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Martian Successor Nadesico (TV)

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Related anime:
    Gekiganger 3 (OAV) (spinoff)
    Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness (sequel)
    Nadesico (manga) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
Kidou Senkan Nadeshiko (Japanese)
Mobile Battleship Nadesico
Nadesico
機動戦艦ナデシコ (Japanese)
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Akito doesn't want to fight. Despite a childhood spent on the anime Gekiganger 3, a Mecha show, he'd rather cook than pilot a Mecha. Fate intervenes when his home on Mars is destroyed, and he is transported instantly to the Earth, mysteriously. He has questions no one can answer fully, but follows a girl from a chance meeting in hopes to discover any. The girl, Yurika, is captain of the private battleship Nadesico, and in order to follow her, he enlists as their cook. Possessing the nanite implants that allow to control mechas, he's a handy backup pilot for the mechas of the Nadesico. He joins a crew bent on revenging Mars and composed of misfits, otakus, and ditzes. But in reality they are handpicked experts. They take their own private war back to Mars to face the harsh reality that life may not always be like a Giant Mecha Series.
User Ratings: 1347 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 130 votes (sub:63, dub:56, ?:3, Spa.dub:2, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1, Ita.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Excellent: 351 votes (dub:171, sub:156, ?:9, raw:6, Spa.sub:3, Spa.dub:3, Por.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Por.dub:1)
 Very good: 408 votes (sub:236, dub:150, ?:6, Spa.sub:4, Spa.dub:4, raw:3, Por.dub:3, edit.dub:2)
 Good: 277 votes (sub:189, dub:71, Spa.dub:7, raw:4, edit.dub:1, Por.dub:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 90 votes (sub:65, dub:18, edit.dub:3, Spa.sub:1, ?:1, Por.dub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 40 votes (sub:24, dub:14, edit.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 20 votes (sub:14, dub:6)
 Weak: 21 votes (sub:14, dub:5, Spa.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2788 users, rank: #176
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.8559 (Very good-.14), std. dev.: 1.5166, rank: #604
Weighted mean: 7.7571 (Very good-.24), rank: #545
Bayesian estimate: 7.75538 (Very good-.24), rank: #373
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
1996-10-01 to 1997-03-24
2003-02-24 to 2003-02-25 (USA - Eps. 1-2 on Cartoon Network)
2005-08-01 to 2006-01-25 (Latin America Broadcast)
Opening Theme:
"You Get to Burning" by Yumi Matsuzawa
Ending Theme:
"Watashi Rashiku/Being Myself" by Houko Kuwashima
#2: "Itsuka... Shinjite" by Matsumura Kazumi (ep 26)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 4
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Martian Successor Nadesico DVD 1
    Nadesico VHS 8

Related releases:
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Essential Anime (2 discs) (DVD) 2004-09-28
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Perfect Collection (Thinpak) (DVD) 2008-01-01 (from $27.99)
    Martian Successor Nadesico (DVD 6) 2001-08-08 (from $21.29)
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Return to the Red Planet (DVD 12) 2001-08-08
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Complete Chronicles (DVD 1-6) 2002-09-24
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Essential Anime (DVD 3-4) 2004-11-30
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Essential Anime (DVD 5-6) 2005-01-25
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Memories (Dub.VHS 8)
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Return to the Red Planet (Dub.VHS 12) 2001-08-08
    Martian Successor Nadesico - Memories (Sub.VHS 8)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Tatsuo Sato

Script:
Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Miho Sakai
Naruhisa Arakawa
Satoru Akahori
Shou Aikawa
Takeshi Shudo

Storyboard:
Gen Dojaga
Tatsuo Sato
Toshiaki Kawasaki
Yoshio Kato

Music: Takayuki Hattori

Character Design: Keiji Gotoh

Art director: Toshihisa Koyama

Animation director:
Keiji Gotoh (mechanical) 
Maiju Maeda (mechanical)
Megumi Kadonosono (characters)
Nobukazu Yamauka (characters)

Mechanical design:
Rei Nakahara
Takeshi Takakura
Takumi Sakura
Yasuhiro Moriki

Sound director: Hideyuki Tanaka

Director of Photography:
Hiroaki Matsuzawa
Yukio Sugiyama

Producer:
Kyoko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Shinichi Ikeda (Yomiko)
Toru Sato (Xebec)

Basic Planning:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Shou Aikawa
Tatsuo Sato
Toshimiti Otsuki

Chief Mechanical Designer: Mika Akitaka

Color setting: Hideo Kamiya

Consultant: Mitsuyasu Sakai (science fiction)

Editing: Naoyuki Masaki

General Manager: Naoko Marukawa

Key Animation: Keiji Gotoh (eps 1, 6, 9, 21, 23, 26)

Negative Editing: Jun Takuma

Opening Animation: Keiji Gotoh

Original Character Concepts: Kia Asamiya (Studio Tron)

Planning:
Minoru Ohno (Yomiko TV)
Yukitada Shimochi (Xebec)

Production Design: Hideaki Sakaguchi

Production Desk: Takatoshi Chino

Production Supervision:
Kunihisa Sugishima
Nobuyoshi Habara
Tadayoshi Kusaka
Takahiko Hoshiai
Tamaki Nakatsu

Publicity: Aya Jingu (TV Tokyo)

Sound Effects: Masahiro Shoji (Fizz Sounds)

Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa

Story Editor:
Noboru Aikawa
Shou Aikawa

Theme Song:
Houko Kuwashima (ed, singer)
Kiyoshi Yoshida (ed, composer)
Satomi Arimori (op, lyrics)
Toshiyuki Omori (op, composer)
Yuki Matsuura (ed, lyrics, composer)
Yumi Matsuzawa (op, singer)

 

Houko Kuwashima as Yurika Misumaru (debut role)

Yuji Ueda as Akito Tenkawa

Kentarou Itou as Jun Aoi

Miki Nagasawa as Izumi Maki

Naoko Matsui as Inez Fressange

Naoko Takano as Megumi Reinard

Omi Minami as Ruri Hoshino

Tomokazu Seki as Gai Daigoji

Akiko Yajima as Sayuri

Akio Ohtsuka as Kouichiro Misumaru

Akira Nakagawa as
Ai's Mother
Harumi
Ririkaru

Ben Takada as Old Man

Chisa Yokoyama as
Magical Princess Natural Lychee
Queen (Ep 18)
Ryoko Subaru

Eiji Yanagisawa as CCFE

Hiroaki Sakurai as Director Sato

Hiroshi Naka as Chief Investigator

Ikue Ohtani as Yukina Shiratori

Junichi Sugawara as Saizou

Juurouta Kosugi as Goat Hory

Kenichi Ono as
Joe Umitsubame (Gekiganger 3)
Prospector

Kousuke Okano as Prince Akara (Gekiganger 3)

Kunihiko Yasui as Haruki Kusakabe

Maya Okamoto as Haruka Minato

Mitsuaki Madono as
Ken Tenkuu (Gekiganger 3)
Sadaaki Munetake

Miyuki Ichijou as Howmei

Nobuo Tanaka as Admiral Jin Fukube

Nobuo Tobita as
King Premium
Seiya Uribatake

Noriko Kobayashi as Ms. Kobayashi

Omi Minami as Nanako Kokubunji (Gekiganger 3)

Ryotaro Okiayu as
Akatsuki Nagare
Mechanic

Shiho Kikuchi as Hikaru Amano

Shinichiro Miki as Saburota Takasugi

Tomokazu Seki as Tsukumo Shiratori

Tomoko Kawakami as
Ai
Eri

Toshihiko Nakajima as General Matsukasa

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Gen'ichiro Tsukiomi

Yasunori Matsumoto as Genpachiro Akiyama

Yuko Mizutani as Aqua

Yuko Nagashima as Erina Kinjo Won

Yumi Matsuzawa as Jyunko

Japanese companies 

Animation: K Production

Animation Production: Xebec

Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
TV Tokyo

Production:
TV Tokyo
Xebec
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Matt Greenfield

Art director:
Laura Attwell
Ruby Halipoto

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa

Producer: Matt Greenfield

DVD Coordination:
Kelly Jean Beard
Mariela Ortiz (Essential Anime release)

DVD Graphic Design: Chris Hawley

DVD Logo Design: Andy Orjuela

DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff

Editing:
David Grundy
Jay Charean

English ADR Recording:
Christopher Bourque
Ricardo Villa

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Logo Design: Larry Koteff

Packaging Design: Larry Koteff

Production Assistant:
Andrew Kent
Kelly Jean Beard
Maki Nagano

Production Coordination: Janice Williams

Production manager: Lisa J. Miller

Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol

Project Translator: Dan Kanemitsu

Sound Design: Paul Killam

Subtitle Script:
Andrew Kent
William McBee

Jennifer K. Earhart as Yurika Misumaru

Spike Spencer as Akito Tenkawa

Brett Weaver as Gai Daigoji

Heather Bryson as Inez Frassange

Jenny Strader as Megumi Reinard

Kira Vincent-Davis as Ruri Hoshino

Mark X. Laskowski as Jun Aoi

Tamara Lo as Izumi Maki

Andrew Klimko as King Premium

Andy McAvin as
Emissary
Haruki Kusakabe
Nergal Executive
Rokuro
Toasty Admiral
UEF Official

Anna Bechtol as Eri

Brett Weaver as Tsukomo Shiratori

Chris Corey as
Joe
Soldier

Chris Patton as Saburota Takasugi

Christine M. Auten as
Kumi's Mother
Queen

Cynthia Martinez as Hikaru Amano

David Geller as
Akito's Boss
Saizou

Don'l Johnson as Chief Commander

Ekanem Ebinne as
Child
Jyunko

Emily Carter as Erina Kinjo Won

Greg Stanley as
Akira
CCFE

Hilary Haag as
Aqua
Yukina Shiratori

James Marshall as Director Sato

Jason Douglas as
Doc
Genichiro Tsukiomi
Ken

Jay Hickman as Nagare Akatsuki

John Gremillion as
"Father"
Admiral Sadaake Munetake
Gekigangar Narrator
Genhachiro Akiyama
Traffic Officer

John Kaiser as
Chief Investigator
Old Man

John Swasey as
Cowboy Johnny
Einstein
Emperor Hyperion
General Masaka
Seiya Uribatake

Junie Hoang as
Child
Eri
Japanese Teacher

Katrine Pine as Ai's Mother

Kelli Cousins as
Harumi
Mari
Seelie

Kelly Manison as
Haruka Minato
Hippie Girl
Miss Nanako

Kimberly Yates as
"Teacher"
Ai
CC Aide
Child
Sayuri

Kira Vincent-Davis as
Magical Princess Natural Lychee
the Princes

Lash Bourque as Ukelele Performer

Lew Temple as
Akara
Mechanic
Prince
Uribatake's Assistant

Marcy Rae as
Miss Howmei
Uribatake's Wife

Marisol Medina as Aquamarine

Matt Greenfield as
Mechanic
Security Guard

Meredith J. Dahl as Sayuri

Monica Rial as
"Mother"
Child
Mikako
Miss Kobayashi

Nicole Sonnier as Scientist 1

Paul Sidello as Prospector

Phil Ross as
Admiral Jin Fukube
Gekigangar Professor

Randy Fox as
Meditation Robots
Old Man

Randy Sparks as
Boro
Kumi's Father

Rob Mungle as
Advertising Exec
Goat Hory
Nasty Cook

Sheri Sims as Kumi

Spike Spencer as Gyappy the Vampire

Tamara Lo as Robot

Ted Pfister as Admiral Kouichiro Misumaru

Tiffany Grant as
Junpei
Ryoko Subaru

Vic Mignogna as Ikeda

Jason Lee

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network (Toonami Giant Robot Week)
Sci Fi Channel (UK Pay TV)
The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring: Cinram/POP DVD Center

DVD Authoring & Encoding:
ImageSource (vol 3-4 Complete Chronicles)
M.O.F.C. (vol 5-6 Complete Chronicles)

Licensed by: ADV Films

Recording Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

Soundtrack: AnimeTrax


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Distributor: Dybex

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Arturo Velez

 

Arturo Sian Vidal as Jun Aoi

Mauricio Valverde as Gai Daigoji

Adriana Rodriguez as Yurika Misumaru

Alan Miró as Genichiro Tsukiomi

Arturo Velez as Ken Tenkuu (Gekiganger 3)

Arturo Sian Vidal as Narrator

Azucena Martinez as Narrator

Azucena Rodriguez as Ruri Hoshino

Carlos Becerril as
Earth refugee
Gekiganger 3 villain
Nadesico General
Orphanage Carekeeper

Claudio Romero as Seiya Uribatake

Desiree Sandoval as
Megumi Reynard
Ryoko Subaru
Yukina Shiratori

Héctor Rocha as Akito Tenkawa

Mario Hernandez as Narrator

Marisol Castro as Haruka Minato

Mauricio Valverde as Tsukumo Shiratori

Mireya Mendoza as
Aqua
Haruka Minato

Patricia Mainou as Inez Fressange

Rodrigo Miranda as Goat Hory

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Latin America
Chilevision

Distributor:
Alebrije Entertainment
Xystus

Dubbing Studio: Doblajes Paris S.A de C.V.


Italian staff 

Script: Valerio Manenti

Translation: Laura Giordano

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Assistant Director Of Dubbing:
Alessandro Benati
Ivan Fedele

Assistant producer: Jessica Poce

AVID Operator:
Marco Vitali
Paolo Quadrelli

Director Of Dubbing: Annarita Pasanisi

Director Of Postproduction: Valerio Manenti

Dolby Surround Mixing: Andrea Pochini

Editorial Coordination: Fiammetta Adiutori

Editorial Staff Secretary:
Alessia Di Ruscio
Anna Marani
Maria Mauri

Encoding And Authoring: Luca Franciosi (DVD Ed.)

Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni

General Supervision: Federico Colpi

Graphic Project:
Alex Corazza
Lorenzo Crotti

IVTC: Luca Franciosi (DVD Ed.)

Mastering: Marco Sechi

Mixing Assistant: Giorgio Bassanelli

Postproduction Coordinator: Cristina Minoja

Postproduction Staff Secretary: Anna Zuppiroli

Production Staff Secretary: Gianfranco Calvitti

Project Manager: Alex Corazza

Synchronization: Paolo Brunori

Technical Coordinator:
Massimo Costantini
Stefano Lirolli

Titles: Sara Radelli

Italian cast 

Federica De Bortoli as Yurika Misumaru

Massimiliano Alto as Akito Tenkawa

Daniele Raffaelli as Jun Aoi

Gemma Donati as Ruri Hoshino

Ilaria Latini as Megumi Reinald

Simone Mori as Jiro Yamada/Gai Daigoji

Alessandro Rossi as Goat Hory

Cristina Boraschi as Houmei

Eleonora De Angelis as Haruka Minato

Fabrizio Latini Vidale as Akira Daichi [Gekiganger 3]

Francesco Bulckaen as Ken Tenku [Gekiganger 3]

Luciano De Ambrosis as Koichiro Misumaru

Marco Mete as Coordinatore

Neri Marcoré as Speaker anticipazioni

Paola Valentini as Nanako Kobundera [Gekiganger 3]

Roberto Chevalier as Seiya Uribatake

Sandro Jovino as Narratore [Gekiganger 3]

Sergio Di Stefano as Sadaki Munetake

Sergio Graziani as Jin Fukube

Vittorio De Angelis as Jo Umitsubame [Gekiganger 3]

Italian companies 

Distributor:
Dynamic Italia
Dynit

Dubbing: SEFIT CDC

DVD Authoring: DVD Hotminds S.r.l.

Postproduction: Studio PV

Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 

Dubbing Director: Rodrigo Andreatto

Marco Aurélio Campos as Akito Tenkawa

Raquel Marinho as Yurika Misumaru

Fernanda Bulara as Ruri Hoshino

Letícia Quinto as Haruka Minato

Rodrigo Andreatto as Jun Aoi

Tatiane Keplermaier as Megumi Reinard

Adriana Pissardini as Ryoko Subaru

Alexandre Marconato as Akatsuki Nagare

Fábio Lucindo as Akito Tenkawa (criança)

Hermes Baroli as Gai Daigoji

Jussara Marques as Hikaru Amano

Lúcia Helena as Inez Fressange

Melissa Garcia as Izumi Maki

Sílvio Giraldi as Inimigo Chefe

Tânia Gaidarji as Erina

Tarsila Amorin as Yukina Shiratori

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax (Brasil)
Animax Brazil (Dubbed)

Dubbing Studio: Álamo

 
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