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Gravitation (TV)

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©MAKI MURAKAMI/GENTOSHA COMICS Inc. ©2000 MAKI MURAKAMI / Sony Magazines Inc., MOVIC, Aniplex Inc.


[ adapted from Gravitation (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Gravitation: Lyrics of Love (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Гравитация (Russian)
Притяжение (Russian)
グラビテーション (Japanese)
萬有引力 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: Music, Shounen-ai, Yaoi
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Shuichi Shindou wants to make a famous band. He works on his band, hoping to get a chance in the public eye, with nothing on his mind but his musical ambitions. One night as Shuichi writes song lyrics, his paper blows away, and a stranger picks it up. The man is Yuki, a famous romance novelist who tells Shuichi that his writing skills are grade school level. From that moment on, Shuichi is determined to find Yuki and have him explain his rudeness... he just doesn't realize that he's experienced love at first sight. When Shuichi finally finds Yuki, it's a journey of obstacles, frightening experiences and haunting pasts trying to keep them apart. But, it's just the gravitation of fate and love that always pulls these lovers back together everytime.
Video:
User Ratings: 1429 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 188 votes (sub:157, dub:22, edit.dub:2, ?:2, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.dub:0)
 Excellent: 332 votes (sub:260, dub:54, raw:5, ?:5, Rus.sub:3, Rus.dub:1, Tag.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Very good: 348 votes (sub:262, dub:69, Spa.sub:4, raw:3, ?:2, edit.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, English:1, Fre.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 258 votes (sub:210, dub:40, ?:2, Spa.sub:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, Kor.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 129 votes (sub:98, dub:27, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 63 votes (sub:54, dub:9)
 Not really good: 25 votes (sub:21, dub:4)
 Weak: 41 votes (sub:34, dub:6, ?:1)
 Bad: 20 votes (sub:17, dub:3)
 Awful: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:3, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 15 votes (sub:9, dub:4, ?:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2950 users, rank: #165
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.6144 (Very good-.38), std. dev.: 2.0199, rank: #830
Weighted mean: 7.4421 (Good+.44), rank: #832
Bayesian estimate: 7.4427 (Good+.44), rank: #644
Running time: 22 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2000-10-04 to 2001-01-10
Opening Theme:
"Super Drive" by Yousuke Sakanoue
Ending Theme:
"Glaring Dream" by Kinya Kotani
Links: We have 9
Trivia: We have 10
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Related releases:
    Gravitation - Fateful First Encounter (DVD 1) 2004-06-29 (from $6.00)
    Gravitation - Fateful First Encounter + Artbox (DVD 1) 2004-06-29 (from $8.00)
    Gravitation - Stars on the Rise (DVD 2) 2004-08-31 (from $6.00)
    Gravitation - One Million Copies!? (DVD 3) 2004-09-28 (from $6.00)
    Gravitation - Secrets of a Troubled Past (DVD 4) 2004-10-26 (from $16.99)
    Gravitation - Thinpak Collection (DVD 1-4) 2006-10-31 (from $36.72)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Bob Shirohata

Script:
Akemi Omode
Mamiko Ikeda
Michiko Yokote

Storyboard: Bob Shirohata

Original Manga: Maki Murakami

Character Design: Miho Shimogasa

Executive producer:
Iwao Kono (Sony Magazines)
Ryuzo Shirakawa (SPE Visual Works)

Producer:
Masahiro Chiku (Sony Magazines)
Yumiko Masujima (SPE Visual Works)

Additional Production: Kouji Sakurai

Assistant Engineer: Mika Kamemoto

Background Art:
Akio Shimada
Emiko Satoh
Kentaro Akiyama
Kiyoko Yamashita
Yumi Hosaka

Chief Designer: Nobuto Sakamoto (bic Studio)

Chief Editor: Masahiro Matsumura

Color Coordination: Shinji Matsumoto (Studio Deen)

Compositing:
Keiji Oyama
Masayuki Kawaguchi
Rumiko Takumi
Shigeru Ueda
Shinyo Kondo
Takayasu Ishii

Drawing: Miho Shimogasa

Drawing Director: Nagisa Miyazaki

Effects:
Masakazu Uehara
Takeshi Saito

Ending Animation Production: Bob Shirohata

Ending Animation Storyboards: Bob Shirohata

In-Between Animation:
Atsushi Seino
Hiroko Kinbara
Hisayuki Tabata
Jun Kurada
Keisuke Nakano
Yukio Kishi

In-Between Check:
Atsushi Sawamura
Ryuichi Akahori

Ink & Paint Check: Hitomi Kawashima

Item Design: Katsumasa Hosoma

Key Animation:
Atsuko Takahashi
Hiroshi Kudomi
Hiroyuki Ogura
Kazuhiro Itakura
Kenichi Takase
Masaharu Morinaka
Takashi Muratani
Yuko Inoue

Music Composer & Producer: Daisuke Asakura

Music Director: Takashi Kodama

Music Supervisor: Yoshiaki Matsuda (SOYTZER MUSIC)

Opening Animation Production: Bob Shirohata

Opening Animation Storyboards: Bob Shirohata

Paint:
Hiroko Nagano
Kazuko Tsumotani
Kozue Arai
Mariko Mima

Planning:
Nobue Ishikawa
Soichiro Sano

Production: Yoshinari Suzuki

Production Advancement: Naomi Sugawara

Production producer: Yoshimitsu Ishii

Publicity:
Masae Minami
Michiko Suzuki
Yoshiko Asami

Recording: Yasunori Ebina

Recording Production:
Takashi Ui
Yoku Shioya

Series Management: Daisuke Katagiri

Series Structure: Michiko Yokote

Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo

Sound Production: Daisuke Asakura

Sound Production Coordinator: Tomoko Shibuya

Supervising Producer:
Nobue Ishakawa (Sony Magazines)
Soichiro Sano (SPE Visual Works)

Theme Song Performance:
Kinya Kotani (ED)
Yousuke Sakanoue (OP)

 

Kazuhiko Inoue as Eiri Yuki

Tomokazu Seki as Shuichi Shindou

Ai Orikasa as Tohma Seguchi

Fujiko Takimoto as Suguru Fujisaki

Haruna Ikezawa as Noriko Ukai

Hiromi Tsuru as Mika Uesugi

Kappei Yamaguchi as Ryuichi Sakuma

Rie Tanaka as Ayaka Usami

Ryotaro Okiayu as K

Shinichiro Miki as Taki "Tacchi" Aizawa

Takehito Koyasu as Sakano

Yasunori Matsumoto as Hiroshi Nakano

Atsuko Tanaka as Kaoruko (ep 1)

Hideki Ogihara as Maa-kun

Hideo Ishikawa as Tatsuha Uesugi

Kenta Miyake as Delinquent B (ep 5)

Kouki Miyata as Eiri Yuki (young)

Kyousuke Watanabe as Employee (Ep 3)

Mie Odagi as Employee (ep 3)

Rie Kanda as Woman (ep 1)

Satoshi Katougi as
Employee (ep 3)
Man (ep 1)
Proprietor (ep 2)

Takahiro Sakurai as Host

Toshikatsu Izaki as Yuki Kitazawa

Yuki Matsuda as Ken-chan

Mie Odagi (ep 1)

Japanese companies 

Animation: Studio DEEN

Background Art: Kobayashi Production

Broadcaster: WOWOW

Casting Assistance: 81 Produce

Digital Work: Megumi

In-Between Animation:
Ashi Productions
Delta Peak Production
Echo
Last House
Nakamura Production

Key Animation: Nakamura Production

Location Assistance:
Sony Music Entertainment
Zepp Tokyo

Music Production: Soytzer Music

Paint: Echo

Production: Sony

Recording Studio: Studio Gong

Sound Production: Aniplex

Video Editing: Procen Studio

English cast 
English staff 

Director: Bill Timoney

Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner

Producer: Kris Kleckner

Assistant producer: Judy DeFrieze

Dubbing Producer: Joe Digiorgi

DVD Authoring: Matt Campbell

DVD Coordination: Jialan Wang

DVD Menu Design:
Jarret Einck
Ryan Neville

DVD Motion Graphics: Paolo Rubino

DVD Quality Control: Kristi Clark

Engineer:
Gary Solomon
Joe Digiorgi
Michael Messier

Mixing:
Joe Digiorgi
Michael Messier

Packaging:
Jarret Einck
Ryan Neville

Production Assistant:
Jessica Calvello
Rebecca Haviland

Script Adaptation: Bill Timoney

Rich McNanna as Shuichi Shindou

Rome Elliot as Eiri Yuki

Angora Deb as Mika Seguchi

Bill Rogers as Tohma Seguchi

Bill Timoney as Sakano

Brian Maillard as K

Daniel Kevin Harrison as Hiroshi Nakano

Kenneth Robert Marlo as Ryuichi Sakuma

Luke Novak as Suguru Fujisaki

Megan Hollingshead as Noriko Ukai

Rachael Lillis as Ayaka Usami

Tim Breese as Tachi Aizawa

Bob Timoney as Barkeep

Carol Jacobanis as Kaoruko

Emily Mark as Mayu

Georgette Reilly as
Editor
Miku

Jason Griffith as Tatsuha Uesugi

Joe Digiorgi as Ken

John Carey as
AD
Maa-kun

Bill Rogers

Bob Timoney

Brian Maillard

Carol Jacobanis

Chunky Mon

Dan Bello

Emily Mark

Georgette Reilly

Jason Griffith

Jessica Luseth

John Carey

Jon Rosenbaum

Kelly Ray

Kevin Lynch

Mandy Bonhomme

Michael Perreca

Rachael Lillis

Samson Grove

Zoe Fries

English companies 

ADR Production: Headline Sound Studios

Broadcaster:
Anime Selects
iaTV
The Anime Network

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)

DVD Creation: Little Lion Studios, Inc.

DVD Production: Pacific Video Image

Licensed by: The Right Stuf International


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

DVD Distribution: Kaze

French cast 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

David Turba as Ryuuichi Sakuma

Dennis Schmidt-Foss as Eiri Yuuki/Eiri Uesugi

Dennis Schmidt-Foß as Eiri Yuuki/Eiri Uesugi

Gerrit Schmidt-Foss as K

Gerrit Schmidt-Foß as K

Julia Kaufmann as Ayaka Usami

Kim Hasper as Toma Seguchi

Konrad Bösherz as Taki Aizawa

Wanja Gerick as Sakano

German companies 

Distributor: Anime-Virtual

Dubbing: Elektrofilm


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Kaze

Dutch cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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