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Saber Marionette J (TV)

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Alternative title:
Chica Marioneta J (Spanish)
Garotas Marionetes (Portuguese)
セイバーマリオネットJ (Japanese)
세이버 마리오넷 J (Korean)
Themes: harem, robot girl
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: In a world of only males, they have created female looking marionettes (androids). A handful of them have been given special 'hearts' called maiden circuits that give them emotion and human personality. Three of these are found by Otaru, and they soon are caught up in a war against Lord Faust and his 3 'human' marionettes.
User Ratings: 776 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 66 votes (sub:45, dub:10, ?:2, others:9
6 Spanish dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 118 votes (sub:71, dub:31, ?:4, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:10
7 Spanish dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 202 votes (sub:122, dub:55, raw:2, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:20
11 Spanish dubbed
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 196 votes (sub:119, dub:52, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:21
11 Spanish dubbed
5 Portuguese dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Tagalog dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 99 votes (sub:53, dub:29, ?:1, raw:1, others:15
12 Spanish dubbed
2 Tagalog dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 So-so: 46 votes (sub:29, dub:10, ?:1, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:2, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:7, dub:5, others:5
4 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Bad: 11 votes (sub:5, dub:5, ?:1)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1824 users, rank: #664 (of 9508)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.303 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7746, rank: #2544 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.249 (Good+), rank: #2558 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.50 / seen some: 6.46 / won't finish: 4.37)
Bayesian estimate: 7.253 (Good+), rank: #2306 (of 7268)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage:
1996-10-01 to 1997-03-25
1998-10-01 to 1998-11-05 (Latin America Locomotion Broadcast)
2001-03 to 2005-07-30 (Latin America - Locomotion)
2005-08-01 (Animax Latin America Broadcast)
Opening Theme:
"Successful Mission" by Megumi Hayashibara
Ending Theme:
#1: "I'll Be There" by Megumi Hayashibara (eps 1-23)
#2: "Izayoi" by Megumi Hayashibara (ep 24)
#2: "Successful Mission" by Megumi Hayashibara (ep 25)
Official website:
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 6
Review:
Saber Marionette J VHS 1 (Jan 1, 1970)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Saber Marionette J - DVD Collection 1 (DVD 1-2) 2001-01-23 (from $7.16)
    Saber Marionette J - DVD Collection 1 (DVD 1-2) 2004-04-13 (from $37.24)
    Saber Marionette J - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-6) 2006-03-14
    Saber Marionette J - DVD Collection 2 (DVD 3-4) 2001-03-06 (from $10.00)
    Saber Marionette J - DVD Collection 2 (DVD 3-4) 2004-04-13 (from $9.42)
    Saber Marionette J - DVD Collection 3 (DVD 5-6) 2001-06-19 (from $10.99)
    Saber Marionette J - DVD Collection 3 (DVD 5-6) 2004-04-13
    Saber Marionette J - Ultimate Collection (DVD 1-14) 2003-08-19 (from $249.52)
VHS
    Saber Marionette J (Sub.VHS 1) 1999-04-13 (from $9.49)
    Saber Marionette J (Sub.VHS 2) 1999-04-13 (from $12.95)
    Saber Marionette J (Sub.VHS 3) 1999-03-09 (from $24.90)
    Saber Marionette J (Sub.VHS 4) 1999-04-13 (from $5.83)
    Saber Marionette J (Sub.VHS 5) 1999-04-13 (from $3.16)
    Saber Marionette J (Sub.VHS 6) 1999-04-13 (from $26.80)
    Saber Marionette J (Sub.VHS 7) 1999-04-13 (from $7.45)
    Saber Marionette J (Sub.VHS 8) 1999-04-13 (from $5.18)
    Saber Marionette J - Box Set (Sub.VHS 1-8) 1999-04-13 (from $90.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masami Shimoda
Series Composition: Mayori Sekijima
Script:
Katsumi Hasegawa (eps 10, 12, 18)
Kenichi Kanemaki (9 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20-22, 24
)

Masaharu Amiya (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 19, 23
)

Mayori Sekijima (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 15, 25
)

Sumio Uetake (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 16
)

Tomofumi Nobe (ep 5)
Storyboard:
Akitarō Daichi (ep 3)
Hiroshi Matsuzono (eps 6, 15)
Katsumi Terahigashi (6 episodes
eps 8, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22
)

Kazuyuki Honda (ep 7)
Kiichi Hadame (ep 24)
Kiyoko Sayama (eps 13, 21)
Mamoru Kanbe (ep 17)
Masami Shimoda (eps 1, 25)
Naori Hiraki (ep 18)
Ryō Yasumura (eps 4, 11)
Takaaki Ishiyama (ep 5)
Takashi Ikehata (ep 23)
Tetsuji Takayanagi (ep 10)
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 2)
Yukio Nishimoto (eps 9, 19)
Episode Director:
Akira Mano (eps 12, 15, 22)
Jun Takada (ep 20)
Keiichi Sugiyama (ep 3)
Kiyoko Sayama (eps 13, 21)
Masami Shimoda (eps 1, 8, 25)
Osamu Sekita (ep 6)
Ryō Yasumura (eps 4, 11)
Ryuichi Kimura (ep 7)
Shinya Hanai (ep 14)
Takashi Ikehata (eps 10, 18, 23)
Tetsuya Watanabe (ep 2)
Yoshinori Odaka (ep 17)
Yukio Nishimoto (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 16, 19, 24
)

Music: Parome
Original Character Design: Tsukasa Kotobuki
Character Design: Shuichi Shimamura
Art Director: Kazuo Nagai
Animation Director:
Akio Kawamura (ep 6)
Akio Watanabe (eps 10, 18)
Futoshi Higashide (ep 8)
Kenichi Imaizumi (ep 14)
Makoto Koga (eps 19, 23)
Michinori Chiba (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 12, 15, 24
)

Satoshi Ishino (ep 9)
Shuichi Shimamura (eps 16, 25)
Susumu Yamaguchi (ep 7)
Tatsuya Oka (ep 20)
Tomoaki Kado (eps 2, 5)
Tsutomu Suzuki (ep 3)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (ep 7)
Yūji Yanase (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 17, 22
)

Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Hidetoshi Watanabe
Producer:
Noriko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Shinjiro Yokoyama (NAS)

Animation producer: Katsunori Haruta
Background Art:
Emi Kitahara (Studio Fuga)
Kazue Kudo (Studio Fuga)
Kiyomi Enomoto (Studio Fuga)
Shunsuke Suzuki (Studio Fuga)
Sinobu Ogawa (Studio Fuga)
Color setting: Shinobu Nakamura
Key Animation:
Akiko Mori (4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 21, 25
)

Akiko Tanada (ep 24)
Akio Kawamura (ep 6)
Akio Watanabe (ep 10)
Akira Hashimoto (ep 4)
Akira Kikuchi (ep 22)
Akira Matsunaga (ep 17)
Eiji Inoue (eps 1, 22)
Hidenori Hazaka (ep 6)
Hiromasa Amano (eps 18, 23)
Hiromi Ono (7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 15, 21-22, 24
)

Hiroyuki Imaishi (ep 19)
Hiroyuki Uchida (ep 18)
Hisashi Aoyama (9 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 12, 15, 19, 22, 24-25
)

Hisashi Saito (ep 16)
Ichirou Segawa (ep 10)
Itsuko Takeda (5 episodes
eps 12, 16, 19, 22, 24
)

Izumi Shimura (eps 4, 11)
Jun Shibata (ep 25)
Jun Takagi (10 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-7, 9, 19, 22, 24-25
)

Junko Funatsuka (4 episodes
eps 12, 15, 19, 21
)

Junko Yoshinari (eps 10, 18, 23)
Katsuyuki Tamura (ep 25)
Kazuhiro Taga (ep 22)
Kazunori Ōta (6 episodes
eps 4, 11, 16-19
)

Kazuo Iimura (ep 12)
Keisuke Watanabe (eps 9, 16)
Keizou Ichikawa (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 19, 22, 24
)

Ken Ōtsuka (eps 1, 5, 9, 12)
Kenichi Imaizumi (ep 14)
Kenji Yoshikawa (ep 17)
Koichi Hatsumi (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 15, 21
)

Koji Sugiura (ep 25)
Kouji Yanagisawa (ep 6)
Kunio Katsuki (ep 1)
Makoto Koga (OP; 8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 9, 16, 19, 22, 24-25
)

Makoto Yamada (ep 16)
Masafumi Yamamoto (ep 16)
Masaki Hinata (ep 14)
Masaki Satō (7 episodes
eps 9, 12, 15, 21-22, 24-25
)

Masami Goto (ep 3)
Masaya Ōnishi (OP)
Michinori Chiba (eps 12, 19, 24)
Michiyo Sakurai (ep 11)
Minoru Murao (OP; eps 9, 24)
Minoru Ueda (6 episodes
eps 6, 9, 12, 19, 22, 25
)

Mitsuo Kimura (ep 20)
Motoki Yagi (eps 18, 23)
Munenori Nawa (ep 9)
Naomichi Noda (eps 4, 7)
Naoya Horikawa (ep 24)
Ryoji Nakamori (ep 20)
Sachiko Suzuki (eps 11, 17)
Satomi Kitahara (ep 20)
Satoru Kiyomaru (ep 6)
Satoru Kusuda (ep 20)
Satoshi Hata (ep 18)
Satoshi Ishino (ep 9)
Sayuri Sugitou (ep 20)
Shigeki Awai (4 episodes
eps 13, 19, 22, 25
)

Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 14, 22)
Shigeo Akahori (ep 25)
Shinichi Nozaki (ep 25)
Shinichirō Fukushima (ep 25)
Shinya Uchida (ep 1)
Shōji Kawamori (eps 1, 5)
Shouichi Nakayama (eps 1, 25)
Shuichi Shimamura (OP; eps 9, 19, 24)
Sumiko Matsumoto (6 episodes
eps 2, 6, 13, 17, 22, 25
)

Susumu Yamaguchi (ep 7)
Takahiro Umehara (ep 21)
Takashi Shiokawa (eps 14, 22)
Takayuki Gorai (ep 1)
Takeshi Ōsaka (ep 18)
Takumi Ooshima (ep 20)
Teruo Takahashi (ep 8)
Tetsuya Kumagai (OP)
Tomohiro Kawahara (ep 25)
Tomoko Tanifuji (ep 17)
Tomomi Shimazaki (5 episodes
eps 9, 21-22, 24-25
)

Tomoyuki Minagawa (eps 19, 22, 25)
Toshiharu Matsuno (eps 10, 18, 23)
Toshiya Yamada (eps 4, 11)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (ep 17)
Toshiyuki Inoue (OP)
Toyohiro Okada (ep 25)
Tsutomu Miyazawa (ep 1)
Yasuhiro Fujita (ep 23)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (ep 7)
Yoshinobu Yamakawa (ep 16)
Yuji Hamano (ep 20)
Yūji Satō (ep 12)
Yūji Yanase (eps 1, 11)
Yukie Suzuki (ep 20)
Yukihiro Kitano (ep 5)
Yukio Dobashi (ep 20)
Yuko Kusumoto (OP; eps 16, 25)
Yumie Wada (ep 17)
Negative Editing: Masahiro Gotō
Photography:
Daisuke Inoue (T Nishimura)
Daisuke Owada (Studio Partner)
Hiromi Abe (Studio Partner)
Hiroshi Noguchi (Studio Cosmos)
Katsunori Maehara (Studio Cosmos)
Kazuya Hoshi (T Nishimura)
Kunihiko Sakai (Trans Arts)
Masaki Kubomura (T Nishimura)
Miki Kameda (T Nishimura)
Nobuo Kimura (Studio Partner)
Yasunao Kondo (Trans Arts)
Yoichi Kuroda (Studio Cosmos)
Production manager:
Fumio Kaneko (ep 22)
Hiromi Sato (里ひろみ; ep 9)
Kunimitsu Ohki (eps 10, 18, 23)
Mamoru Minagawa (4 episodes
eps 8, 13, 21, 25
)

Tatsuya Hoshino (eps 1-7)
Publicity: Mami Saeki (TV Tokyo)
Recording: Yoshio Obara
Recording Assistant: Masatsugu Kokubun (ep 24)
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Special Thanks To: Michinori Chiba (ep 25)
Story Editor: Mayori Sekijima
Theme Song Performance: Megumi Hayashibara
VTR Editing:
Kazunori Okada (Q-Tec; eps 24-25)
Keiichi Nakabayashi (Q-Tec; eps 24-25)
Naruhiko Inami (Q-Tec; eps 24-25)
Akiko Hiramatsu as Bloodberry
Yuka Imai as Otaru Mamiya
Yuri Shiratori as Cherry

Kikuko Inoue as Panther
Takehito Koyasu as Mitsurugi Hanagata
Urara Takano as Tiger
Yūko Mizutani as Luchs

Ai Orikasa as Baikou
Hiroyuki Oshida as
Dr. Akaishia
Joi
Hiroyuki Yoshino as
Iwadera
Virey
Katsuya Shiga as
Alec
Kawaraban-ya
Pinsuke
Kenichi Ogata as Ieyasu
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Lord Goettel
Kyōko Hikami as Gemini
Maria Kawamura as Tamasaburou
Megumi Tano as Leopard
Nobuo Tobita as Master Soemon Obiichi
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Faust the 9th
Shigeru Chiba as
Hikosagoemon
Leader of Japoness Hell Gang
Narrator
Shiho Kikuchi as Shigesuke
Urara Takano as Yumeji Hanagata
Yūichi Nagashima as Gennai
Yuri Amano as
Lorelei
Michael (eps 10-11)

Japanese companies
Animation Co-production:
Ashi Productions (ep 20)
DR Movie (eps 2, 6)
Far Eastern Animation (eps 3, 6)
J.C.F. (eps 4, 11, 17)
Lee Production (ep 6)
Studio Hibari (eps 10, 18, 23)
Animation Production:
Hal Film Maker 
Studio Junio
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Key Animation: Studio NASA (ep 5)
Music Production: King Records
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Titles: Maki Production
VTR Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Adaptation: Robert Chomiak
Production Coordination:
Diana Gage
Ian Farthing
Patricia Murray
Re-Recording Mixing:
Jan Deny
Keith A. Goddard
Subtitle Coordinator: Kei Onishi
Subtitle Producer:
Haruyo Kanesaku
Yutaka Maseba
Subtitle Translation: Anna Exter
Voice Direction:
Bev Siver
Teri Snelgrove
Brad Swaile as Otaru Mamiya
Erin Fitzgerald as Cherry (eps 3-13)
Nicole Oliver as Cherry (eps 14-25)
Saffron Henderson as Bloodberry

Colleen Wheeler as Luchs (eps 14-25)
Erin Fitzgerald as Luchs (eps 3-13)
Nicole Oliver as Luchs
Paul Dobson as Lord Faust
Samantha Ferris as Panther
Samuel Vincent as Mitsurugi Hanagata
Venus Terzo as Tiger

Alec Willows as Doctor Hess
Brian Dobson as Reporter (ep 13)
Don Brown as
Bandit Leader (ep 4)
Doctor Hess (ep 3)
Narrator (ep 5)
Newscaster (ep 18)
Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa
Ellen Kennedy as
Gemini (eps 1, 16)
Lorelei
Tamasaburo
Yumeji Hanagata (4 episodes
eps 2, 14, 24-25
)
French Tickner as
Densuke (ep 8)
Gang Member (eps 4, 13)
Gennai Shiraga
Nicole Oliver as Baiko
Paul Dobson as
Bandit (ep 2)
Customer (ep 7)
Doctor Hess
Gang Member (ep 4)
Hikozaemon (7 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9, 14-15, 17-18
)

Narrator (6 episodes
eps 7-8, 10-11, 15, 18
)

Radio DJ (ep 1)
Richard Newman as
Bandit (eps 2, 4)
Gang Member (ep 4)
General Goddel
Hikozaemon (ep 2)
Master Soemon Obiichi
Narrator (eps 2, 4)
Samuel Vincent as
Bodyguard (ep 13)
Emperor Vilay (ep 22)
Neighbor (4 episodes
eps 13, 20-21, 25
)
Scott McNeil as
Lottery Official (ep 7)
Rinzo (ep 8)
Terry Klassen as
Customer (ep 1)
Pinsuke
Ward Perry as
Museum Narrator (ep 1)
Neighbor (ep 2)
Newscaster (ep 3)

Alistair Abell (eps 11-13)
Brian Dobson (eps 11-13)
English companies
Adaptation: The Ocean Group
Distributor: Geneon Entertainment Inc. (North America; 2000-2003)
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Hyeon-Gyeong Jeong as Bloodberry
Jeong-Min Bae as Cherry
Mi-Na Yun as Lime
Sang-Hyeon Eom as Otaru Mamiya

Jang Kim as Mitsurugi Hanagata
Jeong-Min Bae as Panther
Mi-Na Yun as Luchs
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Beez Entertainment
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Love Santini
Translation: Homero Villarreal
Irwin Daayan as Otaru Mamiya
Love Santini as Zarzamora (Bloodberry)
Rossy Aguirre as Cereza (Cherry)

Alejandro Villeli as Fausto
Belinda Martinez as Panta (Panther)
Gabriela Michel as Tigresa (Tiger)
Isabel Martiñon as Lorelei
Rebeca Patiño as Lince (Luchs)

Alejandra de la Rosa as Tamasaburo
Alejandro Illescas as Ieyasu I
Benjamin Rivera as Fausto I
Cesar Arias as Hikosagoemon
Cynthia Chong as Yumeji Hanagata
Eduardo Garza as Fausto (Young) (1 ep)
Enrique Mederos as Ninja Leader (ep 5)
Ernesto Casillas as Gennai Shiraga
Gabriela Willer as Miki (ep 10)
Ismael Castro as Dr. Hess (2nd voice)
Jesse Conde as Maestro Obiichi/Rubens
Jose Luis Castañeda as
Faust Soldier
Otaru's Neighbor
Kalimba Marichal as Miki (eps 11, 21)
Marcos Patiño as Thief Leader
Miguel Angel Ghigliazza as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Paco Mauri as
Scientist
Wong (1 ep)
Ricardo Tejedo as mitsurugi hanagata (all)
Sarah Souza as Baikou
Sergio Gutierrez Coto as Narrator
Victor Mares as Dr. Hess (1st voice)

Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Animax
Locomotion
Internet Streaming: Código Animé (dubbed)
German staff
German cast
(none)
German companies
Distributor: Anime House
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Danny Mandia
Translation:
Aya Bejer
Danny Mandia
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: ABS-CBN
Dubbing: ABS-CBN
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Márcio Araújo (Brazil)
Denise Reis as Bloodberry
Fátima Noya as Cherry
Márcia Regina as Lime
Márcio Araújo as Otaru
Mauro Eduardo as Mitsurugi Hanagata

Adriana Pissardini as Sibel (Tiger)
Isabel de Sá as Lux (Luchs)
Rosana Beltrame as Pantha (Panther)

Alexandre Marconato as Obiichi
Cassius Romero as
Dr. Hess
Hanagata's assistant
Fábio Tomasini as Hikosagoemon
Gileno Santoro as Gen (Gennai)
Letícia Quinto as Lorelime (Lorelei)
Rafael Meira as Ieyasu (Young)
Rita Almeida as Yumeji Mitsurugi
Sérgio Corsetti as Obiichi (ep 5)
Vanessa Alves as Atamasado
Wellington Lima as Fausto

Portuguese companies

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