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Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River Edge (OAV)

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©2004 MIZUNA KUWABARA / SHUEISHA Inc., Aniplex Inc.


Alternative title:
Honō no Mirage: Minagiwa no Hangyakusha (Japanese)
炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] -みなぎわの反逆者- (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Takaya was sent to Kyoto to investigate the re-awakening of Ikko sect and Araki Murashige, a member of the Ikko sect who deserted the clan.With the help of his vassal Haruie, Takaya is finally successful in tracing Araki who hunts down a 400-years-old mandala (Buddhist artifact for meditating)that was made of the hair of the deceased Araki clansmen. Unfortunately, by the time they meet, Haruie recognizes Araki as Shintarou, her lover in her past-life. Takaya orders her to eliminate Araki, who is a threat, but will she be able to do it. Furthermore Takaya finally meets Naoe...
User Ratings: 247 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:5, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 28 votes (sub:16, dub:12)
 Very good: 62 votes (sub:43, dub:17, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 52 votes (sub:38, dub:13, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 46 votes (dub:23, sub:22, raw:1)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:14, dub:10)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:4, ?:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:2, dub:2, raw:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 536 users, rank: #2048 (of 10146)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.972 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7504, rank: #4281 (of 10324)
Weighted mean: 6.878 (Good), rank: #4450 (of 10324) (seen all: 6.93 / seen some: 6.09 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.908 (Good), rank: #3964 (of 7760)
Running time: 31 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage:
2004-07-28 to 2004-11-26
2006-06-15 to 2006-06-17 (USA, Encore WAM - The Block)
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"A Vision Of Flames" by Mai Yamane
Ending Theme:
"Tears of Indigo" by Mai Yamane
Official website:
アニメーション 炎の蜃気楼 (Japanese)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River Edge (DVD) 2005-08-30
    World of Mirage of Blaze (DVD 1-5) 2008-05-20 (from $19.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Fumie Muroi
Screenplay: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music: Koichiro Kameyama
Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Original Novel: Mizuna Kuwabara
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Producer: Yumiko Masujima

Assistant Episode Director: Takayuki Hirao (ep 2)
Background Art:
Emiko Koizumi (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-3)
Junko Ina (Madhouse; eps 1-2)
Kanae Sakakura (Atelier BWCA; ep 3)
Kumiko Nagashima (Atelier BWCA; ep 1)
Masashi Kurihara (Atelier BWCA; eps 1, 3)
Masumi Nishikawa (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-3)
Midori Ogasawara (Atelier BWCA; eps 1, 3)
Ryō Kōno (Madhouse; eps 1-2)
Takuya Iida (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-3)
Tomie Akiho (Atelier BWCA; eps 1, 3)
Tomomi Shiota (Atelier BWCA; ep 1)
Toshiyuki Yoshimura (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-3)
Yasunari Usuda (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-3)
Yuichi Suehiro (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-3)
Yuichiro Nakajima (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-3)
Yuka Okamoto (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-3)
Yuuichi Takayama (Atelier BWCA; eps 1, 3)
Design: Fumie Muroi
Editing: Staoshi Teruchi
Key Animation:
Hiromasa Yonebayashi (ep 3)
Yoshinori Kanemori (OP)
Music Director: Takashi Kodama
Production producer: Yūichirō Saitō
Theme Song Performance: Mai Yamane
Sakiko Tamagawa as Kadowaki Ayako/Kakizaki Haruie
Show Hayami as Tachibana Yoshiaki/Naoe Nobutsuna
Toshihiko Seki as Ohgi Takaya/Uesugi Kagetora

Hozumi Gōda as Araki Murashige
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shimozuma Rairyu
Yasunori Matsumoto as Chiaki Shuhei

Atsuko Tanaka as Dashi
Hiroki Tōchi as Rairen Shimozuma
Kōji Ishii as Hazama Shigeharu
Masahi Hirose as Priest (Nokizaru)
Masashi Hirose as Priest (Nokizaru)
Naoki Tatsuta as Agi
Taiki Matsuno as Narita Yuzuru
Takehiro Murozono as Takahide
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kisho
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Woman (Nokizaru)
Japanese companies
Animation: Madhouse
Backgrounds: Atelier BWCA
Producer: Aniplex
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Merideth Mulroney
Translation:
Takashi Kino
Takeshi Kino
Executive producer: John Sirabella
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Keoko Sakamoto

ADR Writer:
Alex Von David
Stephanie Sheh
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Dialogue Editing:
Deb Munini
Kevin Patzelt
Editing: Naneen Paglieri
Production Coordination: Megumi Kunisada
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks
Recording engineer: Justin Laughlin
Subtitling: Nagisa Wada
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
Voice Direction: Alex Von David
Edward Villa as Takaya
George C. Cole as Hazama Shigeharu
Jack Bauer as Nue
James Lyon as Tachibana Yoshiaki/Naoe Nobutsuna
Joey Lotsko as Agi
John Riggins as Narita Yuzuru
Johnny Yong Bosch as Shintaro
Julie Ann Taylor as Kadowaki Ayako/Kakizaki Haruie
Karen Thompson as Dashi
Kim Strauss as Rairen Shimozuma
Lex Lang as Chiaki Shuhei
Michael McConnohie as Shimozuma Rairyu
Sparky Thornton as Takahide
Steve Cannon as Araki Murashige
English companies
Broadcaster: Encore WAM
Licensed by: Media Blasters

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