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Zoids Genesis (TV)

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Alternative title:
ゾイドジェネシス (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, military
Plot Summary: Natural disasters have devastated planet Zi, killing off almost all life. A thousand years later humans have gradually re-established civilization, salvaging ancient Zoids through diving and mining efforts. In a village whose most previous item is a giant sword which they worship as a holy symbol. A teenage boy discovers an ancient Liger-type Zoid while on a deep water salvage operation. Suddenly the village is attacked by skeletal Bio-Zoids intent on stealing a powerful generator located in the village. Our teenage hero awakens the Liger and discovers that the town's sacred sword is the Liger's weapon, together they fight off the mysterious Bio-Zoids. At least for now...
User Ratings: 220 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (sub:11, dub:1)
 Excellent: 32 votes (sub:25, dub:6, others:1
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Very good: 43 votes (sub:29, dub:14)
 Good: 63 votes (sub:45, dub:17, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 37 votes (sub:21, dub:12, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:12, dub:4, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:2, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 724 users, rank: #1634 (of 9583)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.032 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7487, rank: #3558 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 6.926 (Good), rank: #4009 (of 9705) (seen all: 7.10 / seen some: 6.73 / won't finish: 5.20)
Bayesian estimate: 6.959 (Good), rank: #3554 (of 7286)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 50
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 2005-04-10 to 2006-03-26
Opening Theme:
"Yotaka no Yume/Nighthawk's Dream" by Do As Infinity
Ending Theme:
#1: "Real Love" by PARADISE GO!! GO!! (eps 1-28)
#2: "Arino Mamade Lovin'U" by Shizuka Ito & Kimiko Koyama (eps 29-43)
#3: "Nigirishimeta sono Te ni" by Re Mii x Kotona (eps 44-50)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Series Composition: Satoru Nishizono
Script:
Akihiko Inari (5 episodes
eps 7, 12, 34, 41, 46
)

Kazuhito Hisajima (eps 31, 38)
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (12 episodes
eps 5, 8, 13, 16-17, 19, 22, 25, 30, 36, 40, 47
)

Kenichi Matsuzaki (eps 4, 9, 14)
Masanao Akahoshi (eps 33, 42)
Ryota Yamaguchi (eps 29, 37, 44)
Satoru Nishizono (26 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 10-11, 14-15, 18, 20-21, 23-28, 32, 35, 39, 43, 45, 48-50
)

Storyboard:
Baku Tsuzuri (ep 19)
Dojag-a-gen (7 episodes
eps 24, 26, 30, 35, 40, 45, 49
)

Hiroyuki Yamada (eps 3-4)
Isao Takayama (ep 7)
Jūroku Shishi (eps 41, 43)
Kazunori Mizuno (eps 21, 34)
Kiyoshi Egami (6 episodes
eps 15, 18, 28, 36, 42, 47
)

Kiyoshi Fukumoto (ep 29)
Kou Matsuo (ep 1)
Makoto Takayama (ep 27)
Masami Shimoda (ep 13)
Masato Jinbo (ep 14)
Masato Tamagawa (ep 6)
Matsuo Asami (ep 10)
Naoki Kusumoto (ep 20)
Nobuhiro Kondō (eps 2, 8)
Shinichi Tōkairin (eps 5, 16, 23)
Takashi Kaneda (eps 37, 44)
Takeshi Yamaguchi (ep 11)
Terumi Gotō (eps 33, 38)
Tokiichi Kagurazaka (5 episodes
eps 12, 22, 32, 39, 46
)

Toshihiro Ishikawa (ep 9)
Yasuhiro Matsumura (eps 17, 25, 31)
You Nakano (eps 48, 50)
Episode Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (ep 6)
Akira Tsuchiya (ep 42)
Atsushi Nakayama (ep 43)
Daisuke Chiba (ep 22)
Geisei Morita (eps 4, 10, 36)
Hideki Takayama (ep 41)
Kai Shiranui (ep 18)
Kazunobu Shimizu (eps 5, 11)
Kazunori Mizuno (eps 21, 34, 50)
Kiyoshi Fukumoto (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 29
)

Kumi Ichiguchi (ep 47)
Masato Jinbo (4 episodes
eps 14, 33, 38, 44
)

Minoru Soramawari (eps 37, 48)
Mitsutoshi Satō (eps 17, 25, 31)
Naoki Kusumoto (ep 20)
Naoyoshi Kusaka (6 episodes
eps 24, 30, 35, 40, 45, 49
)

Seiya Numata (ep 28)
Shinichi Tōkairin (eps 16, 23)
Shūji Kitayama (ep 8)
Taiki Nishimura (ep 1)
Takahiro Ōmori (ep 12)
Toshihiro Ishikawa (6 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 32, 39, 46
)

Yutaka Saitō (ep 27)
Character Design: Kyuta Sakai
Art Director: Shinichi Tanimura (Studio Easter)
Animation Director:
Akito Dobashi (ep 16)
Atsushi Aono (eps 2, 7, 13)
Hajime Yoshida (ep 36)
Hyun-Ok Sim (6 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 25, 31, 43
)

Ichizō Kobayashi (ep 18)
Jōji Yanase (6 episodes
eps 14, 20, 27, 33, 38, 44
)

Kazuma Uike (eps 21, 36)
Kenji Hattori (10 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 17, 23, 25, 31, 34, 41, 48
)

Koji Watanabe (eps 4, 10)
Masaaki Sakurai (eps 3, 22, 29)
Masayuki Nomoto (ep 26)
Mayumi Furuse (10 episodes
eps 6, 9, 12, 15, 19, 22, 29, 32, 39, 46
)

Min Chol Sung (ep 31)
Motoki Yagi (ep 23)
Satoshi Kojima (7 episodes
eps 24, 26, 30, 35, 40, 45, 49
)

Seiya Numata (6 episodes
eps 28, 37, 41-42, 47, 50
)

Shinichi Suzuki (ep 42)
Takashi Uchida (ep 12)
Tatsuya Yamada (ep 18)
Tsutomu Murakami (ep 8)
Sound Director: Yūki Matsuoka
Director of Photography: Norio Matsuda
Producer:
Fukashi Azuma (TV Tokyo)
Toshihiro Nakazawa

2nd Key Animation: Akiko Matsuo (ep 20)
Animation producer: Yorifusa Yamaguchi
Assistant Animation Producer: Yasuhiro Higuchi
Assistant producer: Kei Kondō
Associate producer: Ichiro Takase
Background Art:
Akira Itomitsu (Studio Easter)
Atsuko Takigami (Studio Tenjin)
Emi Haraguchi (Studio Easter)
Emiko Satoh (Studio Tenjin)
Junko Shimizu (Studio Easter)
Kei Ichikura (Studio Easter)
Kenta Shimizu (Studio Easter)
Masaru Yanaka (Studio Easter)
Michiko Morokuma (Studio Tenjin)
Mie Kasai (Studio Easter)
Shiho Hitomi (Studio Tenjin)
Shin Okui (Studio Easter)
Shinichi Tanimura (Studio Easter)
Tomoko Wakikawa (Studio Tenjin)
Toshiyuki Tokuda (Studio Easter)
Yoshiko Kuroda (Studio Tenjin)
CGI Assistance:
Ayumi Fujita (Digital Studio Japan)
Chika Tanaka (Sim Image)
Eigou Miyajima (Welz Animation Studio; 6 episodes
eps 25, 30, 35, 41, 44, 46
)

Fumio Matsumura (Shiitake Digital)
Hirohiko Sugawara (Think)
Hiroshi Yokono (Welz Animation Studio; ep 30)
Hiroyuki Tanaka (Digital Studio Japan; eps 3, 26)
Hiroyuki Torii (Sim Image)
Ichiro Ishida (Welz Animation Studio; 5 episodes
eps 19-20, 25, 30, 35
)

Jae Hoon Jung (Sim Image)
Katsunori Kondō (Designer Bank)
Keiichirō Yoshitake (Digital Studio Japan)
Kota Morishige (Welz Animation Studio; ep 30)
Makoto Danjo (Welz Animation Studio; 4 episodes
eps 30, 35, 41, 46
)

Michiyoshi Yamabe (Digital Studio Japan)
Naoya Tanaka (Digital Studio Japan)
Ryōji Ihara (Think)
Shōhei Kosugi (Shiitake Digital)
Tadatoshi Inaba (Digital Studio Japan)
Takahiko Ehara (Digital Studio Japan)
Takashi Sawada (Digital Studio Japan)
Takuto Inoue (Digital Studio Japan)
Tatsuya Kosaka (Welz Animation Studio; ep 30)
Tomohisa Shitara (Digital Studio Japan)
Tomoko Kasahara (Think)
Tomomi Shinohara (Shiitake Digital)
Tōru Miyatake (Shiitake Digital)
Toshihiro Hatanaka (Designer Bank)
Yoshiaki Sano (Designer Bank)
Yoshinobu Shima (Sim Image)
Yūichi Ishii (Digital Studio Japan)
Yūki Enomoto (Welz Animation Studio; 5 episodes
eps 25, 30, 35, 41, 46
)

Yukiko Taura (Welz Animation Studio; 4 episodes
eps 30, 35, 41, 46
)

Yukio Hara (Welz Animation Studio; 8 episodes
eps 19-20, 25, 30, 35, 41, 44, 46
)

CGI Assistant Producer: Yuzuru Tsukamoto
CGI Character Technical Director: Yōichi Kaiya
CGI Modeling Director: Ayumu Hasegawa
CGI Technical Director: Seiki Hayashi
Color design: Shigenobu Kaihoko
Color Key:
Fumiko Tanaka
Maki Saitou (Front Line)
Composite: Hiroshi Saitō (Ending from ep 29 onwards)
Design Establishment: Mayumi Shimano
Digital Paint:
Chiaki Numata (Studio Elle)
Jin Mi Kim (ANI VILLAGE; eps 37, 43)
Jun Ono (Studio Elle)
Sari Tagawa (Studio Elle)
Tomomi Yanagita (Studio Elle)
Yukiko Takahashi (Studio Elle)
Digital Producer: Munehiro Nishiyama
Editing: Junichi Uematsu (Production I.G)
In-Between Animation:
Chun Lin Zhang (ep 2)
Eun Hee Jeong (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Gang Lin (ep 2)
Hu Ming Zhu (ep 2)
Ja Mi Seo (Azeta Pictures)
Jin Hui Dong (ep 2)
Koichiro Kuroda
Kunihiro Sakurai (Azeta Pictures)
Kyung Hee Min (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Ni Gen Mou (ep 2)
Seiko Sakai (Azeta Pictures)
Seon Ryeon Yun (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Seong Gu Kang (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Shigemi Jo (Azeta Pictures)
Yusuke Adachi (Azeta Pictures)
Yuta Odajima
Key Animation:
Akihiro Yuki
Akiko Kumada
Akiko Matsuo (4 episodes
eps 14, 20, 27, 33
)

Akitsugu Hisagi (ep 28)
Atsushi Itagaki (ep 28)
Atsushi Itou
Atsushi Ogasawara (ep 28)
Chikashi Kadekaru (ep 28)
Daisuke Niitsuma
Daisuke Saitō
Goichi Iwahata
Heung Seok Ju (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Hiroaki Imamoto
Hiroshi Konno
Hiroyuki Terao
Hisashi Saito (ep 4)
Ho Chi Lee (Ani Village)
Hyun-Ok Sim (Ani Village)
Ikuo Yoshida
Il Jin Hwang (Studio Cj)
Jae-Ik Shin (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Jong-Myung Kim (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Joo Yeon Moon (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Jōto Saihō
Jun Nakase
Jung Pil Lee (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Kazuhiko Ishii
Kazuma Uike
Kazumasa Orii
Kei Shibasaki (ep 28)
Keiji Ishihara
Kenji Naito
Kenji Ōta
Koji Watanabe
Kunisu Watanabe (ep 28)
Kyung Nam Ko (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Kyuta Sakai (ep 28)
Madoka Ozawa
Manabu Nii (ep 28)
Masato Nishikawa (Anime R)
Masayuki Kunihiro (ep 28)
Mizue Ogawa
Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R)
Noritoshi Morita (ep 28)
Ryōsuke Kuwahara
Ryun Suk Heo (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Saiji Kawanishi
Satoshi Sakai (eps 2, 7, 16)
Se-Kwan Choi (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Seiya Numata (1 episodes
ep 28 under PN Rouge Numata
)

Seung Ki Huh (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Shigenobu Nagasaki (ep 14)
Shinichi Shigematsu
Shinya Kusumegi
Sun An Jung (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Sung-Chul Kim (studio CJ; 4 episodes
eps 15, 19, 22, 29
)

Tae Su Kim (Ani Village)
Tae Sung Won (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Takahiro Miura (ep 28)
Takahiro Ninagawa
Takashi Muratani (ep 28)
Takeshi Yoshioka
Takuro Takahashi (ep 28)
Tomohiro Kamitani
Toshiharu Matsuno
White Choco Murakami (ep 28)
Woo Sang Yoon (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Yōichi Mitsui
Yoko Hoshino
Young-Rae Cho (Kyung Kang ANIA)
Yu Bang Song (Ani Village)
Yu Cheon Kim (Ani Village)
Yuki Hayashi (OP)
Yuki Tsugihashi
Yukinori Umetsu
Yukio Okano
Music producer: Norihide Tanaka
Original Concept Design:
Gou Toutsuki (character conceptual design)
Osamu Kobayashi
Photography:
Asami Maruyama (Studio Cats; 7 episodes
eps 14, 20, 27, 33, 38, 41, 44
)

Hitoshi Tamura (D's Lab; eps 28, 34)
Manabu Komatsu (Welz Animation Studio; 40 episodes
eps 1-13, 15-19, 21-26, 29-32, 35-37, 39-40, 42, 45-50
)

Masahiko Yagi (Welz Animation Studio; 40 episodes
eps 1-13, 15-19, 21-26, 29-32, 35-37, 39-40, 42, 45-50
)

Nobuaki Shinozaki (Welz Animation Studio; 40 episodes
eps 1-13, 15-19, 21-26, 29-32, 35-37, 39-40, 42, 45-50
)

Ryoichi Ishigami (Welz Animation Studio; 21 episodes
eps 1-13, 15-19, 21-23
)

Shūhei Yabuta (Welz Animation Studio; 40 episodes
eps 1-13, 15-19, 21-26, 29-32, 35-37, 39-40, 42, 45-50
)

Takako Baba (Welz Animation Studio; 20 episodes
eps 13, 24-26, 29-32, 35-37, 39-40, 42, 45-50
)

Takashi Katō (Welz Animation Studio; 40 episodes
eps 1-13, 15-19, 21-26, 29-32, 35-37, 39-40, 42, 45-50
)

Photography Chief: Munehiro Kasuya
Production Advancement: Makiko Yano (4 episodes
eps 16, 23, 28, 34
)

Production manager: Yoshihiro Egawa
Program Publicity: Takae Kuroda (TV Tokyo)
Recording: Kuniko Itou
Recording engineer: Naotsugu Uchida
Sound Effects:
Toshiya Wada (SUWARA Pro.)
Yasuyuki Konno
Sound Production Manager: Takumi Itō
Theme Song Arrangement:
Do as Infinity (OP)
Jin Nakamura (END)
Seiji Kameda (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Do as Infinity (OP)
Jin Nakamura (END)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Saiko Kawamura (OP)
Yuriko Mori (END)
Theme Song Performance:
Do as Infinity (OP)
Kimiko Koyama
PARADISE GO GO (END)
Shizuka Itō
Hiromi Hirata as Ruji Familon
Kimiko Koyama as Rei Mii

Hidetoshi Nakamura as General Jiin
Kenjiro Tsuda as Seijuurou
Kenta Miyake as Thundering Galaga
Kishō Taniyama as Ron Mangan
Shizuka Itō as Kotona Elegance
Takashi Matsuyama as Ra-Kan
Yasunori Matsumoto as Zailin

Chiaki Takahashi as A Kan (eps 16-17)
Kimiko Koyama as Furi Ten (eps 16-17)
Kurumi Mamiya as Ra Muu (eps 16-17)
Miyu Komaki as Narrator
Niina Kumagaya as Prome
Rintarō Nishi as A-Lan
Shizuka Itō as Saiko (eps 16-17)
Tetsuharu Ohta as Gotoshi (eps 16-17)
Yūko Katō as Stone Harla
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
AI (ep 46)
Changzhou New Star Art Co. Ltd. (6 episodes
eps 14, 20, 27, 33, 38, 44
)

Chaos Project (ep 36)
EASIA (6 episodes
eps 32, 37, 41-43, 47
)

FAI (eps 18, 37)
Fan Out (ep 29)
Frontline (4 episodes
eps 29, 32, 39, 46
)

Hayashi (ep 42)
Magic Bus (ep 42)
Mook Animation (eps 29, 32, 47)
Studio CATS (9 episodes
eps 14, 20, 27, 32-33, 38, 41, 44, 47
)

Backgrounds:
Kusanagi (eps 2, 4, 21)
Studio Easter (20 episodes
eps 1-2, 15-49 odd
)

Studio TENJIN (26 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-10, 12-50 even
)

Broadcaster:
BS Japan
TV Tokyo
Color Specification: Studio Elle
Key Animation:
Ani Village (9 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9, 11-12, 17, 25, 31
)

Anime House (6 episodes
eps 14, 20, 27, 33, 38, 44
)

Anime R (ep 32)
Anime Roman (eps 32, 39)
arp Japan (eps 4, 36)
Digital Engine (eps 3, 6)
Frontline (eps 7, 13)
G&G Entertainment (eps 41, 47)
Hanil Animation (ep 42)
HeeWon Entertainment (ep 48)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 1-2, 7, 13)
Lee Production (eps 7, 13)
Magic Bus (ep 50)
Mito Animation (ep 18)
Muses (10 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 19, 29, 32, 39, 46
)

NEO Planning (ep 42)
Seigasha (ep 34)
Studio Angle (ep 22)
Studio CATS (ep 48)
Studio Cj (9 episodes
eps 6, 9, 15, 19, 22, 29, 32, 39, 46
)

Studio Giants (8 episodes
eps 24, 26, 30, 35, 40, 45, 49-50
)

Studio Malvine (ep 16)
Key Animation Assistance:
Frontline (ep 21)
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (ep 4)
R.I.C (ep 21)
Music Assistance: TV Tokyo Music
Photography:
D's Lab (eps 28, 34)
Radix (ep 43)
Studio CATS (7 episodes
eps 14, 20, 27, 33, 38, 41, 44
)

WELZ Animation Studio (40 episodes
eps 1-13, 15-19, 21-26, 29-32, 35-37, 39-40, 42, 45-50
)

Photography Assistance:
Radix (ep 2)
w-sky (eps 1-2)
Production Assistance:
Ani Village (eps 37, 43)
Arcs Create (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 21, 36, 48
)

Asahi Production (eps 23, 28, 34)
asread (ep 8)
G&G Entertainment (eps 8, 47)
Group TAC (11 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 19, 22, 29, 32, 39, 46
)

I-Move (ep 8)
Kelmadick (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 25, 31
)

Magic Bus (ep 42)
Plum (ep 16)
REMIC (eps 2, 7, 13)
Studio CATS (7 episodes
eps 14, 20, 27, 33, 38, 41, 44
)

Triple A (ep 18)
Xebec (7 episodes
eps 24, 26, 30, 35, 40, 45, 49
)

Recording Studio: HALF H·P STUDIO
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
special effects: Studio Elle
English staff
English cast
Voice Direction: Rene Veilleux
Susan Deming as Ruji Familon (pilot)

Darrel Guilbeau as Seijuro
Julie Ann Taylor as Kotona Elegance

Devon Bowman as Gola
Tara Platt as Ferme

English companies
ADR Production: Salami Studios
Internet Streaming: Toonami Jetstream
Licensed by: Viz Media
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Ji Hee Kim as Rei Mii
Seon-Ju Lee as Ruji Familon

Jeong-Ho Choi as Ron Mangan
Seong-Jun Bang as Zailin
Suk-Gyeong Jeon as Kotona Elegance
Yong-Wu Sin as Seijuurou
Yu Manjun as Ra-Kan
Korean companies
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network L.A.
Licensed by: Viz Media (Latin America)
Master Distribution: Viz Media
Spanish cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Kathyin Masilungan
Script: Pinky Perez
Translation: Pinky Perez
Ivy Baldonado as Rei Mii
Noel Escondo as Ruji Familon

Maynard Llames as Thundering Galaga
Myrtle Perez Zalazar as Kotona Elegance
Rafael Miranda as Zailin
Raffy Miranda as Major General Zairin
Richie Padilla as
Ra Kan
Seijuurou
Ryan Ang as Ron Mangan

Ivy Baldonado as Saiko (eps 16-17)
Kathyin Masilungan as Ra Muu (eps 16-17)
Maynard Llames as General Jiin
Rafael Miranda as Gotoshi (eps 16-17)
Raffy Miranda as Gotoshi (eps 16-17)
Tagalog companies
Recording Studio: ABS-CBN

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