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El Hazard - The Magnificent World (OAV)

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Related anime:
    El Hazard 2 - The Magnificent World (OAV) (sequel)
      El Hazard: The Alternative World (TV) (sequel)
    El Hazard: The Wanderers (TV) (alternate retelling)

Alternative title:
El Hazard le Monde Magnifique (French)
Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard (Japanese)
神祕的世界 (Chinese (Taiwan))
神秘の世界エルハザード (Japanese)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: When Makoto Mizuhara discovers an old monument in his school and awakens a beautiful woman, he, his teacher, his worst enemy and one of his female friends is transported to the magnificent world of El Hazard. There they discovers that they have received some special powers. Makoto and his teacher Fujisawa lands in a jungle and saves a princess from some large bugs. Makotos friend Nanami lands in a desert. And Makotos rival, Jinnai lands in the middle of the bug’s kingdom and becomes their general, plotting to destroy Makoto and his new friends. After several having his attacks repelled by Makoto several times, Jinnai learns about an ultimate weapon, the demon Ifurita. And so everyone sets of to find Ifurita, and when she's found Makoto learns that she is the same woman that sent them to El Hazard. But the one gaining control of her is Jinnai.
User Ratings: 618 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 68 votes (sub:32, dub:31, raw:1, Spa.dub:1, ?:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Excellent: 127 votes (sub:77, dub:45, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 153 votes (sub:99, dub:48, Fre.sub:3, Ger.dub:1, ?:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Good: 153 votes (sub:97, dub:40, raw:5, Ger.dub:3, Fre.dub:3, Fre.sub:2, Spa.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 61 votes (sub:42, dub:14, raw:1, Spa.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 So-so: 26 votes (sub:19, dub:4, ?:2, Fre.dub:1)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:4, ?:1)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:9, Fre.dub:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1298 users, rank: #456
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.604 (Very good-.39), std. dev.: 1.6881, rank: #840
Weighted mean: 7.5516 (Very good-.44), rank: #721
Bayesian estimate: 7.55124 (Very good-.44), rank: #543
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 7
Episode titles: We have 7
Vintage: 1995-05-26 to 1996-01-25
Releases: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Boys be Free!" by Etsuko Kozakura
Links: We have 3
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 6
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Related reviews:
    El Hazard - The Magnificent World

Related releases:
    El Hazard (DVD 1) 2007-05-29
    El Hazard (DVD 2) 2007-07-31 (from $5.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (Ep 1)
Haruo Nakayama (Ep 6)
Hiroki Hayashi (Series Director)
Kazuhiro Ozawa (Ep 3)
Shigeru Kimiya (Ep 2, 5)

Screenplay: Ryoe Tsukimura

Music: Seikou Nagaoka

Original Concept:
Hiroki Hayashi
Ryoe Tsukimura

Character Design: Kazuto Nakazawa

Art director: Nobuhito Sue

Animation director:
Kazunobu Hoshi (Ep 6)
Koji Watanabe (Ep 4,5,7)
Shinji Ochi (Ep 3)
Yuji Ikeda (Ep 2,5)

Sound director: Yasunori Honda

Director of Photography: Hitoshi Sato

Producer:
Hiroaki Inoue
Kazuaki Morijiri
Yasuo Hasegawa

Color Styling: Takuya Kawami

Concept Advisor:
Hiroaki Ohue
Hiroyuki Hataike
Takeshi Okazaki

Design Work: Koji Watanabe

Music Director: Akira Kawase

Planning:
Taro Maki
Toru Miura

Recording: Kimitaka Kawasaki

Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi

Supervising Animation Director: Kazuto Nakazawa

Theme Song Lyrics: Natsuko Karedo (ED)

Theme Song Performance: Etsuko Kozakura (ED)

 

Aya Sakaguchi as Ura

Ryotaro Okiayu as Katsuhiko Jinnai

Tetsuya Iwanaga as Makoto Mizuhara

Yuri Amano as Ifurita

Etsuko Kozakura as Alielle

Kikuko Inoue as Rune Venus

Kouji Ishii as Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa

Mifuyu Hiiragi as Fatora

Rikako Aikawa as Nahato

Rio Natsuki as Nanami Jinnai

Tomo Sakurai as Shayla-Shayla

Hiroshi Naka as Londs

Maaya Sakamoto as Qawoor Towles

Miho Yoshida as Afura Mann

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Galus

Saeko Shimazu as Miz Mishtal

Tamio Ohki as Dr. Shtalubaugh

Yoko Soumi as Diva

Japanese companies 

Co-Production:
Doumu
Magic Bus
Oniro

Production:
AIC
PIONEER LDC

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director: Jenny Haniver

Translation:
Lois Takakura
Nobuhiro Hayashi
Rika Takahashi
Takayu Toshizo

ADR Script:
Jenny Haniver
Mary Claypool

Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer:
John Pierce
Kevin Chu

Digital ADR Engineer:
Joe Romersa
Phil Brewster

DVD Design: Tom Watanabe

DVD Engineer: Songyi Liu

Recording Facility Engineer: Les Claypool III

Bob Marx as Katsuhiko Jinnai

Christy Mathewson as Makoto Mizuhara

Julie Kliewer as Ura

Tiffany James as Ifurita

Debbie Derosa as Kiriya

Lia Sargent as Nanami Jinnai

Melissa Charles as Alielle

Michael Sorich as Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa

Mimi Woods as Shayla-Shayla

Mona Marshall as Nahato

Ruby Marlowe as Rune Venus

Tessa Ariel as Fatora

Tom Wyner as Galus

William Frederick Knight as Dr. Schtalubaugh

David Lucas as
General (Ep. 6)
Phantom Tribe Scientist A

Diva West as Diva

Dorothy Melendrez as Miz Mishtal

Dougary Grant as
Creature (Ep. 1)
Driver (Ep. 3)
Lord (Ep. 5)

Joe Romersa as Driver (Ep. 3)

Patricia Ja Lee as
Afura Mann
Reporter

Peter Spellos as Roll Londs

Rudy Luzion as
Lord (Ep. 1-2)
Student Council Member (Ep.1)

Sam Strong as Phantom Tribe Scientist B

Susan Amber as Messenger

Arnie Hanks

Bambi Darro

Dan Martin

Dolly Llama

Gloria Gines

Jeff Nimoy

Jimmy Krakor

Joan Carol

Joey Camen

Jonathan Charles

Les Claypool III

Mary Claypool

Melodee Lee

Ralph Holderness

Reyna Romersa

Yuji Moto

English companies 

ADR Production:
Animaze
ZRO Limit Productions

Broadcaster:
AXN-Asia (SE Asia)
International Channel

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

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post

Translation: ZRO Limit Productions

French staff 
French cast 
(none)
 

Cyrille Artaux as Katsuhiko Jinnaï

Laurence Bréheret as Ifurita

Olivier Korol as Makoto Mizuhara

Antoine Tome as Mr Fujisawa

Colette Noel as Shayla-Shayla

Laurence Bréheret as Rune Venus

Stéphanie Lafforgue as Nanami Jinnaï (voix 2)

Sybille Tureau as Nanami Jinnaï (voix 1)

Antoine Tome as Galus

Christine Paris as
Afura Mann
Diva (voix 2)

Michel Raimbault as Londs

Sybille Tureau as Diva (voix 1)

Michel Tugot-Doris

Yves Thullier

French companies 

Broadcaster: Mangas

Distributor: Kaze

Dubbing: Studio Chinkel

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Adeline Schebesch as Ifurita

Andreas Müller as Mizuhara Makoto

Christina Nussbaum as Ura

Sasha Kaufmann as Jinnai

Adeline Schebesch as Shayla-Shayla

Björn Dobelman as Nahato

Frank Strobelt as Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa

Heidi Schliesser as Alielle

Natasa Tolimir as Fatora

Stefanie Albrecht as Rune Venus

Christina Nussbaum as Jinnai

Heidi Schliesser as Kiraia

Joachim Rudolph as Galus

Nina Marschke as
AfuraMang
Diva

Stephanie Albrecht as Miz Mishtal

Thomas Witte as Dr. Schtalubaugh

Tristan Vogt as Londs

German companies 

Broadcaster: VOX


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

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Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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