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Fushigi Yuugi (TV)

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[ adapted from Fushigi Yugi (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Fushigi Yuugi OAV (sequel)
      Fushigi Yuugi (OAV 2) (sequel)
        Fushigi Yugi Eikoden (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Curious Play
El Juego Misterioso Fushigi Yugi (Spanish)
Fushigi Yuugi - O Jogo Misterioso (Portuguese)
Mysterious Play
Tajemnica Przeszłości (Polish)
Таинственная игра (Russian)
ふしぎ遊戯 (Japanese)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Miaka Yuuki, an average middle school student caught up in studying for exams, is sucked into an ancient Chinese novel titled "The Universe of Four Gods". There she discovers that she is in an ancient country in what is now China, Konan, and is to be the Priestess of one of the four gods, Suzaku. As the priestess, her duty is to gather the Seven Seishi of Suzaku, who are to be her protectors. Once they are gathered, the priestess will summon the god Suzaku and bring peace between the warring lands, Konan and Kutou. But it's harder than it seems. Along the road, many hardships are faced, as Miaka's best friend Yui Hongo enters the book and becomes her rival, the priestess of Seiryuu in the land of Kutou. Who summons their god first is up to the courage and skill of the priestesses and their seishi, as they meet triumphs and tragedies along the way.
User Ratings: 1518 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 226 votes (sub:150, dub:68, edit.dub:3, raw:2, ?:2, Spa.dub:1, Tag.dub:0)
 Excellent: 328 votes (sub:221, dub:90, ?:5, raw:4, Fre.sub:2, edit.dub:2, Pol.sub:1, Kor.sub:1, Pol.dub:1, Por.dub:1)
 Very good: 338 votes (sub:231, dub:84, ?:9, Tag.dub:4, raw:2, Spa.dub:2, Pol.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Pol.edit.dub:1)
 Good: 286 votes (sub:190, dub:81, Tag.dub:3, ?:2, raw:2, edit.dub:2, Spa.dub:1, Tag.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Decent: 165 votes (sub:119, dub:39, ?:2, Rus.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Tag.dub:1)
 So-so: 60 votes (sub:44, dub:12, Spa.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 39 votes (sub:27, dub:8, raw:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Por.dub:1)
 Weak: 38 votes (sub:30, dub:7, Pol.sub:1)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:4)
 Awful: 8 votes (dub:4, sub:4)
 Worst ever: 17 votes (sub:10, dub:4, ?:1, Spa.dub:1, Pol.edit.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3595 users, rank: #117
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.6092 (Very good-.39), std. dev.: 1.9811, rank: #821
Weighted mean: 7.4578 (Good+.45), rank: #809
Bayesian estimate: 7.45826 (Good+.45), rank: #630
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage:
1995-04-06 to 1996-03-28
2008-12-16 to 2009-02-25 (Philippines, Re-broadcast on TV5)
Releases: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"いとおしい人のために (Itooshii Hito no Tame ni; For My Darling)" by Akemi Satou
Ending Theme:
#1: "ときめきの導火線 (Tokimeki no Doukasen; Fuse of Excitement)" by Yukari Konno (eps 1-32,34-51)
#2: "風の旋律 (Kaze no Uta; Song of the Wind)" by Chika Sakamoto (ep 33)
#3: "for Epilogue… [ときめきの導火線+いとおしい人のために]" by Yukari Konno + Akemi Satou (ep 52)
Official website:
Links: We have 11
Trivia: We have 5
Comment:
On the series initial U.S. release, the subtitled version retained its original title while the dubbed version was labeled Mysterious Play. The DVD release is simply titled Fushigi Yugi.
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Related reviews:
    Fushigi Yuugi DVD 2
    Mysterious Play VHS
    Mysterious Play VHS 7

Related releases:
    Fushigi Yugi - (DVD 1) 2004-07-20
    Fushigi Yuugi - Box Set 1 (DVD) 1999-11-30
    Fushigi Yuugi - Geneon Signature Series (DVD 4) 2005-01-11 (from $8.00)
    Fushigi Yuugi - (Re-release) (DVD 7) 2005-07-19
    Fushigi Yuugi - (DVD 8) 2005-09-20
    Fushigi Yuugi - (DVD 2) 2004-09-28 (from $17.99)
    Fushigi Yuugi (DVD 3) 2004-11-30
    Fushigi Yuugi - Geneon Signature Series (DVD 5) 2005-03-15 (from $8.00)
    Fushigi Yuugi - Signature Series (DVD 6) 2005-05-17 (from $8.00)
    Mysterious Play - Goobye Tamahome (Dub.VHS 7)
    Mysterious Play - Box Set 2 (Dub.VHS 9-16) 2001-08-21
    Mysterious Play - Box Set 2 (Sub.VHS 9-16) 2001-08-21

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hajime Kamegaki

Series Composition: Yoshio Urasawa

Scenario:
Genki Yoshimura
Kazuhisa Sakaguchi
Yoshio Urasawa

Storyboard:
Akira Shigino (eps 3, 8, 13)
Go Sakamoto (eps 6, 10)
Hajime Kamegaki (eps 1,7,14,20,27,33,42,51,52)
Kyuuzou Gondawara (eps 34, 41)
Nanako Shimazaki (ep 40)
Osamu Nabeshima (eps 9, 16, 22, 30, 39, 48)
Satoshi Saga (ep 26)
Shigeto Makino (eps 19, 21, 31, 37, 49)
Shinya Sadamitsu (eps 12, 35, 43, 46, 50)
Susumu Nishizawa (ep4,11,15,17,23,29,32,38,44,47)
Takaaki Ishiyama (ep 25)
Yoshihiro Oda (eps 18, 24, 36, 45)
Yumekichi Minatoya (ep 2)

Episode Director:
Akira Shigino (ep 3)
Hajime Kamegaki (eps 1,4,7,14,20,27,33,42,51,52)
Keitaro Motonaga (eps 12, 15)
Mayumi Hirota (eps 8, 13)
Nanako Shimazaki (eps 5, 32, 40)
Osamu Nabeshima (eps 9, 16, 22, 30, 39, 48)
Satoshi Saga (ep 26)
Shigeto Makino (eps 21, 31, 37, 49)
Shinya Sadamitsu (eps 6, 35, 43, 46, 50)
Susumu Nishizawa (eps 11, 17, 23, 29, 38, 44, 47)
Tatsuya Ishihara (ep 19)
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 10)
Yasuhiro Kuroda (eps 25, 34, 41)
Yoshihiro Oda (eps 18, 24, 36, 45)
Yumekichi Minatoya (ep 2)

Original Manga: Yuu Watase

Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi

Art director:
Hitoshi Nagasaki
Hitoshi Nagasawa
Yuji Ikeda

Art:
Mio Ishiki
Sawako Takagi

Animation director:
Hideyuki Motohashi
Hiroki Kanno (eps 5, 12)
Hisatoshi Motoki (eps 2,6,10,13,18,32,37,43,50)
Kenichi Shimizu (ep 26)
Mamoru Sasaki (ep 40)
Masahiro Koyama (eps 25, 34, 41)
Masao Nakata (eps 24, 36, 45)
Matsuri Okuda (ep 44)
Mayumi Hirota (eps 3, 8)
Minoru Yamazawa (eps 15, 21, 31, 35, 46, 49)
Umetaro Saitani (ep 19)
Yoshinori Tokiya (eps 9, 16, 22, 30, 39, 48)

Director of Photography: Masahide Okino

Producer:
Kaoyuki Oshikiri 
Keisuke Iwata
Kyotaro Kimura
Naoyuki Oshikiri

Animation:
Hiroto Tanaka (OP)
Yoshinori Kanada (OP)
Yuko Kusumoto (OP)

Art Supervision: Yuji Ikeda

Color Coordination: Mika Iwami

Color design: Mika Iwami

Editing:
Masahiro Matsumura
Yasue Funami

Ending Illustration: Yuu Watase

Music Artist: Yusuke Honma

Music producer: Akihiko Fujita

Planning:
Makoto Ohno
Minoru Ohno
Yuji Nunokawa

Production manager: Koichi Mikami

Series Structure: Yoshio Urasawa

Sound Effect Director: Katsunori Shimizu

Sound Effects: Toru Noguchi

Special Thanks To:
Tomoko Hikosaka
Yuji Hosokawa

Theme Song Arrangement: Tatsumi Yano (OP)

Theme Song Composition: Chiho Kiyooka (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics: Kumiko Aoki (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Akemi Satou (OP & ED; ep 52)
Chika Sakamoto (ED; ep 33)
Yukari Konno (ED)

 

Hikaru Midorikawa as Tamahome

Kae Araki as Miaka Yuuki

Chika Sakamoto as Nuriko

Nobutoshi Hayashi as Tasuki

Takehito Koyasu as Hotohori

Tohru Furusawa as Nakago

Tomokazu Seki as Chichiri

Yumi Touma as Yui Hongo

Akemi Okamura as Yuiren

Atsuko Mine as Kai-Ka's Mother

Atsuko Tanaka as Soi

Ayumi Kida as Young Hotohori

Daiki Nakamura as Teacher

Hiroko Konishi as
Fu
Nyan Nyan 2
Shunkei

Hisako Kyouda as
Narrator
Taiitsukun

Houko Kamei as Chuei

Jin Yamanoi as Tatara

Junko Sakuma as Mrs. Yuki

Katsuhisa Houki as Chourou

Katsumi Osa as Tamahome's Father

Katsuya Shiga as Tokaki (young)

Ken Narita as Tetsuya

Kenichi Ogata as Eiken

Kouji Ishii as
Mitsukake
Tokaki (Old)

Kyoko Hikami as
Girl A
Girl B
Morin
Nyan Nyan 1

Midori Nakazawa as
Miboshi
Suzuno Oosugi (ep 43)

Mika Doi as Subaru

Misa Watanabe as
Miaka's mother
Yui's mother

Motoko Kumai as Tamahome (child)

Nobuaki Fukuda as
Kai-Ka's Father
Kotou Emperor

Nobuo Tobita as Tomo

Nobuyuki Furuta as
High Elder
Sanzoku

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Hikitsu

Ryuji Mizuno as Kutou Emperor

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Ashitare

Shinichiro Miki as
Keisuke
Miaka's brother

Tetsuya Iwanaga as Tomite

Tomokazu Seki as Kouji

Tomoko Kawakami as Chiriko

Yoshiko Kamei as Chuei Sou

Yoshiko Sakakibara as Shouka

Yuji Ueda as
Amiboshi
Suboshi

Yumi Touma as Tama

Yutaka Nakano as Einosuke Okuda

Japanese companies 

Backgrounds: Studio Wyeth

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Laboratory: Tokyo Laboratory

Music: TV Tokyo Music

Music Production: Apollon

Photography: T Nishimura

Production:
Studio Pierrot
TV Tokyo
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.

Recording: Seion Studio

Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production

Sound Production: Zack Promotion

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Bridget Hoffman

Translation: Neil Nadelman

ADR Script:
Andrew Ebert
Bridget Hoffman

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto

Additional SFX:
'Big Phil' Brewster
Joe Romersa
Michael McCarty

ADR Supervisor: Jenny Haniver

Assistant producer: Kevin Chu

Casting: Jenny Haniver

Digital ADR Engineer:
'Big Phil' Brewster
Joe Romersa
Michael McCarty

Final Mix:
'Big Phil' Brewster
Joe Romersa
Michael McCarty

Post Production Consultant: Jeremy Johnson

Recording Institute: Les Claypool III

David Hayter as Tamahome

Ruby Marlowe as Miaka Yuuki

James Penrod as Tasuki

Melissa Williamson as Nuriko

Michael Gregory as Nakago

Sean Mitchell as Chichiri

Sean Thorton as Hotohori

Wendee Lee as Yui Hongo

Abe Lasser as Tokaki

Barbara Goodson as
Miboshi
Shoka
Subaru

Catherine Luciani as Taii-tsu-kun/narrator

Derek Stephen Prince as Keisuke Yuuki

Doug Stone as
Dungeon Guard
Slave Trader
Villager

Emily Brown as Young Hotorori

G. Gordon Baer as
Slave Trader
Voice in the Light

Georgette Rose as Spectator

Harold Muckle as Tomo

Jack Hammer as Nakago

Jane Alan as Kai-ka's Mother

Julie Maddalena as Yuiren

Lia Sargent as Librarian

Melissa Charles as Nyan-Nyan

Melodee M. Spevack as Soi

Richard George as Mitsukake

Robert Wicks as Young Tokaki

Sandy Fox as Chiriko

Selece Zan as Ashitare

Steve Cannon as Amiboshi/Suboshi

Dave Mallow

Jackson Daniels

James Lyon

Jonathan C. Osborne

Lex Lang

Patricia Ja Lee

English companies 

ADR Production: Animaze

Broadcaster:
AXN-Asia (Asia)
International Channel

Broadcasting Company: Animax Asia

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)

DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Recording Studio: Magnitude 8 Post


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Distributor: Dybex (France)

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director:
Joaquín Gómez (Spain dub)
TERESA MANRESA (Catalan dub)

 

Carmen Calvell as Miaka Yuuki (Spain dub)

Francesc Rocamora as Tamahome (Spain dub)

Ana Orra as Nuriko (Spain dub)

Enrique Hernández as Chichiri (Spain dub)

Gloria Gonzalez as Taiitsu (Spain dub)

Kike Caraballo as Nakago (Spain dub)

Noemi Bayarri as Yui Hongo (Spain dub)

Toni Mora as Hotohori (Spain dub)

Carlos Lladó as
Suboshi (Spain dub)
Tasuki (Spain dub)

Germán José as Luchador (Spain dub)

Joaquín Gómez as
Ashitare (Spain dub)
Tiang Gang (Spain dub)

Noemi Bayarri as Soi (Spain dub)

Tasio Alonso as Tomo (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Buzz Channel

Dubbing: Estudios Teruel (Barcelona - Spain dub)

Dubbing Studio: Soundtrack (Catalan dub)

DVD Distribution: Jonu Media (Spain)


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch cast 

Mark de Groot as Tamahome

Dutch companies 

Dubbing: FansFour

Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: MC Entertainment

Russian cast 
(none)

Tagalog cast 
Tagalog staff 

Script: Markgil Pumatong

Lloyd Navera as Tamahome

Rose Barin as Miaka Yuuki

Lloyd Navera as Tasuki

Vincent Gutierrez as Hotohori

Francis Ibanez as
Ashitare
Chichiri
Iking
Mitsukake
Tetsuya
Tomite

Michiko Azarcon as Nuriko

Neil Yu as
Kenny Yuuki (Keisuke)
Nakago

Rowena Raganit as
Chiriko
Julie (Yui Hongou)

Vincent Gutierrez as Tomo

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
GMA Network
TV5

Dubbing: Telesuccess Productions, Inc.


Polish staff 
(none)
Polish companies 

Broadcaster: Hyper

Polish cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 
(none)
 

Ana Vieira as Miaka Yuuki (Portugal)

Sérgio Calvinho as
Hotohori (Portugal)
Tamahome (Portugal)

Sofia Brito as Miaka Yuuki

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster: Canal Panda (Portugal)

 
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