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Sky Girls (TV)

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Alternative title:
スカイガールズ (Japanese)
Themes: moe
Plot Summary: In the near future, Earth is at war with aliens called Worms. The war leaves the population of Earth decimated, with young men the main casualties. The Worms were beaten back but their re-emergence heralds the creation of a mecha unit called the Sonic Divers, piloted by 3 young girls to counter this threat.
Ratings: 470 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 41 votes (sub:36, dub:4, raw:1)
 Excellent: 102 votes (sub:96, dub:3, ?:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 123 votes (sub:113, dub:6, raw:1, others:3
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 112 votes (sub:108, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 44 votes (sub:40, ?:1, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:27, dub:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:5, ?:2, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 835 s, rank: #1449 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.572 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6315, rank: #1647 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.518 (Very good−), rank: #1671 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.70 / seen some: 6.26 / won't finish: 3.98)
Bayesian estimate: 7.517 (Very good−), rank: #1360 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2007-07-05 to 2007-12-27
Opening Theme:
"Virgin's high" by MELL
Ending Theme:
#1: "True Blue" by Saori Goto
#2: "Diamond Sparkle" by Azusa Kataoka
Official website:
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Series Composition: Takao Yoshioka
Script:
Masanao Akahoshi (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 18, 21, 25
)

Michiko Itou (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15-16, 22
)

Takao Yoshioka (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 11-12, 19, 23-24, 26
)

Yasunori Yamada (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 17, 20
)

Storyboard:
Kazuo Takigawa (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 14, 21
)

Osamu Yamauchi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Yūichi Nihei (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 18, 24
)

Yūichi Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 6, 19, 23, 25
)

Episode Director:
Kaoru Yabana (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Yoshiaki Iwasaki (ep 1)
Unit Director:
Hideki Tachibana (OP)
Original Concept: Shougo Kumasaka
Original Character Design:
Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Character Design:
Shigeki Kimoto (sub)
Art Director: Akira Suzuki
Chief Animation Director:
Shigeki Kimoto (14 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-25 odd, 26
)

Animation Director:
Yoshiko Nakajima (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 13, 20, 24
)

Yumiko Kinoshita (eps 11, 17, 23)
Mechanical design: Mika Akitaka
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Kazuya Iwai

2nd Key Animation:
Emiko Kobayashi (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 8-9, 13, 15, 17
)

Yuuhei Ueda (ep 3)
3D Animation: Atsushi Takeyama (OP)
Assistant Animation Director:
Yumi Shimizu (ep 7)
Color design: Miyuki Ishida
Composite: Atsushi Takeyama (ED)
Key Animation:
Arihiro Gotō (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 13, 15
)

Hideaki Tsukioka (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 14, 17
)

Masaki Miyauchi (5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14, 17
)

Sōichirō Sako (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 8-9, 15
)

Tetsuya Kawakami (OP; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 14, 17
)

Tetsuya Koshizaki (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 15, 17
)

Yumiko Kinoshita (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 17
)

Zenzai Yamamoto (ep 14)
Mechanical Director: Satoshi Iwataki (eps 1-17)
Monster Design: Junya Ishigaki
Planning:
Yojiro Kudou
Prop Design: Haruko Iizuka
Theme Song Arrangement:
Maiko Iuchi (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Maiko Iuchi (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Shōko Fujibayashi (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Saori Gotō (ED1)
Ayako Kawasumi as Otoha Sakurano
Ayumi Tsuji as Elise von Dietrich
Saori Gotō as Karen Sonomiya
Shizuka Itō as Eika Ichijo

Azusa Kataoka as Aisha
Junji Majima as Rei Hizuki
Keiji Fujiwara as Souya Togo
Kishō Taniyama as Ryohei Tachibana
Ryōko Shiraishi as Takumi Hayami
Yui Horie as Nanae Fujieda

Akiko Kimura as Suou Kiriko
Atsushi Ono as Akitaka Shima
Chifuyu as Aunt (ep 1)
Fumi Oda as Aunt (ep 1)
Fumie Mizusawa as Julia Kudou
Fuyuka Oura as
Female Student (ep 2)
Shizuko Ichijo (ep 15)
Haruka Tomatsu as Yayoi Makihara
Hideki Nakanishi as Kumakura (ep 1)
Hitomi Nabatame as Dr. Aki Yuko
Junichi Suwabe as Zin Hizaki
Kan Tanaka as Oto Seibi
Kiyomi Yazawa as Aunt (ep 1)
Kumiko Higa as Ranko Mikogami
Miyuki Sawashiro as Yuki Sakurano
Momoko Ishikawa as Haruko Mikogami
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Hiroharu Kurosawa (ep 16)
Ryōko Ono as
Kotono Fujieda (ep 16)
Mother (eps 7-8)
Ryū Yamaguchi as
Executive (eps 7, 15)
High Official (ep 9)
Sayuri Yahagi as Child (eps 7-9)
Seirō Ogino as High Official (ep 9)
Shinji Ogawa as Kadowaki Soichiro
Takashi Oohara as Air Festival Announcement (ep 7)
Taketora as
Announcement Inside the Station (ep 2)
Executive (ep 7)
Gen-san
High Official (ep 9)
Tōru Furusawa as Eigi Ichijo (eps 15, 24-25)
Tōru Ōkawa as Tenzen Sakurano (eps 1, 5, 26)
Yasuhiro Mamiya as Krishnam (ep 23)
Yasuyuki Konno as Spotted Jelly Worm (ep 14)
Yoshinori Sonobe as Prime Minister (ep 9)
Yūichi Nakamura as
Chief Cabinet Secretary (ep 9)
Engine Worker (eps 18-19)
Executive (ep 15)
Homare Moriyama
Matsuzaka (ep 1)
Snatch Man (ep 2)
Takumi's Father (ep 20)
Weather Forecaster (ep 7)
Yūko Katō as Kae Sakurano (eps 1, 26)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Yuhodo
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Broadcaster:
TV Osaka (2007-07-07)
Co-Production:
Tanto (ep 7)
DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Key Animation:
Sung San Production (ep 5)
Production: Konami

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