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Argento Soma (TV)

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Alternative title:
AΠHENTO ΣOMA
アルジェント ソーマ (Japanese)
Themes: Alien, Mecha, military
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: In the year 2059, the earth has been plagued by aliens for several years. In an effort to learn more about these aliens, Dr. Noguchi and his assistants Maki Agata and Tukuto Kenishiro try to revive the professor's experiment, a large Bio-Mechanical alien named Frank. During this process the alien comes to 'life' and the lab is subsequently destroyed leaving Takuto the only survivor and the alien disappearing into the wilderness. While Frank roams the wilderness he meets Hattie, an emotionally distressed young girl whose parents are killed in the first 'close encounter' war. Oddly enough she is able to communicate with Frank and soon after they are taken into custody by a secret agency known only as 'Funeral'. Meanwhile, Takuto wakes up in a hospital bed with his life in shambles, and his face disfigured. Motivated by vengeance and heart break, Takuto accepts an offer from the mysterious 'Mr. X' and receives a new identity as a ranking Funeral officer named Ryu Soma.
Video:
User Ratings: 352 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 39 votes (sub:24, dub:13, raw:2)
 Very good: 67 votes (sub:38, dub:23, Spa.sub:3, Fre.sub:1, raw:1, ?:1)
 Good: 105 votes (sub:53, dub:45, ?:2, Spa.sub:2, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 61 votes (sub:31, dub:30)
 So-so: 41 votes (sub:28, dub:11, ?:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:7, dub:4)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:13, dub:4)
 Bad: 1 vote (raw:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 897 users, rank: #668
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.746 (Good-.25), std. dev.: 1.6883, rank: #2152
Weighted mean: 6.631 (Good-.36), rank: #2107 (seen all: 6.96 / seen some: 6.20 / won't finish: 4.93)
Bayesian estimate: 6.657 (Good-.34), rank: #1840
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2000-10-06 to 2001-03-22
Opening Theme:
"Silent Wind" by Eri Sugai
Ending Theme:
"Horizon" by Sphere
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Argento Soma DVD 1

Related releases:
    Argento Soma - Another Reality (DVD 1) 2003-02-04 (from $26.99)
    Argento Soma - Another Reality DVD + Artbox (DVD 1) 2003-02-04
    Argento Soma - Getting Even (DVD 2) 2003-04-01 (from $29.99)
    Argento Soma - No Tears (DVD 3) 2003-06-03 (from $16.31)
    Argento Soma - Outside Sanity (DVD 4) 2003-08-05 (from $16.99)
    Argento Soma - Our Memories (DVD 5) 2003-10-07
    Argento Soma - Annihilation (DVD 6) 2003-12-02 (from $26.99)
    Argento Soma - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2004-11-09 (from $69.99)
    Argento Soma - Complete Collection - Anime Legends (DVD 1-6) 2006-08-22 (from $39.98)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama

Storyboard:
Eiji Yamanaka
Go Sakamoto
Hiroki Kudo
Kazuo Yamazaki
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Natsumi Yaguchi
Tsukasa Sunaga
Yoshimitsu Ohashi

Music: Katsuhisa Hattori

Original Concept:
Hajime Yatate
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Hiroyuki Kitajima
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Shin Yoshida
Toru Nozaki

Character Design: Shukou Murase

Art director: Masaru Ohta

Animation director:
Asako Nishida (Character)
Eiji Nakada (Mechanical)
Jun Nakai (Character)
Ken Ootsuka (Mechanical)
Kohei Yoneyama (Mechanical)
Morifumi Naka (Mechanical)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Character)
Noboru Sugimitsu (Character, Mechanical)
Shigeru Sasaki (Character)
Shukou Murase (Character, Mechanical)
Takuro Shinbo (Character)
Tomoaki Kado (Character)
Yooichi Ueda (Character, Mechanical)
Yoshiharu Anjo (Mechanical)

Mecha design: Kimitoshi Yamane

Sound director: Sadayoshi Fujino

Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai

Producer:
Hiroyuki Birukawa
Kenichi Matsumura
Shinichiro Kobayashi

Assistant Mechanical Designer: Takumi Sakura

Chief Writer: Hiroshi Yamaguchi

Color design: Reiko Iwasawa

Key Animation: Tadashi Hiramatsu

Mechanical Supporter: Hirotoshi Sano

Music producer: Yuko Sakurai

Set Design: Hajime Satou

Special Concepts: Toru Nozaki

Theme Song Arrangement: Katsuhisa Hattori (OP, ED)

Theme Song Composition: Katsuhisa Hattori (OP, ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Keiko Kitagawa (OP, ED)

Theme Song Performance: Eri Sugai (OP)

Unit Director:
Eiji Yamanaka
Keitaro Motonaga
Kouichi Takada
Natsumi Yaguchi
Shintaro Itoga
Shinya Hanai
Toru Kitahata
Yoshimitsu Ohashi

 

Houko Kuwashima as Harriet "Hattie" Bartholomew

Souichiro Hoshi as Takuto Kaneshiro/Ryu Soma

Jouji Nakata as Michael Heartland

Kikuko Inoue as Guinevere Green

Sayuri as Lana Ines

Takehito Koyasu as Dan Simmonds

Yui Horie as Sue Harris

Yuuji Takada as Frank

Chafurin as Ernest Noguchi

Atsuko Enomoto as operator

Ayako Kawasumi as operator

Hiroki Takahashi as announcement

Hiroshi Takemura as Mr. X

Houko Kuwashima as Maki Agata

Shinichiro Miki as Rick (ep 17)

Yuki Makishima as Violetta (ep 18)

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
TV Tokyo

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Planning: Sunrise

Production:
Sunrise
Victor Entertainment

Theme Song Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music

Unit Director: ULTIMATE DRAGON

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Eric P. Sherman

Translation: Dan Papia

ADR Script:
Fred Kennemer
Rebecca Olkowski
Tony Oliver

Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi

Producer: Eric P. Sherman

Assistant producer: Mami Okada

Chief Producer: Charles McCarter

Managing Producer: Miho Kinoshita

Production Assistant: Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi

Re-Recording Mixing: Doug Andorka

Recording engineer: Patrick Rodman

Subtitling: Clark Cheng

Sandy Fox as Harriet "Hattie" Bartholomew

Steve Staley as Takuto Kaneshiro/Ryu Soma

Beau Billingslea as Michael Heartland

Crispin Freeman as Dan Simmonds

Lara Jill Miller as Sue Harris

Lex Lang as Frank

Melodee M. Spevack as Lana Inness

Paula Mattioli Walker as Guinevere Green

Philece Sampler as Ai

Dave Mallow as
Base Guard
Bird House Operator
Defense Man B
Doctor
Ground Control
Guard
Ulysses Transmission

Dave Wittenberg as Sheriff

Derek Stephen Prince as Lab Assistant B

Dorothy Fahn as
Ai
Dr. Harriet 'Hattie' Bartholomew
Joan
Kid
Maki Agata
Narrator
Secretary
Tsinober

Doug Stone as Dr. Ernest Noguchi

James Price as Base Alert

Jamieson Price as Colonel Kilgore

Julie Ann Taylor as Amian

Lex Lang as
Crane Operator B
Doctor
High Official
Ines' Husband
Military Man
Moon Observation B
Professor Kurihara
Scientist B
Second Lt. Rick Steiner
Student
White Stork Pilot B
Yuri Leonov

Lynn Fischer as Kroka Leonov

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as
Apartment Super
Auntie
Countdown Announcement
News Anchor
Scarlet
Stacey

Michael McConnohie as Dignitary A

Michelle Ruff as
Narrator
Operator

Paul St. Peter as MORGUE Officer

Richard Cansino as
Guard
Hiro
Mr. X

Simon Prescott as
Air Force Official A
Scientist A

Stephen Apostolina as Army Official B

Steve Kramer as FUNERAL Board

Tom Wyner as
Grandpa
UN Official

Tony Oliver as
Air Force Official B
Border Patrol Pilot B
Dr. Takahashi
Gate Guard

Tony Pope as Official

Wendee Lee as Joan

English companies 

Distributor:
Bandai Entertainment
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

Dubbing: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment

Subtitles: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

French staff 
French cast 
(none)
 

Benjamin Pascal as Takuto Kaneshiro/Ryu Soma

Jessica Barrier as Harriet "Hattie" Bartholomew

Bruno Magne as Michael Heartland

Cyrille Artaux as Dan Simmonds

Guylène Ouvrard as Commandant Lanna Inès

Helene Bizot as Guinevere Green

French companies 

Broadcaster: Mangas

Distributor: Kaze

Dutch staff 
Dutch cast 

Translation: Niels Viveen

Script Check: Kaj Schulten

 (none)
Dutch companies 

Publisher: Kaze Animation S.A.

 
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