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AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave (TV)

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Alternative title:
エイウォール -アブセント ウィズアウト リーブ- (Japanese)
エイウォール　AWOL (Japanese)
Genres: science fiction
Themes: military
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Cyress was a peaceful planet until Solomon, a mysterious terrorist group lead by Duran Gash, seizes seven PDP missiles that are capable of destroying entire planets. Jim Hyatt is chosen to be the man to lead a team to do what seems to be impossible: Find a way to both rescue the hostages and reclaim or destroy the deadly PDP missiles. The problem though is that the team members don't really like each other...
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 1998-01-07 to 1998-04-01
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Rocket Dive" by hide with Spread Beaver
Ending Theme:
#1: "Don't Ask Me Why" by Zeppet Store (eps 1-6,8-12)
#2: "Rocket Dive" by hide with Spread Beaver (ep 7) 
Official website:
d-rights AWOL Website (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Toshifumi Kawase
Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Script:
Atsuhiro Tomioka (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-6, 11-12
)
Chinatsu Hōjō (ep 10)
Kōji Miura (eps 2, 7-8)
Toshiyasu Nagata (eps 3, 9)
Storyboard:
Junji Nishimura (OP)
Kazu Yokota (eps 2, 8)
Kunihisa Sugishima (ep 3)
Mihiro Yamaguchi (eps 7, 11)
Naoki Hishikawa (eps 6, 12)
Takaaki Ishiyama (eps 1, 5, 10)
Yukihiro Matsushita (eps 4, 9)
Episode Director:
Akira Yoshimura (ep 5)
Hiroshi Morioka (OP)
Masahiko Murata (eps 2, 8, 10)
Mihiro Yamaguchi (eps 3, 7, 11)
Naoki Hishikawa (eps 1, 6, 12)
Yukihiro Matsushita (eps 4, 9)
Music: Shirō Hamaguchi
Original Concept: et
Character Design:
Isamu Imakake
Takahiro Umehara (Guest)
Wataru Abe
Art Director: Kazuhiko Suzuki
Animation Director:
Naoki Hishikawa
Yoshiko Murata
Mecha design:
Shinobu Tsuneki
Takahiro Yamada
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Director of Photography:
Katsuaki Kamata
Takashi Aoki

Animation Supervisor:
Akira Inoue (eps 4, 9)
Akira Kasahara (eps 5, 10)
Ichizō Kobayashi (eps 2, 7)
Masaaki Kannan (eps 3, 8, 12)
Tomoaki Kado (eps 1, 6, 11)
Art Setting: Tomoyuki Aoki
Character Animation Director: Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP)
Color design: Takeshi Mochida
Color Key:
Takasumi Ōsuga (8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-11
)
Takeshi Mochida (eps 2, 4, 6, 12)
Editing:
Chieko Takayama
Seiji Morita
Finish Animation:
Chisato Tsumotani (Studio DEEN; eps 1-12)
Kiyomi Murakoshi (Studio DEEN; eps 1-12)
Kozue Arai (Studio DEEN; eps 1-12)
Mariko Mima (Studio DEEN; eps 1-12)
Yōko Nagano (Studio DEEN; eps 1-12)
In-Between Animation:
Akihiko Machida (Studio DEEN; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 11-12
)
Fusako Kubota (Studio DEEN; eps 2, 4, 7, 10)
Haruhiko Sakuma (Studio DEEN; eps 3, 6, 9, 11)
Hiroko Kikunaga (Studio DEEN; eps 5, 8, 12)
Izumi Kodama (Studio DEEN; eps 1, 5)
Jun Kurata (Studio DEEN; eps 5, 7, 10)
Kaori Ikeda (Studio DEEN; eps 2, 5, 10)
Kei Tsuchiya (Studio DEEN; eps 2, 4, 9)
Kenichiro Ogata (Studio DEEN; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 10
)
Mayumi Hidaka (Studio DEEN; eps 2, 6, 10)
Nami Nishioka (Studio DEEN; eps 3, 8, 11)
Naomi Watanabe (Studio DEEN; eps 1, 4, 7, 9)
Norie Arikawa (Studio DEEN; eps 4, 9, 12)
Norikichi Kataoka (Studio DEEN; eps 3, 6, 8, 11)
Takaaki Suzuki (Studio DEEN; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 9, 12
)
Tomoko Kosaka (Studio DEEN; eps 3, 5, 8, 11)
Tsugumi Kohata (Studio DEEN; eps 3, 6, 8, 11)
Yoshihiro Satō (Studio DEEN; 5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 10, 12
)
Yukie Harada (Studio DEEN; eps 1, 6, 8, 12)
In-Between Check:
Saoki Chinju (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-12
)
Shinji Watanabe (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9-10, 12
)
Tooru Sawamura (8 episodes
eps 2-5, 7-8, 10-11
)
Key Animation:
Akira Kasahara (ep 2)
Akira Matsushima (ep 12)
Fumie Muroi (OP)
Hajime Yoshida (eps 1, 4, 8, 12)
Harumi Izawa (eps 5, 9)
Haruo Sotozaki (OP; eps 5-6, 12)
Hideki Hashimoto (eps 5, 12)
Hideki Hosokawa (ep 12)
Hideki Tachibana (eps 3, 6, 10)
Hiroki Abe (eps 1, 4, 8)
Hiroko Kazui (OP)
Hiroko Shigekuni (ep 5)
Hironori Yamamoto (ep 10)
Hiroshi Matsuda (eps 7, 10)
Hiroyuki Hashimoto (eps 1-12)
Kazuhiko Abe (eps 1, 4, 9, 12)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (eps 2, 6, 10)
Kazuhiro Itakura (eps 2-12)
Kazumi Sato (OP)
Kazuya Morimae (eps 4, 9)
Keiichirō Kawaguchi (eps 2, 5)
Keisuke Hamada (eps 3, 8, 12)
Kenji Hattori (eps 4-5, 12)
Kōji Miura (eps 7, 11)
Koji Taniguchi (eps 4, 9)
Konomi Sakurai (eps 3, 7, 11)
Kumiko Kasuga (eps 2, 6, 10)
Mamoru Abiko (ep 1)
Manabu Yasumoto (eps 4, 9)
Mariko Aoki (eps 3, 7, 11)
Masaharu Morinaka (ep 9)
Masashi Kojima (OP)
Megumi Okuno (ep 5)
Mikihiko Andō (ep 5)
Mikito Nimura (ep 1)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda (ep 2)
Noriyuki Nakajima (eps 1, 4, 8, 12)
Retsu Ohkawara (eps 3, 8, 12)
Ryūzō Koshimizu (ep 1)
Satoshi Ohsawa (eps 1, 4, 9, 12)
Seizō Toma (eps 1, 10)
Setsuko Unno (eps 8, 11)
Shigemi Aoyagi (eps 3, 7, 11)
Shinichi Takahashi (eps 1-12)
Shinichiro Minami (ep 2)
Shōgo Morishita (eps 6, 10)
Shūji Nakanishi (eps 5, 9)
Sōichirō Matsuda (eps 9, 12)
Tadashi Fukuda (ep 8)
Takafumi Hayashi (ep 8)
Takayuki Koshimizu (eps 4, 8, 12)
Takeo Tominaga (ep 1)
Takeshi Kimura (ep 2)
Takeshi Ōsaka (ep 11)
Tatsuyuki Hasegawa (ep 5)
Tetsuhito Saitō (OP)
Tomoyo Yoshida (ep 8)
Tsutomu Shibutani (eps 2-6)
Yōichi Ishikawa (OP; ep 12)
Yoshinari Saitō (eps 2, 5)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (ep 2)
Yūichi Katayama (eps 2, 6)
Yūji Satō (ep 11)
Yukiko Miyamoto (eps 1, 7, 11)
Yumie Wada (eps 7-12)
Mechanical animation Director: Kō Yoshinari (OP)
Operator: Megumi Otsubo
Photography:
Hitoshi Saito (Studio Twinkle)
Katsutoshi Ooi (Studio Twinkle)
Kenji Takehara (Studio Twinkle)
Kōji Aoki
Tadashi Ono (Studio Twinkle)
Takashi Kimishima (Studio Twinkle)
Tatsuji Fukumoto (Studio Twinkle)
Tomomi Yokota (Studio Twinkle)
Planning: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Production Advancement:
Kozo Ohira (eps 2, 6, 10)
Shinichi Sasaki (eps 5, 9, 12)
Yasuaki Miura (eps 4, 8, 12)
Yasunori Kaneda (ep 1)
Production Desk: Koji Iijima
Production producer: Katsuya Shirai
Program Publicity: Mitsuko Sekiya (TV Tokyo)
Recording Adjustment: Tohru Kumakura
Sound Effects: Kazutoshi Satō
Special Effects: Takeshi Saitō
Theme Song Arrangement:
hide (OP)
Seiji Kimura (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
hide (OP)
Zeppet Store (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
hide (OP)
Zeppet Store (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
hide (OP)
Zeppet Store (ED)
Tesshō Genda as Jim Hyatt

Atsuko Tanaka as Dana
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Zack
Yayoi Kazuki as Rachel Hearst

Akimitsu Takase as
Bob (ep 3)
Soldier A (ep 7)
Daiki Nakamura as Chris
Ikkyū Juku as Presidential Aide
Jōji Nakata as Nelson
Junichi Suwabe as
Operator (eps 8-9)
Solomon Operator (eps 10-12)
Kan Tokumaru as Commander Drake
Katsumi Chō as Information Bureau Chief (ep 3)
Katsunari Ikeda as Pupil (ep 2)
Kenichi Ono as Military Instructor (ep 1)
Kouji Nakata as Gash
Michiko Satō as Young Girl (ep 2)
Mitsuru Ogata as Base Commander (ep 7)
Naoki Bandō as Harry Thomas (eps 2-3)
Ryūsei Nakao as Pete
Seiji Aburada as Soldier (ep 1)
Seizō Katō as Headquarters general staff chairman
Shinichirō Miki as Bishop
Shinobu Adachi as Amanda
Shinya Fukuda as Solomon Soldier (ep 2)
Taihei Yamamoto as Staff
Takashi Nagasako as
James (ep 3)
Operator (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 10, 12
)
Tamio Ōki as Secratery of Defence
Tomohiro Tsuboi as Solomon Soldier (ep 11)
Tomoyuki Terai as Solomon Soldier (ep 11)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Nick Marrius (eps 1-2)
Yasushi Taira as Subordinate (ep 3)
Yasuyuki Kase as
Bert (ep 2)
Soldier B (ep 7)
Technical Officer (eps 4, 12)
Yoshiyuki Kaneko as High Official (eps 1, 4)
Yūji Mikimoto as Terrorist Leader (ep 3)
Yūji Ueda as Rescue Team Member (ep 1)
Yutaka Nakano as Planet Marrius Leader (ep 3)
Yutaka Shibayama as Guard (ep 2)
Japanese companies
Animation Assistance: Ehrgeiz
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Backgrounds:
Art Max (ep 2)
Studio Loft
Studio Touon (eps 1, 3-12)
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Development: Imagica
Digital Works:
Megumi (OP/ED)
Studio DEEN (OP/ED)
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Editing: Morita Editing Room
Film: Nippon Kodak
Finish Animation:
Danni Animation
E-cho
In-Between Animation:
Danni Animation
E-cho
Lithwork: Maki Production
Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Planning: BeSTACK
Planning Cooperation:
Bandai Visual
Mitsubishi Corporation
Production:
BeSTACK
d-rights
PROJECT AWOL
Studio DEEN
Studio Twinkle
Recording Studio: OP Requiem Studio
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
Soundtrack Production: LEMONED (Universal Victor Inc.)
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Producer: Diana Gage

Co-Producer:
Charles McCarter
Jerry Chu
Production Assistant:
Kevin Hale
Richard Noboru Kekahuna
English companies
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Distributor: Bandai Entertainment
Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment

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