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Switch (OAV)

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Genres: drama, mystery
Themes: police, shounen-ai
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Two newbies at the Narcotic Control Department in Japan, Haru and Kai, struggle against: drug dealers, gangs, murderers, psychopaths, mysterious organizations, and mad people in general. The gentle and caring one of the group, Kai, who has problems of his own, has the tendancy of turning into a lethal killing machine in certain scenarios. The way he acts changes like that of a "switch". As the two do their job, answers of what is behind Kai's strange behavior and who exactly he is, is revealed.
User Ratings: 108 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Very good: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Good: 31 votes (sub:28, dub:2, raw:1)
 Decent: 22 votes (sub:20, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:11, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 265 users, rank: #3314 (of 10067)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.750 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6839, rank: #5064 (of 10250)
Weighted mean: 6.615 (Good−), rank: #5506 (of 10250) (seen all: 6.68 / seen some: 6.43 / won't finish: 4.22)
Bayesian estimate: 6.707 (Good−), rank: #4767 (of 7729)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 2008-10-24
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Find out" by MIRANOSAND
Ending Theme:
"Your Hand" by MIRANOSAND
News: Show:
ToHeart2 adplus, Switch, Rideback, Tayutama Videos Posted (Dec 26, 2008)
1st 13 Minutes of Switch Anime Volume 1 Streamed (Oct 24, 2008)
First Switch DVD's Second Promo Video Posted Online (Oct 16, 2008)
Switch Anime's Opening Sequence Posted Online (Oct 3, 2008)
Switch Promotional Video with Anime Footage Streamed (Sep 18, 2008)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Screenplay: Natsuko Takahashi
Original creator:
Otoh Saki (story)
Tomomi Nakamura (art)
Character Design: Takeshi Itou

In-Between Animation: Akiko Ikemure (ep 1)
Theme Song Performance: MIRANOSAND (OP/ED)
Jun Fukuyama as Kai Etō
Takahiro Sakurai as Haru Kurabayashi

Hiroki Tōchi as Masami Ibu
Junichi Suwabe as Masataka Hiki
Kazuya Nakai as Kajiyama Keigo

Ai Nagano as Staff member
Atsushi Ono as Kitagishi
Fumihiro Okabayashi as Member
Kensuke Tamura as Member
Rie Nakagawa as Staff member
Ryōhei as Kuzuya Shouhei
Susumu Chiba as Kayama
Tomokazu Sugita as Kagura Akito
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Actas

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