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Saber Marionette R (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Garotas Marionetes (Portuguese)
ＳＭガールズ セイバーマリオネットＲ (Japanese)
Themes: robot girl
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Jr., the heir of Romana and his battle sabers Cherry and Lime, who have girl circuits are enjoying their peaceful life in Romana. Suddenly, the evil Star-Face and his sexadolls attack Romana in order to take over so Star-Face can become the next High Official. In order to truly become the next High Official and ruler of Romana, he must first eliminate Jr. This begins a battle for, not only Jr.'s life, but for all of Romana.
User Ratings: 224 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Excellent: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 32 votes (sub:17, dub:11, raw:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 65 votes (sub:35, dub:24, ?:1, others:5
4 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 54 votes (sub:27, dub:21, others:6
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:9, dub:7, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 11 votes (dub:6, sub:5)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:2, others:2
2 Spanish dubbed
)
 Awful: 3 votes (?:1, sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 582 users, rank: #1927 (of 10140)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.312 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9088, rank: #6740 (of 10325)
Weighted mean: 6.286 (Decent+), rank: #6744 (of 10325) (seen all: 6.34 / seen some: 5.89 / won't finish: 4.28)
Bayesian estimate: 6.351 (Decent+), rank: #6040 (of 7760)
Number of episodes: 3
Vintage:
1995-05-21
2000-09-30 (Latinamerica - Locomotion)
Release dates: We have 4
Ending Theme:
#1: "Dakishimete Lovin' You" by Megumi Hayashibara, Yuri Shiratori, & Akiko Hiramatsu (eps 1-2)
#2: "Sobaniiruyo Yasashiki EPILOGUE" by Megumi Hayashibara, Yuri Shiratori, & Akiko Hiramatsu (ep 3)
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Originally licensed in the U.S. by AnimeVillage.com/Bandai Entertainment.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Saber Marionette R (DVD) 2004-07-13 (from $9.35)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Koji Masunari
Script:
Masaharu Amiya (ep 2)
Sumio Uetake (eps 1, 3)
Storyboard:
Kazuya Tsurumaki (ep 2)
Koji Masunari (eps 1, 3)
Episode Director:
Baku Tsuzuri (ep 3)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (ep 2)
Koji Masunari (ep 1)
Music: Toshiyuki Omori
Original creator:
Hiroshi Negishi
Satoru Akahori
Original Character Design:
Yoshitsune Izuna
Yūichirō Tanuma
Character Design: Kōdai Iwata
Art Director: Minoru Nishida
Animation Director:
Eiji Suganuma (ep 2)
Kōdai Iwata (ep 1)
Takuya Saitō (ep 3)
Mechanical design: Takahiro Kishida
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Executive producer:
Takashi Mogi
Yutaka Takahashi
Producer:
Atsushi Sugita
Mitsuteru Shibata

Assistant Animation Director: Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 3)
Background Art:
Chieko Masuda (Mini Art; eps 1-3)
Izumi Wada (Mini Art; eps 1-3)
Kazuo Ebisawa (eps 1, 3)
Yūko Saitō (Mini Art; eps 1-3)
Yūko Tahara (Mini Art; ep 3)
Yumiko Ogata (Mini Art; eps 1-3)
Color design: Masato Sasaki
Color setting:
Maki Tanaka (ep 2)
Shigenobu Kaihoko (eps 1, 3)
Editing: Seiji Morita
Film Development, Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
In-Between Animation:
Ayako Okamoto (eps 2-3)
Eiko Murata (eps 1-3)
Koichiro Yoshida (ep 3)
Koji Kumasaki (Shaft; ep 2)
Michiko Noda (ep 1)
Mie Yamashita (eps 1-3)
Miho Tomioka (eps 2-3)
Miyuki Ishimaru (ep 1)
Mizue Kuwamoto (Shaft; ep 2)
Naoto Okada (ep 3)
Rinzo Hirose (eps 2-3)
Sachiko Kobayashi (ep 3)
Sachiyo Hiraide (ep 3)
Yasunori Tsuruoka (ep 1)
Yoshito Miki (eps 1-3)
Yukihiro Yokoyama (Shaft; ep 2)
In-Between Check:
Hiromi Sakai (ep 3)
Kiminobu Zenpo (ep 1)
Kōichi Iwanaga (ep 2)
Minoru Abe (ep 1)
Sachiko Kobayashi (ep 2)
Sachiyo Hiraide (ep 2)
Yoshiko Fujita (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Eiji Suganuma (eps 1-2)
Fumie Muroi (eps 1-2)
Fumihide Sai (eps 1-2)
Fuminori Kizaki (eps 1-2)
Hidenori Matsubara (eps 1-2)
Hiroaki Gōda (ep 2)
Hirofumi Suzuki (eps 1, 3)
Hiroshi Yoneda (ep 2)
Hirotoshi Sano (eps 1-3)
Hiroyuki Nishimura (ep 1)
Isamu Imakake (ep 2)
Katsunori Saito (ep 1)
Katsutoshi Tsunoda (ep 3)
Kazuhiko Abe (eps 1, 3)
Kazunobu Hoshi (ep 2)
Kazuya Kuroda (ep 2)
Kazuya Takeda (ep 1)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (ep 2)
Kiyotoshi Aoi (ep 3)
Kunihiro Abe (ep 1)
Makoto Yamada (ep 2)
Masahiro Koyama (ep 3)
Masashi Yanagishita (ep 1)
Masaya Tanaka (eps 1, 3)
Masayuki Okada (ep 3)
Motoko Hiraishi (ep 3)
Shigeki Kuhara (ep 3)
Shin Matsuo (eps 1-3)
Tadashi Sakazaki (eps 1, 3)
Takahiro Kishida (eps 1, 3)
Takao Takegami (eps 1, 3)
Takehiro Nakayama (ep 1)
Takuya Saitō (eps 1, 3)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (eps 1-3)
Toshiharu Murata (ep 1)
Toshinari Yamashita (eps 1-3)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 2)
Tsunenori Saitō (ep 3)
Umetaro Saitani (ep 2)
Yōko Kikuchi (eps 1-2)
Yoshiaki Itō (ep 3)
Yoshiyuki Itō (ep 2)
Yūichi Tanaka (ep 1)
Layout Supervision: Takahiro Kishida (ep 1)
Music Director: Kōji Asano
Paint:
Emi Seto (eps 2-3)
Etsuko Hasegawa (Shaft; ep 2)
Miki Yoshida (Shaft; ep 2)
Misa Kudo (Shaft; ep 2)
Natsuko Fukuhara (Shaft; ep 2)
Yukie Mitsuma (Shaft; ep 2)
Yukiko Tozuka (ep 3)
Paint Check:
Atsuko Imai (eps 2-3)
Maki Tanaka (ep 3)
Shigenobu Kaihoko (ep 2)
Photography:
Hiroshi Noguchi (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Katsunori Maehara (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Motoaki Ikegami (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Naohisa Haijima (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Noriko Suzuki (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Takashi Shimada (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Tetsuo Ōfuji (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Toshikazu Kuno (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Yōichi Kuroda (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Yūichi Ono (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-3)
Planning:
Masaki Sawanobori
Shin Unozawa
Production Advancement:
Shinji Ishizawa (eps 2-3)
Tōru Shimose (ep 1)
Production Desk: Yutaka Nagaushi
Production producer: Masao Nakamura
Recording Adjustment: Yoshio Obara
Setting Production: Tōru Shimose (eps 2-3)
Setting Supervisor: Atsushi Takeuchi
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
Supervision:
Hiroshi Negishi
Satoru Akahori
Theme Song Arrangement: Toshiyuki Omori (ED 1-2)
Theme Song Composition: Toshiyuki Omori (ED 1-2)
Theme Song Lyrics: Narumi Yamamoto (ED 1-2)
Theme Song Performance:
Akiko Hiramatsu (ED 1-2)
Megumi Hayashibara (ED 1-2)
Yuri Shiratori (ED 1-2)
Akiko Hiramatsu as Bloodberry
Megumi Hayashibara as Lime
Yuka Imai as Junior
Yuri Shiratori as Cherry

Hikaru Midorikawa as Face
Kikuko Inoue as Brid
Urara Takano as Edge
Yūko Mizutani as Kyanny

Banjō Ginga as Villey
Kenichi Ogata as old guy (Act 2)
Kujira as sexadoll A (Act 2)
Miyuki Matsushita as Patrol Saber (Act 1)
Shinichirō Miki as Sunchest (Act 1)
Tomoko Naka as sex doll B (Act 2)
Wataru Takagi as Announcer (Act 1)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Bureaucrat (Act 2)
Yūko Miyamura as
Adali (Act 2)
Lun (Act 1)
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Animate
Zero-G
Background Art: Mini Art (eps 1-3)
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Editing: Morita Editing Room
Film: Eastman Kodak
Film Developing: Imagica
In-Between Animation:
Amisong Pro (ep 1)
Anime Torotoro (ep 1)
Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd. (ep 3)
FAI International (ep 1)
HeeWon Entertainment (eps 2-3)
K-Production (ep 3)
Kyoto Animation (ep 3)
Marsa, Inc. (eps 2-3)
Seoul Kids (eps 1-3)
SHAFT (ep 2)
Sung Production (ep 2)
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 1)
Lithwork: Maki Production
Music Production: King Records
Paint:
Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd. (ep 1)
HeeWon Entertainment (eps 1-3)
Marsa, Inc. (eps 2-3)
Seoul Kids (eps 1-3)
SHAFT (ep 2)
Photography:
Studio Cosmos (eps 1-3)
Production:
Animate
Bandai Visual
MOVIC
Zero-G
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Sound Production: Audio Tanaka
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Translation: Kathleen Giles
Executive producer:
John Sirabella
Ken Iyadomi
Producer:
Haruyo Kanesaku (VHS release)
Yasuo Miyakawa (VHS release)
Yutaka Maseba (VHS release)

Associate producer:
Jerry Chu (VHS release)
Nobu Yamamoto (VHS release)
Authoring: Stephen Poole (DVD)
Co-Producer:
Charles McCarter
Jerry Chu
Kimi Matsuki (VHS release)
Dialogue Director: Kacey McDougall
Editing: Naneen Paglieri (DVD)
Engineering Assistant: Jill Ritter
Graphic Design: Alissyn Brock (DVD)
Post-Production Manager: Scott Marchfeld (DVD)
Production Assistant:
Kevin Hale
Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Production Coordination:
Diana Gage
Kei Onishi (VHS release)
Production manager: Sean Molyneaux (DVD)
Production Operator: Naomi Richtenburg (VHS release)
Re-Recording Mixing: Jan Deny
Recording engineer: Trevor Smith
Script Adaptation: Kathleen Westlake
Subtitling: Nagisa Wada (DVD)
Translation Manager: Anna Yamamoto (DVD)
Video Post-Production: Erin Falconer
Wordfit Editor:
Karl Willems
Rusty Dunn
Trevor Smith
Erin Fitzgerald as Cherry
Janyse Jaud as Bloodberry
Maggie Blue O'Hara as Lime
Matt Smith as Junior

Brian Drummond as Face
Nicole Oliver as Brid
Saffron Henderson as Edge
Venus Terzo as Kyanny

Don Brown as Farmer (Act 2)
French Tickner as Viery
John Payne as Sanchest (Act 1)
Nicole Oliver as Lun (Act 1)
Venus Terzo as Adali (Act 2)
English companies
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Distributor: AnimeWorks (2004-)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
Viewster
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Media Blasters
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions (VHS release)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
(none)
Elsa Covián as Cereza (Cherry)
Maria Fernanda Morales as Zarzamora (Bloodberry)

Gabriela Michel as Kyanny
Genaro Vasquez as Zongest
Laura Ayala as Edge
Lourdes Morán as Brid
Ricardo Tejedo as Máscara (Face)

Alfonso Ramirez as Viceroy
Cristina Hernandez as lime
Laura Torres as junior
Rafael Rivera as Old Man
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Locomotion
German staff
German companies
(none)
Broadcaster: VOX
Distributor:
ACOG
OVA Films
Dubbing: Circle of Arts (re-edition)
German cast
Michele Sterr as Cherry
Shandra Schadt as Bloodberry
Tolilah Jolas as Junior
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Elcio Sodré
Translation: Ednaldo Esteves

Screen: Júlio Franco
Denise Reis as Bloodberry
Diego Marques as Junior
Fátima Noya as Cherry
Márcia Regina as Lime

Adriana Pissardini as Kyanny
Affonso Amajones as Starface
Eleonora Prado as Edge
Jonas Mello as Virey
Vanessa Alves as Brid

João Batista as Fazendeiro (ep 2)
Luiz Laffey as Tournament announcer
Rita Almeida as Luka [Lun] (ep 1)
Wellington Lima as Sanchez
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Locomotion Brazil
Dubbing Studio: Mastersound

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