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The World of Narue (TV)

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©2003 Tomohiro Marukawa, Kadokawa Shoten/The World of Narue Committee.


Alternative title:
Narue no Sekai (Japanese)
成恵の世界 (Japanese)
成惠的世界 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: aliens
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Iizuka Kazuto is a 14 year old boy who meets a somewhat weird but cute and charming girl named Narue Nanase who claims she is an Alien. The show is about the trials and tribulations of the young couple as they get to know each other.
User Ratings: 533 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:5)
 Excellent: 61 votes (dub:35, sub:23, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 86 votes (sub:54, dub:27, ?:1, raw:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 186 votes (sub:120, dub:62, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 107 votes (sub:76, dub:28, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 46 votes (sub:29, dub:14, ?:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:9, dub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 16 votes (sub:10, dub:6)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:3, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1081 users, rank: #1136 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.807 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.5418, rank: #4602 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.726 (Good−), rank: #4753 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.85 / seen some: 6.28 / won't finish: 4.68)
Bayesian estimate: 6.746 (Good−), rank: #4349 (of 7243)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2003-04-05 to 2003-06-28
2005-05-16 (Spain - Buzz Channel)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Shooting Star" by CooRie
Ending Theme:
"Ice Cream" by Saeko Chiba
Official website:
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 2
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DVD (Region 1)
    Anime Test Drive - 8-Pack Brick (DVD) 2004-04-27 (from $63.98)
    The World of Narue - Anime Test Drive (DVD 1) 2004-04-13 (from $6.98)
    The World of Narue - Complete Collection (DVD 1-2) 2009-07-21 (from $14.99)
    The World of Narue - DVD Collection [Collector's Series] (DVD 1-4) 2004-04-13 (from $23.00)
    The World of Narue - Collector's Series + Book 1 Brick Pack (DVD 1-4) 2004-10-26 (from $125.00)
DVD (Region 0)
    World of Narue - DVD Collection [UK] (Dub.DVD) 2006-06-19

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Toyoo Ashida
Director: Hiromitsu Morita
Series Composition: Yuu Sugitani
Original Manga: Tomohiro Marukawa
Character Design: Takaaki Hirayama
Art Director: Mitsuharu Miyamae
Chief Animation Director:
Mika Takahashi (高橋美香)
Takaaki Hirayama
Art design: Hitomi Sano
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Director of Photography: Nobuhiro Tengeji
Animation producer: Akio Sakai
Color design: Hitomi Sano
Editing: Jun Takuma
Editing Assistant:
Ayako Nakagawa
Shidai Shii
In-Between Animation: Fumiaki Usui (IMAGIN; ep 1)
Key Animation:
Fumiaki Usui (ep 10)
Yuichiro Hayashi (eps 4, 12)
Main Title Design: Noriyuki Jinguji (ZiN STUDIO)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Production Desk: Yaoki Tokashiki
Products Manager: Akiko Matsumoto
Series Story Editor: Yu Sugiyama
Setting Production: Aya Nozaki
Sound Effects: Akiko Mutō
Special Effects: Jin Hibino
Theme Song Composition: Yuki Kajiura (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
CooRie (OP)
Saeko Chiba (ED)
VTR Editing:
Minoru Hattori (ep 11)
Yuichi Ozaki (eps 1-10, 12)
VTR Editing Assistant:
Michihiro Ichihara (ep 11)
Minoru Hattori (eps 1-10, 12)
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Kazuto Iizuka
Mamiko Noto as Narue Nanase

Jun Fukuyama as Masaki Maruo
Junko Minagawa as Kanaka Nanase
Mami Kosuge as Bathyscaphe
Saeko Chiba as Hajime Yagi

Aya Yamakawa as Kazuto's Mother
Ayaka Yamashita as Student E (ep 5)
Chihiro Kusaka as Student D (ep 5)
Eiji Yanagisawa as Kazuto's Father
Gumi Kinoshita as
Beach-goer (ep 9)
Child (ep 7)
Female student (ep 10)
Hiroko Nishi as Narumi's Sister (ep 8)
Ichirota Koizumi as Male Student C (ep 6)
Jirō Saitō as Avalon C (ep 12)
Junichi Sugawara as Tadashi Nanase
Kanako Tateno as Kyoko Kudo
Kōji Yusa as Shimada
Makoto Naruse as
Customer (ep 10)
Male Student (ep 2)
Male Student A (ep 6)
Maria Kawamura as Narumi Mutsuki
Masafumi Kimura as
Avalon B (ep 12)
Driver (ep 8)
Old Man (ep 9)
Masahiko Horio as
Gym Teacher (ep 5)
Reporter (ep 9)
Masato Funaki as Judge (ep 10)
Masayuki Nakata as Chief Judge (ep 10)
Miki Tsuchiya as Student C (ep 5)
Miwa Sugihara as Student B (ep 5)
Nami Kurokawa as
Aya Kanazawa
Emcee (ep 10)
Natsuko Kuwatani as Rei Otonashi
Oma Ichimura as Rin Asakura
Ryoko Shintani as Kei Sherman
Sakura Nogawa as Manaka Daitō/Magical Girl #4 (Yongo)
Sayaka Aoki as
Student A (ep 5)
Tomi Morino
Shigeru Shibuya as Tadashi Nanase (age 30)
Tadasuke Oomizu as
Male Student B (ep 6)
Passerby (ep 2)
Tomoko Kawakami as Ran Tendou
Tomomichi Nishimura as Tail Messer
Utau Mori as Landlady (ep 11)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as Avalonian (Avalonian A; eps 1, 12)
Yuka Komatsu as Kazuto's Sister
Yukie Maeda as
Hatakaze (ep 4)
Kiriri Kaibashira
Yagi's Mother (ep 2)
Yuko Goto as
Store employee (ep 10)
Yuki Kashiwazaki
Yūko Satō as Rokugo (ep 3)
Yumi Hikita as Kanaka's Mother (ep 4)
Yumi Touma as Haruna

Japanese companies
Animation Assistance: Ehrgeiz
Animation Production: Studio Live
Animation Production Cooperation:
BeSTACK
IMAGINE
Backgrounds: Baku Production
CG Production: GONZO
Digital Paint:
ANIK
Kyung Kang ANIA
Editing: Actas
In-Between Animation: ANIK
Key Animation:
ANIK (eps 2, 7)
Hanil Animation (ep 10)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 5)
Max Movie (6 episodes
eps 2-4, 7, 10-11
)

Studio Mark (eps 2, 6)
Studio Wanpack (ep 6)
Main Title Design: ZiN STUDIO
Music Production:
IMAGINE
Lantis
Production Studio: Studio Live
Recording Studio: Sound City
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Trinity Sound
English cast
English staff
Translation: Keisuke Okamoto
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (ADV Re-release)
John Ledford (ADV Re-release)
John O'Donnell
ADR Engineer: Vern Vennard
ADR Voice Director: Tom Wayland
Associate producer: Tom Wayland
Dubbing Coordination: Ross Lefko
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes (ADV Re-release)
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff (ADV Re-release)
In-House Production: Justin Sevakis
In-House Production Manager: Tim Werenko
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (ADV Re-release)
Mixing: Vern Vennard
Motion Graphics: Justin Sevakis
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff (ADV Re-release)
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud (ADV Re-release)
Quality Assurance: Mariela Ortiz (ADV Re-release)
Script Adaptation: Tom Wayland
Subtitling: Justin Sevakis
Jamie McGonnigal as Kazuto Iizuka
Veronica Taylor as Narue Nanase

Carol Jacobanis as Bathyscaphe
Jimmy Zoppi as Masaki Maruo
Michele Knotz as Hajime Yagi
Rachael Lillis as Kanaka Nanase

Angora Deb as Haruna
Catherine Kim as
Aya Kanazawa
Rei Otonashi
Tomi Morino
Dan Green as
Avalon B
Chief Judge
Gym Teacher (ep 5)
Tadashi Nanase
Dana Halsted as Kazuto's Sister
Jimmy Zoppi as
Child (ep 7)
Driver (ep 8)
Kazuto's Father
Josh Mosby as Akio Shimada
Lisa Ortiz as
Kiriri Kaibashira
Kyoko Kudo
Manaka Daitō/Magical Girl #4
Mandy Bonhomme as Yuki Kashiwazaki
Rachael Lillis as
Kazuto's Mother
Landlady (ep 11)
Tom Wayland as
Avalon C
Reporter (ep 9)
Tristan Goddard as
Avalon A
Old Man
Tail Messa
Veronica Taylor as Hatakaze (ep 4)
Vibe Jones as
Kanaka's Mother (ep 4)
Narumi's Sister (ep 8)
Ran Tendo
Yagi's Mother (ep 2)
Zoe Fries as
Narumi Mutsuki
Rin Asakura

Catherine Kim (eps 4-6)
Dan Green (eps 1-3, 7-9)
Dana Halsted (eps 4-6)
Mandy Bonhomme (eps 4-6)
Tom Wayland (eps 1-12)
Vibe Jones (eps 10-12)
Zoe Fries (eps 10-12)
English companies
Broadcaster:
Anime Selects
iaTV
Distributor:
Animazing (UK)
U.S. Manga Corps
DVD Production: Amusement Park Media (ADV Re-release)
Internet Streaming:
The Anime Network
Viki
Licensed by:
ADV Films (2009; Expired)
Central Park Media
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Carles Lladó as Kazue Iizuka (Kazuto) (Spain dub)
Pilar Morales as Narue Nanase (Spain dub)

Carmen Ambrós as Kanaka Nanase (Spain dub)
Dori Cano as Hajime Yagi (Spain dub)
Francesc Rocamora as Masaki Maruo (Spain dub)
María Rosa Gil as Babiska (Bathyscaphe) (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Cristal Media (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming: Vitanime.tv
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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