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Diamond Daydreams (TV)

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Alternative title:
Diamond Dust Drops
Kita e ~Diamond Dust Drops~
Northward ~Diamond Dust Drops~
北へ。 ~Diamond Dust Drops~ (Japanese)
北方戀曲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: If a couple sees the diamond dust together, then they will certainly find eternal happiness. Or so it is said. This is a drama about the romances, friendships and conflicts of six girls from Hokkaido and how the diamond dust affects them and eventually links them together in the search for happiness.
User Ratings: 255 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:3)
 Excellent: 31 votes (sub:21, dub:10)
 Very good: 63 votes (sub:34, dub:25, Fre.sub:2, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 70 votes (sub:48, dub:20, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 38 votes (sub:21, dub:16, ?:1)
 So-so: 20 votes (sub:13, dub:7)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 563 users, rank: #963
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.9173 (Good-.08), std. dev.: 1.7516, rank: #1903
Weighted mean: 6.8549 (Good-.14), rank: #1774
Bayesian estimate: 6.88041 (Good-.11), rank: #1519
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2004-01-20 to 2004-04-05
2005-10-26 to 2005-11-18 (Singapore, Arts Central Broadcast)
Releases: We have 12
Opening Theme:
"Hop Step Jump" by Five Spirits
Ending Theme:
"Aitai ~Love Theme from Kita e.~" by ALLEY:A
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Diamond Daydreams DVD 3
    Diamond Daydreams DVD 2
    Kita e ~Diamond Dust Drops~ DVD 1

Related releases:
    Diamond Daydreams - Complete Collection DVD (Thinpak) (DVD) 2007-06-05 (from $41.24)
    Diamond Daydreams - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-03-17 (from $29.99)
    Diamond Daydreams - Atsuko/Karin (DVD 1) 2006-02-07 (from $8.00)
    Diamond Daydreams - Kyoko/Suomi (DVD 2) 2006-04-04 (from $8.00)
    Diamond Daydreams - Shoko/Akari (DVD 3) 2006-06-06 (from $8.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Bob Shirohata

Screenplay:
Mari Okada
Ryota Yamaguchi

Music:
Takehiko Gokita
Takehito Itsukita

Original creator: Ouji Hiroi

Character Design: Chinori Ribami

Art director:
Shin Watanabe
Toshihisa Koyama

Character Conceptual Design: NOCCHI

Sound director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi

Director of Photography: Mitsunobu Kondo

Producer:
Hiroji Hamada
Shun Shimizu
Takeshi Oguri

Color design: Shinji Matsumoto

Editing: Masahiro Matsumura

Planning:
Naoki Nakamura
Naoki Sato
Yasuaki Nagoshi

Script Editing: Susumu Urakami

Series Story Editor: Ryota Yamaguchi

Theme Song Performance:
Akeno Watanabe (Five Spirits - OP)
Eriko Ishihara (Five Spirits - OP)
Hiroko Takahashi (Five Spirits - OP)
Mamiko Noto (Five Spirits - OP)
Mayu Amase (Five Spirits - OP)

 

Akeno Watanabe as Akari Harada (eps 10-12)

Eriko Ishihara as Atsuko Akanegi (eps 1,2,12)

Hiroko Takahashi as Karin Shiraishi (eps 3,4,12)

Mamiko Noto as Kyouko Asahina (eps 5,6,12)

Mayu Amase as Suomi Kitano (eps 7,12)

Urara Takano as Shouko Saibara (eps 8,9,12)

Hiroshi Kamiya as Minoru Jinguuji (eps1-2)

Masakazu Morita as Yuu (eps 5-6)

Masashi Ebara as Takeda (eps 8-9)

Sayuri Sadaoka as Sanae Akanegi (eps1,2,12)

Takahiro Sakurai as Kurokawa (eps 10-11)

Yuuji Takada as Jouji Kurata (eps 1,2,12)

Akimitsu Takase as Staff B (eps 5-6)

Aoi Muratake as Hamaguchi (ep 8)

Hideki Tasaka as Tezuka (eps 8,9,12)

Hirofumi Nojima as Staff C (ep 6)

Hiroshi Matsumoto as
Atsuko's Father (eps1-2)
Monster (ep 6)
Owner of "Ryuuan" (ep 10)

Hisako Kyouda as Mumeo Kamada (eps1-2)

Junko Minagawa as Mafuyu Morinaga (ep 12)

Kazuhiro Nakata as Doctor (ep 11)

Kentarou Itou as Ikeda (eps 10-11)

Kiyotaka Furushima as Delinquent (ep 10)

Kouichi Toochika as Cinema club chairman (eps 5,6,12)

Kumi Sakuma as Taiko (eps 5,6,12)

Makoto Tsumura as Haruto Nagasawa (eps 7, bonus)

Mantarô Iwao as
Doctor (ep 4)
Guard A (ep 9)

Masafumi Kimura as Gen-san (eps 2,12)

Masanobu Kariya as Staff A (eps 5-6)

Matsuo Matsuo as Toshiaki Futaya (eps 1,2,12)

Mie Sonozaki as Jun (ep 10)

Misa Watanabe as Mayumi (eps 5-6)

Rio Natsuki as Takeda's wife (ep 8)

Ruri Asano as Hanna Jarvinen (ep 7,8)

Ryou Hirohashi as Passerby (ep 6)

Saki Nakajima as Waitress (ep 8)

Saori Kato as
Sempai (ep 10)
Woman at marketplace (eps 1-2)

Sawa Ishige as Mimiko (ep 1)

Sayaka Ohara as Nurse A (eps 3-4)

Seiji Sasaki as Master (eps1-2)

Shizuka Ishikawa as Kouta Minetsuki (eps 7, bonus)

Sho Hayami as Elie (bonus ep)

Susumu Chiba as Prince (ep 3)

Takashi Nagasako as Uraoka (eps 8,9,12)

Takayuki Kondou as "Radio Boy" (ep 9)

Takehiro Koyama as Gold sculptor (ep 11)

Tamie Kubota as Old lady (ep 10)

Tomoko Kawakami as Miki (eps 5,6,12)

Toshihiko Nakajima as Tavern owner (ep 10)

Tsuguo Mogami as Guard B (ep 9)

Wataru Takagi as Nagai (eps 8-9)

Yasuyuki Kase as Jurouta Toukibi (eps1-2)

Yuu Sugimoto as Nurse B (eps 3-4)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Studio DEEN

Broadcaster: AT-X

Producer:
Hudson
Red Entertainment

English staff 
English cast 

Director: Kyle Jones

Translation: Kaoru Bertrand

ADR Script: Kathleen Moynihan

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Creative Director: David Del Rio

DVD Packaging: Fumiko Chino

Graphic Design: Fumiko Chino

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Senior Translator: Sarah Alys Lindholm

Translation Proofer: Amy Forsyth

 

Allison Sumrall as Shoko Saibara

Jessica Boone as Atsuko Akanegi

Kaytha Coker as Kyoko Asahina

Kelli Cousins as Akari Harada

Kira Vincent-Davis as Karin Shiraishi

Luci Christian as Suomi Kitano

Andy McAvin as Ikeda

Blake Shepard as Kurokawa

Braden Hunt as Tezuka

Brandon Scott Peters as Yu

Brittney Karbowski as Miki

Chris Ayres as Kenji Kurata

Chris Patton as Karin's Brother

Colleen Clinkenbeard as Nurse Yuuki

Courtney Webb as Rena

Greg Ayres as Haruto

Jay Hickman as Minoru Jinguji

John Swasey as Akari's Father

Laura Bailey as Hanna

Marcy Rae as Sanae Akanegi

Mariela Ortiz as Jun

Mike MacRae as Takeda

Mike McFarland as Dr. Amakasu

Paul Locklear as Uraoka

Shannon Emerick as Kouta

Vic Mignogna as Radio Boy

Dana Perez as Woman at Store (Ep 1)

Danielle Kimball as Mimiko (Ep 1)

George Manley as Doctor

Heather Bryson LeMaster as Mayumi (Ep. 5-6)

Jason Douglas as Prince (Ep 3)

John Gremillion as Computer (Ep 3)

John Swasey as Goto

Kevin Brown as Club Captain

Kim Prause as Nurse w/ Glasses (Ep 3)

Mark X. Laskowski as Jurouta Toukibi

Nancy Novotny as Yasuko

Neil Cook as Niigaki

Rebecca Dahl as Short Haired Nurse (Ep 3)

Rebekah Dahl as Short Haired Nurse (Ep. 3)

Robin Terry as Woman A (Ep 1)

TJP as Nitani

Vicki Barosh as Atsuko's Great Grandmother (Ep 2)

K.C. Jones

Lee Stringer

Rebecca Dahl

Rebekah Dahl

English companies 

ADR Recording: ADV Studios

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

DVD Production: ADV Studios

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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