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Idol Defense Force Hummingbird (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Humming Bird (Italian)
Idol Boeitai Hummingbird (Japanese)
アイドル防衛隊ハミングバード (Japanese)
偶像防衛隊 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, adventure, comedy
Themes: Military
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: When the Japanese government puts civilian organizations in charge of the country's air force, some of these companies decide to put their aspiring idol singers behind the controls of their fighter planes. Among these groups of idol singers is Hummingbird, a five-woman team consisting of the Toreishi sisters - Satsuki, Uzuki, Yayoi, Kanna and Miina. During a taping session, video director Kudo sees some potential in these girls and jumps in to help them reach the top of the charts by directing their debut video.
User Ratings: 12 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: - (sub:0)
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 Very good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Good: 2 votes (sub:2)
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Seen in part or in whole by 54 users, rank: #2733
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.4807, rank: #3045
Weighted mean: 5.5995 (Decent-.40), rank: #3399
Bayesian estimate: 6.43624 (Decent+.43), rank: #2168
Running time: 40 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1993
Opening Theme:
#1: "Love Wing" by Fumie Kusachi (ep 1)
#2: "Romance ni byouyomi" by Fumie Kusachi (ep 2)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Kiyoshi Murayama

Music: Takeo Miratsu

Original creator: Hitoshi Yoshioka

Character Design: Masahide Yanagisawa

Art director:
Chitose Asakura (ep 2)
Torao Arai (ep 1)
Yoshimi Umino (ep 3)

Sound director: Hideyuki Tanaka

Director of Photography:
Kazunori Hashimoto (ep 3)
Mitsuru Sugiura (ep 1, 2, 4)

Theme Song Arrangement:
Hiroshi Uesugi (OP 2)
Junko Miyagi (OP 1)

Theme Song Composition: Takashi Tsushimi (OP 1,2)

Theme Song Lyrics: Neko Oikawa (OP 1,2)

Theme Song Performance:
Fumie Kusachi
Hekiru Shiina
Kotono Mitsuishi
Sakiko Tamagawa
Yuri Amano

 

Fumie Kusachi as Uzuki Toreishi

Hekiru Shiina as Mina Toreishi

Kotono Mitsuishi as Satsuki Toreishi

Sakiko Tamagawa as Kanna Toreishi

Yuri Amano as Yayoi Toreishi

Mika Doi as Hazuki Toreishi

Yasunori Matsumoto as Kudo

Katsumi Suzuki as Ijuuin

Kouichi Yamadera as Yajima

Masami Kikuchi as Yasuda

Maya Okamoto as Hosokawa Reiko

Ryotaro Okiayu as Kato

Shinshirou Nitta as Best Guy announcer

Takehito Koyasu as Petore

Yuko Mizutani as Nakajou Hitomi

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Ashi Productions

In-Between Animation:
J.C. Staff
Kino Production
Pastel

Music Production: Toshiba EMI

Production:
TOHO
Toshiba EMI
Youmex

English staff 
(none)
English companies 

Distributor: Western Connection

English cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Director Of Dubbing: Sergio Masieri

 

Anna Lana as Yayoi

Lara Parmiani as Uzuki

Patrizia Salmoiraghi as Kanna

Roberta Gallina Laurenti as Satsuki

Caterina Rochira as Hazuki

Patrizio Prata as Kudo

Claudio Moneta as Kato

Dania Cericola as Reiko

Paola Della Pasqua as Hitomi

Roger Mantovani as Ijuin

Sergio Masieri as Yajima

Italian companies 

Distributor: Yamato Video

Dubbing: DDE Divisione Doppiaggio Edizioni


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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