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Photon: The Idiot Adventures (OAV)

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©2000 AIC - Photon Project


Alternative title:
フォトン (Japanese)
Themes: fanservice, harem, Mecha
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Photon Earth is a young and gentle boy with superhuman strength and バカ ("Baka," meaning "idiot" in Japanese) scribbled on his forehead (apparently by his troublemaking friend Aun Freya). One day, he finds himself engaged to the beautiful fugitive pilot Keyne Acqua after writing "baka" on her forehead. And that's the least of his worries as he must protect both Aun and Keyne from the evil Papacharino, who seeks to steal the secrets of "Aho" energy from Keyne's grandfather's ship.
Video:
User Ratings: 261 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Excellent: 42 votes (sub:30, dub:12)
 Very good: 74 votes (sub:45, dub:24, Fre.sub:3, Por.sub:2)
 Good: 60 votes (sub:43, dub:13, Ger.sub:2, Spa.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 37 votes (sub:27, dub:7, ?:1, raw:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:4)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Weak: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:3)
 Bad: 5 votes (dub:4, sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 496 users, rank: #1063
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.059 (Good+.05), std. dev.: 1.9842, rank: #1601
Weighted mean: 6.931 (Good-.06), rank: #1665 (seen all: 7.12 / seen some: 5.04 / won't finish: 2.94)
Bayesian estimate: 6.953 (Good-.04), rank: #1408
Running time: 45 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage: 1997-11-21 to 1999-02-18
Releases: We have 7
Ending Theme:
"Pinch!" by Yui Horie
Links: We have 1
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Related releases:
    Photon - The Idiot Adventures (Anime 102 Edition) (DVD) 2004-01-27

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Koji Masunari

Screenplay:
Katsumi Hasegawa (Eps 3, 5)
Yousuke Kuroda

Storyboard:
Koji Masunari (Ep 6)
Satoshi Saga (Eps 2, 5)

Music: Haruhiko Nishioka

Original creator: Masaki Kajishima

Original Character Design: Masaki Kajishima

Character Design: Shinya Takahashi

Art director: Toshihisa Koyama

Chief Animation Director: Shinya Takahashi

Animation director:
Genichi Murakami (Ep 5)
Hideki Takahashi (Ep 3)
Hiroyoshi Iida (Ep 5)
Hisama Kinoshita (Ep 2)
Koji Watanabe (Eps 4, 6)
Kouichi Hashimoto (Ep 2)
Kouji Matsuyama (Ep 6)
Minoru Yamazawa (Ep 3)
Shinya Takahashi (Ep 4)
Yasuyuki Yanase (Ep 3)
Yuji Ikeda (Ep 3)

Sound director: Kazuya Tanaka

Producer:
Kaoru Suzuki (Ep 6)
Keitaro Motonaga (Ep 1)
Koji Masunari (Ep 4)
Makoto Fuchigami (Ep 5)
Satoshi Saga (Ep 2)
Yasuhiro Geshi (Ep 6)
Yasuhiro Minami (Ep 3)

Color setting: Takuya Kawami

Concept: Yousuke Kuroda

Design Work: Koji Watanabe

Music Director: Haruhiko Nishioka

Theme Song Performance: Yui Horie (ED)

 

Junko Takeuchi as Photon Earth

Yui Horie as Aun Freya

Yumi Kuroda as Keyne Acqua

Akiko Hiramatsu as Buran

Kouichi Yamadera as Papacharino Nanadan

Kozue Yoshizumi as Koro-chan

Marie Ichino as MaMamie

TOMO as Pochi 1 Gou

Yuri Amano as Rashara

Ai Orikasa as Aun's sister

Eiji Takemoto as Bandit 3

Hidenobu Kikuchi as Bandit 2

Masaaki Tsukada as Keyne's Grandfather

Masashi Hirose as Emperor of the Galaxy

Naoki Bandou as Bandit 1

Yuu Asakawa as Pochi 2 Gou

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: AIC

Co-Production:
BIG (Ep 5)
Magic Bus (Ep 3)
Mook (Eps 2, 5)
Oniro

Music Production: Starchild Records

Original Manga:
Monthly Dragon Jr.
Monthly Dragon Magazine

Production:
AIC
MOVIC
Starchild Records

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Arlen Tarlovsky

Translation: Katsuho Shimoharu

Executive producer: John O'Donnell

Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

ADR Engineer: Jim Regan

Dubbing Coordinator: Karel Havle

Dubbing supervisor: Christopher Sippel

DVD Coordination: Eric Thomann

DVD Producer: John O'Donnell

Script Adaptation: Crispin Freeman

Scott Cargle as Photon Earth

Suzy Prue as Keyne Aqua

Tara Jayne as Aun Freya

Carolee Goodgold as Lashara MoonMaiden

Mina Sands as Bulan

P.M. Lewis as
Koro
MaMamie
Pochini 1-28

Tristan Goddard as Papacharino Nanadan

Alvaro J. Gonzalez as
Bandit #1
Chief

Arlen Tarlofsky as
Bandit #3
Operator

Carolee Goodgold as Maiden

Crispin Freeman as The Galactic Emperor

Ed Hajj as Bandit #2

Jay Boggs as
Professor Ma Gene Aqua
The Captain

Jonathan Boggs as
Captain
Professor Ma Gene Aqua

P.M. Lewis as Aun's Sister

Suzy Prue as
Aho Furnace
Operator

English companies 

Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps

DVD Menu Design: Resolution

Licensed by: Central Park Media

Recording Studio: Mercury Productions

 
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