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The Melody of Oblivion (TV)

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[ adapted from (The) Melody of Oblivion (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Boukyaku no Senritsu (Japanese)
La Melodia del Olvido (Spanish)
نغمة النسيان (Arabic)
忘却の旋律 (Japanese)
Themes: Mecha
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: A great war occurred in the 20th century between humans and monsters. Since that time, the monsters rule the world in fear but keep relatively hidden from public view. A boy named Bokka ponders the past and wonders what became of the Meros Warriors who defended the world so bravely against the demons. He soon meets Kurofune and learns of the power of the Meros and the I-bar machines they ride in battle. Warriors are the only ones who can see and hear the Melody of Oblivion, a phantom girl hidden away waiting to be rescued and be the savior of mankind. During a battle between Kurofune and a demon, Bokka discovers something only his wildest dreams could possibly imagine...he too can hear that melody. Throughout his journeys, Bokka meets many monsters and their agents, friends, and companions as he discovers the true extent of his new powers. He must continue to battle evil in the hope of releasing Boukyaku no Senritsu and free a world that has forgotten its once beautiful melody.
User Ratings: 422 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:10, raw:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 54 votes (sub:48, dub:6)
 Very good: 83 votes (sub:71, dub:11, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 107 votes (sub:90, dub:13, raw:2, Fre.sub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 51 votes (sub:41, dub:8, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 37 votes (sub:32, dub:3, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 22 votes (sub:18, dub:4)
 Weak: 23 votes (sub:21, dub:2)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:2)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 893 users, rank: #662
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.4235 (Decent+.42), std. dev.: 2.2709, rank: #2596
Weighted mean: 6.3646 (Decent+.36), rank: #2500
Bayesian estimate: 6.39138 (Decent+.39), rank: #2250
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2004-04-06 to 2004-09-21
2007-08-01 to 2007-09-21 (Singapore, Arts Central)
Opening Theme:
"Will" by lisa
Ending Theme:
"Tenohira no Hikari" by Minawo
Links: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    The Melody of Oblivion DVD 2
    The Melody of Oblivion DVD 1

Related releases:
    The Melody of Oblivion - Complete DVD Box Set (DVD) 2006-09-19 (from $87.47)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Arrangement (DVD 1) 2005-06-14 (from $6.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - LE DVD Collector's Box (DVD 1) 2005-06-14 (from $8.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Monotone (DVD 2) 2005-08-23 (from $6.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Metronome (DVD 3) 2005-10-25 (from $6.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Solo (DVD 4) 2005-12-27 (from $6.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Refrain (DVD 5) 2006-02-28 (from $6.00)
    The Melody of Oblivion - Final Score (DVD 6) 2006-04-25 (from $6.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Atsushi Takeyama (ED)
Hiroshi Nishikiori

Series Composition: Yoji Enokido

Script: Yoji Enokido ((1 - 26))

Storyboard:
Atsushi Takeyama (ED)
Hideki Tachibana (ep 18, 19)
Hiroshi Nishikiori (OP, ep 1, 2, 24)
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 3, 4, 5, 21, 22, 23)
Michio Fukuda (ep 15, 16, 17)
Soichi Masui (ep 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 20)
Yoshikazu Miyao (ep 9, 10, 11)

Episode Director:
Akira Tsuchiya (ep 7)
Daisuke Takashima (ep 5, 15)
Hideki Tachibana (ep 20)
Hiroaki Nishimura (ep 8)
Hiroshi Nishikiori (ep 11, 24)
Hiroyuki Ishido (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Miyoshi (ep 9, 18, 22)
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 6, 12)
Kenichiro Watanabe (ep 3)
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 23)
Kouichi Takada (ep 2, 16, 21)
Kouji Ogawa (ep 14)
Matsuo Asami (ep 10, 17)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 4, 13, 19)

Music:
Hijiri Kuwano
Yoshikazu Suo

Character Design: Shinya Hasegawa

Art director: Shichiro Kobayashi

Animation director:
Daisuke Takashima (ep 14)
Haruo Ogawara (ep 8)
Hidetoshi Sano (ep 2, 13, 19)
Hiromi Kato (ep 23)
Isao Kamei (ep 22)
Kaoru Ozawa (ep 12)
Kiyoshi Matsumoto (ep 15)
Koichi Yagami (ep 5, 6, 10)
Kuniaki Masuda (ep 3, 9)
Mai Otsuka (ep 16)
Masahiro Tanaka (ep 7)
Masahisa Koyata (ep 17)
Masaki Nakaya (ep 3, 9)
Ryoichi Oki (ep 5, 6)
Ryotarou Akao (ep 4, 10, 17)
Shinya Hasegawa (ep 24)
Takashi Wada (ep 1)
Yukiko Akiyama (ep 21)
Yumi Nakayama (ep 20)

Mechanical design:
Yoh Yoshinari
Yoshikazu Miyao

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Shingo Fukuyo

Executive producer: Tetsuo Gensho

Producer:
Hitoshi Sougawa
Takashi Tachizaki
Tsuyoshi Kamimiyashi
Yuji Matsukura
Yuki Sato

Assistant director: Kiyotaka Ohata

Character Animation Director: Takashi Wada

Color design: Mayumi Tayahashi

Conceptual Design: Shinji Katakura

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama

Key Animation:
Asako Inayoshi (ep 24)
Fusako Nomura (ep 24)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 24)
Hideki Tachibana (OP)
Hiromi Kato (OP, ep 24)
Isao Sugimoto (OP, ep 24)
Junko Matsushita (ep 24)
Katsushi Sakurabi (OP, ep 24)
Kazumi Takaishi (OP)
Keiko Ijima (OP)
Keiko Mototani (ep 24)
Keisuke Watabe (OP)
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 24)
Kouichi Motomura (ep 24)
Kuniaki Masuda (ep 24)
Mai Otsuka (ep 24)
Masashi Ishihama (OP)
Miho Uemura (ep 24)
Mitsuharu Kajiya (ep 24)
Motoki Tanaka (OP, ep 24)
Nobuhiko Kawakami (ep 24)
Nobuyuki Ikigame (ep 24)
Rie Kitahara (ep 24)
Ryozo Sugiyama (ep 24)
Saki Sadamori (ep 24)
Shigeki Kimoto (ep 24)
Shingo Natsume (ep 24)
Shinya Hasegawa (ep 24)
Takashi Wada (ep 24)
Takeshi Morita (ep 24)
Tatsuo Miura (OP)
Tomoshige Inayoshi (ep 24)
Toru Yoshida (ep 24)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (ep 24)
Yasunari Nitta (OP)
Yoshio Usuda (ep 24)
Youhei Imakubo (ep 24)
Yuichi Nakazawa (ep 24)
Yuki Imoto (ep 24)
Yukie Hiyamizu (ep 24)
Yukiko Akiyama (ep 24)
Yutaka Yamamoto (ep 24) 

Mechanical Concept: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ("Iber Machine" Concept)

Monster Design: Yutaka Izubuchi

Music Director: Yuko Sakurai

Music producer: Shiro Sasaki

Planning:
Hiroyuki Nakamura
Hiroyuki Yamaga
Takeshi Yasuda
Tomohisa Abe

Planning Supervisor:
Hirokatsu Okada
Junko Abe (TBS)

Theme Song Arrangement:
Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki (OP)
Jun Yamazaki (OP)
Tohru Okada (ED)

Theme Song Composition:
Masumi Yamazaki (OP)
Mitsuo Matsuura (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Mikio Sakai (OP)
Minako Yamaguchi (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
lisa (OP)
Minawo (ED)

 

Houko Kuwashima as Bocca Serenade

Mamiko Noto as The Melody of Oblivion

Masumi Asano as Sayoko Tsukinomori

Daisuke Namikawa as Kuron

Issei Miyazaki as Hikari

Katsuhiro Harasawa as
Aru-koto Nai-koto Parrot
Nic

Ken Yamaguchi as Child Dragon

Mami Kosuge as Hecate/Tamakorogashi

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Ballard Kurofune

Sanae Kobayashi as Toone

Showtaro Morikubo as Hol

Souichiro Hoshi as Skyblue

Tomo Saeki as Solo

Yukari Tamura as Koko

Akira Kosaka as
Kei
Oracle (ep 4)
Waitress (ep 15)

Ako Mayama as Resort Committee President

Asuka Ideno as Pretty Girl (ep 23)

Atsushi Imaruoka as Class President (ep 1)

Aya Hisakawa as Miri Kanaya (ep 6-8)

Ayumi Tsuji as beautiful girl C (ep 23)

Chie Satou as Monokeros #4

Chihiro Suzuki as Prime Minister (young)

Eiji Yanagisawa as Mr. Kagawa

Eri Ono as Mayor's Secretary

Fumio Matsuoka as Tsunagi jii-san

Haruka Kimura as Pretty Girl A (ep 23)

Hazuki Tanaka as M

Hiro Shimono as Elan Vital's Voice (ep 1)

Hiroko Taguchi as Yuko

Hiroko Yamaguchi as U

Ikuya Sawaki as Mayor (Elle's Father)

Issei Futamata as Teacher (ep. 1)

Kana Ueda as Kew-chan (ep 3-5)

Kanae Abe as Pretty Girl (ep 23)

Kazuo Oka as Keiko's Father (ep 4)

Keiko Fukushima as Bocca's Mother (ep 1)

Keiko Konno as Keiko's Mother (ep 4)

Keiko Sonoda as Woman Detective

Kirsten Potter as tamakorogashi 

Kouichi Toochika as Eichi Hikoyama (Toune's friend) (ep 6-8, 20)

Mai Nakahara as Elle Sonoda

Masami Toyoshima as Mrs. Kagawa

Masaya Takatsuka as Amimoto (ep 12, 14)

Masayo Kurata as Monster King S II

Megumi Matsumoto as Pan/Flute Player

Mitsuaki Madono as Masaru Hashimoto (eps 9-11)

Naoki Makishima as Mayor (ep 24)

Nobuyuki Kobushi as Reporter (ep 18)

Nozomi Masu as Maid (ep 18)

Rie Saitou as Medusa/Red-Haired Girl

Rio Natsuki as Chief V (ep 11)

Ryotaro Okiayu as Global Mountain Cat (eps 11-12)

Sumako Nomura as Tokiko Tsukinomori

Takeharu Onishi as Butler (ep 6-8)

Takehiro Murozono as Vice Mayor

Takeshi Watabe as Prime Minister

Tohru Furusawa as Young Saburou (ep 11)

Tomoyuki Terai as Man (ep 15)

Yasunori Matsumoto as Lucky Thoroughbred

Yasuyuki Kase as Wakadan (ep 3-5)

Yoshino Ohtori as Old Lady's Voice

Yoshino Takamori as Discount Uribou (ep 4, 20, 21)

Youji Outa as Bocca's Father (ep 1)

Yuji Ueda as Bocca's Father

Yumiko Kobayashi as Electric Sheep / Yousui Andou (ep 18-20)

Yuri Amano as Keiko Hamasaki/Midnight Fledgling (ep 3-5)

Yuri Shiratori as
Flying Bunny
Girl (ep 24)

Rin Mizuhara

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: J.C. Staff

Broadcaster:
BS-i
TBS

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Original Creator: GJK

Planning: GAINAX

Production:
Boukyaku no Senritsu Project
GAINAX
J.C. Staff
Kadokawa Shoten
Ken Media
TBS

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director:
Jonathan Klein (Ep. 13-24)
Reiko Matsuo

Translation:
Reiko Matsuo
Rie Hagihara

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer:
Jonathan Klein
Reiko Matsuo

Audio Layback Engineer: Gregg Hall

DVD Producer: Kevin Chu

DVD Subtitles:
Maki Ueda
Saori Tauchi
Yohei Shikano

Online Editor: Chris LadeGaard

Recording engineer: Rob Landreth

Script Adaptation:
Jonathan Klein
Patrick Seitz
Reiko Matsuo
Rie Hagihara

Sound Mixing: Gregg Hall

Voice Direction: Reiko Matsuo

Carrie Savage as Sayoko Tsukinomori

Ted Sroka as Bocca Serenade

Darrel Guilbeau as Hikari

Barbara Goodson as
Bocca's Mother
Kei
Nurse
Old Woman
President

Chris Kent as Fisherman

Dave Mallow as
Detective A
Elan Vital
Male Secretary
Man A
Miri's Butler
Vice Mayor

Doug Stone as Teacher

Erica Shaffer as Keiko Hamasaki

Hunter MacKenzie Austin as
Q-chan
Teacher

Jennifer Sekiguchi as
Coco
Yuko

Josh Phillips as Nick

Karen Thompson as Mira Kanaya

Kevin Hatcher as Solo

Kirsten Potter as Tamakorogashi

Kristen Potten as Tamakorogashi 

Liam O'Brien as
Horu
Masaru Hashimoto

Lisa Paris as Elle Sonoda

Mia Bradly as
Discount Uribo
Keiko's Mother
PA Announcer
Wife

Michael McConnohie as
Bocca's Father
Keiko's Father
Mayor Sonoda

Michelle Ruff as The Melody of Oblivion

Patrick Seitz as Kurofune Ballade

Rachel Hirschfeld as Red Hair Girl

Sam Regal as Eichi Hikoyama

T. Axelrod as
Kuron
True-False Parrot
Young Tsunagi

Taliesin Jaffe as
Class President
Wakkadan

Tara Platt as Cowgirl

Travis Willingham as Global Wildcat

Wendy Tomson as Tone

William Frederick Knight as Old Man Tsunagi

Yuri Lowenthal as Sky Blue

Elise Baughman

Hunter MacKenzie Austin

Kyle Hebert

Liam O'Brien

Patrick Seitz

Rachel Hirschfeld

English companies 

ADR Production: New Generation Pictures

Audio Layback: Soundscape, Inc.

Audio Recording Facility: Soundscape, Inc.

DVD Authoring: 342 Media DVD Center

DVD Menu Design: 342 Media DVD Center

DVD Production: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Recording Studio: New Generation Pictures

Video Editing Facilities: The Post Office, LLC

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Translation: Marina Bornas (Spain dub)

 

Jordi Navarro as Bocca Serenade (Spain dub)

Pilar Mora as Melody of Oblivion (Spain dub)

Pilar Morales as Sayoko Tsukinomori (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as Purasangre (Spain dub)

Carmen Calvell as Koko (Spain dub)

Lucas Cisneros as Nic (Spain dub)

Mar Nicolas as Toone (Spain dub)

Sofia Garcia as Elle Sonada (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Dubbing: Cristal Media (Barcelona - Spain dub)

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 

Script: Russ Carlos

 

Charmaine Cordoviz as Bocca Serenade

Michiko Azarcon as
Sayoko Tsukinomori
The Melody of Oblivion

Rona Aguilar as
Coco Ninna-Nanna
Tone Requiem

Charmaine Cordoviz as
ArukotoNaikoto (parrot)
Elan Vital (Ivermachine & human form)
Q

Rona Aguilar as
Keiko Hamasaki
Medusa/Red-haired girl

Rose Barin as Miri Kanaya

Russ Carlos

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: Hero

Dubbing: Telesuccess Productions, Inc.

 
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