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El-Hazard 2: The Magnificent World (OAV)

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Alternative title:
El Hazard 2 - The Magnificent World
El Hazard 2 Le Monde Magnifique (French)
El Hazard 2: Ritorno a El-Hazard (Italian)
El-Hazard: The Magnificent World 2
Regreso a El-Hazard (Spanish)
Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard dai 2 ki (Japanese)
神秘の世界 エルハザード 第2期 (Japanese)
Themes: isekai, other world
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Continuing the from OVAs; When Fujisawa, suffering from cold feet, leaves Miz at the altar, an enraged Priestess drafts Makoto and friends to go find him. In the couse of locating the hapless (and gutless) teacher, they find another Ifurita. Meanwhile Jinnai and Diva searching for a new Bugrom homeland stumble upon another yet another Demon God, the impish Kalia. However, unlike Ifurita she has a mind, and a mission, of her own...
User Ratings: 469 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:8, dub:8)
 Excellent: 44 votes (dub:22, sub:19, ?:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 88 votes (sub:52, dub:32, raw:2, others:2
2 French subtitled
)
 Good: 146 votes (sub:86, dub:54, ?:1, others:5
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 88 votes (sub:47, dub:38, others:3
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 43 votes (sub:35, dub:6, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:14, dub:3, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:4)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1040 users, rank: #1178 (of 9759)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.729 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7269, rank: #5011 (of 9904)
Weighted mean: 6.688 (Good−), rank: #5048 (of 9904) (seen all: 6.71 / seen some: 6.16 / won't finish: 5.38)
Bayesian estimate: 6.710 (Good−), rank: #4611 (of 7492)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1997-03-21 to 1997-10-25
Opening Theme:
#1: "Shinpi No Sekai el Hazard Second" by ???
Ending Theme:
"Nemurenai Yoru ni Ha" by Mariko Fukui
Links: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 2
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World - OVA 1+2 Collection (Blu-ray) 2021-08-03 (from $34.11)
DVD (Region 1)
    El-Hazard 2: The Magnificent World (DVD) 2007-09-25 (from $6.94)
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World - DVD Box Set (DVD 1-3) 2001-08-07 (from $27.88)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Screenplay:
Kazuhisa Onishi (eps 1-2)
Mitsuhiro Yamada (eps 3-4)
Storyboard:
Hidekazu Satō (ep 3)
Katsumi Terahigashi (ep 2)
Koji Masunari (ED)
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (eps 1, 4)
Episode Director:
Ikurō Satō (ep 2)
Seiji Mizushima (ep 1)
Shigeru Yamazaki (ep 4)
Shinji Sakai (ep 3)
Unit Director: Koji Masunari (ED)
Original Concept: Hiroki Hayashi
Character Design: Kazuto Nakazawa
Art Director: Satoru Kuwabara
Animation Director:
Akihiro Izumi (eps 3-4)
Atsuo Tobe (ep 1)
Michio Satō (eps 2, 4)
Nobuyuki Kitajima (ep 3)
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Satō
Animation:
Hirofumi Suzuki (ED; eps 2-4)
Kōichi Usami (OP)
Takahiro Kishida (ED; ep 1)
Animation Production Producer:
Kinya Watanabe (eps 2-4)
Yasushi Tōdō (eps 2-4)
Assistant Animation Director:
Akihiro Izumi (ep 2)
Hiromi Maezawa (ep 1)
Kanji Nagasaka (ep 1)
Masahiro Koyama (ep 1)
Background Art:
Agusto Liasumono (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Eiji Iwase (Studio Tulip; eps 1-2)
Febri Muriyant (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Hitomi Ogawa (Studio Tulip; ep 2)
Iwan Hermawan Sunaruyo (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Katsue Chiba (Studio Tulip; ep 4)
Kayoko Koitabashi (Studio Cats; eps 1, 3-4)
Kazumi Ōtani (Studio Cats; eps 3-4)
Kazumi Sasaki (Studio Tulip; ep 3)
Kohji Azuma (Studio Tulip; eps 3-4)
Kuniaki Nemoto (Studio Tulip; ep 4)
Michiko Hyuga (Studio Tulip; ep 3)
Mikiko Nishio (Studio Cats; eps 1, 3-4)
Musli Hudeen (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Toshihiro Kohama (Studio Cats; eps 1, 3-4)
Toshiko Kaizu (Studio Tulip; ep 3)
Toyoko Wada (Studio Tulip; ep 4)
Yumiko Oozeki (Studio Tulip; ep 3)
Yuyu Honda (Studio Tulip; eps 1-4)
Color setting: Hiroyuki Konno (eps 1-4)
Color Styling: Takuya Kawami
Design: Kenji Teraoka
Editing:
Hiroshi Itō (Jay Film)
Kazuhiko Seki
In-Between Animation:
A. Roshid (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Akihiro Kurosaki (ep 2)
Anon Pasky (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Junya Yamamoto (eps 1-2)
Kaori Nakamura (ep 1)
Osamu Ohashi (ep 1)
Takanori Suzuki (ep 2)
Takeshi Haen Herman (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Toshikatsu Suematsu (ep 1)
Udun Squantara (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Yasushi Matsuzaki (eps 1-2)
Yoshimasa Chikahisa (ep 1)
Yosiya Sasaki (ep 2)
In-Between Check:
Hideki Sugawara (eps 1, 3)
Hiroyuki Ohnishi (ep 4)
Izumi (ep 2)
Mitsutaka Kaneko (eps 1, 3)
Key Animation:
Akira Naito (Tamazawa Dogasha; eps 2, 4)
Chizuko Kusakabe (eps 3-4)
Daisuke Yamauchi (ep 4)
Fumi Tani (ep 1)
Hiromi Maezawa (ep 1)
Hiromi Okazaki (eps 2-3)
Jōji Yanase (eps 2-3)
Junichi Takaoka (ep 1)
Junichi Yokoyama (ep 4)
Junko Matsushita (ep 1)
Kanji Nagasaka (ep 1)
Katsuhiko Yamazaki (ep 3)
Katsunobu Ito (ep 1)
Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 1)
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (ep 2)
Kei Oikawa (ep 4)
Kenji Akiba (ep 3)
Kenji Teraoka (ep 2)
Koji Hirauma (ep 1)
Masashi Katou (ep 4)
Masumi Hattori (ep 4)
Miki Yokoo (ep 2)
Minoru Kibata (ep 3)
Mitsuru Obunai (ep 1)
Moto Kariya (eps 2-3)
Naoki Aisaka (ep 3)
Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 1)
Satoru Iida (ep 2)
Satoru Nakaya (ep 3)
Satoshi Kubo (Tamazawa Dogasha; eps 2, 4)
Shigeki Awai (ep 1)
Shinichi Shigematsu (ep 3)
Shinji Satō (ep 1)
Shinji Tanaka (eps 2-3)
Shizuo Kawai (ep 4)
Tadashi Fukuda (ep 4)
Takaaki Wada (eps 2, 4)
Takashi Maruyama (ep 3)
Takeyuki Mizumura (ep 1)
Takuro Fukui (ep 3)
Takuya Nonaka (ep 1)
Tomio Yamauchi (ep 3)
Toshio Deguchi (eps 2-4)
Toshiya Yamada (ep 1)
Tsunenaka Nozaki (ep 4)
Tsutomu Takei (eps 2-3)
Tsuyoshi Saitō (eps 2, 4)
Yasuhiro Suzuki (Tamazawa Dogasha; ep 4)
Yasutaka Hanabusa (ep 1)
Yoko Sano (Tamazawa Dogasha; eps 2, 4)
Yoshihiro Takeda (ep 3)
Yoshiko Imasato (ep 4)
Yoshimitsu Negishi (ep 2)
Yosiya Sasaki (eps 3-4)
Music producer: Akira Kawase
Paint:
Adam Mustiage (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Hiroyuki Konno (ep 1)
Honami Shimano (ep 1)
Kana Sakano (ep 1)
Keiko Koyama (ep 1)
Lumli Ar (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Mardi Yuwan (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Miho Watanabe (ep 1)
Mo. Sondi (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Mohammed Muskool (Bintan Junaka Carton Film; ep 1)
Yuko Yamate (ep 1)
Paint Check:
Akiko Kono (ep 2)
Eri Suzuki (ep 2)
Naoko Satō (ep 2)
Nozomi Shitara (ep 2)
Photography:
Hiroshi Tanigaki (AIC; eps 1, 3-4)
Kazuaki Ota (AIC; eps 1, 3-4)
Masato Yamazaki (AIC; eps 3-4)
Mayumi Yamazaki (Adlib; ep 2)
Shota Yamauchi (AIC; eps 1, 3-4)
Takeshi Yamamoto (AIC; eps 1, 3-4)
Takuma Yamamoto (Adlib; ep 2)
Toshiyuki Yasuhara (AIC; eps 1, 3-4)
Tsuguo Ozawa (Adlib; ep 2)
Yasuhiko Abe (AIC; eps 1, 3-4)
Production Advancement:
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (eps 1-2)
Juzo Isaka (ep 4)
Yusuke Mezaki (ep 3)
Production manager: Tsunemitsu Shirai
Production producer:
Hiroyuki Azuma (ep 1)
Kinya Watanabe (ep 1)
Recording: Kimitaka Kawasaki
Recording Assistant: Mitsuharu Ito
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Sound Production: Keiko Terao
Special Effects:
Ryoji Sakurai (ep 2)
Takahiro Fukuda (ep 2)
Takashi Maekawa (eps 1, 3-4)
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Katsuhiko Jinnai
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Makoto Mizuhara
Yuka Imai as Kalia

Eiji Maruyama as Yuba Yurias
Kōji Ishii as Masamichi Fujisawa
Maria Kawamura as Ifurita
Saeko Shimazu as Miz Mishtal
Tomo Sakurai as Shayla-Shayla

Aya Sakaguchi as Ura
Etsuko Kozakura as Alielle
Hiroki Takahashi as Bugrom
Kikuko Inoue as Rune Venus
Kunihiko Yasui as Chabil
Mifuyu Hiiragi as Fatora
Miho Yoshida as Afura Maan
Rio Natsuki as Nanami Jinnai
Takehiro Murozono as Katsuo (purple bugrom)
Tamio Ohki as Dr. Schtalubaugh
Yōko Soumi as Diva
Japanese companies
Animation Production: AIC
Background Art:
Bintan Junaka Carton Film (ep 1)
Studio CATS (eps 1, 3-4)
Studio Tulip (eps 1-4)
Unimation World (ep 2)
Co-Production:
E&G Films
Oniro
Editing: Jay Film
Film Developing: Imagica
In-Between Animation:
Ariel (ep 4)
Bintan Junaka Carton Film (ep 1)
E&G Films (ep 3)
Hana Production (ep 2)
Magic Bus (ep 2)
Zong Ying Animation (eps 3-4)
Key Animation: Tamazawa Dogasha (ep 4)
Lithwork: Maki Production
Paint:
AIC (ep 2)
Ariel (ep 4)
Bintan Junaka Carton Film (ep 1)
E&G Films (ep 3)
Hana Production (ep 2)
Magic Bus (ep 2)
Zong Ying Animation (eps 3-4)
Photography:
Adlib (ep 2)
AIC (eps 1-4)
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Arts Production
Soundtrack Production: Pioneer LDC
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jenny Haniver
Executive producer:
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Shawne Kleckner (Right Stuf)
Producer:
David Olsen (Right Stuf)
John Pierce
Kevin Chu

Digital ADR Engineer:
Joe Romersa
Phil Brewster
DVD Boxset Design: Tom Watanabe
DVD Engineer: Songyi Liu
HD Video Work: David Olsen (Right Stuf)
Packaging Design: Kris Gero (Right Stuf)
Recording Facility Engineer: Les Claypool III
Senior Producer: Kris Gero (Right Stuf)
Translation Assistance: Judy Albert (Right Stuf)
Bob Marx as Katsuhiko Jinnai
Christy Mathewson as Makoto Mizuhara

Melody Lee as Afura Mann

Alfred Thor as Yuba Yarius
B.G. Mills as Kalia
Bambi Darro as Gossiping Maid A (walla; ep 1)
Christopher Joyce as Reporting Servant (ep 1)
David Maolinan as Gasping Lord (walla; ep 4)
Dean Allen as Gossiping Lord B (walla; ep 1)
Debbie Derosa as Ifurita
Dorothy Melendrez as Miz Mishtal
Dougary Grant as
Bugrom
Chico (scarlet bugrom)
Groucho (purple bugrom)
Gummo (yellow bugrom)
Harpo (orange bugrom)
Margaret (green bugrom)
Trigger Beings (walla; ep 4)
Zeppo (red bugrom)
Gloria Gines as
Female Lord (walla; ep 1)
Gossiping Maid B (walla; ep 1)
Jack Hammer as
Extreme Lord (walla; ep 1)
Gossiping Lord A (walla; ep 1)
Jimmy Theodore as
Big-Nosed Lord (walla; ep 1)
Merchant (walla; ep 1)
Julie Pickering as
Admiring Maid C (walla; ep 1)
Kalia
Lia Sargent as Nanami Jinnai
Louise Chamis as Gasping Maid (walla; ep 4)
Marie Danielle as Admiring Maid B (walla; ep 1)
Melissa Charles as Alielle Ralielle
Melissa Williamson as Queen Diva
Melody Lee as Princess Rune Venus 
Melora Harte as
Admiring Maid A (walla; ep 1)
Afura Mann 
Michael Sorich as Masamichi Fujisawa
Mimi J. Woods as Shayla-Shayla
Patricia Ja Lee as Afura 
Tessa Ariel as
Princess Fatora
Princess Rune Venus
William Frederick Knight as Dr. Schtalubaugh

English companies
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: France Rombaut
Translation: Arnaud Delage (French Subtitles)

Theme Song Performance:
Antoine Blanc (OP) 
Séverine Nells (ED)
Pascale Chemin as Kalia

Bérangère Jean as Ifurita
Cyrille Artaux as Katsuhiko Jinnaï
Dominique Vallee as Rune Venus et Arielle
Helene Bizot as Nanami Jinnaï
Michel Raimbault as Londs
Naïké Fauveau as Fatora
Nathalie Bleynie as Shayla-Shayla
Olivier Korol as Makoto Mizuhara
Pascale Chemin as Afura Mann
Philippe Roullier as Mr Fujisawa
Suzanne Sindberg as Mizu Mishtal et Diva
French companies
Broadcaster: Mangas
Distributor: KAZÉ
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val

Screen Inserts: Alberto Trifol (Spain dub)
Albert Trifol Segarra as Makoto Mizuhara (Spain dub)
Eduard Itchart as Katsuhiko Jinnai (Spain dub)

Alberto Trifol as Yuba Yurius (Spain dub)
Aleix Estadella as Masamichi Fujisawa (Spain dub)
Cristina Fargas as Fatora Venus (Spain dub)
Elisa Beuter as Shayla-Shayla (Spain dub)
María Pilar Quesada as Ifurita (Spain dub)
Marta Ullod as Kalia (Spain dub)
Montse Moreno as Afura Mann (Spain dub)
Nuria Doménech as Miz Mishtal (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Nanami Jinnai (Spain dub)
Sílvia Gómez as Alielle Relrye (Spain dub)

Aleix Estadella as Ura (Spain dub)
Lourdes López as Rune Venus (Spain dub)
Mercedes Pastor as Diva (Spain dub)
Toni Solanes as Dr. Shtalubaugh (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Alessandro Tiberi as Makoto Mizuhara
Nanni Baldini as Katsuhiko Jinnai
Perla Liberatori as Kalla (Kalia)

Andrea Ward as Masamichi Fujisawa
Claudia Catani as Miz Mishtal
Francesca Guadagno as Efreeta (Ifurita)
Sergio Tedesco as Yuiba (Yuba Yurias)

Antonella Baldini as Fatora
Barbara De Bortoli as Sheera-Sheera
Federica De Bortoli as Ariell (Alielle)
Francesca Fiorentini as Rune Venus
Laura Lenghi as Afra Marn (Afura Maan)
Mario Milita as Strellbaugh (Dr. Schtalubaugh)
Monica Bertolotti as Nanami Jinnai
Roberta Greganti as Diiva (Diva)
Italian companies
Distributor: Dynamic Italia

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