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Star Ocean EX (TV)

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Alternative title:
スターオーシャンＥＸ (Japanese)
光劍星傳 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Claude C. Kenni, a crewmember on the spaceship Calnus and son of the commander of the ship, is transported to Expel, a backwards planet with swords and magic. He teams up with Rena Lanford, who thinks he is the legendary Warrior of Light, and other characters to investigate the Sorcery Globe, a meteorite that has been causing problems all over the world.
User Ratings: 473 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:8, dub:5)
 Excellent: 31 votes (sub:20, dub:10, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 73 votes (sub:57, dub:13, ?:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 130 votes (sub:93, dub:26, ?:3, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:5
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 110 votes (sub:76, dub:30, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 42 votes (sub:32, dub:9, raw:1)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:5, raw:1)
 Weak: 31 votes (sub:25, dub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Awful: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1132 users, rank: #1080 (of 8933)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.309 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.903, rank: #5899 (of 9046)
Weighted mean: 6.231 (Decent+), rank: #6057 (of 9046) (seen all: 6.46 / seen some: 6.01 / won't finish: 3.98)
Bayesian estimate: 6.265 (Decent+), rank: #5462 (of 6816)
Running time: Half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2001-04-03 to 2001-09-25
Opening Theme:
"To the light" by Amika Hattan
Ending Theme:
"Hearts" by Saori Nishihata
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Based loosely on the PSX RPG "Star Ocean 2: The Second Story", Disc 1.
Reviews:
Star Ocean EX DVD 3 (Sep 14, 2005)
Star Ocean EX DVD 2 (Jun 12, 2005)
Star Ocean EX DVD 1 (Mar 24, 2005)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Star Ocean EX - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2018-05-29 (from $29.96)
DVD (Region 1)
    Star Ocean EX - The Inception (DVD 1) 2005-01-04 (from $19.99)
    Star Ocean EX - The Inception + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-01-04 (from $29.95)
    Star Ocean EX - Dragon's Teeth (DVD 2) 2005-03-22 (from $14.52)
    Star Ocean EX - Magical Moonlit Flowers (DVD 3) 2005-05-24 (from $14.18)
    Star Ocean EX - Ruins and Hopes (DVD 4) 2005-07-19 (from $19.98)
    Star Ocean EX - El Continent (DVD 5) 2005-09-20 (from $14.99)
    Star Ocean EX - The Legendary Warrior (DVD 6) 2005-11-22 (from $20.00)
    Star Ocean EX - DVD Box Set (DVD 1-6) 2006-08-08 (from $152.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Watanabe
Series Composition:
Kenichi Kanemaki
Mayori Sekijima
Script: Satoru Nishizono (7 episodes
eps 7-8, 12-13, 17-18, 22
)
Screenplay:
Katsuhiko Takayama (eps 6, 11, 15)
Kenichi Araki (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 16, 19, 23
)
Kenichi Kanemaki (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 9, 14, 21, 24-25
)
Mayori Sekijima (eps 2, 20, 26)
Storyboard:
Hiroshi Watanabe
Hiroyuki Matsushita
Toshiya Niidome (4 episodes
eps 8, 12, 17, 22
)
Music: Motoi Sakuraba
Character Design: Ayako Kurata
Art Director: Shunichiro Yoshihara
Animation Director: Ayako Kurata
Character Conceptual Design: Mayumi Azuma
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Director of Photography:
Kouji Aoki
Yoshito Kuwa
Executive producer:
Keisuke Iwata
Kouji Taguchi
Tetsuya Watanabe
Producer:
Fukashi Azuma
Masahiro Toyosumi
Taihei Yamanishi

Animation Check:
Akira Sawamura
Megu Otsubo
Art Coordinator: Akihiro Hirasawa
Background Art:
Atsuko Takigami
Kaori Higashida
Keita Sakai
Michie Suzuki
Michiko Morokuma
Ryoko Kinoshita
Shinji Takasuka
Shuichi Tsuji
Tsubasa Matsumoto
Youichi Watanabe
Cinematography:
Hitoshi Saito
Katsutoshi Ooi
Masashi Kamiki
Mikiteru Honda
Risa Yamagata
Shinichi Igarashi
Tomohiro Nishikawa
Yuuka Hagiwara
Color Coordination: Shinji Matsumoto
Creative Director:
Ryouki Kamitsubo 
Shunji Yoshida 
Editing: Seiji Morita
Ending Animation:
Ai Kikuchi
Ayako Kurata
Miwa Oshima
Engineering Assistant: Mika Kamemoto
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Isohata
Akiko Kumada
Hiroaki Tomita (Studio DEEN; 21 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-15, 17-20, 22-26
)
Hirofumi Nakagawa
Hiroko Kanehara
Hisayuki Tabata
Jin Nishino
Keiya Nakano
Mutsumi Murata
Ryouichi Kaida (Jec.e; eps 3, 7)
Yuichiro Hayashi (Studio DEEN; eps 9, 14)
Key Animation:
Ai Kikuchi
Akiko Tanada
Akira Inoue (ep 4)
Akira Nakamura
Asami Endo
Atsushi Yamamoto
Ayako Kurata
Ayano Fujii (5 episodes
eps 10, 18, 20, 23, 25
)
Chie Kokubo
Chūji Nakajima
Fujiko Aoyagi
Haruhiko Noda
Hideki Ito
Hideo Miura
Hideyuki Arao
Hiroaki Karasu
Hiromi Ishizuka (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 20
)
Hiroshi Watanabe
Hiroyuki Okuno
Junko Miyamoto
Kazumi Sato
Kei Tsuchiya
Kenichiro Ogata
Koichi Nakaya
Mami Yamaguchi
Mariko Oka
Masahito Onoda (eps 1, 5)
Masakatsu Sasaki
Masaki Hinata
Masashi Kudo
Masayoshi Tanaka (ep 11)
Mayumi Fukushi
Mayumi Oda
Mayumi Yamamoto
Mika Takahashi (高橋美香)
Mitsuhiro Okumura
Miwa Sakai
Miwako Yamamoto
Motoki Yagi
Noriyuki Nakajima
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Satoshi Sakai (ep 15)
Seiichi Nodate
Shigemi Aoyagi
Shingo Kurakari
Shingo Nishiyama
Takahiro Hirayama
Tomomi Kimura
Toshihiko Fukano
Yoshiaki Minami
Yoshifumi Miyaji
Yosuhara Kudo
Youichi Ishikawa
Yuko Hirasawa
Opening Animation:
Ai Kikuchi
Ayako Kurata
Hiroshi Koujina
Hiroshi Takeuchi
Mami Yamaguchi
Mariko Oka
Miwa Oshima
Miwa Sakai
Takahiro Hirayama
Tomomi Kimura
Production manager:
Kouji Ishii
Shinichi Sasaki
Recording engineer: Yasushi Nagura
Sound Design:
Emi Takanashi
Hidemitsu
Sound Production Manager: Eri Shirosaki
Special Effects: Shouichi Uehara
Supervision: Yoshinori Yamagishi
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hiroaki Hayama (OP)
Kōji Makaino (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Hiroaki Hayama (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Kentaro (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Amika Hattan (OP)
Saori Nishihata (ED)
TV Marketing: Junya Itou
Hiro Yuuki as Claude C. Kenni
Mayumi Iizuka as Rena Lanford

Kanako Mitsuhashi as Leon
Mami Kingetsu as Celine Jules
Takayasu Usui as Gyoro
Takehito Koyasu as Dias Flac
Tomoe Hanba as Precis
Tomokazu Seki as Ashton Anchors
Tomoyuki Shimura as Ururun
Yasunori Matsumoto as Bowman

Chiaki Takahashi as Sophia
Chie Nakamura as Eleanor's Mother
Chihiro Suzuki as Azamgil
Chinami Nishimura as Green Demon (ep 12)
Daisuke Kishio as
Hooligan A, "Chin"
Young man A (ep 2)
Eiji Yanagisawa as Old priest (ep 21)
Ema Kogure as Cecil
Fumiko Orikasa as Westa
Hikaru Midorikawa as Allen
Hiroaki Miura as Cowherd (ep 2)
Hirofumi Tanaka as Referee (ep 15)
Hiroshi Yanaka as Ernest
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Hooligan B, "Pea"
Ikuya Sawaki as Ronikis J. Kenny
Jouji Nakata as Demon Bird Zinae (eps 8, 26)
Jun Hazumi as Harvest (eps 18-19)
Katsuhiro Kitagawa as King Lacour
Katsumi Chou as King Cross (ep 4)
Kazuaki Itō as Gaizel (eps 14-16)
Kazusa Murai as Housewife B (ep 2)
Kazuya Nakai as Snakeman
Kenichi Ogata as Regius
Kenichi Ono as Cynne (eps 18-19)
Kenji Hamada as
Hooligan C, "La"
Middle-aged man A (ep 2)
Kōichi Hasebe as Bandit A (ep 5)
Koji Yusa as Keith
Kumi Yamakado as Woman A (ep 21)
Masako Joh as Female Calnus crew A (eps 1, 24)
Masanobu Kariya as
Bandit B (ep 5)
Villager A (ep 6)
Masato Amada as Teacher (ep 5)
Masayo Kurata as Eleanor
Megumi Matsumoto as Yuki
Michihiro Ikemizu as Gamzy
Miho Yamada as Female prophet (eps 25-26)
Naoki Bandou as Shaizen (eps 14, 16)
Naomi Wakabayashi as Claude (Young)
Rica Matsumoto as Opera Vectra
Sayaka Aida as Housewife C (ep 2)
Sayaka Ohara as Neene
Sayoko Kawaguchi as Housewife A (ep 2)
Takahiro Imamura as Crew C (ep 1)
Takahiro Sakurai as Gabriel
Tetsu Inada as Bisque
Wahei Iida as Old man (ep 10)
Yasuhiko Tokuyama as Crew B (ep 1)
Yasuo Iwata as Elder Doyen (ep 5)
Yukie Maeda as Woman B (ep 21)
Japanese companies
Animation Direction: Studio Live (eps 14, 19)
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Background Assistance: Biho Digital Works
Backgrounds:
Baku Production (4 episodes
eps 11-12, 15, 21
)
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production (ep 12)
Bihou, Inc. (22 episodes
eps 1-10, 13-14, 16-20, 22-26
)
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Cinematography:
JEC-E (eps 3, 7)
Studio Twinkle (24 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8-26
)
Editing: Morita Editing Room
In-Between Animation:
Artland
Buyuu (ep 16)
Chaos Project
Danni Animation
E-cho
FAI
JEC-E
Mouse
Production I.G
Project Team Sarah
Snow Light Staff
Studio CATS
Studio Jungle Gym
Studio Live
Studio Mark
Studio Sign
Tanto
Key Animation:
Studio Angle (4 episodes
eps 13, 20, 23, 25
)
Anime World Osaka (ep 21)
FAI (ep 21)
Nakamura Production (ep 24)
Snow Light Staff (ep 21)
Studio 4°C (ep 21)
Studio Liberty (eps 20, 24-25)
Paint:
Artland
Danni Animation
E-cho
Studio Elle
Photography Cooperation: Trans Arts Co. (eps 3, 7)
Production:
Dentsu Inc.
Studio DEEN
TV Tokyo
Production Cooperation: Artland (eps 11, 16, 21)
Recording Studio: Studio Gong
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
English cast
English staff
Translation: Paul Baldwin
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer: Michiko Powers

Casting Director: Randi Riediger
Dialogue Editing:
Aaron MacDonald
Timur Kalyuzhnyy
Production Coordination: Dennis Hrehoriac
Production manager: Diana Gage
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Pinder
Recording engineer: Timur Kalyuzhnyy
Script Adaptation: Josh Byer
Subtitle Coordinator: Warren Opheim
Subtitle Script: Kevin McKeown
Supervising Producer: Yukio Kusumoto
Talent Coordination: Jo-Lynn Foo
Video Post-Production:
Kieth Crosley
Michael Hey
Voice Direction: James Corrigall
Matt Hill as Claude C. Kenni
Nicole Bouma as Rena Lanford

Alistair Abell as Dr. Bowman Jean
Brent Miller as Dias Flac
Gabe Khouth as Ashton Anchors
Michael Dobson as Ururun
Reece Thompson as Dr. Leon D.S. Geeste
Tabitha St. Germain as Precis F. Newman
Trevor Devall as Gyoro
Venus Terzo as Celine Jules

Alistair Abell as Announcer
Andrew Toth as Keith
Anna Cummer as Bridge Crew
Brenna O'Brien as Sphere
Brent Miller as Middle Bandit
Brian Dobson as Snake Man
Brian Drummond as
Amon Lau
Bisque
Soldier
French Tickner as Gamzy
Jenn Forgie as Elanor's Mother
John Murphy as
Demon Bird Jean
Villager
John Novak as Commander Harvest
Kirby Morrow as Allen
Lalainia Lindbjerg as Green Demon
Mark Gibbon as Shin
Mark Oliver as Gabriel
Matt Smith as
Bridge Crew
Messenger
Michael Adamthwaite as
Bridge Crew
Chin
Michael Dobson as
Barrel Owner
King Lacour
Villager
Michael Kopsa as
King Cross
Ronix J. Kenni
Peter New as
Captain
Pirate
Villager
Rebecca Shoichet as Yuki
Reece Thompson as Claude (Young)
Ron Halder as Regis
Scott Logie as Azamgil
Sylvia Zaradic as Westa
Trevor Devall as
Ernest Raviede
Mars Elder
Mutineer
Shaizen
Small Bandit
Valerie Sing Turner as Neene
Venus Terzo as Prophetess
Willow Johnson as Opera Vectra

Gabe Khouth
Kirby Morrow
Matt Hill
Matt Smith
Michael Adamthwaite
Michael Kopsa
Nicole Bouma
Rebecca Shoicet
Ron Halder
Scott Logie
Sylvia Zaradic
Trevor Devall
Venus Terzo
English companies
Casting: Interpacific Productions
Internet Streaming:
RetroCrush
Viewster (AT,BE,DK,FR,DE,IE,NL,NO,ES,SE,CH,UK)
Licensed by:
Discotek Media
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (expired)
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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