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Heavy Metal L-Gaim (TV)

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Alternative title:
Jūsenki L-Gaim (Japanese)
重戦機エルガイム (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, real robot
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In the Pentagona System, a young man by the name of Daba Myroad leads a rebellion against Pentagona's leader, Oldna Poseidal. Daba's not alone however, meeting a large number of allies along his journey and having in his possession the powerful L-Gaim, a white Heavy Metal left to him by his father.
User Ratings: 53 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Excellent: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Very good: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Good: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 131 users, rank: #4888 (of 10139)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.189 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.0471, rank: #3094 (of 10315)
Weighted mean: 6.965 (Good), rank: #4092 (of 10315) (seen all: 7.26 / seen some: 5.10 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.065 (Good), rank: #3251 (of 7757)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 54
Episode titles: We have 55
Vintage: 1984-02-04 to 1985-02-23
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
#1: "Time For L-Gaim" by MIO (eps 01-25)
#2: "Kaze no No Reply (風のノー・リプライ)" by Mami Ayukawa (eps 26-54)
Ending Theme:
"「スターライト・シャワー」 Starlight Shower" by MIO
Insert song:
"Kizutsuita Jealousy" (傷ついたジェラシー) by Mami Ayukawa (ep 24)
Official website:
Bandai Channel's Juusenki L-Gaim Page (Japanese)
重戦機エルガイム (Japanese)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Series Composition: Yūji Watanabe
Script:
Hiroshi Ōnogi (5 episodes
eps 40, 44, 47, 50, 52
)
Mami Watanabe (16 episodes
eps 4, 7, 12, 15-16, 19, 23, 25, 28, 32, 35, 38, 41, 45, 48, 51
)
Sukehiro Tomita (14 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 18, 21, 24, 27, 29, 33, 37, 39, 49
)
Yoshie Kawahara (5 episodes
eps 20, 31, 36, 46, 51
)
Yūji Watanabe (15 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 22, 26, 30, 34, 42-43, 53-54
)
Storyboard:
Akio Yamadera (ep 38)
Hiroyuki Yokoyama (eps 39, 45, 51)
Iku Suzuki (ep 9)
Kouji Kawate (8 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 24, 31, 36, 42, 48
)
Kunihisa Sugishima (5 episodes
eps 18, 25, 30, 41, 54
)
Minoru Yokitani (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 26, 38
)
Osamu Sekita (eps 5, 10, 21)
Shuji Iuchi (5 episodes
eps 6, 11, 19, 27, 50
)
Tomonori Kogawa (ep 15)
Toshifumi Kawase (6 episodes
eps 14, 23, 28, 35, 43, 53
)
Toshifumi Takizawa (6 episodes
eps 16, 20, 32, 37, 46, 52
)
Yasuhiro Imagawa (9 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 29, 34, 40, 49
)
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Episode Director:
Hiroyuki Yokoyama (ep 45)
Kouji Kawate (9 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 24, 31, 36, 42, 46, 51
)
Kunihisa Sugishima (5 episodes
eps 25, 30, 37, 41, 54
)
Osamu Sekita (12 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 18, 21, 26, 32, 35, 39, 44, 48, 52
)
Renji Kawabata (eps 12, 16)
Shuji Iuchi (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 19, 27, 50
)
Toshifumi Kawase (11 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 20, 23, 28, 33, 38, 43, 47, 53
)
Yasuhiro Imagawa (8 episodes
eps 2, 7, 17, 22, 29, 34, 40, 49
)
Music: Kei Wakakusa
Original creator:
Hajime Yatate
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Character Design: Mamoru Nagano
Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda
Animation Director:
Akihiro Kanayama (12 episodes
eps 4, 9, 16, 21, 25, 28, 32, 36, 39, 43, 49, 53
)
Akira Nakamura (ep 13)
Eichi Endo (ep 3)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (8 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 17, 23, 26, 29, 54
)
Hiromi Muranaka (ep 34)
Hiroyuki Kitazume (9 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 23, 27, 30, 37
)
Kisaraka Yamada (4 episodes
eps 35, 40, 45, 51
)
Masayuki Yagi (eps 8, 18, 33)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 14)
Saburō Sakamoto (8 episodes
eps 6, 12, 19, 24, 31, 38, 44, 50
)
Tomonori Kogawa (5 episodes
eps 13, 22, 46, 48, 52
)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (eps 42, 47)
Yasuhiro Imagawa
Director of Photography: Akio Saitō
Producer:
Hironori Nakagawa (Nippon Sunrise)
Kuniaki Ohnishi (Sotsu Agency)
Toru Moriyama (Nagoya TV)

Animation: Hiroyuki Kitazume
Color setting: Kiyoko Takashima
Editing: Yumiko Fuse
Illustration: Hiroyuki Hataike (CD jacket)
In-Between Animation:
Akira Inoue (Anime R; ep 14)
Eriko Yabumoto (Anime R; ep 34)
Haruko Shinozaki (ep 13)
Hiroshi Ōsaka (Anime R; ep 14)
Hiroyuki Okiura (Anime R; ep 14)
Keiko Mimura (Anime R; ep 14)
Kyōko Fukui (ep 13)
Mari Nakatani (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9, 12, 28, 31
)
Shūjirō Hamakawa (Anime R; ep 14)
Yasuhiro Ōshima (Anime R; ep 34)
Yūko Takahashi (ep 13)
In-Between Check: Mari Nakatani (eps 34, 40)
Key Animation:
Akihiro Kanayama (eps 4, 9, 12)
Ayakou Tanaka (ep 44)
Eiichi Endō (eps 3, 8, 11)
Fumiko Kishi (ep 14)
Hideaki Sakamoto (eps 2, 7, 11)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (8 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 17, 23, 27, 30, 33
)
Hiromi Muranaka (ep 34)
Hiroyuki Kitazume (eps 1, 5, 10)
Hiroyuki Okuno (Nakamura Pro; ep 13)
Hisashi Hirai (Nakamura Pro; uncredited; ep 13)
Jōji Ōshima (ep 34)
Kazuchika Kise (ep 34)
Kazuhiko Yoshimori (ep 34)
Kiyomitsu Tsuji (eps 3, 8)
Kyōko Sugiyama (ep 44)
Makoto Ishida (Nakamura Pro; ep 13)
Mari Nakatani (6 episodes
eps 32, 38, 40, 44, 49, 53
)
Masahiro Itou (Nakamura Pro; ep 13)
Masahiro Kase (ep 14)
Masayuki Yagi (eps 3, 8, 11)
Michitaka Kikuchi
Nobuteru Yūki (ep 38)
Saburō Sakamoto (ep 6)
Sawako Yamamoto (ep 34)
Shigeki Awai (8 episodes
eps 25, 28, 31, 35, 39, 44, 49, 53
)
Shin Matsuo (5 episodes
eps 36, 39, 42, 47, 51
)
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Nakamura Pro; ep 13)
Tōru Yoshida (ep 14)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (eps 4, 9, 12)
Toshiyuki Kubooka (eps 1, 5, 10)
Toyami Sugiyama (eps 4, 9)
Yasuyoshi Geki (ep 6)
Yoshiko Nakamura (ep 34)
Production Assistant: Nana Harada
Production Desk:
Kenji Uchida (ep 1－32)
Kōji Takamori (ep 33－54)
Recording Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
Sound Production: Keiko Senda
Special Effects: Yutaka Hoshiba
Theme Song Performance:
Mami Ayukawa (OP 2)
MIO (OP 1 / ED)
Titles: Mitsuhiro Ajiki
Hirokazu Hiramatsu as Daba Myroad

Chieko Honda as Amu Fannellia
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Mirauu Kyao (debut)
Maria Kawamura as
Gaw Ha Leccee
Lillis Faw
Show Hayami as Gavlet Gablae

Asami Mukaidono as Lily Hasshi
Banjō Ginga as Maph McTomin
Bin Shimada as
Anton Rando
Chai Char
Eriko Hara as Miyama Asphy
Harumi Takeuchi as Nei Mo Han
Hidekatsu Shibata as Sai Quo Addar
Katsuhiro Nanba as Zigma
Kayoko Fujii as Pamela Piloledge
Kōji Totani as Hashamoja
Kōzō Shioya as Heckler Mauser (eps 34-54)
Masato Tachizawa as Stella Coban
Mika Doi as Full Flat
Mikio Kidokoro as Soldier
Norio Wakamoto as Rockley Ron
Rumiko Ukai as Sera
Ryuichi Horibe as
Amandara Kamandara (eps 43-54)
Wassan Lune
Saeko Shimazu as Poseidal
Show Hayami as Preita Koize
Shunsuke Takamiya as Baan Gania Killas
Tesshō Genda as Semuj Shato
Tomomichi Nishimura as Ghiwaza Rowau
Yumi Kinoshita as Quwasan Olibee
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Baku Production (4 episodes
eps 16, 20, 24, 28
)
Production ai (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 49, 51, 53
)
Studio Easter (19 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30-52 even
)
Studio Uni (eps 1-47 odd)
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Just (eps 1-53 odd)
Kino Production (ep 4)
Studio 2001 (10 episodes
eps 30-31, 34, 38-50 even
)
Studio Bogey (eps 3, 13-14)
Studio DEEN (7 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 11, 14
)
Studio Fantasia (ep 54)
Sunrise (eps 2-54 even)
In-Between Animation:
Anime R (eps 14, 34)
Bebow (eps 10, 20)
Miyuki Production (ep 37)
Neo Media (eps 40-52 even)
Project 4 (ep 54)
Studio Core (ep 13)
Studio Dub (18 episodes
eps 2, 6, 9, 12, 17, 20, 22, 25, 28, 37, 40-54 even
)
Studio Hapii (11 episodes
eps 31, 35, 38-44 even, 45-53 odd
)
In-between Check: Bebow (19 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-8, 10-11, 20, 26-30, 33, 37, 40, 46, 52
)
Key Animation:
Anime Torotoro (4 episodes
eps 22, 25, 28, 32
)
Bebow (eps 22, 53)
Nakamura Production (ep 13)
Studio Dub (4 episodes
eps 22, 42, 45, 50
)
Studio Hibari (ep 22)
Studio World (ep 4)
Music Production: King Records
Photography: Asahi Production
Production: Sunrise
Recording: Central Recording
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Daisuki (expired)
English cast
(none)

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