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Zone of the Enders: Idolo (OAV)

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Related anime:
    Zone of the Enders (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Idolo
Z.O.E. Idolo
Zone of the Enders 2167 Idolo
Themes: mecha, military, space
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: A handful of some of Mars' most promising LEV pilots have just returned from a training mission. A few of the pilots get into a bit of trouble with a passing UNSF inspection team with a hate for Mars. The next day, Radiam Lavans and his trusted friend Viola are drafted for a secret project involving an Orbital Frame named Idolo. The Metatron composing the Orbital Frame has hidden side-effects, some that could drive Lavans to glory or to utter insanity.
User Ratings: 283 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Excellent: 28 votes (dub:15, sub:12, Spa.sub:1)
 Very good: 70 votes (dub:38, sub:30, Spa.sub:2)
 Good: 83 votes (sub:47, dub:33, ?:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 47 votes (sub:24, dub:19, ?:2, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 32 votes (sub:21, dub:10, ?:1)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:4, Spa.sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 534 users, rank: #1063
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.876 (Good-.12), std. dev.: 1.578, rank: #1993
Weighted mean: 6.904 (Good-.09), rank: #1818 (seen all: 6.91 / seen some: 5.57)
Bayesian estimate: 6.925 (Good-.07), rank: #1530
Running time: 55 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 2001
Releases: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Kiss Me Sunlight" by Heart of Air
Links: We have 2
In the news 4 times:
2002-03-15   ADV Dates & Licences
Comment:
Prequel to the Zone of the Enders videogame for the Sony PlayStation 2.
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DVD
    Zone of the Enders (Thinpak) (DVD) 2006-01-03 (from $19.99)
    Zone of the Enders: Idolo (DVD) 2002-09-24
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Tetsuya Watanabe

Original Script: Shin Yoshida

Storyboard: Nobuhiro Kondo

Music:
Hikaru Nanase
Matsumi Ito (ED)

Character Design: Kumi Horii

Art director: Masaru Sato

Animation director:
Kumi Horii
Madaoka Hirayama

Mechanical design: Yoji Shinkawa (original game mecha)

Mecha design:
Tsutomu Miyazawa
Tsutomu Suzuki

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Okeda

Producer:
Chieo Ohashi
Eiji Sashida
Machiko Fujiwara
Mitsuru Ohshima

2D Work: Hiroshi Furuhashi

3D Work: Kayoko Murakami

Advance Work:
Taiga Todoriki
Tomoki Nakayama

Advance Work Supervisor: Kazuhiko Tamura

Animation:
Akihide Matsuji
Daigo Harada
Daitoku Kawaguchi
Hiroyuki Saitou
Hiroyuki Yoshida
Kazuyuki Hirakawa
Machiko Matsumi
Makoto Oda
Masaru Suzuki
Minoru Konno
Munehiro Tada
Musashino Seisakujo
Naoki Ootani
Naoyuki Satou
Sachiko Nomo
Saio Yoshioka
Satoru Ooki
Satoshi Higuchi
Shinataru Tsubota
Shiryou Kouda
Shu Chin
Takeshi Morita
Tatsurou Arai
Tomoharu Takahashi
Tomoki Ogawa
Tomoko Nitta
Tsutomo Takahashi
Yuko Yamamoto

Animation Check: Minoru Okabe

Arrangement: Hikaru Nanase (ED)

Artistic Establishment: Akihiro Hirasawa

Artistic Supervisor: Hiroshi Kato

Assistant Animation Director:
Atsushi Shigeta
Morifumi Naka
Shinobu Nishioka
Shinya Uchida
Yukie Sako

Background Art:
Akemi Takemura
Akinori Katou
Atsuko Fujikami
Aya Mitsumoto
Izumi Hoki
Jyun Okabe
Kaori Touda
Kazuo Kouchi
Keita Sakai
Kotomi Yagi
Michie Suzuki
Michiko Morou
Michiko Shinohara
Misao Takimoto
Nakako Yamada
Ryoushun Kinoshita
Shin Okui
Shinji Takasuka
Shuichi Tsuji
Shunichiro Yoshiwara
Takamasa Mashiki
Takashi Shigezawa
Tsubasa Matsumoto
Youichi Watanabe
Yuka Hirama

Color Designation: Tomoe Nakasato

Concept Advisor: Akira Tanizaki

Digital Effects:
Atsuko Moriyama
Ayumi Andou
Yoshiki Ito

Digital Work:
Kayo Kojio
Nami Kataoka
Tomoko Nakajima

Director Of Mecha Animation:
Tsutomu Miyazawa
Tsutomu Suzuki

Editing: Toshio Henmi

Finishing:
Kazuko Matsubara
Kazuyasu Nishioka
Kazuyoshi Masaya
Kei Koishikawa
Kouhei Obata
Makoto Iguchi
Mayumi Kanno
Michiyo Ootani
Mitsuko Kanemori
Musashino Seisakujo
Naomi Enomoto
Norio Hiraii
Saiko Gaitagawa
Satomi Katagiri
Shu Chin
Takashi Kobayashi
Taro Kitagawa
Tomonori Sannai
Yasue Mizoguchi
Yoshinori Ueki
Yuka Terazaki

Finishing Assistant:
Rumiko Nagai
Takako Matsumoto

In Cooperation With:
Naoki Nakamura
Subusumu Imaishi
Yutaka Miya

Key Animation:
Atsushi Shigeta
Daisuke Kusakari
Emi Kadoyukirei
Etsushi Mori
Fumihide Gai
Futoshi Oonami
Hideki Shimizu
Hidetoshi Oomori
Hideyuki Motohashi
Hiromi Maezawa
Hitoshi Kamata
Kairi Nawa
Katsuhisa Yamamoto
Kazuaki Tanaka
Ken Ootsuka
Kumi Horii
Mamoru Taniguchi
Masahiro Aizawa
Masahiro Yamane
Masakazu Ishikawa
Masanobu Aoyama
Minoru Okabe
Riko Kiritani
Sachie Suzuki
Satomi Kitahara
Shigeaki Taniguchi
Shinaki Saitou
Shinji Abe
Shinobu Nishiyama
Shinya Uchida
Takamitsu Kondou
Takumi Ooshima
Tomohiro Kawahara
Toru Yoshida
Toshiyuki Kanno
Tsutomu Miyazawa
Tsutomu Suzuki
Yasushi Shingou
Yasuyuki Saiki
Yasuzou Iino
Yoshiaki Tsubata
Yoshihiro Nakamura
Yoshiko Nakajima
Yousuke Kabajima
Yuichiro Miyake
Yukie Sako
Yuriko Nagao

Literature: Gaku Nakamura

Main Character Designs: Madoka Hirayama

Music producer:
Shunji Inoue
Yoshiyuki Ito

Photography:
Akihiko Fujino
Hidekatsu Ooishi
Koji Suzuki
Kouaki Yamada
Minori Kiji
Yoshiko Kurata

Produced In Cooperation With:
Kunihiro Mori
Masaki Kitamura
Takayuki Yanagisawa
Yashuhiro Minami
Yuji Yamaguchi

Production Assistant:
Isao Takayama
Kanayo Saho

Production Desk: Youichi Watanabe

Project Producer: Yasuo Miyakawa

Public Relations:
Makoto Shibuya
Naomi Sakashita
Takayuki Sekimoto
Tomoko Uchida

Recording: Shoji Hata

Recording Assistant: Bunshou Tanaka

Recording Supervisor: Yoshimi Sugiyama

Set-Up Work: Kazuhiko Aida

Sounds Design: Hiroshi Kasamatsu

Special Effects:
Toshio Hasegawa
Yutaka Hoshiba

Theme Song Lyrics: Kei Hazuki

Theme Song Performance:
Heart of Air (ED)
Masumi Itou (Heart of Air)

 

Chiharu Tezuka as Viola

Houko Kuwashima as Dolores

Takehito Koyasu as Second Lieutenant Radium Lavans

Rumi Ochiai as Melissa

Yoshiko Sakakibara as Dr. Rachel Links

Dai Matsumoto as Engineer

Hiroshi Nakano as Lloyd

Katsumi Chou as Commander Jackson

Ken Tokumaru as Instructor Edgar

Kihachiro Uemura as Operator A

Mayumi Yanagisawa as Police

Tadahisa Saizen as Operator B

Takehiro Koyama as Chief Secretary Laurence

Takeshi Watanabe as Barrows

Tomoichi Sakaguchi as Will

Yasuhiro Ishii as Hines

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Buyu
C.D.I.
Manilla Egg
Orange Pro
Studio Takuranke
Sung Sun
White Line
Wombat

Backgrounds: Biho Co., Ltd.

CG Work: Sunrise DID

Co-Production:
AT-X
Synch Point

Digital Effects: MI

Digital Special Effects: Marix

Editing: J Film

Film Processing: Tokyo Laboratory

Finish Animation:
Anime World Osaka
Buyu
In Production
Manilla Egg
MI
Orange Pro
Studio Alpha
Sung Sun

Music Work: Lantis

Original Concept: Konami

Original Titles: Maki Productions

Photography:
Ace Creation
Anime Film
Room
T Nishimura
Toms
Tougen Anime

Produced In Cooperation With: TV Tokyo Media Net

Production: Sunrise VAP

Public Relations: VAP

Recording: Rakuonsha

Recording Studio: Studio Gong

Video Editing: Q Tech

English staff 
English cast 

Director: Charles Campbell

ADR Director: Charles Campbell

Art director: Ruby Halipoto

ADR Script: Elena Carrillo

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa

Producer:
Charles Campbell
Elena Carrillo

ADR Editor: Charles Campbell

ADR Engineer: Charles Campbell

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Graphics: James Bates

DVD Producer: David Williams

Editing: Gerald Brewer

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Packaging Design: James Bates

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Andrew Kent
Maki Nagano
Miyuki Kamiya

Project Translator: Beni Axia Hirayama

Sound Design: Christopher Bourque

Subtitle Script: Janice Williams

Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes

 

Ben Wolfe as Radium

Boni Hester as Dolores

Dara Hurt as Viola

Ellie McBride as Melissa

Lana Lesley as Rachel

Bill Finklea as Chief Secretary Laurence

Billy F. Harden as Jackson

Brett Weaver as Hines

David Jones as Lloyd

Eric Abbott as Will

Eric Henshaw as Instructor Edgar

Tony Mann as Barrows

Audrey Solansky

Charles Campbell

Ron Berry

Shawn Sides

Steve Skidmore

English companies 

ADR Recording: Monster Island

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

Distributor: ADV Films (UK) (UK)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Nicola Bartolini Carrassi

 

Giuliano Bonetto as Radium

Elda Olivieri as Viola

Jenny De Cesarei as Dolores

Alberto Oliviero as Edgar

Luca Sandri as Will

Marcella Silvestri as Rachel

Patrizia Cattaneo as Melissa

Italian companies 

Distributor: Panini Video Italia

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Dascha Lehmann as Dolores

Gundi Eberhard as Viola

Sebastian Schulz as Radium Levans

Claudia Urbschat-Mingues as Melissa

Peggy Sander as Rachel

Heide Domanowski as Rachel Links

Till Hagen as
Chief Secretary Laurence
Edgar

Tobias Kluckert as Will

Jörg Hengstler

Sebastian Jacob

German companies 

Distributor: Panini Video

Dubbing: Hermes Synchron GmbH

 
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