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Zone of the Enders (TV)

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Alternative title:
Dolores, i
Z.O.E. Dolores,i
Zone of Enders
Zone of the Enders: Dolores,i
Themes: mecha, military, space
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: James Links is a 49-year-old space trucker anxious to return to Earth and reunite with his estranged children Leon and Noel. While transporting some goods to Earth, he stumbles upon "Dolores," a highly-advanced Orbital Frame with an A.I. of unknown origin. The situation gets more complicated when inspectors aboard his ship are murdered and James is wanted for the crime. Making matters worse is that Leon and Noel are also wanted by the authorities simply because they are James' children. Now as fugitives running from the law, James, Leon and Noel must go by any means necessary to make sure Dolores does not fall into the wrong hands, as she holds the key to the whereabouts of James' wife, Dr. Rachel Links.
User Ratings: 343 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 21 votes (sub:16, dub:5)
 Excellent: 44 votes (sub:22, dub:20, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 79 votes (sub:41, dub:36, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 94 votes (sub:44, dub:44, raw:1, ?:1, others:4
4 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 56 votes (dub:27, sub:25, ?:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 21 votes (sub:12, dub:8, ?:1)
 Not really good: 13 votes (dub:6, sub:6, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 802 users, rank: #1492 (of 9583)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.067 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7392, rank: #3427 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 7.054 (Good), rank: #3307 (of 9705) (seen all: 7.34 / seen some: 5.88 / won't finish: 4.32)
Bayesian estimate: 7.071 (Good), rank: #3053 (of 7286)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2001-04-07 to 2001-09-29
Release dates: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"Zone of the Enders" by Lazy
Ending Theme:
"Ring on the World" by Heart of Air
Official website:
Z.O.E Dolores, i (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
News: Show:
New January DVDs from ADV (Oct 19, 2005)
ADV Removes Releases (Mar 2, 2005)
March 2005 ADV Releases (Jan 1, 2005)
New ADV Releases in July (Mar 31, 2003)
Anime Weekend Atlanta 7 (Sep 25, 2001)
ADV at AX (Jul 7, 2001)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Zone of the Enders - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD) 2006-01-03 (from $71.01)
    Zone of the Enders - Countdown to Destiny (DVD 1) delayed/cancelled
    Zone of the Enders - Countdown to Destiny (DVD 1) 2002-11-19 (from $2.24)
    Zone of the Enders - Operation Escape! (DVD 2) 2003-01-14 (from $9.95)
    Zone of the Enders - A Prelude to War (DVD 3) 2003-03-11 (from $11.57)
    Zone of the Enders - The Enemy Within (DVD 4) 2003-05-06 (from $23.98)
    Zone of the Enders - Only the Strong Survive (DVD 5) 2003-07-01 (from $7.00)
    Zone of the Enders - Last Things Last (DVD 6) 2003-08-26 (from $8.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tetsuya Watanabe
Series Composition: Shin Yoshida
Script:
Kenichi Matsuzaki (4 episodes
eps 11-12, 19, 22
)

Masanao Akahoshi (eps 1-2)
Satoru Nishizono (6 episodes
eps 9-10, 14-15, 18, 23
)

Shin Yoshida (11 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 13, 16, 20, 24-26
)

Yasuyuki Suzuki (eps 7-8, 17, 21)
Storyboard:
Akira Nishimori (ep 1)
Hirohito Ochi (ep 2)
Hiroshi Matsuzono (ep 25)
Junji Nishimura (9 episodes
eps 5, 11-12, 15-16, 19-20, 24, 26
)

Katsumi Terahigashi (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 13, 18, 22
)

Kazu Yokota (eps 3, 8, 17)
Kunihiro Mori (ep 14)
Masanobu Aoyama (ep 9)
Naoyuki Yoshinaga (eps 10, 21)
Yutaka Kagawa (eps 7, 23)
Episode Director:
Akira Yoshimura (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 18, 22-23
)

Hideki Okamoto (ED; eps 6, 24)
Hirofumi Ogura (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 18, 22
)

Isao Takayama (eps 11, 19)
Kazu Yokota (eps 3, 8, 17)
Kiyoshi Fukumoto (eps 13, 20)
Kooji Kobayashi (ep 25)
Kouyu (OP)
Kunihiro Mori (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 14, 19
)

Shigeru Yamazaki (ep 9)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (ep 15)
Music: Hikaru Nanase
Character Design:
Kumi Horii
Madoka Hirayama
Animation Director:
Hiroshi Takeuchi
Iwao Teraoka (ep 1)
Kohei Yoneyama (Nakamura Production)
Kumi Horii (OP/ED)
Madoka Hirayama (OP/ED)
Masanobu Aoyama
Tōru Yoshida (Mecha; 6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Mechanical design:
Tsutomu Miyazawa
Tsutomu Suzuki
Yoji Shinkawa (original game mecha)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Yurio Watanabe
3DCGI Designer: Sadanori Kaneda
CG:
Hiroshi Ozuka (Trans Vision, OP)
Kenichiro Inoshima (Trans Vision, OP)
Color design: Tomoe Nakazato
Concept Advice: Akira Tanizaki
Editing Assistant: Kumiko Sakamoto
In-Between Animation:
Fumiaki Usui (IMAGIN; ep 15)
Yoshitoshi Ikeda (Ad Cosmo; ep 1)
Key Animation:
Akiko Suzuki (ep 9)
Akira Kikuchi (eps 5, 10)
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production; 7 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8, 17, 21, 23, 25
)

Asako Inayoshi (Nakamura Production; 6 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-7, 18, 21
)

Atsushi Shibata (Anime R; 5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Atsushi Shigeta (OP)
Chūji Nakajima (ep 11)
Daisuke Takemoto (Anime R; 6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Hajime Yoshida (ep 5)
Hiromi Yokoyama (ep 9)
Hiromitsu Morishita (Anime R; ep 24)
Hiroshi Takeuchi (OP & ED)
Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Nakamura Production; ep 20)
Hiroyuki Mori (Nakamura Production; 7 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8, 17, 21, 23, 25
)

Hiroyuki Ogura (Nakamura Production; 5 episodes
eps 8, 17, 21, 23, 25
)

Hisao Muramatsu (ep 10)
Hitomi Takechi (Nakamura Production; ep 8)
Jōji Matsuoka (ep 9)
Katsuhisa Yamamoto (ep 11)
Kazuhiro Itakura (Nakamura Production; eps 4, 13)
Kazuo Hayashi (ep 9)
Kenichi Takase (Nakamura Production; 6 episodes
eps 6, 8, 17, 21, 23, 25
)

Kimiko Tamai (ep 9)
Kohei Yoneyama (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 6, 13, 20, 23
)

Kōichi Takai (Anime R; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 16, 20, 24
)

Manabu Imura (Nakamura Production; ep 20)
Masaaki Kitahara (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 13, 21
)

Masaaki Sakurai (ep 10)
Masafumi Tamura (Nakamura Production; 6 episodes
eps 8, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25
)

Masakazu Ishikawa (ep 4)
Masanobu Aoyama (ep 9)
Masato Sato (ep 4)
Masumi Hoshino (Nakamura Production; 6 episodes
eps 6, 8, 17, 21, 23, 25
)

Misao Abe (Studio Dove; eps 16, 19)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R; 4 episodes
eps 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Munetaka Abe (ep 11)
Naoya Dougen (Anime R; 6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Reiko Kudo (ep 4)
Sachiko Iwamura (Anime R; ep 2)
Satomi Kitahara (ep 4)
Satoshi Ishino (OP)
Seiichi Hashimoto (Nakamura Production; ep 3)
Shin Matsuo (ep 11)
Shinichi Takahashi (Nakamura Production; ep 20)
Shinji Abe (ep 4)
Shinobu Nishiyama (Anime R; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 16, 20
)

Shinya Uchida (ep 10)
Shūjirō Hamakawa (eps 10-11)
Takafumi Hino (Anime R; 6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Takashi Muratani (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 8, 21, 23, 25
)

Takayuki Noguchi (ep 9)
Takenori Tsukuma (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 16, 20
)

Takeshi Morita (Anime R; ep 20)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (Nakamura Production; 4 episodes
eps 4, 13, 18, 21
)

Tomoki Ogawa (Anime R; 5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 16, 24
)

Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production; 6 episodes
eps 3, 8, 17, 21, 23, 25
)

Tsutomu Miyazawa (ep 10)
Tsutomu Suzuki (eps 5, 10)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Anime R; 6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Yoshiki Mizuno (ep 9)
Yoshinobu Ando (ep 4)
Yousuke Kabashima (6 episodes
eps 10, 16, 19, 22, 24, 26
)

Yū Ikeda (Nakamura Production; ep 20)
Yūichi Nakazawa (Anime R; eps 2, 7, 16)
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; 7 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-7, 13, 18, 21
)

Yumiko Kinoshita (Anime R; 6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 16, 20, 24
)

Music Director: Shunji Inoue
Production manager: Noriko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Publicity: Tadamitsu Matsuzaka (TV Tokyo)
Recording: Yasushi Nagura (Digital Circus Co., Ltd.)
Recording Assistant: Mika Kamemoto (Digital Circus Co., Ltd.)
Sound Producer: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Theme Song Arrangement: Hikaru Nanase (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Masumi Itou (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Kei Hazuki (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Heart of Air (ED)
Hironobu Kageyama (Lazy - OP)
LAZY (OP)
Masumi Itou (Heart of Air - ED)
Houko Kuwashima as Dolores
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Leon Links
Narumi Hidaka as Noel Links
Tesshō Genda as James Links

Daisuke Kishio as Rully
Rumi Ochiai as Cindy Fiorentino
Takehito Koyasu as Nathph Pleminger (Radium Lavans) (8 episodes
eps 13, 16, 19-20, 22, 24-26
)
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Dr. Rachel Links
Yūichi Nagashima as Van Dolform
Yumiko Nakanishi as Rebecca Hunter

Bunkoh Ogata as
Commander (ep 21)
Crimson (eps 24-26)
Operator (ep 16)
Policeman (ep 8)
Wilson Johnson (ep 12)
Dai Matsumoto as
Base Commander (ep 19)
Blacksuit (ep 7)
LEV Commander (eps 25-26)
Magis (eps 21, 23)
Operator (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 13, 16, 22
)

Police (ep 5)
Provincial Police (ep 17)
Second Yan (eps 8, 24)
Sixth Yan (ep 20)
Soldier (ep 10)
Surveillance Satellite (ep 11)
Terrorist (ep 12)
Unit Chief (ep 14)
Eisuke Asakura as Provincial Police (ep 17)
Eizō Tsuda as Base Commander (ep 19)
Etsuko Togawa as Mary (ep 5) 
Fumihiko Tachiki as Sameji 
Gara Takashima as Linda Roland (ep 3)
Hidenari Ugaki as Kitus (ep 20)
Hideyuki Umezu as Gazelle (eps 20-21)
Hirofumi Tanaka as LEV Pilot (ep 26)
Hiroko Taguchi as Ketty (ep 21)
Hiroshi Mastumoto as Police (ep 5) 
Hiroshi Naka as
Announcer (eps 3-5)
Caster (ep 9)
Martin (ep 2)
Hisao Egawa as
Bashiriko Basilisk 
Basilico Basilisk (eps 1, 6-8)
Houko Kuwashima as Dolores "Dolly" Hayes
Isao Yamagishi as Provincial Police (ep 17)
Isshin Chiba as Fifth Yan (ep 10)
Jin Domon as Third Yan (ep 8)
Jōji Nakata as Ridley "Nohman" Hardiman (ep 16)
Junichi Sugawara as Bar Master (ep 1)
Junko Minagawa as Provincial Police (ep 17)
Kaneomi Oya as Old Man in Shipping (ep 1)
Katsuhiro Kitagawa as Rutger Tyusha (eps 13, 20, 22)
Katsuya Shiga as Operator (ep 24)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Sean Barrett (ep 17)
Kazuko Yanaga as Melinda Gargoyle (eps 1, 6-8)
Kazunari Tanaka as
Announcer A (ep 1)
Richard (ep 2)
Kazusa Murai as
Operator (eps 2, 25-26)
Swimsuit Beauty (ep 17)
Keiichi Sonobe as
BAHRAM Soldier (ep 21)
Kamandus (ep 20)
Kenichi Mochizuki as
Operator (ep 24)
Surveillance Satellite (ep 11)
Kihachiro Uemura as Morris (ep 12)
Kōichi Hasebe as Operator (ep 24)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Base Commander (ep 19)
Kōji Tobe as Room Controller (ep 23)
Kouji Haramaki as
Oscar (ep 12)
Rescue Worker (ep 14)
Kōzō Shioya as
Laia 
Raiā Starfield (6 episodes
eps 1, 18-19, 21-23
)
Kumiko Higa as Ryu (ep 13)
Kyōko Togawa as Mary (ep 5)
Mahito Tsujimura as
Mitchum (ep 4) 
Mitchum Cervantes (ep 4)
Mami Kosuge as Surveillance Satellite (ep 11)
Masaaki Okabe as Police Chief (eps 8, 10)
Masanobu Kariya as Base Commander (ep 19)
Masaya Takatsuka as
Aburo (ep 12)
Chief (ep 22)
Mayumi Yanagisawa as
Operator (eps 22, 25)
Operator B (ep 2)
Swimsuit Beauty (ep 17)
Woman (ep 1)
Miho Yamada as Operator (ep 6)
Mizuki Saitō as Pilot (ep 4)
Mugihito as Ron Pao (eps 7-8)
Naomi Kusumi as Terrorist (ep 12)
Nobuyuki Tanaka as Provincial Police (ep 17)
Osamu Hosoi as Room Controller (ep 23)
Osamu Ryūtani as Rescue Worker (ep 15)
Ryūji Nakagi as Temujin (ep 13)
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi as Isaac Barrett (ep 17)
Sayaka Ōhara as Operator (eps 25-26)
Shigenori Sōya as
Company President (ep 2)
Controller Chief (ep 6)
Shigeru Ushiyama as Zack Dejiru (eps 13, 20)
Tadahisa Saizen as Worker (ep 2)
Taimei Suzuki as Yan (6 episodes
eps 1, 10, 13, 19-20, 22
)
Takashi Nagasako as Operator (ep 6)
Takeharu Ōnishi as
Room Controller (ep 23)
Soldier (ep 10)
Takeomi Ohya as Old Man in Shipping 
Takeshi Takeuchi as Surveillance Satellite (ep 11)
Takuma Suzuki as Teo (eps 20, 22)
Tamotsu Nishiwaki as BAHRAM Soldier (ep 21)
Tetsu Inada as
Driver (ep 1)
First Yan (5 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 8, 24
)

Yan (eps 3, 5) 
Tomohisa Asō as
BAHRAM Officer (ep 23)
Commander (ep 24)
Dantes (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Shimura as Terrorist (ep 12)
Toshihiko Seki as Nikolai (Fourth Yan; 4 episodes
eps 10, 13, 16, 18
)
Yasuhiro Fujiwara as
Pilot (ep 10)
Room Controller (ep 23)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Joey (ep 12)
Yasuyoshi Hara as Romero Dickson (eps 7-8)
Yoshiyuki Kouno as Worker (ep 2)
Yūichi Nagashima as Von Dorufo-Mu 
Yūko Sasaki as
Announcer B (ep 1)
Operator A (ep 2)
Japanese companies
3D Graphics:
Anime Film (ED)
Trans Vision, Inc. (OP)
Animation Direction: Nakamura Production (6 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 17, 21, 25
)

Broadcaster: AT-X
Color Coordination: Buyuu (ep 2)
Key Animation:
AD Cosmo (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 22, 26
)

ANIK (ep 15)
Anime R (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 15-16, 20, 24
)

Chaos Project (ep 26)
Nakamura Production (17 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-8, 13, 16-21, 23-26
)

Studio Dub (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 22, 24
)

Music Production:
Lantis
TV Tokyo Music
Original Concept: Konami
Planning: Sunrise
Production:
AT-X
Sunrise
VAP
Production Assistance: IMAGIN (ep 9)
Production In Cooperation With: AD Cosmo
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Charles Campbell
Art Director: Ruby Halipoto
Project Translator: Beni Axia Hirayama
ADR Script: Elena Carrillo
ADR Editor: Charles Campbell
ADR Engineer: Charles Campbell
Creative Director: David Del Rio (Thinpak)
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Graphics: James Bates
DVD Menu Design:
James Bates (Vol. 1-6, Thinpak)
Larry Koteff (Thinpak)
DVD Producer: David Williams
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design:
James Bates (Vol. 1-6, Thinpak)
Larry Koteff (Thinpak)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Subtitle Script: Janice Williams
Subtitle Script & Timing: Neal Barnes
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes
Boni Hester as Dolores
David Stokey as Leon Links
Katie Gillette as Noel Links
Travis Dean as James Links

Lana Lesley as Rachel

Adam Dudley as Romero
Andrew Smith as Sameji
Ben Wolfe as
Napth Pleminger
Radium
Bill Finklea as Chief Secretary Laurence
Bill Wise as
Nikolai
Yan
Billy F. Harden as Jackson
Brett Weaver as Hines
Charles Campbell as
Ron Pao
Temujin
Corey M. Gagne as Rully
Dara Hurt as Viola
David Jones as
Lloyd
Zack
David R. Jarrott as Isaac Barrett
Elia Nichols as Cindy
Ellie McBride as Melissa
Eric Abbott as Will
Eric Henshaw as Instructor Edgar
Grant James as Mitchum
Gray G. Haddock as
Bashiriko Basilisk
Basilico
Jayson Oaks as Frank
Jeff Jordan as Aburo
Jessica Robertson as Rebecca Hunter
Joey Hood as Wilson
Ken Webster as Norman
Lauren Zinn as Linda Roland
Marques Young as Oscar
Robert Newell as Joey
Ron Berry as Raia
Ryan Wickerham as Sean Barrett
Sarah Richardson as Melinda Gargoyle
Steve Metz as Axel
Tim Honsinger as Morris
Tony Mann as Barrows 

English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
Distributor: ADV Films
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Recording Studio: Monster Island
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Jeong-Gu Lee as James Links
Ju-Yeong Bae as Dolores
Seung-Tae Kim as Leon Links
So-Ra Yun as Noel Links

Yeong-Mi Jo as Dr. Rachel Links

Wan-Gyeong Seong as Baan Dorlfoum
Yeong-Sam On as Sameji

Korean companies
Broadcaster: Anione

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