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Maria Watches Over Us 4th Season (TV)

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Alternative title:
Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th Season (Japanese)
マリア様がみてる 4ｔｈシーズン (Japanese)
마리아님이 보고 계셔 4th Season (Korean)
Genres: drama
Themes: shoujo-ai
Plot Summary: Life goes on for the ladies in the Yamayurikai. On the one-year anniversary of Sachiko and Yumi becoming sœurs, Yumi receives a difficult task from Sachiko: to finally acknowledge someone as her younger sister.
User Ratings: 524 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 220 votes (sub:198, dub:17, raw:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 127 votes (sub:117, dub:5, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 86 votes (sub:78, dub:4, raw:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 48 votes (sub:45, dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 22 votes (sub:21, dub:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:7)
Seen in part or in whole by 743 users, rank: #1620 (of 10152)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.691 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.743, rank: #111 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 8.709 (Excellent−), rank: #96 (of 10321) (seen all: 8.77 / seen some: 8.11 / won't finish: 2.04)
Bayesian estimate: 8.679 (Excellent−), rank: #22 (of 7760)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2009-01-03
Opening Theme:
"Chizu Sanpo (地図散歩)" by kukui
Ending Theme:
"Kumori Garasu no Mukou (くもりガラスの向こう)" by Kaori Hikita
News: Show:
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 17-23 (Aug 25, 2009)
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, May 18-24 (May 26, 2009)
Right Stuf Licenses Maria Watches Over Us Season 4 (Feb 12, 2009)
Maria Watches Over Us 4th Season's Promo Movie Streamed (Dec 10, 2008)
Maria Watches Over Us in 3D in New Year's Eve Show (Nov 26, 2008)
Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th Season Anime Announced (Jul 17, 2007)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Maria Watches Over Us - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-03-24 (from $48.39)
DVD (Region 1)
    Maria Watches Over Us - Season 4 (Sub.DVD) 2010-07-13 (from $49.95)
    Maria Watches Over Us - Season 4 [Litebox] (Sub.DVD) 2013-03-12 (from $26.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Toshiyuki Kato
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Script:
Chiaki Manabe (eps 4, 12)
Genki Yoshimura (ep 10)
Natsuko Takahashi (ep 8)
Reiko Yoshida (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 3. 5, 6-7, 9, 11, 13
)
Storyboard:
Akira Natsume (ep 12)
Shigetaka Ikeda (ep 10)
Toshiyuki Kato (10 episodes
eps 1-7, 9, 11, 13
)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Tsukushi (ep 12)
Masato Jinbo (ep 10)
Toshiyuki Kato (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11, 13
)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 8)
Yūsaku Saotome (ep 4)
Music: Mikiya Katakura
Original creator: Oyuki Konno
Original Character Design: Reine Hibiki
Character Design: Akira Matsushima
Art Director: Kazuhiro Itō
Chief Animation Director:
Akira Matsushima
Hirofumi Morimoto (ep 13)
Animation Director:
Chisato Kikunaga (ep 8)
Hirofumi Morimoto (ep 12)
Keiichi Sano (ep 13)
Kōji Sugimoto (ep 8)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 13)
Mamiko Mizutani (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11
)
Nobuhiro Watanabe (ep 4)
Tomoe Kirishima (ep 12)
Toshiko Sasaki (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11
)
Zenjirō Ukulele (ep 10)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Masayuki Kawaguchi
Producer:
Akio Matsuda
Rika Sasaki
Takashi Kikuchi
Yuuko Kon

2nd Key Animation: Fumiaki Kouta (ep 11)
Animation producer: Koji Iijima
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Ending Animation: Atsuko Nakajima
In-Between Animation: Natsuo Kawamura (Wao World; ep 4)
Key Animation:
Akiko Matsuo (OP; ep 2)
Masayoshi Kikuchi (ep 3)
Miyuki Koga (eps 3, 8)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Photography: Shigemitsu Hamao (Megumi; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 9-13
)
Planning:
Akihiro Kawamura
Kazuya Furuse
Mitsuteru Shibata
Naoki Nakamura
Supervision: Oyuki Konno
Theme Song Performance:
Kaori Hikita (ED)
Kukui (OP)
Kana Ueda as Yumi Fukuzawa
Miki Itō as Sachiko Ogasawara

Ami Koshimizu as Kanako Hosokawa
Haruna Ikezawa as Yoshino Shimazu
Kaori Shimizu as Noriko Nijō
Mamiko Noto as Shimako Tōdō
Rie Kugimiya as Tōko Matsudaira
Shizuka Itō as Rei Hasekura

Ayahi Takagaki as Miyuki
Ayako Kawasumi as Yūko Hosokawa
Ayana Taketatsu as Baby (ep 2)
Chiwa Saitō as Mami Yamaguchi
Emi Shinohara as Yōko Mizuno
Haruka Tomatsu as Hidemi Takachi
Hitomi Nabatame as
Eriko Torii
Nana Arima
Junko Minagawa as Kintarō Arisugawa (ep 1)
Kanae Oki as Student (eps 12-13)
Kaori Yamagata as Tōko's mother
Kei Shindō as Atsuko
Manabu Sakamaki as Doctor (ep 13)
Marina Inoue as Shōko Naitō
Masaaki Tsukada as Tōko's grandfather (ep 13)
Megumi Toyoguchi as Sei Satō
Mikako Takahashi as Chisato Tanuma (ep 12)
Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Yūki Fukuzawa
Miyuki Sawashiro as Tsukasa Takagi
Nobuo Tobita as Tōko's father
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Suguru Kashiwagi
Reiko Sasakawa as Hanae (ep 9)
Rikiya Koyama as Kanako's father
Rina Satō as Tsutako Takeshima
Satomi Satō as Student (ep 12)
Shizuka Itō as Student (ep 13)
Tomokazu Sugita as
Akimitsu Yakushiji (eps 1-2)
Tomomitsu Yakushiji (eps 1-2)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation: Earl Anime
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Background Art: Studio Tulip
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2009-01-08)
AT-X (2009-01-03)
Chiba Television (2009-01-06)
KBS Kyoto (2009-01-06)
Sun TV (2009-01-08)
Television Kanagawa (2009-01-07)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2009-01-06)
In-Between Animation:
AIM Entertainment
Ashi Productions
Daume
diomedéa
E-cho
FAI International
P.A. Works
R.I.C (ep 4)
Studio Gash
Studio Mark
SynergySP
Triple A
Key Animation:
GoHands
OZ inc.
Studio Giants
Studio Liberty
Music Production: Lantis
Paint:
E-cho
R.I.C (ep 4)
Photography: Wao World
Production:
d-rights
Geneon Universal Entertainment
TV Tokyo
Production Cooperation:
AI (ep 8)
Wao World (ep 4)
English staff
English cast
Executive producer:
Matt Greenfield (Maiden Japan release)
Shawne Kleckner
Toru Iwakami (Maiden Japan release)
Producer: Kris Gero

Art Manager: Larry Koteff (Maiden Japan release)
Assistant producer: David Olsen
Blu-Ray Authoring: Joel McCray (Maiden Japan release)
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Andrea Rodriguez (Maiden Japan release)
Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez (Maiden Japan release)
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (Maiden Japan release)
Janice Williams (Maiden Japan release)
Joey Goubeaud (Maiden Japan release)
Son Phan Le (Maiden Japan release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (Maiden Japan release)
E.W. Rector, III (Maiden Japan release)
Luke La Padula (Maiden Japan release)
Mariana Valverde (Maiden Japan release)
Ned Gayle (Maiden Japan release)
Ryan Anthony (Maiden Japan release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Maiden Japan release)
Production manager: Son Phan Le (Maiden Japan release)
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (Maiden Japan release)
Subtitling: Neal Barnes (Maiden Japan release)
Supervising Translator:
Javier Lopez (Maiden Japan release; Streaming)
Jennifer Challenger (Maiden Japan release; Blu-ray)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Maiden Japan release)
(none)
English companies
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (2019)
Tubi TV (USA)
Viewster
Licensed by:
Maiden Japan (2018)
The Right Stuf International (expired)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil)
Licensed by: Maiden Japan (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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