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Brigadoon (TV)

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Alternative title:
Brigadoon - Marin and Melan
BRIGADOON marin&μελαν (Japanese)
BRIGADOON まりんとメラン (Japanese)
MariMera
ブリガドーン まりんとメラン (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Marin is a typical junior high school girl with a sunny disposition and a loveing adoptive family. Her life takes a drastic change when an mysterious mirage is seen in the sky above the entire earth. Killer androids called Monomakia descend to earth from the formation in the sky called Brigadoon and begin to hunt down little Marin. She discovers a blue bottle in a shrine as she seeks escape and from the bottle comes a protector, a sword carrying gun slinging alien called Melan Blue, together they must save the earth and deal with family crisis, school prejudice and the police and come to an understanding of Marins past and Melans unexplained mission, as well as learn to trust each other. Set in 1969 Japan with a colorful cast of friends and enemies.
User Ratings: 166 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:13, dub:2)
 Excellent: 18 votes (sub:10, dub:8)
 Very good: 30 votes (sub:18, dub:10, raw:2)
 Good: 46 votes (sub:26, dub:20)
 Decent: 28 votes (dub:14, sub:13, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:8, dub:7, ?:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 407 users, rank: #2455 (of 9728)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.000 (Good), std. dev.: 1.8202, rank: #3704 (of 9860)
Weighted mean: 6.959 (Good), rank: #3967 (of 9860) (seen all: 7.34 / seen some: 6.16 / won't finish: 4.96)
Bayesian estimate: 6.999 (Good), rank: #3429 (of 7401)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2000-07-21 to 2001-02-09
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Kaze no Ao, Umi no Midori" by Ikuko
Ending Theme:
#1: "Niji Iro no Takaramono" by KAORI (eps 1-25)
#2: "Deai o A-RI-GA-TOU..." by KAORI (ep 26)
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
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DVD (Region 1)
    Brigadoon - Marin & Melan Blue (DVD 1) 2003-05-13 (from $17.82)
    Brigadoon - Friends & Enemies (DVD 2) 2003-07-15 (from $6.30)
    Brigadoon - The Celestial World (DVD 3) 2003-09-16 (from $9.95)
    Brigadoon - Hope Amid Chaos (DVD 4) 2003-11-11 (from $6.00)
    Brigadoon - The Strongest Monomakia (DVD 5) 2004-01-13 (from $49.95)
    Brigadoon - The Day Of Pasca (DVD 6) 2004-03-16 (from $203.35)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshitomo Yonetani
Series Composition: Hideyuki Kurata
Script: Hideyuki Kurata (eps 1-26)
Storyboard:
Hirohito Ochi (eps 6, 22)
Hirotoshi Takaya (ep 13)
Kazuo Yamazaki (eps 2, 8, 11)
Masamitsu Hidaka (eps 10, 20, 25)
Masato Miyoshi (ep 15)
Mitsuko Kase (4 episodes
eps 12, 17, 21, 24
)

Shinichi Tōkairin (ep 24)
Shinichi Watanabe (eps 3, 9)
Shinji Takamatsu (ep 4)
Sumio Watanabe (eps 18, 23)
Yasuchika Nagaoka (ep 16)
Yoshimitsu Ohashi (ep 5)
Yoshitomo Yonetani (eps 1, 14, 26)
Yukio Nishimoto (ep 19)
Episode Director:
Akira Yoshimura (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 13, 19, 23
)

Asumi Matsumura (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 15, 20, 24
)

Gorō Taniguchi (ep 7)
Hirokazu Yamada (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 18, 22
)

Hiroshi Tsuruta (eps 11, 17, 21)
Rion Kujo (eps 10, 16, 25)
Tomoko Izaki (eps 4, 8, 14)
Yoshitomo Yonetani (eps 1, 26)
Character Design: Takahiro Kimura
Art Director: Takashi Nakamura
Animation Director:
Iwao Teraoka (character/monomakia; 8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 24
)

Kohei Yoneyama (monomakia; 5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 12, 18, 23
)

Masahiko Itojima (character; 6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 19, 22, 25
)

Masahiro Yamane (monomakia; 4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 22, 26
)

Seiichi Nakatani (monomakia; 5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 19, 25
)

Takahiro Kimura (character; 5 episodes
eps 1, 9, 15, 21, 26
)

Takuro Shinbo (character; 5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 12, 18, 23
)

Tatsufumi Tamagawa (character; eps 7, 13)
Tōru Yoshida (monomakia; 5 episodes
eps 1, 9, 15, 21, 26
)

Character Conceptual Design: Keinojou Mizutama
Sound Director: Akira Ōkuma
Director of Photography: Youichi Hasegawa
Producer:
Hisanori Kunisaki (Bandai Visual)
Junko Somemiya (WOWOW)
Takashi Kochiyama (Sunrise)

Action Master: Masahiro Yamane
Animation Director Cooperation: Eiji Nakada (ep 6)
Assistant Color Key: Takako Ito
CG Supervision: Masato Miyoshi
Color Coordination: Miyuki Yoshioka
Composite:
Keiko Satō (Asahi Production)
Mikiko Yanagawa (Asahi Production)
Nobumasa Hanai (Asahi Production)
Yurio Watanabe (Asahi Production)
Creature Design: Masahiro Yamane
Editing: Yumiko Fuse
Editing Assistant:
Junichi Itou (Jay Film)
Kumiko Sakamoto (Jay Film)
Miwako Shibakan (Jay Film)
In-Between Animation:
Kenichi Watanabe
Miho Otsuka (Anime R)
Takeshi Morita (Anime R)
Tomoki Ogawa (Anime R)
Key Animation:
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production; eps 23-24)
Asako Inayoshi (Nakamura Production; ep 26)
Chiyuki Tanaka (Studio Mu; ep 22)
Eiji Nakada (5 episodes
eps 8-10, 24, 26
)

Hatsue Nakayama (eps 22, 26)
Hidetoshi Sano (eps 9, 13)
Hiroshi Matsuda (ep 26)
Hiroyuki Mori (Nakamura Production; eps 23-24)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 22)
Jun Kawai (ep 25)
Katsuhisa Yamamoto (eps 22, 25)
Kazufumi Takano (eps 22, 25)
Kazuhiro Itakura (Nakamura Production; ep 26)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (Anime R; ep 26)
Ken Ōtsuka (eps 13, 26)
Kenichi Takase (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 9, 23-24, 26
)

Kenji Fukazawa (AD Cosmo; eps 22-24)
Kiyomi Masuda (eps 23, 26)
Kohei Yoneyama (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 9-10, 24, 26
)

Koichi Nakaya (Studio Mu; ep 22)
Mariko Emori (ep 26)
Masahiko Arai (ep 25)
Masahiro Sunaga (AD Cosmo; eps 23-24)
Masakazu Kawazoe (ep 22)
Masumi Hoshino (Nakamura Production; ep 26)
Megumi Kadonosono (ep 26)
Munetaka Abe (5 episodes
eps 13, 19, 22, 25-26
)

Naoko Nakamoto (Anime R; ep 26)
Naomi Yoshida (ep 22)
Nariyuki Takahashi (ep 22)
Nobuhiko Genma (eps 22, 26)
Nobuhiro Watanabe (Studio Jungle Gym; eps 19, 22, 26)
Nobuo Horii (ep 26)
Rie Fujiwara (Studio Mu; ep 22)
Rika Kanno (AD Cosmo; 4 episodes
eps 10, 22-23, 26
)

Rion Kujo (5 episodes
eps 1, 16, 19, 22, 26
)

Satomi Matsuura (AD Cosmo; eps 22-24)
Seiichi Hashimoto (Nakamura Production; eps 24, 26)
Seiichi Nakatani (ep 22)
Shinya Uchida (ep 22)
Sumio Watanabe (ep 19)
Takahiro Kimura (ep 26)
Takahiro Miura (Studio Jungle Gym; ep 22) 
Takao Takegami (eps 23, 26)
Takashi Honda (eps 23, 26)
Takenori Tsukuma (Anime R; ep 26)
Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Production; eps 23-24)
Takuro Shinbo (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 9-10, 24, 26
)

Tomoaki Chishima (ep 23)
Tomoshige Inayoshi (Nakamura Production; ep 26)
Tōru Yoshida (Anime R; 7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21
)

Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 24, 26
)

Yasuko Chiba (AD Cosmo; 4 episodes
eps 10, 22-23, 26
)

Yasunori Yamaguchi (Studio Jungle Gym; eps 19, 22, 26)
Yoko Takajo (ep 26)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; ep 26)
Yūichi Nakazawa (Anime R; 4 episodes
eps 1, 9, 13, 26
)

Yuka Takemori (AD Cosmo; eps 13, 22-23)
Yukari Watanabe (Studio Mu; ep 22)
Yukie Sakō (eps 23, 26)
Yukiko Akiyama (Studio Mu; ep 22)
Yukimaro Ōtsubo (ep 26)
Music producer:
Masao Fukuda (Victor Entertainment)
Shiro Sasaki (Victor Entertainment)
Planning Manager: Koutaro Nakayama
Planning Producer:
Atsushi Sugita (Bandai Visual)
Masaki Kaifu (WOWOW)
Shinichiro Kobayashi (Sunrise)
Production Affairs: Kumi Tanaka
Production Desk: Katsuyuki Kawahara
Program Publicity:
Michiko Suzuki (WOWOW)
Takayuki Yoshida (Sunrise)
Yuko Kuwazono (Bandai Visual)
Set Design: Kenji Andō
Setting Production: Kazuho Hyodo
Sound Mixing: Nobutaka Taguchi
Sound Mixing Assistant: Takaaki Uchiyama
Theme Song Arrangement:
Pralltriller (OP)
Satoshi Kadokura (ED1)
Shin Kōno (ED2)
Theme Song Composition:
EPO (ED1)
Shin Kōno (ED2)
Yuuji Yoshino (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
EPO (ED1)
KAORI. (ED2)
Yoshitomo Yonetani (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Ayaka Saitō (ED1 ep 21)
Ikuko (OP)
KAORI. (ED1/ED2)
Title Design: Eiichi Hagiwara (bigbody)
Video Editing: Shinichi Sugawara (Q-Tec)
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Meran Blue
KAORI. as Marin Asagi

Ayaka Saitō as Moe Kisaragi
Hikaru Midorikawa as Makoto Aro
Kae Araki as Eryun Garnet
Mayumi Shintani as Roro
Rikako Aikawa as Moto Asagi
Yuuji Takada as Paion Silver

Akimitsu Takase as
Ed Aldrin
Native American
Akira Kamiya as Kuston Brown
Chafūrin as Prime Minister Eisaku Sato
Chie Satō as Dō Mokukin (ep 12)
Chinami Nishimura as
A-ko Saenai
Nepon (ep 5)
Rara
Eiji Yanagisawa as Aide (ep 10)
Fujiko Takimoto as Kaori's Mother (ep 4)
Hidenari Ugaki as Man (ep 20)
Hikaru Hanada as
Group Member B (ep 19)
Police Officer (ep 6)
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Commanding Officer (ep 21)
Hironori Miyata as Shopkeeper (ep 17)
Hiroshi Naka as Air Traffic Controller (ep 13)
Isamu Tanonaka as
Croma
Shuuta Aian
Isshin Chiba as
Announcer (ep 21)
Michael Collins
Jin Domon as
Group Member A (ep 19)
Staff (ep 13)
Junichi Sugawara as Neil Armstrong
Jūrōta Kosugi as Skia
Kae Araki as
Isshin Usuzumi
Jun Tokita
Kaede Tamaru as Wakana Konno
Kaoru Shimamura as Announcement (ep 9)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Customer (ep 17)
Kazuya Ichijō as Presiding Judge (ep 2)
Kei Hayami as Moe's Mother
Keiichi Sonobe as Pilot (ep 19)
Kenichi Sakaguchi as Staff (ep 13)
Kentarō Itō as
Rere
Takashi Tanzen
Kōji Yusa as Submarine Announcement (ep 20)
Masaaki Tsukada as Middle-aged Detective (eps 5-7)
Minoru Inaba as Doctor (ep 18)
Mitsuo Iwata as
Mike White
Poi-kun
Tatsuya Kabamoto
Naoko Watanabe as Boy (ep 19)
Rikako Aikawa as Sumire Hanazono
Roko Takizawa as
Lili
Tamami Ebicha
Rumiko Ukai as Miyuki Tokita
Ryōka Yuzuki as
Chiasa Kurihara
Futae Momoi
Hitoe Momoi
Kushatoon
Midori Mano
Mitsue Momoi
Ryūji Nakagi as Funeral Service Agent (ep 11)
Shinpachi Tsuji as
Man (ep 20)
Specialist (ep 12)
Shōzō Iizuka as President Richard Nixon
Takahiro Imamura as Group Member C (ep 19)
Takashi Nagasako as
Captain (ep 20)
Driver (ep 16)
Principal (eps 1, 5)
Zookeeper (ep 4)
Takeharu Ōnishi as
Chief Secretary
Man (ep 9)
Police Officer (ep 4)
Tetsu Inada as Detective Wakai
Toshihiko Nakajima as
Dog Owner (ep 21)
Scholar (ep 2)
Urarako Suzuki as Kaori (ep 18)
Wasabi Mizuta as Boy (ep 4)
Yūji Ueda as Angelia (ep 22)
Yukari Tamura as Companion (ep 10)
Yuri Shiratori as Woman at the Ward Office (ep 17)
Yuu Sugimoto as Companion (ep 10)
Yuuji Takada as Tadashi Tokita
Japanese companies
Animation Check: Nakamura Production (ep 18)
Animation Direction: Anime R (character/monomakia; ep 1)
Animation Production: Sunrise
Backgrounds: Studio Uni
Broadcaster: WOWOW
Color Plan: Studio Peacock (ep 18)
Composite: Asahi Production
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Editing:
Jay Film
Winds
Editing Assistant: Jay Film
Music Cooperation: WOWOW Music In
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Music Production Cooperation: Chimatsu
Photography: Asahi Production
Photography Assistance:
Ace Creation
Anime Film
Recording Studio: APU Studio
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Olivia Venegas
Art Director: Matt Alford
Executive producer:
John Parker
Ron Klamert (eps 6-26)
Stuart Levy
Producer: Olivia Venegas

Additional Translation:
Athena Nibley (eps 15-18)
Daisuke Kinouchi (eps 6-22)
Associate producer: Daisuke Kinouchi (eps 6-26)
Cover Design:
Patrick Hook (Vol. 2-6)
Rod Sampson (Vol. 1-2)
Creative Director:
Jennifer Wagner (eps 1-26)
Kenneth Lee (eps 1-5)
DVD Menu Design: Gary Shum (Vol. 4-6)
Final Mix And Sweetening:
Dustin Harrison (eps 6-26)
Justin Kohler (eps 11-14)
Zoli Osaze (eps 1-5)
Graphic & Cover Design: Rod Sampson
Production Coordination:
Daisuke Kinouchi (eps 1-22)
Production manager:
Jennifer Wagner (eps 1-26)
Mutsumi Miyazaki (eps 15-26)
Recording engineer:
Andy Reeder (eps 23-26)
Dustin Harrison (eps 15-26)
Justin Kohler (eps 6-14, 19-22)
Michael Clark (eps 1-5)
Script Adaptation:
Bob Buchholz (eps 1-26)
Jeff Nimoy (eps 1-5)
Translation Supervisor: Daisuke Kinouchi (eps 23-26)
Rafael Antonio Oliver as Melan Blue
Wendee Lee as Marin Asagi

Bob Johnson as Pyon Silver
Wendee Lee as
Erin Garnet
Midori Mano

Bob Johnson as
Chief Secretary
Detective Chunen
Shute Alan
Cindy Robinson as
Dou Mokukin
Lala
Moe's Mother
Mother
Tamemi Ebichya
Wakana Konno
Dave Lelyveld as
Lulu
Mokoto Alo
Takashi Tanzen
David Lelyveld as Michael
Debra Cunningham as
Boy
Lili
Tamemi Ebichya
Wakana Konno
Doug Erholtz as
Air Traffic Controller
Ed
Lele
Jack Aubree as
Chief Secretary
Detective Wakai (eps 6-26)
Funeral Service Agent
John Smallberries as
Animal Keeper
President
Principal
Tadashi Tokita
Kate Davis as Sumire Hanazono
Marvin Lee as
Aide
Police Officer
Michelle Ruff as
A.KO Saenai
Moe Kiseragi
Momoi Three Sisters
Rafael Antonio Oliver as Mike White
Richard Epcar as President
Ron Allen as
Detective Wakai
Police Officer
Prime Minister
Terrence Stone as
Kushatohn
Neil
Polkun
Specialist
Wendee Lee as
Chiasa Kurihara
Creis Marine
Isshin Usuzumi
Jun Tokita
Lolo
Moto Asagi
English companies
Broadcaster: Anime Selects
Distributor: Ventura Distribution
Licensed by:
Tokyopop (Expired)
Recording Studio:
Gorilla Digital (eps 6-26)
STUDIOPOLIS, Inc. (eps 1-5)
Subtitles:
Captioneering (eps 6-26)
SDI Media USA (eps 1-5)
Translation:
Captioneering (eps 6-26)
SDI Media USA (eps 1-5)

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