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Rayearth (OAV)

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© CLAMP/KODANSHA • UNIVERSAL MUSIC • TMS


[ alternate retelling of Magic Knight Rayearth (TV) ]

Alternative title:
Rayearth: Il sogno di Emeraude (Italian)
RayEarth: Las Guerreras Mágicas (Spanish)
レイアース (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Themes: Mecha
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Hikaru, Umi and Fuu are just about to finish junior high and move away from each other. They don't want to be seperated, so a week before graduation they make a wish under a cherry blossom tree, to be together forever. The fairy of the tree hears their wish. That night they are out together having fun when Hikaru sees the fairy and runs blindly across the road to get to it. At this point her spirit guardian contacts her and gives her magic powers. She sees a man standing on Tokyo Tower in a vision, he sees her too, then he is attacked and is forced to sort of freeze the whole world, He, Hikaru, Umi, Fuu and the bad guys are the only ones left and the battle has begun.
User Ratings: 314 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:3, ?:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Excellent: 36 votes (sub:21, dub:11, Por.sub:3, Spa.dub:1)
 Very good: 55 votes (sub:38, dub:12, Spa.dub:2, ?:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Good: 81 votes (sub:46, dub:23, Spa.dub:3, ?:3, Fre.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, raw:1, Ger.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Dut.sub:1)
 Decent: 52 votes (sub:36, dub:14, edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 So-so: 31 votes (sub:21, dub:4, raw:2, Ita.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:12, dub:6)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:13, dub:4, Fre.sub:1)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:1, Ger.sub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 790 users, rank: #731
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.6349 (Good-.36), std. dev.: 1.9363, rank: #2294
Weighted mean: 6.5386 (Good-.46), rank: #2233
Bayesian estimate: 6.56894 (Good-.43), rank: #1966
Running time: 45 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Vintage: 1997-07-25
Releases: We have 5
Ending Theme:
"All You Need is Love" by Naomi Tamura
Official website:
Links: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Rayearth OAV VHS 1-3

Related releases:
    Rayearth OAV - Collection (DVD) 2003-04-29

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Keitaro Motonaga
Toshiki Hirano

Script: Manabu Nakamura

Storyboard:
Hitoyuki Matsui
Toshiki Hirano

Music: Toshihiko Sahashi

Original creator: CLAMP

Original Character Design: Apapa Mokona

Character Design: Megumi Kadonosono

Mecha design: Naoyuki Konno

Sound director:
Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Yasuo Uragami

Executive producer:
Akio Izumikawa
Shunzo Kato
Yasuo Katsuki

Producer:
Fumie Yamauchi (Polygram)
Ken Tsunoda (Kodansha)
Shozo Yoshioka (Tokyo Movie)
Tetsu Kojima (Tokyo Movie)

Art Supervision: Hiroshi Kato

Beasts Design: Keiji Gotoh

Editing: Hajime Okayasu

Filming supervisor: Takashi Nomura

Key Animation: Keiji Gotoh (eps 1, 3)

Music producer: Hiroki Horio (Polygram)

Picture supervisor: Shinobu Nishioka

Production Coordination: Sho Nikaido (Kodansha)

Production manager: Masayuki Nishimura (Tokyo Movie)

Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki

Theme Song Performance: Naomi Tamura (ED)

 

Hekiru Shiina as Hikaru Shidou

Hiroko Kasahara as Fuu Hououji

Konami Yoshida as Umi Ryuuzaki

Akio Ohtsuka as Windam

Hideyuki Tanaka as Lexus

Juurouta Kosugi as Lantis

Megumi Ogata as Eagle

Minami Takayama as Ascot

Nozomu Sasaki as Clef

Takumi Yamazaki as Ferio

Tesshô Genda as Selece

Yuri Amano as Alcione

Yuri Shiratori as Mokona

Hideyuki Tanaka as Narrator

Juurouta Kosugi as Zagato

Megumi Ogata as Emeraude

Saeko Shimazu as Narrator

Japanese companies 

Original Manga: CLAMP

Production:
Kodansha
Polygram Japan
TMS-Kyokuchi

English staff 
English cast 

Executive producer: Marvin Gleicher

Producer: Peter Bavaro

Line Producer: Margo Coughlin

Mix Engineer: Bill Donnelly

Script Adaptation: Peter Bavaro

Script Supervisor:
Keith Burgess
Matt Perrier

 

Amy Birnbaum as Umi Ryuuzaki

Lisa Ortiz as Fuu Hououji

Tara Jayne as Hikaru Shidou

Adam Masterelli as Eagle

Angora Deb as Alcyone

Dan Stevens as Lantis

Immy Uncle as Master Mage Clef

Jim Ensz as Ferio

Keith Howard as Windom

Vince Jarret as Ceres

English companies 

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)

Dubbing: Skypilot Entertainment

Licensed by: Manga Entertainment

Post Production: Skypilot Entertainment

Recording Facility: Laughing Dog Studios

Recording Studio: Skypilot Entertainment


French cast 
French staff 

Dubbing Director: Eric Etcheverry

Dominique Vallee as Hikaru

Nathalie Bleynie as Fuu

Véronique Uzureau as Umi

Dominique Vallee as Mokona

Eric Etcheverry as Lantis

Eric Peter as
Celes
Lexus
Narrateur
Windom

Laurence Bréheret as
Alcyone
Ascot

Martial Leminoux as Felio

Nathalie Bleynie as Emeraude

Thierry Kazazian as Windam

French companies 

Distributor: Kaze

Dubbing: Midisync

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Angelines Santana as Lucy (Hikaru)

Gladys Parra as Marina (Umi)

Marcela Bordes as Anais (Fuu)

Guillermo Romano as Ceres

Carlos Carrillo as Zagato

Erika Araujo as Princesa Esmeralda

Guillermo Romano as
Lexus
Narracion
Windon

Ruben Trujillo as Rafaga (Lafarga)

Victor Mares Jr. as Ascot

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: TV Azteca

Dubbing: VDI - Point.360 (Latin America)

Home Video: Quality Films (Chile)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Stefania Patruno

Translation:
Francesco Prandoni
Silvia Rebez

Dialogues: Enrica Minini

Mixing: Maxime Von Parrestz

 

Alessandra Karpoff as Hikaru Shido

Cinzia Massironi as Umi Ryuzaki

Emanuela Pacotto as Fuu Hooji

Davide Garbolino as Clef

Enrico Bertorelli as Ceres

Loredana Nicosia as Emeraude

Patrizia Salmoiraghi as Alcyone

Patrizio Prata as Ferio

Riccardo Lombardo as Rayearth

Riccardo Rovatti as Windom

Diego Sabre as Lantis

Irene Scalzo as Ascot

Marcello Cortese as Eagle

Marco Balzarotti as Zagato

Stefania Patruno as Voce Narrante

Italian companies 

Dubbing: DEA Digital Editing Audio

Publisher: Yamato Video

German staff 
German cast 

Translation:
Mariska Ruoss
Simone Gisler
Tobias Hössl

Executive producer: Marco Stäuble

 (none)
German companies 

Distributor: Anime-Virtual (Germany)

Production: Anime Virtual

Dutch staff 
Dutch cast 

Translation: Niels Viveen

Script Check: Kaj Schulten

 (none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Yvette Tagura as Luce (Hikaru Shidou)

Yvette Tagura as Ascot

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: ABS-CBN

 
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