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Virtua Fighter (TV)

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© SEGA / TMS.


Alternative title:
El Defensor Virtuoso (Spanish)
El Luchador Virtual (Spanish)
المقاتل النبيل (Arabic)
バーチャファイター (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy
Themes: Martial Arts
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Based on the popular Virtua Fighter video game franchise, this series follows the adventures of Akira, a lone martial artist who has lost his ability to see the mystical constellations that reveal a truly strong man's destiny. Now, his path of wandering has forced him into the fighting ring with several martial arts champions and into an insidious international conspiracy that he must not only break out of, but find a way to destroy. With the help of Jacky, Sara, Pai, and other characters from the Virtua Fighter games, Akira must find the strength to take on greater powers than himself and regain his lost sense of destiny.
Video:
User Ratings: 51 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 5 votes (Ara.dub:1, sub:1, Tag.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, dub:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:4, Spa.dub:1, dub:1, Por.dub:1)
 Good: 10 votes (dub:6, sub:2, Spa.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 13 votes (dub:6, sub:3, Spa.dub:3, Tag.dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (dub:3, sub:2, Tag.dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:2, ?:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, Ita.dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 131 users, rank: #2056
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.173 (Decent+.17), std. dev.: 1.9287, rank: #2902
Weighted mean: 5.919 (Decent-.08), rank: #3120 (seen all: 6.23 / seen some: 5.34 / won't finish: 5.87)
Bayesian estimate: 6.179 (Decent+.17), rank: #2517
Number of episodes: 35
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 1995-10-02 to 1996-06-27
Opening Theme:
#1: "Wild Vision" by Kouji Hayashi (eps 1-24)
#2: "愛がたりないぜ (Ai ga Tarinaize)" by Mitsuyoshi Takenobu (eps 25-35)
Ending Theme:
#1: "くちびるの神話 (Kuchibiru no Shinwa)" by Vivian Hsu (eps 1-18)
#2: "共犯者 (Kyouhansha)" by Vivian Hsu (eps 19-24)
#3: "永遠の真ん中で (Eien no Mannaka de)" by Akiko Seko (eps 25-35)
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Related releases:
    Virtua Fighter - TV Series (DVD) 2003-05-27 (from $16.18)
    Virtua Fighter - Round Two (DVD 2) 2003-08-19 (from $16.18)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Chief Director: Hideki Tonokatsu

Script:
Kuniaki Kasahara
Reiko Yoshida
Tsutomu Kamishiro

Music: Kaoru Ohhori

Original creator: Yu Suzuki

Character Design: Ryo Tanaka

Animation director:
Hroyuki Aoyama
Masanori Shino
Michiyo Sakurai
Rie Nakajima
Ryo Tanaka

Director of Photography: Motoaki Ikegami

Producer:
Hirokazu Ige
Keisuke Iwata
Yasumichi Ozaki

Background Design: Koji Ono

Editing: Takeshi Seyama

Planning: Minoru Ohno

Recording Director: Satoshi Kato

Script Supervisor: Tsutomu Kamishiro

Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata

Story Supervisor: Masahiro Muto

Theme Song Performance:
Akiko Seko (ED3)
Kouji Hayashi (OP1)
Mitsuyoshi Takenobu (OP2)
Vivian Hsu (ED #1 & 2)

 

Maya Okamoto as Sarah Bryant

Naoko Matsui as Pai Chan

Shinichiro Miki as Akira Yuuki

Yasunori Matsumoto as Jacky Bryant

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Kagemaru

Shigeru Chiba as Lau Chan

Tetsuya Iwanaga as Lion Rafale

Akio Ohtsuka as Van Kuur

Atsuko Tanaka as Eva

Rie Iwatsubo as Eliza Hauer

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Jeffry McWild

Satomi Koorogi as Liliana

Shigeru Chiba as Narrator

Japanese companies 

Backgrounds: Studio Uni

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Editing: Jay Film

Music Production:
Aniplex
Sony Music Entertainment

Music Production Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music

Original Concept: Sega

Production:
Sega
TMS Entertainment
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.

Recording Studio: Half H.P Studio

Sound Effects: Sound Garden

Sound Production: Half H.P Studio

English staff 
English cast 

Script: Scott Simpson

Translation: Julia Rose

Executive producer: John Sirabella

Associate Director: Pamela Weidner

Audio Engineer: Nick Stuteville

Dialogue Mixer: Ron Abfalter

Editing:
Scott Bailey
Scott Marchfeld

FX Designer: Skip Bowerman

Packaging Design:
Alissyn Brock
John Siers

Production manager: Amy Tipton

Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux

Subtitling: Anna Yamamoto

Voice Direction: Scott Houle

 

Amy Tipton as Pai Chan

Tony Schnur as Akira

Geoff Whitesell as Kagemaru

Jonathan Frappier as Lion Rafale

Alex Wharff as Lee Coleman

Andrew Masset as
Rafale Sr.
Subaru
Warden

Bill Flaman as
Driver
Thug D
Tiger

Boise Holmes as Jeffery McWild

Brandon Thomas Evans as
Wei
Young Ryu

Bryan Keith Bolick as
Big Sam
Tiger

Chip Straka as Desk Clerk

Chris Hill as Mean Carl

Chris MacPherson as Jimmy Gates

Chris Nubel as Narrator

Courtney Wright Hatfield as
Charlotte
Movie Star

Daniel Richani as Thug A

Dave Underwood as Colonel Jackson Moreno

Deborah Spoto as Young Sarah

Drew Stinnett as Lab Tech-B

Ed Wagenseller as
Blues Davis
MC

Gabrielle Gibbs as Eliza Hower

Geancario D'Alessandro as
Chin
Young Jacky

Heather Hamilton as Alexander

J.P. Houle as Kim

Jason Hatfield as
1st A.D
Customer
Lab Tech
Lab Tech-A
Master Shundi

Jason Smith as
2nd A.D
Announcer
Waiter

Jeff Call as
Agent
Director
Dr. Ivanoff

Jerry Winsett as
Answering Service
Messenger
Salesman

Jordan Rhodes as Priest

Juliet Cesario as Sarah Bryant

Katherine Vernon as Eva Durricks

Kevin Potts as
Sheriff
Wolf Hawkfield

Kirby Heffner as Cameraman

Marc Matney as Swallow

Megan Hancock as Liliana

Michael Granberry as Jacky Bryant

Michael Langley as Eddie

Paul Johnson as Guy Krueger

Richard Prather as Thug #1

Rick Forrester as
Yan Honron
Yan Weimin

Rob Zapple as Pops

Robert Rogan as
Henri
Script

Scott Bailey as
Ryu Kaorun
Truck Announcer

Scott Simpson as Clive Maroni

Sheila Brothers as Mom

Steve Chsizmadia as
Captain
Lab Tech

Steven Stokes as Thug #2

Steven Tylor as Buru

Thomas Bruning as Lau chan

Tony Schnur as Akira Yuki

Traci Dinwiddie as Isabel Hower

Alex Tulloch

Bill Flaman

Bryan Keith Debose

Cameron Shirley

Chip Straka

Cierra Doss

Courtney Wright Hatfield

Daniel Richani

David Pickelsiemer

Elizabeth Roberts

Felicia Potts

Jason Hatfield

Jason Smith

Jeff Call

Jordan Rhodes

Kirby Heffner

Mary Anne McGonigal

Michael Cassano

Paul Johnson

Pia Connelly

Renea Davis

Rob Piper

Rob Reville

Robert Rogan

Robert Wicker

Scott Bailey

Scott Greene

Shane Smith

Sheila Brothers

Stephanie Anderson

Steve Chsizmadia

Steven Stokes

Thomas A. McGonigal

Todd Squires

Tommy Guinn

Treena Hales

Ty Sears

Will Hays

English companies 

Distributor: AnimeWorks

Licensed by: Media Blasters

Recording Studio: Coastal Carolina Sound Studios

Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 

Dubbing Director: Roberto Colucci

 

Broadcaster:
Canal C (Spain)
ETC...TV (Chile)
Megavision (Chile)
Televisa Canal 5 (México)

Distributor:
Cloverway, Inc. (Latin America, New)
Lain International, Inc. (Latin America, Expired)

Dubbing: VDI - Point.360 (Latin America)

Producer: TMS Entertainment, USA, Inc.

Spanish cast 

Andres Esparza as Alex Yuki (Akira Yuuki)

Angelines Santana as Erika Chang (Pai Chan)

Carlos Carrillo as Carlos Chang (Lau Chan)

Roberto Alexander as Narrator

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Ottavio Maria Rolandi Ricci

Dubbing Supervision: Tiziana Valenti

Sound Technician: Sergio Viscardi

 

Alessandro Quarta as Akira Yuki

Barbara De Bortoli as Sarah Briant

Federica De Bortoli as Pai Chan

Vittorio Guerrieri as Jacky Briant (adult)

Andrea Ward as Wolf Hockfield (1st voice)

Dario De Grassi as Lau Chan

Diego Reggente as Jeffry McWild (1st voice)

Giorgio Locuratolo as Kagemaru

Maurizio Reti as Wolf Hockfield (2nd voice)

Pierluigi Astore as Jeffry McWild (2nd voice)

Stefano Crescentini as Leon Raphale

Vittorio Battarra as Shun Di

Christian Iansante as Yan Wei Nin

Giorgio Borghetti as Jimmy Gates

Laura Lenghi as Eva Durricks

Luciano Roffi as Clyde

Marco Bolognesi as
Onimaru
Signor Davis

Massimo Rinaldi as Gao

Maurizio Romano as Ryo Kau Run

Mauro Gravina as
narratore
Signor Briant

Monica Ward as
Isabel Owen
Jacky Briant (child)
Ni Ho

Oliviero Dinelli as Jack Moreno

Vittorio Battarra as Pops

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Cultoon (from September 2008)
JTV (from May 1997)

Distributor: Hobby & Work

Dubbing: PIM

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Lloyd Navera as Akira Yuki

Rowena Raganit as Pai Chan

Francis Ibanez as Lion Rafale

Montreal Repuyan

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: GMA Network

 
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