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Mermaid Forest (OAV)

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© TAKAHASHI RUMIKO/SHOGAKUKAN/VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.


Alternative title:
El mundo de Rumiko: El bosque de la sirena (Spanish)
La foresta delle sirene (Italian)
Ningyo no Mori (Japanese)
人魚の森 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, horror, mystery
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Legend states that eating the flesh of a mermaid will bestow immortality. Yuta and Mana do not remain dead for this reason. Unfortunately, mermaid's flesh affects people differently. Trying to help her sister Towa, Sawa creates a problem that will affect both of them for the rest of their lives. And now Towa's plans threaten both Yuta and Mana.
User Ratings: 212 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 54 votes (sub:38, dub:14, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 62 votes (sub:49, dub:10, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 39 votes (sub:29, dub:9, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 19 votes (sub:14, dub:3, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 461 users, rank: #2272 (of 10152)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.797 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6573, rank: #4929 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 6.800 (Good−), rank: #4779 (of 10321) (seen all: 6.81 / seen some: 6.30 / won't finish: 6.47)
Bayesian estimate: 6.839 (Good), rank: #4281 (of 7760)
Running time: 56 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1991-08-16
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Drift of Time" by Junko Hirotani
Ending Theme:
"Born to Love You" by Eri Fukastu
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
Mermaid Forest VHS (Jan 1, 1970)
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LaserDisc
    Rumik World: Mermaid Forest [Sub] (LD 4) 1993-08-04
VHS
    Mermaid Forest (Sub.VHS) 1993-11-01 (from $78.65)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takaya Mizutani
Screenplay: Shōichirō Ōkubo
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi
Character Design: Sayuri Ichiishi
Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Animation Director: Sayuri Ichiishi
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Hajime Noguchi
Producer:
Isamu Asami
Isamu Senda

Assistant Art Director: Yasuyuki Inaba
Co-Producer:
Shirō Sasaki
Shukichi Kanda
Toshiaki Okuno
Color Coordination: Naoko Kodama
Editing:
Kazuhiko Seki
Shūichi Kakesu
Yasue Funami
In-Between Animation:
Etsuko Shibukawa
Fujika Enomoto
Junko Konno
Kotomi Maeda
Naomi Shimura
Tomomi Isoda
Key Animation:
Hiroaki Hanawa
Junichi Takaoka
Keishi Sakai
Norifumi Okuyama
Norihiro Matsubara
Sayuri Ichiishi
Shizuko Minami
Taeko Hattori
Toshiko Nakaya
Yoshihiro Owada
Yoshiyuki Tokinaga
Photography:
Harutoshi Miyagawa
Hirokata Takahashi
Hironobu Horikoshi
Jun Satō
Junko Nagai
Kentarō Takahashi
Takeshi Ogawa
Toshiyuki Fukushima
Yukiko Maruhashi
Planning: Ren Usami
Production Desk: Shōji Ōta
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Sound Mixing: Yasuo Tachibana (TAVAC)
Sound Producer: Hiroshi Kuroda
Special Effects: Noriyuki Ohta
Kōichi Yamadera as Yuta
Mika Doi as Towa
Minami Takayama as Mana

Aiko Konoshima as Sawa
Kazumi Tanaka as Shiina (young)
Ryūji Saikachi as Dr. Shiina
Wakana Yamazaki as Sawa Kannagi (young)

Ginzō Matsuo as Barker
Hikaru Midorikawa as Soldier B
Kazuo Oka as Police B
Masaharu Satō as Police A
Toshio Kobayashi as Soldier A
Yoshio Kawai as Captain
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell
Translation:
Neil Nadelman
Pamela Ferdie (Subtitle)
William Flanagan (Subtitle)
Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
Laurence Guinness
Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

Adaptation: Jay Parks (Subtitle)
Casting Director: Jill Wilmot
Dubbing Mixing: Trevor Barber
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison
Script Adaptation: George Roubicek
Anne Marie Zola as Mana
Michael McGhee as Yuta (as Michael Magee)
Susan Sheridan as Towa (as Kata Sheridan)

Susan Westerby as Sawa

Adam Henderson as Newsy
Barbara Barnes as Sawa (young)
Blair Fairman as Doctor (as Bob Foster)
John Guerrasio as Explorer
Peter Marinker as Anchor
Sean Barrett as
Cop
Explorer
Stuart Milligan as Barker
English companies
Distributor:
Image Entertainment (LaserDisc)
Manga Entertainment (Australia, UK)
U.S. Manga Corps (License Expired)
Licensed by: Central Park Media (License Expired)
Subtitles: Studio Nemo
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val

Screen Inserts: Fernando Carreter (Spain dub)
Belén Roca as Towa Kannagi (Catalan dub)
Claudi Domingo as Yuta (Catalan dub)
Jordi Pons as Yuta (Spain dub)
Marta Ullod as Mana (Catalan dub)
Mercedes Diemand-Hartz as Towa Kannagi (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Mana (Spain dub)

Carmen Contreras as Sawa Kannagi (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Félix Benito as Dr. Shiina (Catalan dub)
José Antequera as Dr. Shiina (Spain dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra as Paperboy (Spain dub)
Alex Meseguer as Hunter 2 (Spain dub)
Federico Menescal as
Hunter 3 (Spain dub)
News Anchor (Spain dub)
Police 2 (Spain dub)
Soldier 2 (Spain dub)
Fernando Carreter as Captain (Spain dub)
Graciela Molina as Sawa Kannagi (Spain dub; young)
Oriol Rafel as Dr. Shiina (jove; Catalan dub)
Sílvia Gómez as Sawa Kannagi (jove; Catalan dub)
Xavier Fernández as
Dr. Shiina (Spain dub; young)
Hunter 1 (Spain dub)
Police 1 (Spain dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra (Catalan dub)
Alberto Trifol (Catalan dub)
Aleix Estadella (Catalan dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi (Catalan dub)
Joaquim Sota (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Raffaele Farina

Dialogues: Enrica Minini
Anna Maria Tulli as Towa
Luigi Rosa as Yuta
Tina Venturi as Mana

Cristiana Rossi as Sawa da giovane
Grazia Migneco as Sawa da anziana
Vittorio Bestoso as Dottore
Italian companies
Distributor: Polygram Video (1998)
Dubbing: DEA Digital Editing Audio
Translation: TEXT
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.
Dutch cast
(none)

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