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Assemble Insert (OAV)

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©2001 Masami Yuuki / Tohokushinsha Film Corporation.


Alternative title:
アッセンブル・インサート (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, police
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A criminal group known as Demon Seed terrorizes Tokyo with its vast armies of mecha. The local police is afraid to confront them, but one person stands in their way: Maron Namikaze, a 13-year-old idol singer with a catchy voice and unbelievable superhuman strength.
User Ratings: 198 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:4, raw:1)
 Very good: 29 votes (sub:23, dub:5, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 49 votes (sub:40, dub:9)
 Decent: 44 votes (sub:29, dub:15)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:18, dub:9, raw:2)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:11, dub:7)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:3)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 330 users, rank: #2827 (of 9585)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.318 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.7364, rank: #6356 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 6.247 (Decent+), rank: #6473 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.29 / seen some: 5.65 / won't finish: 3.48)
Bayesian estimate: 6.329 (Decent+), rank: #5733 (of 7289)
Running time: 28 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 1989-12-21 to 1990-02-25
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Assemble Insert" by Hiroko Kasahara
Ending Theme:
#1: "Aitsu" (あいつ) by Hiroko Kasahara (ep 1)
#2: "Amairo no Yume no Tsubo" (あま色の夢のつぼ) by Hiroko Kasahara (ep 2)
Insert song:
"Excellent Change! Kyūkyoku Sentai Kōgaman" (エクセレント・チェンジ!究極戦隊コウガマン) by Masayuki Yamamoto
"Koi no Gang tachi" (恋のギャングたち) by Maria Kawamura
"Love & Power" by Hiroko Kasahara
"Neppū Shōjo" (熱風翔女) by Hiroko Kasahara
Trivia: We have 3
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DVD (Region 1)
    Assemble Insert (DVD) 2001-06-05 (from $29.30)
VHS
    Assemble Insert (Dub.VHS) 2001-06-05

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Ami Tomobuki
Script: Michiru Shimada
Original creator: Masami Yuuki
Character Design: Masami Yuuki
Art Director: Tōru Hishiyama
Animation Director: Toyomi Sugiyama
Sound Director: Yasumasa Date
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Kanai
Producer:
Tarō Maki (Tohokushinsha)
Toyomi Akimoto (Studio Core)

Art Setting: Motoyuki Tanaka
Background Art:
Eiji Wakamatsu (Atelier Musa; ep 1)
Hidetoshi Kaneko (Atelier BWCA; ep 2)
Hiromasa Ogura (ep 2)
Hiromitsu Narumi (Atelier Musa; ep 1)
Izumi Wada (Mini Art; ep 1)
Jun'ichi Ōkubo (Atelier Musa; ep 1)
Kazuhiro Arai (Animaruya; ep 2)
Kazuko Katsui (Atelier BWCA; ep 2)
Kazuo Ebisawa (ep 1)
Masayuki Kaneko (Atelier BWCA; ep 2)
Masumi Nishikawa (Atelier BWCA; ep 2)
Norihiro Hiraki (ep 1)
Seiki Tamura (Animaruya; ep 2)
Yōko Murasato (Atelier Musa; ep 1)
Yoshinari Kinbako (Animaruya; ep 2)
Yukiko Maruyama (Atelier Musa; ep 1)
Yūko Saitō (Mini Art; ep 1)
Yumiko Ogata (Mini Art; ep 1)
Color design: Shihoko Nakayama
Design Assistant: Takehiko Itō
In-Between Animation:
Megumi Ueno (ep 1)
Rieko Akasaka (ep 1)
Tadashi Yomoto (ep 1)
Takashi Iwao (ep 1)
Teizō Shimada (ep 1)
Tomoko Hirota (ep 1)
Yōko Takahashi (ep 1)
Yoshiyuki Takahashi (ep 1)
In-Between Check:
Hiromi Sakai (ep 2)
Yasuo Ishii (ep 1)
Insert Song Arrangement: Kōhei Tanaka
Insert Song Composition:
Kōhei Tanaka (Koi no Gang Tachi)
Kyōko Matsumiya (Netsufuu Shoujo, Love & Power)
Masayuki Yamamoto (Excellent Change/Kyūkyoku Sentai Kōgaman)
Insert Song Lyrics:
Kyōko Matsumiya (Netsufuu Shoujo, Love & Power)
Masayuki Yamamoto (Excellent Change/Kyūkyoku Sentai Kōgaman)
Yoshiko Oga (Koi no Gang Tachi)
Insert Song Performance:
Hiroko Kasahara (Netsufuu Shoujo, Love & Power)
Maria Kawamura (Koi no Gang Tachi)
Masayuki Yamamoto (Excellent Change/Kyūkyoku Sentai Kōgaman)
Key Animation:
Emi Hoshino (ep 1)
Hiromi Muranaka (Studio Mu; ep 2)
Hiroyuki Karashima (Studio Mu; ep 2)
Kazuchika Kise (ep 2)
Kengo Inagaki (ep 2)
Kōji Sugiura (ep 2)
Kumiko Takahashi (ep 2)
Makoto Itō (ep 1)
Mitsuo Tano (Studio Mu; ep 2)
Takashi Iwata (Studio Core; ep 2)
Toshihiro Kawamoto (ep 2)
Yoshiko Nakajima (Studio Mu; ep 2)
Yoshinobu Inano (ep 2)
Yoshio Usuda (Studio Core; eps 1-2)
Yukio Obayashi (Studio Mu; ep 2)
Main Title Design: Teruhisa Tajima (Tajima Design)
Mix Engineer:
Jūji Nakamura (Mitsutoki)
Makoto Tamura
Yoshio Ueno
Mixing: Atsushi Ono
Music Director: Akira Kawase
Music Performance: Ryōzō Yokomori (accordion)
Music producer: Akihiro Kawada
Music Selection: Sei Tōjōbeppu
Photography:
Atsuko Itō (TMS Photo)
Atsushi Yoshino (TMS Photo)
Hajime Hasegawa (TMS Photo)
Hironori Yoshino (TMS Photo)
Hitoshi Nishiyama (TMS Photo)
Hitoshi Shirao (TMS Photo)
Issei Ichinozuka (TMS Photo)
Kazunari Ichinozuka (TMS Photo)
Kenichi Kobayashi (TMS Photo)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi (TMS Photo)
Kyōko Ozaki (TMS Photo)
Mika Sakai (TMS Photo)
Moriyuki Terashita (TMS Photo)
Rie Takeuchi (TMS Photo)
Takahisa Ogawa (TMS Photo)
Takashi Nomura (TMS Photo)
Publicity Manager: Reiko Takano (ep 2)
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (SOUND BOX)
Special Effects: Yutaka Hoshiba (Marix)
Special Thanks To: T. Shirayama (ep 1)
Theme Song Arrangement: Kōhei Tanaka
Theme Song Composition: Kyōko Matsumiya
Theme Song Lyrics:
Hiroko Kasahara (ED1)
Kyōko Matsumiya (OP/ED2)
Theme Song Performance: Hiroko Kasahara (as Maron)
Hiroko Kasahara as Maron Namikaze

Chikao Ohtsuka as Dr. Kyōzaburō Demon
Ichirō Nagai as Ryōhei Shimokōbe
Maria Kawamura as Kagiri Sonoba
Norio Wakamoto as Hattori

Ai Satou as Okami
Issei Futamata as
Man 2
subordinate
Kaneto Shiozawa as R. Ichirō Tanaka
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Emcee
Kikuko Inoue as Yoshiko Mikawa
Kōichi Yamadera as Man 3
Minoru Inaba as
Old Man
Prime Minister
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Animaruya (ep 2)
Atelier BWCA (ep 2)
Atelier Musa (ep 1)
BIC Studio (ep 2)
Mini Art (ep 1)
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
DVD Distribution: Bandai Visual
Finish Animation:
AD Cosmo (ep 1)
Just (ep 1)
Oscar Planning (eps 1-2)
Studio Bogey (eps 1-2)
Studio DEEN (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
IMAGE BOX (ep 1)
Studio Bogey (ep 2)
Studio Dub (ep 1)
Studio Heaven (ep 1)
Studio Takuranke (eps 1-2)
Studio Ten (ep 1)
Studio Z5 (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Studio Core (ep 2)
Studio Mu (ep 2)
Opening Animation: Studio Live
Photography: TMS Photo
Production Cooperation: Sunrise (eps 1-2)
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: TFC Audio Craft
Special Thanks:
Ash
KID BOX
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Joe Digiorgi
Script: Crispin Freeman
Translation: C.B. Cebulski
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Producer: J. Thompson

DVD Authoring: Matt Campbell
DVD Coordination: Paolo Rubino
DVD Quality Control: Kat Stranaham
Mix Engineer: Joe Digiorgi
Packaging Design: Jeff Thompson
Special Thanks To: Neil Nadelman
Jessica Calvello as Maron Namikaze

Christopher William as
Dr. Demon
Ryōhei Shimokabe
J. David Brimmer as Hattori
Mandy Bonhomme as Kagairi Sonoba

Buddy Woodward as Izubuchi, Follower
Corey Marshall as Host 2
Crispin Freeman as Host 1
Mandy Bonhomme as Hostess
Walter Hershman as Komori, Yuuki

English companies
ADR Production: Headline Sound Studios
DVD Authoring: Little Lion Studios, Inc.
Licensed by:
The Right Stuf International (Expired)

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