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Avenger (TV)

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Alternative title:
アヴェンジャー (Japanese)
復仇天使 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Mars has been colonized and is a world where children have been replaced by robot servents known as 'dolls'. Layla is a skilled fighter with a tragic past who travels about the world. Her companions are Nei, a strange and unique doll with some unknown ties to Layla, and Speedy, who is a doll breeder. The founders of Mars see the trio as a threat to their world, and each time they attack Layla and Nei a bit more of their mysterious past and future is revealed.
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User Ratings: 492 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:7, ?:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 21 votes (sub:19, dub:2)
 Very good: 48 votes (sub:39, dub:8, raw:1)
 Good: 101 votes (sub:75, dub:20, ?:2, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 94 votes (sub:67, dub:21, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 So-so: 57 votes (sub:40, dub:13, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Not really good: 49 votes (sub:34, dub:11, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 57 votes (sub:45, dub:9, raw:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 31 votes (sub:25, dub:4, raw:1, ?:1)
 Awful: 18 votes (sub:12, dub:5, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 1088 users, rank: #1132 (of 10140)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.439 (So-so+), std. dev.: 2.2156, rank: #8958 (of 10324)
Weighted mean: 5.345 (So-so+), rank: #9121 (of 10324) (seen all: 5.48 / seen some: 4.99 / won't finish: 3.62)
Bayesian estimate: 5.400 (So-so+), rank: #7496 (of 7760)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2003-10-01 to 2003-12-24
Opening Theme:
"Gesshoku Grandguignol" by ALI PROJECT
Ending Theme:
#1: "Mirai no Eve" by ALI PROJECT (eps 1-12)
#2: "Jigoku no Kisetsu" by ALI PROJECT (ep 13)
Links: We have 1
Review:
Avenger DVD (Nov 6, 2005)
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New Bandai acquisitions (Jul 31, 2004)
New Anime in Japan (Jul 23, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Avenger - Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (DVD) 2005-10-25 (from $99.99)
    Avenger - Complete Collection (DVD) 2006-01-24

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kōichi Mashimo
Series Composition: Hidefumi Kimura
Scenario:
Hidefumi Kimura (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 9-10, 12-13
)
Mitsuhiko Sawamura (eps 3, 8)
Satomi Sugimura (eps 7, 11)
Script: Hidefumi Kimura
Storyboard:
Hiroshi Morioka (eps 7, 12)
Kōichi Mashimo (OP, ED; ep 1)
Kōji Sawai (eps 3, 8, 13)
Masayuki Kurosawa (eps 2, 9)
Shinya Kawatsura (eps 6, 11)
Tomoyuki Kurokawa (eps 5, 10)
Yuki Arie (eps 4, 10)
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Morioka (eps 3, 7, 12)
Masayuki Kurosawa (OP, ED; eps 2, 9)
Shinya Kawatsura (eps 1, 6, 11)
Tomoyuki Kurokawa (eps 5, 10)
Yuki Arie (OP, ED; eps 4, 8, 13)
Unit Director: Masayuki Kurosawa
Music: Ali Project
Original Character Design: Shunsuke Taue
Character Design: Yukiko Ban
Art Director: Toshihisa Koyama
Animation Director:
Minako Shiba (ep 11)
Tomoaki Kado (eps 2, 6, 10)
Yasuhiro Saiki (eps 4, 8, 12)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (eps 5, 9)
Yukiko Ban (OP, ED; eps 1, 13)
Yuko Iwaoka (eps 3, 7)
Mechanical design: Kenji Teraoka
Director of Photography:
Hitoshi Saito
Takashi Aoki
Producer:
Koji Morimoto
Shinichi Ikeda
Tetsuro Satomi

Art Production Manager: Yasunori Hishinuma
Assistant Layout Animation Director: Satoshi Ohsawa (eps 9, 12-13)
Background Art:
Fumie Kawai (Production Ai; eps 1-13 odd)
Haruka Ohsawa (Production Ai; eps 2-12 even)
Junko Nagasawa (Production Ai; eps 2-12 even)
Kaori Motojima (Production Ai; eps 1-13 odd)
Katsuhiro Yamada (Production Ai; eps 2-12 even)
Kuniko Miyake (Production Ai; eps 2-12 even)
Megumi Ogawa (Production Ai; eps 2-12 even)
Riemi Matsuzawa (Production Ai; eps 5-13 odd)
Riko Sudo (Production Ai; eps 1-13 odd)
Shin Watanabe (Production Ai; eps 1-13 odd)
Shin'ichirō Uchiyama (Production Ai; eps 2-12 even)
Tetsuya Iguchi (Production Ai; eps 1-13 odd)
Tomohiro Nakau (Production Ai; eps 1-13 odd)
Tomomi Katō (Production Ai; eps 1-13 odd)
Yukiko Nakayama (Production Ai; eps 2-12 even)
Yuri Hamatani (Production Ai; eps 6-12 even)
Color Check:
Hanae Yokota (Studio Road; eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Kazuko Nakashima (Studio Road; eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Makiko Yamanaka (Studio Road; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
)
Color design:
Makiko Kojima
Setsuko Satō
Color setting:
Chie Iwamoto (Studio Road; eps 2-12 even)
Kayo Otani (Studio Road; eps 1-13 odd)
Comic Serialization: Akihito Yoshitomi
Digital Effects:
Ayumi Kamo (Bee Train Digital)
Hitomi Miyatake (Bee Train Digital)
Yasuyo Yaegashi (Bee Train Digital)
Editing:
Chieko Takayama (Morita Editing Room)
Seiji Morita
Yukie Oikawa (Morita Editing Room)
Format Editing: Hiroyuki Nagai (Sony PCL)
Guest Character Design:
Tomoaki Kado (ep 6)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 4)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (eps 5, 9)
Yukiko Ban (eps 7-8, 10, 12)
Yuko Iwaoka (ep 7)
In-Between Check:
Asami Watanabe (eps 2, 7, 12)
Daisuke Endō (eps 1, 6, 11)
Emi Honda (ep 5)
Kumiko Katō (ep 10)
Masashi Koizuka (eps 3, 8, 13)
Tomoko Ishida (eps 4, 9)
Key Animation:
Akihito Aoki (eps 1, 9, 13)
Asami Watanabe (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 13
)
Asuka Shimizu (ep 9)
Chikara Sakurai (OP, ED; ep 1)
Chūji Nakajima (OP, ED; eps 2, 6, 10)
Daichi Kamiya (ep 9)
Daisuke Agata (ep 5)
Daisuke Endō (eps 2, 6, 8, 13)
Eikichi Takahashi (eps 5, 10, 13)
Emi Honda (OP, ED; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 11, 13
)
Hiroko Kazui (OP, ED)
Hiroshi Arisawa (ep 13)
Hiroyo Yamamoto (ep 5)
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (ep 5)
Hiroyuki Takahashi (ep 1)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 4)
Jun'ichi Fukumoto (ep 4)
Junichi Fukunaga (ep 8)
Junji Gotō (ep 12)
Junko Komatsuzaki (eps 4, 8)
Kaori Hashimoto (eps 4, 8)
Kaori Higuchi (eps 1, 9)
Kazuhiko Abe (eps 3, 12)
Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 9)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 5)
Kazuyuki Takayama (eps 1, 7, 13)
Keiichi Ishida (OP, ED; 4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 10, 13
)
Kenichi Umeki (eps 4, 8)
Kenichi Yamaguchi (ep 5)
Kenji Teraoka (OP, ED)
Kenji Yokoyama (OP, ED; eps 1, 6, 10)
Kiyomitsu Sato (eps 4, 10)
Kumiko Katō (OP, ED; 4 episodes
eps 2, 5, 11, 13
)
Kunihiko Kimura (ep 5)
Kyōko Kotani (eps 1, 3)
Mariko Emori (OP, ED; eps 1, 13)
Masaru Yoshioka (ep 5)
Masashi Koizuka (eps 2-3, 6, 12)
Masatoshi Fujimoto (ep 4)
Megumi Noda (ep 2)
Michio Satō (eps 4, 8)
Miho Azuma (ep 5)
Mihoko Nomura (eps 2, 6, 12)
Mika Shirota (OP, ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 11, 13
)
Minako Shiba (ep 1)
Motoki Onishi (OP, ED; ep 9)
Motoki Yagi (ep 5)
Mutsumi Sasaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11-12
)
Naoki Kusunoki (ep 4)
Natsumi Tamura (ep 9)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 5)
Norihito Yoshida (eps 2, 6, 10)
Noriko Onoda (ep 5)
Nozomu Abe (eps 3, 7)
Osamu Kurosawa (eps 4, 10)
Rie Maehara (eps 2, 9)
Rika Katō (ep 5)
Ryōsuke Kuwahara (eps 4, 8)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (eps 3, 7, 11)
Sachiko Mori (eps 7, 12)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (eps 2, 8)
Satoshi Kitahara (eps 1, 6, 10)
Satoshi Ohsawa (OP, ED; eps 3-5, 8-9)
Seishirō Katō (eps 5, 11)
Shigenori Taniguchi (ep 12)
Shin Itagaki (OP, ED)
Shingo Kobayashi (eps 4, 11)
Shinmei Saito (eps 2, 6, 10)
Shinya Kameyama (eps 3, 7, 11)
Shinya Nishizawa (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 10, 12
)
Shōko Kikuchi (OP, ED)
Sōichirō Sako (ep 9)
Susumu Yamaguchi (ep 12)
Tadashi Muraoka (OP, ED; ep 10)
Tadashi Sugita (eps 7, 11)
Takaaki Chiba (ep 13)
Takaaki Nagano (eps 4, 8)
Takahiro Kuroiwa (eps 3, 6, 12)
Takao Takegami (eps 3, 12)
Takashi Iwao (ep 8)
Takashi Murai (ep 10)
Takato Nakajima (ep 13)
Takeshi Miyamoto (ep 4)
Takumi Murakami (eps 1, 9)
Takushi Satō (eps 3, 13)
Tatsuya Oka (eps 11, 13)
Tomoaki Kado (OP, ED; ep 2)
Tomoko Ishida (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 12
)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (ep 5)
Toshie Inomata (ep 1)
Toshiya Washida (ep 1)
Toshiyuki Hashimoto (ep 5)
Tsuyoshi Konakawa (ep 1)
Wakako Yoshida (eps 3, 7, 11)
Yasuhiro Saiki (OP, ED; ep 1)
Yoshiaki Tomita (ep 3)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (OP, ED; ep 13)
Yuichi Akimoto (eps 2, 6, 10)
Yūji Miyashita (ep 5)
Yūji Yanase (eps 1, 7, 13)
Yuko Iwaoka (eps 1, 13)
Yumiko Ishii (ep 13)
Line Producer: Ryoji Maru
Music producer:
Tōru Nakano
Yoshimoto Ishikawa
Photography:
Katsutoshi Ooi (Studio Twinkle)
Kenji Takehara (Studio Twinkle)
Kōji Sawada (Studio Twinkle)
Satoshi Fujita (Studio Twinkle)
Satoshi Morimoto (Studio Twinkle)
Seiichi Morishita (Studio Twinkle)
Tatsuya Kikuchi (Studio Twinkle)
Yōhei Konishi (Studio Twinkle)
Production manager:
Fumi Matsushita (eps 2, 6, 10)
Kenichiro Tanaka (eps 4, 8, 12)
Kuninori Egawa (eps 5, 9)
Ryoji Maru (ep 12)
Takayasu Shimizu (eps 3, 7, 11)
Tatsuya Hamamoto (eps 1, 13)
Program Manager: Fukashi Azuma (TV Tokyo)
Program Publicity: Tadamitsu Matsuzaka (TV Tokyo)
Publicity Manager: Akiko Sugiura
Recording: Hideki Matsunaka
Recording Adjustment: Nobutaka Hirooka
Sound Effects:
Fumiko Ueda (Rakuonsha)
Masaru Urahata (Rakuonsha)
Sound Producer: Tōru Nakano
Sound Production Manager: Takeshi Takadera
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
Sub-Character Design: Tomoaki Kado (ep 6)
Theme Song Arrangement: Mikiya Katakura
Theme Song Composition: Mikiya Katakura
Theme Song Lyrics: Arika Takarano
Theme Song Performance: Ali Project
Title Logo Design: Shigeo Suzuki
World Creation: Mitsuhiko Sawamura
Hiroshi Yanaka as Warrior Volk
Megumi Toyoguchi as Layla Ashley
Mika Kanai as Nei
Shinichirō Ōta as Speedy
Sumi Shimamoto as Goddess Westa

Isshin Chiba as Parn

Akiko Hiramatsu as Io (ep 5)
Ayumi Tsunematsu as
Mist
Peter (ep 2)
Fujiko Takimoto as Black Suit Doll (5 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 9, 11
)
Fumitoshi Miyajima as Associate (ep 5)
Hideo Ishikawa as Jade
Hiroshi Iida as Black Suit Doll (ep 6)
Kan Tanaka as
Commissioner (ep 1)
Scholar B (ep 4)
Scientist B (eps 7, 9)
Kaori Nazuka as Chris (ep 4)
Katsunosuke Hori as Gantsu
Katsuyuki Konishi as Garcia
Kazuhiro Nakata as Jupiter
Keiko Han as Cecil (ep 4)
Kenichi Suzumura as Teo
Kenta Miyake as Gates (ep 1)
Kōichi Nagano as
Scholar A (ep 4)
Scientist A (eps 7, 9)
Kunihiro Kawamoto as
Black Suit Doll (ep 6)
Citizen (ep 13)
Moyu Arishima as Chamberlain Doll (ep 1)
Mutsuo Naya as Metis 
Nobuaki Sekine as Old Man (ep 1)
Norihisa Mori as Scientist C (eps 7, 9)
Rio Natsuki as Io 
Rokurō Naya as Metis (ep 9)
Sachiko Kojima as Chamberlain Doll (ep 1)
Saeko Chiba as Maple (ep 2)
Sanae Kobayashi as Koop
Takashi Mito as Subordinate (ep 12)
Tetsuo Kanao as Tokey
Tomomichi Nishimura as Celina's Mayor (ep 1)
Wataru Hatano as Citizen (eps 8, 13)
Yasuhiro Fujiwara as Citizen (ep 8)
Yūsaku Yara as Cross

Daisuke Ono
Hiroshi Iida
Kunihiro Kawamoto
Takashi Nagasako
Takayuki Yamaguchi
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Bee Train
Background Art: Production ai
Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
BS2
TV Tokyo
CG Production: Bee Train
CGI Cooperation: Xebec
Comic Serialized In: Dengeki Maoh (Mediaworks)
Editing: Morita Editing Room
Finish Animation:
Frontline (eps 6-7)
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (eps 1-13)
J.C. Staff (ep 13)
M.S.C (eps 1-3, 13)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 1-13)
Mook Animation (eps 1-2)
Studio Gimlet (eps 6, 10-13)
Studio Road (eps 1-13)
Studio Rong (eps 4-5, 12-13)
Studio Step (eps 3, 6-11, 13)
Triple A (eps 5, 7)
Format Editing: Sony PCL
In-Between Animation:
Ashi Productions (ep 2)
Bee Train (eps 1-13)
Frontline (4 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 12
)
GAINAX (eps 1-13)
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (eps 1-13)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 1-13)
Sakura Create (eps 1-3, 6)
Studio Gash (eps 2-3)
Studio Gimlet (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-6, 10-13
)
Studio Line (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 9, 13
)
Studio MAT (eps 6-7, 12)
Tamazawa Dōgasha (ep 7)
Trans Arts Co. (eps 1-5, 11-13)
Xebec (eps 2-3, 6, 13)
Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Planning: Project Avenger
Production:
Bandai Visual
Bee Train
Production I.G
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Sound Recording: HALF H·P STUDIO
special effects: Bee Train Digital
English cast
English staff
Director: Wendee Lee
Script: Neil Nadelman
Translation: Lucan Duran
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi

Adaptation: Stephanie Sheh
Chief Producer: Charles McCarter
Co-Producer:
Mike Eckart
Rod Boaz
Production manager: Elisa Fiorillo
Re-Recording Mixing:
John Hiersekorn
Mike Eckart
Recording engineer: Marcus Junkin
Series Producer: Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Deborah Sale Butler as Layla Ashley
Elisa Fiorillo as Nei
Jamieson K. Price as Volk
Rick Robles as Speedy
Wendee Lee as Vesta

Bob Papenbrook as Cross

Bob Klein as Toki (ep 10)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Chris
Doug Erholtz as Official A
Elisa Fiorillo as Black Hood Doll A
Jamieson K. Price as Jade
John Snyder as Gantz (ep 6)
Julie Ann Taylor as
Coop
Maple
Karen Strassman as Io
Kim Strauss as Jupiter
Melodee M. Spevack as Cecil
Michael McConnohie as Metis
Paul St. Peter as Mayor of Serena City
Peter Doyle as
Citizen A (ep 13)
Commander (ep 12)
Teo (ep 10)
Scott Burnett as Garcia (ep 11)
Terrence Stone as Par
Wendee Lee as Maid Dolls
English companies
ADR Production: Elastic Media Corporation
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor: Bandai Entertainment
Internet Streaming:
Hulu 
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Myeong-Seon Lee as Layla Ashley
Na-Yeon Kim as Goddess Westa
Seung-Uk Jeong as Warrior Volk
Soyeon as Nei
Won-Hyeong Choi as Speedy
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Mabell
French cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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