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Tokyo Underground (TV)

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[ adapted from Tokyo Underground (manga) ]

Alternative title:
東京アンダーグラウンド (Japanese)
Themes: superpowers
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Under the capital city of Tokyo, Japan, there exists a large, vast, and unknown world known as Underground. There, people known as Elemental Users exist; people who have the ability to control the elements: Fire, Water, Lightning, Magnetism, Freeze, etc. Meet Rumina Asagi and his best friend Ginnosuke Isuzu, two average high school freshmen who reside in Tokyo. When they meets Gravity User, Chelsea Rorec, and the Miko of Life, Ruri Sarasa, their whole life changes into one big adventure.
User Ratings: 486 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:7, dub:4)
 Excellent: 38 votes (sub:31, dub:5, Spa.sub:2)
 Very good: 97 votes (sub:82, dub:11, Fre.sub:2, Tag.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 126 votes (sub:89, dub:32, raw:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 88 votes (sub:76, dub:10, Spa.sub:2)
 So-so: 44 votes (sub:36, dub:5, Spa.sub:2, ?:1)
 Not really good: 30 votes (sub:21, dub:8, Spa.sub:1)
 Weak: 28 votes (sub:22, dub:4, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Bad: 17 votes (sub:13, dub:3, raw:1)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1059 users, rank: #562
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.404 (Decent+.40), std. dev.: 1.964, rank: #2637
Weighted mean: 6.260 (Decent+.26), rank: #2661 (seen all: 6.54 / seen some: 5.73 / won't finish: 3.86)
Bayesian estimate: 6.286 (Decent+.28), rank: #2382
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2002-04-02 to 2002-09-24
2004-06-21 (Philippines)
2007-07-22 to 2008-01-13 (G4TechTV Canada - Anime Current)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Jounetsu" by iksi:d (eps 1-17)
#2: "HEY YOU !!~Ushinatte wa naranaimono~" by iksi:d (eps 18-26)
Ending Theme:
"Kakusei Toshi" by Arai Akino
#1: "Kakusei Toshi" by Akino Arai (eps 1-25)
#2: "Eternal Flower" by Haruhi Terada (ep 26)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Tokyo Underground DVD 1

Related releases:
    Tokyo Underground - Box Set (DVD) 2006-08-22 (from $29.99)
    Tokyo Underground - Awakening (DVD 1) 2005-02-15 (from $5.00)
    Tokyo Underground - Awakening + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-02-15 (from $31.98)
    Tokyo Underground - Irruption (DVD 2) 2005-05-03 (from $5.00)
    Tokyo Underground - Escape (DVD 3) 2005-07-26 (from $5.00)
    Tokyo Underground - (DVD 4) 2005-09-06 (from $5.00)
    Tokyo Underground - Convictions (DVD 5) 2005-11-01 (from $5.00)
    Tokyo Underground - Return (DVD 6) 2006-01-03 (from $5.00)
    Tokyo Underground - Vol1 Awakening (R4 DVD 1) 0000-00-00

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hayato Date

Series Composition: Katsuyuki Kumazawa

Music: Akifumi Tada

Original creator: Akinobu Uraku

Character Design: Yuji Moriyama

Art director: Mio Ishiki (Studio Wyeth)

Sound director: Hajime Takakuwa (Jinnan Studio)

Director of Photography: Atsunori Matsumoto

Color setting: Takuya Kawami

Editing: Chieko Takayama (Morita Editing Room)

Music producer:
Keiichi Tomura
Shiro Sasaki

Recording engineer: Yasunori Ebina

Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa (SOUNDBOX)

Theme Song Arrangement: Hisaaki Hogari (ED)

Theme Song Composition: Akino Arai (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Akino Arai (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Akino Arai (ED)
Haruhi Terada (ED2)

 

Haruhi Terada as Ruri Sarasa

Kaoru Morota as Chelsea Rorec

Souichiro Hoshi as Ginnousuke Isuzu

Tomokazu Seki as Rumina Asagi

Ikue Ohtani as Shielle Messiah

Junko Noda as Salma Rufis

Kahoru Sasajima as Tail Ashford

Masaki Terasoma as Pyron

Shigenori Sôya as Rou

Shigeru Ushiyama as Suijen

Shinichiro Miki as Seki

Showtaro Morikubo as Kashin

Akiko Kimura as Kourin

Akiko Koike as
Maid (eps 19, 22, 24)
Young Kashin (ep 25)

Akiko Nakagawa as Marie (eps 7-9)

Akinobu Uraku as Student (ep 1)

Akio Kato as Squad leader (ep 18)

Asako Dodo as Leader (ep 23)

Dai Matsumoto as Man (ep 21)

Daisuke Egawa as
Enemy (ep 23)
Resistance (ep 24)

Daisuke Kirii as Guard (ep 18)

Haruo Satou as Troop leader (ep 18)

Hikari Yono as Spiderwoman (ep 23)

Hiroyuki Tsuru as Henchman (ep 4)

Jun Fukuyama as Henchman (ep 1)

Kaori Yamazaki as Hannah (eps 7-9)

Katsuya Miura as Inpei (ep 2)

Kazuko Sugiyama as Sound

Kenyuu Horiuchi as Smoke

Kiyomi Asai as
Receptionist (eps 23-24)
Student (ep 1)

Kousei Tomita as Rumina's grandfather

Makoto Aoki as Guard (ep 12)

Mariko Suzuki as Emcee (eps 23-24)

Masakazu Suzuki as Student (ep 1)

Masayo Hosono as Controller (ep 20)

Masuo Amada as You (eps 21-22)

Mayumi Iizuka as Rayon

Mayumi Yanagisawa as Secretary (eps 10-11)

Mitsuaki Hoshino as Man (ep 21)

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Rensho (ep 24)

Miyu Matsuki as Girl in dream (ep 1)

Naoko Takano as Emilia Runarif

Naotsugu Yoneda as
Inpei (ep 2)
Villager (ep 9)

Noriko Shitaya as May (eps 7-9)

Rie Saitou as Pyron's secretary (ep 12)

Sachiko Kojima as Hekisa (ep 9)

Sanae Kobayashi as Al (eps 7-9)

Shigenori Sôya as
Delinquent (eps 1, 4)
Man in white (ep 12)
Pursuer (ep 16)
Villager (ep 9)

Shuuhei Sakaguchi as Hammer man (ep 22)

Taiten Kusunoki as Heat

Takahiro Sakurai as Sui

Takashi Mito as Inpei (ep 2)

Takashi Onozuka as Henchman (ep 1)

Takayuki Yamaguchi as Raichi

Takuo Kawamura as Controller (eps 7, 20)

Tarusuke Shingaki as
Karate man (ep 23)
Resistance (ep 24)

Toshitaka Shimizu as Guard (ep 12)

Yurika Hino as Shadow

Yutaka Kouno as
Guard (ep 18)
Pursuer (ep 16)

Yutaka Nakano as Referee (eps 23-24)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Studio Pierrot

Backgrounds:
Dr. Movie
Studio Loft
Studio Wyeth

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Digital Paint:
ANIBIRIJI (ep. 7,13,21)
Ashi Productions (ep. 1,9,12,15,17,18,23-26)
Flying Dragon Cartoon Studio (ep. 4,5,10,11,16,22)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep. 4,5,10,11,16,22)
NARA Animation Studio (ep. 23,24,26)
Pak Production (ep. 2,8,14,19,20)
Pierrot D.A.R (ep. 11)
Studio Peacock (ep. 11)
Studio Pierrot Fukuoka (ep. 23,26)
SUNG-BO (ep. 1,3,6,9,12,15,17,18,23-26)
Tanto (ep. 11)

Digital Photography:
Ashi Productions (ep. 1)
Kyoto Animation (ep. 7,13,21)
Pierrot D.A.R
Studio Cosmos (ep. 3)

In-Between Animation:
ANIBIRIJI (ep. 7,13,21)
Anime Roman (ep. 11)
Flying Dragon Cartoon Studio (ep. 4,5,10,11,16,22)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep. 4,5,10,11,16,22)
NARA Animation Studio (ep. 23,24,26)
Pak Production (ep. 2,8,14,19,20)
Plum (ep. 14)
Studio Pierrot Animation Room (ep. 9,17)
Studio Pierrot Fukuoka (ep. 23)
Studio Wombat (1,3,9,12,15,17,18,23-26)
SUNG-BO

Key Animation:
ANIBIRIJI (ep. 7,13,21)
Mito Animation (ep. 5,11)
NARA Animation Studio (ep. 24,26)
Pak Production (ep. 26)
Studio Wombat (ep. 24-25)
SUNG-BO (ep. 3,24,26)

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Music Production Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music

Production:
Dentsu Inc.
Studio Pierrot
TV Tokyo

Production Cooperation:
A-Line (ep. 5,11)
Kyoto Animation (ep. 7,13,21)
PIGGY (ep. 2,8,14,19,20)
Studio Guts (ep. 4,10,16,22)

Recording Studio: KSS Studio

Sound Effects: Sound Box

Sound Production: KSS


English cast 
English staff 

Translation: Kevin McKeown

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer:
Michiko Powers
Terry Ho

Casting Director: Randi Riediger

Dialogue Editing:
Aaron MacDonald
Christopher Cleator
Cisco McLaren
Marc Matsumoto
Ryan Nowak
Timur Kalyuzhnyy

Production Coordination:
Amanda Yen
Mai Mizuta
Simon McNabb

Production manager: Diana Gage

Re-Recording Mixing:
Mark M. Pinder
Timur Kalyuzhnyy

Recording engineer:
Christopher Cleator
Michael Iske

Script Adaptation:
Chris Eng
Ian Farthing

Subtitle Script: Kevin McKeown

Supervising Producer: Yukio Kusumoto

Talent Coordination:
Jo-Lynn Foo
Theresa MacFarlane

Video Post-Production:
Elisa Chee
Keith Crosley
Michael Hey
Sean McConkey

Voice Direction: Andrew Marley-Clarke

Brad Swaile as Rumina Asagi

Chantal Strand as Ruri Sarasa

Gabe Khouth as Ginnosuke Isuzu

Rebecca Shoichet as Chelsea Rorec

Alistair Abell as Kashin

David Kaye as
Narrator
Pairon

Mark Gibbon as Rou

Michael Adamthwaite as Seki

Paul Dobson as Suijen

Tabitha St. Germain as Shiel Messiah

Willow Johnson as Shalma Rufis

Anna Cummer as Tournament Announcer

Ashleigh Ball as Jilherts Mesett

Brian Drummond as
Fighter
Rensho

Colin Murdock as Kiosk Man

Jocelyne Loewen as Emilia Runarif

Kirby Morrow as Sui

Maryke Hendrikse as Rayon

Matthew Erickson as Raichi

Nathan Tipple as Korin

Paul Dobson as
Gang Leader
Thug

Samuel Vincent as Tail Ashford

Trevor Devall as
Emilia's Uncle
Officer
Researcher

Ward Perry as Referee

Alexandra Carter

English companies 

Broadcaster: G4TechTV Canada

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)
Tokyo Night Train (Australia & New Zealand)

Dubbing: The Ocean Group

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Benoit Du Pac

 

Benjamin Pascal as Ginnosuke Izuzu

Dominique Vallee as Chelsea Rorec

Laurence Bréheret as Ruri Sarasa

Yannick Debain as Rumina Asagi

Benoit Dupac as Taylor Ashford

Didier Cherbuy as Seki

Jean-Baptiste Marcenac as RO

Laurence sacquet as Sharma Rufus

Laurence Saquet as Sharma Rufus

Luc Boulad as Sui

Marc Brétonnière as Pyron

Nathalie Bienaime as Ciel

Vincent Ribeiro as Kashin

Céline Duhamel as Mère

Christelle Reboul as Marie/Jill

Marie Millet as Mei

Victoire Theismann as Emilia

French companies 

Distributor:
IDP Home Video Music
Taifu video

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 

Dubbing Director: Danny L. Mandia

Asistant Dubbing Director: Ryan Ang

 

Blair Arellano as Rumina Asagi

Katherine Masilungan as Ruri Sarasa

Noel Escondo as Ginnousuke Isuzu

Yvette Tagura as Rockwell (Chelsea Rorec)

Robert Brillantes as Red Flame

Sherwin Revestir as
Hanoma
Jill Hertz

Benjie Dorango

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
ABS-CBN
Hero

Dubbing: ABS-CBN

 
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