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Viewtiful Joe (TV)

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Alternative title:
ビューティフル ジョー (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Joe and his girlfriend Silvia enjoy a seemingly normal trip to the movies to see an action flick starring Joe's idol Captain Blue, when suddenly the villain from the movie pops out of the screen and takes Silvia into the movie. Joe is forced to follow her by Captain Blue's mecha, Six Machine, and after being chased by some random enemies meets Captain Blue in the flesh who grants Joe the power to become an action movie hero in his own right, Viewtiful Joe.
User Ratings: 153 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Very good: 13 votes (dub:5, sub:2, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 22 votes (dub:11, sub:7, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Decent: 18 votes (sub:6, dub:5, edit.dub:3, others:4
3 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 15 votes (dub:9, sub:4, ?:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 11 votes (dub:8, sub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:10, dub:7, raw:1)
 Bad: 16 votes (dub:9, sub:6, others:1
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Awful: 12 votes (dub:6, sub:5, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 20 votes (dub:9, sub:5, edit.dub:3, others:3
3 Spanish dubbed
)
Seen in part or in whole by 461 users, rank: #2272 (of 10147)
Median rating: So-so
Arithmetic mean: 4.294 (Not really good+), std. dev.: 2.8143, rank: #9940 (of 10318)
Weighted mean: 4.413 (Not really good+), rank: #9907 (of 10318) (seen all: 6.08 / seen some: 4.47 / won't finish: 2.89)
Bayesian estimate: 4.653 (So-so−), rank: #7681 (of 7759)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 51
Episode titles: We have 51
Vintage:
2004-10-02 to 2005-09-24
2005-11-05 (USA Kids'WB!)
2006-06-03 (France, Jetix)
2006-07-03 (Cartoon Network Latin America)
2006-11-27 (Brazil, RedeTV! - TVKids)
2008-06-23 (Spain)
2011-05-23 to 2011-07-25 (Philippines, Hero - Kid's Squad)
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
#1: "Brighter side" by SaGa
#2: "Brighter Side V. 2" by SaGa
#3: "Brighter Side V.3" by SaGa
#4: "Spirit Awake" by SaGa
Ending Theme:
#1: "And you" by SaGa
#3: "And you V.2" by SaGa
#3: "Shangri La Village" by Amasia Landscape
#3: "Tougenkyou" by Amasia Landscape
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Based on the best-selling videogame by CAPCOM.
Reviews:
Viewtiful Joe DVD 2 (Jun 16, 2006)
Viewtiful Joe DVD (Dec 27, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 1) 2006-02-07 (from $15.98)
    Viewtiful Joe - DVD/CD Combo Pack (Dub.DVD 1) 2006-02-07 (from $64.99)
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 2) 2006-04-04 (from $15.98)
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 3) 2006-06-06 (from $15.99)
    Viewtiful Joe - [w/Action Figure] (Dub.DVD 3) 2006-06-06
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 4) 2006-08-01 (from $15.98)
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 5) 2006-10-03 (from $58.99)
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 6) 2006-10-31
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 7) 2007-02-06 (from $246.00)
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 8) 2007-04-03
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 9) 2007-06-05
    Viewtiful Joe (Dub.DVD 10) 2007-08-07
Soundtrack
    Viewtiful Joe - CD Soundtrack (OST) 2006-02-07 (from $15.78)
Universal Media Disc
    Viewtiful Joe (UMD 1) 2006-02-07 (from $70.39)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takaaki Ishiyama
Series Composition: GGB
Script:
Daisuke Tazawa (8 episodes
eps 7, 14, 16, 22, 29, 36, 43, 46
)
Eugene Ishikawa (ep 33)
Katsuyuki Kuriyama (8 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 25, 31, 35, 41, 48
)
Kurasumi Sunayama (9 episodes
eps 3, 8, 11, 17, 23, 27, 39-40, 49
)
Mayumi Ishida (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 19, 24
)
Mitsutaka Hirota (4 episodes
eps 30, 37, 44, 51
)
Takaaki Ishiyama (eps 1, 14, 26)
Takuya Okumura (eps 2, 10, 20)
Toshimitsu Takeuchi (4 episodes
eps 32, 38, 42, 50
)
Yūko Kakihara (8 episodes
eps 6, 9, 15, 21, 28, 34, 45, 47
)
Storyboard:
Akira Shigino (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 20, 29
)
Hiroaki Yoshikawa (ep 35)
Hiroshi Matsuzono (ep 11)
Ice Mugino (ep 16)
Junichi Sakata (ep 24)
Keisuke Ōnishi (4 episodes
eps 18, 25, 32, 44
)
Kōichi Takada (eps 7, 17)
Masato Tamagawa (eps 31, 36, 49)
Masatsugu Arakawa (ep 19)
Midori Kawasaki (eps 8, 45)
Naomichi Yamato (5 episodes
eps 23, 30, 37, 42, 48
)
Sanjuro Akasaka (6 episodes
eps 6, 12, 38-39, 41, 43
)
Sumio Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 15, 21, 27, 34, 40, 47
)
Takaaki Ishiyama (13 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 8-9, 14, 26, 28, 33, 45, 50-51
)
Tsuyoshi Masui (ep 22)
Yutaka Hirata (eps 13, 46)
Episode Director:
Akira Shigino (eps 10, 20)
Keisuke Ōnishi (7 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 25, 32, 38, 44
)
Kōichi Takada (ep 17)
Masato Tamagawa (eps 31, 36)
Michita Shiraishi (eps 2, 8)
Midori Kawasaki (6 episodes
eps 7, 13, 26, 33, 39, 45
)
Naomichi Yamato (5 episodes
eps 23, 30, 37, 42, 48
)
Shigeru Katō (ep 4)
Sumio Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 15, 21, 27, 34, 40, 47
)
Takaaki Ishiyama (5 episodes
eps 1, 14, 28, 50-51
)
Toshihiro Ishikawa (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 19, 24
)
Tsuyoshi Masui (4 episodes
eps 16, 22, 29, 43
)
Yutaka Hirata (7 episodes
eps 3, 9, 35, 41, 46, 49-50
)
Music:
Takehiko Gokita
Yūsuke Hayashi
Character Design: Yukiko Oohashi
Art Director: Seiko Akashi
Mecha design: Nobuaki Nagano
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Director of Photography: Masaki Kubomura

Color design: Yuko Saitou
Editing: Masashi Furukawa
Theme Song Arrangement:
Rio (OP/END)
Taichi (END)
Theme Song Composition:
Rio (OP/END)
Taichi (END)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Juno (END)
Rio (OP/END)
Taichi (END)
Theme Song Performance: SaGa (avex trax)
Tomokazu Seki as Joe / Viewtiful Joe

Banjō Ginga as Captain Blue
Makoto Tsumura as Captain Blue Jr.
Mayumi Asano as Sprocket
Natsuko Kuwatani as Silvia
Shinichirō Miki as Alastor

Akiko Kimura as Thomas (ep 17)
Akimitsu Takase as Hulk Davidson
Jūrōta Kosugi as Jet
Mitsuki Saiga as Jim (ep 19)
Mitsuru Ogata as King Charles III
Miyuki Sawashiro as Amy (ep 19)
Naoki Tatsuta as Black toybox (ep 7)
Noriko Rikimaru as Holly (ep 9)
Satomi Arai as Mary (ep 15)
Shirō Saitō as Blacky
Shouto Kashii as Gran Bruce
Tomoe Sakuragawa as Honey (ep 17)
Tsubasa Otomiya as Koko (ep 11)
Yōji Ueda as Fire Leo
Yuki Matsuoka as Alisa (ep 16)

Tomoe Sakuragawa
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Digital Engine
Nakamura Production
Backgrounds:
Studio Uni
Studio WHO
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Co-Production: Tatsunoko Production
Copyright:
CAPCOM
TV Tokyo
VJ Production Committee
Digital Paint:
AniVillage
Digital Engine
EASIA
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
Hayashi
Studio Toys
Distributor: Suleputer
In-Between Animation:
AniVillage
BUZZ
Digital Engine
EASIA
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
Hayashi
Studio Sign
Triple A
Key Animation:
AniVillage
BUZZ
Digital Engine
EASIA
Meta Studio
Triple A
Photography: T. Nishimura
Photography Assistance: Tripod
Production:
CAPCOM
Group TAC
Medianet
TV Tokyo
special effects: Studio Elle (ep 29)
English staff
English cast
Director:
Bob Buchholz
Wendee Lee (uncredited)
Script: Grant Moran
Translation: Yurika Dennis
ADR Script: Darlene Waddington
Executive producer:
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Katsuhiko Tsurumoto
Yosuke Kobayashi
Producer:
Hiroe Tsukamoto (for Geneon)
Ken Duer (for Phuuz)

Audio Mixing: Bryant Arnett
Post Production: Mickey Corcoran
Production manager: Kenneth T. Ito
Jason Palmer as Joe/ Viewtiful Joe

George C. Cole as Captain Blue (2006)
Jessie Green as Silvia
John Smallberries as Captain Blue
Kate Levine as Captain Blue, Jr.
Ross Lawrence as Alastor
Wendee Lee as Sprocket

Jennifer Sekiguchi as
Amy
Maeve
Joe Cooker as Hulk Davidson
Kari Wahlgren as Holly
Kevin Michael Richardson as Announcer (credited as ??????????)
Mona Marshall as
Jim (ep 19)
Koko (ep 11)
Thomas (ep 17)
Ross Lawrence as Gran Bruce
Terrence Stone as
Biankies
Charles III
Todd Crump as Rotten Jack
Udel R. Deet as Fire Leo

Cindy Robinson
Udel R. Deet
Wendee Lee
English companies
Additional Audio Post Production: Unreal Audio
ADR Production: phuuz entertainment inc.
Broadcaster:
Jetix
Kids WB
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll  (expired)
Toonzaki
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
Post Production: Plastic Cow, Inc.
Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
French staff
French cast
(none)
Frédéric Meaux as Viewtiful Joe (redubbing)
Yann Pichon as Joe

Christine Paris as Sylvia
Elise Huwart as Captain Blue Junior (redubbing)
Frédérique Marlot as Sprocket
Gilbert Levy as
Alastor
Capitaine Blue
Julie Basecqz as Sprocket (redubbing)
Robert Dubois as Captain Blue (redubbing)
Sophie Landresse as Silvia (redubbing)
Tony Beck as Alastor (redubbing)

Emmanuel Fouquet as Charles III
François Jaubert as Dark
Jean-Marc Delhausse as Dark (redubbing)
Lionel Bourguet as Gran' Bruce (redubbing)
Martin Spinhayer as Hulk Davidson (redubbing)
Mathieu Moreau as Charles III (redubbing)
Michel Hinderyckx as Fire Leo (redubbing)
Michel Tugot-Doris as Hulk Davidson
Pascal Montségur as Fire Léo
Peppino Capotondi as Jokester (redubbing)
Philippe Roullier as Gran Bruce
French companies
Broadcaster:
Jetix
Mangas (redubbing)
Dubbing:
Sonicville (redubbing)
Super Sonic Productions (eps 1-13)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Antoni Forteza (Catalan dub)
Translation:
Alberto Gracia (Spain dub)
Jordi Mas López (Catalan dub)
Marc Bernabé (Spain dub)

Language Consultant: Roser Tintó (Catalan dub)
Production Assistant: Mercè Solé (Catalan dub)
Angel Balam as Alastor
Antón Palomar as Joe/Viewtiful Joe (Spain dub)
Armando Volcanes as Tigre de hielo
Carles Lladó as Joe/Viewtiful Joe (Catalan Dub)
Daniel Jiménez as Fire Leo
Héctor Indriago as Capitán Azul
Luis Enrique Poján as Joe / Viewtiful Joe
luis miguel perez as Charles III
Maythe Guedes as Junior / Capitán Azul Jr.
Mònica Padrós as Silvia/Sexy Silvia (Catalan Dub)

Alazne Erdozia as Sprocket (Spain dub)
Alberto Escobal García as Alastor (Spain dub)
Antoni Forteza as Hulk Davidson (Catalan Dub)
Elisa Beuter as Sprocket (Catalan Dub)
Elisabet Bargalló as Capità Blue Junior (Catalan Dub)
Enric Serra Frediani as King Charles III (Catalan Dub)
Estívaliz Lizárraga as Captain Blue Jr. (Spain dub)
Félix Benito as Capità Blue (Catalan Dub)
Joan Pera as Alastor (Catalan Dub)
Meritxell Mauri as Erisa (Catalan dub)
Miquel Bonet as Gran Bruce (Catalan Dub)
Pep Bermúdez as Lleó de foc (Catalan dub)
Pilar Ferrero as Silvia (Spain dub)
Víctor Prieto as Capitán Blue (Spain dub)

Ana Begoña Eguileor as
Bloody Rachel (Spain dub)
Coco (Spain dub)
Thomas (Spain dub)
Anselmo Herrero as Black Toy Box (Spain dub)
Ariadna de Guzmán as Thomas (Catalan dub)
Carlos Vitale as Hulk Davidson
Carmen Ambrós as Infermera (Catalan dub)
Domenech Farell as Joker (Catalan dub)
Eba Ojanguren as
Amy (Spain dub)
Honey (Spain dub)
Mary (Spain dub)
Eduard Doncos as Alan (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Elvira García as Flor de cirerer (Catalan dub)
Enric Serra Frediani as
Emperador Black (Catalan dub)
Tigre de gel (Catalan dub)
Francesc Belda as Jet (Catalan dub)
Gemma Ibáñez as Amanda (Catalan dub)
Gloria Gonzalez as
Catherine (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Miss Bloody Rachel (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Iris Lago as Amy (Catalan dub)
Isabel Valls as Diane (Catalan dub)
José Manuel Cortizas as Charles III (Spain dub)
José María Regalado as
Hulk Davidson (Spain dub)
Jet (Spain dub)
Juan Martín Goirizelaia as Fire Leo (Spain dub)
Lileana Chacón as Silvia
Marta Covas as
Holly (Catalan dub)
Silver Snow (Catalan dub)
Maythe Guedes as Capitán Azul Junior
Miguel Ortiz as Doctor Kranken (Spain dub)
Mikel Gandía as Gran Bruce (Spain dub)
Miquel Bonet as Dr. Kranken (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Montserrat Roig as Rei maligne (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Pep Bermúdez as Gran John (Catalan dub)
Roser Aldabó as
Lucy (Catalan dub)
Tony (Catalan dub)
Sonia Torrecilla as Arisa (Spain dub)
Sunna Fernández as David (Catalan dub)
Valeria Castillo as Supu Rocket
Vicky Martínez as Tim (Catalan dub)
Xavier Casan as Comentarista (Catalan dub)
Xavier Martín Alonso as Pare d'en Tony (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Canal Caracol (Colombia)
Cartoon Network España (Spain - from 23 June 2008)
Cartoon Network L.A.
ETC...TV (Chile)
Distributor: Televix
Dubbing Studio:
Audioclip (Catalan dub)
Etcetera Group (Venezuelan dub)
Licensed by:
Luk Internacional (Spain)
Televix
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Owen Caling as Silvia/Sexy Silvia
Rowena Owen Caling as sexysilvia (silvia) 
Steven Bontogon as Joe/Viewtiful Joe

Carlo Christopher Caling as Hulk Davidson
Christian Velarde as Dr. Cranken
Mark Muñoz as
Blue/Captain Blue
Jet Black
Maynard Llames as Charles III
Noel Magat as Gran Bruce
Owen Caling as
Android Rachael
Sprocket
Pinky Rebucas as Junior/Captain Blue Jr.
Rafael Miranda as Alastor

Mark Muñoz as Black Emperor
Maynard Llames as Fire Leo
Owen Caling as voice of sprocket 
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Dubbing: Creative Programs, Inc.
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Gilmara Sanchez
Fábio Lucindo as Joe / Viewtiful Joe

Gilmara Sanchez as Supu Rocket
Nestor Chiesse as Arastôru
Tatiane Keplmair as Sylvia / Sexy Sylvia
Yuri Chesman as Junior / Capitão Azul Jr

Cassius Romero as Davidson
César Marchetti as Bruce
Fátima Noya as Mary
Guilherme Lopes as Imperador
Ivo Roberto as Charles
Márcio Marconato as Fire Leo

Celso Alves
Douglas Guedes
Lene Bastos
Raul Schlosser
Vagner Santos
Walter Cruz
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network Brasil
Panda Biggs (Portugal)
RedeTV!
Distributor: Swen Entretenimentos (RedeTV!)
Dubbing Studio: Centauro
DVD Distribution: Focus Filmes
Internet Streaming:
Claro Video (Brazil; Expired)
Looke
Licensed by: Televix

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