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Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (TV)

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Alternative title:
Daphne (Polish)
Hikari to Mizu no Daphne (Japanese)
光と水のダフネ (Japanese)
빛과 물의 다프네 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Copyright notice: ©2003 NeSKes / "Daphne in the Brilliant Blue"
Plot Summary: In the future, the earth is mostly covered with water, but the several cities that do remain are flourishing. Maia Mizuki has been trying hard to achieve her dream of joining the Ocean Agency, a government organization. When she fails to be accepted and faces homelessness and hopelessness, a series of unfortunate happenings force her into a job with Neres, a security and investigation company that will also do almost anything else for enough money. It soon becomes obvious that no one “normal” works at Neres. Shizuka is a kind, tech-crazy young woman with a passion for food, Glora is a trigger-happy, money-loving tomboy, Yuu, a quiet, brooding woman is frighteningly deadly in combat, and Rena is the capable, alluring, unofficial leader of this particular Neres office. With Neres, Maia faces danger and crazy situations daily; it’s almost too much for her, but Maia is strong, and she does her best to hang on and make it through this unexpected turn her life has taken.
User Ratings: 411 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:5, ?:1)
 Excellent: 36 votes (dub:19, sub:17)
 Very good: 80 votes (sub:41, dub:37, others:2
2 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 110 votes (sub:60, dub:49, raw:1)
 Decent: 62 votes (sub:35, dub:24, ?:2, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 33 votes (sub:21, dub:12)
 Not really good: 20 votes (sub:15, dub:5)
 Weak: 29 votes (sub:16, dub:13)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:8, dub:5)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 953 users, rank: #1281 (of 9581)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.516 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.0756, rank: #5632 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 6.426 (Decent+), rank: #5902 (of 9703) (seen all: 6.89 / seen some: 5.28 / won't finish: 3.46)
Bayesian estimate: 6.461 (Decent+), rank: #5330 (of 7285)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2004-01-15 to 2004-07-03
2007-08-05 (Spain, Buzz Channel)
Release dates: We have 31
Opening Theme:
"Asu no Blue Wing" (明日のBlue wing) by Sae
Ending Theme:
#1: "Anata to Iu Toki" (あなたと言う時間) by CooRie (eps 1-16, 25)
#2: "Anata to Iu Toki" (あなたと言う時間) by Mai Nakahara (eps 17-23, 26)
#3: "Asu no Blue Wing" (instrumental version) by Sae (ep 24)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Collection 1 (DVD) 2009-08-18 (from $77.20)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Collection 2 (DVD) 2009-09-08 (from $35.98)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Initiation (DVD 1) 2005-03-01 (from $18.15)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Initiation + Artbox [Limited Edition] (DVD 1) 2005-03-01 (from $108.99)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Reunion (DVD 2) 2005-05-24 (from $23.98)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Getaway (DVD 3) 2005-07-26 (from $23.98)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Revenge (DVD 4) 2005-09-27 (from $38.93)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Treasure (DVD 5) 2005-11-22 (from $13.92)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Memories (DVD 6) 2006-01-24
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Regenesis (DVD 7) 2006-03-21 (from $18.59)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Box Set (DVD 1-7) 2006-08-01 (from $174.95)
DVD (Region 4)
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue Collection (DVD) 2008-09-17
Soundtrack
    Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - CD Soundtrack (OST) 2005-03-08 (from $3.40)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takashi Ikehata
Series Composition: Seishi Minakami
Script:
Fumihiko Takayama (eps 15-16)
Junichi Shintaku (ep 4)
Kurasumi Sunayama (6 episodes
eps 5, 7, 9-10, 19, 22
)

Seishi Minakami (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 11, 13, 17, 20, 24
)

Takao Yoshioka (ep 14)
Yasunori Yamada (6 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 18, 21, 23
)

Storyboard: Mangetu Mizudori (OP)
Episode Director: Kazuo Yamada (ep 1)
Music: Kō Ōtani
Character Design: Kazunori Iwakura
Art Director: Shinichi Tanimura
Chief Animation Director: Yumi Nakayama
Animation Director:
Kazunori Iwakura (OP)
Takashi Maruyama (ep 1)
Character Conceptual Design: Satoshi Shiki
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Animation Check:
Hiroki Okamoto (ep 1)
Nobuko Ogino (ep 1)
Takako Kōno (ep 1)
Assistant producer: Ufufu Takano
Background Art:
Akira Itoman (ep 1)
Kenta Shimizu (ep 1)
Koji Eto (ep 1)
Makiko Hirasawa (ep 1)
Masaru Yanaka (ep 1)
Shin Okui (ep 1)
Shinji Takasuka (ep 1)
Yūko Yano (ep 1)
Color design: Tomomi Andō
Design: Shingo Takehan 
Digital Composite:
Hiroyuki Hata (ep 1)
Kazuya Iwai (ep 1)
Shingo Fukuyo (ep 1)
Toshirō Hamamura (ep 1)
Youhei Suzuki (ep 1)
Yutaka Kurosawa (ep 1)
Digital Paint:
Asuka Hino (ep 1)
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (ep 1)
Maya Muranaga (ep 1)
Miwako Suzuki (ep 1)
Shōko Mori (ep 1)
Ending Illustrations: Satoshi Shiki
Final Checking:
Akiko Uchida (ep 1)
Mayumi Tanahashi (ep 1)
Mika Funahashi (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Fusako Nomura (ep 1)
Kaori Miyazaki (ep 1)
Miho Uemura (ep 1)
Satoshi Tezuka (ep 1)
Shigeki Kimoto (ep 1)
Shingo Natsume (ep 1)
Takehiko Kageyama (ep 1)
Line Producer: Takashi Satō
Planning Cooperation: Fumihiko Takayama
Production Assistant: Tadashi Imai
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakano (ep 1)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kaoru Okubo (ED)
Kōsuke Ōshima (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Kōsuke Ōshima (OP)
rino (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hata (OP)
rino (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
CooRie (ED)
Mai Nakahara (ED; eps 17-23, 26)
Sae (OP)
Kana Ueda as Shizuka Hayama
Mai Nakahara as Maia Mizuki
Masumi Asano as Gloria
Sayaka Ōhara as Rena Honjou
Yūko Kaida as Yuu Paku

Mitsuo Iwata as Ben Hanaoka
Sakura Nogawa as Tsukasa
Susumu Chiba as Tony Long

Ai Satou as Helena Nakayashiki (ep 12)
Akiko Hiramatsu as Mieko Mizuki (eps 22, 24)
Akiko Kawase as Female Student B (ep 1)
Akimitsu Takase as Thomas (ep 8)
Ami Koshimizu as Yukari Hanaoka
Atsuko Yuya as Kamchatka President (ep 12)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Scientist A (ep 22)
Chiaki Takahashi as
Hostess (ep 3)
Mitzue Takahashi (eps 15-16)
Woman (ep 25)
Chihiro Maruyama as News Reporter (ep 16)
Daiki Nakamura as Wilfred Kim
Daisuke Egawa as
Purse-snatcher (ep 1)
Theft Victim (ep 4)
Daisuke Kirii as
Doctor A (ep 11)
Employee (ep 9)
Outlaw (ep 17)
Thief B (ep 7)
Daisuke Ono as
Chinpira
Control Official (ep 16)
Drunk Man (ep 5)
Guard A (ep 13)
Ramen Shop Owner (ep 3)
Rent Non-payer (ep 4)
Secretary (ep 15)
Security Guard (ep 23)
Testing Official (ep 21)
Thug (ep 18)
Dan Kanemitsu as Man with Sunglasses (ep 15)
Eiji Itō as Thief Boss (ep 7)
Fumihiko Tachiki as Youichi Mizuki (eps 22, 24)
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Kosuke Yagi
Hitomi Nabatame as
Female Student A (ep 1)
Kirika's Mother (ep 12)
May
Policewoman (eps 5-6)
Jun Fukuyama as Yasuki Jyonouchi (ep 26)
Junko Minagawa as
Sho Mizuki (young; ep 24)
Shounen (eps 19-20, 22)
Junko Noda as Milly
Kahoru Sasajima as Rosemary (ep 17)
Kan Tanaka as
Doctor B (ep 11)
Old Man (ep 25)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Alexander Fujiyama (eps 15-16)
Katsumi Chou as Machin (ep 3)
Katsuyuki Konishi as Giro (ep 6)
Keiji Fujiwara as Kevin Wei
Kenji Hamada as Trevor (ep 18)
Kenji Nomura as Wong
Kentarō Itō as Yang Zeming (ep 25)
Kishō Taniyama as Guy A (ep 10)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Davis (ep 15)
Makoto Yasumura as
Announcer (ep 1)
Fisherman (ep 14)
Mafia B (ep 26)
Mammo-kun (ep 10)
Punk B (eps 3, 12)
Underling B (ep 16)
Makoto Yasuyama as
Announcer
Punk B
Mark Anderson as Leonskii (ep 15)
Masako Joh as Pao (ep 6)
Masanobu Kariya as
Professor (ep 1)
Shopkeeper (ep 21)
Underling A (ep 16)
Masashi Hirose as Yasuo Nakamura (ep 14)
Masumi Asano as Riddle Female (ep 3)
Matsuo Matsuo as Ossan (ep 3)
Mugihito as Shou Mizuki
Noriko Shitaya as Nurse (eps 9, 17)
Reiko Kiuchi as Kota Nakamura (ep 14)
Rie Kugimiya as Kenta Takahashi (eps 15-16)
Rio Natsuki as
Hanaoka's Wife (ep 7)
Oba-san (ep 15)
Ryō Hirohashi as Ai (eps 20, 22)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Hikari Claire
Ryoko Nagata as Interviewer B (ep 1)
Sakura Nogawa as Clyde (ep 9)
Sharon Hayashi as Airport Announcer (ep 15)
Shinji Kawada as
Chan
Shooting Guy (ep 12)
Staff A (ep 8)
Ves (ep 17)
Shinpachi Tsuji as Tanaka
Sōichirō Tanaka as Shibasaki Run (eps 2, 26)
Susumu Chiba as Riddle Teller
Tadasuke Oomizu as
Man (ep 25)
Punk C (eps 3, 12)
Takayuki Kondō as
Billy (ep 17)
Guy B (ep 10)
Manager
Officer (ep 1)
Takeharu Ōnishi as
Interviewer A (ep 1)
Mafia A (ep 21)
Tarusuke Shingaki as
Attendant
Mafia A (ep 26)
Mafia B (ep 21)
Official
Submarine Vice-Captain (ep 24)
Tomokazu Seki as Katsuya Mori
Tomoko Kaneda as Andy (ep 17)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Lee (ep 5)
Tomoyuki Shimura as
Bookstore Owner (ep 17)
Ocean Agency Official (eps 16, 23-24)
Old Shopkeeper (eps 5, 17)
Ryousuke Takahashi (ep 15)
Toshihiko Nakajima as
Pilot (ep 16)
Sergei Fujiyama (ep 15)
Toshitaka Hirano as Thief A (ep 7)
Tsuguo Mogami as Scientist B (ep 22)
Yōji Ueda as
Secretary (ep 23)
Submarine Captain (ep 24)
Thief Boss
Thief Gang Boss (ep 18)
Yoshio Kawai as Doctor (eps 9, 17)
Youto Kazama as
Guard B (ep 13)
Policeman (ep 6)
Punk A (eps 3, 12)
Staff B (ep 8)
Japanese companies
Animation Direction: Studio Wanpack (eps 11, 15)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Background Art: Studio Easter (ep 1)
Cooperation: Young King Ours
In-Between Animation:
Animaruya (OVA 2; ep 15)
AniVillage (eps 2, 4)
asread (ep 21)
Dicell (ep 1)
E-cho (ep 1)
Enzo Animation (ep 23)
FAI International (ep 3)
Garan (ep 20)
Hayashi (eps 3-5, 26)
Nakamura Production (OVA 2)
Niandai Animation (ep 1)
SHAFT (OVA 2)
Studio Wanpack (ep 21)
Triple A (ep 21)
XEBEC M2 (ep 15)
Key Animation:
Animaruya (ep 17)
Anime Roman (ep 17)
AniVillage (eps 2, 4)
asread (ep 11)
AZETA PICTURES (ep 26)
Chaos Project (ep 5)
E-cho (ep 1)
EAGLE'S NEST (ep 12)
Garan (ep 4)
Hayashi (ep 4)
Last House (ep 22)
Muses (ep 22)
Nakamura Production (ep 2)
Niandai Animation (ep 1)
Seigasha (ep 15)
Snow Light Staff (ep 12)
Studio Cj (ep 22)
Studio Create (ep 17)
Studio Gash (ep 18)
Studio Mark (eps 5-6)
Studio Rong (ep 11)
Studio Wanpack (ep 5)
Tamazawa Dogasha (ep 5)
Yumeta Company (ep 12)
Music Production: Lantis
Original Creation: NeSKeS
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
English cast
English staff
Director: Sam Regal
Translation:
Charlie Sullivan (eps 13-26)
Rika Kolka (eps 1-4)
Saeka Kusu (eps 5-12)
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai Filmworks)
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
John Ledford (Sentai Filmworks)
Producer:
Jonathan Klein (New Generation Pictures)
Reiko Matsuo (New Generation Pictures)
Satoshi Fujii (Geneon)

Audio Layback Engineer: Gregg Hall
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes (Sentai Re-release)
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai Re-release)
DVD Subtitling:
Maki Ueda (eps 1-12)
Saori Tauchi (eps 1-16, 22-26)
Yohei Shikano (eps 12-16, 18-26)
Yoko Kimura (7 episodes
eps 7-8, 11, 14-17
)

Graphics: Larry Koteff (Sentai Re-release)
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (Sentai Re-release)
Online Editor:
Chris LadeGaard (eps 1-26)
Steve Korechoff (eps 17-26)
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai Re-release)
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud (Sentai Re-release)
Recording engineer:
Marc Rizzo (eps 1-4)
Marco Bustos (15 episodes
eps 5-16, 21-22, 25
)

Sergio Gonzalez (7 episodes
eps 17-20, 23-24, 26
)

Script Adaptation: Sam Regal
Sound Mixing:
Marco Bustos (eps 1-22, 25)
Tony Crowe (eps 23-24, 26)
Subtitle Formatting: Dwayne Jones (Sentai Re-release)
Carrie Savage as Maia Mizuki
Erika Weinstein as Yu Park
Megan Hollingshead as Gloria
Michelle Ruff as Shizuka Hayama
Wendee Lee as Rena Honjou

JB Blanc as Lee
John Smallberries as Tanaka
Mia Bradly as Millie
Yuri Lowenthal as Young Sho

Alfred Thor as
Cab Driver (ep 1)
Ishiyama (ep 1)
Martin
Sho Mizuki
Amy Kincaid as Female Student B
Barbara Goodson as President
Billy Regan as
Interviewer A
Theft Victim
Bob Johnson as
Lun Shibazaki
Past Due Tennant
Street Punk A
Chad Jameson as Instructor
Dave Ernst as Katsuya Mori
David Vincent as Katsuya Mori (eps 15-16)
Doug Erholtz as Trevor
Doug Stone as
Street Punk C
Tsutomu Hanaoka
Edward Villa as
Leader of the Thieves (ep 7)
Police Announcement (ep 6)
Elise Baughman as
Lady
Mieko Muzuki
Erica Shaffer as Rosemary
Georgette Reilly as
Announcer
Hostess
Madam
Hunter MacKenzie Austin as
Bao
Clyde
Tsukasa Takashiro
J.D. Stone as Kenta Takahasi (eps 15-16)
Jack Lingo as Guy A (ep 10)
Jackson Daniels as Thief C
JB Blanc as Leonskii
Jennifer Sekiguchi as
Clare
Mrs. Zeming
Joey Capps as Submarine Captain
John Smallberries as
Alexander Fujiyama
Construction Worker
DJ
Ryosuke Takahashi (ep 15)
Yoichi Mizuki
Johnny Yong Bosch as Jonouchi
Kyle Hebert as
Lun Shibazaki
Mafia A
Submarine Co-Captain
Yan Zeming
Liam O'Brien as
Jiro
Noodle Stand Owner
Officer
Tony Long
Linh May as Female Student A
Lulu Chiang as Yukari Hanaoka
Marc Rizzo as Mammo
Megan Hollingshead as Mysterious Woman
Mia Bradly as Ai
Michael McConnohie as
Guard A (ep 13)
Old Shop Owner (ep 5)
Thomas (ep 8)
Yasuo Nakamura (ep 14)
Michelle Ruff as Kirika (ep 12)
Patrick Seitz as
Street Punk B
Wong
Quyen Regal as Nurse
Sam Regal as Chang
Samantha Inoue-Harte as Stewardess
Sonja Scrancia as Kirika
Stephen Martello as
Bookstore Owner (ep 17)
Commander (ep 22)
Doctor (eps 9, 17)
Hirosuke Yagi
Majordomo
Racketeering Victim (ep 26)
Sergiu Fujiyama (ep 15)
T. Axelrod as Middle Aged Man
Tara Sands as Kota Nakamura (ep 14)
Tom Anthony as
Policeman (ep 6)
Thief B (ep 7)
Vic Mignogna as Davis (eps 15-16)
Vivette Hucheleigh as Nurse (ep 9)
Wendee Lee as Interviewer B
Yuri Lowenthal as
Billy
Kevin
Maia's Brother
English companies
Audio Layback: Soundscape, Inc.
Audio Recording: The Post Office, LLC
Distributor:
ADV Films (North America; 2009)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Section23 Films
Tokyo Night Train (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Production: Amusement Park Media (Sentai Re-release)
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
Sentai Filmworks (2009)
Video Editing: The Post Office, LLC
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Dybex
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Ariadna Giménez as Gloria (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Maia Mizuki (Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as Shizuka Hayama (Spain dub)
Esperança Domènech as Yuu Paku (Spain dub)
Sofia Garcia as Rena Honjou (Spain dub)

Mar Nicolas as Tsukasa (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as Wang (Spain dub)
Mar Nicolas as Tracie (Spain dub)
Pilar Mora as Milly (Spain dub)

Ariadna Giménez (Spain dub)
Isabel Muntané (Spain dub)
Oriol de Balle (Spain dub)
Pilar Mora (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Cristal Media (Spain dub)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish cast
(none)
Danuta Stachyra as Lektor
Polish companies

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