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The White Whale of Mu (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ballena Blanca (Spanish)
Moby Dick 5 (Italian)
Moby Dick Five
Mū no Hakugei (Japanese)
الحـوت الأبيض (Arabic)
ムーの白鯨 (Japanese)
User Ratings: 13 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:1, others:2
2 Arabic dubbed
)
 Excellent: 1 vote (raw:1)
 Very good: 5 votes (sub:2, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Arabic dubbed
)
 Good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Arabic dubbed
)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 1 vote (others:1
1 Arabic dubbed
)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 33 users, rank: #7280 (of 9752)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.769 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.8874, rank: #1113 (of 9883)
Weighted mean: 7.257 (Good+), rank: #2582 (of 9883) (seen all: 7.41 / seen some: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.368 (Good+), rank: #1878 (of 7486)
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
1980-04-04 to 1980-09-26
1983 (Italy)
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Mū e Tobe" (ムーへ飛べ) by Ichiro Suzuki and Suginami Junior Chorus
Ending Theme:
"Shinjiru kai" (信じるかい) by Ichiro Suzuki
Links: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Tetsuo Imazawa
Script:
Hideo Takayashiki (ep 21)
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8-9, 12-14, 19, 25-26
)
Kenichi Matsuzaki (eps 3-4)
Masaaki Sakurai (4 episodes
eps 15, 18, 20, 23
)
Yutaka Kaneko (8 episodes
eps 6-7, 10-11, 16-17, 22, 24
)
Episode Director:
Akinori Nagaoka (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
)
Minoru Okazaki (eps 4, 8)
Satoshi Dezaki (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Shōichi Yasumura (eps 13, 25)
Tetsuo Imazawa (7 episodes
eps 1, 9, 13-14, 19, 24-25
)
Yasuo Yamayoshi (7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 16, 18, 21, 26
)
Yūzō Aoki (ep 23)
Music: Kentarō Haneda
Art Director: Tsutomu Ishigaki
Animation Director: Takao Kōzai
Mecha design: Yūzō Aoki
Director of Photography: Takafumi Arai
Producer:
Osamu Yamane (Yomiuri TV)
Shigeru Akagawa (Tokyo Movie Shinsha)

Background Art:
Chisato Sugiura (eps 2-13)
Ikuko Ueno (eps 20-26)
Kazue Asada (eps 6-13)
Kumiko Satō (eps 6-26)
Naoko Masuda (eps 20-26)
Natsuko Ito (eps 1-26)
Yoshiko Sato (ep 1)
Yutaka Hara (eps 1-5)
Yuzo Kagawa (eps 1-5)
Color setting:
Chisato Sunagawa (15 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-26 even
)
Hideko Kudo (eps 5-19 odd)
Michiko Ikeuchi (eps 21, 23, 25)
Editing:
Kazuko Takahashi
Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Finish Animation:
Kasumi Kotabe (18 episodes
eps 1, 6-8, 10-14, 16-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Katsumi Fujiwara (eps 2, 5)
Kazuko Omura (eps 5, 13)
Kazuko Uehara (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 19, 24
)
Keiko Saitō (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 19, 24
)
Kiyoyuki Morita (19 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-8, 10-14, 16-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Kuniko Kishi (eps 5, 13)
Kuniko Matsuura (ep 2)
Makiko Hirata (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 19, 24
)
Mari Kikuchi (8 episodes
eps 17-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Matsuko Isono (ep 5)
Maya Naoi (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 19, 24
)
Miyoko Nagao (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 19, 24
)
Reiko Tanuma (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 19, 24
)
Sawako Kuroiwa (eps 5, 13)
Shigeko Saito (ep 2)
Tōru Miura (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-8, 10-14, 16
)
Toshimi Watanabe (18 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-8, 10-12, 14, 16-18, 20-23, 25-26
)
Yoko Umeda (eps 2, 5)
In-Between Animation:
Hikaru Ishimori (ep 3)
Hiromi Iida (eps 2, 6, 8)
Kayoko Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24
)
Kazuhiro Mori (ep 1)
Kazuyoshi Minato (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25
)
Keiko Imazawa (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24
)
Keiko Matsumura (eps 2, 6, 8)
Masae Yoshizawa (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Masahito Yamashita (uncredited)
Masayuki Aoki (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25
)
Nobuhiro Masuda (ep 26)
Ryoko Kato (eps 2, 6, 8)
Sonomi Aramaki (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24
)
Takao Ozone (eps 2, 6, 8)
Yoshie Komatsu (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24
)
Yukari Kobayashi (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Key Animation:
Eikichi Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26
)
Fukuo Yamamoto (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 9, 14, 19, 24-25
)
Hidenori Ōshima (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 22
)
Junzō Ono (eps 6, 26)
Kazuhiro Mori (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 25
)
Kazuya Hayashi (eps 1, 17)
Keizō Shimizu (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Kinichirō Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 20
)
Masakatsu Nabeshima (ep 8)
Minoru Maeda (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 9, 14, 19, 24-25
)
Nobumasa Shinkawa (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 18, 23
)
Nobumichi Kawamura (6 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26
)
Osamu Nabeshima (eps 8, 13, 18)
Rie Nishiyama (6 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 24-25
)
Setsuko Shibuichi (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Takao Tanna (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 25
)
Tsunenaka Nozaki (ep 6)
Yasuyuki Tada (ep 26)
Yoshihiro Owada (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Yoshinori Kanada
Yukio Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 18, 23
)
Yutaka Kawasuji (eps 7, 12)
Literature Manager: Hiroyuki Onoda
Mechanical animation Director:
Hajime Kamegaki (eps 2-26)
Hideyuki Motohashi (eps 2-26)
Yoshinori Kanada (ep 1)
Music Selection: Fujio Akatsuka
Planning: Motoo Fukuo (Yomiuri TV)
Production Assistant:
Kazuhiko Yagiuchi (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 13, 23
)
Kenji Mizunuma (5 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 20, 25
)
Masaaki Nanbu (4 episodes
eps 9, 14, 18, 22
)
Mikihiro Iwata (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 19, 24
)
Rikio Yoshida (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 12, 17, 21, 26
)
Production manager: Tadahito Matsumoto
Recording Adjustment: Atsushi Ono
Recording Director: Akira Yamazaki
Sound Effects:
Fujio Akatsuka
Masakazu Yokoyama
Theme Song Arrangement: Kentarō Haneda
Theme Song Composition: Keisuke Hama
Theme Song Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
Theme Song Performance: Ichirō Mizuki
Titles: Hideo Takagu
Junichi Takeoka as Ken Shirogane (Kane)

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Shin Shirakaze (Shinmu)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Jō Shiraki (Jonas)
Mami Koyama as La Mer
Masayuki Ibu as Prince Golgoth
Noriko Tsukase as Gaku Shirakawa (Garakusha)
Rihoko Yoshida as Madōra
Sachiko Chijimatsu as Rei Shiratori (Reina)
Takeshi Watabe as Emperor Zargon
Toshiko Sawada as Empress Condora
Toshio Furukawa as Platos
Toshiya Sugita as Ra Mu
Yōko Kuri as Myu
Yoshito Yasuhara as Narrator

Junji Chiba as Gratis
Rokurō Naya as
Caim (ep 10)
Cold
Takeshi Watabe as Bacchus (ep 9)
Tamio Ohki as Hide
Tesshō Genda as Rangan
Tōru Furuya as Poporo

Isao Sakuma
Jun Hazumi
Kōichi Hashimoto
Kumiko Takizawa
Masaru Ikeda
Minoru Inaba
Mitsuo Senda
Norio Wakamoto
Ryōichi Tanaka
Seizo Katou
Shigeru Chiba
Shin Kunisaka
Yasuo Muramatsu
Yūsaku Yara
Yuzuru Fujimoto
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Backgrounds:
Studio Hisashiyume (ep 6~26)
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production
Broadcaster: YTV
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation: Easy World Pro
In-Between Animation: Magic Bus (eps 17, 22)
Photography: T. Nishimura
Production:
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
YTV
Recording Studio: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Sound Effects:
E&M Planning Center
P.A.G
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Theme Song Lyrics: Begoña Ramos (Spain dub)
(none)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Telecinco (Spain - from 1995)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Theme Song Performance: Cavalieri del Re
Gabriella Andreini as Madora
Massimiliano Manfredi as Ken Shirogane

Corrado Conforti as Manabu Shirokawa
Gabriella Andreini as Ra-male
Massimo Còrizza as Mameru
Maurizio Reti as
Bakkus
Ramu
Oliviero Dinelli as Padre Di Ken
Pinella Dragani as Imperatrice Kondra
Sergio Antonica as
Glautis
Gorgos
Zargon
Susanna Fassetta as
Miu
Rei Shiratori
Teo Bellia as Platos
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Anime Gold (from 1st March 2011)
Antenna 3
Italia 1 (from 1983)
Italia Teen Television
Man-Ga (from February 2011)
Super 3
Distributor: EDIS Telecine
Dubbing: EDIS Telecine
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation: Jamaan Saleh

Dialogue Director: D.Faiq Al-Hakim
Dialogue Montage: Tamadir Najib
Engineering Supervision: Muhammad Hasan
Fonts: Youssef Al-Ajouz
Language Supervision: Faleh Khafaji
Mixage: Abd Al-Aziz Al-Jassmi
Production manager: Fahad Al-Abbad
Sound Engineer:
Abd Al-Aziz Al-Jassmi
Dulaim Al-Mutairi
Muhammad Al-Otaybi
Supervision: D.Faiq Al-Hakim
Telecinema:
Jamil Al-Kandari
Joventry Shah
Texts: Soad Al-Moneim
Theme Song Composed: Talib Ghali
Theme Song Lyrics: Falah Hashim
Theme Song Performance: Lna Talib
Transportation Supervision: Ismail Al-Dawsari
Video Montage: Farouk Al-Otaybi
Abd Allah Al-Ustath as Shamil
Ali Ibrahim as Saqer
Eman Hussein as Mish mish
Falah Hashim as Fares
Jasem Al-Nabhan as Dahhas
Maha Al-Masry as Hiba
Mussafir Abd Al-krim as Aduan
Nour Al-Houda Sabri as Namira
Sanaa Al-Tukmatchy as Rana
Soad Jawad as Mofid
Tariq Abd Al-Latif as Saber

Halim Hassan as various characters
Arabic companies
Distributor: Muassasat Al-Entag Al-Barameji Al-Moshtark (Kuwait)
Dubbing: Kuwait Television (Kuwait)

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