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| Toshiyuki Fujisawa | .... | key animator: opening credits / animation director (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroki Harada | .... | key animator: opening credits / character designer / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Yasuko Higuchi | .... | key animator: opening credits / key animator / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Rie Hirakawa | .... | secondary key animator: opening credits (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiromi Hiwatari | .... | background artist: opening credits, Tezuka Productions Co. / background artist: opening credits: Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Suguru Kato | .... | key animator: opening credits (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Yugen Koushi | .... | background artist: opening credits, Shanghai Nanko Doga Sekkeiseisaku / background artist: opening credits: Shanghai Nanko Doga Sekkeiseisaku / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Tetsuhiko Nagashima | .... | background artist: opening credits, Tezuka Productions Co. / background artist: opening credits: Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuichi Nakazawa | .... | key animator: opening credits / key animator / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Chie Nishizawa | .... | key animator: opening credits (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Reiko Nozaki | .... | key animator: opening credits / key animator / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Shinichi Nozaki | .... | key animator: opening credits / assistant animation director / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Yoshiko Okuda | .... | key animator: opening credits / animation director / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Yoshiyuki Sano | .... | secondary key animator: opening credits (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Minato Sawa | .... | key animator: opening credits (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Kaoru Sekiya | .... | secondary key animator: opening credits / key animator / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Jun Shirai | .... | key animator: opening credits (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuuko Sotake | .... | key animator: opening credits (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Haruo Sotozaki | .... | key animator: opening credits (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Jun Takagi | .... | key animator: opening credits / key animator: ending credits / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Feng Xiao | .... | background artist: opening credits, Shanghai Nanko Doga Sekkeiseisaku / background artist: opening credits: Shanghai Nanko Doga Sekkeiseisaku / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Atsushi Yamagata | .... | key animator: opening credits / key animator (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Kyouhiro Yasuda | .... | key animator: opening credits / key animator (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Tôru Yoshida | .... | key animator: opening credits / key animator / ... (24 episodes, 2007) |
| Zheng Gang Huang | .... | background artist: Shanghai Nanko Doga Sekkeiseisaku (20 episodes, 2007) |
| Chen Hua Ma | .... | background artist: Shanghai Nanko Doga Sekkeiseisaku (20 episodes, 2007) |
| Zheeng Zhang | .... | background artist: Shanghai Nanko Doga Sekkeiseisaku (20 episodes, 2007) |
| Ai Mochida | .... | inbetween animator / inbetween animator: ending credits (19 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomoko Miyata | .... | in-between animation checker / inbetween animator: ending credits (18 episodes, 2007) |
| Shin Inoie | .... | animator: ending credits (14 episodes, 2007) |
| Kumiko Ohta | .... | inbetween animator: ending credits / inbetween animator / ... (14 episodes, 2007) |
| Fumitoshi Oisaki | .... | animator: ending credits (14 episodes, 2007) |
| Hidemitsu Shiono | .... | animator: ending credits (14 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroo Yoshioka | .... | animator: ending credits (14 episodes, 2007) |
| Mai Tsutsumi | .... | inbetween animator (13 episodes, 2007) |
| Kazuo Okada | .... | background artist: opening credits: Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / background artist: Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. (12 episodes, 2007) |
| Mamiko Nakanishi | .... | key animator (11 episodes, 2007) |
| Tsuyoshi Fukumoto | .... | background artist: Studio Loft (10 episodes, 2007) |
| Aya Kubota | .... | inbetween animator (10 episodes, 2007) |
| Hirofumi Takezoe | .... | inbetween animator: ending credits / inbetween animator (10 episodes, 2007) |
| Ryousuke Asakura | .... | background artist: Ryubido (9 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomokazu Ishizeki | .... | background artist: Ryubido (9 episodes, 2007) |
| Sang Min Lee | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment / secondary key animator: GK Entertainment / ... (9 episodes, 2007) |
| Suzuna Okuyama | .... | inbetween animator (9 episodes, 2007) |
| Joung Hyoun Park | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (9 episodes, 2007) |
| Yukihiro Saito | .... | background artist: Ryubido (9 episodes, 2007) |
| Satomi Takayama | .... | background artist: Ryubido (9 episodes, 2007) |
| Sachiko Mori | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroshi Nitta | .... | background artist: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuji Oonuki | .... | background artist: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Takaaki Sugawara | .... | background artist: Ryubido (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Yasuhiro Yamako | .... | background artist: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Miyuki Inoue | .... | key animator (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Daisuke Kurose | .... | secondary key animator (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomoyo Masuda | .... | inbetween animator (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Jun Ono | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Ju-hee Park | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuriko Sato | .... | background artist: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Tatsuya Shiraishi | .... | key animator / animation director / ... (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Yukiko Tadakuma | .... | background artist: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroshi Takezoe | .... | inbetween animator (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Keita Hagio | .... | key animator (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Sachiyo Hiraide | .... | in-between animation checker (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Kyoko Kotani | .... | key animator (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Soo Young Lee | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Chie Ohtsuki | .... | secondary key animator / inbetween animator (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Shou Sugai | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Sung-Hee Han | .... | secondary key animator: GK Entertainment / key animator: GK Entertainment (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Ji Ae Hong | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Sun-a Hwang | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Sung Kyung Hwang | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Hideyuki Kanesaka | .... | key animator (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Kouki Kawamura | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuki Kawamura | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Joung Yun Ko | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Mi Jin Lee | .... | secondary key animator: GK Entertainment / key animator: GK Entertainment (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Woo Jin Lee | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Fumie Nuibe | .... | background artist: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Masayuki Onji | .... | animation director / key animator (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Jin Ju Park | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Kaori Saito | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Mayu Saito | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Mi Ae Shin | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Toshiaki Yamamura | .... | key animator (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Byung-Hee Choi | .... | key animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Su Jeoung Han | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Lee Hey-Jin | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Won Ue Hong | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Kaori Ikeda | .... | key animator (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroki Ito | .... | key animator (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Emi Iwadare | .... | inbetween animator / inbetween animator: Tokyo Movie (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Michiko Kado | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Kyoung Min Kang | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Eun Mi Kim | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Yukitaka Kimura | .... | key animator / secondary key animator: Wombat (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Ryo Kobayashi | .... | assistant animation director / secondary key animator / ... (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Kenichi Kurata | .... | background artist: Production Baku (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Hun Hee Lee | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Jin Hee Lee | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment / secondary key animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Seung Mi Lee | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Jung Mi-Hee | .... | secondary key animator: GK Entertainment / key animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Daisuke Niinuma | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Kenji Nishikawa | .... | key animator (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiromi Ohata | .... | key animator (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Kaori Oka | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Houn Ryoung Park | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| In-hee Park | .... | secondary key animator: GK Entertainment / key animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Yoko Sato | .... | animation director / assistant animation director / ... (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Mamiko Sekiya | .... | inbetween animator / inbetween animator: Tokyo Movie (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroko Shigekuni | .... | key animator (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Sean Hee Sin | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment / secondary key animator: GK Entertainment (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Kayoko Suzuki | .... | key animator (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Saiko Suzuki | .... | key animator / animation director / ... (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Yoko Suzuki | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Yoshiyuki Takayanagi | .... | key animator / secondary key animator: Wombat (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Takaaki Wada | .... | key animator / animation director (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuichiro Yamada | .... | key animator (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Aki Yoshida | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Toshihiko Araki | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Chiho Fujiwara | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomoko Fukui | .... | inbetween animator / inbetween animator: Tokyo Movie (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Naomichi Hata | .... | digital paint artist: Rising Force (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Keishiro Himeda | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomohito Hirose | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Mieko Hosoi | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Chiyo Hosokawa | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Masako Iida | .... | background artist: Production Baku (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Yosuke Imakubo | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Risa Ishibashi | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Yumiko Ishii | .... | key animator / assistant animation director (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Masako Ishimuro | .... | background artist: Ryubido (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Masumi Izawa | .... | background artist: Production Baku (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Kang Joung-a | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Cha Myeong Jun | .... | key animator: White Line (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomoko Kagawa | .... | key animator / key animator: Studo Wanpack (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Yasuyo Kajima | .... | background artist: Production Baku (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Shinpei Kamada | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomohiro Kamitani | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroko Kaneda | .... | secondary key animator / key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Emiko Kataoka | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Shin Kiil | .... | key animator: White Line (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Bu Kyung Kim | .... | secondary key animator: GK Entertainment / key animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Eun Young Kim | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Jae Hyung Kim | .... | secondary key animator: GK Entertainment / key animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Jung-chul Kim | .... | key animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Mi Youn Kim | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment / secondary key animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Yong-Hee Kim | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Mika Kinoshita | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Kimiko Kitazawa | .... | digital paint artist / digital paint artist: Rising Force (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Yukari Kobayashi | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Naoko Komatsu | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Mai Kuroki | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Masayuki Kusaka | .... | digital paint artist: Rising Force (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Takeshi Kusaka | .... | animation director / key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Hyun Mi Lee | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Ji Eun Lee | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Jin Young Lee | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Hideo Maru | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Emiko Matsuno | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Takahiro Mizuno | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Hisao Muramatsu | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Nao Muramatsu | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Atsushi Nikaido | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Shinya Nishizawa | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Kazuhiro Ohsawa | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomoyuki Oshita | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Madoka Ozawa | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Jee Seon Park | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Kwang Mo Park | .... | key animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Mun Hee Park | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Shigeki Sato | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Keiji Shigesawa | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroyuki Shimizu | .... | key animator / primary key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Soo Ryun Shin | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroki Sugawara | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Satoko Suzuki | .... | digital paint artist: Rising Force (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Sachiyo Takada | .... | inbetween animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Yumiko Totsu | .... | inbetween animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Yasunori Tsuguma | .... | key animator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Aya Yamaguchi | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Noboru Yoneda | .... | digital paint artist: Rising Force (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Mitsuko Baba | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yun Jee Beg | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Lee Boo-Hee | .... | key animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomoaki Chidori | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomoaki Chishima | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ae Sook Choi | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Lee Ja Eun | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Mayu Fujimoto | .... | inbetween animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ryoko Fujisawa | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yoshikazu Fujiwara | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Bee Hyeon Ga | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Koji Goto | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Easter (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Eiko Hamada | .... | background artist: Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hideyuki Hamada | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Shun Hasegawa | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Easter (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kazuhiro Hattori | .... | background artist: Production Baku (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuko Hineno | .... | key animator / key animator: Koujin Animation (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Takashi Hirabayashi | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuichi Hirano | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hironori Hisajima | .... | assistant animation director / key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Sayaka Hitomi | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hyun Rak Hwang | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kumi Ishii | .... | animation director / assistant animation director (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hironori Ishikawa | .... | background artist: Cosmos Arts (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kensuke Ishikawa | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Nobuyuki Iwai | .... | in-between animation checker / inbetween animator: Anime Spot (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Akane Iwakuma | .... | background artist: Ogura atelier (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yoshimi Iwata | .... | key animator / key animator: Studo Wanpack (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kim Jae-Hyung | .... | key animator: GK Entertainment / secondary key animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Mi Hee Jang | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yoko Kadokami | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Gensui Kaneya | .... | background artist: Cosmos Arts (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kyoung-a Kang | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ayako Karatani | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yukie Katsumata | .... | background artist: Cosmos Arts (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Maiko Kawasaki | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Chan-Hee Kim | .... | key animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Eun Su Kim | .... | key animator: White Line (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hyun Joo Kim | .... | secondary key animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ja Young Kim | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kyung Hee Kim | .... | secondary key animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Mi Sun Kim | .... | inbetween animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Satoru Kiyomaru | .... | animation director (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ja Chun Ku | .... | key animator: White Line (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuka Kuroda | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ayako Kurome | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Dae Woo Lee | .... | secondary key animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Eun Jung Lee | .... | digital paint artist: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Risa Mimura | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomoyuki Minagawa | .... | animation director / key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Toshiaki Mitsunaka | .... | background artist: Asahi Production (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kanako Miura | .... | inbetween animator: Rising Force / inbetween animator: Satelight (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Akihide Murashi | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroko Nagai | .... | background artist: Production Baku (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Akihiro Nakagawa | .... | digital paint artist: Rising Force (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Sayaka Nakagawa | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Taiichi Nakaguma | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ryoko Nakano | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiromitsu Narumi | .... | background artist: Cosmos Arts (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Nozomi Naruse | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroyuki Negishi | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Masaki Nishida | .... | background artist: Production Baku (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Mika Nishimura | .... | background artist: Ogura atelier (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Masaki Nishiyama | .... | background artist: Production Baku (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroko Nishiyori | .... | inbetween animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Mayumi Okamoto | .... | key animator / animation director (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Sumiyo Okamura | .... | background artist: Ryubido (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Aya Ookuma | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Gakujin Otosaka | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Easter (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yui Ozawa | .... | digital paint artist: Rising Force (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hong Keun Park | .... | key animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroyuki Saito | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Masami Saito | .... | background artist: Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Koji Sakagami | .... | digital paint artist: Rising Force (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ikue Sakamoto | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Tomoaki Sakiyama | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kyung Rock Seo | .... | assistant animation director / key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hide Shibuya | .... | inbetween animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Jinko Shimamura | .... | inbetween animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Mami Shimizu | .... | inbetween animator: Rising Force / key animator / ... (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kouichi Shimoda | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Akimi Soga | .... | inbetween animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Riko Sudo | .... | background artist: Ogura atelier (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Koji Sugimoto | .... | animation director (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Masahiro Sunaga | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Nagisa Sunagawa | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ayumi Takagi | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Atsuko Takahashi | .... | animation director / key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Ken Takahashi | .... | secondary key animator: Studio Liberty (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Misato Takasaki | .... | inbetween animator: Anime R (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Toshimitsu Takechi | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Teppei Taketani | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yuji Takezoe | .... | inbetween animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Takanori Tanaka | .... | background artist: Ogura atelier (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Teruyoshi Tanaka | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Elle (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Kazutaka Tanimoto | .... | background artist: Asahi Production (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Osamu Tayama | .... | background artist: Asahi Production (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Masaki Uchida | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Natsumi Ueno | .... | background artist: Asahi Production (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Miki Wasada | .... | key animator / secondary key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Miwako Yamamoto | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hidemi Yamashita | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroshi Yamashita | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Teruhiko Yamazaki | .... | animation director / key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yumi Yano | .... | background artist: Asahi Production (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Shin Yoshida | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Takayoshi Yoshida | .... | digital paint artist: Studio Easter (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Hiroshi Yoshikawa | .... | background artist: Asahi Production (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Masaru Yoshioka | .... | key animator (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Seiko Yoshioka | .... | background artist: Ogura atelier (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yosuke Yosoyama | .... | key animator / key animator: Koujin Animation (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Yong Joon Yu | .... | key animator / key animator: GK Entertainment (2 episodes, 2007) |
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| Daiki Harada | .... | character designer (unknown episodes) |
| Sachiko Kotani | .... | key animator (unknown episodes) |
| Hiroaki Tori | .... | key animator (unknown episodes) |
| Hiroyuki Uchida | .... | key animator (unknown episodes) |
| Minoru Yamazawa | .... | key animator (unknown episodes) |
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company.
"Romeo x Juliet" is a 24-episode Japanese animated series with enough swashbuckling and fantasy touches to provide a significant departure from the ill-fated romance of Shakespeare's original text. For instance, in the first five episodes, Juliet is secretly the Red Whirlwind, a masked swordfighter (in male garb and a short-haired wig) who takes on the Carabinieri (government soldiers in chain mail) whenever they harass the citizenry. Romeo rides around on a winged horse called a "dragonhorse." Verona is now Neo-Verona, a city on a floating land mass (called an "aerial continent" in the opening) high up in the sky. There are occasional bits from the play that survive this adaptation, but not many. I watched the first half of the series (episodes 1-12) for this review.
Romeo is the son of the usurper, Prince Montague, who overthrew the House of Capulet 14 years before this takes place (seen in a flashback) and killed as many Capulets and their retainers as his men could find. Juliet is the sole surviving Capulet heir and has been raised as a boy, but is being groomed to lead an uprising against Montague from the moment she turns 16 and reveals herself to all as a girl, which happens in the second episode. The only problem, of course, is that Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love. Each is torn between their duty and their love, but not enough to prevent their eventual staging of a symbolic wedding in an abandoned church. The romance plays out in the manner of so many anime series (think "His and Her Circumstances," to name one) as these two impossibly cute and innocent kids get over their awkwardness and start to feel comfortable with each other. One of the great things about anime series is the frequent practice of putting the plot on hold and allowing the characters to develop their relationships. At one point here, the two young lovers have a lingering romantic idyll on a long journey in the wilderness many miles from Neo-Verona. They even set up housekeeping for a spell in an abandoned farmhouse. These are truly lovely sequences that take up nearly two complete episodes.
Underlying it all is an ecological subtext that takes its cues from Hayao Miyazaki's LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986), in which an abandoned orbiting structure is powered by a giant, mystical, gravity-defying tree that thwarts all attempts to harness its power. Here, there are two trees that power the floating continent on which Neo-Verona is situated. The trees are suffering, however, and we only gradually learn the extent of the trouble and its cause. Can this awful condition be cured? Stay tuned.
Many of the supporting characters have names from other Shakespeare plays: Portia, Benvolio, Cordelia, Titus, etc. Juliet grows up in hiding in a building that includes a theater and a resident playwright called "Willy," who resembles you-know-who. He's trying to come up with a new play and is drawn to Juliet's budding affair with the son of an enemy, but insists on waiting to see how it turns out before committing feather to parchment.
The DVD I watched offered both English and Japanese soundtracks. The signs on display in the city streets are all in Italian. The opening theme song, "You Raise Me Up," by Brendan Graham and Rolf Lovland, was a big hit for Josh Groban in 2004. Here it's sung with Japanese lyrics by Korean-American singer Lena Park. Ms. Park sings the English-language version of it in episode #7 to underscore a festival scene where Romeo and Juliet embrace and kiss at night against a backdrop of fireworks.
The whole thing is very nicely presented, with beautiful background designs drawing on Italian renaissance styles for the lavish palace interiors and more standard functional styles for the poorer, working class districts of the city. It's all done digitally, though, and I miss the bright colors and bold graphics we used to get from real colored ink and cell animation. Think "Rose of Versailles" (1979). This is an adequate substitute, I guess, but the clean consistency of the designs and backgrounds and the reliance on muted, often nearly washed-out digital coloring eliminates the splashes of breathtaking beauty and unpredictability we used to get in classic anime.