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The Adventures of Kotetsu (OAV)

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Alternative title:

Kotetsu no Daibōken (Japanese)

小鉄の大冒険 (Japanese)

Genres: action, comedy

Themes: fanservice

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: While walking through the streets of Tokyo, Linn Suzuki comes across a strange device sticking up from the sidewalk. Suddenly, she is set upon by thugs and is helped by a beautiful stranger who takes them all down. It seems young Linn has fled Deep Kyoto from her cruel mistress and has traveled to Edo where she hopes to find her long lost brother, who was last seen working for the Kuon Detective Agency. By chance, this stranger happens to be Miho Kuon and lets Linn stay with her (nicknaming her Kotetsu, or Little Tetsu after her brother, Tetsujin). However, a mysterious agency called the Syndicate are after Miho and Linn is now in the thick of things.

User Ratings: 125 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)

Excellent: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)

Very good: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:5)

Good: 26 votes (sub:15, dub:9, raw:1, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Decent: 28 votes (sub:16, dub:11, raw:1)

So-so: 25 votes (sub:16, dub:9)

Not really good: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)

Weak: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:3)

Bad: 9 votes (sub:4, dub:3, raw:2)

Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)

Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)

Seen in part or in whole by 267 users, rank: #2687 (of 7269)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.608 (Decent−), std. dev.: 1.951, rank: #5978 (of 7286)
Weighted mean: 5.613 (Decent−), rank: #6010 (of 7286) (seen all: 5.69 / seen some: 5.25 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 5.792 (Decent−), rank: #5008 (of 5491)

Running time: 30 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 2

Vintage: 1996-12-13 to 1997-01-10

Release dates: We have 2

Links: We have 1

Review:

Adventures of Kotetsu VHS (Jan 1, 1970)

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VHS

Adventures of Kotetsu (Dub.VHS) 1998-11-11

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Yuji Moriyama

Music: Kuniaki Haishima

Character Design: Yoko Kikuchi

Art Director: Laura Gadbois

Animation Director: Yoko Kikuchi

Producer: Tetsuya Ikeda

Animation:
Hideki Hashimoto (Nakamura Production)
Kazuhiro Takamura (Nakamura Production)
Makoto Kawano (Studio DEEN)
Mami Imamura (Nakamura Production)
Mari Nakamura (Studio DEEN)
Mayumi Hidaka (Studio DEEN)
Mayumi Matsuno (Project Team Sara)
Miyuki Maeda (Nakamura Production)
Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Production)
Toshimi Nishihata (Studio DEEN)
Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production)
Yoshihiko Matsui (Nakamura Production)

Concept: Ryuji Morita

Key Animation:
Akihiko Yamashita (ep 2)
Chūji Nakajima (eps 1-2)
Hideyuki Motohashi (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Nakamura (eps 1-2)
Koichi Taguchi (ep 2)
Maki Fujita (ep 2)
Reiko Okamura (eps 1-2)
Satoru Ishino (ep 1)
Toru Takahashi (ep 1)
Yoko Kikuchi (eps 1-2)
Yoshiharu Fukushima (ep 2)
Yukio Okano (ep 1)

Yuko Miyamura as Kotetsu

Kae Araki as Azami

Kikuko Inoue as Kuon Miho

Mako Hyoudou as Kagari

Masami Kikuchi as Ryuuya

Shinichiro Miki as Mukai

Yuko Miyamoto as Linn Suzuki

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Project Team Sara

Finish Animation: Trace Studio M

In-Between Animation:
Nakamura Production
Project Team Sara
Studio DEEN

Photography: Ace Creation

Production:
Daiei Co. Ltd.
Palm Tree
Project Team Sara
Wani Books

English cast

English staff

Director: Gary Dehan

Art Director: Laura Attwell

ADR Script:
Gary Dehan
Gray G. Haddock

Executive producer: John Ledford

Producer: Gary Dehan

ADR Editor: Charles Campbell

Audio Mixing: Paul Killam

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Logo Design: Kevin Hinnant

Production Assistant: Malinda Talbot

Production manager: Lisa J. Miller

Project Translator: Dan Kanemitsu

Recording engineer: Charles Campbell

Sound Design: Paul Killam

Trailer: Dan Rockwell

Kay Hest as Lynn 'Kotetsu' Suzuki

Allen Smith as Underground Judge 3

Bernadette Nason as Azami

Charles Campbell as
Punk with Cap
Underground Judge 2

Claire Hamilton as Kagari

Elaine Williams as Punk in Red

Gary Dehan as Punk DKMY

Greg Dorchak as Mukai

Jon Wiley as
Punk Leader
Underground Judge 1

Ken Webster as Minagawa

Mark Lovell as Tatsuya Mikado

Shawn Sides as Miho Kuon

English companies

Licensed by: ADV Films

Production: ADV Films

Recording Studio: Monster Island

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