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Blue Seed Beyond (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Blue Seed 2
Themes: demons, ecchi, fanservice
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A renegade scientist in San Francisco has found a way to create a new creature called a Neo-Aragami without the power of Susanoo. When these monsters start to terrorize California, the U.S. turns to the old members of the Terrestrial Administration Center (TAC) for help.
User Ratings: 321 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Excellent: 20 votes (dub:11, sub:7, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 45 votes (sub:25, dub:16, raw:2, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 93 votes (dub:45, sub:45, ?:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 86 votes (sub:53, dub:31, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 37 votes (sub:22, dub:12, edit.dub:2, raw:1)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:6)
 Weak: 6 votes (dub:4, raw:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (?:1, sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 784 users, rank: #1522 (of 9535)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.427 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.6027, rank: #5954 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.366 (Decent+), rank: #6044 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.36 / seen some: 6.57)
Bayesian estimate: 6.412 (Decent+), rank: #5456 (of 7243)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage: 1996-07-24 to 1998-02-04
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Eternal Truth" by Keiko Kimoto, Masaaki Iizuka
"Eternal Truth" by Takada Band
Ending Theme:
#1: "Second Kiss" by Mihao Matsuba, Masaaki Iizuka (eps 1-2) 
#1: "Second Kiss" by Takada Band (eps 1-2)
#2: "Sunrise for Two" (二人の夜明け; Futari no Yoake) by Akio Ohtsuka & Ai Orikasa (ep 3)
#2: "Sunrise for Two" by Keiko Kimoto (ep 3) 
Trivia: We have 2
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Blue Seed - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2018-12-18 (from $49.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Blue Seed - Mitama Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-5) 2007-10-16 (from $14.18)
    Blue Seed - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-5) 2008-07-01 (from $42.79)
    Blue Seed - Mitama Collection [Thinpak] [Best Buy Exclusive] (DVD 1-5) 2009-07-14
    Blue Seed Beyond - Invasion From Within (DVD) 2003-09-23 (from $29.92)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Jun Kamiya (eps 1-2)
Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 3)
Script:
Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 3)
Naruhisa Arakawa (eps 1-2)
Storyboard:
Jun Kamiya (ep 1)
Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 3)
Takao Kato (ep 2)
Original creator: Yuzo Takada
Character Design: Akiharu Ishii
Art Director:
Shunichiro Yoshihara
Yūsuke Takeda (eps 1-2)
Animation Director:
Akiharu Ishii (eps 1-2)
Kenichirō Katsura (ep 3)
Art design: Akihiro Hirasawa (eps 1, 3)
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Director of Photography:
Kazushi Torikoshi
Yukio Sugiyama
Animation Continuity: Takao Kato
Art Boards: Yūsuke Takeda (ep 3)
Assistant Animation Director: Meiju Maeda
Assistant Director: Takao Kato
Assistant producer: Naohiro Hayashi
Background Art:
Chieko Nezaki (eps 1, 3)
Jun Okabe (eps 1, 3)
Kentaro Mishima (ep 1)
Kiyoshi Tsuchiya (eps 1-3)
Koji Iwamoto (eps 1-3)
Masaru Ohta (eps 1, 3)
Masaru Satō (ep 1)
Shunichiro Yoshihara (eps 1-3)
Sohei Koizumi (ep 1)
Takuji Anai (eps 1-3)
Tatsuro Iseri (ep 3)
Tomonori Katō (eps 2-3)
Yasutaka Kondo (eps 1, 3)
Yoshio Kajiwara (ep 1)
Yoshiyuki Koido (eps 1-2)
Yūsuke Takeda (Studio Bihou; ep 2)
Color Coordination:
Keiko Kai
Shizuko Kawabata (ep 3)
Yayoi Yamashita (eps 1-2)
Design: Rei Nakahara
Editing: Naoyuki Masaki
Editing Assistant: Hiromi Komine (eps 1-2)
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Asaki (ep 3)
Hiroshi Echigoya (ep 3)
Hiroyo Izumi (eps 1-2)
Hiroyuki Oka (eps 1-2)
Junji Gotō (ep 3)
Kanami Sekiguchi (eps 1-2)
Kaori Takahashi (ep 3)
Kazuhiro Sato (eps 1-2)
Kazuhito Satsusa (ep 1)
Kazuya Ishizaki (eps 1-2)
Keiichirō Hara (ep 1)
Kenji Adachi (eps 1-2)
Kyoko Taketani (ep 1)
Masahiro Emoto (ep 1)
Masaki Akita (ep 1)
Masayo Ogura (eps 1-2)
Mika Nakabayashi (eps 1-2)
Naoki Abe (eps 1-2)
Nobuo Horii (ep 3)
Osamu Iwata (ep 3)
Ryota Niino (I.G Niigata; eps 1-2)
Ryuji Fujita (ep 3)
Sachiko Kozuka (ep 1)
Satsuki Wada (eps 1-2)
Shingo Adachi (ep 3)
Taeko Hori (ep 3)
Takaaki Ogawa (ep 1)
Takehiko Kaji (ep 2)
Yōko Itō (ep 3)
Yuko Kami (ep 1)
Yūsei Kawada (eps 1-2)
Yutaka Matsubara (eps 1-2)
Yuuki Yamagata (ep 1)
In-Between Check:
Ayumi Tsukamoto (ep 3)
Junko Nishimura (eps 1-2)
Negative Editing: Hiromi Komine (ep 3)
Production Assistant:
Masaki Kimura
Wataru Kurosawa
Production Desk: Hisaaki Sakabe
Production manager:
Shoichi Matsui (eps 1-2)
Tadakazu Matsui
Recording Adjustment: Kunio Kuwabara
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
Special Effects:
Masahiro Murakami (ep 3)
Riku Murakami (eps 1-2)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Haruhiko Nishioka (OP, ED1)
Kentaro Komatsu (ED2)
Theme Song Composition:
Kentaro Komatsu (ED2)
Masaaki Iizuka (OP, ED1)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Keiko Kimoto (OP, ED2)
Miho Matsuba (ED1)
Theme Song Performance:
Ai Orikasa (ED2)
Akio Ōtsuka (ED2)
Takada Band (OP, ED1)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Mamoru Kusanagi
Megumi Hayashibara as Momiji Fujimiya

Ai Orikasa as Ryoko Takeuchi
Akio Ōtsuka as Daitetsu Kunikida
Junko Iwao as Valencia Tachibana
Keiichi Nanba as Shunichi Sugishita
Kotono Mitsuishi as Koume Sawaguchi
Sakiko Tamagawa as Sakura Yamazaki
Tesshō Genda as Martin Tachibana
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Azusa Matsudaira
Yūji Ueda as Yoshiki Yaegashi

Banjō Ginga as President of the USA
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Moccha
Jun-ichi Kanemaru as Suspect
Mitsuru Kosugi as Soldier
Mitsuru Ogata as Soldier
Reizō Nomoto as Tomezo
Sachiko Miki as Eriko

Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Production I.G (ep 1 & 2)
Xebec (ep 3)
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc.
Finish Animation:
Ashi Productions (ep 3)
Marsa, Inc. (ep 3)
Production I.G (ep 2)
Shima Studio (ep 2)
Studio DEEN (ep 3)
Studio Killy (ep 1)
Studio OM (ep 3)
Trans Arts Co. (ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
Anime Torotoro (ep 2)
K-Production (ep 3)
Kyoe Sung Production (ep 3)
Madhouse (ep 1)
Production I.G (eps 1-3)
Production I.G Niigata (eps 1-2)
Studio Egg (eps 1-2)
Studio Junio (ep 1)
Studio Theta (ep 1)
Studio Wanpack (ep 2)
Uni Animation (ep 3)
Xebec (ep 3)
Laboratory: Imagica (eps 1-3)
Photography: Trans Arts Co.
Planning: BS Project
Recording Studio:
Omnibus Promotion (eps 2-3)
Tokyo TV Center (ep 1)
Soundtrack: King Records
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Sandra Krasa
Project Translator: Masako Hutts
ADR Script: Dylan Otto Krider
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Matt Greenfield (Maiden Japan digital release)
Toru Iwakami (Maiden Japan digital release)

Additional Production:
Crystal Ruiz (Maiden Japan digital release)
Janice Williams (Maiden Japan digital release)
Joey Goubeaud (Maiden Japan digital release)
Son Phan Le (Maiden Japan digital release)
ADR Producer: Sandra Krasa
Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio
DVD Menus & Graphics: James Bates
DVD Producer: Andrew Kent
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Packaging Design:
James Bates
Larry Koteff (2008 Thinpak)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (Maiden Japan digital release)
Carole Pavlik
E.W. Rector, III (Maiden Japan digital release)
Luke La Padula (Maiden Japan digital release)
Maki Nagano
Mariana Valverde (Maiden Japan digital release)
Marta Bechtol
Natalie Jones (Maiden Japan digital release)
Ned Gayle (Maiden Japan digital release)
Paul Mericle (Maiden Japan digital release)
Ryan Anthony (Maiden Japan digital release)
Sound Design: Bryan Leach
Subtitle Script: Frederic Badin
Subtitle Timing: Frederic Badin
Supervising Translator: Ian Fagen (Maiden Japan digital release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Maiden Japan digital release)
Matt Kelley as Mamoru Kusanagi
Monica Rial as Momiji Fujimiya

Allison Keith as Sakura Yamazaki
Beach Vickers as Valencia's Father
Brian Granveldt as Shunichi Sugishita
Kira Vincent-Davis as Valencia Tachibana
Kurt Stoll as Yoshiki Yaegashi
Marcy Rae as Ryoko Takeuchi
Rob Mungle as Daitetsu Kunikida
Sharon Shawnessy as Azusa Matsudaira
Tiffany Grant as Kome Sawaguchi

Beach Vickers as Bomber
Chuck Houston as Admiral Moccha

English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
Distributor: ADV Films (UK)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (via Discotek Media)
HIDIVE (via Maiden Japan)
The Anime Network
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
ADV Films (expired)
Discotek Media (2018)
Maiden Japan (HiDive Streaming)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Déclic Images
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by: Xystus (expired)
Spanish cast
(none)

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