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Ariel Deluxe (OAV)

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©1991 YUICHI SASAMOTO / ARIEL PROJECT


Alternative title:
Deluxe Ariel
デラックス エリアル 接触篇 ザ・ビギニング (Japanese)
ＤＥＬＵＸＥ ＡＲＩＥＬ（エリアル） (Japanese)
Themes: mecha
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Those incompetent aliens are still plotting to conquer the Earth. The only obstacle in their path the giant, female robot ARIEL. When Kazumi recieves a mysterious love letter from a secret admirer, she then wonders if she should cancel her first date just so she can save Earth.
User Ratings: 38 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Very good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:8)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 67 users, rank: #6253 (of 10087)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.790 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.1904, rank: #8264 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 5.709 (Decent−), rank: #8420 (of 10248) (seen all: 5.76 / seen some: 4.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.159 (Decent), rank: #6465 (of 7718)
Running time: 45 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 1991-01-21 to 1991-04-21
Opening Theme:
"Ariel no Uta" (エリアルのうた) by Mizuumi Boys & Girls Choir
Ending Theme:
#1: "Abunai Doyōbi" (危い土曜日; Perilous Saturday) by Michie Tomizawa, Yuko Mizutani, and Megumi Hayashibara (ep 1)
Official website:
JC Staff (Japanese)
News:
Central Park Media's Licenses Offered by Liquidator (Jun 8, 2009)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Ariel (Sub.DVD) 2003-02-11 (from $208.06)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Junichi Watanabe
Screenplay: Yūichi Sasamoto
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Original creator: Yūichi Sasamoto
Original Character Design: Masahisa Suzuki
Character Design: Osamu Tsuruyama
Art Director:
Chisato Sunagawa (ep 1)
Hiroaki Satō (ep 2)
Animation Director: Osamu Tsuruyama
Sound Director: Noriyoshi Matsuura
Director of Photography: Takashi Azuhata
Producer:
Kenji Kume
Masaki Sawanobori
Minoru Murayama

Editing:
Eigo Makioka (ep 1)
Shūichi Kakesu
Yoshiaki Wada (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Satoshi Shigeta (eps 1-2)
Takeshi Honda (ep 1)
Music producer: Masato Suga
Production producer:
Katsumi Shimasaki
Michihisa Abe
Publicity Producer: Hideki Ōyanagi (eps 1-2)
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Special Effects: Gō Abe (eps 1-2)
Megumi Hayashibara as Kazumi Kishida
Michie Tomizawa as Mia Kawai
Yūko Mizutani as Aya Kishida

Fumi Hirano as Simone Trefan
Jūrōta Kosugi as Crest Saberhagen (Starblast Saber)
Kaneto Shiozawa as Abarth Hauser
Kōichi Yamadera as Demonova
Kōzō Shioya as Mr. A
Michitaka Kobayashi as Mr. B
Miki Itō as Emi Kazuki
Osamu Saka as Dr. Kishida
Tomoko Maruo as Yuki Nishijima

Hideyuki Umezu as
Chief Cabinet Secretary (ep 1)
Prime Minister (ep 2)
Ikuya Sawaki as Narrator
Jūrōta Kosugi as President
Katsumi Suzuki as
Defense Minister (ep 2)
Worker (ep 1)
Kazumi Tanaka as Grand Chamberlain (ep 2)
Kenichi Ono as Chief Cabinet Secretary (ep 2)
Masato Hirano as Commerce Minister (ep 2)
Tomoko Maruo as Natsumi (ep 2)
Yumi Touma as ORCUS Operator (ep 2)
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Ital Studio (ep 2)
Distributor: KINEMATICS (Blu-ray Archive Box)
Editing: Jay Film
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation: Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
Finish Animation Cooperation: JCS International
In-Between Animation: Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
In-Between Cooperation: JCS International
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Photography:
Azuhata Production
E&G Films
Studio Boston
Production:
Animate
Asahi Sonorama
MOVIC
Pony Canyon
Production Cooperation: J.C. Staff
Recording Studio: Seion Studio
Sound Production: Gen
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Translation: Pamela Parks
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

DVD Coordination: Eric Thomann
DVD-Rom Design: Tricia Jagroop
In-House Production: Justin Sevakis
In-House Production Manager: Tim Werenko
Rewrite: Jay Parks
(none)
English companies
Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps
DVD Menu Design: Eaglevision, Inc.
DVD Premastering: Eaglevision, Inc.
Licensed by: Central Park Media
Subtitles:
Captions, Inc. (DVD release)
Studio Nemo

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