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Angel Sanctuary (OAV)

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©2000 Kaori Yuki/Hakusensha • "Angel Sanctuary" Committee.

Alternative title:
Angel Sanctuary - Riserva di caccia agli angeli (Italian)
Tenshi Kinryouku (Japanese)
Обитель ангелов (Russian)
天使禁猟区 (Japanese)
천사금렵구 (Korean)
Themes: angels, demons, incest, school
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Mudou Setsuna, a high school student, loves his sister in a way that he shouldn't. He also struggles from supernatural powers. Angels and demons flocks to him as the day of his awakening draws near -- he is the angel Alexiel, the highest angel which fought against God, reborn.
User Ratings: 1499 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 70 votes (sub:53, dub:10, ?:4, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 128 votes (sub:86, dub:34, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 216 votes (sub:151, dub:48, ?:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:13
4 Spanish subtitled
4 German dubbed
2 German subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 346 votes (sub:239, dub:76, ?:4, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:24
6 German dubbed
4 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Polish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 306 votes (sub:198, dub:87, ?:4, raw:1, others:16
4 German dubbed
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 129 votes (sub:82, dub:34, ?:7, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Not really good: 108 votes (sub:68, dub:28, ?:4, Eng:1, raw:1, others:6
3 German dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 97 votes (sub:70, dub:23, others:4
1 Russian dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 47 votes (sub:28, dub:16, ?:1, others:2
1 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 32 votes (dub:16, sub:15, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 20 votes (sub:15, dub:5)
Seen in part or in whole by 3398 users, rank: #300 (of 10052)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.226 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.1782, rank: #6959 (of 10227)
Weighted mean: 6.149 (Decent), rank: #7128 (of 10227) (seen all: 6.23 / seen some: 5.38 / won't finish: 3.55)
Bayesian estimate: 6.160 (Decent), rank: #6433 (of 7683)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage:
2000-05-25 to 2000-08-25
2002-08-17 (Germany, VOX)
2004-09-11 (1st ANIMAX Asia Telecast)
Release dates: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"Messiah" by Yayoi Yura
Ending Theme:
"Knife of Romance" by PhI
Links: We have 10
Trivia: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 2
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DVD (Region 1)
    Angel Sanctuary (DVD) 2005-05-24
    Angel Sanctuary - Enhanced Edition (DVD) 2008-01-22
    Angel Sanctuary & Harlock Saga [2 DVD Set] (DVD) 2003-06-10
VHS
    Angel Sanctuary (Dub.VHS) 2001-07-10 (from $16.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kiyoko Sayama
Series Composition: Mayori Sekijima
Script:
Kenichi Kanemaki (ep 2)
Mayori Sekijima
Screenplay: Kiyoko Sayama
Storyboard: Kiyoko Sayama
Music: Hikaru Nanase
Original Manga: Kaori Yuki
Character Design: Shuichi Shimamura
Art Director:
Hitoshi Morikawa (ep 2)
Itsuko Takeda
Junichirō Nishikawa
Shuichi Shimamura
Animation Director:
Masami Shimodo (ep 2)
Shuichi Shimamura (eps 1, 3)
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Producer:
Katsunori Haruta
Satoshi Kubo

Background Art:
Junichirō Nishikawa
Kaori Fujii
Kaori Nishikawa
Kazuo Ebizawa
CG Producer: Michiaki Sato
Color design: Chie Nakamura
Color setting:
Chie Nakamura
Yoshimi Kawakami
Digital Composite:
Chiaki Takahashi
Chie Nakamura
Kouji Takahashi
Mihoko Hosoe
Naomi Takahashi
Shieri Kudo
Tomoko Tada
Digital Paint:
Gen Adachi
Kazuo Onodera
Miyuki Sasaki
Noriko Mori
Satomi Hara
Tomomi Shimizu (eps 2-3)
Yukie Watanabe
Digital Production:
Hiroshi Maeda
Masako Okabe
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
In-Between Animation:
Hiromi Yoshida
Kenji Fujisaki
Mie Inoue
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 2)
Tomoko Hirano
In-Between Check: Yoshihiko Matsui
Key Animation:
Akio Watanabe
Hiroaki Ōgami
Hiroki Abe
Hiroshi Mimata
Inosuke Naitō
Jōji Ōshima
Junko Komatsuzaki
Kaname Wakabayashi
Kaori Higuchi
Kazuhiro Nagazawa
Kiyoko Sayama
Kōichi Usami
Kumiko Ito
Masumi Hoshino
Michinori Chiba (ep 1)
Ryōji Nakamori
Shūichi Iijima
Takaaki Fukuyo (ep 1)
Takako Onishi
Tetsuya Imai
Tetsuya Kumagai
Tomoko Iwasa
Tomomi Shimazaki
Toshiyuki Arai
Toshiyuki Komaru
Tsuyoshi Kakihara
Yasuhito Murakami
Yoshiaki Tsubata
Yoshimitsu Yamashita
Yuji Nakao
Yukie Samitu
Yukihiro Makino
Yukinori Umetsu
Yuko Kusumoto
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production)
Production Desk: Takashi Nozaki
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Special Thanks To: Masami Shimoda
Theme Song Arrangement: PhI (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Satoshi Hirose (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Issay (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
PhI (ED)
Yayoi Yula (OP)
Ayako Kawasumi as Sara
Kenji Nojima as Setsuna

Ai Orikasa as Alexiel
Fujiko Takimoto as Sakuya Kira (as child)
Mayumi Asano as Arachne
Ryūsei Nakao as Seraphita
Shinichirō Miki as Katan
Susumu Chiba as Rosiel
Takehito Koyasu as Sakuya Kira
Yūji Ueda as Yue Katou
Yūko Miyamura as Kurai

Jun Fukushima as 3rd Year Student
Katsuya Shiga as Yoji
Makoto Yasumura as Detective B
Nobuo Tobita as Kira's Father
Sakiko Tamagawa as Jade
Takeharu Ōnishi as Detective A
Yuri Shiratori as Metatron
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Arlen Tarlofsky
Translation:
Karsuho Shimoharu 
Katsuho Shimoharu
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

ADR Engineer: Jim Regan
Dubbing Supervision: Tom Wayland
DVD Authoring: Bob DiVenuti
DVD Coordination: Tom Wayland
Post Production: Michael Chin
Scott Cargle as Setsuna
Tara Jayne as Sara

B. Simpson as Kurai
Crispin Freeman as Rosiel
Edward Hajj as Seraphita
Jeffrey Gimble as Katan
P.M. Lewis as Arachne
Suzy Prue as Alexiel
Tristan Goddard as Kato
Vinnie Penna as Sakuya Kira

Eric Schussler as Narrator
Shelly as Mother Mudo

Arlen Tarlofsky
English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor:
AnimeWorks (2007 license renewal)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
U.S. Manga Corps
DVD Authoring: Resolution
Internet Streaming: Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Central Park Media
Media Blasters (2007 license renewal)
Production: U.S. Manga Corps
Recording Studio: Mercury Productions
Subtitles:
Animax Asia
Captions, Inc.
French cast
French staff
(none)
Cyrille Artaux as Setsuna
Nathalie Homs as Sara

Dominique Vallee as Arachné
Eric Peter as Sakuya Kira
Jacques Albaret as Katan
Marjolaine Poulain as Kurai
Nathalie Homs as Alexiel
Philippe Bozo as Yogi
Thierry Kazazian as Yue Katou
French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1 (from 2004)
Mangas (from 8 February 2004)
NRJ12 (from March 2006)
Pink TV (from October 2004)
Distributor: KAZÉ
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Antonio Sánchez Torras (Spain dub)
Translation: Akiko Yamada (Spain dub)
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas

Screen Inserts: Ramón Rocabayera (Spain dub)
Subtitler: Fabián Sierra (Jonu Media)
Noemi Bayarri as Sara Mudou (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Setsuna Mudou (Spain dub)

Ariadna Giménez as Kurai (Spain dub)
Carlos Di Blasi as Rosiel (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Yue Katou (Spain dub)
Marta Estrada as Arakune (Spain dub)
Oscar Redondo as Seraphita/Adam Kadmon (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Katan (Spain dub)
Susana Damas as Alexiel (Spain dub)
Tasio Alonso as Sakuya Kira (Spain dub)

Francesc Belda as Kira's Father (Spain dub)
Julia Chalmeta as
Jade (Spain dub)
Metatron (Spain dub)
Sakuya Kira (Spain dub; child)
Mayte Supervia as Mudou's Mother (Spain dub)
Oscar Redondo as Yoji (Spain dub)

Daniel Albiac (Spain dub)
Francesc Belda (Spain dub)
Juan Miguel Díez (Spain dub)
Mayte Supervia (Spain dub)
Oscar Redondo (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: S.I.C., S.A. (Spain dub)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Paolo Cortese
Translation: Laura Giordano
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dialogues: Barbara Chies
Dubbing Assistant: Elisabetta Cortese
Letizia Scifoni as Sara Mudo
Stefano Crescentini as Setsuna Mudo

Cinzia De Carolis as Alexiel
Francesco Bulckaen as Catan
Ilaria Giorgino as Cry
Laura Latini as Arakune
Massimiliano Alto as Yue Kato
Massimiliano Manfredi as Sakuya Kira
Roberto Chevalier as Rosiel

Chiara Colizzi as Jade
Davide Lepore as Yoji
Gabriele Sabatini as Detective B
Ilaria Giorgino as Metatron
Leonardo Graziano as
alunno
Sakuya Kira (child)
Massimo Gentile as Kira's father
Riccardo Deodati as Detective A
Roberto Del Giudice as Serafita
Italian companies
Broadcaster: La 7 Cartapiu (from October 2008)
Distributor: Dynamic Italia
Dubbing: Coop. Eddy Cortese
Post Production: Studio PV
German staff
German cast
(none)
Rubina Kuraoka as Sara Mudo
Sebastian Schulz as Setsuna Mudo

Ghadah Al-Akel as Alexiel
Thomas Nero Wolff as as Seraphita/Adam Kadamon

Gerrit Schmidt-Foß as Rosiel
Ghadah Al-Akel as Arakune
Julia Meynen as Kurai
Ricardo Richter as Setsuna Mudo (child)
Robin Kahnmeyer as Yoji
Simon Jäger as Sakuya Kira
Tobias Kluckert as Katan
German companies
Broadcaster:
VIVA (2003-05-16)
VOX (2002-08-17)
XXP (2002-11-16)
Distributor:
ACOG
OVA Films
Dubbing: Bikini Studios/Kuraoka Entertainment Berlin

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