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Steel Angel Kurumi (TV)

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© KAISHAKU/KADOKAWA SHOTEN/PONYCANYON


[ part of [Anime Complex], adapted from Steel Angel Kurumi (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Steel Angel Kurumi 2 (TV) (sequel)
    Steel Angel Kurumi Encore (OAV) (sequel)
    Steel Angel Kurumi Pure (live-action TV) (sequel)
    Steel Angel Kurumi Zero (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi (Japanese)
Kurumi, l'ange d'acier (French)
鋼鉄天使くるみ (Japanese)
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: During Japan's Taisho Era (1912-1926), a scientist named Ayanokoji developed the Steel Angel - an artificial humanoid with superhuman physical abilities. While the Imperial Army wanted to use the Steel Angel as a new means of modern warfare, Ayanokoji wanted his creation to be a new step in the future of mankind. Thus, he defied orders from the Army and secretly made the Steel Angel codenamed "Kurumi". Then one day, a young boy named Nakahito Kagura snuck into Ayanokoji's house as a dare by his friends and stumbled upon Kurumi's lifeless body. A sudden attack by the Imperial Army shook the house, causing Kurumi to fall on Nakahito. At that moment, their lips met, and Kurumi woke up from "the kiss that started a miracle".
User Ratings: 683 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 33 votes (dub:16, sub:15, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 91 votes (dub:47, sub:42, Por.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Very good: 159 votes (sub:79, dub:75, Spa.dub:3, ?:1, raw:1, edit.dub:0)
 Good: 205 votes (sub:120, dub:78, Spa.dub:3, ?:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 112 votes (sub:61, dub:47, Spa.dub:2, ?:1, Fre.sub:1)
 So-so: 32 votes (sub:16, dub:12, Por.dub:2, ?:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:2, Por.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, ?:1)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:14, dub:5)
 Bad: 12 votes (sub:10, dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1503 users, rank: #375
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.0705 (Good+.07), std. dev.: 1.7191, rank: #1568
Weighted mean: 6.9699 (Good-.03), rank: #1581
Bayesian estimate: 6.97793 (Good-.02), rank: #1353
Running time: 15 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
1999-10-05 to 2000-04-04
2006-04-04 to 2006-06-20 (Animax Latin America)
Opening Theme:
"Kiss Kara Hajimaru Miracle (A Miracle That Starts With a Kiss)" by Steel Angels (eps 1-23)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Eien no Kotetsu Tenshi (Eternal Steel Angels)" by Steel Angels (eps 1-23)
#2: "Kiss Kara Hajimaru Miracle (A Miracle That Starts With a Kiss)" by Steel Angels (ep 24)
Trivia: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Steel Angel Kurumi

Related releases:
    Steel Angel Kurumi - Angel on My Shoulder (DVD 1) 2002-05-21
    Steel Angel Kurumi - Trouble With Angels (DVD 2) 2002-07-16
    Steel Angel Kurumi - Where Angels Fear to Tread (DVD 3) 2002-08-27
    Steel Angel Kurumi (DVD 4) 2002-10-08
    Steel Angel Kurumi - Complete (DVD 1-7) 2004-06-01

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Chief Director: Naohito Takahashi

Series Composition: Naruhisa Arakawa

Screenplay: Naruhisa Arakawa

Storyboard:
Kazuya Murata
Kiyotaka Izeki
Kouji Fukazawa
Minoru Senboku
Naohito Takahashi
Norihiko Sudo

Episode Director:
Kazuya Murata (Eps. 10, 14, 17, 20)
Kouji Fukazawa (Eps. 13, 18)
Naohito Takahashi (Ep. 24)
Norihiko Sudo (Eps. 9, 12, 19)

Music: Toshihiko Sahashi

Original Manga: Kaishaku

Character Design: Yuriko Chiba

Art director: Hisayoshi Takahashi

Animation director:
Masahito Sawada (Eps. 13, 17, 24)
Riku Satō (Ep. 9, 14, 18, 24)
Tomoya Hiratsuka (Eps. 10, 20)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (Eps. 12, 19)
Yuriko Chiba

Mecha design: Takeshi Itou

Sound director: Jun Watanabe

Cgi director: Takaya Mizutani

Producer: Shukichi Kanda

Animation:
Atsuko Watanabe
Ayako Misono
Kazuhiro Takamura
Kuga Meishu
Masaaki Kitahara
Miki Kuribayashi
Tsuyoshi Shimohashiri
Yoko Kasama
Yukio Maekawa

Animation Check:
Fujiyoshi Enomoto
Tokumitsu Sato

Assistant Color Coordination: Emi Inoue

Background Art:
Emiko Satoh
Kentaro Akiyama
Kiyoko Yamashita
Osamu Imai
Yoichi Atano
Yumi Hosaka

Background Scans: Masami Shimizu

Color: Tatsue Ohzeki

Digital Composition:
Miyuki Hirama
Toru Kobayashi
Yoshiko Chatani

Digital Painting:
Aya Kawasaki
Keiko Yamaguchi
MAmi Sakamaki
Nao Terasawa
Shiho Kosuga
Takahiro Nakazawa
Toshiko Takamura
Yuichi Nishikawa

Editing: Shigeyuki Yamamori

Key Animation:
Akatsuki Koshiishi
Atsuko Sasaki
Hideaki Furusawa
Hiroshi Matsuda
Junichiro Taniguchi
Katsu Yoshioka
Kazuhiro Torimaru
Kenji Yonomi
Kouji Hirose
Kowa Tokaibayashi
Masahito Sawada
Masashi Wakayama
Miho Higashi
Mitsuko Tsutsuki
Ryoko Sugiura
Ryota Itoh
Shoichi Sawase
Tatsuya Abe
Tsutomu Sakamoto

Music Director: Tomoko Shibuya

Opening 3D CG:
Masashi Kobayashi
Megumi Kondoh

Planning Producer: Kenji Kume

Production Assistant: Takeshi Inoue

Production manager: Nobuyuki Wasaki

Recording: Kenji Hoshino

Sound Adjustments: Nobuhira Hirano

Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki

Sound Producer:
Takeshi Nishina
Toru Nakano

Special Effects: Noriyuki Ohta

Theme Song Lyrics: Naruhisa Arakawa

Theme Song Performance:
Atsuko Enomoto
Masayo Kurata
Rie Tanaka

 

Atsuko Enomoto as Kurumi

Houko Kuwashima as Nakahito Kagura

Masayo Kurata as Karinka

Rie Tanaka as Saki

Ai Orikasa as Dr. Reiko Amagi

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Dr. Ayanokouji

Michiko Neya as
Eiko Kichijouji (eps 3-9)
Yoshino Koganei (eps 10-24)

Tamio Ohki as The General

Tomoko Kawakami as
Eiko Kichijouji (eps 10-24)
Yoshino Koganei (eps 3-9)

Tomomichi Nishimura as Dr. Walski

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Dr. Brandow

Yasunori Matsumoto as Kamihito Kagura

Yumi Touma as Mikhail (eps 17-21)

Akemi Okamura as Kaori

Chiharu Tezuka as Kaga

Chinami Nishimura as Sumako

Hisayoshi Izaki as Mean Brat 2 (ep 1,4)

Kikuko Inoue as Nadeshiko (eps 17-18)

Masayuki Kumagaya as City People (ep 9)

Nobukazu Namiki as City People (ep 9)

Ryoka Yuzuki as Tsunami

Taisuke Yamamoto as Mean Brat 3 (ep 1,4)

Takamichi Yamaguchi as City People (ep 9)

Takuma Suzuki as Mean Brat 1 (ep 1,4)

Japanese companies 

Animation:
AIC
Anime World Osaka
Ashi Productions
Snow Light Staff
Studio Comet
Studio Live
Studio Musashi
Yuri Sudoh Pictures

Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production

Broadcaster: WOWOW

Digital Painting:
OLM Digital
Production I.G
T2 Studio
Yumeta Company

Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll

Music Production: Pony Canyon

Production:
Oriental Light and Magic
Pony Canyon
Team Wasaki

Recording Studio: Half H-P Studio

Sound Production: Half H-P Studio

English cast 
English staff 

Director: Steven Foster

Script: Steven Foster

Art director: Ruby Halipoto

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa

Producer: Steven Foster

DVD Design: Fumiko Chino

DVD Graphics: Fumiko Chino

Editing:
David Grundy
Gerald Brewer
Joey Goubeaud

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Andrew Kent
Maki Nagano
Miyuki Kamiya

Project Translator: Shoko Oono

Recording engineer:
Cesar Inserny
Christopher Bourque
Wade Shemwell

Sound Design: Paul Killam

Subtitle Script: Andrew Kent

Subtitle Timing: Andrew Kent

Hilary Haag as Karinka

Kelli Cousins as Kurumi

Kira Vincent-Davis as Nakahito Kagura

Monica Rial as Saki

Andy McAvin as Dr. Walski

Charles Kennedy as Dr. Ayanokouji

Christine M. Auten as Eiko Kichijouji

Claudia Black as Steel Angel Mikhail

David Matranga as Kamihito Kagura

Emily Carter as Yoshino Koganei

Greg Ayres as Captain Mikhail (Young)

John Swasey as The General

Shelley Calene-Black as Dr. Reiko Amagi

Todd Waite as Dr. Brandow

Aiden Griffin as Scientist

Christine M. Auten as Old Lady

Claudia Black as Onmyou Chant/Preview Narrator

D. Wade Shizzy as Man at Station

Jason Douglas as
Fisherman
Man at Station
Tech 2

John Gremillion as Scientist

John Swasey as
Captain
Tech 1

Kathya Coker as Kaga 

Kaytha Coker as Kaga

Laura Chapman as
Bottle Lady
Dr. Sakura

Matt Boudreaux as
Soldier
Staff Officer

Melissa Talboy as Nadeshiko (Eps. 17-18)

Shantel Van Santen as Kaori

Spike Spencer as
Manager
Scientist
Ticket Taker
Two-Tone

Tiffany Grant as Tsunami

Vic Mignogna as Bully Leader

English companies 

ADR Recording: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Distributor: AK Video

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Anabel Peña as Saki

Luis Pérez Pons as General

Luis Enrique Poján as Kamihito Kagura

Manuel Bastos as Dr. Ayanokouji

Rocio Mallo as Steel Angel Mikhail

Angel Balam as Nakahito

Annabelle Silva as Yoshino Koganei

Carlos Iñigo as Soldier

Johnny Torres as Nakahito's friend

Ledner Belisario as Dr. Brandow

Lilo Smith as Karinka

Minerva Hernandez as Kurumi

Yensi Rivero as Dra. Reiko Amagi

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Latin America

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Dubbing Director: Marli Bortoleto

 

Antônio Akira as Nakahito Kagura

Elisa Villon as Saki

Flávia Narciso as Karinka

Raquel Marinho as Kurumi

Alfredo Rollo as Kamihito Kagura

Fernanda Bock as Eiko Kichijouji

Lúcia Helena as Dra. Reiko Amagi

Vanessa Alves as Yoshino Koganei

Denise Reis as Kaga

Melissa Garcia as Nadeshiko

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax (Brasil)
Animax Brazil (Dubbed)

Dubbing Studio: Álamo

 
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