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Idol Defense Force Hummingbird (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Humming Bird (Italian)
Hummingbirds
Idol Bōeitai Hummingbird (Japanese)
アイドル防衛隊ハミングバード (Japanese)
偶像防衛隊 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, adventure, comedy
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: When the Japanese government puts civilian organizations in charge of the country's air force, some of these companies decide to put their aspiring idol singers behind the controls of their fighter planes. Among these groups of idol singers is Hummingbird, a five-woman team consisting of the Toreishi sisters—Satsuki, Uzuki, Yayoi, Kanna and Miina. During a taping session, video director Kudo sees some potential in these girls and jumps in to help them reach the top of the charts by directing their debut video.
User Ratings: 33 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 2 votes (raw:1, sub:1)
 Very good: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
 Good: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:6, raw:1)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
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 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 85 users, rank: #5760 (of 10087)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.152 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9403, rank: #7200 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 6.016 (Decent), rank: #7534 (of 10248) (seen all: 6.01 / seen some: 6.04 / won't finish: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.428 (Decent+), rank: #5738 (of 7718)
Running time: 35 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1993
Opening Theme:
#1: "Love Wing" by Fumie Kusachi (ep 1)
#2: "Romance ni Byōyomi" (ロマンスに秒読み) by Fumie Kusachi (ep 2)
#3: "MY BLUE PARADISE" by Fumie Kusachi (eps 3-4)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Furareta Nante Omottenai kara" (ふられたなんて思ってないから) by Hummingbird
#2: "RAINBOW FORCES" by Hummingbird
#3: "Shitsuren Zenya" (失恋前夜) by Hummingbird
#4: "Yume no Basho e" (夢の場所へ) by Hummingbird
Insert song:
"Ii Musume de wa Irarenai" (いい娘ではいられない) by Sakiko Tamagawa & Yuri Amano (ep 3)
"Jōnetsu" (情熱) by Hummingbird (ep 4)
"Koibito-tachi no Crying Rain" (恋人たちのクライン・レイン) by Hummingbird (ep 3)
"Love Wing (go-nin Version)" (Love Wing （5人バージョン）) by Hummingbird (ep 4)
"Nakimushi no Mermaid (Acoustic Ver)" (泣き虫のマーメイド（アコースティックVer）) by Kotono Mitsuishi & Hekiru Shiina (ep 3)
"Setsunai Omoi" (せつない想い) by Hummingbird (ep 1)
"Yappari Daisuki" (やっぱり大好き) by Hummingbird (ep 1)
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VHS
    Hummingbirds [UK] (Sub.VHS) 1995-04-24

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kiyoshi Murayama
Screenplay:
Kiyoshi Murayama (eps 1-4)
Ritsuko Hayasaka (ep 4)
Storyboard: Kiyoshi Murayama
Music: Takeo Miratsu
Original creator: Hitoshi Yoshioka
Character Design: Masahide Yanagisawa
Art Director:
Chitose Asakura (ep 2)
Torao Arai (ep 1)
Yoshimi Umino (ep 3)
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography:
Kazunori Hashimoto (ep 3)
Mitsuru Sugiura (eps 1-2, 4)

Animation Assistant: Keiji Gotō (ep 3)
Color Check: Noriko Saito (Ashi Production; ep 4)
Color Coordination:
Hideo Kamiya (eps 2-4)
Kumiko Oka (ep 1)
In-Between Animation: Hisashi Saito (Fantasia; ep 1)
Key Animation:
Michinori Chiba (ep 4)
Shinsaku Kōzuma (eps 3-4)
Takashi Hashimoto
Taketomo Ishikawa (ep 2)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (eps 2-4)
Music Director: Shin Shibata
Sound Effects: Tōru Noguchi
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hiroshi Uesugi (OP 1)
Junko Miyagi (OP 2, ED 2)
Kazuhiko Toyama (ED3)
Kazuya Izumi (ED4)
Takeo Miratsu (OP3)
Takeo Suzuki (ED1)
Theme Song Composition:
Junko Miyagi (ED2)
Kazuya Izumi (ED4)
Nao Asada (OP3)
Takashi Kudoh (ED3)
Takashi Tsushimi (OP 1,2)
Takeo Suzuki (ED1)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Hanako Ishikawa (ED3)
Kumiko Yoshizawa (ED2)
Mitsuko Shiramine (OP3/ED1/ED4)
Neko Oikawa (OP 1,2)
Theme Song Performance:
Fumie Kusachi
Hekiru Shiina
Kotono Mitsuishi
Sakiko Tamagawa
Yuri Amano
Fumie Kusachi as Uzuki Toreishi
Hekiru Shiina as Mina Toreishi
Kotono Mitsuishi as Satsuki Toreishi
Sakiko Tamagawa as Kanna Toreishi
Yuri Amano as Yayoi Toreishi

Fumihiko Tachiki as Hebinuma
Hideyuki Hori as Yūma Toreishi
Hiroshi Naka as Bun Toreishi
Katsumi Suzuki as Shinobu Ijūin
Kei Tomiyama as Yajima (eps 1-3)
Kōichi Yamadera as Yajima (ep 4)
Masami Kikuchi as Yasuda
Maya Okamoto as Reiko Hosokawa
Mika Doi as Hazuki Toreishi
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Gorō Katō
Takehito Koyasu as Petre Duvas
Yasunori Matsumoto as Shunsaku Kudō
Yūko Mizutani as Hitomi Nakajō

Ayako Shiraishi as Snap Fan (ep 1)
Noriko Asano as Best Guy Announcer (female; ep 1)
Sanshirō Nitta as Best Guy Announcer (male; ep 1)
Shizuka Kochi as Announcer (ep 2)
Takurō Kitagawa as Newscaster (ep 3)
Tōru Furusawa as Air Traffic Controller (ep 3)

Junichi Sugawara (ep 4)
Katsumi Suzuki (ep 4)
Kenichi Ono (ep 4)
Tetsuya Iwanaga (ep 4)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Script Consultant: Jonathan Clements
Subtitling: Sasha Cipkalo
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Western Connection (UK)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Sergio Masieri
Anna Lana as Yayoi
Lara Parmiani as Uzuki
Patrizia Salmoiraghi as Kanna
Roberta Gallina Laurenti as Satsuki

Caterina Rochira as Hazuki
Patrizio Prata as Kudo
Sergio Masieri as Yajima

Claudio Moneta as Kato
Dania Cericola as Reiko
Paola Della Pasqua as Hitomi
Roger Mantovani as Ijuin
Italian companies
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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