"Oban Star-Racers" (2006) TV series 2006-

Creator:

Savin Yeatman-Eiffel
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Seasons:

1

Release Date:

12 April 2006 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The race for the ultimate prize has begun!

Plot:

Earth, 2082, twenty-five years after the failed invasion of the Crog forces. Young Eva (15) is determined to be reunited with her father...

Cast

Gabrielle Jeru	...	Molly (French) (26 episodes, 2006)
Chiara Zanni	...	Molly (English) (26 episodes, 2006)
Junko Noda	...	Molly (Japanese) (26 episodes, 2006)
Thomas Guitard	...	Jordan (French) (26 episodes, 2006)
Rémi Caillebot	...	Aikka (French) (26 episodes, 2006)
Jérôme Keen	...	Don Wei (French) (26 episodes, 2006)
Michael Dobson	...	Flint / ... (26 episodes, 2006)
Ron Halder	...	Don Wei (English) (26 episodes, 2006)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Don Wei (Japanese) (26 episodes, 2006)
Hiroaki Miura	...	Aikka (Japanese) (26 episodes, 2006)
Kirby Morrow	...	Aikka (English) (26 episodes, 2006)
Keiichiro Satomi	...	Jordan (Japanese) (26 episodes, 2006)
Robert Tsonos		(26 episodes, 2006)
Sam Vincent	...	Jordan (English) (26 episodes, 2006)

Series Directed by
Thomas Romain		(unknown episodes)
Savin Yeatman-Eiffel		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Jeffrey Paul Kearney		(26 episodes, 2006)
Savin Yeatman-Eiffel		(26 episodes, 2006)

Series Produced by
Katsunori Haruta	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 2006)
Benoit Runel	....	executive producer (26 episodes, 2006)
Minoru Takanashi	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 2006)
Savin Yeatman-Eiffel	....	executive producer / producer (26 episodes, 2006)

Series Original Music by
Taku Iwasaki		(26 episodes, 2006)

Series Film Editing by
Takeshi Seyama		(26 episodes, 2006)

Series Production Management
Olivier Bizet	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Fabienne Lievant	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Sôichi Masui	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2006)
Kiyoko Sayama	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2006)
Yoshimitsu Ôhashi	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2006)

Series Sound Department
Jérôme Wiciak	....	sound designer / sound mixer (26 episodes, 2006)
Chris Ove	....	adr recordist (14 episodes, 2006)
Xavier Marsais	....	post-synchronization recording (13 episodes, 2006)
Guadalupe Cassius	....	foley artist / sound editor (unknown episodes)
Arnaud Rolland	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Christophe Delisle	....	visual effects (26 episodes, 2006)
David Galante	....	lead modeler (26 episodes, 2006)
Ahmidou Lyazidi	....	cg supervisor (26 episodes, 2006)
Loic Laurelut	....	digital compositor (20 episodes, 2006)

Series Animation Department
Stanislas Brunet	....	lead background designer (26 episodes, 2006)
Christophe Delisle	....	animator (26 episodes, 2006)
Loic Penon	....	character designer (26 episodes, 2006)
Régis Schuller	....	layout artist (26 episodes, 2006)
Isao Sugimoto	....	mecha design (26 episodes, 2006)
Chie Tanimoto	....	color coordinator (26 episodes, 2006)

Series Music Department
John Adair	....	composer: title theme (26 episodes, 2006)
Brad Hamilton	....	music producer: title theme (26 episodes, 2006)
Steve Hampton	....	composer: title theme (26 episodes, 2006)
Yôko Kanno	....	composer: opening/ending themes (26 episodes, 2006)
Toshiaki Oota	....	music producer (26 episodes, 2006)
Kent Verderico	....	original music engineer (26 episodes, 2006)

Series Other crew
Claude Fenioux	....	chief financial officer (26 episodes, 2006)
Jeffrey Paul Kearney	....	story editor (26 episodes, 2006)
Ahmidou Lyazidi	....	rigging & skinning supervisor (26 episodes, 2006)

Production Companies

• Sav! The World Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista International (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Divisa Home Video (2009) (Spain) (DVD)
• Sav! The World Productions (2006) (Non-USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Hal Film Maker  2D animation
• Pumpkin 3d  3D animation
• Poly-Son-Post-Production  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Runtime:

25 min (26 episodes)

Country:

France | Japan

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Company:

Sav! The World Productions

Trivia:

Aired in more than 90 countries worldwide, and is one of only a few non-Japanese series to have aired successfully on Japanese TV (on NHK BS2). Other main broadcasters include ABC Family & Toon Disney (USA), France 3 (France), Super-RTL (Germany), RAI 2 (Italy), YTV (Canada), GMTV (UK) and cable channel Jetix/DisneyXD.

Movie Connections:

Version of Molly, Star-Racer (2001)

Beautiful animated TV adventure

Theatrical-quality animation, beautiful design and fun, engaging characters make this a must-watch for anyone interested in this art form. The story, an unexceptionable coming-of-age adventure framed around a series of contests, is consistently enlightened by great dialog and well-rounded characters who grow and change. A myriad of small details--of dress, speech, professions, weather--make for an imagined science fiction world of great richness and charm. The violence is of the cartoon action type, with a fair amount of gunplay but no excessive gore. The animation, by a co-partnership of French and Japanese studios, is simply excellent. This show is too good to be compared with the normal run of United States cartoons.