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Venus Versus Virus (TV)

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© ATSUSHI SUZUMI/MEDIAWORKS • VENUS VANGUARD


Alternative title:
ヴィーナス ヴァーサス ヴァイアラス (Japanese)
除魔維納斯 (Chinese (Taiwan))
비너스 버서스 바이러스 (Korean)
Genres: drama, supernatural
Themes: girls with guns
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Venus Versus Virus revolves around the life of a young girl named Sumire Takahana who has had the power to see ghosts since she was a small child, though no one believes her. One night while running to her dorm building to make curfew, a broach flies out of no where and she pricks her finger on it and sees a demon. Suddenly, another girl clad in gothic lolita clothing arrives bearing a huge gun and kills the demon. Once the ordeal is overwith, the girl gives Sumire a flier for a local clothing store, Venus Vanguard. When Sumire comes to the store, the girl, whose name is Lucia Nabashi, she explains to her that because she pricked her finger on Lucia's broach, Sumire now has the power to see demons as well as ghosts. Additionally, Lucia now wants Sumire to help her rid the world of these demons called Virus that threaten to consume all of humanity.
User Ratings: 495 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 30 votes (sub:18, dub:11, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 82 votes (sub:53, dub:21, raw:3, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 135 votes (sub:98, dub:33, edit.dub:1, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 109 votes (sub:74, dub:32, raw:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 60 votes (sub:46, dub:11, ?:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 26 votes (sub:20, dub:6)
 Weak: 27 votes (sub:22, dub:4, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:3, raw:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1123 users, rank: #1098 (of 9535)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.368 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.7679, rank: #6126 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.230 (Decent+), rank: #6487 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.37 / seen some: 6.18 / won't finish: 4.17)
Bayesian estimate: 6.265 (Decent+), rank: #5859 (of 7243)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2007-01-11 to 2007-03-29
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Bravin' Bad Brew" by Riryka
Ending Theme:
"Shijun no Zankoku" by Yousei Teikoku
Review:
Venus Versus Virus DVD 1 (Nov 11, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Venus Versus Virus - The Complete Series (DVD) 2009-06-16 (from $15.77)
    Venus Versus Virus - Outbreak (DVD 1) 2007-11-13 (from $4.00)
    Venus Versus Virus - Epidemic (DVD 2) 2008-01-15 (from $19.81)
    Venus Versus Virus - Epidemic + Artbox (DVD 2) 2008-01-15 (from $8.06)
    Venus Versus Virus - Plague (DVD 3) 2008-03-18 (from $34.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shinichiro Kimura
Series Composition: Yasunori Yamada
Script:
Takamitsu Kōno (eps 3, 6, 9-10)
Tomoyasu Okubo (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Yasunori Yamada (eps 1, 4, 7, 12)
Storyboard:
Atsuya Yatsukagami (ep 5)
Hideaki Uehara (eps 2, 9)
Hideki Okamoto (ep 10)
Hiroshi Aohira (ep 4)
Kinuko Nishizawa (ep 8)
Nachiko Nekobe (ep 6)
Shigetaka Ikeda (ep 11)
Shinichiro Kimura (eps 1, 3, 7, 12)
Episode Director:
Hayato Takeda (ep 9)
Kahoru Igusa (ep 4)
Keizo Nakamura (ep 10)
Mitsutoshi Satō (eps 2, 8)
Shigetaka Ikeda (eps 5, 11)
Shinichiro Kimura (ep 12)
Yoji Sato (eps 1, 3, 6)
Yukio Okazaki (ep 7)
Music: Hikaru Nanase
Original creator: Atsushi Suzumi
Character Design: Yoshimi Agata
Art Director: Katsuhiro Haji
Chief Animation Director:
Hitoshi Morikawa (ep 11 asst)
Tomoko Iwasa (8 episodes
eps 2, 4-6, 8, 10-12
)

Yoshimi Agata (8 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8-9, 11-12
)

Animation Director:
Akiko Nakano (ep 12)
Hitoshi Morikawa (eps 7, 12)
Ikuo Yamakado (eps 1-9, 11-12)
Isamu Utsuki (ep 10)
Konomi Sakurai (ep 4)
Kouji Yamagata (eps 6, 9, 12)
Masaru Yamada (ep 3)
Mayumi Watanabe (ep 1)
Nachiko Nekobe (ep 6)
Sang-Yong Um (ep 2)
Seong Un Ko (ep 2)
Seong-Ho Jang (eps 5, 8, 11)
Shinichiro Kajiura (ep 10)
Tomoko Iwasa (eps 1, 7)
Yoshimi Agata (ED; ep 1)
Art design: Kazushige Kanehira (KUSANAGI)
Director of Photography: Takayuki Watanabe
Executive producer:
Masahiro Kataoka (Trinet Entertainment)
Toshiyuki Yoshihara (Mediaworks)
Producer:
Katsumi Koike (Lantis)
Kimikazu Saito (Sony PCL)
Kozue Kananiwa (MOVIC)
Rie Tanabe (TBS)
Shinichi Nakamura (Pony Canyon)

3DCG Production:
Hideaki Murata (Thumbs Up; ep 1)
Itto Fukuda (Thumbs Up; ep 1)
Masashi Tanaka (Thumbs Up; ep 1)
Terushige Watanabe (Thumbs Up; ep 1)
Tetsuya Kaneshima (Thumbs Up; ep 1)
Animation Production Producer: Naruhito Yamazaki
Assistant Animation Director:
Atsushi Itou (ep 9)
Junpei Tatenaka (ep 7)
Katsushi Suzuki (ep 9)
Katsusuke Konuma (ep 7)
Kazufumi Takano (ep 9)
Mayumi Watanabe (ep 7)
Miharu Nagano (ep 7)
Ryūichi Baba (ep 7)
Yukie Harada (ep 7)
Yusuke Kamata (ep 7)
Assistant producer: Takashi Isobe
CG Producer: Masashi Tanaka (Thumbs Up)
CGI Animation: Masayuki Nishiguchi (Thumbs Up)
Color Check:
Fumiko Ishiguro (ep 2)
Kimiko Ookura (ep 2)
Takae Miyagawa (ep 1)
Color design: Takae Miyagawa
Color setting:
Kimiko Ookura (ep 2)
Takae Miyagawa (ep 1)
Editing: Seiji Morita
Editing Assistant: Yuri Tamura (Morita Editing Room)
Finish Animation:
Daisuke Kudō (ep 1)
Gwang Min Kim (ep 2)
Hee Jung Choi (ep 2)
Jun I Koh (ep 2)
Kazuhisa Yamabe (ep 1)
Kumiko Yanagisawa (ep 1)
Manami Kobayashi (ep 1)
Mio Takekawa (ep 1)
Seo Chang Im (ep 2)
Wataru Tsuno (ep 1)
Yu Hyun Choi (ep 2)
In-Between Animation:
Duk Hye Park (ep 2)
Eun Bo Kim (ep 2)
Eun Ju Kim (ep 2)
Jang Min Jo (ep 2)
Jeong Hee Yang (ep 2)
Jo Jeong Ran (ep 2)
Kunihiro Sakurai (Studio Hibari; eps 1-2)
Michiru Ogiwara (Studio Hibari; ep 1)
Miho Ichikawa (Studio Hibari; ep 1)
Ryuichi Saito (Studio Hibari; ep 1)
Seon Ok Shin (ep 2)
Yi Chen (GOLDENBELL; ep 4)
In-Between Check:
Ayumi Kobayashi (ep 1)
Gyeong Suk Heo (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Asami Kishikawa (ep 3)
Ayako Satō (ep 10)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (eps 3, 6, 10)
Chikae Kuwahara (ep 9)
Dai Nishino (ep 9)
Gyeong Chul Yun (eps 5, 11)
Gyeong Pyo Hong (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Hae Won Park (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Hideo Nakamura (eps 3, 6, 10)
Hideyuki Kanesaka (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 12
)

Hiroaki Hanawa (ep 1)
Hiromi Higuchi (ep 3)
Hirotaka Nii (eps 3, 7, 12)
Hiroyuki Kamura (ep 3)
Ho Jik Lee (ep 7)
Hwan Woong Lee (ep 7)
Hyung Woo Shin (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Ikuo Yamakado (OP; ep 6)
Jae Han Lee (eps 2, 5, 8)
Jae Wook Lee (ep 5)
Jimmy Stone (ep 12)
Jung Han Suk (ep 7)
Jung Hoon Kim (ep 7)
Junichi Hashimoto (Double Unit; eps 6, 12)
Junpei Mikuriya (ep 10)
Kanako Iwasaki (ep 7)
Katsunori Kikuchi (eps 3-4, 7)
Kazuya Morimae (eps 4, 7)
Kenichiro Ogata (ep 10)
Kenji Akimoto (ep 12)
Kenji Sakai (ep 6)
Koichi Kikuchi (ep 10)
Kōji Yukino (ep 6)
Konomi Sakurai (ep 4)
Kunihiro Sakurai (ep 7)
Manabu Morishige (ep 10)
Masaaki Kanba (eps 6, 12)
Masaaki Toyohara (eps 4, 7)
Masaharu Morinaka (eps 3, 7)
Masahiro Ikeda (ep 9)
Masanao Bessho (Double Unit; eps 6, 12)
Masanobu Fujioka (eps 1, 6, 10)
Masanori Hashimoto (ep 9)
Michihiro Kosaka (ep 10)
Mika Hironaka (Tamazawa Animation House; eps 3, 12)
Min Park (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Mitsuru Nakata (ep 10)
Mizue Ogawa (eps 3, 6-7, 12)
Mizuki Yoshida (OP; eps 1, 3, 6, 12)
Nachiko Nekobe (OP; ep 12)
Nobushige Inoshita (ep 12)
Noriko Yoshida (ep 10)
Ryuuichi Shimizu (eps 6, 12)
Sang-Yeob Kim (ep 2)
Satoshi Mishima (ep 10)
Satoshi Sakai (eps 3, 7, 12)
Seika Oota (ep 10)
Seon Hong (eps 2, 5, 8)
Seong Min Shin (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Seong Un Ko (eps 2, 8, 11)
Shigenori Taniguchi (ep 4)
Shinichiro Kajiura (OP)
Shinnosuke Kon (ep 4)
Shinsuke Kasahara (eps 6, 12)
Shintaro Muraki (OP; eps 1, 10)
Shuji Morimoto (ep 10)
Shume Matsumoto (eps 3, 10)
T.A.R.O (ep 1)
Takanobu Katada (ep 6)
Tatsuya Ikeda (4 episodes
eps 1, 3, 10, 12
)

Teppei Taketani (eps 3, 7)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (eps 6, 10)
Tomomi Oka (eps 3, 7)
Toshifumi Niijima (ep 10)
Toshinobu Togawa (eps 3, 7)
Tsukasa Sakurai (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 12
)

Tsuyoshi Tanabe (eps 3, 10)
Wataru Matsumura (ep 10)
Yōko Iizuka (eps 3, 7, 12)
Yoko Sano (OP; ep 1)
Yong Tae Ryang (ep 11)
Yoshihiro Nishio (ep 10)
Yoshimichi Masuko (ep 4)
Yoshiteru Kobayashi (ep 3)
Yūichi Maeda (ep 6)
Yukiko Muta (ep 9)
Yūsuke Hanamizuki (eps 4, 7)
Yuya Kishi (ep 4)
Music Performance:
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Mikiko Ise (Violin)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Yōsuke Niwa (Violin)
Yūri Matsumoto (Viola)
Yuya Minorikawa (Viola)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Orchestra Conductor: Hiroshi Kumagai
Photography:
Haruna Kanou (eps 1-2)
Kazuyoshi Shiomi (eps 1-2)
Naoki Serizawa (eps 1-2)
Nobuyuki Watanabe (eps 1-2)
Taro Sato (eps 1-2)
Tomoko Minobe (eps 1-2)
Yūsuke Mishina (eps 1-2)
Planning:
Naohiro Tafu (MOVIC)
Shunji Inoue (Lantis)
Yoko Furukawa (Pony Canyon)
Yoshifumi Kominato (Sony PCL)
Yoshihisa Nakayama (TBS)
Planning Cooperation:
Hironobu Takashima (Mediaworks)
Takashi Takano (TBS)
Taketo Muroichi (Big Shot)
Yoshimi Nakajima (Big Shot)
Production Advancement:
Dong Gyu Kim (ep 2)
Manabu Eguchi (ep 1)
Production manager: Daiki Yoshida
Recording: Jiro Miyazawa
Setting Cooperation: Gorō Murata
Setting Manager: Naoko Ono
Theme Song Arrangement:
Noriyasu Agematsu (OP)
Takaha Tachibana (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Noriyasu Agematsu (OP)
Takaha Tachibana (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hata (OP)
Takaha Tachibana (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Riryka (OP)
Yousei Teikoku (ED)
Video Editing: Manabu Kanno (Sony PCL)
Web HP Design: Akiko Noguchi
Ayahi Takagaki as Ruchia Nahashi
Minori Chihara as Sumire Takahana

Ayumi Tsuji as Lola
Hiromi Hirata as Riku Mikumo
Jūrōta Kosugi as Souichirou Nahashi
Kiyotaka Furushima as Yoshiki Kusanagi
Noriko Shitaya as Kyouko
Sakura Nogawa as Nene Mikumo

Akio Suyama as Guy
Ayumi Tsuji as Layla
Dai Matsumoto as Virus (ep 1)
Daisuke Namikawa as Lucif
Fumi Morisawa as Sonoka
Hisayo Mochizuki as Risa (ep 1)
Ito Sakata as Girl B
Kaya Miyake as Mika
Ryoukichi Takahashi as Virus (ep 2)
Sayuri Yahagi as Tsukuyo (ep 3)
Tetsuharu Ohta as Virus (ep 4)
Tomo Adachi as Shizu
Wakana Yamazaki as Lilith
Yoshihiro Satou as Virus (ep 3)
Yui Itsuki as Ruka
Yumiko Kobayashi as Youji (ep 3)
Japanese companies
3DCG Production: Thumbs Up
Animation Production: Studio Hibari
Art Design: Kusanagi
Background Art:
Eagle Entertainment (eps 1-2)
Kusanagi (ep 2)
Background Art Assistance: Kusanagi (eps 3-12)
Finish Animation:
Eagle Entertainment (ep 1)
Frontline (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Eagle Entertainment (ep 1)
Frontline (ep 1)
Nakamura Production (ep 1)
Studio Hibari (ep 1)
Key Animation:
AI (ep 4)
Akagumi (eps 1, 6)
Anime Roman (ep 1)
Double Unit (ep 12)
E-cho (ep 4)
Eagle Entertainment (eps 1, 6-7)
Frontline (eps 1, 7)
G&G Entertainment (ep 9)
I Move (eps 3, 6)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 1)
Last House (eps 1, 3, 6-7)
Nakamura Production (eps 1, 7, 10)
Studio CATS (ep 10)
Tamazawa Dogasha (ep 12)
Wing Animation (ep 12)
Music Production: Mellow Head
Production Cooperation:
Big Bang (ep 9)
Lantis
MOVIC
Pony Canyon
Sony PCL
Studio Comet (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Studio Elle (ep 10)
Studio Wood (ep 4)
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Video Editing: Sony PCL
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Kyle Jones (eps 1-4)
Scott McClennen (eps 5-12)
Translation: Amy Forsyth
ADR Script: Dorothy Garrett
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud
John Ledford
Producer: Scott McClennen

DVD Authoring: Dylan Rogers
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design: Hiroko Fukumori
Production manager: Shelly Thomas
Sound Design: Jacob A. Gragard
Translation Proofer: Kaoru Bertrand
Joanne Bonasso as Lucia Nahashi
Natalie Arneson as Sumire Takahana

Blake Shepard as Yoshiki Kusanagi
Carli Mosier as Nene Mikumo
John Swasey as Soichiro Nahashi
Josh Grelle as Guy
Kim-Ly Nguyen as Laura
Kira Vincent-Davis as Kyoko (eps 5-12)
Luci Christian as Riku Mikumo
Tami Nutt as Kyoko (eps 1-4)

Carli Mosier as Child A (ep 7)
Charles Campbell as
Math Teacher (ep 2)
Mother's Virus (ep 1)
Winged Virus (ep 2)
Christine Auten as
Child B (ep 7)
Sonaka
Christopher Ayres as Shadow Virus (ep 1)
Illich Guardiola as Lucif
K.C. Jones as
Eye Virus (ep 4)
Icky Virus (ep 3)
Small Virus (ep 1)
Kim-Ly Nguyen as Lyla
Kira Vincent-Davis as Child C (ep 7)
Laura English as
Student A (ep 2)
Volleyball Girl (ep 2)
Maggie Flecknoe as Risa (ep 1)
Mariela Ortiz as
Student B (ep 2)
Student D (ep 2)
Nancy Novotny as
Shizu
Student C (ep 2)
Natalie Nassar as Tsukuyo (ep 3)
Pamela Morris as
Mika
Student E (ep 2)
Scott Nutt as Businessman (ep 1)
Shannon Emerick as Yohji (ep 3)
Stephanie Wittels as Lillith
Vicki Barosh as Hairy Virus (ep 4)
English companies
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
FUNimation Entertainment
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
FUNimation Entertainment (2008)
Production: Amusement Park Media
German staff
German cast
Anja Stadlober as Lucia Nahashi
Josephine Schmidt as Sumire Takahana

Catrin Dams as Laura
Constantin von Jascheroff as Riku Mikumo
Jill Böttcher as Kyoko
Kristina Tietz as Nene Mikumo
Niclas Lutz as Yoshiki Kusanagi
Peter Reinhardt as Soichiro Nahashi
Rubina Kuraoka as Mika

Ann Vielhaben as Luca
Daniela Reidies as Lilith
Engelbert von Nordhausen as Virus (ep 1)
Filipe Pirl as Youji (ep 3)
Marion Musiol as Sonoka
Millie Forsberg as Shizu
Sarah Riedel as Risa (ep 1)
Steffan Drotleff as Virus (ep 12)
German companies
Distributor:
ADV Films (DT)
ADV Films (canceled)

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