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Prétear (TV)

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Alternative title:
La légende de la nouvelle princesse Blanche-neige Prétear (French)
La leggenda della nuova Biancaneve (Italian)
Pretear - The New Legend of Snow White
Shin Shirayuki Hime Densetsu Pretear (Japanese)
新白雪姫伝説プリーティア (Japanese)
新白雪姬傳說 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, magic, romance
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Himeno Awayuki was a normal sixteen-year old girl until her father married a woman who happens to be rich. Since then, she has been perceived as an outcast by both her new stepsisters and her classmates. Later Himeno finds out from seven men called the Leafe Knights that she is something called Pretear, a girl who has the power to merge with and control the nature of the elemental-oriented powers from the Leafe Knights and stop an evil being called the Princess of Disaster.
User Ratings: 1255 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 80 votes (sub:54, dub:25, ?:1)
 Excellent: 190 votes (sub:116, dub:70, edit.dub:2, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Very good: 310 votes (sub:200, dub:105, raw:4, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 324 votes (sub:204, dub:111, ?:4, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 181 votes (sub:126, dub:53, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 So-so: 73 votes (sub:53, dub:18, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 35 votes (sub:21, dub:13, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Weak: 42 votes (sub:25, dub:14, ?:1, others:2
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:6)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2657 users, rank: #418 (of 9509)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.176 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7433, rank: #2980 (of 9648)
Weighted mean: 7.050 (Good), rank: #3304 (of 9648) (seen all: 7.19 / seen some: 6.40 / won't finish: 4.11)
Bayesian estimate: 7.055 (Good), rank: #3120 (of 7274)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2001-04-04 to 2001-06-27
Release dates: We have 8
Opening Theme:
"White Destiny" by Yoko Ishida
Ending Theme:
"Lucky Star" by Sayuri Yoshida
Links: We have 1
Review:
Pretear DVD 1 (Feb 23, 2004)
News: Show:
Sakuracon - A.D. Vision (Apr 24, 2005)
ADV Mini Releases (Apr 16, 2004)
New ADV Manga Releases (Apr 6, 2004)
ADV Films UK Acquisitions (Nov 27, 2003)
ADV Films panel (Jul 21, 2003)
OhayoCon 2003: Part II (Jan 21, 2003)
Yoko Ishida Interview (Aug 14, 2002)
AX 2002: ADV Panel (Jul 10, 2002)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Prétear (DVD 1) 2003-11-25 (from $11.98)
    Prétear - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2003-11-25
    Prétear (DVD 2) 2004-01-06 (from $19.99)
    Prétear (DVD 3) 2004-02-17 (from $19.99)
    Prétear (DVD 4) 2004-03-30 (from $71.68)
    Prétear - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-3) 2005-08-09 (from $44.32)
    Prétear - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-3) 2008-08-19 (from $39.98)
    Prétear - Winds of Destiny [AniMini] (Dub.DVD 1) 2004-06-15
Soundtrack
    Yoko Ishida: Sweets (OST) 2003-07-01 (from $17.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Junichi Satō
Director: Kiyoko Sayama
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki
Screenplay:
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (eps 7, 10, 12)
Kenichi Kanemaki (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 9, 13
)

Yoshimi Narita (eps 4, 6, 8)
Storyboard:
Akira Mano (ep 10)
Hiroaki Motoigi (ep 4)
Junichi Satō (ep 8)
Kiyoko Sayama (ED; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 13
)

Nanako Shimazaki (ep 9)
Tatsufumi Tamagawa (ep 3)
Tomoki Kobayashi (ep 11)
Yukio Nishimoto (eps 5, 12)
Yuu Kou (ep 6/OP)
Episode Director:
Fumitoshi Oizaki (ep 11)
Harume Kosaka (ep 10)
Kiyoko Sayama (eps 1, 13)
Takaaki Ishiyama (eps 2, 9)
Tatsufumi Tamagawa (eps 3, 7)
Yoshimasa Hiraike (eps 4, 8)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (ep 6)
Yukio Nishimoto (eps 5, 12)
Yuu Kou (OP)
Original creator:
Junichi Satō
Kaori Naruse
Character Design: Akemi Kobayashi
Art Director: Kenichi Tajiri
Chief Animation Director: Akemi Kobayashi
Animation Director:
Akemi Kobayashi (OP/ED; ep 13)
Itsuko Takeda (eps 1, 7, 13)
Junichi Hayakawa (ep 10)
Kenji Hattori (eps 4, 8)
Kōichi Usami (eps 6, 12)
Megumi Kadonosono (ep 11)
Michinori Chiba (ep 5)
Nobuhito Akada (ep 9)
Nobuto Okada (ep 2)
Tomoaki Sakiyama (ep 3)
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Kōjirō Hayashi
Animation: Kosuke Matumura (ep 11)
Animation Check:
Goro Taki (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9-10
)

Kenji Ijyuin (ep 6)
Tatsuji Narita (eps 1-5, 7-13)
Assistant Animation Director:
Kenji Hattori (ep 11)
Takao Takegami (ep 11)
Assistant Line Producer: Mamoru Minagawa
Assistant producer: Mie Ide
Assistant Production Manager:
Atsushi Ogawa (eps 1, 7, 12)
Hidekuni Edo (ep 9)
Katsushi Takahashi (eps 3, 13)
Kazuaki Shimamura (ep 2)
Kouta Okuno (eps 5, 10, 12)
Noriaki Kimura (eps 4, 8, 11)
Takahiro Suzuki (ep 11)
Takashi Nozaki (ep 6)
Background Art:
Ha Gwon Bong (eps 7, 11)
Hidekazu Nakanishi (eps 1-2)
Hiromichi Tanigawa (eps 5, 8)
Hiroshi Komata (eps 12-13)
Junichiro Nishikawa (ep 4)
Kang Wook Lee (eps 7, 11)
Kaori Nishikawa (ep 4)
Kazuo Ebisawa (ep 4)
Kenichi Tajiri (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 9-10, 13
)

Kosuke Kageyama (eps 5, 8)
Kyōko Ishida (eps 9-10, 12-13)
Masakazu Miyake (5 episodes
eps 6, 9-10, 12-13
)

Masaya Yamauchi (eps 5, 8)
Min Jung Choi (eps 7, 11)
Myoung Jun Lee (eps 7, 11)
Nami Shibata (eps 6, 9-10, 12)
Noriko Ishiwatari (ep 3)
Sachiko Satō (eps 1, 3)
Saori Ito (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12-13
)

Shinichi Tanimura (ep 4)
Song Youn Youn (eps 7, 11)
Yoshiyuki Kano (eps 2-3)
Yuka Kawamoto (eps 2, 5, 8)
Color Check: Natsue Sasaki (Buyuu)
Color Coordination:
Chie Tanimoto (eps 6, 8, 11-12)
Junko Aragaki (eps 2, 9)
Yoshimi Kawakami (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7, 10, 13
)

Color design: Yoshimi Kawakami
Digital Composition:
Atsushi Takeyama (ep 4)
Ayumi Ushijima (eps 1, 7-10, 13)
Haruhide Ishiguro (ep 1)
Mitsuhiro Karado (ep 4)
Naoki Kitamura (eps 3, 5-12)
Osamu Motoyama (eps 2, 4)
Shuichi Heishi (ep 1)
Tadashi Kitaoka (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-6, 10-13
)

Takeo Ogiwara (10 episodes
eps 2-3, 5-9, 11-13
)

Digital Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Digital Painting: Yoshimi Kawakami (ep 12)
Digital Retouch: Miyako Hoshi
Insert Song Arrangement: Toshiyuki Omori
Insert Song Lyrics: Reo Satonozuka
Insert Song Music: Toshiyuki Omori
Insert Song Performance:
Kōsuke Toriumi ("In Your Eyes"; ep 9)
Takahiro Sakurai ("Love Breaks"; ep 11)
Key Animation:
Akiko Asaki (eps 8, 11)
Akiko Nishio (ep 10)
Akiko Tanada (ep 12)
Atsushi Shibata (ep 3)
Chihiro Hayashi (ep 1)
Daisuke Agata (eps 2, 4, 8)
Daisuke Kusakari (eps 4, 12)
Eiichi Akiyama (ep 12)
Eir Sano (ep 3)
Etsushi Mori (eps 4, 11)
Fumiko Ueda (ep 3)
Goroo Suzuki (ep 6)
Harumi Ito (ep 3)
Hatsue Nakayama (ep 4)
Hideaki Shimada (ep 8)
Hideji Takahashi (eps 10, 13)
Hideki Araki (ep 11)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 1)
Hideki Kakita (ep 12)
Hideki Sadai (ep 7)
Hideki Shibuya (4 episodes
eps 5, 7, 10, 12
)

Hidetoshi Sano (OP; eps 1, 7, 12)
Hiroaki Motoigi (ep 10)
Hiroaki Oue (eps 5, 13)
Hiromi Funatsu (eps 2, 9)
Hiroshi Mimata (eps 6, 8)
Hiroyuki Kamura (eps 2, 9)
Hitoshi Suzuki (eps 8, 11)
Hitoshi Yoshida (eps 1, 7, 12)
Inosuke Naitō (ep 12)
Isao Sugimoto (OP; eps 1, 7)
Itsuko Takeda (OP)
Jiro Suzuki (ep 13)
Junichi Hayakawa (ep 5)
Junichi Kayakawa (OP)
Junko Matsushita (eps 4, 8, 11)
Kaoru Yokota (ep 11)
Kazufumi Takano (eps 7, 12)
Kazuhiko Shibuya (eps 1, 5)
Kazuhiko Sudo (ep 6)
Kazuhiko Yokota (eps 6, 10)
Kazuo Sakai (ep 11)
Kazuyoshi Tanaka (ep 3)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 6)
Kenji Fujisaki (eps 5-7, 10, 13)
Kōichi Takai (ep 3)
Kouichi Konnon (ep 11)
Kumi Ishii (ep 13)
Kumiko Sakiyama (eps 3, 13)
Mariko Oka (OP; eps 1, 7, 12)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 12)
Masaki Satō (ep 9)
Masaru Yoshioka (eps 1, 7, 12)
Masatoshi Fukuyama (eps 2, 9)
Masayasu Yoshida (eps 10, 13)
Masayuki Mizumura (ep 10)
Masayuki Takagi (ep 5)
Michinori Chiba (ep 10)
Mikio Fujiwara (eps 2, 4, 8)
Misao Abe (eps 7, 10)
Mitsuko Kaneoka (eps 2, 9)
Mizuho Segawa (eps 4, 11)
Motohide Nishimura (eps 2, 9)
Naoko Nakamoto (ep 3)
Naomichi Noda (ep 7)
Nobui Horii (eps 4, 8)
Nobuto Akada (ep 5)
Nobuyuki Furukawa (ep 13)
Noriaki Ota (eps 2, 9)
Noriko Takahashi (ep 3)
Noriyuki Koizumi (ep 13)
Riko Kashiwaya (ep 2)
Rondo Mizukami (ep 6)
Ryo Komori (ep 13)
Ryoji Nakamori (ep 6)
Sachiko Iwamura (ep 3)
Saki Ishiyama (ep 6)
Satoshi Hata (eps 5, 7)
Shigeki Awai (ep 10)
Shigeki Tanaka (ep 13)
Shigenori Taniguchi (eps 10, 12)
Shigeo Akahori (OP/ED)
Shingo Kobayashi (eps 2, 9)
Shinichi Nozaki (ep 11)
Shinmei Saito (ep 9)
Shinobu Tagashira (ep 11)
Shinya Hasegawa (eps 11-12)
Shou Kawamori (eps 2, 4)
Shougo Hanagami (ep 4)
Taeko Oda (ep 10)
Taichi Taketani (ep 3)
Takaaki Fukuyo (ep 6)
Takaaki Wada (ep 11)
Takahiro Yoshida (ep 4)
Takako Onishi (ep 5)
Takao Takegami (esp 4,8)
Takashi Hirabayashi (eps 4, 8)
Takashi Maruyama (eps 1, 12)
Takashi Nozawa (eps 1, 7)
Takashi Yokoyama (eps 1, 7)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 3)
Tamaki Kanbe (eps 2, 9)
Tatsufumi Tamagawa (ep 13)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (ep 3)
Tatsuya Urano (eps 1, 7, 12)
Tetsuya Imai (eps 6, 10)
Tetsuya Kumagai (OP)
Tokio Ariake (eps 6, 13)
Tomoaki Chishima (ep 13)
Tomoaki Sakiyama (eps 3, 10)
Tomoki Mizuno (ep 4)
Tomoko Nitta (ep 10)
Tomoko Tanaka (ep 8)
Toshiko Baba (ep 2)
Toshimi Nishihata (eps 2, 4, 8)
Toshiyuki Arai (eps 1, 5, 7)
Tsuneo Muramatsu (ep 13)
Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 8)
Yoko Hoshino (ep 12)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (ep 3)
Yoshiki Mizuno (eps 4, 8, 11)
Yoshiko Nakajima (ep 3)
Yoshinosuke Naitou (ep 6)
Yosuke Yabumoto (eps 5, 7, 10)
Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 3, 10)
Yuichiro Miyake (eps 2, 9)
Yūji Yanase (ep 6)
Yuka Kudō (ep 5)
Yukari Watanabe (ep 9)
Yukie Sakō (ep 6)
Yukihito Ogomori (ep 8)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 8)
Yuko Sakizaki (ep 13)
Yuuho Misaki (ep 13)
Monster Design: Kōichi Usami
Music Director: Naoki Ninomiya
Music Production: Yuichi Sekido
Music Selection: Yasuno Satō
Production manager: Atsushi Urushiyama
Publicity Manager: Takashi Iida
Recording: Yoshio Obara
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno (Suwara Pro)
Supporting Producer: Masaki Kaifu (WOWOW)
Theme Song Arrangement: Toshiyuki Omori (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Toshiyuki Omori (OP/ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Masumi Iizuka (OP/ED)
Mayumi Iizuka (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Sayuri Yoshida (ED)
Yoko Ishida (OP)
VFX Director: Kōjirō Hayashi
VTR Editing: Kazunori Okada (Q-TEC)
Kōsuke Toriumi as Hayate
Sayuri Yoshida as Himeno Awayuki

Akemi Kanda as Mawata Awayuki
Akiko Yajima as Mannen
Kikuko Inoue as Natsue Awayuki
Makoto Naruse as Kei
Misato Fukuen as Hajime
Satsuki Yukino as Mayune Awayuki
Takahiro Sakurai as Sasame
Takehito Koyasu as Tanaka
Yui Horie as Mikage
Yūji Ueda as Kaoru Awayuki
Yukari Tamura as Yayoi Takata

Asami Imai as A-ko (ep 1)
Hiromi Konno as B-ko (ep 1)
Kurumi Mamiya as C-ko (ep 1)
Michio Miyashita as Manager (ep 2)
Yukari Tamura as Tipi
Japanese companies
Animation:
Ani Village (eps 9-10, 12-13)
Anime R (ep 1)
Buyuu (ep 4)
Dalian Time Cartoon Co., Ltd. (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9-10
)

DR Movie (eps 4, 8)
E-cho (ep 12)
G & G Direction (eps 1, 5, 7, 12)
Hal Film Maker (eps 2-4)
K-Production (eps 6-7)
Kyoe Sung Production (ep 6)
Phoenix Animation (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-10, 12-13
)

Studio Wanpac (ep 12)
TASK (ep 4)
Uni Animation (eps 6-7)
White Line (eps 4, 8)
Backgrounds:
Mukuo Studio
Team's Art Productions (eps 11-13)
Toshima (ep 3)
Broadcaster: WOWOW
Co-Production:
Digimation (eps 4, 11)
Group TAC (eps 2, 9)
Digital Composition: Digimation
Digital Painting:
Ani Village (eps 9-13)
Buyuu (ep 4)
Dalian Time Cartoon Co., Ltd. (8 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9-10
)

DR Movie (eps 4, 8, 11)
E-cho (ep 12)
K-Production (eps 6-7)
Kyoe Sung Production (ep 6)
Lee Production (eps 1-2)
Phoenix Animation (eps 5-13)
Studio Elle (ep 12)
TASK (ep 4)
Uni Animation (eps 6-7)
White Line (eps 4, 8, 11)
Key Animation:
Anime House (ep 11)
Anime R (ep 10)
AnimeRoman (ep 11)
D.A.S.T Corporation (ep 11)
DR Movie (ep 11)
Saito (eps 2, 9, 12-13)
Studio Angle (eps 2, 4, 8, 11)
Studio Mark (ep 11)
Studio Wanpac (ep 11)
Music Production: Pioneer LDC
Paint Check: Buyuu (eps 2-13)
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Soundtrack: Pioneer LDC
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: David Williams
Project Translator: Lucan Duran
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (2008 Thinpak)
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer: David Williams

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Menu Design:
Adeleye Lufadeju
Fumiko Chino (2005 Thinpak)
Roberto Garcia
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design:
Adeleye Lufadeju (Vol. 1-4, 2005 Thinpak)
Fumiko Chino (2005 Thinpak)
Hiroko Fukumori (2008 Thinpak)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Sound Design:
Bryan Leach
Wade Shemwell (eps 1-5)
Subtitle Script & Timing: Jack Wang
Chris Patton as Sasame
Illich Guardiola as Hayate
Kaytha Coker as Takako/Fenrir
Luci Christian as Himeno Awayuki

Greg Ayres as Mannen
Hilary Haag as Hajime
Lauren Goodnight as Natsue Awayuki
Mandy Clark as Mawata Awayuki
Sasha Paysinger as Shin
Shelley Calene-Black as Mayune Awayuki
Spike Spencer as Goh

Jacob A. Gragard as Yamada (ep 13)
Jason Douglas as Kaoru Awayuki
Kaytha Coker as Mikage
Kelly Manison as Himeno's Mom
Monica Rial as
Tipi
Yayoi
Paul Sidello as Tanaka

English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
FUNimation Entertainment (2012)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Patrizio Prata
Federica De Bortoli as Himeno Awayuki
Marco Vivio as Sasame
Simone D'Andrea as Hayate

Alessia Amendola as Mawata Awayuki
Debora Magnaghi as Mikage
Diego Sabre as Tanaka
Emanuela Pacotto as Mayune Awayuki
Gabriele Calindri as Kaoru Awayuki
Gabriele Patriarca as Mannen
Jolanda Granato as Shin
Manuel Meli as Hajime
Marcella Silvestri as Natsue Awayuki
Tosawi Piovani as Yayoi Takata
Italian companies
Broadcaster: MTV Italia (Anime Week)
Distributor:
Fool Frame
Shin Vision
Dubbing: Sample srl
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Dybex
Dutch cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Klariz Magboo as Himeno Awayuki
Robert Brillantes as Hayate
Vilma Borromeo as Takako (Hero dub)

Christian Alvear as Mannen and Shin
Klariz Magboo as Mawata Awayuki (Hero dub)
Vilma Borromeo as Natsue Awayuki (Hero dub)

Klariz Magboo as Yayoi Takata (Hero dub)
Vilma Borromeo as Mikage (Hero dub)

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster:
GMA Network
HERO TV
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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