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Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ririka, SOS! (Italian)
ナースエンジェルりりかＳＯＳ (Japanese)
Genres: drama, magic
Themes: magical girl, nurses
Plot Summary: The Evil Forces of Dark Joker are closing in on our planet after having destroyed the beautiful planet of Queen Earth. Now, 10 year old Moriya Ririka, with the help of her childhood friend Seiya and the mysterious Kanon, must transform into the Nurse Angel and find the elusive Flower of Life, the only way to defeat the evil forces. The Flower of Life, that once bloomed all over the Earth, is where no one thought it ever would be. And Ririka must make the hardest decision of her life in order to acquire it and rid the universe of evil once and for all.
User Ratings: 56 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian edited dub
)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Very good: 12 votes (sub:10, raw:2)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:7)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 153 users, rank: #4543 (of 10086)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.000 (Good), std. dev.: 1.9272, rank: #3821 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 6.958 (Good), rank: #4111 (of 10248) (seen all: 7.34 / seen some: 6.52 / won't finish: 3.45)
Bayesian estimate: 7.055 (Good), rank: #3276 (of 7715)
Number of episodes: 35
Episode titles: We have 35
Vintage: 1995-07-07 to 1996-03-29
Opening Theme:
#1: "Koi wo Suru Tabi ni Kizutsukiyasuku (恋をするたびに傷つきやすく…)" by Suirei (eps 01-26)
#2: "Doo ni ka Koo ni ka (どーにかこーにか)" by Eiko Minami (eps 27-35)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Ririka SOS (りりかSOS)" by Kaori Asou (eps 01-23)
#2: "Egao wo Wasurenai (笑顔を忘れない)" by Kaori Asou (eps 24-35)
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Akitarō Daichi
Script:
Akemi Omode (9 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9, 13, 17, 24-25, 29, 35
)
Akitarō Daichi (ep 15)
Hiroshi Toda (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 12, 20, 27
)
Miharu Hirami (10 episodes
eps 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 22-23, 30, 32, 34
)
Miho Maruo (4 episodes
eps 19, 21, 28, 33
)
Yuichiro Takeda (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 11, 18, 26, 31
)
Storyboard:
Akitarō Daichi (4 episodes
eps 1, 15, 26, 35
)
Hiroaki Sakurai (6 episodes
eps 2, 8, 16, 24, 31, 34
)
Kenjirō Yoshida (ep 33)
Kunihisa Sugishima (4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 21, 30
)
Setsuo Takase (ep 32)
Shigeru Yamazaki (eps 9, 20)
Shinji Sakai (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 22, 27
)
Sumio Watanabe (eps 4, 14)
Takeshi Ushigusa (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 17, 28
)
Yoshihiro Takamoto (eps 19, 25)
Yukio Okazaki (5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 18, 23, 29
)
Episode Director:
Akitarō Daichi (eps 1, 15)
Hiroaki Sakurai (7 episodes
eps 2, 8, 16, 24, 31, 34-35
)
Kenjirō Yoshida (eps 28, 33)
Kunihisa Sugishima (4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 21, 30
)
Setsuo Takase (ep 32)
Shigeru Yamazaki (eps 9, 14, 20)
Shinji Sakai (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 22, 27
)
Sumio Watanabe (ep 4)
Takeshi Ushigusa (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 17, 26
)
Yoshihiro Takamoto (eps 19, 25)
Yukio Okazaki (5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 18, 23, 29
)
Music: Shinkichi Mitsumune
Original creator:
Koi Ikeno
Yasushi Akimoto
Character Design: Hajime Watanabe
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Chief Animation Director: Hajime Watanabe
Animation Director:
Akemi Hayashi (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 18, 23, 29, 34
)
Akinobu Tokinaga (eps 21, 26)
Atsushi Toba (eps 4, 9, 14)
Chi Man Park (10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30
)
Emiko Kataoka (ep 20)
Hajime Watanabe (5 episodes
eps 6, 11, 15-16, 24
)
Ken'ichi Hara (ep 27)
Makoto Takeichi (ep 31)
Masaharu Morinaka (ep 33)
Satoru Kusuda (ep 28)
Takaaki Wada (ep 35)
Takashi Kamei (ep 32)
Wi-Gwang Ju (ep 20)
Yoko Konishi (ep 24)
Yoshihiro Itō (ep 1)
Yoshiyuki Tokinaga (eps 21, 26)
Sound Director: Kazuya Tanaka
Director of Photography: Yasunori Hayama
Producer:
Noriko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Yoko Matsushita (NAS)

Advertising Manager:
Aya Jingu (TV Tokyo; eps 30-35)
Reiko Moji (TV Tokyo; eps 1-29)
Assistant Art Director:
Hisayoshi Takahashi
Kenji Kato
Assistant producer: Masafumi Shigematsu (Studio Gallop)
Associate producer: Akio Wakana (Studio Gallop)
Background Art: Kentarō Akiyama (Kobayashi Production; 30 episodes
eps 4-5, 7-11, 13-35
)
Color design: Masato Yokoi
Color Key: Shūichi Satō (ep 32)
Editing:
Hiroshi Itō (JAY FILM)
Masahiro Matsumura (JAY FILM)
Episode Director Cooperation: Ryōsuke Takahashi (Akabanten)
In-Between Animation:
Shinobu Tagashira (5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 18, 23, 29
)
Shuji Maruyama (Yumeta Company; ep 34)
Key Animation:
Akemi Hayashi (Yumeta Company; ep 7)
Akihiro Asanuma (Samtack Planning; eps 16, 21, 33)
Akira Shimizu (Yumeta Company; ep 2)
Byung Seok Lee (Dongwoo Animation; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30
)
Chan Woong Lee (Dongwoo Animation; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30
)
Chūji Nakajima (ep 15)
Do Hwan Kim (Dongwoo Animation; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30
)
Eiichi Tokura (Samtack Planning; eps 28, 33)
Emiko Kataoka (Studio Gallop; 5 episodes
eps 1, 9, 14, 20, 35
)
Eriko Murakami (Yumeta Company; ep 7)
Fumio Sasaki (Studio Gallop; 5 episodes
eps 16, 24, 26, 31, 35
)
Hajime Yoshida (Studio Gallop; 8 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 35
)
Hideo Kawaguchi (Samtack Planning; ep 33)
Hideyuki Hamada (Samtack Planning; eps 28, 33)
Hoon-Chul Choi (Dongwoo Animation; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30
)
Junichi Hayakawa (Studio Gallop; 8 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 35
)
Katsumi Hiroe (ep 24)
Kazuko Kodama (Samtack Planning; ep 33)
Keiko Kataoka (Daizou Production; eps 27, 32)
Keiko Kawashima (Yumeta Company; 5 episodes
eps 7, 18, 23, 29, 34
)
Ken'ichi Hara (Daizou Production; OP/ED; eps 27, 32)
Kenji Yamazaki (eps 16, 24)
Koichi Hoshino (Yumeta Company; ep 12)
Kōichi Taguchi (ep 1)
Kuniyuki Ishii (eps 11, 16)
Maki Katsube (Yumeta Company; ep 7)
Makoto Takahoko (eps 4, 9, 14)
Makoto Takeichi (ep 11)
Masahito Sawada (ep 24)
Masaki Kudō (ep 20)
Masaru Yoshioka (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26
)
Masayuki Onji (Studio Gallop; eps 31, 35)
Mitsuru Sōma (Yumeta Company; ep 34)
Motohide Nishimura (Yumeta Company; ep 18)
Munekatsu Fujita (ep 1)
Naoya Horikawa (Yumeta Company; eps 2, 12, 16)
Nobutake Ito (Yumeta Company; ep 2)
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa (Yumeta Company; eps 7, 18, 29)
Noriko Tejima (Yumeta Company; eps 12, 23)
Noriyuki Fukuda (eps 1, 6, 11)
Osamu Ishikawa (Yumeta Company; 5 episodes
eps 12, 18, 23, 29, 34
)
Ryūta Kawagishi (ep 11)
Saburō Masutani (eps 9, 14, 20)
Sadahiko Sakamaki (eps 6, 11)
Sang-Yeob Kim (Dongwoo Animation; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30
)
Satomi Moriyama (Samtack Planning; eps 28, 33)
Seung Woo Yang (Dongwoo Animation; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30
)
Shinichirō Fukushima (Yumeta Company; eps 18, 23)
Shinobu Tagashira (Yumeta Company; ep 2)
Shintarō Muraki (Studio Gallop; ep 35)
Takaaki Wada (eps 24, 31)
Takahiro Honma (Yumeta Company; 4 episodes
eps 2, 12, 23, 29
)
Takahiro Kagami (Yumeta Company; eps 7, 18)
Takayo Nishimura (Studio Gallop; eps 1, 35)
Tomoaki Chishima (ep 16)
Tomoaki Kado (ep 1)
Utako Yamazaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21
)
Yasuhiro Fujita (Samtack Planning; ep 28)
Yasutaka Hanabusa (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 20
)
Yoshihiro Sugai (Samtack Planning; eps 28, 33)
Yoshihiro Taniguchi (Samtack Planning; eps 28, 33)
Yoshiko Sasaki (Daizou Production; eps 27, 32)
Yoshimi Imagawa (Yumeta Company; 4 episodes
eps 2, 12, 23, 34
)
Yoshiyuki Tokinaga (Studio Gallop; 4 episodes
eps 21, 26, 31, 35
)
Yuka Kudō (Studio Gallop; eps 26, 31, 35)
Yukio Takatsu (Daizou Production; eps 27, 32)
Sound Effects:
Daisuke Jinbo (Swara Production)
Special Effects:
Fuyuto Muraguchi
Takashi Maekawa
Yūji Okajima
Yukitaka Shishikai
Theme Song Composition:
Kisaburoh Suzuki (OP2)
Takashi Kudoh (ED2)
Tetsuya Komuro (OP1)
Theme Song Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto (OP 1-2, ED 1)
Theme Song Performance: Kaori Asou (ED)
Akira Ishida as Seiya Uzaki
Kaori Asou as Ririka Moriya/Nurse Angel

Azusa Nakao as Anna Kazami
Hidehiro Kikuchi as Nozomu Kanou / Kanon
Kaoru Suzuki as Karin Mizuhara
Kōji Ishii as Keto
Ryō Horikawa as Bross
Yuri Amano as Madoka Moriya
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Dewey

Ai Satō as Principal
Akihisa Murayama as
Dark Joker (ep 29)
Doll Joker (ep 29)
Akira Ishida as Herb
Chieko Honda as Kimizuka-sensei (4 episodes
eps 1, 4, 16, 20
)
Daisuke Namikawa as Takumi Endou (ep 31)
Eiji Takemoto as
Boulder Man (ep 10)
Boy (ep 21)
Male Student (ep 9)
Emiko Matsuoka as
Kaori's mother (ep 5)
Keeper (ep 30)
Miyuki Kuwano
Hidehiro Kikuchi as Great Yamazaki
Hideyuki Fujita as
Black Vaccine (ep 31)
Fencing department chief (ep 23)
Hiro Yuuki as Lube
Hiroshi Takahashi as Butler
Jun-ichi Kanemaru as Foggy
Junko Shimakata as
Maruru
Misa
Kaori Yuasa as
Black cat (ep 6)
Boy (eps 28, 31)
Female Student (eps 16, 20, 25)
Girl (ep 12)
Shou Moriya
Kaoru Suzuki as Couple lady (ep 8)
Keiji Fujiwara as Kazuhito Moriya
Kōji Ishii as
Couple man (ep 8)
Jiino (ep 30)
Patient (ep 5)
Masataka Nakai as Fencing department members (ep 1)
Miina Tominaga as Yuko Uzaki
Mikako Satō as
Eiko
Girl (eps 5, 15)
Patient (ep 7)
Miwa Matsumoto as
Boy (eps 29, 31)
Female Student (eps 25, 27)
Rumi (ep 33)
Soccer Player (ep 30)
Naoki Bandō as
Announcer (ep 30)
Black Vaccine
Carity (ep 33)
Dark Joker (ep 34)
Hiroshi Uzaki
Norihisa Mori as
Battler (ep 30)
Defender (ep 30)
Emergency room personnel
Fencing Division Captain (ep 1)
Planton (ep 32)
shapeshifting monster (ep 9)
Shibos (ep 10)
Noriko Namiki as Mimina
Nozomi Ikeda as Female Student (ep 22)
Ryō Naitō as Takuma Endo (ep 31)
Ryūnosuke Ōbayashi as Akasegawa
Shinichi Takenaka as Zaider (ep 8)
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as
Delfo (eps 7, 15)
Nishitokorozawa
Wataru Takagi as Nakayama (ep 32)
Yoshikazu Nagano as
Kendo Teacher (ep 31)
Monster (ep 20)
Yūji Mitsuya as
Kurumi Moriya
TV superhero (ep 33)
Yuka's father (ep 33)
Yuki Nakao as
Boy (eps 29, 31)
Kindergarten Teacher (ep 33)
Male Student (eps 25, 27)
Soccer Player (ep 30)
Yukishige Iemura as Roper (ep 28)
Yuko Maekawa as
Female Student (eps 25, 27)
Soccer Player (ep 30)
Yuka (ep 33)
Yuri Amano as Helena
Yuriko Fuchizaki as
Anna's Mother
Biko
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Gallop
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production (eps 1, 3-35)
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Editing: Jay Film
Finish Animation:
Anime House (eps 28, 33)
FAI (eps 28, 33)
MI (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 18, 23, 29, 34
)
Shima Studio (ep 32)
Studio Pokke (ep 27)
In-Between Animation:
FAI (eps 28, 33)
Samtack (eps 28, 33)
Yumeta Company (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 18, 23, 29, 34
)
Key Animation:
Daizo Productions (eps 27, 32)
DongWoo Animation (9 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30
)
Gallop (ep 35)
Samtack (eps 28, 33)
Studio Liberty (ep 15)
Yumeta Company (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 18, 23, 29, 34
)
Music Production Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Photography: Gallop
Production:
NAS
TV Tokyo
Production Cooperation:
Noside (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 20
)
Samtack (eps 28, 33)
Yumeta Company (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 18, 23, 29, 34
)
Recording Studio: Yoyogi Animation Academy Harajuku School Studio
Sound Adjustment: B-Line
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Sound Production Cooperation: B-Line
Special Thanks To: Yoyogi Animation Academy
Titles: Maki Production
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Lee Jinhwa as Tobi (Seiya Uzaki)
Mi-Suk Jeong as Ririka/Nurse Angel

Gu-Han Gang as Bross
Hui-Seon Gang as Dewey
Jeon Inbae as Ket (Keto)
Jeong Migyeong as Anna Kazami
Seung-Jun Kim as Kaenon (Nozomu Kanou/Kanon)
Yu Jiyeong as
Madoka Moriya
Semi (Karin Mizuhara)

Eun-A Kim as Mimina
Gu-Han Gang as Tobi's Father (Hiroshi Uzaki)
Song Doyeong as
Gu Miho (Miyuki Kuwano)
Helena
Kurumi Moriya
Korean companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Executive producer: Nicola Bartolini Carrassi

Post Production Cordinator: Nicola Bartolini Carrassi
Publisher: Nicola Bartolini Carrassi
Giusy Di Martino as Erika (Ririka) Moriya
Patrizio Prata as Sonny (Seia Uzaki)

Claudio Moneta as Callisto (Keto)
Davide Garbolino as Druidon (Dewey)
Federica Valenti as Karin Mizuhara
Renata Bertolas as Anna Kazami
Simone D'Andrea as Kein (Kanou)

Antonio Paiola as Incho Akasegawa
Emanuela Pacotto as Miyuki
Gianfranco Gamba as Dott. Hiroshi Uzaki
Giuliana Nanni as Nonna Kurumi
Marco Balzarotti as Duca Oscuro
Patrizia Mottola as Shou Moriya
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Hiro (from October 2009)
Italia Teen Television (from 11 July 2004)
Dubbing: Merak Film

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