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Initial D (TV)

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Alternative title:
Initial D: First Stage
頭文字〈イニシャル〉D (Japanese)
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: auto racing, sports
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: ©2003 Shuichi Shigeno / KODANSHA / prime direction / OB PLANNING
Plot Summary: High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop during late nights. Little does he know that his precise driving skills and his father's modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno make him the best amateur road racer on Mt. Akina's highway. Because of this, racing groups from all over the Gunma prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend.
User Ratings: 1507 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 203 votes (sub:153, dub:35, raw:3, edit.dub:2, ?:1, others:9
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 376 votes (sub:292, dub:68, raw:5, ?:3, edit.dub:2, others:6
4 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 441 votes (sub:342, dub:67, ?:5, raw:4, edit.dub:1, others:22
7 Spanish subtitled
6 Spanish dubbed
4 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Good: 270 votes (sub:200, dub:55, raw:2, ?:1, others:12
6 Spanish dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 92 votes (sub:63, dub:24, ?:1, others:4
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 45 votes (sub:31, dub:10, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 27 votes (sub:18, dub:5, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Weak: 33 votes (sub:23, dub:7, ?:1, others:2
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:2, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:2, dub:2, others:2
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
Seen in part or in whole by 3266 users, rank: #323 (of 10072)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.855 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.7155, rank: #970 (of 10256)
Weighted mean: 7.769 (Very good−), rank: #1036 (of 10256) (seen all: 8.06 / seen some: 6.38 / won't finish: 4.66)
Bayesian estimate: 7.766 (Very good−), rank: #759 (of 7748)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 27
Vintage:
1998-04-18 to 1998-11-28
2000-03-29 to 2000-09-13 (Raw JP R2 DVD AVBA-14024,40,41,39,50,51,55)
2005-07-31 to 2005-11-23 (Latin America)
2005-10-25 to 2006-01-18 (France)
Release dates: We have 11
Opening Theme:
"Initialize" by Drop Logic featuring Jaden Norris & Michael O'Neill [TOKYOPOP English Version]
#1: "Around the World" by Move (eps 1-19)
#2: "Break in 2 the Nite" by Move (eps 20-26)
Ending Theme:
"Initialize (DJ Milky D-Mix)" by Drop Logic [TOKYOPOP English Version]
#1: "Rage Your Dream" by Move (eps 1-14)
#2: "Kiseki no Hana (Flower of Miracles)" by Galla (eps 15-26)
Insert song:
"Back on the Rocks" by Mega NRG Man (eps 5-7,9,20-21)
"Be My Babe" by Jilly (ep 2)
"Beat of the Rising Sun" by Dave Rodgers (ep 26)
"Black Out" by Overload (ep 25)
"Boom Boom Japan" by Dave Rodgers (ep 25)
"Break the Night" by Tommy K (ep 5)
"Burning Up for You" by Sara (ep 9)
"Bust the Future Wall" by move (eps 24-25)
"Dance Around The World" by Delta Queens (ep 4)
"Dancing Queen" by King & Queen (ep 14)
"Dancing" by Vicky Vale (eps 11-13)
"Don't Stand So Close" by Dr. Love (ep 14)
"Don't Stop The Music" by Lou Grant (ep 3)
"Everybody's Warming" by Tension (ep 19)
"Get Me Power" by Mega NRG Man (ep 4)
"Heartbeat" by Nathalie (eps 5,10)
"I Need Your Love" by Dave Simon (ep 15)
"Lonely Love" by Sophie (ep 10)
"Lost in the Night" by Elisa (ep 18)
"Love & Money" by Za-Za (eps 12,22)
"Love is in Danger" by Priscilla (ep 17)
"May Be Tonight" by Norma Sheffield (ep 17)
"My Only Star" by Susan Bell (ep 8)
"Night & Day" by Mr. Groove (ep 26)
"Night Fever" by Dave Rodgers & Mega NRG Man (ep 11)
"Night of Fire" by Niko (ep 23)
"No One Sleep in Tokyo" by Edo Boys (ep 1)
"One Night in Arabia" by Go Go Girls (ep 22)
"over drive" by move (ep 15)
"past days ~reminiscence" (past days 〜追憶) by move (ep 23)
"Rage your dream" by move (eps 5,7,9,15,20)
"Remember Me" by Leslie Parrish (ep 2)
"Rock it Down" by Move (eps 13,23)
"Running in the '90s" by Max Coveri (eps 4,9)
"Saturday Night Fever" by Dave Rodgers (ep 21)
"Save Me" by Leslie Parrish (eps 7,24)
"See you, my best love" by move (ep 15)
"Space Boy" by Dave Rodgers (ep 1)
"Spark in the Dark" by Man Power (ep 2)
"Stay" by Victoria (ep 18)
"take me higher" by move (ep 26)
"Wanna fly to be wild" by move (ep 20)
"Wings of Fire" by Michiko Neya & Yumi Kakazu (eps 18-19)
"World of move" by move (eps 15,23,25)
Links: We have 7
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
TOKYOPOP's DVD release of Initial D features two versions: Classic version (episodes that retain the original Japanese dialogue and soundtrack) and Tricked-Out version (edited episodes dubbed in English with a new soundtrack).
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Initial D: First Stage DVD Part 1 (Nov 7, 2010)
Initial D DVD 1 (Jan 19, 2004)
Initial D (Jan 1, 1970)
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    Initial D - Akina's Downhill Specialist (DVD 1) 2003-09-16 (from $28.51)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shin Misawa
Series Composition: Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV)
Script:
Hiroshi Toda (13 episodes
eps 1-5, 11-15, 24-26
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Nobuaki Kishima (eps 6-10, 16-23)
Storyboard:
Akira Mano (ep 14)
Harumi Tamano (ep 8)
Hiroshi Kotaki (eps 10, 16, 22)
Kazutaka Ikegami (4 episodes
eps 11, 15, 23, 25
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Kazuyoshi Yokota (ep 17)
Masami Hata (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 24
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Naoyuki Kuzuya (eps 3, 9, 19)
Shin Misawa (eps 1-2, 4-5)
Susumu Kudo (ep 5)
Yoshitaka Koyama (eps 7, 21)
Yukihiro Makino (ep 13)
Yūzō Satō (eps 20, 26)
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Kotaki (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
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Hiroshi Tsuruta (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 26
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Kazutaka Ikegami (ep 25)
Kazuyoshi Yokota (eps 17, 21)
Masami Hata (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 24
)
Mihiro Yamaguchi (eps 5, 9, 13)
Naoyuki Kuzuya (ep 3)
Shin Misawa (ep 1)
Susumu Kudo (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 19, 23
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Yukio Nishimoto (eps 11, 15)
Yūzō Yamada
Music: Ryūichi Katsumata
Original Manga: Shūichi Shigeno
Character Design: Noboru Furuse
Art Director: Kazuhiro Takahashi
Chief Animation Director: Noboru Furuse
Animation Director:
Hatsuki Tsuji (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
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Hiroshi Kanazawa (ep 23)
Kazuyuki Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 26
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Kuniyuki Ishii (eps 6, 12, 18)
Masaki Satō (ep 24)
Noboru Furuse
Seong Un Ko (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 26
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Takahisa Ichikawa (10 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-15 odd, 19, 21, 25
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Takeru Yamazaki (6 episodes
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Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Cgi Director: Akihiro Nagao (ネスと)
Director of Photography:
Kenji Akazawa (eps 4-26 even)
Seiichi Morishita (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
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Executive producer: Ren Usami (OB Planning)
Producer:
Hiromichi Mogaki (Studio Comet)
Kayo Fukuda (Pastel)

Assistant Animation Director:
Kazuhiro Shintani (eps 1-8)
Kiyotaka Iida
Assistant Director: Teruo Naruse
Assistant producer:
Kuniyasu Ichikawa (Prime Direction)
Sadahito Kikuchi (Studio Comet)
Shigeo Sugimura (Studio Gallop)
Background Art:
Katsumi Takao (Studio Jack)
Kazumi Kataoka (Studio Jack)
Minoru Akiba (Studio Jack)
CG:
Daisuke Fukase (Nest; 8 episodes
eps 7-15 odd, 19, 23, 25
)
Emiko Hatanaka (Nest; ep 1)
Hirotaka Marufuji (Nest; ep 9)
Kaori Yanagisawa (Nest; ep 7)
Kazuaki Kishimura (Nest; ep 5)
Kazuhira Tanaka (Nest; 11 episodes
eps 1-15 odd, 19, 23, 25
) 
Kazunori Yahata (Nest; eps 2-26 even)
Kenichiro Sakuno (Nest; 8 episodes
eps 2, 6-16 even, 26
)
Masafumi Suzuki (Nest; eps 11-25 odd)
Masamune Shimada (Nest; eps 2-26 even)
Mihoko Iwai (Nest; ep 3)
Nobuaki Hayashi (Nest; ep 1)
Sadanori Kaneda (Nest; eps 1-25 odd)
Shinobu Nihei (Nest; ep 5)
Sumiyuki Kusano (Nest; ep 3)
Tomoko Kowada (Nest; ep 4)
Tomomi Okuno (Nest; ep 7)
Toshihiro Honda (Nest; eps 18-26 even)
Yuichi Goto (Nest; eps 2-26 even)
Color design: Naomi Anzai
Color setting:
Hiromi Fujita (eps 4-26 even)
Naomi Anzai (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Compilation: Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV)
Digital Supervisor: Kouji Kobayashi
Editing:
Akihiro Kawasaki (Okayasu Promotion)
Hajime Okayasu (Okayasu Promotion)
Hideaki Murai (Okayasu Promotion)
Kiyotaka Miyake (Okayasu Promotion)
Toshihiko Kojima (Okayasu Promotion)
Yumiko Nakaba (Okayasu Promotion)
Editorial Supervision: Keiichi Tsuchiya (Hot Version Editorial Dept.)
Effects:
Masayuki Nakajima (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Yukitaka Shishikai (eps 4-26 even)
Effects Cooperation: Kunji Tanifuji
Ending Production: Transformer
Finish Animation:
Chiharu Yoshihara (Peacock; 6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 13, 19, 23
)
Eiko Tokuda (Peacock; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25
)
Eri Okamoto (Studio M; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Fumiko Ishiguro (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-13 odd
)
Hajime Aida (Peacock; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25
)
Hiroko Takahashi (Studio M; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Kayoko Suzuki (Studio M; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Kimiko Ōkura (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-13 odd
)
Noriko Omura (Peacock; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25
)
Ritsuko Kanazawa (Peacock; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25
)
Yoko Suzuki (Peacock; 6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 13, 19, 23
)
Yuko Abe (Peacock; 6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 13, 19, 23
)
Yūko Satō (Peacock; 6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 13, 19, 23
)
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Funakoshi (eps 6, 16, 22)
Chie Yamazaki (8 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10-18 even, 22
)
Daisuke Kikuchi (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25
)
Hideki Nagahama (Wombat; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21
)
Hiroko Satō (Wombat; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21
)
Hironobu Kobayashi (eps 14, 16)
Hiroshi Watanabe (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25
)
Hirotoshi Ozaki (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25
)
Junpei Ogawa (eps 14, 20, 26)
Kazuhiro Fukuchi (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Kenji Nakano (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 17, 23
)
Kentarō Inoue (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25
)
Masakazu Sugizaki (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25
)
Mayumi Noda (ep 14)
Miho Aoki (8 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10-18 even, 22
)
Miho Sotozaki (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 16
)
Mitsuru Ikeda (eps 8, 14, 16)
Miyoshi Kikuchi (Wombat; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21
)
Riko Tanaka (eps 8, 14, 26)
Rumi Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 7, 9, 15, 21
)
Sansai Onoki (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 17, 23
)
Shihori Kitano (Wombat; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21
)
Shingo Ohyama (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 17, 23
)
Tadashi Kubo (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25
)
Takashi Miura (Wombat; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21
)
Teika Ueda (Wombat; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21
)
Tomohisa Ishiyama (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 17, 23
)
Tomomi Isoda (6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22
)
Toshiharu Suzuki (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 17, 23
)
Tsuyoshi Kato (eps 8, 14, 26)
Yō Hashimoto (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Yoshiaki Iwata (Wombat; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 17, 23
)
Yoshimi Itazu (eps 8, 14, 16)
Yukie Harada (ep 24)
Insert Song Performance:
Dave Rodgers (Space Boy, Night Fever, Saturday Night Fever, Boom Boom Japan, Beat of the Rising Sun; 5 episodes
eps 1, 11, 21, 25-26
)
Dave Simon (I Need Your Love; ep 15)
Delta Queens (Dance Around the World; ep 4)
Dr. Love (Don’t Stand So Close; ep 14)
Edo Boys (No One Sleep in Tokyo; ep 1)
Elisa (Lost Into the Night; ep 18)
Go Go Girls (One Night in Arabia; ep 22)
Jilly (Be My Babe; ep 2)
King & Queen (Dancing Queen; ep 14)
Leslie Parrish (Remember Me, Save Me; eps 2, 7, 24)
Lou Grant (Don’t Stop the Music; ep 3)
Mako & Sayuki (Wings of Fire; eps 18-19) 
Man Power (Spark in the Dark; ep 2)
Max Coveri (Running in the ‘90s; eps 4, 9)
Mega NRG Man (Get Me Power, Back on the Rocks, Night Fever; eps 4-7, 9, 11)
Michiko Neya (as Mako; eps 18-19)
Move (7 episodes
eps 13, 15, 20, 23-26
)
Mr. Groove (Night and Day; ep 26)
Nathalie (Heartbeat; eps 5, 10)
Niko (Night of Fire; ep 23)
Norma Sheffield (Maybe Tonight; ep 17)
Overload (Black Out; ep 25)
Priscilla (Love Is In Danger; ep 17)
Sara (Burning Up For You; ep 9)
Sophie (Lonely Love; ep 10)
Susan Bell (My Only Star; ep 8)
Tension (Everybody’s Warming; ep 19)
Tommy K (Break the Night; ep 5)
Vicky Vale (Dancing; eps 11-13)
Victoria (Stay; ep 18)
Yumi Kakazu (as Sayuki; eps 18-19)
Za-Za (Love & Money; eps 12, 22)
Key Animation:
Aki Nishizaki (eps 1, 7)
Chikara Sakurai (ep 18)
Hatsuki Tsuji (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Hideki Kumazawa (ep 18)
Hidetoshi Namura (ep 18)
Hiromi Maezawa (eps 6, 18)
Hisashi Saito (ep 25)
Jun Yoshida (Wombat; eps 2, 9, 21)
Junko Matsushita (eps 10, 18)
Kakuo Mutou (ep 17)
Kaoru Yabana (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 16, 22
)
Katsumi Hiroe (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 18, 22
)
Katsuzō Hirata (ep 25)
Kazuhiro Shintani (eps 1, 21, 25)
Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 12)
Kazuyuki Kobayashi (ep 4)
Ken'ichi Hara (7 episodes
eps 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24
)
Kiyotaka Iida (ep 1)
Kōichi Hatsumi (ep 24)
Kōji Yasuda (ep 13)
Kuniyuki Ishii (eps 6, 12, 18)
Masaki Kamiguchi (Wombat; eps 2, 9, 21)
Masaki Satō (eps 18, 24)
Masanori Watanabe (ep 24)
Masaru Yoshioka (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Masayuki Yagi (7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 11, 15, 19, 23, 25
)
Nobuo Hashimoto (Wombat; eps 2, 9, 21)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (Studio Mark; ep 13)
Shinichiro Minami (7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 11, 15, 19, 23, 25
)
Shōsuke Shimizu (Wombat; ep 21)
Suguru Iijima (ep 12)
Sumiko Matsumoto (ep 24)
Tadashi Kubo (Wombat; ep 21)
Tadayoshi Okimura (eps 1, 7)
Takaharu Ōkuma (Wombat; eps 2, 9, 17)
Takeru Yamazaki (ep 1)
Tatsuo Honda (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Toshikazu Motozumi (Wombat; 4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 17, 21
)
Tsutomu Shibutani (ep 24)
Wataru Abe (eps 12, 18, 24)
Yasunobu Nishijima (eps 18, 24)
Yojiro Shige (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 17
)
Yoshiaki Kubokawa (ep 24)
Yoshitaka Sato (ep 24)
Yū Yoshida (Studio Mark; ep 13)
Yuichiro Masuda (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Yukio Ōya (eps 1, 7)
Yukitoshi Morita (Wombat; 4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 17, 21
)
Layout: Kazuyuki Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 26
)
Layout Supervisor: Chihiro Hayashi
Opening Production: Shinji Kobukata
Photography:
Akira Kato (eps 4-26 even)
Hiroshi Nakatomi (eps 4-26 even)
Ikuo Suzuki (eps 4-26 even)
Katsuaki Kamata (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Katsumi Ota (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Kenji Takehara (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Kōji Sawada (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Masahiro Kasahara (eps 4-26 even)
Masayuki Iwata (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Satoshi Arakawa (eps 4-26 even)
Tadafumi Ono (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Takashi Aoki (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Takashi Kimishima (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Takuhiko Endō (eps 4-26 even)
Tatsuji Fukumoto (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Tomofumi Fujita (Studio Twinkle; 14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Tomomi Otsugi (eps 4-26 even)
Yasuhiro Iwai (eps 4-26 even)
Yasuhiro Shimizu (eps 4-26 even)
Yoshiaki Tsutsui (eps 4-26 even)
Planning: Ryuuzou Shouji (Prime Direction)
Production Advancement:
Akihiro Sekiyama (eps 2, 7)
Makoto Nishijo (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)
Ryusuke Nabemi (eps 6, 12)
Sadahiko Sekikawa (eps 18, 24)
Shigeo Aoki (ep 3)
Tadashi Shiohara (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21, 25
)
Takehiro Miyashita (eps 1, 5)
Yoshiharu Kawamura (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 26
)
Yūji Tanaka (ep 13)
Production Business: Miwa Tagawa (eps 1-3)
Production manager: Yoshiharu Kawamura (eps 4-26 even)
Production Supervision: Wataru Hirukawa
Promotion Video:
Daisuke Ueda (eps 19-25)
Masashi Muto (eps 15-18)
Wataru Takeishi (eps 1-14)
Publicity: Sachio Tamenaga (Fuji TV)
Recording: Fujio Yamada
Recording Assistant: Yūji Tagami
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama
Sound Production Manager: Takeshi Takadera
Theme Song Performance:
Dave Rodgers ("Space Boy")
Dave Simon ("I Need Your Love")
Delta Queens ("Dance Around the World")
Dr. Love ("Don't Stand So Close")
Dusty ("Rock Me to the Top")
Edo Boys ("No One Sleep in Tokyo")
Elisa ("Lost Into the Night")
Fastway ("Number One")
Galla (ED 2)
Go Go Girls ("One Night in Arabia")
Jilly ("Be My Babe")
King and Queen ("Dancing Queen")
Leslie Parrish ("Remember Me")
Lou Grant ("Don't Stop the Music")
Man Power ("Spark in the Dark")
Max Coveri ("Running in the 90s")
Mega NRG Man ("Get Me Power")
Move (OP 1-2/ED 1)
Mr. Groove ("Night & Day")
Nathalie ("Heartbeat")
Niko ("Night of Fire")
Norma Sheffield ("Maybe Tonite")
Overload ("Black Out")
Priscilla ("Love is in Danger")
Sara ("Burning Up For You")
Sophie ("Lonely Love")
Susan Bell ("My Only Star")
Tension ("Everybody's Warming")
Tommy K ("Break the Night")
Vicky Vale ("Dancing")
Victoria ("Stay")
Za-Za ("Love & Money")
Shinichirō Miki as Takumi Fujiwara

Ayako Kawasumi as Natsuki Mogi
Kazuki Yao as Kouichiro Iketani
Michiko Neya as Mako Sato
Mitsuo Iwata as Itsuki Takeuchi
Takehito Koyasu as Ryousuke Takahashi
Tomokazu Seki as Keisuke Takahashi
Tomomichi Nishimura as Yuuichi Tachibana
Tōru Furusawa as Papa (ep 19)
Unshō Ishizuka as Bunta Fujiwara
Yumi Kakazu as Sayuki

Akio Suyama as Shouichi (eps 10-11)
Jun Suzuki as
Akio (eps 10-11)
Masahiko (ep 13)
Keiichi Tsuchiya as Tsuchiya (Special Guest; ep 23)
Keiji Fujiwara as Shingo Shouji
Kōsuke Okano as Kenta Nakamura (eps 21-26)
Kunihiko Yasui as Hiromichi (eps 10-11)
Masato Amada as Koji (eps 12-14)
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Takeshi Nakazato
Nobuyuki Tanaka as Goro (eps 13-14)
Orine Fukushima as Saori (eps 12-13)
Osamu Hosoi as
Fumihiro
Intelligence Minister (ep 25)
Minister of Foreign Affairs (ep 22)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Katsumi Akiyama
Wataru Takagi as Kenji

Etsuko Tokunaga (ep 8)
Isamu Sugaya
Jun Suzuki (10 episodes
eps 1, 3-9, 15, 18
)
Keiko Ikeda (ep 16)
Kenji Nojima (ep 1)
Makiko Miyagi (eps 2-3, 8, 25)
Masato Amada (eps 4, 22, 25)
Naoki Imamura (ep 4)
Nobuyuki Tanaka (19 episodes
eps 1-11, 15-16, 18, 22-26
)
Osamu Hosoi (20 episodes
eps 1-11, 14-19, 23-24, 26
)
Shōgo Sakamoto (ep 4)
Tomo Saeki (ep 20)
Yuka Nagayoshi (4 episodes
eps 8, 19-20, 25
)
Yumi Kakazu (eps 2-3)
Japanese companies
2D Digital Processing: Sunrise D.I.D. (ep 26)
3DCGI: Nest
Animation: Pastel
Animation Production:
Gallop
Studio Comet
Backgrounds:
E-cho
K-Production
Studio Jack
Broadcaster: Fuji Television Network
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
DVD Distribution: avex mode
Editing: Okayasu Promotion
Footage Cooperation: Hot Version (eps 2, 6)
In-Between Animation:
Baek Koo (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
DongWoo Animation (eps 4-26 even)
Studio Mew (ep 12)
Studio Wombat (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Studio Wonbat (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Key Animation:
DongWoo Animation (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 26
)
Studio Mark (ep 13)
Studio Wombat (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 17, 21, 25
)
Studio Wonbat (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 17, 21, 25
)
Music: Avex Trax
Music Cooperation: Avex Group
Paint:
Anime House (ep 12)
Baek Koo (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
DongWoo Animation (eps 4-26 even)
Studio Mew (ep 12)
Studio Peacock (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Trace Studio M (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Photography:
Studio Twinkle (14 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-25 odd
)
Production:
Fuji Television Network
Kodansha
OB Planning
Pastel
Prime Direction
To Max
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio
Research Cooperation: ONIX Shin-Oume Accel Auto
Sound Production: Techno Sound
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
ADR Director:
Ian Sinclair (FUNimation Dub; eps 21-26)
Joel McDonald (FUNimation Dub; eps 1-20)
Script:
Andrew Rye (FUNimation Dub; 8 episodes
eps 9-10, 14-16, 23-25
)
Eric Vale (FUNimation Dub; eps 1-13)
J. Michael Tatum (FUNimation Dub; eps 2, 8)
Art Director: Matt Alford
Translation:
Bryan Matsumo
Daisuke Kinouchi
Jason Alnas (Opening and Ending Themes)
Mutsumi Miyazaki
Executive producer:
Gen Fukunaga (FUNimation Dub)
John Parker
Ron Klamert
Stuart Levy
Producer:
Carly Hunter (FUNimation Dub)
Jamie Simone
Justin Cook (FUNimation Dub)
Stuart Levy

Additional Translation:
Alexis Kirsch
Daisuke Kinouchi
Katherine Schilling
ADR Engineer:
Kevin Leasure (FUNimation Dub; eps 21-26)
Stephen Hoff (FUNimation Dub; eps 1-20)
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt (FUNimation Dub)
Associate producer:
Daisuke Kinouchi
Jennifer Wagner
Creative Director: Jennifer Wagner
Digital Video Coordinator: Jeff Yale (FUNimation Dub)
DVD Authoring:
John Andreas (FUNimation Dub)
Matthew O'Hara (FUNimation Dub)
Trace Furniss (FUNimation Dub)
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan (FUNimation Dub)
Jacob Martin (FUNimation Dub)
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez (FUNimation Dub)
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia (FUNimation Dub)
DVD Menu Design: Young Wang (FUNimation Dub)
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp (FUNimation Dub)
DVD Quality Control:
Caesar Lopez (FUNimation Dub)
Christine Bertolino (FUNimation Dub)
DJ Fonner (FUNimation Dub)
Jason Gee (FUNimation Dub)
Jesse Kirstein (FUNimation Dub)
Kris Bryan (FUNimation Dub)
Rob Schindlbeck (FUNimation Dub)
Final Mix: Michael Clark
Graphic Design: Gary Shum
Head Writer: John Burgmeier (FUNimation Dub)
Lead Video Engineer: Sarah Mueller (FUNimation Dub)
Line Producer: Colleen Clinkenbeard (FUNimation Dub)
Mix Engineer:
Gino Palencia (FUNimation Dub; eps 8-13)
Nathanael Harrison (FUNimation Dub)
Music Supervision: Benjamin Chan
Post-Production Assistant:
Aya Spann (FUNimation Dub)
Casey Barteau (FUNimation Dub)
Niki Cooper (FUNimation Dub)
Production Assistant:
Gino Palencia (FUNimation Dub)
Sarah Sullivan (FUNimation Dub)
Sarah Alys Lindholm (FUNimation Dub)
Trenton Jons (FUNimation Dub)
Production Coordination: Daisuke Kinouchi
Production manager: Jennifer Wagner
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon (FUNimation Dub)
Recording engineer:
Eric Lewis
Michael Clark
Script Adaptation: Bob Buchholz
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla (FUNimation Dub)
Jeremy Jimenez (FUNimation Dub)
Sound Effects Editing: Ron Salaises
Special Thanks To:
Barbara Girrens
Brian Bushman
Dave Hogan
Hiroaki Fukuda
Lillian Fukuda
Richard Roberts
Todd R. Perkins
Subtitling:
Ashley Hayward (FUNimation Dub)
Jon Uzzel (FUNimation Dub)
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams (FUNimation Dub)
Translation Supervisor: Daisuke Kinouchi
Video Editing:
Ashley Rosse (FUNimation Dub)
Christopher Bryan (FUNimation Dub)
Jessie Mancilla (FUNimation Dub)
Josh Tyler (FUNimation Dub)
Robert Bell (FUNimation Dub)
Video Edtior: Robert Bell (FUNimation Dub)
Video Engineer: Michael Rivas (FUNimation Dub)
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler (FUNimation Dub)
Visual Effects Editing: Terry T. Marlin
Voice Direction: Jamie Simone
Dave Wittenberg as Takumi "Tak" Fujiwara
Joel McDonald as Takumi Fujiwara (FUNimation Dub)

Bridget Hoffman as Mako "Maya" Sato
Brina Palencia as Natsuki Mogi (FUNimation Dub)
Chuck Huber as Yuichi Tachibana (FUNimation Dub)
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Mako Sato (FUNimation Dub)
Crispin Freeman as Kouichiro "Cole" Iketani
Eric Vale as Koichiro Iketani (FUNimation Dub)
J. Michael Tatum as Ryosuke Takahashi (FUNimation Dub)
Jason Douglas as Seiji Iwaki (FUNimation Dub)
Jerry Russell as Papa (FUNimation Dub)
Josh Grelle as Itsuki Takeuchi (FUNimation Dub)
Kat Cressida as Natsuki "Natalie" Mogi
Kate Higgins as Simone (Sayuki)
Kent Williams as Bunta Fujiwara (FUNimation Dub)
Kerrigan Mahan as Bunta Fujiwara
Lex Lang as Ryosuke "Ry" Takahashi
Michael McConnohie as Yuichi "Boss" Tachibana
Monica Rial as Sayuki (FUNimation Dub)
Robbie Rist as Itsuki "Iggy" Takeuchi
Steven Jay Blum as
Keisuke "K.T." Takahashi
Papa
Tikriti Shabudin as
Itsuki Takeuchi (Southeast Asian dub)
Keisuke Takahashi (Southeast Asian dub)
Todd Haberkorn as Keisuke Takahashi (FUNimation Dub)

Barry Yandell as Narrator (FUNimation Dub)
Chris Ayres as Miki (FUNimation Dub)
Chris Burnett as Takeshi Nakazato (FUNimation Dub)
Chris Cason as Hiroshi Fumihiro (FUNimation Dub)
Christopher Bevins as Kenji (FUNimation Dub)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Saori
Dave Wittenberg as Night Kid 1
David Rasner as Kenta "Kent" Nakamura
Derek Stephen Prince as Hayao
Doug Erholtz as Spectator
Grant George as Hawk
Greg Ayres as Kenta Nakamura (FUNimation Dub)
Jamie Marchi as Saori (FUNimation Dub)
Jason Spisak as Kenji
Kyle Hebert as Keiichi Tsuchiya (FUNimation Dub; ep 23)
Lex Lang as Announcer
Neil Kaplan as Keiichi Tsychiya (ep 23)
Quinton Flynn as Shingo Shoji
Richard Cansino as Hiromichi
Scott Menville as
Goro
Shoichi
Spectator
Vic Mignogna as Shingo Shoji (FUNimation Dub)
Wally Wingert as
Night Kid 2
Takeshi "Zak" Nakazato

Adam Buck (FUNimation Dub)
Alex Organ (FUNimation Dub)
Anastasia Munoz (FUNimation Dub)
Austin Tindle (FUNimation Dub)
Ben Phillips (FUNimation Dub)
Brian Witkowicz (FUNimation Dub)
Chad Halbrook (FUNimation Dub)
Charles Campbell (FUNimation Dub)
Chris Hury (FUNimation Dub)
Christian Taylor (FUNimation Dub)
Cris George (FUNimation Dub)
Curtis Raymond Shideler (FUNimation Dub)
Cynthia Cranz (FUNimation Dub)
David Trosko (FUNimation Dub)
David Wilson-Brown (FUNimation Dub)
Drew Wall (FUNimation Dub)
Elias Taylorson (FUNimation Dub)
Erik Archilla (FUNimation Dub)
Graham Sinclair (FUNimation Dub)
Ian Sinclair (FUNimation Dub)
Jason Grundy (FUNimation Dub)
Jeremy Inman (FUNimation Dub)
Jim Foronda (FUNimation Dub)
Jonathan Brooks (FUNimation Dub)
Josh Blann (FUNimation Dub)
Josh Glover (FUNimation Dub)
Josh Martin (FUNimation Dub)
Justin Pate (FUNimation Dub)
Kara Torvik (FUNimation Dub)
Kate Oxley (FUNimation Dub)
Keith Kubal (FUNimation Dub)
Kenneth Thompson (FUNimation Dub)
Kevin Leasure (FUNimation Dub)
Kris Bryan (FUNimation Dub)
Kristi Bingham (FUNimation Dub)
Kyle Phillips (FUNimation Dub)
Lauren McDonald (FUNimation Dub)
Liza Gonzales (FUNimation Dub)
Mario Rodriguez (FUNimation Dub)
Matt Moore (FUNimation Dub)
Maxey Whitehead (FUNimation Dub)
Nathanael Harrison (FUNimation Dub)
Neal Malley (FUNimation Dub)
Newton Pittman (FUNimation Dub)
R. Scott Cantrell (FUNimation Dub)
Regan Adair (FUNimation Dub)
Ryan Lescalleet (FUNimation Dub)
Scott Freeman (FUNimation Dub)
Scott Hinze (FUNimation Dub)
Sean Michael Teague (FUNimation Dub)
Stephanie Young (FUNimation Dub)
Stew Awalt (FUNimation Dub)
Terri Doty (FUNimation Dub)
Tikriti Shabudin (Southeast Asian dub)
Tim McCarthy (FUNimation Dub)
Tyson Rinehart (FUNimation Dub)
Z. Charles Bolton (FUNimation Dub)
Zac Kelty (FUNimation Dub)
English companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
Cartoon Network (Australia) 
Cartoon Network Australia (Adult Swim)
Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment (2006)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Ventura Distribution (TOKYOPOP; 2003-2005)
DVD Menu Design: Nightjar, LLC
Internet Streaming:
Anime News Network
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crackle (Expired)
FUNimation Entertainment
Hulu
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment (2009)
Tokyopop (Expired)
Recording Studio: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
Special Thanks To: Central Anime
Subtitles: Captioneering
Translation: Captioneering
French cast
French staff
Yann Pichon as Takumi Fujiwara

Cyrille Monge as
Kenji
Papa
Daniel Lafourcade as Kenta
Eric Chevallier as Itsuki Takeuchi
Fabien Briche as Nakazato
François Creton as Keisuke
Frederic Popovic as Ryosuke
Frederique charpentier as Natsuki
Hervé Caradec as Yuichi
Jean-Pascal Quilichini as Bunta Fujiwara
Martial Leminoux as Iketani
Naïké Fauveau as Mako Sato
Nathalie Bleynie as Sayuki

Alexandre Aubry as Guest
Constantin Pappas as
Guest
Hiroshi Fumihiro
Cyril Aubin as Guest
Daniel Lafourcade as Masashi
Francoise Escobar as
Guest
Saori
James Clermont as Guest
Jean-Christophe Bretignière as Guest
Stéphane Ronchewski as Shingo Shouji

Nathalie Bleynie
French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1 (from 24 December 2005)
AB 3 (from 9 July 2007)
AB Moteurs (from 25 October 2005)
Mangas (from 4 March 2006)
NT1 (from 5 February 2006)
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
Recording: Midisync
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas (Jonu Media)
Eduardo Diez as Takumi Fujiwara (Spain dub)
Jose Gilberto Vilchis as Takumi Fujiwara
Manuel Campuzano as Takumi Fujiwara

Albert Socias as Bunta Fujiwara (Spain dub)
Arturo Sian Vidal as Ryosuke Takahashi
Carlos Sianes as Ryosuke Takahashi (Spain dub)
Erik Osorio as Itsuki Takeuchi
Eva Ordeig as Sayuki (Spain dub)
Guillermo Rojas as Ryosuke Takahashi
Héctor Rocha as Keisuke Takahashi
Jesus Barrero as Bunta Fujiwara
Jordi Navarro as Keisuke Takahashi (Spain dub)
Linda Herold as Natsuki Mogi
Maribel Pomar as Mako Satô (Spain dub)
Marisol Castro as Mako Sato
Mireya Mendoza as Sayuki
Rodrigo Miranda as Takeshi Nakazato
Salvador Campoy as Yûichi Tachibana (Spain dub)
Yolanda Gispert as Natsuki Mogi (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as Shingo Shôji (Spain dub)
Mireya Mendoza as Saori

Carlos Becerril
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Animax
Animax España (Spain - from 27 May 2008)
Distributor:
Alebrije Entertainment
Xystus
Dubbing: Seimar RLM (Barcelona - Spain dub)
Licensed by:
Jonu Media (Spain)
Xystus (expired)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Serena Verdirosi
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dubbing Assistant: Caterina Piferi
Alessandro Tiberi as Takumi Fujiwara

Angelo Nicotra as Yuichi
Fabrizio Manfredi as Keisuke Takahashi
Massimiliano Manfredi as Ryosuke Takahashi
Massimo De Ambrosis as Iketani Koichiro
Massimo Lodolo as Bunta Fujiwara
Simone Crisari as Itsuki Takeuchi
Valentina Mari as Natsuke Mogi

Alessandro Quarta as Kenji
Alessandro Vanni as Kudo
Gianfranco Miranda as Masahiko
Giorgio Bassanelli Bisbal as Voce Episodi E Jingle
Massimiliano Virgilii as Takeshi Nakazato
Roberto Gammino as VJ
Vittorio De Angelis as Hiroshi
Italian companies
Distributor: Shin Vision
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Pinky Rebucas (Hero dub)
Script: Ray Pacursa (Hero dub)
Translation: Ray Pacursa (Hero dub)

Channel Head: Ruel Ferrer (Hero)
Channel Producer: Carlo Landrito (Hero)
Don Sanmaniego as Takumi Fujiwara
Ryan Bondoc as Takumi Fujiwara (Hero dub)

Allan Ortega as Kouichiro Iketani
Angelo Crisolo as Itsuki Takeuchi
Charvie Abeletes as
Natsuki Mogi
Sayuki
Ed Belo as Yuichi Tachibana / Hiroshi Fumihiro
Ely Martin as Keisuke Takahashi
Jelly Cruz as Natsuki Mogi (Hero dub)
Klariz Magboo as Mako Sato
Maynard Llames as Bunta Fujiwara (Hero dub)
Robert Brillantes as Bunta Fujiwara
Rouel Masangcay as Ryosuke Takahashi (Hero dub)
Ryan Bondoc as Ryousuke Takahashi
Steven Bontogon as Takeshi Nakazato (Hero dub)
Weebz Herrera as Itsuki Takeuchi (Hero dub)

ayen dangcalan as Saori
Jelly Cruz as Natsuki (Hero TV)
Jenny Bituin as Kazumi Akiyama
Jimmy Manato as Kenta Nakamura
Julius Figueroa as
Kenji
Takeshi Nakazato
Tagalog companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Elcio Sodré
Marco Aurélio Campos as Takumi Fujiwara

Affonso Amajones as Shingo Shouji
Denise Reis as Sayuki
Fritz Gianvito as Kouichiro Iketani
Hermes Baroli as Ryousuke Takahashi
Leila Di Castro as Mako Sato
Leonardo Camilo as Bunta Fujiwara
Samira Fernandes as Natsuki Mogi
Sílvio Giraldi as Keisuke Takahashi
Ulisses Bezerra as Kenji
Yuri Chesman as Itsuki Takeuchi

Carlos Campanile as Yuichi Tachibana
Celso Alves as Takeshi Nakazato
Elcio Sodré as Hiroshi Fumihiro
Emerson Caperbat as Papa
Luiz Antônio Lobue as Tsuchiya (ep 23)
Sérgio Corsetti as
Kenta Nakamura
Miki (ep 7)
Sérgio Moreno as Narrador

Adriana Pissardini
Alessandra Araújo
Cecília Lemes
Celso Alves
Dado Monteiro
Diego Marques
Elcio Sodré
Emerson Camargo
Emerson Caperbat
Fábio Lucindo
Fátima Noya
Fátima Silva
Fernanda Bock
Fernanda Bullara
Fernando Peron
Guilherme Lopes
Kate Kelly
Leila Di Castro
Letícia Quinto
Lúcia Helena
Luciana Baroli
Marcelo Campos
Marcelo Pissardini
Márcio Araújo
Mauro Eduardo
Melissa Garcia
Paulo Porto
Pedrinho Santos
Pedro Alcântara
Raquel Marinho
Renato Soares
Ricardo Sawaya
Roberto Rocha
Ronaldo Artinic
Roseli Gonçalves
Sandra Mara
Sérgio Corsetti
Sidney Lilla
Tatiane Keplmair
Telma Lúcia
Thiago Keplmair
Vagner Fagundes
Valter Santos
Walter Cruz
Wellington Lima
Zeca Rodrigues
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Animax Brazil (dubbed version)
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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