"Oh! Sûpâ Miruku-chan" (1998) TV series 1998-

Creator:

Hideyuki Tanaka
(more)

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

7 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A lazy and foul-mouthed little girl is recruited to fight crime. Don't expect much from her.

Plot Keywords:

Anime

Cast

Lee Tockar

...

Bear Slying Willy (1 episode, 2001)

Series Directed by
Hideyuki Tanaka		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Hideyuki Tanaka		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Steven Foster	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Reiko Fukakusa	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Kengo Kimura	....	producer (unknown episodes)
John Ledford	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Kazuaki Morijiri	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Hidemi Satani	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Masato Takami	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Shin Torisawa	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Mark Williams	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Moku		(unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Stanley Thomas	....	sound editor: English version / sound recording engineer: English version (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Carole Pavlik	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 2004)
Steven Foster	....	adr director / adr script (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• ADV Films (2000)
• Framegraphics (2000)
• Genco (1998)
• Pioneer LDC (2000)
• Space Shower TV (2000)
• Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd. (2000)
• Suplex (2000)

Distributors

• ADV Films (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Animax (1998) (Japan) (TV)
• Cartoon Network (2004) (USA) (TV)
• Fuji Television Network (1998) (Japan) (TV)
• Pioneer LDC (2000) (Japan) (DVD)
• WoWow (2000) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• Industrial Smoke & Mirrors  adr recording

Also Known As:

"Oh! Super Milk-Chan" - USA (literal English title)
"The Super Milk-Chan Show" - USA (DVD title)
"Vintage Milk-Chan" - USA (DVD title)

Runtime:

30 min (2000) (12 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

ADV Films

Trivia:

The President has a different item on his desk on each episode.

Quotes:

Milk-chan:[after losing in a dating sim game] aw man! I can't bag anybody
Tetsuko:Put this game away right now! It's disgusting!
Milk-chan:Shut up, fatass! I'll get one of these bitches to date me
Tetsuko:When you bought this, you told me it was an educational game!

Soundtrack:

Tsuppari Highschool Rock'nRoll

If you're American, watch the second dub

I own the first two DVD's of this series, and I have to say, it's one of my favorite anime series right now. When they brought this anime over to America for the first time, ADV realized they had two choices: make a dub with all the original Japanese references so that the die-hard purist anime fans will be happy, or change the references so that American audiences can understand it better. They decided to go with the former. Now, I understand that some of you are going, "Woo-hoo!" and in some cases, that would be justified. But not in this one. Super Milk-Chan just contains too many obscure Japanese references that it's not funny to Americans. There's no way around it: American culture is too different from Japanese culture to make for a smooth transition. I've seen the original dub. It just wasn't funny.

So then they made a second dub. They changed all of the references and replaced the Japanese live-action scenes with their own. And you know what? It was just funnier that way. Buy the DVD, but watch the second dub only. And I don't want to hear, "But it's not accurate to the original version!" Who cares? It's still funny and spontaneous and just so well done, and in the end, it's much more palatable and more enjoyable for American audiences.