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Virus Buster Serge (TV)

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Alternative title:
Virus
Virus: El cazador (Spanish)
Virus: O Caçador (Portuguese)
ウイルス (Japanese)
病毒 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: mecha, police
Objectionable content: Intense
Copyright notice: ©1997 VIRUS PROJECT
Plot Summary: Neo Hong Kong, 2097: The world has changed. Advances in genetic engineering and cybernetics have created an environment full of artificially enhanced humans and intelligent super-computers that operate using biological software. But the same technology that has allowed man & machine to merge has made both susceptible to a new kind of threat—digital viruses capable of controlling their hosts.
User Ratings: 179 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Excellent: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:2, raw:1)
 Very good: 12 votes (sub:6, dub:6)
 Good: 18 votes (dub:9, sub:9)
 Decent: 25 votes (sub:14, dub:11)
 So-so: 18 votes (dub:10, sub:7, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 14 votes (dub:7, sub:5, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 29 votes (dub:21, sub:7, ?:1)
 Bad: 28 votes (dub:16, sub:8, edit.dub:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Awful: 12 votes (dub:7, sub:3, edit.dub:2)
 Worst ever: 13 votes (dub:10, sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 367 users, rank: #2637 (of 9585)
Median rating: Not really good
Arithmetic mean: 4.285 (Not really good+), std. dev.: 2.5983, rank: #9364 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 4.125 (Not really good), rank: #9415 (of 9708) (seen all: 4.48 / seen some: 4.27 / won't finish: 2.19)
Bayesian estimate: 4.369 (Not really good+), rank: #7245 (of 7289)
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
1997-10-02 to 1997-12-19
2007-10-01 to 2007-11-19 (USA - Sci Fi Channel)
2008-02-08 to 2008-03-14 (IFC Canada - Manga Mania)
Opening Theme:
"Rainy Day and Day" by Dragon Ash
Ending Theme:
"Heavenly Blue" by Ran Takano
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
Based on the adventure game on the Sega Saturn.
Review:
Virus Buster Serge DVD (Jul 26, 2003)
News: Show:
Virus DVD Edited (Dec 22, 2002)
Virus on DVD (Sep 26, 2002)
Manga Entertainment (Sep 7, 2002)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Virus Buster Serge (DVD 1) 2002-11-26 (from $19.96)
    Virus Buster Serge (DVD 2) 2002-02-25 (from $5.99)
    Virus Buster Serge (DVD 3) 2003-06-24 (from $100.00)
    Virus Buster Serge - The Collection (DVD 1-3) 2005-08-23 (from $89.00)
    Virus Buster Serge [CA] (DVD 1) 2002-11-26
    Virus Buster Serge [CA] (DVD 2) 2002-02-25
    Virus Buster Serge [CA] (DVD 3) 2003-06-24

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masami Ōbari
Series Composition:
Jiro Kaneko
Kazuhiko Soma
Screenplay:
Jiro Kaneko (eps 2, 6, 12)
Kengo Asai (ep 5)
Masami Ōbari (eps 1-3, 6-12)
Seiji Handa (eps 3, 6, 8-12)
Seishi Minakami (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 7, 9-10
)

Tomoyasu Okubo (eps 8, 11)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 7)
Storyboard:
Hitoyuki Matsui (ep 4)
Kazuto Nakazawa (eps 5, 8)
Masami Ōbari (eps 1, 3, 6, 12)
Seiji Handa (OP)
Shin Matsuo (ep 9)
Tadashi Abiru (eps 11-12)
Takahiro Okao (ep 10)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (eps 2, 7)
Episode Director:
Goro Taniguchi (ep 2)
Hideki Tonokatsu (ep 3)
Hitoyuki Matsui (eps 4, 11)
Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 5)
Masami Ōbari (eps 1, 12)
Shinya Hanai (ep 8)
Suzuki Kyandoro (ep 10)
Takashi Tomioka (ep 9)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 7)
Yuki Kinoshita (ep 6)
Character Design: Masami Ōbari
Art Director:
Shunichiro Yoshihara
Animation Director:
Fuminori Kizaki (eps 2, 9, 12)
Hiroyuki Kanbe (ep 12)
Ken'ichi Hamazaki (eps 4, 7)
Kōichi Taguchi (ep 8)
Masami Ōbari (OP; eps 1, 12)
Meiju Maeda (ep 5)
Naoyuki Konno (ep 11)
Shinsuke Ishikawa (ep 11)
Suzuki Kyandoro (ep 10)
Yōichi Ueda (eps 3, 8)
Yuki Kinoshita (ep 6)
Mecha design: Natsuki Mamiya
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama (Omnibus Productions)
Background Art: Yūsuke Takeda (OP)
Color design: Kumiko Nakayama
Ending Animation: Kazuto Nakazawa
Eyecatch Illustration: Kazuto Nakazawa (Studio G1)
Guest Character Design: Yōichi Ueda (ep 3)
Key Animation:
Akira Maruyama (ep 2)
Atsushi Tsukamoto (eps 2, 5)
Fumihide Sai (OP)
Fuminori Kizaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 12
)

Hideki Kakita (OP; eps 1, 4, 9)
Hidenori Matsubara (OP; ep 1)
Hirofumi Masuda (OP; eps 1, 7)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (eps 1, 4, 11)
Hiroyuki Kanbe (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 9, 11-12
)

Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 1)
Hisao Muramatsu (eps 2, 4)
Hisashi Saito (Studio Hercules; ep 2)
Kazuto Nakazawa (eps 2, 12)
Keisuke Watabe (Studio Hercules; ep 2)
Ken Mochizuki (ep 1)
Ken Ōtsuka (Studio Hercules; eps 2, 9)
Ken'ichi Hamazaki (eps 1, 4, 7)
Kōdai Iwata (ep 1)
Kumi Horii (ep 2)
Madoka Hirayama (ep 2)
Makoto Uno (OP)
Makoto Yamada (Studio Hercules; ep 2)
Masahiko Kubo (OP; 1)
Masahiro Yamane (OP; eps 1-2, 9, 12)
Masami Ōbari (OP; eps 1, 4, 6, 12)
Masashi Ishihama (OP)
Masayuki Goto (ep 1)
Masayuki Gotou (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 12
)

Mitsuru Obunai (ep 2)
Naoyuki Konno (ep 11)
Ryō Tanaka (eps 2, 9)
Satoshi Ishino (Studio Hercules; eps 2, 9)
Seiji Handa (OP; ep 1)
Shinichi Miyamae (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 11-12
)

Shuichi Kaneko (OP; ep 3)
Sumiko Matsumoto (eps 11-12)
Tadashi Abiru (OP)
Takaaki Fukuyo (ep 11)
Takashi Tomioka (eps 2, 9, 12)
Takeo Takahashi (ep 1)
Takuya Suzuki (OP)
Tatsuya Suzuki (OP)
Tomoaki Chishima (eps 2, 7)
Toshio Mori (ep 2)
Yasushi Muraki (ep 9)
Yōichi Ueda (eps 1-2)
Yoshitaka Kohno (eps 1, 9, 12)
Yutaka Matsubara (eps 2, 7)
Yutaka Nakamura (ep 9)
Special Transformation Cut: Naoyuki Konno (Studio Hercules; ep 6)
Sub-Character Design: Naoyuki Konno (ep 11)
Theme Song Performance: Dragon Ash (OP)
Haruna Ikezawa as Mirei
Keiichi Nanba as Macus Alexander Bogard
Mayumi Iizuka as Erika Tinen
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Jouichirou
Shinichirō Miki as Serge Train

Ai Orikasa as Donna
Akiko Hiramatsu as Yuirin
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Raven
Kazuki Yao as Ryuu
Michiko Neya as Lily Petri

Akimitsu Takase as Second highway police officer
Eiji Sekiguchi as
EXVG (ep 10)
First Police Officer
Man B (ep 8)
Petri's Subordinate A (ep 9)
Subordinate B (ep 11)
Hiroko Maruyama as Guru Mother (ep 7)
Hisayoshi Izaki as
Scott (ep 1)
Wong (eps 3-4)
Kazuki Yao as
Brain Lizard (eps 6-8)
Lyle (ep 12)
Kenji Nomura as
Guardman (ep 1)
Security Guard A (ep 12)
Kyoko Tsuruno as
Mannequin (ep 4)
nurse (ep 1)
Megumi Ogata as Leon (ep 7)
Miyuki Hiragi as
Mannequin (ep 4) 
Nurse (ep 1) 
Ryūsei Nakao as Dr. Milan Train
Sanryō Odaka as Chief Kizima
Takashi Yoshida as
Crewman A (ep 4)
Male Operator (eps 11-12)
Man C (ep 8)
Petri's Subordinate B (ep 9)
Second Police Officer
Tomohiro Tsuboi as
Captain (ep 10)
First highway police officer
Man B (ep 6)
Scientist (ep 4)
Subordinate A (ep 11)
Tōru Ohkawa as
Captain Rick (ep 1)
Man A (eps 6, 9)
Petri's Subordinate B (ep 3)
Simon (ep 4)
Toshihiko Nakajima as
doctor
Man A (ep 12)
Man B (ep 11)
Man C (ep 9)
Unshō Ishizuka as Dixon (eps 9-11)
Japanese companies
Animation:
J.C. Staff
Plum
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc.
Broadcaster:
AT-X
TV Tokyo
Film Processing: J.C. Staff
Music Production: F.B.I. Japan
Production: d-rights
Series Composition: Studio G-1 Neo
Special Thanks: Hudson
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Marvin Gleicher
Producer: Peter Bavaro

DVD Authoring: Jay Chumley
DVD Encoding: Jay Chumley
DVD Menu Compositing: Dan Fenster
DVD Menu Design: Davi Russo
Marketing Director: Mike Egan
Post-Production Coordinator: Christine Venturella
Production Coordination: Margo Coughlin
Recording engineer: Kevin Wilson
Script Advisor: Matt Perrier
Angora Deb as Mirei
Frankie Rome as Jouichirou
Joey Rapporte as Serge Train
Michael Schwartz as Macus Alexander Bogard
Vibe Jones as Erika Tinen

Frankie Rome as Raven
Jessica Calvello as Donna

Ami Shukla as Diamond Back Operator (ep 11)
Bill Fowler as Kijima
J. David Brimmer as Mr. Dickson
Jessica Calvello as Yui-Lin Maynus
Tom Wilson as
Brain Lizard
Narrator
Ryu Shingai
Wayne Grayson as
Detective (ep 8)
Operator (ep 1)
Won Ronku

English companies
ADR Production: Skypilot Entertainment
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
YouTube
Licensed by: Manga Entertainment
Recording Facility: Matlin Recording, Inc.
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Carlos Nogueras (Spain dub)
Translation: Bárbara Pesquer (Spain dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau
Ariadna Giménez as Mirei (Spain dub)
Carles Lladó as Serge Train (Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as Erika Tinen (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Marcus Alexander Bogard (Spain dub)
Jordi Nogueras as Jouichirou (Spain dub)

Susana Damas as Donna (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Raven (Spain dub)

Alberto Vilar as Brain Lizard (Spain dub)
Enrique Hernández as
Dr. Milan Train (Spain dub)
Ryu Shingai (Spain dub)
Gloria Garcia as Kim (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Lily Petri (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Director Kijima (Spain dub)
Susana Damas as Yui-Lin Maynus (Spain dub)

Alberto Vilar (Spain dub)
Enrique Hernández (Spain dub)
Gloria Garcia (Spain dub)
J. Ignacio Latorre (Spain dub)
José Antonio Cerdan (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén (Spain dub)
Oscar Redondo (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera (Spain dub)
Susana Damas (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: Takemaker (Spain dub)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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