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Fencer of Minerva (OAV)

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Alternative title:
El espadachín de Minerva (Spanish)
La esclava de Minerva (Spanish)
Minerva (French)
Minerva no Kenshi (Japanese)
ミネルバの剣士 (Japanese)
Genres: erotica, fantasy
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Princess Diana runs away from an arranged marraige and straight into the arms of slave traders who capture her and she is forced to become a slave. She finds her long lost childhood friend/love there, who happens to be the sworn enemy of her families throne, and becomes his, but of course with the family wanting her back all is not ideal.
User Ratings: 102 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Very good: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:3)
 Good: 18 votes (sub:14, dub:3, raw:1)
 Decent: 16 votes (sub:9, dub:7)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Not really good: 10 votes (dub:5, sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:3)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:4)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 198 users, rank: #3952 (of 10140)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.824 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.5104, rank: #8228 (of 10325)
Weighted mean: 5.822 (Decent−), rank: #8234 (of 10325) (seen all: 6.21 / seen some: 4.00 / won't finish: 1.68)
Bayesian estimate: 6.009 (Decent), rank: #6842 (of 7760)
Running time: 45 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 5
Vintage: 1994
News: Show:
Central Park Media's Licenses Offered by Liquidator (Jun 8, 2009)
Central Park Media to re-release Fencer of Minerva, Sins of the Sisters (Mar 3, 2007)
New titles coming from CPM (May 1, 2001)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Fencer of Minerva - The Emergence (DVD 1) 2005-04-26 (from $144.80)
    Fencer of Minerva - The Tempest (DVD 2) 2001-08-14 (from $86.79)
VHS
    Fencer of Minerva (Dub.VHS 2) 2001-08-14 (from $39.20)
    Fencer of Minerva (Sub.VHS 2) 2001-08-14

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Osamu Sekita (eps 2-5)
Takahiro Okao (ep 1)
Script:
Sukehiro Tomita (eps 2-5)
Yūji Kishino (ep 1)
Storyboard:
Osamu Sekita (ep 2)
Shigeru Yazaki (eps 4-5)
Episode Director:
Naoyoshi Kusaka (ep 1)
Shigeru Yazaki (eps 4-5)
Music:
Norimasa Yamanaka (eps 4-5)
Yasunori Tsuchida
Original story: Dr. Pochi
Character Design: Takashi Wada
Art Director:
Osamu Honda (eps 1, 3-5)
Yoshinori Hirose (ep 2)
Animation Director:
Masaki Kudō (ep 4)
Masashi Hirota (ep 1)
Mitsuru Fujii (ep 5)
Nobuaki Shirai (ep 2)
Takashi Wada (ep 3)
Sound Director:
Fusanobu Fujiyama (eps 3-5)
Noriyoshi Matsuura (eps 1-2)
Director of Photography:
Katsuyuki Ohtaki (ep 2)
Shinichi Sasano (ep 1)
Producer:
Monta Takahashi
Tomoko Kawasaki

Background Art:
Etsuko Ogasawara (ep 2)
Haruyuki Genda (ep 2)
Masanori Nishiyama (eps 3-5)
Michiyo Matsuda (ep 2)
Mitsuyoshi Kosugi (eps 1, 3-5)
Noboru Yoshida (ep 2)
Rie Yoshida (ep 2)
Setsuko Ishizu (ep 2)
Takayuki Kotani (ep 1)
Color Coordination:
Kumiko Oka (ep 1)
Masato Sasaki (eps 3-5)
Yuko Endo (ep 2)
In-Between Check: Kazuya Saitō (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Atsushi Tsukamoto (ep 2)
Emiko Kataoka (eps 3-5)
Hideki Fukushima (ep 2)
Hideki Itō (ep 2)
Hidenari Sakuma (ep 1)
Hideo Kawaguchi (eps 3-5)
Hikaru Takanashi (ep 2)
Hironobu Kaneda (ep 1)
Hiroshi Kosuga (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 2)
Junichi Yokoyama (ep 2)
Kazuhiko Ozeki (ep 3)
Kazumi Sato (ep 1)
Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 5)
Kenji Kodama (ep 5)
Kimiharu Mutou (ep 1)
Kiyotoshi Aoi (ep 5)
Kōichirō Sohtome (ep 2)
Kōji Fukazawa (ep 1)
Makoto Takahoko (ep 3)
Masahiro Yoshinaga (ep 1)
Masaki Hinata (ep 2)
Masaki Kudō (ep 3)
Masao Nakata (eps 2-3, 5)
Masao Takeda (eps 4-5)
Motonori Nishibe (ep 1)
Munetaka Tatsudan (ep 3)
Natsuki Egami (ep 1)
Rie Nakajima (ep 1)
Saburō Masutani (ep 4)
Shinichi Shigematsu (ep 2)
Shinichi Toda (ep 2)
Shūichi Kaneko (ep 2)
Tadataka Shimodaira (ep 2)
Taka Satō (ep 1)
Yasutaka Hanabusa (eps 3-5)
Yumi Nakayama (ep 2)
Photography:
Hatsue Takahashi (ep 1)
Kenji Chikaoka (ep 1)
Kōhei Utsusaki (ep 2)
Masami Yoshida (ep 1)
Seiji Uchida (ep 1)
Toyomitsu Nakajō (ep 1)
Yutaka Kurosawa (ep 1)
Production manager:
Hidenobu Watanabe (ep 2)
Mitsuo Yagi (ep 2)
Takashi Satō (eps 3-4)
Sound Effects:
Daisuke Jinbo (eps 1-2)
Junichi Sasaki (eps 3-5)
Special Effects: Gō Abe (eps 1-3)
Michiko Neya as Diana
Takehito Koyasu as Shou
Yuri Kojima as Fina

Arisa Andō as Hilda
Hiroshi Naka as Randis
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Yajil (ep 3)
Isshin Chiba as Harif
Jun Mizusawa as Eva
Junichi Sugawara as Bassen
Kae Araki as Diana (young; ep 1)
Ken Narita as Reilly
Kenichi Sakaguchi as Leon
Kumiko Nishihara as Shiela (ep 4)
Maya Okamoto as Patris
Miho Yoshida as Ursula (ep 4)
Mika Kanai as Kate
Nobuhiko Ida as Kyle
Shigeru Nakahara as Deunan
Takashi Nagasako as Teo
Yasunori Matsumoto as Kyle (ep 3)
Yūichi Nagashima as Gilman
Yumi Takada as Hannah (eps 4-5)
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Baku Production (eps 1, 3-5)
J.C. Staff (ep 2)
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Artland (ep 2)
JCS International (eps 1-2)
Studio March (ep 2)
Suzuki Animation Planning (ep 2)
In-Between Animation:
Artland (ep 2)
Hyoin Animation (eps 3-5)
JCS International (ep 2)
K-Production (ep 2)
Photography:
Azuhata Production (ep 1)
J.C. Staff (ep 2)
Studio Boston (eps 1-2)
Photography Cooperation: J.C. Staff Photography Dept. (ep 1)
Producer:
All Products
J.C. Staff
Pikaresuku
Production: BEAM Entertainment
Recording Studio:
Gen (eps 1-2)
Jinnan Studio (eps 3-5)
Studio Echo (eps 3-4)
Tokyo TV Center (ep 5)
Sound Effects:
Anime Sound Production (eps 3-5)
Swara Pro (eps 1-2)
Sound Production:
Gen (eps 1-2)
Jinnan Studio (eps 3-5)
English cast
English staff
Translation: Rika Yasuda
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

ADR Producer: Kip Kaplan
Dubbing Coordination: Karel Havle
Dubbing Manager: Christopher Sippel
DVD Coordination: Sho Nuff
Mixing: Winston Philip
Lotus as Fina
Mark Percy as Sho
Tara Jayne as Diana

Christine McMann as Eva
Debora Rabbai as Shierra
George Trahanis as Imil
Harry Peerce as Hellman
Jetta Black as Hanna
Kat Van Damn as Ulsra
Kay Dee as Ulsra
Kurt Riddle as Yajil
M.I. Culpepper as King Gauss
Michael Mattison as Randis
P.M. Lewis as Patris
Rory Max Kaplan as Young Sho
Ross Browne as Harif
Scott Cargle as Kyle
Tony Allan as Teo
Tristan Goddard as
Dunan
Seneca
Vincent Baggs as Reilly
Vincent Bagnall as Marlon
Yotee as Gilman

Barry Banner
Chris Norman
Comstock Smith
Frederica Lex
Funboy Bumgartner
Honey Bare
Wally Cole
English companies
Audio Post Production: Audioworks Producers Group
Broadcaster: Too Much For TV
Digital Download: Direct2Drive
Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps
DVD Menu Design: Masterdisk
DVD Premastering: Masterdisk
Licensed by: Central Park Media (Expired)
Recording Studio: Audioworks Producers Group
Subtitles: New Generation Pictures
Translation: New Generation Pictures
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Anime Erotik
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val
Albert Trifol Segarra as Shou (Spain dub)
Elisabet Bargalló as Fina (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Diana (Spain dub)

Alberto Trifol as Teo (Spain dub)
Ana Pallejà as Patrice (Spain dub; ep 3)
Miryam Guilimany as Hanna (Spain dub)

Ana Pallejà as Hilda (Spain dub) 
Angel de Gracia as
Heinrich (Spain dub)
Kyle (Spain dub; ep 3)
Berta Cortés as Shou (Young) (Spain dub)
Francisco Alborch as Gigil (Spain dub; ep 4)
Javier Viñas as Marlum (Spain dub)
José Luis Mediavilla as Deunan (Spain dub)
Juan Comellas as Bassen (Spain dub)
Luis Posada as Imil (Spain dub)
María Pilar Quesada as Ursula (Spain dub)
Mario Arpal as Yajil (Spain dub)
Mercedes Pastor as Eva (Spain dub; ep 1)
Miryam Guilimany as Kate (Spain dub; ep 1)
Rafael Calvo as Seneca (Spain dub)
Ramon Canals as Sali (Spain dub)
Rebeca Romer as Hilda (Spain dub)
Sílvia Gómez as Sierra (Spain dub)

Domenech Farell (Spain dub)
María Pilar Quesada (Spain dub)
Ramon Canals (Spain dub)
Toni Solanes (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Canal 18 (Spain)
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
E.V.A (Anime-Virtual)
Kazé Germany (now)
German cast
(none)

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