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Rayearth (OAV)

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© CLAMP/KODANSHA • UNIVERSAL MUSIC • TMS


Alternative title:
Rayearth: Il sogno di Emeraude (Italian)
RayEarth: Las Guerreras Mágicas (Spanish)
Rayearth: Luchadoras de leyenda (Spanish)
レイアース (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama, fantasy
Themes: magical girl, mecha
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Hikaru, Umi and Fuu are just about to finish junior high and move away from each other. They don't want to be seperated, so a week before graduation they make a wish under a cherry blossom tree, to be together forever. The fairy of the tree hears their wish. That night they are out together having fun when Hikaru sees the fairy and runs blindly across the road to get to it. At this point her spirit guardian contacts her and gives her magic powers. She sees a man standing on Tokyo Tower in a vision, he sees her too, then he is attacked and is forced to sort of freeze the whole world, He, Hikaru, Umi, Fuu and the bad guys are the only ones left and the battle has begun.
User Ratings: 398 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:11, dub:3, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 37 votes (sub:22, dub:10, raw:1, others:4
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 68 votes (sub:47, dub:17, ?:2, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 102 votes (sub:58, dub:31, ?:3, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:8
3 Spanish dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 73 votes (sub:45, dub:24, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:2
2 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 38 votes (sub:26, dub:4, raw:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:4
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 27 votes (sub:16, dub:9, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 24 votes (sub:13, dub:10, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:4, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
Seen in part or in whole by 1001 users, rank: #1222 (of 9583)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.480 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9396, rank: #5830 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 6.429 (Decent+), rank: #5895 (of 9705) (seen all: 6.50 / seen some: 5.75 / won't finish: 3.97)
Bayesian estimate: 6.464 (Decent+), rank: #5323 (of 7286)
Running time: 45 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Vintage: 1997-07-25
Release dates: We have 6
Ending Theme:
"All You Need is Love" by Naomi Tamura
Official website:
Links: We have 2
Review:
Rayearth OAV VHS 1-3 (Jan 8, 2002)
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Magic Knight Rayearth - The Complete Series [UK] [Limited Edition] (Blu-ray 1-2) 2022-08-29 (from $65.40)
    Magic Knight Rayearth [UK] [Collector's Edition] (Blu-ray 2) 2020-08-24 (from $45.78)
DVD (Region 1)
    Rayearth OAV - Collection (DVD) 2003-04-29 (from $23.73)
    Rayearth OAV - Collection [CA] (DVD) 2003-04-29

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Script:
Manabu Nakamura (eps 1-3)
Original creator: CLAMP
Original Character Design: Apapa Mokona
Character Design: Megumi Kadonosono
Art Director: Masaru Satō (ep 3)
Animation Director: Hisashi Saito (ep 2)
Art design: Akihiro Hirasawa
Mecha design: Naoyuki Konno
Producer:
Fumie Yamauchi (Polygram)
Ken Tsunoda (Kodansha)
Satoshi Kojima (Tokyo Movie)
Shozo Yoshioka (Tokyo Movie)

Art Supervision: Hiroshi Katō
Assistant Animation Director: Hisashi Saito (eps 1, 3)
Beasts Design: Keiji Gotō
Editing: Hajime Okayasu
Filming supervisor: Takashi Nomura
In-Between Animation:
Akie Miyamoto (ep 2)
Hitomi Mori (ep 2)
Kazuhiro Takamura (Nakamura Production; eps 1-2)
Kazutomo Ota (Nakamura Production; ep 1)
Keiko Tsunoda (eps 1, 3)
Setsuya Tanabe (Nakamura Production; ep 1)
Yoko Takahashi (eps 2-3)
Yoshihiko Matsui (ep 2)
Yoshitake Iwakami (Nakamura Production; ep 1)
Yuki Tsuboi (ep 2)
Music Performance:
Eric Miyashiro (Trumpet)
Go Oikawa (Clarinet)
Hajime Miura (Percussion)
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Isao Watanabe (Tuba)
Josuke Ohata (Bassoon)
Junko Yamashiro (Trombone)
Kazuko Kawashima (Chorus)
Kensho Hagiwara (Horn)
Kōji Nishimura (Trumpet)
Masakazu Ishibashi (Oboe)
Masanori Hirohara (Trombone)
Masato Abe (Horn)
Megumi Ishibashi (Horn)
Midori Takada (Percussion)
Nobuo Kurata (Piano)
Osamu Matsumoto (Trombone)
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Shō Okumura (Trumpet) 
Sunao Sakitani (Flute)
Tadashi Hoshino (Clarinet)
Tomoko Kusakari (Percussion)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Yasuhito Sugiyama (Tuba)
Yukihiko Nishizawa (Flute)
Music producer: Hiroki Horio (Polygram)
Orchestra Conductor: Koji Haishima
Picture supervisor: Shinobu Nishioka
Production Coordination: Sho Nikaido (Kodansha)
Production manager: Masayuki Nishimura (Tokyo Movie)
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki
Special Effects: Yoshimi Hayashi
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hitoshi Takaba
Keisuke Tsukimitsu
Theme Song Composition:
Joey Carbone
Naomi Tamura
Theme Song Lyrics: Naomi Tamura
Theme Song Performance: Naomi Tamura (ED)
Hekiru Shiina as Hikaru Shidou
Hiroko Kasahara as Fuu Hououji
Konami Yoshida as Umi Ryuuzaki

Akio Ōtsuka as Windam
Hideyuki Tanaka as Lexus
Jūrōta Kosugi as Lantis
Megumi Ogata as Eagle
Minami Takayama as Ascot
Nozomu Sasaki as Clef
Takumi Yamazaki as Ferio
Tesshō Genda as Selece
Yuri Amano as Alcione
Yuri Shiratori as Mokona

Hideyuki Tanaka as Narrator
Jūrōta Kosugi as Zagato
Megumi Ogata as Emeraude
Saeko Shimazu as Narrator
Japanese companies
Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
Art Direction: Bihou, Inc.
Background Assistance:
Bihou, Inc. (ep 1)
Mizo Planning (ep 3)
Studio Easter (ep 3)
Backgrounds:
Bihou, Inc. (eps 2-3)
Studio Easter (ep 1)
CG Animation: TMS Photo
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
In-Between Animation:
ACCEL (ep 2)
Hadashi Pro (ep 2)
Marsa, Inc. (ep 1)
Mizo Planning
Nakamura Production (eps 1-2)
Samtack (ep 3)
Studio DEEN (ep 1)
Studio March (ep 2)
Tamazawa Dogasha (ep 3)
Key Animation:
Nakamura Production
Studio Mu (ep 3)
Studio WAVE (ep 1)
Photography: TMS Photo
Recording Studio: APU Studio
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Marvin Gleicher
Producer: Peter Bavaro

Line Producer: Margo Coughlin
Mix Engineer: Bill Donnelly
Script Adaptation: Peter Bavaro
Script Supervision:
Keith Burgess
Matt Perrier
Amy Birnbaum as Umi Ryuuzaki
Lisa Ortiz as Fuu Hououji
Tara Jayne as Hikaru Shidou

Adam Masterelli as Eagle
Angora Deb as Alcyone
Dan Stevens as Lantis
Immy Uncle as Master Mage Clef
Jim Ensz as Ferio
Keith Howard as Windom
Vince Jarret as Ceres
English companies
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Manga Entertainment
Post Production: Skypilot Entertainment
Recording Facility: Laughing Dog Studios
Recording Studio: Skypilot Entertainment
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Eric Etcheverry

Adaptation: Eric Comont
Dominique Vallee as Hikaru

Dominique Vallee as Mokona
Eric Etcheverry as Lantis
Eric Peter as
Celes
Lexus
Narrateur
Laurence Bréheret as
Alcyone
Ascot
Martial Leminoux as Felio
Nathalie Bleynie as Emeraude
Thierry Kazazian as
Clef
Windam
French companies
Broadcaster: NRJ12 (from 18 May 2006)
Distributor: KAZÉ
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Azucena Díaz (Spain dub)
Translation: Sandra Ruiz (Spain dub)
Executive producer:
Joaquín Kaulen (Quality Films S.A.)
José Luis Puertas (Jonu Media)

ADR Engineer: Héctor Ruiz (Spain dub)
Mix Engineer: Raúl Echevarría (Spain dub)
Ana María Camps as Fuu Hououji (Spain dub)
Angelines Santana as Lucy (Hikaru)
Eva Lluch as Hikaru Shidou (Spain dub)
Gladys Parra as Marina (Umi)
Ivette Gonzalez as Lucy
Marcela Bordes as Anais (Fuu)
Paula Ribó as Umi Ryuuzaki (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as Lantis (Spain dub)
Azucena Díaz as Alcyone (Spain dub)
Elisabet Bargalló as Ascot (Spain dub)
Guillermo Romano as Ceres
Jordi Pons as Windam (Spain dub)
Jordi Salas as Eagle (Spain dub)
José Javier Serrano as Ceres (Spain dub)
Oriol Rafel as Lexus (Spain dub)
Roger Pera as Clef (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Ferio (Spain dub)
Ulises Cuadra as Paris (Ferio)

Carlos Carrillo as Zagato
Erika Araujo as Princesa Esmeralda
Guillermo Romano as
Lexus
Narracion
Windon
Maria Rosa Guillén as Esmeralda (Spain dub)
Oriol Rafel as Narrator (Spain dub)
Ramón Hernández as Zagato (Spain dub)
Ruben Trujillo as Rafaga (Lafarga)
Victor Mares Jr. as Ascot

Azucena Díaz (Spain dub)
Cristal Barreyro (Spain dub)
Victoria Ramos (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Buzz Channel (Spain)
TV Azteca
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing: VDI - Point.360 (Latin America)
Dubbing Studio: Dubbing Films (Spain dub)
Home Video: Quality Films (Chile)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Latin America)
YouTube (Latin America)
Licensed by: TMS Entertainment USA
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director:
Gabriele Calindri (TV edition)
Stefania Patruno
Dialogues:
Achille Brambilla (TV edition)
Cristina Robustelli (TV edition)
Enrica Minini
Synchronization: Giancarlo Martino (TV edition)
Transcription:
Ignazio Giardina (TV edition)
Tiziano Pellegris (TV edition)
Video Post-Production: Marco Sestan (TV edition)
Alessandra Karpoff as Hikaru Shido
Cinzia Massironi as Umi Ryuzaki
Daniela Fava as Anemone (Fuu Hooji) (TV edition)
Elisabetta Spinelli as Luce (Hikaru Shido) (TV edition)
Emanuela Pacotto as Fuu Hooji
Patrizia Scianca as Marina (Umi Ryuzaki) (TV edition)

Davide Garbolino as
Clef
Guru Clef (Clef) (TV edition)
Debora Magnaghi as Ascot (TV edition)
Federica Valenti as Emeraude (TV edition)
Loredana Nicosia as Emeraude
Lorella De Luca as Alcyone (TV edition)
Maurizio Scattorin as Lexus (TV edition)
Patrizio Prata as Ferio
Riccardo Lombardo as
Rayearth
Windom (TV edition)
Riccardo Rovatti as Windom
Simone D'Andrea as Ferio (TV edition)
Tony Fuochi as Feres (Ceres) (TV edition)

Diego Sabre as Lantis
Flavio Arras as Lantis (TV edition)
Gabriele Calindri as Aquila Bianca (Eagle Vision) (TV edition)
Irene Scalzo as Ascot
Marcello Cortese as Eagle
Marco Balzarotti as Zagato
Oliviero Corbetta as Zagato (TV edition)
Stefania Patruno as Voce Narrante
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Italia 1
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Anime Generation)
Anime Generation
Publisher: Yamato Video
German staff
German cast
(none)
German companies
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual (Germany)
Kazé Germany (now)
Production: Anime Virtual
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Translation: Niels Viveen

Script Check: Kaj Schulten
(none)
Dutch companies
Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Yvette Tagura as Luce (Hikaru Shidou)

Yvette Tagura as Ascot
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: ABS-CBN

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