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Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid (TV)

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Alternative title:
ヴァルキリードライヴ マーメイド (Japanese)
Genres: action
Themes: yuri
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: In a world where five artificial islands exists, Mamori is a "mermaid" transferred to one of those islands. When Mamori is attacked, a newly transferred girl named Mirei saves her. The enemy doesn't stop, however, and the two are soon cornered. Just when they think all hope is lost, Mirei kisses Mamori, and Mamori turns into a sword. Mirei then wields the sword and launches a counterattack against their enemies.
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Ratings: 167 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 26 votes (sub:23, dub:3)
 Good: 39 votes (sub:33, dub:6)
 Decent: 32 votes (sub:26, dub:5, raw:1)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:2)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:6, raw:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 281 s, rank: #3218 (of 9997)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.222 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.2518, rank: #6933 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.128 (Decent), rank: #7139 (of 10155) (seen all: 6.52 / seen some: 2.73 / won't finish: 2.84)
Bayesian estimate: 6.225 (Decent+), rank: #6275 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2015-10-10
Opening Theme:
"Overdrive" by Hitomi Harada
Ending Theme:
"Ultra Super Hyper Miracle Romantic" (ウルトラスーパーハイパーミラクルロマンチック) by Mikako Izawa & Yuka Iguchi
Review:
Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid- (Dec 29, 2015)
News: Show:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2019-11-12 (from $22.49)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid - The Complete Series (BD+DVD) 2017-04-18 (from $109.98)
DVD (Region 4)
    Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid - Complete Series (DVD) 2017-06-07

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiraku Kaneko
Series Composition: Yōsuke Kuroda
Script:
Yōsuke Kuroda (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-9, 11-12
)

Storyboard:
Yoshihiro Takamoto (eps 6, 10)
Episode Director:
Toshinori Watanabe (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 12
)

Unit Director:
Kazunori Mizuno (OP)
Character Design:
Kakkowarai Mana (Valkyrie Drive Bhikkuni; ep 12)
Art Director: Hiroki Matsumoto
Art:
Kuniaki Nemoto (KUSANAGI; eps 4, 6, 9)
Chief Animation Director:
Takeshi Yoshioka
Animation Director:
Yumiko Ishii (ep 12)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Cgi Director: Hisashi Akimoto
Director of Photography: Takeo Goto
Producer:
Takurō Hatakeyama (GENCO)

2D Work: Jirō Kageyama (eps 1-5, 7-12)
2nd Key Animation:
Yoshinori Nakamura (ep 1)
3D:
Yoshifumi Takegawa (eps 3-5, 8-12)
Action Supervision: Kōichi Usami
Arm Design: Yoshinori Iwanaga
Art Setting:
Takafumi Nishima
Assistant Director: Toshinori Watanabe
Assistant producer: Shintaro Yoshitake
Associate producer: Takao Asaga
Background Art:
Yusa Ito (KUSANAGI; ep 6)
Breast Producer: Kenichirō Takaki (Marvelous AQL)
Color Check:
Miyuki Yoshioka (eps 9, 11)
Color design:
Mayumi Nagashima
Color Design Assistance:
Miyuki Abe (eps 2-3)
Color setting:
Miyuki Yoshioka (eps 9, 11)
Comic By: yuztan (Monthly Comp Ace)
Cooperation:
Yoshimi Nakajima (Quaras)
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Finish Animation:
Hee Jung Kim (HANJIN ANIMATION; JIWOO ANIMATION; 7 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 9-11
)

Young-Suk Seok (HANJIN ANIMATION; eps 2, 6, 10)
Home Page Production: Takeshi Furuuchi
In-Between Animation:
Yun Hee Lee (JIWOO ANIMATION; eps 3, 7, 9, 11)
In-Between Check: Tatsuya Kawashima (eps 1-12)
Key Animation:
Hiroshi Konno (4 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 12
)

Tsutomu Ohshiro (6 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6, 8, 12
)

Yūta Masaki (eps 1, 8, 12)
MD License Manager: Misato Aoki (GENCO)
Music producer: Gō Wakabayashi
Offline Editing:
Hiromi Sasaki (Seyama Editing Room)
Photography:
Hiroshi Ōizumi (T2 Studio; 5 episodes
eps 4-5, 7, 9, 12
)

Tomohiro Takahashi (T2 Studio; 6 episodes
eps 4-5, 7-9, 12
)

Yuusuke Sakamoto (J.C. STAFF Photography Dept.; ep 6)
Planning:
Yoshikuni Murata (Showgate)
Planning Cooperation: Nobuhiro Ozawa (EGG FIRM)
Production Advancement:
Zaha (eps 3, 7, 11)
Production Desk: Kōji Matsumura
Production producer: Kazuyoshi Ozawa (ARMS)
Publicity: Masako Yumioka
Publicity Cooperation: Takashi Irisawa (Marvelous)
Recording Adjustment: Nobuhiro Negishi
Recording Assistant: Kimitaka Shindō
Setting Production: Yūya Kumagai
Sound Effects: Naoto Yamatani
Sound Production Manager: Keisuke Naruse
Special Effects: Takeshi Ogawa (eps 1-5, 7-12)
Special Milk Technology: Masaya Nozaki
Sub-Character Design:
Kazutoshi Azuma (8 episodes
eps 2-4, 7, 9-12
)

Takeshi Yoshioka (eps 3-7, 9-12)
Sub-Prop Design: Aiko Funamichi (eps 3-12)
Theme Song Performance:
Yuka Iguchi (ED)
Mikako Izawa as Mamori Tokonome
Yuka Iguchi as Mirei Shikishima

Asami Seto as Charlotte Shalzen
Azumi Asakura as Lady J
Hitomi Harada as Momoka Sagara
Kikuko Inoue as Torino Kazemi
Masumi Tazawa as Kasumi Shigure
Saori Ōnishi as Rain Hasumi
Yuna Yoshino as Akira Hiiragi
Yurika Kubo as Meifon Sakura

Airi Ōtsu as Mamori's Mother (ep 1)
Asami Shimoda as D5 (eps 9, 11)
Aya Suzaki as Rinka Kagurazaka (ep 12)
Ayaka Suwa as Hibiki Kenjō
Azumi Waki as Girl (ep 11)
Chihiro Ishiguro as
Girl (ep 11)
Goto
Hexe (eps 6, 9)
Ritter (eps 5, 10)
Eri Suzuki as Kusumi (ep 7)
Fumiko Uchimura as
Girl (ep 12)
Hexe (eps 2, 6, 9)
Ichimiya (ep 7)
Resident (ep 4)
Ritter (ep 5)
Ritter A (ep 1)
Thug (ep 10)
Troop (ep 3)
Haruka Itou as
Hexe (ep 9)
Resident (eps 10, 12)
Ritter (ep 5)
Harumi Sakurai as Kibami Saejima
Hiromichi Tezuka as Fighter (ep 2)
Hitomi Ohwada as
Hexe (ep 4)
Kosugi (ep 7)
Resident (ep 3)
Ikumi Hayama as Hyouko Yundo (ep 6)
Jun Kasama as Researcher (ep 11)
Juri Kimura as Momoko Kozuki
Kaede Hondo as Hexe (ep 7)
Kanae Itō as Ranka Kagurazaka (ep 12)
Kōichi Sōma as Doctor (eps 10-11)
Kyō Yaoya as Umpire (ep 5)
Mamiko Noto as Akira Hiiragi's mother (ep 07)
Manami Tanaka as Ichiha Shiraisu
Marie Miyake as Futaba Kirii (ep 6)
Marika Kōno as E9 (eps 9-11)
Mariko Higashiuchi as Thug (ep 10)
Megumi Satō as
Bookmaker (ep 6)
Girl (ep 12)
Hexe (ep 7)
Ritter (ep 5)
Minami Takahashi as Nini Minimi
Miria Takagishi as
Hexe (ep 9)
Hexe A (ep 1)
Moemi Otaka as
Futaki (ep 7)
Hexe (eps 2, 4, 6)
Resident (ep 12)
Ritter (eps 5, 10)
Ritter B (ep 1)
Nana Hamasaki as Hexe B (ep 1)
Natsumi Hioka as Marianne (eps 9-10)
Reina Ueda as Miidera (ep 7)
Rena Maeda as Hexe (ep 2)
Rie Takahashi as Noe Oya
Risae Matsuda as Manroe (eps 9-10)
Rumi Okubo as Miranda (ep 4)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Official (ep 12)
Sachiko Kojima as A (eps 8, 11)
Saima Nakano as
Girl (ep 12)
Hexe (ep 2)
Resident (eps 3-4)
Yotsuya (ep 7)
Shizuka Ishigami as Aoi Miyasato
Taishi Murata as Mamori's Father (ep 1)
Tomo Muranaka as Thug Leader (ep 10)
Yumi Uchiyama as Tomomi Nukui (eps 2-3)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Core (5 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 11-12
)

TAP (eps 1, 12)
3DCGI: T2 Studio
Animation Production: Arms
Backgrounds:
NARA Animation (eps 7-12)
Finish Animation:
Reboot (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 11-12
)

TAP (eps 1, 12)
Home Page Production: Streaming Japan
In-Between Animation:
Jiwoo Animation (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 7, 9, 11
)

Reboot (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 11-12
)

TAP (eps 1, 12)
Key Animation:
Studio Toybox (ep 5)
Logo Design: BALCOLONY.
Music Production: Kadokawa
Offline Editing: Seyama Editing Room
Original Creator: Valkyrie Drive Project
Photography:
T2 Studio
Production Cooperation:
Jiwoo Animation (eps 3, 7, 11)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Video Editing: Good Job Tokyo
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jerry Jewell
Script: Alex Muniz
Translation: Ryo Mukaiya
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer:
Colby Cockburn
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton
Commentary:
Monica Rial (ep 3)
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Lead ADR Engineer: Manuel Aragon
Mix Engineer:
Gino Palencia (eps 1, 3-5)
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez
Subtitling:
Sara Bachmeyer
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Josh Tyler
Video Engineer: Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
English companies
Internet Streaming:
Wakanim (Nordic countries and the Netherlands)
Licensed by:
Man Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
AsiAnime (Spain)
Licensed by: Arait Multimedia (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Michael Bauer
Script: Thomas Rock
Angelina Geisler as Mamori Tokonome
Lisa Mitsching as Mirei Shikishima

Anja Rybiczka as Torino Kazami
Anna Gamburg as Rein Hasumi
Laurine Betz as Charlotte Scherzen
Leonie Dubuc as Momoko Kouzuki
Lin Gothóni as Momoka Sagara
Lisa Braun as Aoi Miyasato
Shanti Chakraborty as Kasumi Shigure
Simone Jaeger as Akira Hiiragi
Wicki Kalaitzi as Lady J

Anita Hopt as Meifeng Sakura
Daniela Molina as Gami Saejima (eps 1-2)
Josephine Schmidt as Tomomi Nukui (eps 2-3, 7, 12)
Lydia Morgenstern as Ange (6 episodes
eps 2-4, 9-10, 12
)
Michael Bauer as Mamori's Father (ep 1)
Michelle Winter as Nimi Minimi (eps 5-6, 12)

German companies
Distributor: KSM
Dubbing: GlobaLoc

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