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Space Travelers (movie)

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Space Travelers: The Animation

スペーストラベラーズ The Animation (Japanese)

Genres: science fiction

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Plot Summary: New Cosmic Century 038, humanity is suddenly attacked by an unknown alien civilization known as the Orbital Ring System. Soon, the entire Earth Civilization Sphere has been cut off from the space colonies, and is under the control of the ORS. Only Hayabusha Jetter, along with his band of misfit space pirates and smugglers, can break through ORS lines.

User Ratings: 20 ratings have been given [details]

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Excellent: -

Very good: 1 vote (dub:1)

Good: 1 vote (sub:1)

Decent: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:2)

So-so: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)

Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)

Weak: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)

Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)

Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)

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Seen in part or in whole by 34 users, rank: #5541 (of 7272)
Median rating: Not really good
Arithmetic mean: 4.350 (Not really good+), std. dev.: 1.74, rank: #6967 (of 7290)
Weighted mean: 4.274 (Not really good+), rank: #7014 (of 7290) (seen all: 4.34 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 5.550 (Decent−), rank: #5213 (of 5492)

Vintage: 2000

Release dates: We have 1

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DVD (Region 1)

Space Travelers (DVD) 2001-09-25

VHS

Space Travelers (Dub.VHS) 2001-09-25

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Takashi Ui

Script: Katsuhiko Koide

Storyboard: Takashi Ui

Music: Toshiyuki Watanabe

Original story: Katsuyuki Motohiro

Character Design: Mitsuru Bakuto

Animation Director:
Noboru Takahashi
Satoshi Anakura
Takao Shizuno
Toshi Shishikura
Toyoaki Nakajima
Yoshihiro Matsumoto

Executive producer:
Masayuki Miyashita
Shuji Abe
Yutaro Kawamura

Producer:
Hirotsugu Usui
Kenichiro Zaizen
Toru Horibe

Animation producer: Keiichiro Mochizuki

Assistant Director: Takayuki Inagaki

Orchestra Conductor: Sakae Sakakibara

Production Design: Yoshihiro Kamikubo

Visual Design: Takashi Okazaki

Shinichiro Miki as Jetter

Banjou Ginga as Bomber

Hideki Ogihara as Cat

Kotono Mitsuishi as Papilion

Shigeru Chiba as Hoi

Shinobu Adachi as Tanner

Takaco Kato as Irene

Yutaka Aoyama as Dragon

Hisayoshi Izaki as Karl

Hitoshi Bifu as Man A

Katsunosuke Hori as Faron

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Ronson

Mahito Tsujimura as Sunny

Mie Odagi as Annoucement 2

Tomomichi Nishimura as Tasker

Unshō Ishizuka as Henry

Yūji Ueda as Frank

Yuki Matsuda as Annoucement 1

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Media Vision

Digital Paint:
Buyu
Studio CATS
Studio Flag

Final Line:
Studio CATS
Studio Flag

Music Performance: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

Photography:
Media Vision
Southern Cross
Studio Cosmos (OP)
Tanto

Production: Robot

English staff

English cast

ADR Director: Crispin Freeman

Translation: Julia Rose

Executive producer: John Sirabella

ADR Engineer: Gary Solomon

Editing: Beth Salem

Graphic Design: Merideth Mulroney

Mixing: Joe Digiorgi

Production Assistant: Anna Yamamoto

Production manager: Scott Marchfeld

Production Supervision:
Joe Digiorgi
Sean Molyneaux

Script Adaptation: Crispin Freeman

Allan Smithee as Carl

Buddy Woodward as Frank

Chiam Figeroa Drumyode as
Dragon Attack
Narrator

Christopher Nicholas as
Henry
Squad Leader

Chunky Mon as Sunny

Crispin Freeman as Jetter

Debora Rabbai as Irene

Eddie Paul as Hol

J. David Brimmer as Crush Bomber

Jimmy Zoppi as Black Cat

Meg Francis as Papillion

Megan Hollingshead as Turner

Pete Zarustica as Lawson

Simone Grant as Announcer

Steve Bednarz as Professor Falon

English companies

Licensed by: Media Blasters

Recording Studio: Headline Sound Studios

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