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The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (TV)

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©1985 Harmony Gold USA, Inc. & Tatsunoko Production Company, Ltd.


Alternative title:
Cho Jiku Kidan Southern Cross (Japanese)
Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross
The Southern Cross
超時空騎団サザンクロス (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: By the year 2120, humans have successfully colonized other planets following the near devestation of Earth from the last great world war. However, on Gloire, one such colony are surprised and unprepared at the arrival of The Zor, a group of beings whom were the original inhabitants of the planet and left following similar near fatal events. Coming to reclaim their former home world, a relentless war erupts between both races that ultimately leads to a cataclysmic showdown and into a no-win scenario for either.
User Ratings: 176 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Excellent: 14 votes (sub:7, dub:6, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 25 votes (sub:21, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 53 votes (sub:35, dub:12, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:3
3 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 32 votes (sub:27, dub:4, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 20 votes (sub:12, dub:6, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:9, edit.dub:2, dub:2)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 350 users, rank: #2768 (of 10146)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.369 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.7885, rank: #6523 (of 10318)
Weighted mean: 6.307 (Decent+), rank: #6657 (of 10318) (seen all: 6.38 / seen some: 5.98 / won't finish: 4.96)
Bayesian estimate: 6.387 (Decent+), rank: #5915 (of 7759)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 23
Episode titles: We have 23
Vintage: 1984-04-15 to 1984-09-30
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Hoshi no Deja Vu (Stellar Deja Vu)" by Yoko Katori
Ending Theme:
"Yakusoku (Promise)" by Yoko Katori
Insert song:
"Hoshi no Deja Vu" (星のデジャ・ブー) by Michie Tomizawa
"Inochi no Hana (Otome-tachi)" (生命の花 /（乙女達）) by Noriko Hidaka
"Koi no Southern Wind" (恋のサザンウインド) by Michie Tomizawa
"Let's Go! Southern Cross" by Norimasa Yamanaka
"Musica" by Noriko Hidaka
"Star Dust Memory" by Hironobu Kageyama (ep 9)
"Walking in the Sun" by Yōko Katori
"Watashi no Shiroi Heya" (私の白い部屋) by Michie Tomizawa
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
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DVD (Region 1)
    Southern Cross / Genesis Climber Mospeada [Double Pack] (Sub.DVD 1-10) 2008-10-21
    Super Dimentional Cavalry Southern Cross (Sub.DVD) 2003-10-21 (from $317.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Yasuo Hasegawa
Series Composition: Jinzō Toriumi
Script:
Jinzō Toriumi (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 11, 13, 17-18, 22-23
)
Kenji Terada (6 episodes
eps 9, 14-15, 19-21
)
Masanori Hama (eps 3-4, 8, 10)
Tomoko Kawasaki (eps 6-7, 12, 16)
Storyboard:
Futoshi Takano (ep 4)
Hiroshi Yoshida (eps 9, 13)
Katsuhisa Yamada (ep 5)
Makoto Nagao (ep 11)
Masayuki Kojima (ep 22)
Mikio Suzuki (eps 12, 16, 19)
Norio Yazawa (ep 6)
Shōichi Yasumura (ep 3)
Tsukasa Sunaga (ep 7)
Yasuo Hasegawa (eps 1, 18, 23)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (5 episodes
eps 2, 10, 15, 17, 21
)
Yoshito Hata (eps 8, 14, 20)
Episode Director:
Fumio Tashiro (eps 3, 9)
Makoto Nagao (eps 5, 11)
Masayuki Kojima (ep 6)
Mikio Suzuki (6 episodes
eps 10, 12, 16-17, 19, 22
)
Tsukasa Sunaga (eps 2, 4, 7)
Yasuo Hasegawa (eps 1, 23)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (eps 15, 21)
Yoshito Hata (eps 8, 14, 20)
Yūsaku Saotome (eps 13, 18)
Music:
Ken Satō
Yuji Dan
Character Design: Tomonori Kogawa
Art Director: Torao Arai
Animation Director:
Asao Takahashi (eps 11, 17)
Chūji Nakajima (ep 7)
Eiji Suzuki (eps 2, 4)
Kenzō Koizumi (ep 5)
Saburō Takada (eps 13, 18, 23)
Tsunenaka Nozaki (6 episodes
eps 6, 10, 12, 16, 19, 22
)
Yutaka Arai (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 14, 20
)
Mechanical design:
Ammonite
Hiroshi Ogawa
Hirotoshi Ōkura
Takashi Ono
Executive producer: Kenji Yoshida
Producer: Masanori Nakano

Anime Character Design: Miyo Sonoda
Key Animation: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Planning:
Aki Uchiyama
Akira Inoue
Yoshimasa Ohnishi
Recording Director: Yasunori Honda
Secondary Character Design: Hiroyuki Kitazume
Series Editor: Jinzō Toriumi
Soundtrack Cover Illustration: Ryukou Masuo
Theme Song Performance: Yoko Katori (OP)
Michie Tomizawa as Jeanne Francaix

Arihiro Hase as Bowie Emerson
Bin Shimada as Charles du l'Etoile
Kumiko Mizukura as Marie Angel
Mika Doi as Lana Isavia
Noriko Hidaka as
Musica Nova
Musicaa
Yoshikazu Hirano as Seyfried Weiss
Yūichi Meguro as Andrzej Slawski

Arisa Andō as
Migea
Simone (eps 10-11)
Veea
Atsuko Koganezawa as
Jesshea
Jessica
Banjō Ginga as Georges Sullivan
Bin Shimada as Charles
Daisuke Gōri as
Claude Leon
Colonel Marcus Green
Veela
Hirokazu Hiramatsu as Latel
Hirotaka Suzuoki as
Demi
Dera
Des
Narrator
Hōchū Ōtsuka as
Announcer
Colonel Green
Faizu
Migere
Migeru
Ikuya Sawaki as
Col. Paul Nordoff
Colonel Antoine
Dr. Beckett
Faido
Lt. Col. Rudolf Krieger
Major Robert
Zosma
Zosmu
Issei Futamata as Louis Ducasse
Kazuhiko Inoue as
Alan Davis
Dr. Cocteau
Ken Yamaguchi as Cromwell
Kōji Totani as
2Lt. George Lucas
Lt. Dennis Brown
Kōzō Shioya as Dr. Paion
Kumiko Mizukura as Muselle Nova
Minoru Inaba as Capt. George Lombar
Mugihito as Rolf Emerson
Nobuo Tobita as
Faida
Private Simon
Zosmo
Noriko Hidaka as Musiere Nova
Satoko Kitō as
Beautiful Girl A
Jessinno
Shigeru Nakahara as Gérard
Shigezō Sasaoka as
Col. Joe Yazawa
Veeda
Shingo Hiromori as
Grant
Maori Sekishima
PFC Eddie
Tomomichi Nishimura as PM Wyatt Moran
Waka Kanda as Mylene Sullivan
Yuu Kohsaka as Jill Regina (ep 15)
Japanese companies
Character Design: Bebow
DVD Distribution: Pioneer LDC
Finish Animation:
AIC
Color Friend
Kyoto Animation
Studio Elle
Studio Targe
Studio World
Yamato Pro
In-Between Animation:
Anime Roman
Kino Production
Studio Liberty
Mechanical Design: Design Office MECAMAN
Photography: T. Nishimura
Production:
Big West
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Tatsunoko Production
Production Cooperation:
AIC (eps 13, 18)
Dragon Production (eps 5, 11, 17)
Studio Look (ep 4)
Studio World (6 episodes
eps 6, 10, 12, 16, 19, 22
)
English staff
English cast
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (Double Pack)
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer: Carl Macek

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff
DVD Producer: Janice Williams
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Subtitle Script & Timing: Sean Broestl
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
Pluto TV
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Harmony Gold USA, Inc.
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director: Enrico Carabelli
Aldo Stella as Bowie
Paola Bonomi as Donna Sterling

Andrea De Nisco as Sean
Antonello Governale as Louie
Antonio Paiola as Andromeda
Caterina Rochira as Nova
Diego Sabre as George Sullivan
Elisabetta Cesone as Ten. Marie Crystal
Enrico Carabelli as Antonio Diaz
Franco Ferri as Anziani di Robotech
Gianfranco Gamba as Bill Morrison
Ivo De Palma as Zoro
Marcella Silvestri as Musica
Marco Balzarotti as Col. Rocher
Paolo Torrisi as Max Sterling
Pietro Ubaldi as Anziani Di Robotech
Sante Calogero as Anziani Di Robotech
Umberto Aprea as Voce narrante
Valeria Falcinelli as Myria Sterling
Italian companies
Dubbing: Studio PV

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