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Hikari no Densetsu (TV)

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Alternative title:
Cynthia ou le Rythme de la Vie (French)
Die Kleinen Superstars (German)
Hilary (Italian)
La leggenda di Hikari (Italian)
Piruetas (Spanish)
光の伝説 (Japanese)
Genres: romance
Themes: music, sports
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Hikari is a young school girl who dreams of becoming a great champion in the sport of rhythmic gymnastics like her idol, Diliana Gueorguiva. Despite all her setbacks while performing, she works hard and with the help and support of Takaaki Oiishi (the best male gymnast of her school) soon becomes a member of the rhythmic gymnastics team in her school. She develops feelings for Oiishi, but she is not the only one—Bazuki Shiina, the best gymnast in the entire school, also has feelings for Oiishi. Soon a friendship between Hikari and Shiina develops, but also a rivalry as well in the sport and for the love of Oiishi. Hikari is also torn between her feelings for Oiishi and her conflicting feelings for Mao Natsukawa, an old childhood friend, who is also the lead singer of the band called Mr. D. He composes the music she uses while performing, and has been developing feelings for her since childhood.
User Ratings: 21 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: -
 Very good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 10 votes (sub:6, others:4
3 French dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 66 users, rank: #5941 (of 9508)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.809 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7077, rank: #4591 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 6.955 (Good), rank: #3890 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.21 / seen some: 6.67 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.165 (Good), rank: #2650 (of 7263)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 19
Episode titles: We have 19
Vintage:
1986-05-03 to 1986-09-20
1988-01-18 to 1988-02-26 (Italy)
1988-09-06 to 1988-10-18 (France)
1994-05-23 (Germany)
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Heart no Kisetsu (ハートの季節; Season of Heart)" by Tsukasa Itoh
Ending Theme:
"Kataomoi no Humming (片思いのハミング; Humming of Unrequited Love)" by Tsukasa Itoh
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Series Composition: Hideki Sonoda
Script:
Hideki Sonoda (12 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 9, 11-12, 14-15, 18-19
)

Mami Watanabe (7 episodes
eps 5-6, 8, 10, 16-18
)

Yasushi Hirano (ep 13)
Storyboard:
Chisato Mogi (eps 5, 11)
Fumiko Ishii (ep 9)
Kōji Sawai (eps 6, 12, 17)
Naoki Yamaguchi (eps 14-15)
Shinya Sadamitsu (eps 2, 7)
Tamiko Kubo (eps 1, 4, 19)
Tetsuya Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 16, 19
)

Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 8, 13, 18)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (ep 3)
Episode Director:
Chisato Mogi (eps 5, 11, 15)
Fumiko Ishii (eps 3, 9)
Kōji Sawai (eps 6, 12)
Shinya Sadamitsu (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 14, 17
)

Tetsuya Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 16, 19
)

Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 8, 13, 18)
Music: Eiji Kawamura
Original story: Izumi Asou
Animation Director:
Asami Endo (eps 8, 13)
Chūichi Iguchi (ep 1)
Hiroki Takagi (ep 12)
Juji Mizumura (ep 16)
Matsuri Okuda (ep 15)
Naoyuki Onda (eps 4, 17)
Shigeko Sakuma (eps 2, 7, 9)
Takayuki Goto (eps 5, 11, 18)
Toyoko Hashimoto (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 19
)

Yumiko Suda (ep 3)
Mecha design: Ammonite
Director of Photography: Kazunori Hashimoto
Executive producer: Kenji Yoshida
Producer:
Masatoshi Yui (Tatsunoko Pro)
Minoru Ohno (Yomiko Advertising)
Shinji Nabeshima (Asahi Broadcasting)

Associate producer: Motoki Ueda (Tatsunoko Pro)
Background Art: Kumiko Tada
In-Between Animation:
Hifumi Suzuki (eps 5, 11, 16)
Hirohide Sugiyama (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 15
)

Itsuro Kawasaki (ep 1)
Kazuo Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 10, 13, 17, 19
)

Kazuyo Shimizu (ep 3)
Keisuke Fukuda (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 14, 18
)

Kenji Masuda (ep 3)
Kenji Teraoka (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 10, 13, 19
)

Mariko Aoki (5 episodes
eps 4, 6, 12, 14, 19
)

Mayuumi Tsukada (eps 5, 16)
Naoyuki Itō (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 8, 15, 17, 19
)

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 14, 17, 19
)

Satomi Adachi (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 18
)

Shuuichi Saitoo (ep 3)
Takuya Saitō (ep 3)
Toshikazu Sugiyama (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 13-14, 18
)

Toshiko Saito (eps 2, 7)
Yuka Maeda (eps 1, 15, 18)
In-Between Check:
Hiroaki Kawaguchi (eps 11, 16)
Kazuhiro Ohmame (ep 5)
Kenji Teraoka (ep 14)
Shinichi Kimura (13 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10, 12-13, 15, 17-19
)

Tetsuo Hara (ep 9)
Yasushi Ohara (ep 3)
Key Animation:
Akira Watanabe (eps 5, 11, 16)
Asami Endo (4 episodes
eps 4, 13, 18-19
)

Hideo Kawaguchi (ep 11)
Hiromi Maezawa (4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 14, 19
)

Hiroshi Hamasaki (eps 6, 10)
Hiroshi Hara (eps 3, 9)
Hiroshi Komaba (eps 3, 9)
Hiroshi Owaki (ep 17)
Katsumi Hashimoto (eps 1, 6, 19)
Kazuchika Kise (eps 4, 8, 13)
Kazuhiko Ozeki (eps 5, 11, 16)
Kazunari Kume (eps 4, 8, 15)
Kazuya Takeda (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 13, 15, 18
)

Keiko Uchida (ep 3)
Kōji Itō (ep 15)
Kōji Iwai (ep 17)
Koji Kaneko (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 10, 14, 19
)

Mariko Iioka (eps 3, 9)
Masumi Maeda (ep 5)
Minoru Yamazawa (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 17-18
)

Mitsuhiro Yotsuya (eps 2, 7)
Sanae Ohkubo (eps 6, 14, 19)
Satoshi Isono (eps 8, 15)
Sawako Yamamoto (ep 8)
Takayuki Goto (ep 5)
Takeyuki Suzuki (ep 17)
Toshiharu Sato (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 10, 14, 19
)

Toyoko Hashimoto (ep 1)
Yasutaka Hanabusa (5 episodes
eps 4, 7, 15, 18-19
)

Yoshiaki Yanagida (eps 3, 9)
Yoshinori Higuchi (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17
)

Yoshio Mizumura (eps 1, 10)
Literature Manager: Mayori Sekijima
Opening Animation: Hiroshi Hamasaki
Production manager: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Recording Director: Katsunori Shimizu
Theme Song Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura (OP,ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Goro Matsui (OP,ED)
Theme Song Performance: Tsukasa Itō (OP,ED)
Michie Tomizawa as Hazuki Shiina
Nobuo Tobita as Takaaki Ōishi
Tsukasa Itō as Hikari Kamijō

Aruno Tahara as Takeshi Kamijō
Chie Koujiro as Megumi Mita
Fumio Matsuoka as Toshiaki Ōishi
Hiromi Tsuru as Miyako Kamijō
Miki Itō as Satomi Yamazaki
Rihoko Yoshida as Coach Ishizaki
Yoshiko Ohta as Hitomi Kamijō
Yoshimasa Inoue as Mao Natsukawa
Yūko Kobayashi as Yukiko Doi
Yūsaku Yara as Shimada

Junichi Sugawara as Boy A
Kazue Ikura as Aiko Kojima
Kazuhiko Inoue as Nagata
Kenichi Ono as Chaari
Mika Doi as Diana Groicheva
Nobuyuki Furuta as Higashida
Run Sasaki as Maria Lenova
Satoko Kitō as Mao Natsukawa (6 years old)
Satoko Yasunaga as
Announcer
Audience
Shinya Ohtaki as
Kiisu
Radio announcer
Toshiharu Sakurai as Chimii
Waka Kanda as Yumi Fujita
Yumi Takada as
Eriko Kido
Sachiko Kido
Japanese companies
Animation Cooperation: Tama Production (eps 5, 11, 16)
Film Developing: Imagica
In-Between Animation:
Anime R (eps 4, 12)
Jamaneko Club (ep 4)
Kyoto Animation (eps 2, 19)
Studio Mu (ep 19)
Key Animation:
Anime R (eps 4, 13)
Anime Spot (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 17
)

Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Recording Production: Zack Promotion
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
French cast
French staff
ADR Director: Brigitte Lecordier
Adaptation: Thierry Renucci
Insert Song Performance:
Claude Lombard
Jean-Claude Corbel
Theme Song Performance: Claude Lombard
Laurence Crouzet as Cynthia Duval

Annabelle Roux as Dora
Colette Venhard as
Diliana Gueorguiva
Melle Violette
Mère de Cynthia
Mère de Déborah
Fatiha Chriette as Rita Mézière (Mizuki Amamiya)
Gilles Laurent as
Frederic
Stéphane
Jean-Pierre Denys as
Commentateur sportif
Eddy
Père de Cynthia
Père de Willy
Laurence Crouzet as Mère de Willy
Maïté Monceau as
Débora Steller (Hazuki Shiina)
Marie
Marie-Christine Robert as
Catherine
Michèle
Mark Lesser as
Arnaud
Micky
Willy Corbier
Serge Blumenthal as
Commentateur sportif
Jimmy

French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1
AB 3 (from 19 April 2005)
AB Cartoons (from 1997)
France 5 (from 23 September 2004)
La 5 (from 6 September 1988)
Mangas
TMC (from 29 March 1998)
Distributor: Déclic Images
Dubbing: Chrismax Films
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Mabel Escaño

Adjustor: Mabel Escaño
Theme Song Lyrics: Carlos Toro (Spain dub)
Theme Song Performance: Sol Pilas (Spain dub)
Carmen Cervantes as Lilliana (Hazuki Shiina; Spain dub)
Cholo Moratalla as Mario (Spain dub; Takaaki Oiishi)
Iván Jara as Coque (Mao Natsukawa; Spain dub)
Pilar Aguado González as Valentina (Hikari Uenaga) 
Pilar González Aguado as Valentina (Hikari Uenaga - Spain dub)

Blanca Rada as Rita (Spain dub)
Daniel Sánchez as Padre de Valentina (Spain dub)
Eduardo Del Hoyo as Oscár (Spain dub)
Ingrid Rabel as Ingrid (Spain dub)
Jesús Rodrĺguez as commentator 
José María Carrero as Chema (Spain dub)
Mabel Escaño as Entrenadora (Spain dub)
María Julia Díaz as
Madre de Mario (Spain dub)
Mario's Mother
Marta Sáinz as Dora (Spain dub)
Miguel Ángel Del Hoyo as Comentarista (Spain dub)
Pablo Sevilla as Charlie (Spain dub)
Pepa Castro as Diana Groicheva (Spain dub)
Sara Vivas as Silvia (Spain dub)

José Carabias (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Telecinco (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Estudios EXA (to dub the anime series.)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Rossana Bassani
Dialogues: Rossana Bassani
Mixing: Davide Porro
Synchronization: Anna Alati
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena
Paola Tovaglia as Hilary Kamiji

Alessandra Karpoff as Caterina
Dania Cericola as Rita Mesumi
Daniela Fava as Hilary's sister
Gianfranco Gamba as Telecronista
Giovanni Battezzato as Padre di Willy
Luigi Rosa as Federico
Marcella Silvestri as
Dora
Maria
Marinella Armagni as Sig.na Violetta
Paola Maralli as Hilary Kamiji
Rossana Bassani as Hilary's mother
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Boing (from July 2008)
Canale 5 (from Summer 1996)
Cultoon (from September 2009)
Italia 1 (from 1988)
La 7 Cartapiu (from September 2007)
Man-Ga (from 17 July 2017)
Rete 4
Super 3
Distributor: Yamato Video (Released the series in Italy)
Editor: Studio PV 
Internet Streaming: YouTube (Yamato Animation)
German cast
German staff
(none)
Alexander Draeger as Chaari
Daniela Reidies as Mita
Eva Michaelis as Satomi Yamazaki
Frau Kamiu as Isabella Grothe
Isabella Grothe as Frau Kamiu
Konstantin Graudus as Natsukawa (Mao Natsukawa)
Marek Erhardt as Jimmy
Satomi Yamazaki as Eva Michaelis
Stefanie Kindermann as Hikari Kamiyo (Hikari Uenaga)
Till Demtröder as Ohishi
Ulrike Ritscher as Hatsuki
Uwe Job as Keesu
German companies
Broadcaster:
RTL II (from 23 May 1994)

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