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Birdy the Mighty (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Tetsuwan Birdy (Japanese)
Wspaniała Birdy (Polish)
Могучая Берди (Russian)
鉄腕バーディー (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Tsutomu, an average middle school kid busy studying for the final exams to enter high school runs into a man running from someone and gets caught up in the chase. In all the confusion he is accidentally killed. Luckily Birdy (an interplanetary agent) knows a way to save him, unfortunately that means ing bodies to become one. So now he is stuck with this officer and along for the ride capturing criminals and saving lives.
Ratings: 443 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:3, raw:1)
 Excellent: 40 votes (sub:27, dub:11, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Very good: 94 votes (sub:57, dub:29, raw:1, others:7
4 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 147 votes (sub:87, dub:46, ?:2, others:12
4 Spanish subtitled
4 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 87 votes (sub:46, dub:37, others:4
2 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 36 votes (sub:17, dub:16, ?:1, others:2
2 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (dub:5, sub:5, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:5, dub:3, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1038 s, rank: #1187 (of 9998)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.930 (Good), std. dev.: 1.4464, rank: #4395 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.856 (Good), rank: #4489 (of 10155) (seen all: 6.93 / seen some: 6.48 / won't finish: 4.57)
Bayesian estimate: 6.874 (Good), rank: #4064 (of 7635)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage:
1996-07-25
2000-09-16 (Latin America - Locomotion)
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Ai no Kiseki " by Mitsuishi Kotono & Iwanaga Tetsuya
"With Your Memory" by Kotono Mitsuishi
Ending Theme:
#1: "Future Shock" by Cherry (eps 1-3)
#2: "Sayonara Kara Hajimeyou (サヨナラから始めよう; Let's Start with Goodbye)" by The s.h.e (ep 4)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Birdy the Mighty - Double Trouble (DVD 1) 2004-03-09
    Birdy the Mighty - Final Force (DVD 2) 2004-05-11 (from $77.99)
    Creator Spotlight: Kawajiri Brick Pack (DVD) 2004-10-26
VHS
    Birdy the Mighty - Double Trouble (Dub.VHS 1) 1999-01-05
    Birdy the Mighty - Final Force (Dub.VHS 2) 1999-03-02 (from $9.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Screenplay:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (eps 3-4)
Storyboard:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (eps 1, 3)
Episode Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (eps 1, 3)
Music: Kō Ōtani
Original Manga: Masami Yūki
Character Design: Kumiko Takahashi
Art Director: Katsushi Aoki
Chief Animation Director: Kumiko Takahashi
Animation Director:
Kunihiko Sakurai (ep 2)
Mechanical design: Yoshinori Sayama
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Assistant Episode Director:
Takafumi Hoshikawa (ep 2)
Background Art:
Yuji Ikehata (ep 1)
Color design: Tomoko Yamamoto
Color setting:
Tomoko Yamamoto (eps 1, 3-4)
Creature Design: Yutaka Izubuchi
Editing:
Yukiko Itō
In-Between Animation:
Toushio Kobayashi (ep 4)
In-Between Check:
Yutaka Sakamoto (eps 1-3)
Key Animation:
Yūzō Satō (eps 1-2, 4)
Music producer:
Yoshimoto Ishikawa
Paint:
Masayuki Hano (ep 1)
Paint Check:
Yuriko Kadomoto (eps 1-4)
Photography:
Yukihiro Masumoto (eps 2-4)
Production Advancement:
Tsuneo Tomitaka (ep 4)
Production Desk: Yoshimichi Murata
Production Supervision:
Yuko Kuwazono
Publicity Manager:
Shiho Miyai
Recording Adjustment: Fujio Yamada (Techno Sound)
Sound Effects: Kenji Shibasaki (Sound Box)
Sound Production Manager: Takeshi Takadera (Techno Sound)
Special Effects:
Toyohiko Sakakibara (ep 4)
Supervision: Yutaka Izubuchi
Theme Song Arrangement:
Yuzo Hayashi (eps 1-3)
Theme Song Composition:
TA,Cool (ep 4)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Hiroko Yah (eps 1-3)
Theme Song Performance:
The S.H.E. (ep 4)
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Tsutomu

Akio Ōtsuka as Gomez
Daiki Nakamura as
Ikeuchi
Salamander
Hajime Koseki as Chief
Hajime Ozaki as Chief
Keaton Yamada as Kouichirou
Keiji Fujiwara as Masakubo
Kotoe Taichi as Izumi
Mako Hyōdō as Repi
Makoto Higo as Hanezawa
Megumi Tano as lady
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Yagibashi
Motomu Kiyokawa as Megiusu
Norio Wakamoto as Pachirusu
Osamu Ichikawa as Hikawa
Takeshi Aono as Yamazaki
Tomohisa Asō as Old man
Tomoko Maruo as Hazumi
Tōru Furusawa as Coroner
Yōsuke Akimoto as Hospital Director
Yuka Nagayoshi as announcer
Yukana Nogami as Natsumi
Yūsaku Yara as Geega
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse
Background Art:
Tezuka Productions (ep 2)
Film: Kodak
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
In-Between Animation:
Studio Wombat (ep 1)
Lithwork: Maki Production
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Music Production Assistance: Borderline
Paint:
Studio Fantasia (ep 2)
Photography:
TMS Photo (ep 4)
Production:
Shogakukan
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Techno Sound
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Peter Cascone
Translation: Kevin McKeown
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
Associate producer:
Karel Havle (Subtitled VHS)
Dubbing Coordination: Karel Havle
Dubbing Manager: Christopher Sippel
DVD Coordination:
Michael Palan
Editing:
Nigel Kettle
In-House Production:
Tim Werenko
Quality Control: Brian Mah
Alex McCord as Birdy
Justin Thompson as Tsutomu

Brian Schneider as Geega (ep 1)
Cory Carthew as Gomez
Debbie Rabbai as Hazumi
Doug Markley as Yamazaki (eps 3-4)
Justin Thompson as Yagabashi (eps 3-4)
Kim Carrell as Father
Mary Alice McGuire as
Christella Revi (eps 3-4)
Mother
Matty O'Shea as Natsumi
Ted Lewis as Hikawa
Tom Foral as Meguis

English companies
Broadcaster: Anime Selects
Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps
DVD Menu Design: DVD Labs
DVD Premastering: DVD Labs
Licensed by: Central Park Media
Recording Studio: Skyhigh Productions
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Jeong-Mi Bae as Birdy
Sang-Hyeon Eom as Tsutomu Senkawa

Choi Hana as Hazumi Senkawa
Gwang Jang as Megiusu
Hong Siho as Hikawa
Jong-Hyeok Lee as Gomez
Ju-Chang Lee as Yagibashi
Lee Jamyeong as Natsumi Hayamiya
Lee Seoyun as Revi
So-Hyeong Kim as Yamazaki
Korean companies
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Luis Daniel Ramirez as Tsutomu Senkawa
Romy Mendoza as Birdy

Ariadna Rivas as Hazumi Senkawa
Belinda Martinez as News reporter
Carlos Becerril as Maestro
César Soto as Bachirus
Ismael Castro as Tsutomu's father
Marcos Patiño as Seikiro Hikawa
Martin Soto as Gomez
Maru Guerrero as Tsutomu's mother
Miguel Angel Ghigliazza as Inspector Meloris
Miguel Angel Sanromán as Inspector Yamazaki
Pedro D'Aguillon Jr as Narrator
Teresa Ibarrola as Natsumi
Victor Mares as Doctor
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Locomotion (Latin America)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Elcio Sodré (Brazil)

Screen Inserts: Júlio Franco
Tânia Gaidarji as Birdy
Vagner Fagundes as Tsutomu Senkawa

Carlos Campanile as Inspetor Megius
Emerson Caperbat as Hikawa Seichiro
Fritz Gianvito as Inspetor Meloris
Patrícia Scalvi as Christella Lebi
Walter Breda as Inspetor Yamazaki

Dado Monteiro as
Diretor do hospital (ep 2)
Salomão (eps 3-4)
Eudes Carvalho as Geega (ep 1)
Fábio Tomasini as
Assassin/robber
Bachirus (ep 1)
Fadu Costha as Pai do Tsutomu
Figueira Júnior as Mori (ep 2)
Maralise Tartarine as Mãe do Tsutomu
Priscila Concépcion as Hiyamiya Natsumi
Rodrigo Andreatto as Student wearing eyeglasses
Thiago Longo as Obese student

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Locomotion Brazil (Dubbed)
Dubbing Studio: Mastersound (Brazil)

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