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Ceres, Celestial Legend (TV)

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© Yuu Watase/Shogakukan • Bandai Visual • Studio Pierrot


Alternative title:
Ayashi no Ceres (Japanese)
Ceres: La Leyenda Celestial (Spanish)
Ominous Ceres
سيريس ، الأسطورة السماوية (Arabic)
妖しのセレス (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ceres was a tennyo (Celestial maiden) who came down from the heavens to bathe in a stream. She hung her hagoromo (robe) on a tree nearby, which was her key to returning to the heavens. But the robe was stolen and the man who had stolen it forced her to become his wife, thus producing a family full of human and tennyo blood mixed. Now, in modern day time, Aya Mikage is a descendent of Ceres, and has quite an ammount tennyo blood. On her 16th birthday, she and her twin brother, Aki, are thrown a party. At the "party", Aya's grandpa plans to kill her, for she has tennyo powers unlike the rest of the family, and can actually become Ceres herself and destroy the Mikage family. Aya, however, can switch back, so this transformation happens quite frequently. With protector Yuuhi by her side, it is up to Aya to control Ceres and keep her from coming back, but her relationship with an ex-worker for her evil grandpa may be a distraction.
Ratings: 1448 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 123 votes (sub:98, dub:20, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Excellent: 266 votes (sub:206, dub:51, ?:3, raw:1, others:5
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Very good: 310 votes (sub:251, dub:47, ?:4, raw:2, Eng:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 328 votes (sub:255, dub:54, ?:2, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:14
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 185 votes (sub:158, dub:20, raw:3, ?:1, others:3
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 101 votes (sub:86, dub:11, ?:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 52 votes (sub:42, dub:8, others:2
1 Russian edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 48 votes (sub:42, dub:6)
 Bad: 17 votes (sub:14, dub:2, ?:1)
 Awful: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:4)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:4, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3576 s, rank: #280 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.192 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.9295, rank: #3059 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.098 (Good), rank: #3253 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.27 / seen some: 6.53 / won't finish: 4.03)
Bayesian estimate: 7.101 (Good), rank: #3042 (of 7635)
Running time: 21 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2000-04-20 to 2000-09-28
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Scarlet" by Junko Iwao
Ending Theme:
#1: "One ~ Kono Yo ga Hatete mo Hanarenai" by Day-break (eps 1-15)
#2: "Cross My Heart" by Day-break (eps 16-23)
#3: "Scarlet Ver.II" by Junko Iwao (ep 24)
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
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DVD (Region 1)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Complete TV Series Collection (DVD) 2015-05-26
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Destiny (DVD 1) 2001-07-31 (from $1.99)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Past Unfound (DVD 2) 2001-08-28 (from $12.98)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - C-Cenome (DVD 3) 2001-09-25 (from $13.91)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Resolve (DVD 4) 2001-11-20 (from $7.94)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - The Progenitor (DVD 5) 2001-12-11 (from $9.99)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Double (DVD 6) 2002-01-22 (from $5.99)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Requiem (DVD 7) 2002-02-26 (from $9.97)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Denouement (DVD 8) 2002-03-26 (from $3.89)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Collector's Edition Volume 1: Reincarnation (DVD 1-2) 2003-09-16 (from $10.47)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Collector's Edition Volume 2: Ascension (DVD 3-4) 2003-11-18 (from $22.42)
VHS
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Destiny (Dub.VHS 1) 2001-07-31 (from $13.00)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Past Unfound (Dub.VHS 2) 2001-08-28 (from $12.94)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - C-Genome (Dub.VHS 3) 2001-09-25
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Resolve (Dub.VHS 4) 2001-11-20 (from $23.70)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - The Progenitor (Dub.VHS 5) 2001-12-11 (from $19.70)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Double (Dub.VHS 6) 2002-01-22 (from $15.44)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Requiem (Dub.VHS 7) 2002-02-26 (from $23.70)
    Ceres, Celestial Legend - Denouement (Dub.VHS 8) 2002-03-26 (from $19.70)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hajime Kamegaki
Series Composition: Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Script:
Yukiyoshi Ōhashi (21 episodes
eps 1-7, 9, 11-13, 15-24
)

Storyboard:
Hajime Kamegaki (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 15, 24
)

Susumu Nishizawa (13 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 11-14, 16-17, 19-21, 23
)

Episode Director:
Hajime Kamegaki (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 19, 24
)

Setsuo Takase (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 17, 21
)

Susumu Nishizawa (6 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 16, 20, 23
)

Yuki Hayashi (eps 14, 18, 22)
Music: Ryo Sakai
Original Manga: Yuu Watase
Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi
Art Director: Shigenori Takada
Chief Animation Director: Hideyuki Motohashi
Animation Director:
Masayuki Hiraoka (ep 9)
Sound Director: Hideo Takahashi
Director of Photography:
Tomoyoshi Ishizuka
Executive producer:
Yūji Nunokawa

Advertising: Junko Somemiya (WOWOW)
Background Art:
Norihiko Yokomatsu (Studio Wyeth; 5 episodes
eps 14, 18-24 even
)

Rieko Ohiwa (Studio Wyeth; 7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 10, 14, 16, 22
)

Yutaka Itō (Studio Wyeth)
CG Animation: Hiroki Sasagawa
Color Coordination: Mika Iwami
Color setting:
Mika Iwami
Ending Animation: Hideyuki Motohashi
Executive animation Director: Hideyuki Motohashi
Finish Check: Yoshiko Takiguchi
In-Between Animation:
Yasuto Nishikata
In-Between Check:
Yaeko Kodama (13 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 10-22 even, 23-24
)

Insert Song Performance: Kenji Nojima (ep 22)
Key Animation:
Atsushi Komori (10 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 11-12, 19-20, 22-24
)

Atsushi Ogata (10 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 11-12, 19-20, 22-24
)

Jun Watanabe (9 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 11-12, 19-20, 22-23
)

Kinuko Izumi (11 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 11, 14, 18-20, 22, 24
)

Minako Shiba (8 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 11, 19, 21-22, 24
)

Miyuki Inoue (7 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10, 12-13, 21, 24
)

Nanae Morita (10 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 10, 13, 18, 20, 22-24
)

Ryōtarō Akao (4 episodes
eps 19, 21-22, 24
)

Susumu Nishizawa (4 episodes
eps 20-21, 23-24
)

Yousuke Kabashima (12 episodes
eps 2-4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 19-20, 22-24
)

Yūya Furuta (eps 6, 19)
Line Producer: Koichi Mikami
Marketing: Hiroko Kuwazono
Music Director: Tomoko Shibuya
Music producer: Shinichi Nakamura
Opening Animation:
Yuko Kusumoto
Planning:
Satoshi Kubo
Publicity: Michiko Suzuki (WOWOW)
Series Coordination: Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai (Fizz Sound Creation)
Sound Producer: Nobuhiro Ogawa
Special Effects:
Ryuma Nishimura
Theme Song Lyrics: Yuriko Mori (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Junko Iwao
Junko Iwao as Ceres
Yumi Kakazu as Aya Mikage

Ayako Kawasumi as Chidori Kurumi
Kentarō Itō as Yuuhi Aogiri
Kujira as Oda Kyuu
Mayumi Asano as Suzumi Aogiri
Shinichirō Miki as Mikagi
Susumu Chiba as Aki Mikage
Tomokazu Seki as Alexander Howell
Tomokazu Sugita as Kagami Mikage

Akiko Kimura as Yuki Urakawa (eps 7-8)
Akiko Yajima as Miori Sahara (eps 15-16)
Akimitsu Takase as
Chidori's Grandfather (ep 10)
Driver (ep 18)
Important Person (ep 22)
Man (4 episodes
eps 1, 3, 12, 23
)

Member (ep 21)
Punk (eps 4-5)
Subordinate (ep 17)
Tomonori Aogiri
Atsushi Ii as Old Man (4 episodes
eps 16, 18, 23-24
)
Aya Yamakawa as Female Doctor (ep 7)
Daisuke Hirakawa as
Hirokazu Yoshizuka (ep 11)
male student (ep 1)
Man (eps 2-3, 12, 21)
Member (ep 19)
Punk (eps 4-5)
Student (ep 7)
Subordinate (ep 17)
Daisuke Kirii as Driver (ep 15)
Eiji Yanagisawa as
Butler (ep 2)
Important Person (ep 22)
Man (4 episodes
eps 3, 16, 19, 23
)

Patient (ep 11)
Emi Shinohara as Miori's mother (ep 16)
Emiko Itou as female student (ep 1)
Hiroko Nishi as Kagami's Mother (eps 18, 20)
Hironori Kobayashi as Man (ep 16)
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Male Student (ep 7)
Jun-ichi Kanemaru as Man (ep 7)
Kae Araki as Shouta
Kazusa Murai as Kumi Akiyama (ep 11)
Keiko Sonoda as
Announcement (ep 19)
Nurse (eps 10-11)
Woman (ep 2)
Keinosuke Watanabe as Man (ep 16)
Kiyoto Ishikawa as Man (ep 9)
Kōichi Sano as Man (ep 12)
Kōichi Tōchika as
Man (eps 9, 14)
Wei Fei Lee
Kumi Sakuma as Celestial Maiden (ep 21)
Kumiko Yokote as
Celestial Maiden (ep 21)
Manager (ep 22)
Kunihiko Yasui as Aya's father
Mami Horikoshi as Celestial Maiden (ep 21)
Mamiko Noto as Celestial Maiden (ep 21)
Masahiko Fukui as
Child (ep 17)
Nurse (ep 18)
Masaru Hachinohe as Man (eps 8-9, 12)
Miki Machii as Woman (ep 22)
Mitsuru Ogata as
Commentator (ep 20)
Grandpa (ep 1)
Important Person (ep 22)
Man (ep 3)
Member (ep 21)
Yuuhi's Father (eps 2, 7-9)
Miwa Yasuda as
Announcement (ep 10)
Child (ep 17)
female student (eps 1, 7)
Nurse (eps 11, 18, 20)
Yuuhi Aogiri (young; ep 8)
Naoko Takayama as
Kyouko Sasamine (ep 10)
Nurse (ep 11)
Rokurō Naya as Grandfather Mikage
Ryoichi Hino as Punk (eps 4-5)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Sister (ep 22)
Shigeru Shibuya as Kazuma Aogiri (ep 9)
Shiho Kawaragi as Woman (ep 20)
Shizuka Sasaki as Shuro Tsukasa (ep 22)
Takako Kodama as
Fortune-teller (ep 1)
Yuuhi's Mother-in-law (ep 9)
Unshō Ishizuka as Kurozuka (eps 17-18, 20)
Wataru Takagi as Hayama (ep 7)
Yasuhiro Sano as Member (ep 19)
Yūko Nagashima as
Girl (ep 1)
Gladys Smithson
Yurika Hino as Aya's Mother (eps 1-4)
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Studio Wyeth
Broadcaster: WOWOW
Editing: Jay Film
Finish Animation:
Studio Pierrot Fukuoka
In-Between Animation:
Studio Z5
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack (ep 8)
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Photography: T. Nishimura
Production Cooperation:
Studio Z5
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
English staff
English cast
ADR Script: Trish Ledoux
Executive producer: Seiji Horibuchi
Editing: Cisco McLaren
Engineering Assistant: Cam Desmond
Re-Recording Mixing:
Mark M. Pinder
Recording engineer: Brad Belden
Voice Direction: Teri Snelgrove
Wordfit Editor:
Cisco McLaren
Mariette Sluyter as Aya Mikage

Dave Kelly as Kagami Mikage
Jonathan Love as
Alexander O. Howell
Mikagi
Maizun Jayoussi as Suzumi Aogiri
Matthew Erickson as Yuhi Aogiri
Meredith Taylor-Parry as Miori Sahara
Tommy Campbell as Aki Mikage

Carol-Anne Day as Chidori Kuruma
David Pettitt as
Grandfather
Kagami's Subordinate
Doug McKeag as
Kagami's Subordinate
Mrs. Q
Elizabeth Stepkowski as
Doctor
Kagami's Fiancee
Ms. Akiyama
Shuro Tsukasa
Ethan Cole as
Kagami's Subordinate
Wei Fei Li
Jonathan Love as Tomonori Aogiri
Maureen Jones as
Fortune Teller
Gladys Smithson
Mrs. Sahara
Michelle Armeneau as Mrs. Mikage
Steve Olson as
Dr. Kurotsuka
Kagami's Subordinate
Mr. Mikage
Old Man
English companies
Adaptation:
Viz Media
Broadcaster: AXN Asia (SE Asia)
Distributor:
Ventura Distribution (Collector's Edition sets)
Internet Streaming:
Viewster
Licensed by:
Viz Media (Expired)
Recording Studio: Blue Water Studios
Subtitle Script: JN Productions
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
French cast
French staff
Executive producer: Carlo Levy
(none)
French companies
Distributor: Dybex ()
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Antonio Sánchez Torras (Spain dub)
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas (Jonu Media)
Marta Estrada as Aya Mikage (Spain dub)
Oscar Redondo as Tooya (Spain dub)
Susana Damas as Ceres (Spain dub)

Ana María Camps as Chidori Kuruma (Spain dub)
Angel de Gracia as Aki Mikage (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Alexander O. Howell (Spain dub)
Julia Chalmeta as Kyuu Oda (Spain dub)
Nuria Cepero as Suzumi Aogiri (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Shiso Mikagi (Spain dub)
Tasio Alonso as Kagami Mikage (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Yuuhi Aogiri (Spain dub)

Ana María Camps as
Aya's Mother (Spain dub)
Gladys Smithson (Spain dub)
Miori Sahara (Spain dub)
Shuro Tsukasa (Spain dub)
Yuki Arakawa (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Tomonori Aogiri (Spain dub)
sc Rocamora as
Aya's Grandfather (Spain dub)
Hayama (Spain dub)
Kazuma Aogiri (Spain dub)
Wei Fei Lee (Spain dub)
Julia Chalmeta as Shota Kuruma (Spain dub)
Nuria Cepero as Kumi Akiyama (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as
Aya's Father (Spain dub)
Kurotsuka (Spain dub)
Yuuhi's Father (Spain dub)

Ana María Camps (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac (Spain dub)
sc Rocamora (Spain dub)
Julia Chalmeta (Spain dub)
Nuria Cepero (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera (Spain dub)
Tasio Alonso (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: S.I.C., S.A. (Spain dub)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Umberto Bortolani
Art Director: Andrea Sergio
Translation: Motoko Iwasaki

Coordination: Mandy Mometti
Dialogues:
Roberta Poggio
Dubbing Assistant: Paolo Cottignola
Dubbing Sound: Jacopo Bonora
Editorial Coordination: Maria Menna
Editorial Director: Anna Marani
Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni
Graphic Design: Paolo Torchetti
Licensing: Mandy Mometti
Marketing Assistant: Alice Quaglino
Marketing Director: Giorgio Pulini (italian edition)
Partners Coordination: Gianluca Aicardi (Ad Libitum)
Product Manager: Simona Stanzani
Synchronization: Alessandro Zucchelli
Pinella Dragani as Ceres
Valeria Vidali as Aya Mikage

Leonardo Graziano as Aki Mikage

Davide Garbolino as Alexander O.Howell
Felice Invernici as Mr. Mikage
Franco Mannella as Kagami Mikage
Giò Giò Rapattoni as Suzumi Aogiri
Jolanda Granato as Shouta Kurama
Loretta Di Pisa as Yuki Urakawa
Michele Gammino as Nonno Mikage
Paolo De Santis as Tomonori Aogiri
Patrizio Prata as Yuhi Aogiri
Raffaello Lombardi as Wei Fei Li
Renata Bertolas as Chidori Kuruma
Riccardo Rovatti as Sig. Aogiri
Simona Biasetti as Gladys Smithson
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Ka-Boom (from 1 January 2014)
Distributor: Dynit
Dubbing: Florian Cinetivu' (Bologna)
Internet Streaming:
VVVVID
Post Production: Vegas Multimedia S.r.l.
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: ACOG
German cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Pinky Rebucas

Writer/Translator: Ray Pacursa
Christian Velarde as Aki Mikage
Eric Galvez as Toya
Hazel Hernan as Aya Mikage

Ely Martin as Kagami Mikage
Nelieza Magauay as Suzumi Aogiri
Ryan Bondoc as Yuhi Aogiri

Celeste Dela Cruz as
Ceres type B
Miori Sahara
Charvie Abeletes as
Ceres
Kyu
Christian Velarde as Wei Fei Li
Danny Mandia as Grandfather Aogiri
Ely Martin as Tomonori
Eric Galvez as Alec Howell
Kim Pomeda as
Chidori Kuruma
Gladys Smithson
Shota Kuruma
Yuki Urakawa
Nelieza Magauay as
Juno
Shuro Tsukasa
Pinky Rebucas as Pallas
Ryan Bondoc as
Grandfather Mikage
Shiso Mikagi
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV

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