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Metal Fighter Miku (TV)

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©1995 JVC/TV TOKYO


Alternative title:
Metal Fighter Miku:Frauen aus Stahl (German)
メタルファイター・MIKU (Japanese)
Themes: wrestling
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: In the near future, the sports world is dominated by Neo Wrestling, a new spectacle in which Metal Fighters challenge each other to be named champion. The story follows the girls of the Pretty Four; Miku, Ginko, Sayaka, and Nana, as they face off against the current champions, Team Sapphire. With a burnt out drunk named Eiichi Suo for a coach the girls must not only contend with problems in the arena but also unforseen circumstances that arise in day to day life. Only through protecting their friends, understanding their enemies, and eventually challenging their idol Aquamarine, can Miku and the girls understand Eiichi's purpose and the shady secrets behind Neo Wrestling.
Video:
User Ratings: 42 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Very good: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Good: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:3)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 114 users, rank: #2144
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.9286 (Decent-.07), std. dev.: 2.0632, rank: #3222
Weighted mean: 5.776 (Decent-.22), rank: #3269
Bayesian estimate: 6.11229 (Decent+.11), rank: #2565
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 1994-07-08 to 1994-09-30
Releases: We have 7
Opening Theme:
"風になるまで (Kaze ni Naru Made)" by Kayoko Momoda
Ending Theme:
"瞳は1000カラット (Hitomi wa 1000 Carat)" by Kayoko Momoda
Links: We have 2
Comment:
Previously released in the U.S. by Central Park Media under the Software Sculptors banner.
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Akiyuki Shinbo

Screenplay: Yasushi Hirano

Music: Kenji Kawai

Original creator: Daisaku Ogawa

Character Design: Takeshi Honda

Art director: Masatoshi Muto

Animation director: Yasunori Urata

Art design: Kenkichi Urata

Director of Photography: Akihiko Takahashi

Producer:
Hiroyuki Orugawa
Shigeaki Komatsu
Yoji Kamei

Animation:
Atsushi Wakabayashi (OP)
Hiromi Furubara
Kazumi Takaishi
Kazuto Nakazawa (ED)
Kentaro Tanaka
Masaki Nakaya
Noriko Kitazawa
Shinichi Miyamae
Tomomi Otowo
Tsuyoshi Honda (ED)

Arrangement:
Kayoko Fujita (OP & ED)
Motoji Iwasaki (OP & ED)

Background Art:
Masahiro Yoshikawa
Shinji Takasuga

Color Cooperation: Satoko Shiyura

Color Inspection: Emiko Akasaka

Color Selection: Emiko Akasaka

Drawing Check:
Nobuko Ogino
Takako Kono

Drawing Director: Yoshimitsu Ohashi

Editing:
Kazuhiko Zeki
Masayuki Yamamori

Effects: Yasuyuki Konno

Finish Animation:
Akemi Hashimoto
Mieko Maruyama
Sayuri Tanabe
Shinji Takai
Yukiko Itou

Key Animation:
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 13)
Tatsuo Yamada

Mixing: Mitsuyoshi Maruyama

Music Director: Masao Itou

Photography:
Mikio Nakaide
Seiji Uchida
Shinichi Sasano
Toyomitsu Nakajo
Yutaka Kurosawa

Photography Cooperation: Tsuguo Ozawa

Principal Design: Yasunori Urata

Principal Drawing:
Etsutaka Kono
Hidenori Matsubara
Hiroshi Fujikawa
Hiroyoshi Iida
Hiroyuki Aida
Hisashi Ezura
Kazuhisa Okada
Kazunobu Hoshi
Kazuto Nakazawa
Ken-ichi Hamazaki
Masami Suda
Masatsugu Arakawa
Megumi Kadonosono
Mikihisa Kamei
Munenori Nawa
Satoru Nakamura
Tetsundo Saito
Toshihiro Kikuchi
Yûji Satô
Yuzo Sato

Producer Of Animation Production: Norihisa Abe

Production Coordination: Moritate Onuki

Production Scheduling: Mitsuo Yagi

Production Secretary: Masamoto Nishizawa

Recording Director: Jun Watanabe

Series Structure: Yasushi Hirano

Special Effects: Mamoru Abe

Sub-Character Design: Yoshimitsu Ohashi

Theme Song Composition:
Kayoko Fujita (OP & ED)
Motoji Iwasaki (OP & ED)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Mitsuko Shiramine (OP)
Takeshi Yokoyama (ED)

Theme Song Performance: Kayoko Momoda

 

Ai Orikasa as Ginko

Konami Yoshida as Miku

Mariko Onodera as Nana

Michiko Neya as Sayaka

Hiroshi Naka as Tokichiro Harajuku

Junichi Sugawara as Kajiwara

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Eiichi Suou

Masako Katsuki as Aquamarine

Naoki Tatsuta as Kouzou Shibano

Rin Mizuhara as Masayo Harajuku

Shinichiro Miki as Kinta Marugome

Akemi Shinohara as Moonlight Jewels (ep 9)

Atsuko Mine as Masayo Harajuku (ep 6, 7, 10)

Chie Satou as
Amazoness (ep 6)
Mad Kong (ep 1)

Emi Shinohara as Yoko Shibano

Hiroko Nishi as female teacher (ep 8)

Hiroko Takemasa as
Fukurou (ep 3)
Moonlight Jewels (ep 9)
newscaster (ep 10)
Star Wolves (ep 7)

Junichi Sugawara as
employee (ep 10)
old man (ep 12)

Katsumi Suzuki as
announcer
policeman (ep 10)

Keiji Fujiwara as
Naoya Shibano
young man (ep 13)

Midori Nakazawa as Star Wolves (ep 7)

Miho Yoshida as priestess (ep 11)

Misa Watanabe as Hanako (ep 5)

Satomi Koorogi as Maki (ep 4)

Tetsuya Iwanaga as
boy (ep 12)
cameraman
guerrilla (ep 10)
Referee Mecha (eps 4, 7)

Tomoko Kawakami as
boy (ep 3)
Star Wolves (ep 7)

Japanese companies 

Animation Cooperation:
Madhouse Studios
Shima Studio

Animation Production: J.C. Staff

Background Art: Studio Jack

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Editing: Jay Film

Laboratory: Tokyo Laboratory

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Photography: Studio Boston

Production: JVC/Japan Victor Company

Recording Studio: Gen

Studio: Enoki Films

Titles: Maki Pro

USA VHS Releases: Central Park Media

English staff 
English cast 

Director: Ruben Arvizu

Translation:
Julie Rose
Neil Nadelman

Executive producer:
John Sirabella
Yoshi Enoki

Associate Editor: Beth Salem

Associate producer: Sam Liebowitz

Graphic Design: Merideth Mulroney

Post-Mix Engineer:
Juan Campos
Oscar Morales

Production manager: Scott Marchfeld

Production Supervision:
Henry Lai
Sean Molyneaux

Recording engineer:
Juan Campos
Oscar Morales

 

Alice Farinas as Ginko

Ellyn Stern as Sayaka

Michelle Ruff as
Miku
Nana

Anna Grinta as Aquamarine

Bob Buchholz as Tokichiro Harajuku

Jessica Gee as Yoko Shibano

Peter Doyle as Kajiwara

Richard Epcar as Eiichi Suo

Anna Grinta as
Anchorwoman
Mother
Music Director

Bob Buchholz as Photographer

Catherine Battistone as
Buddhist Nun
Masayo Harajuku

Doug Stone as
Kozo Shibano
Nagoya Shibano

Ellyn Stern as Maki Yoshihara

Jim Taggert as Kinta Marukome

Richard Epcar as Dandy Suzuki

Johnny Molina

Robert Epstein

Rosalinda Morales

Ruben Arvizu

English companies 

Distributor:
AnimeWorks
Software Sculptors (Expired)

Licensed by:
Central Park Media (Expired)
Enoki Films
Media Blasters

Packaging Design: MarketWorks Inc.

Post-Mixing: ALBA Digital Recording

Recording: ALBA Digital Recording

Script: Arvintel Communications, Inc.

German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: K-Toon (Premiere)

German cast 
(none)

Tagalog cast 
Tagalog staff 

Dubbing Director: Montreal Repuyan

Script:
Danny Deopante
Jay-r Flores
Montreal Repuyan
Rona Aguilar

Glenda Resurreccion as Ginko

Rona Aguilar as Miku

Rose Barin as Sayaka

Rowena Raganit as Nana

Danny Deopante as Eiichi Suou

Glenda Resurreccion as Aquamarine

Jay-r Flores as
Kinta Marugome
Tokichiro Harajuku

Rose Barin as Sapphire

Rowena Raganit as Masayo

Rowena Raganit as Maki

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
ABC-5
Hero

 
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