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Tattoon Master (OAV)

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Alternative title:
タトゥーン・マスター (Japanese)
Themes: fairies
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: When Hibio's adventurer mother sets off to research a mysterious tribe, she hits a wall. Frotunately for her, the beautiful young Nima sees a family portrait and decides that she wants her son for her husband and she gets a chance to further her research. She agrees to the arrangement. Of course, she doesn't consult him about his future bride. When Nima shows up in Tokyo to be with her new husband, hilarity and chaos ensues as Hibio and his modern Tokyo background meets Nima's magical heritage.
User Ratings: 97 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Very good: 9 votes (sub:5, dub:4)
 Good: 26 votes (sub:24, dub:2)
 Decent: 28 votes (sub:19, dub:9)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:2)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 182 users, rank: #4138 (of 10005)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.082 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.6539, rank: #7338 (of 10160)
Weighted mean: 5.979 (Decent), rank: #7705 (of 10160) (seen all: 6.03 / seen some: 2.00 / won't finish: 4.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.156 (Decent), rank: #6441 (of 7677)
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 1996
Ending Theme:
"Lovely and Lonely" by Marsa Sakamoto
Review:
Tattoon Master DVD (Sep 24, 2006)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Tattoon Master (DVD) 2006-08-15 (from $99.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuyuki Hirokawa
Script: Yōsuke Kuroda
Storyboard:
Hidekazu Satō (ep 2)
Kazuyuki Hirokawa (ep 1)
Kenji Kamiyama (ep 1)
Unit Director:
Hideaki Kushi (ep 2)
Kazuyuki Hirokawa (ep 2)
Kenji Kamiyama (ep 1)
Music: Harukichi Yamamoto
Original author: Akihisa Yanari
Character Design: Hideki Araki
Art Director: Takeshi Waki
Chief Animation Director: Hideki Araki
Animation Director:
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Kitazume (ep 2)
Nobuyuki Kitajima (ep 2)
Takashi Hashimoto (ep 2)
Sound Director: Shigeru Chiba
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Satō
Producer:
Kinya Watanabe
Masao Mochizuki

Airbrush Work:
Ryoji Sakurai (eps 1-2)
Takahiro Fukuda (eps 1-2)
Arrangement:
Harukichi Yamamoto
Kahori Aso
Art Setting: Masahiro Satō
Background Art:
Atsuki Betsumiya (eps 1-2)
Ayari Wake (ep 2)
Hiromi Morikawa (ep 1)
Junichi Kuroda (ep 2)
Miyoko Kohama (ep 1)
Shoichi Shimomura (ep 2)
Takumi Honma (eps 1-2)
Xifeng Chen (ep 1)
Yoshinori Hishinuma (eps 1-2)
Yukari Yasuda (ep 1)
Color setting: Kōji Ōtsuki
Design: Hiroyoshi Iida
Editing:
Eiko Nishide (ep 1)
Hiroshi Itō (ep 2)
Terumitsu Okada (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Akihiko Mamashita (ep 2)
Futoshi Higashide (ep 1)
Hidekazu Satō (ep 2)
Hideki Araki 
Hiroki Abe (ep 1)
Hiromi Okazaki (ep 2)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 1)
Hisashi Shimokawa (ep 1)
Katsuzō Hirata (eps 1-2)
Kazuki Toi (ep 2)
Keiji Tani (ep 2)
Keiko Imasato (ep 2)
Kōdai Iwata (ep 2)
Kōichi Arai (ep 1)
Kōichi Tsuchida (ep 2)
Kōji Kataoka (ep 1)
Kouji Yanagisawa (eps 1-2)
Kyōko Hyōdō (ep 2)
Masao Nakata (ep 2)
Masato Kimura (ep 2)
Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 1)
Naoyuki Konno (ep 2)
Ritsuko Watanabe (ep 1)
Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 2)
Takaaki Fukuyo (eps 1-2)
Tetsukazu Yamagishi (ep 2)
Tomohiro Kawahara (ep 1)
Toshiaki Iino (ep 2)
Toshihiko Shimada (ep 1)
Tsutomu Takei (ep 2)
Yoshie Yokoyama (ep 1)
Yūji Satō (ep 2)
Yukimaro Ōtsubo (ep 1)
Music producer: Sohichiro Harada
Photography:
Hiroshi Tanigaki (ep 2)
Kazuyuki Oota (ep 2)
Shōta Yamauchi (ep 2)
Takeshi Yamamoto (ep 2)
Toshiyuki Yasuhara (ep 2)
Yasuhiko Abe (ep 2)
Recording Adjustment:
Nobuhira Hirano (ep 1)
Yasunori Ebina (ep 2)
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Theme Song Lyrics: Yoko Nezu
Mariko Kouda as Nima
Yūji Ueda as Hibio

Satomi Koorogi as Fujimatsu

Fumi Hirano as Hibio's Mother
Junko Shimakata as Nike
Shigeru Chiba as Hibio's Father
Shinichirō Miki as Hydra Eda
Takeshi Aono as Fujimatsu's Grandfather
Toshio Furukawa as Arnold Eda

Hisayoshi Izaki
Mie Odagi
Nobutoshi Canna
Shihori Niwa
Toshiya Ueda
Japanese companies
Animation Production: AIC
Background Art: Green
Casting Cooperation: 81 Produce
Film Developing: Imagica
In-Between Animation: Hana Production
Lithwork: Maki Production
Paint:
Echo Productions
Hana Production
Lee Production
Seoul Kids
Studio PIA
Photography:
ACC Tanihara Studio (ep 1)
AIC Photography Dept. (ep 1)
Falcon, Inc. (ep 1)
Studio Coral Reef (ep 1)
Production:
AIC
KSS
Production Assistance: St. Hakk
Recording Studio:
HALF H·P STUDIO
KSS Recording Studio
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Laura Attwell
Project Translator: Tacey Miller
Translation: Takeshi Kino
Executive producer: John Ledford
Producer: Janice Williams

Editing: David Grundy
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Logo Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Assistant:
Akiko Yoshii
Kelly Jean Beard
Maki Nagano
Masami Takahashi
Production manager: Lisa J. Miller
Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol
Subtitle Script: L.B. Bartholomee
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes
English companies
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Media Blasters
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Italian cast
Italian staff
(none)
Debora Magnaghi as Nima
Simone D'Andrea as Hibio

Cinzia Massironi as Fujimatsu

Claudio Moneta as Haidora
Lorenzo Scattorin as Tetsuya
Luca Bottale as Arnold
Marco Balzarotti as Padre di Hibio
Patrizia Salmoiraghi as Masae
Patrizio Prata as Osamu
Stefano Albertini as Nonno di Hibio
Italian companies
Distributor: Dynamic Italia

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