Setting:
Junichi Higashi
Toshihiro Kohama

Assistant producer: Tsuyoshi Wakamatsu

Associate producer:
Bunyu Mizutani
Hiroyuki Yamane

Choreography: Koh Yuh (OP/ED)

Color Coordination: Eri Suzuki

Compositing: Atsushi Takeyama (OP)

Digital Director: Mitsuhiro Karato

Editing:
Aya Hida
Kengo Shigemura

Key Animation:
Jeong Ho Jang
Keuk Sun Jeon
Seong Yong An
Sun Hak Jeon
Toru Yoshida (OP)
Won Cheol Seo
Yong Il Park

Monitor Graphics: Yousuke Nanjou

Music Editor: Yutaka Gouda

Music producer: Takeshi Ando

Planning:
Ayao Ueda
Ginjiro Fujiwara
Iwao Sezaki

Production Assistant: Yasuki Hori

Production Desk: Eiji Sumitomo

Production manager:
Masahiro Fukushima
Takehiko Shimazu

Production Office Manager: Koji Kajita

Program Publicity:
Bunyu Mizutani
Toshihiro Hosoda

Publicity Manager:
Michimasa Suzuki
Takeharu Katsuyama

Publicity Producer: Nobuyuki Iinuma

Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa

Textures: Shin Inoie

Theme Song Composition: Yuria Yato

Theme Song Performance: Yuria Yato

 

Fumiko Orikasa as Chise

Shirou Ishimoda as Shuuji

Miki Itou as Fuyumi

Shinichiro Miki as Tetsu

Tetsu Shiratori as Atsushi

Yuu Sugimoto as Akemi

Atsushi Ii as Kawahara

Gou Aoba as Soldier D (ep 6)

Hideaki Tezuka as Staff A (ep 3)

Hiroaki Ishikawa as Customer B (ep 11)

Hiroki Shimowada as Nori

Hiromi Konno as Rie

Hiroshi Naka as Old man (ep 11)

Hiroshi Yanaka as Soldier C (eps 7-8)

Hiroyuki Yoshino as
Customer D (ep 11)
Shingo (ep 9)

Iho Hayakawa as Woman (ep 2)

Jiro Saito as Soldier B (eps 3, 6)

Jun Fukuyama as Ground staff 1 (ep 2)

Kazuhiko Inoue as Shuuji's Father

Kazuhiro Nakata as Soldier B (ep 10)

Keiji Okuda as Staff B (ep 3)

Kentaro Honda as Ground staff 2 (ep 2)

Kishô Taniyama as
Takamura (eps 4-5)
Take (eps 1-2)

Kiyomi Asai as Seiko

Mai Nakahara as Iku (ep 10)

Makoto Aoki as Soldier C (ep 3)

Manabu Muraji as Itou

Masakazu Suzuki as Soldier C (ep 5)

Mika Doi as Shuuji's Mother

Norihiro Inoue as Schooler (ep 12)

Rintarou Nishi as Soldier A (eps 7-9)

Sachiko Kojima as Yukari

Sousuke Komori as Masa (ep 11)

Taiki Matsuno as Ryouhei (ep 4)

Takahiro Mizushima as Soldier A (ep 6)

Takashi Inagaki as Akemi's father (ep 10)

Takashi Nagasako as Soldier B (eps 7-9)

Takehiro Koyama as Language teacher (ep 5)

Tomoyuki Shimura as Gorou (ep 11)

Toshiharu Sakurai as Customer C (ep 11)

Yasunori Masutani as Escaping soldier (ep 8)

Yuka Shioyama as Chise's younger brother

Yukari Hirano as Mother (ep 12)

Yumi Kakazu as Satomi

Yuria Yato as Female student A (ep 10)

Yutaka Aoyama as Soldier C (ep 10)

Yutaka Nakano as Staff (ep 7)

Yuuji Kishi as
Kazu
Soldier A (ep 3)

Yuuto Kazama as Soldier B (ep 5)

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Anime R
Buyu
Dogakobo
Dr. Movie
G&G Entertainment
Phoenix Animation
Sung San Animation Production
White Line

Animation Production: Gonzo

Backgrounds:
Dr. Movie
Studio Easter

Broadcaster: Family Gekijou

Finish Animation:
Buyu
Dr. Movie
G&G Entertainment
Phoenix Animation
Sung San Animation Production
T2 Studio
White Line

In-Between Animation:
Dr. Movie
Studio Easter

Key Animation:
Dr. Movie
Nakamura Production
Studio Cockpit
Studio Moo
Studio Wanpack

Music Production:
Radiosonic Records
Toshiba EMI

Paint: Dr. Movie

Photography: Gonzo

Planning Assistance: Family Gekijou

Production:
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
Toei Video Co., Ltd
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Toshiba EMI

Production Assistance: Palm Studio (ep 8)

English staff 

Executive producer: Seiji Horibuchi

Producer: Hiromi Makepeace

Adaptation: Toshifumi Yoshida

Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Escott

Recording engineer: Mark Escott

Subtitle Script: Peter Makepeace

Voice Direction: Elaine Clark

English cast 

Mark Atherlay as Shuji

Melissa Hutchinson as Chise

Abie Hadjitarkhani as Tetsu

Amy Provenzano as Akemi

Elaine Clark as Fuyumi

Joe Wyka as Atsushi

Abie Hadjitarkhani as Take

David Arendash as Mr. Kawahara

Elaine Clark as Shuji's Mother

Jesse Spencer as Shuji's Father

M.J. Reynolds as Nori

Nick Shakoour as Kazu

Nicole Emi as Yukari

English companies 

ADR Production: Voice One

Distributor: Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)

DVD Production: Video Arts, Inc.

Licensed by:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Viz Media

Recording Studio: Robert Berke Studio

Video Post Production: Video Arts, Inc.

French staff 
French cast 

Translation: Nicolas Priet

Adaptation: Géraldine Maquaire

Artistic Direction: Valérie Uzan

Digital Art: François Uzan

 (none)
French companies 

Distributor: Manga Distribution

Publisher: Déclic Images

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Marisol Castro as Chise

Mauricio Valverde as Shuji

Arturo Sian Vidal as Atsushi

Daniel Valladares as Tetsu

Héctor Rocha

Miguel Reza

Mireya Mendoza

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Latin America

Dubbing Producer: Intertrack TV Producciones (Cuernavaca, Mexico)

Dubbing Studio: Doblajes Paris S.A de C.V. (Cuernavaca, Mexico)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Scriptwriting: Gualtiero Cannarsi

 

Eva Padoan as Chise

Marco Vivio as Shuji

Debora Magnaghi as Fuyumi

Leonardo Graziano as Atsushi

Niseem Onorato as Tetsu

Perla Liberatori as Akemi

Dario Penne as Kawahara

Federica De Bortoli as Yukari

Gianluca Crisafi as Kazu

Gianluca Iacono as
Nakamura
Take

Graziella Porta as Madre di Shuji

Marco Balzarotti as Scienzato (ep 12)

Maurizio Scattorin as Padre di Akemi

Omar Vitelli as Nori

Raffaele Farina as Padre di Shuji

Veronica Puccio as Satomi

Vittorio Guerrieri as Ito

Italian companies 

Distributor: Shin Vision


Portuguese staff 

Dubbing Director: Angelica Santos

Portuguese cast 

Priscila Concépcion as Chise

Ricardo Sawaya as Shuji

Figueira Júnior as Nakamura

Lene Bastos as Akemi

Marco Aurélio Campos as Atsushi

Sérgio Corsetti as Tetsu

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax (Brasil)
Animax Brazil (Dubbed)
Animax Latin America

Dubbing Studio: Álamo

Translation: JBC

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

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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