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Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Iriya's Sky, Summer of the UFOs
Iriya's Sky, The Summer with UFO
Sky of Iriya, Summer of UFO
イリヤの空、UFOの夏 (Japanese)
Themes: fugitive
Plot Summary: Asaba Naoyuki is an ordinary high school student. As a member of his school's press club, he's just spent the summer camping outside the local military base, in hopes of seeing the UFOs that are secretly kept there, according to local legend. Returning to school, he meets a strange girl, Iriya Kana, and gradually comes to realize that she is more than merely strange - and that a dark secret lies beneath the world that he knows.
User Ratings: 581 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 63 votes (sub:57, dub:2, others:4
1 French subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Thai subtitled
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 Excellent: 126 votes (sub:115, dub:3, raw:1, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
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 Very good: 132 votes (sub:119, dub:6, ?:2, raw:2, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
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 Good: 128 votes (sub:117, dub:2, raw:1, ?:1, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
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 Decent: 63 votes (sub:58, raw:1, dub:1, others:3
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
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 So-so: 36 votes (sub:35, dub:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:15)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 939 users, rank: #1303 (of 10077)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.537 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7367, rank: #1758 (of 10260)
Weighted mean: 7.405 (Good+), rank: #2076 (of 10260) (seen all: 7.47 / seen some: 6.92 / won't finish: 3.95)
Bayesian estimate: 7.406 (Good+), rank: #1771 (of 7749)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage: 2005-02-25
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Forever Blue" by Chihiro Imai
Ending Theme:
"ひまわり (Himawari)" by Chihiro Imai
Official website:
Toei Animation's Iriya no Sora (Japanese)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Naoyuki Itō
Scenario: Michiko Yokote
Script: Michiko Yokote
Storyboard:
Kenji Nakamura (ep 3)
Naoyuki Itō (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Shinji Ishihira (ep 5)
Unit Director:
Kenji Nakamura (ep 3)
Naoyuki Itō (eps 1, 4, 6)
Yū Nobuta (ep 5)
Yukihiko Nakao (ep 2)
Music: Hiroshi Takaki
Original Character Design: Eeji Komatsu
Character Design: Tomoyasu Kurashima
Art Director: Tatsuro Iseri
Chief Animation Director: Tadashi Shida
Animation Director:
Mayumi Furuse (ep 2)
Tadashi Shida (eps 1, 3, 6)
Tomoyasu Kurashima (ep 4)
Yoshihiro Takeda (ep 5)
Original Novel: Mizuhito Akiyama
Mechanical design: Yoshinori Sayama (Black Manta)
Cgi Director: Seiji Iseda
Producer: Hiroaki Shibata

Assistant Unit Director:
Hiroshi Ishida (eps 3-6)
Masashi Tanaka (eps 1-2)
Background Art: Kentarō Akiyama (ep 3)
CG Producer: Toyokazu Hattori
Color design:
Kunio Tsujita
Tomoko Kohioki (ep 6)
Key Animation:
Atsuko Kawamura (ep 5)
Eisaku Inoue (ep 1)
Fujio Koda (eps 1-2, 4-6)
Futoshi Higashide (ep 5)
Hidetoshi Sano (ep 4)
Jin Takebe (eps 1, 3, 6)
Katsumi Aoshima (eps 2, 4)
Kazuki Miura (ep 3)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 3)
Keiichi Ichikawa (eps 2, 4-5)
Keiko Yamamoto (eps 4-6)
Kumiko Horikoshi (eps 1-2)
Marie Koizumi (ep 3)
Masaaki Houjou (ep 5)
Masahiro Okamura (eps 3, 5)
Masahiro Shigemoto (ep 1)
Masayasu Yoshida (eps 2, 6)
Mayu Saitō (eps 3, 5)
Mayumi Furuse (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Miyuki Abe (eps 5-6)
Naoaki Hōjō (eps 3, 6)
Naoyuki Itō (eps 4, 6)
Nobuhiro Masuda (eps 2, 5)
Nobuyuki Koyanagi (eps 1-2, 4, 6)
Rika Mishima (eps 3, 6)
Ryūichi Baba (ep 1)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (ep 5)
Shiho Tamai (ep 2)
Shinichirō Fukushima (ep 5)
Shūichi Itō (eps 2, 4-6)
Tadashi Shida (ep 2)
Takako Onishi (eps 1, 3)
Takayuki Manaka (ep 5)
Tomohiro Koyama (eps 4-6)
Tomoyasu Kurashima (OP; ep 4)
Tomoyuki Kanno (eps 4-5)
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 4)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 2)
Yasue Ohno (eps 3, 5-6)
Yōichi Mitsui (eps 1, 3)
Yoshihiro Takeda (eps 3-4, 6)
Yosuke Yabumoto (eps 1-2, 5)
Yukie Harada (eps 1, 3, 6)
Music Performance:
Masanori Hirohara (Trombone)
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Planning:
Akira Matsui
Kazutaka Satoh
Theme Song Arrangement: Hiroshi Takaki (OP/ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Seiji Omote (ED)
Yuki Matsuura (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Minako Aoyagi (ED)
Yuki Matsuura (OP)
Theme Song Performance: Chihiro Imai (OP/ED)
製作担当:
Akihiko Yamaguchi (eps 1-5)
Kazumitsu Matsusaka (ep 6)
Ai Nonaka as Kana Iriya
Daisuke Namikawa as Naoyuki Asaba

Hiroshi Kamiya as Kunihiro Suizenji
Houko Kuwashima as Mayumi Shiina
Kanako Tateno as Kiyomi Shimamura (Akiho's best friend)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Enomoto
Misa Watanabe as Asaba's mother
Takumi Yamazaki as Asaba's father
Yūko Gibu as Eri Sakisaka (assistant school doctor; eps 3, 6)

Chihiro Imai as Erika Proudfoot (ep 5)
Hirofumi Tanaka as Yuuji Hanamura
Jūrōta Kosugi as Juurou Kisaragi (restaurant owner; ep 4)
Keiichi Sonobe as Tashiro (school vice principal; eps 1, 3, 6)
Keiji Hirai as Shop employee (ep 5)
Keiko Yamamoto as Asaba's grandmother (eps 5-6)
Kozue Kamada as Hirokawa (female clerk; ep 2)
Mami Kingetsu as Kusakabe (station master; ep 5)
Masaharu Satō as Asaba's grandfather (eps 5-6)
Masaya Takatsuka as Taizou Kawaguchi (teacher; eps 3-4, 6)
Miho Saiki as Nakagomi Makiko (class rep; ep 1)
Mitsuru Miyamoto as vagrant (ep 5)
Naoko Takano as Yuuko Asaba
Natsuki Sakamoto as schoolgirl (ep 3)
Ryouhei Nakao as Oda (ep 2)
Saeko Chiba as Akiho Sudou
Sayaka Maeda as Yoshida (ep 1)
Takahiro Fujimoto as Masanori Nishikubo
Takeshi Mori as
Man (ep 5)
schoolboy (ep 3)
Yui Kano as Mizushima (ep 1)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Toei Animation
Backgrounds: Athena Art Studio
CG制作: Saruchin Company
Production: Happinet Pictures
原画:
Araki Productions
Yuhodo (ep 5)

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