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Xenosaga: The Animation (TV)

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Alternative title:
ゼノサーガ THE ANIMATION (Japanese)
Copyright notice: ©2005 NAMCO LIMITED/XENOSAGA PROJECT
Plot Summary: 4000 years have passed since humanity abandoned Earth. Forced to fight foreign lifeforms, the Gnosis, KOS-MOS is developed - a battle android with amazing capabilities. When the ship carying them is attacked, KOS-MOS activates to save her creator, Shion Uzuki. Shion and KOS-MOS take refuge on the Elsa, where they and their companions find themselves thrust into the middle of a battle involving the Gnosis, the U-TIC Organization, and their own superiors. A battle with no clear sides...
User Ratings: 734 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Excellent: 39 votes (sub:26, dub:11, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 108 votes (sub:78, dub:25, raw:1, others:4
2 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 188 votes (sub:128, dub:51, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:7
6 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 148 votes (sub:106, dub:36, raw:1, others:5
2 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 87 votes (sub:66, dub:18, ?:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 59 votes (sub:43, dub:15, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 49 votes (sub:41, dub:8)
 Bad: 34 votes (sub:24, dub:9, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Awful: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:1, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1657 users, rank: #739 (of 10090)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.027 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9361, rank: #7501 (of 10250)
Weighted mean: 5.958 (Decent), rank: #7819 (of 10250) (seen all: 6.17 / seen some: 5.38 / won't finish: 3.98)
Bayesian estimate: 5.984 (Decent), rank: #6850 (of 7728)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2005-01-05 to 2005-03-23
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Xenosaga Main Title" by Kosuke Yamashita
Ending Theme:
"in this serenity" by Mayumi Gojo
Trivia: We have 4
Comment:
This TV series will is based on the first instalment of the Xenosaga games, Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.
Reviews:
Xenosaga: The Animation DVD Complete Collection (Mar 3, 2009)
Xenosaga: The Animation DVD 2 (Nov 21, 2007)
Xenosaga: The Animation DVD 1 (Sep 11, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Xenosaga: The Animation - The Complete Collection (DVD) 2008-12-23 (from $147.99)
    Xenosaga: The Animation - The Complete Series [Viridian Collectiom] (DVD) 2010-05-11 (from $115.44)
    Xenosaga: The Animation - The Complete Series [S.A.V.E. Edition] (DVD) 2011-09-13 (from $169.99)
    Xenosaga: The Animation - Enter the Gnosis (DVD 1) 2007-09-11 (from $16.00)
    Xenosaga: The Animation - Voices From the Past (DVD 2) 2007-11-13 (from $74.02)
    Xenosaga: The Animation - Free Will (DVD 3) 2008-01-15 (from $23.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Chief Director: Gō Koga
Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Scenario: Yuichiro Takeda
Script: Yuichiro Takeda (Supervisor)
Music: Kōsuke Yamashita
Character Design: Nobuteru Yūki
Art Director: Makoto Suwada
Animation Director:
Masahiro Satō
Masayuki Satō (Overall)
Mechanical design: Hiroyuki Taiga
Cgi Director: Naoki Miyahara
Producer:
Akira Matsui (Happynet Pictures)
Eiji Yamaoka (Toei Animation)
Hidehito Yamaoka (Toei Animation)
Saeko Matsuda (TV Asahi)
Satoshi Matsui (Happinet Pictures)
Takao Yoshizawa (Toei Animation)

Color Coordination: Kunio Tsujita
Digital Photography: Ryōhei Kasai (Falcon; eps 4, 9)
Key Animation:
Kazuhiro Sasaki (ep 5)
Mitsumasa Kimura (eps 3, 8)
Naotoshi Shida (eps 1, 12)
Ryuji Tsuzuku (ep 4)
Music Performance:
Masanori Hirohara (Trombone)
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Yūta Ōno (Horn)
Production Advancement: Keisuke Sueyoshi (ep 1)
Production manager: Ryūichi Sugimoto
Theme Song Lyrics: Roland Lennox (ED)
Vocal Performance: Mayumi Gojo (ED)
Backgrounds:
Baku Production (5 episodes
eps 1, 6-12 even
)
Studio MAO (eps 3-11 odd)
Broadcaster: TV Asahi
CG Production Cooperation: D.A.G (ep 11)
Collaboration: Toei Agency
Digital Paint:
EASIA (ep 6)
FAI (ep 6)
Fan Out (ep 9)
Frontline (eps 5, 10)
Hayashi (eps 3, 8)
J-Fox (ep 6)
Kagura (eps 1, 12)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 1, 12)
Moon Seong Animation (eps 5, 10)
Pak Production (ep 10)
Phoenix Animation (eps 4, 9)
Studio CATS (ep 9)
Studio Elle (eps 5, 10)
Studio Malvine (eps 6, 9)
Studio T&B (ep 9)
Digital Photography:
Ace Creation (eps 3, 8)
AMGA (eps 5, 10)
Falcon, Inc. (eps 4, 9)
Studio Elle (ep 6)
T. Nishimura (eps 11-12)
In-Between Animation:
EASIA (ep 6)
FAI (ep 6)
Fan Out (ep 9)
Frontline (eps 5, 10)
Hayashi (eps 3, 8)
J-Fox (ep 6)
Kagura (eps 1, 12)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 1, 12)
Moon Seong Animation (eps 5, 10)
Pak Production (ep 10)
Phoenix Animation (eps 4, 9)
Studio CATS (ep 9)
Studio Malvine (eps 6, 9)
Studio T&B (ep 9)
Key Animation:
Digital Engine (ep 3)
Fan Out (ep 9)
J-Fox (ep 6)
Moon Seong Animation (eps 3, 5, 8, 10)
Pak Production (ep 10)
Plum (ep 1)
Studio CATS (ep 9)
Studio Cj (ep 8)
Studio Malvine (eps 6, 9)
Studio T&B (ep 9)
Studio Wanpack (ep 1)
Online Editing: TOVIC
Original Work: Namco
Production:
Happinet Pictures
Namco
Toei Animation
Xenosage Production Committee
Production Cooperation:
AIC (eps 5, 10)
Dangun Pictures (eps 3, 8)
J-Fox (ep 6)
J.C.F. (eps 2, 7, 11)
Plum (eps 4, 9)
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Soundtrack: Columbia Music Entertainment
Studio: TV Asahi
Japanese cast
Ai Maeda as Shion Uzuki
Mariko Suzuki as KOS-MOS

Eriko Kawasaki as Jr. / Rubedo
Kōichi Yamadera as Albedo Piazzolla
Rumi Shishido as M.O.M.O

Aiko Hibi as Nigredo (ep 8)
Hidehiko Kaneko as
Councilman (ep 4)
Jonvelle (ep 1)
Scott (eps 6-8)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Jin Uzuki
Hikaru Midorikawa as Wilhelm
Hiroaki Hirata as Allen Ridgely
Hiroaki Miura as Tony
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Joachim Mizrahi (eps 10-11)
Hiromi Konno as 100-series Observation Realian Unit (ep 10)
Hiroshi Okamoto as Lester (eps 1-2)
Hisao Egawa as Andrew
Kenichi Noda as Joachim Mizrahi 
Kenji Nomura as Mathews
Kōhei Fukuhara as Vanderkam (ep 1)
Kōichi Yamadera as Gaignun
Kozue Kamada as Operator (ep 1)
Kumiko Izumi as Councilwoman (ep 4)
Mari Yoshikura as 100-series Observation Realian Unit (eps 5, 10)
Mariko Kouda as Febronia
Masakazu Morita as Louis Virgil
Masashi Ebara as Ziggy
Miho Saiki as Lapis Roman (eps 7-8)
Naomi Shindoh as Juli Mizrahi
Ryō Hirohashi as Kirschwasser (Type 100 Observer Realian)
Ryōko Shiraishi as
Albedo (child)
Mary Godwin
Ryouhei Nakao as
Kevin Winnicott
The Red Testament (eps 3, 10, 12)
Togashi (eps 1, 10)
Sayaka Maeda as Operator (ep 1)
Sōichirō Hoshi as chaos
Taiten Kusunoki as Margulis
Takahiro Fujiki as Hornst (eps 1-2) 
Takahiro Fujimoto as Hornst (eps 1-2, 9)
Tetsu Inada as Helmer
Tetsuo Sakaguchi as Captain Kazuichi Moriyama (eps 1-2)
Tomohisa Asō as Professor (eps 7-8)
Wakana Yamazaki as
Pellegri
Shelly Godwin
Yasuhiro Takato as Hammer
Yumi Touma as Nephilim
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Chris Ayres
Translation: Hiroaki Fukuda
ADR Script: Lowell Bartholomee
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud
John Ledford
Producer: Jin Ho Chung

Art Manager: Andrew Burwell (Vol. 1-2)
DVD Menu Design: Hiroko Fukumori
Editing:
Eddie Shannon Jr. (eps 1-12)
Neil O'Sullivan (eps 1-4)
Patrick Givens (eps 9-12)
Roberto Garcia (eps 1-4)
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Media Coordinator: Mariela Ortiz
Mixing: Matt Wittmeyer
Packaging Design: Hiroko Fukumori
Production Assistant:
Maki Nagano
Miyuki Kamiya
Monica Jimenez (eps 1-8)
Paul Mericle
Production manager: Shelly Thomas
Recording engineer:
Bobby Gordon (eps 5-12)
Bryan Leach (eps 5-12)
Eden J. Barrera (eps 1-4)
Jon Duckworth (eps 1-8)
Sound Design: Matt Wittmeyer
Story Consultant: Gareth Ortiz
Subtitle Script & Timing: Christopher Williams
Translation Proofer: Javier Lopez
Luci Christian as KOS-MOS
Stephanie Wittels as Shion Uzuki

Brittney Karbowski as M.O.M.O.
Greg Ayres as Jr.
John Gremillion as Albedo Piazzolla

Andrew Love as Luis Virgil
Andy McAvin as Margulis
Blake Shepard as Allen Ridgeley
Carli Mosier as
Councilwoman (ep 4)
Febronia
Carrie Savage as Nephilim
Charles Campbell as
Captain Moriyama
Professor
Chris Ayres as Jin Uzuki
Chris Patton as Tony
Christine Auten as Pellegri
Clint Bickham as chaos
David Devaney Jr. as Blonde Realian (ep 1)
George Manley as Vanderkam
Hilary Haag as Kirschwasser
Illich Guardiola as Caspase
James Faulkner as Helmer
Jason Douglas as Ziggurat 8 (Ziggy)
Jessica Boone as
Mary Godwin
Shelly Godwin
John Gremillion as Gaignun Kukai
John Kaiser as Joachim Mizrahi
John Swasey as
Cherenkov
Elder Councilman (ep 4)
Lester
Josh Grelle as Hammer
K.C. Jones as Operator (ep 1)
Kira Vincent-Davis as Lapis
Leraldo Anzaldua as Scott
Mariela Ortiz as 100-Series Observational Realian Units
Scott Kilgore as Togashi
Sean K. Thompson as Councilman (ep 4)
Shannon Emerick as Nigredo
Steve Fenley as Captain Matthews
Tiffany Grant as Juli Mizrahi
Vic Mignogna as
Wilhelm
Woglinde Soldier (ep 1)
Xero Reynolds as
Jonvelle
The Red Testament (Kevin Winnicot)
English companies
DVD Production: Amusement Park Media
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
FUNimation Entertainment (2008; Expired)
Production: Amusement Park Media

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