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Agent Aika (OAV)

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©1998 Studio Fantasia/Bandai Visual

Alternative title:
AIKa
Айка (Russian)
アイカ (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: A catastrophic earthquake has left Tokyo, and most of the Earth for that matter, under the sea. Aika is a salvager who retrieves various remains from the watery ruins. When Aika accepts the dangerous mission of locating and obtaining the mysterious Lagu, she discovers that she's not the only one after it.
User Ratings: 713 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 22 votes (sub:19, dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 30 votes (sub:17, dub:7, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 65 votes (sub:38, dub:21, ?:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 159 votes (sub:88, dub:53, raw:2, others:16
6 German dubbed
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Mandarin subtitled
)
 Decent: 157 votes (sub:97, dub:41, ?:1, others:18
6 German dubbed
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 So-so: 93 votes (sub:56, dub:21, raw:2, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:11
4 German dubbed
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 61 votes (sub:38, dub:11, raw:1, others:11
4 German dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 65 votes (sub:38, dub:17, ?:1, others:9
4 German dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Italian edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Bad: 32 votes (sub:17, dub:10, others:5
3 German dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 18 votes (sub:10, dub:5, others:3
2 German dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1610 users, rank: #769 (of 9886)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.682 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.1346, rank: #8279 (of 10024)
Weighted mean: 5.625 (Decent−), rank: #8392 (of 10024) (seen all: 5.95 / seen some: 4.38 / won't finish: 3.56)
Bayesian estimate: 5.658 (Decent−), rank: #7082 (of 7572)
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 7
Episode titles: We have 7
Vintage:
1997-04-25 to 1999-04-25
2000-09-09 (Germany, VOX)
2001-01 (Latin America - Locomotion)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
#1: "Silent City" by Mari Sasaki
#2: "Manatsu no Seiza" by Mink
Ending Theme:
#1: "More Natural" by Hiroko Konishi
#2: "Dance with me tonight" by Punky Fruits!
Official website:
AIKa Official Web (Japanese)
Links: We have 4
Review:
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DVD (Region 1)
    Agent Aika - Naked Missions (DVD 1) 2001-03-13
    Agent Aika - Final Battle (DVD 2) 2001-05-08
    Agent Aika - Complete Collection [Anime Legends] (DVD 1-2) 2008-03-18 (from $99.99)
VHS
    Agent Aika - Lace in Space (Dub.VHS 1) 2002-08-06
    Agent Aika - Lace in Space (Sub.VHS 1) 2000-09-26 (from $24.50)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Katsuhiko Nishijima
Screenplay:
Katsuhiko Nishijima (eps 1-4, 7)
Katsumi Terahigashi (ep 5)
Kenichi Kanemaki (eps 1-4, 6-7)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (ep 6)
Tōru Mudaguchi (Special Trial)
Storyboard:
Katsuhiko Nishijima (Special Trial; eps 1, 7)
Katsumi Terahigashi (Special Trial; eps 3-6)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (ep 6)
Takeshi Mori (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Katsuhiko Nishijima (Special Trial; ep 1)
Katsumi Terahigashi (Special Trial; eps 3, 5)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (ep 6)
Osamu Mikasa (eps 2, 4, 7)
Tomio Yamauchi (ep 6)
Music: Jun'ichi Kanezaki
Character Design:
Noriyasu Yamauchi
Takehiko Itō
Yūji Moriyama
Art Director: Kazuo Ogura
Chief Animation Director: Noriyasu Yamauchi
Animation Director:
Noriyasu Yamauchi (Special Trial; eps 1, 3, 6-7)
Yōko Kikuchi (eps 2, 4-5)
Mechanical design: Hidefumi Kimura
Director of Photography: Sadafumi Sano
Producer: Kazuhiko Ikeguchi

Art Setting:
Hideyasu Narita
Nobuhito Sue
Tadashi Iwasa
Assistant Character Design: Yōko Kikuchi
Assistant Episode Director: Nobuhisa Terado (ep 1)
Background Art:
Erika Sakata
Hideyasu Narita
Hiroko Satō
Hiromi Kariya
Kazuo Ogura
Kazuyuki Hashimoto
Ken Arai
Mika Tabata
Nobuhito Sue
Sōtarō Hori
Tomoharu Komiyama
Yōji Nakaza
Yuji Kihara
Yuki Sakata
Yuki Umino
Color Key: Shuuko Itou
Color setting:
Midori Isshiki
Shuuko Itou
Editing:
Hiroshi Itō
Masahiro Muramatsu
Terumitsu Okada
Toshihide Tamada
Finish Animation:
Aki Kimura
Akiko Satō
Chieko Hibi
Eiichi Suzuki
Eiko Inoue
Etsuko Komatsuzaki
Harumi Satō
Hideko Tezuka
Hiroko Akimoto
Hiromi Shimizu
Hitomi Kawashima
Kazuko Nabeshima
Kazuo Sakaguchi
Kazuyoshi Maie
Kimika Narita
Kiyomi Murakoshi
Kiyomi Yamazaki
Kozue Arai
Makiko Kawahata
Mariko Mima
Miku Tamura
Naoko Tsuruta
Rie Shimoji
Sanae Murata
Shigetoshi Gotō
Shizuka Ishidoya
Terumi Narita
Tomoko Igarashi
Tomoko Toki
Toshi Kato
Toshiko Endo
Yoko Nagano
Yukie Fukayama
Yukiharu Obata
Yukiko Ueyama
Yuko Ota
Finish Check:
Aki Kimura
Eiko Inoue (assistant)
Kimika Nabeshima
Kiyomi Yamazaki
Sanae Murata (assistant)
Shuuko Itou
Finishing Advancement: Suzuka Kawakubo
In-Between Animation:
Akihiko Adachi
Akihito Aoki
Atsushi Seguchi
Ayumu Chiga
Daisuke Takahashi
Eiji Komatsu
Eizō Kawada
Hironori Oosaki
Hiroshi Itō
Hiroshi Watanabe (ep 3)
Hitomi Maeda
Iku Ozawa
Izumi Kodama
Jiro Karasu
Jun Kawai
Jun Shibata
Kaori Ikeda
Kazuhiro Takamura
Kazuhito Satsusa
Kei Ajiki
Keiichirō Hara
Kenichi Akamatsu
Kiyomi Ishiwata
Koji Shoki
Kosuke Machida
Kumiko Terada
Madoka Ikari
Madoka Tsuji
Manabu Otsugu
Masaaki Kanba
Masahiro Emoto
Masaki Akita
Masaki Kamiguchi
Masayuki Shibuya
Mayumi Hidaka
Mayumi Takada
Mio Nakano
Nami Nishioka
Naoya Yamagata
Nobuo Hashimoto
Norie Arikawa
Reiko Ozawa
Ritsuko Shiina
Ryota Itoh
Sachiko Kozuka
Saori Sugifuji
Satomi Kitahara
Seiji Miyoshi
Shinichi Tatsuta
Shōgo Morishita
Shouji Saeki
Shūji Ono
Tadashi Kubo
Takaaki Ogawa
Takahiro Onodera
Takashi Igari
Takumi Murakami
Takumi Ooshima
Tatsurō Arai
Tatsuya Nagahama
Tomohisa Ishikawa
Tomomi Ishikawa
Toshiaki Satō
Toshikazu Motozumi
Tsugumi Kohata
Yasuhiro Kawano
Yoshihiro Sato
Yuichi Watanabe
Yukie Suzuki
Yukiko Miyamoto
Yukio Dobashi
Yukitoshi Morita
In-Between Check:
Hitomi Maeda
Jun Shibata
Yukiko Imai
Yutaka Kitano
Yutaka Sakamoto
Key Animation:
Akira Takeuchi (ep 2)
Daisuke Kusakari (ep 7)
Eiji Inoue (eps 3-4)
Eiji Suganuma (eps 2, 4-5)
Etsushi Mori (Special Trial; eps 2-7)
Hideki Araki (eps 3-6)
Hideyuki Morioka (ep 7)
Hirofumi Suzuki (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Tanji (ep 7)
Hisashi Saito (ep 4)
Hitomi Maeda (ep 2)
Hitoshi Kagiyama (eps 2-4)
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 7)
Jun Shibata (Special Trial; eps 3-7)
Junichi Hayakawa (ep 6)
Katsushi Sakurabi (eps 1-2)
Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 7)
Keiji Ishihara (ep 2)
Ken'ichirō Hashira (Special Trial; eps 4-5)
Kenji Kuroyanagi (ep 6)
Koichi Hatsumi (eps 5-6)
Kosuke Machida (eps 6-7)
Mariko Fujita (eps 1-7)
Masaaki Sakurai (eps 6-7)
Masaaki Yuasa (ep 5)
Masahiko Itojima (eps 4-5)
Masakazu Ishikawa (ep 7)
Minoru Abe (ep 7)
Naoya Horikawa (eps 1, 4)
Nobutake Ito (Special Trial; ep 1)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (Special Trial; eps 2-6)
Noriyuki Nakajima (ep 5)
Ryō Tanaka (Special Trial; eps 3, 5, 7)
Satoru Kiyomaru (ep 6)
Satoshi Ishino (ep 2)
Sayuri Sugitou (eps 5-6)
Shinji Abe (ep 7)
Shinya Uchida (eps 3-4)
Taka Satō (eps 6-7)
Takashi Uchida (eps 5-7)
Takuya Matsumoto (ep 1)
Tarō Imagawa (ep 7)
Tōko Miyaji (ep 5)
Tōru Takahashi (ep 1)
Toshiharu Murata (eps 4-5)
Toshiya Washida (eps 1-4)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (Special Trial; eps 1-7)
Tsunenori Saitō (eps 1-5)
Tsutomu Miyazawa (eps 4-5)
Yasuhiro Ikeda (eps 6-7)
Yasushi Shingō (ep 7)
Yasuyuki Noda (Special Trial; eps 4-5)
Yasuzō Iino (ep 6)
Yōichi Mitsui (eps 1, 5)
Yōko Kikuchi (Special Trial; eps 1-7)
Yoshiharu Sakakibara (eps 1-2)
Yoshihiro Sugai (Special Trial; ep 4)
Yoshimi Hashimoto (ep 2)
Yūji Moriyama (ep 6)
Yuji Mukoyama (eps 1, 3-4)
Yūji Takahashi (eps 2-4)
Yūji Yanase (ep 5)
Yukie Sakō (ep 6)
Yukie Suzuki (ep 5)
Yūzō Satō (ep 2)
Music producer: Shigeo Kaneko (Nippon Columbia)
Photography:
Eiichi Okita (Studio Dream)
Jiro Tazawa (ACC Production)
Kunji Nakamura (ACC Production)
Mayumi Morisato (Studio Dream)
Mitsuko Okuyama (ACC Production)
Susumu Yamakawa (ACC Production)
Yuichiro Okano (ACC Production)
Yuko Matsunaga (Studio Dream)
Production Advancement:
Daisuke Takahashi (eps 5-7)
Hiroaki Hirata
Takeshi Kikuchi (eps 3, 5, 7)
Production Business: Junko Komatsuzaki
Production Coordination: Tsunetoshi Koike
Production Desk:
Hiroaki Hirata (eps 3-5, 7)
Kenji Yasuda (eps 1-2)
Takeshi Kikuchi (ep 6)
Tatsuya Hoshino (ep 7)
Production manager:
Satoshi Hasegawa
Tatsuya Hoshino
Publicity:
Masako Iijima
Noriyuki Oki
Shiho Miyai
Recording:
Akiyoshi Yoda
Satoshi Yano (Central Recording)
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki
Special Effects: Rumiko Nagai
Theme Song Performance:
Hiroko Konishi (ED)
Mari Sasaki (OP)
Mie Yamamoto (OP 2;as Mink)
Rei Sakuma as Aika Sumeragi

Atsuko Tanaka as Nena Hargen
Hiroko Konishi as Rion Aida
Jūrōta Kosugi as Gust Turbulance
Kaneto Shiozawa as Rudolph Hargen
Sakiko Tamagawa as Alexymetalia Maypia

Akemi Okamura as White Delmo (Nina)
Akiko Hiramatsu as White
Akiko Kikuchi as
joshi chuugakusei A
Pink Delmo
Akio Ōtsuka as
Gōzō Aida
Oota
Atsuko Takahashi as Blue Delmo Y
Ayako Takamura as Blue Delmo W
Hisako Kyōda as Ba Bandora
Ikue Ōtani as Golden Delmo Rie Petoriyacowa
Junko Takeuchi as Pink Delmo (Betty)
Kanako Mitsuhashi as
Black (Sae)
Pink Delmo (Vivian)
Kaori Tagami as
Black Delmo (Misaki)
Black Delmo H
Kazusa Murai as Kuro derumo no minasan
Kikuko Inoue as Golden Delmo (Toniya)
Kumiko Nishihara as Black Leader
Makoto Tsumura as Black Delmo
Masaya Onosaka as Shuntarō Michikusa
Masayo Kurata as Black Delmo
Masayuki Omoro as Cliant
Miki Nagasawa as Golden Delmo Saniya
Minami Takayama as Golden Delmo Bianca
Mio Asahina as Black B
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Bodyguard
Miwa Yanagihara as
Black A
White Delmo N
Rei Asahina as Black Delmo B
Rio Natsuki as White B
Ryōko Tanaka as
Blue B
White Delmo S
Shiho Niiyama as Blue Delmo Valerie
Tamao Hayashi as White Derum
Tarō Arakawa as Colonel
Urara Miura as White A
Wakana Yamazaki as
Black Delmo (Kana)
Blue Delmo X (Catherine)
Guide
Pink Delmo (Suzie)
Pink Delmo Leader
Yōko Sasaki as Blue Delmo
Yuki Masuda as Blue A
Yūko Nagashima as White Leader
Yūko Sasamoto as Black Delmo
Yūko Satō as White Delmo R
Yumiko Suzuki as
Black Delmo (Yuki)
joshi chuugakusei B
Pink Delmo (Liz)
Yuri Shiratori as Blue Leader
Yuu Sugimoto as Black C
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director:
Arlen Tarlofsky
Peter Cascone
Translation: Neil Nadelman
Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
Ken Iyadomi (Bandai release)
Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

ADR Engineer:
Jesus Roa
Jim Regan
ADR Producer: George San Roman
Chief Producer: Nobuo Masuda (Bandai release)
Dubbing Supervision: Christopher Sippel
Editing: Henry Fragasse
Operations Assistant: Joseph Chung (Bandai release)
Production Assistant: Brian Cutts (Bandai release)
Production Coordination: Karel Havle
Debbie Rabbai as Aika Sumeragi

Alvaro J. Gonzalez as Gust Turbulance
Purva Bedi as Rion Aida
Scott Cargle as Rudolph Hargen
Suzanne Savoy as Nena Hargen
Suzy Prue as Nena Hargen (eps 3-4)

Alex McCord as WD-1
David Rankin as Gozo Aida
Jeffrey Gimble as Michikusa
Mary Anne Towne as Commander
Mina Sands as Bandra
P.M. Lewis as Valerie
Rachael Lillis as Adjutant
Tara Jayne as Ria
Tracy McQuade as Guide
Tristan Goddard as Gozo Aida (eps 5-7)
Wendy Talker as Bianca

Matty O'Shea
Tom McKeon
English companies
Audio Post Production:
Mercury Productions (eps 5-7)
Skyhigh Productions (eps 1-4)
Broadcaster: Too Much For TV
DVD Production Services: DIVITEK (Bandai release)
Internet Streaming: Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (2007 license renewal; Expired)
Central Park Media (Expired)
Recording Studio: Audio Mixers (eps 5-7)
Released by: U.S. Manga Corps
Subtitles: New Generation Pictures (vol 1)
Translation: New Generation Pictures (vol 1 & 2)
French staff
French companies
Executive producer: Carlo Levy
DVD Distribution:
Beez Entertainment
Dybex
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Circe Luna as Rion Aida
Elena Ramirez as Aika Sumeragi

Cristina Hernandez as Golden Rie Petoriyacowa
Emmanuel Rivas as B. A. Bandora
Enzo Fortuny as Michikusa
Gabriela Beltrán as White Captain Shiori (ep 1)
Gabriela Willert as White Captain Shiori (eps 3-7)
Isabel Martiñon as Golden Tonia
Marcos Patiño as Gust
Mónica Villaseñor as Golden Bianca
Rebeca Gómez as White Captain Shiori (ep 2)
Sergio Gutierrez Coto as Hargen
Teresa Ibarrola as Golden Sania

Alma Wilhelme as Pink Leader Suzie (eps 3-4)
Ariadna Rivas as
Meypia
Pink Leader Suzie (ep 5)
Cristina Hernandez as Rie
Gabriela Beltrán as
Black Kana
Black Misaki
Black Yuki
Blue Catherine
Blue Leader (ep 2)
Pink Vivian
White Adjutant (eps 4, 6-7)
Gabriela Guzmán as Blue Leader (ep 1)
Gabriela Willert as
Captain Shiori
Pink Leader Suzie (ep 1)
Isabel Martiñon as
Blue Valarie/Pierre Valimore
Pierre
White Adjutant (ep 3)
Mariana Ortiz as
Lieutenant
White Nina Esuko (ep 6)
Monica Manjarrez as Neena
Mónica Villaseñor as Bianca
Norma Echevarria as
Black Leader (ep 4)
White Nina Esuko (ep 3)
Norma Iturbe as
Black Sae
Guard
Pink Betty
Pink Liz
White Nina Esuko (ep 4)
Paco Mauri as Gozo Aida
Rebeca Gómez as
Black Leader (ep 1)
White Adjutant (ep 5)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Locomotion
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Isabella Pasanisi
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dialogues: Barbara Chies
Eleonora De Angelis as Aika Sumeragi
Federica De Bortoli as Rion Aida

Dario Penne as Presidente Gonzo Aida, Padre Di Rion (eps 1, 4-7)
Francesca Palopoli as Bandla (eps 1, 4-7)
Francesco Pannofino as Gust Turbolence (eps 1, 4-7)
Micaela Esdra as Nena Hagen (eps 1-4)
Roberto Chevalier as Rudolf Hagen (eps 1-4)

Alida Milana as Mapier Arkimetalia (eps 2-4, 7)
Cristina Boraschi as Bianca (eps 5-7)
Daniele Raffaeli as Shuntaro Michikusa (eps 5-7)
Gilberta Crispino as Miss Valery (ep 5)
Perla Liberatori as Rie Petoriyacowa (eps 6-7)
Serena Verdirosi as narrator
Tiziana Avarista as Leader Delle Delmo Bianche (eps 2-7)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Cultoon
La 7 Cartapiu (from September 2008)
Distributor: Dynamic Italia
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC
German staff
German cast
Audio Processing: Sascha Kaufmann
Dialogue Direction/audio Technology: Sascha Kaufmann
Dialogue Organization: Nina Marschke
Mixing: Matthias Heer
Technical Supervision: Tobias Trummer
Christine Schlembach as Rion Aida
Simone Kloss as Aika Sumeragi

Adeline Schebesch as Nena Hagen
Bruno Niederprüm as Gasto Turbolance
Nina Marschke as Alexymetalia Maypia

Sascha Kaufmann as Ludwig Hagen
Stefan Rieger as B.A. Bandora

Anabel Schaffer
Barbara Seiffert
Eva Schifferdecker
Joachim Rudolph
Manuela Lippold
German companies
Broadcaster:
GIGA TV (2007-06-08)
VIVA (2004-01-11)
VOX (2000-09-09)
XXP (2002-08-08)
Distributor:
ACOG
OVA Films
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Dybex
Dutch cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Locomotion Brazil (Subbed)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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