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Polyphonica (TV)

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Alternative title:
Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica (Japanese)
神曲奏界ポリフォニカ (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: superpowers
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: In the continent of Polyphonica, Spirits materialized in the world, surviving on the music that is played by humans, and lives together with them. While the spirits don't appear often, some spirits has enough power to materialize in human or animal forms and live together with humans. Dantists, who play special music called “Commandia,” are widely respected in this world. They also usually are in contract with powerful spirits. The new Dantist, Pholon Tatara, makes a contract with, Coathicarte Apa Lagranges and works with her.
Ratings: 336 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Excellent: 26 votes (sub:24, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 61 votes (sub:57, raw:2, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 103 votes (sub:91, dub:6, raw:2, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 58 votes (sub:50, dub:4, raw:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 30 votes (sub:29, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:13, dub:1)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 16 votes (sub:15, raw:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 735 s, rank: #1625 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.580 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8579, rank: #5717 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.456 (Decent+), rank: #6074 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.71 / seen some: 5.62 / won't finish: 3.56)
Bayesian estimate: 6.494 (Decent+), rank: #5470 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2007-04-03 to 2007-06-19
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Apocrypha" by eufonius
Ending Theme:
"Concordia (コンコルディア)" by kukui
Insert song:
"L'aura ~Seirei no Uta~" (L'aura ～ 精霊の唄 ～) by Maiko Horisawa (eps 11-12)
"Rakuen" (楽園) by eufonius (ep 8)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Polyphonica - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2009-11-17 (from $31.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Junichi Watanabe
Director: Masami Shimoda
Series Composition: Ichiro Sakaki
Screenplay:
Toshihiko Tsukiji (eps 3, 9)
Storyboard:
Toshinori Narita (ep 4)
Episode Director:
Yūji Uchida (eps 4, 9)
Music: Hikaru Nanase
Original creator: Ichiro Sakaki
Character Design: Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Art Director: Yuka Ohashi
Animation Director:
Yung Min Choi (ep 4)
Mechanical design: Rei Nakahara
Art design:
Hiroshi Izumi
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Yusuke Sasano
Producer:
Yuuichi Matsunaga

2nd Key Animation:
Shuta Osabe (ep 3)
Assistant Animation Director: Toshiaki Miki (ep 1)
Assistant producer:
Yuichi Yamada (eps 8-12)
Background Art:
Mie Kasai (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 10-12
)
Yuka Ohashi (eps 1-12)
Casting Management: Wataru Matsuoka (eps 1-12)
Character Concepts: Noboru Kannazuki
Character Design Cooperation:
Kinako Hiro (eps 6, 12)
Color Check:
Tomomi Murakami (eps 2, 8)
Color Coordination:
Tomomi Murakami (eps 2, 8)
Color design: Naoko Satō
Design: Kozo Yokota
Digital Color:
Yun Jung Chang (ep 4)
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Ending Illustrations:
Noboru Kannazuki (eps 1-6, 8-12)
Episode Director Assistant: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa (ep 12)
In-Between Animation:
Mun Sik Kim (eps 4, 9)
In-Between Check: Kyung Sun Ryu (eps 4, 9)
Key Animation:
Yung Min Choi (ep 9)
Line Producer: Katsumi Minoguchi
Music Performance:
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Music Production Management: Kensuke Kido (eps 1-12)
Photography:
Yūta Nakamura (eps 1-12)
Planning:
Yukio Sonobe
Production Advancement:
Takayuki Saitō (ep 12)
Production Design:
Shinichi Katano (ep 9)
Production manager: Hiroshi Numata
Production producer: Yasuo Hasegawa
Publicity:
Mizuho Tanaka (eps 1-12)
Publicity Assistant:
Hirotoshi Maeyama (eps 1-12)
Screenplay Assistant: Ryohgo Narita (eps 9, 11-12)
Sound Effects: Naoto Yamaya (Sound Box; eps 1-12)
Sound Mixing: Kazuya Sakakieda (eps 1-12)
Sound Mixing Assistant: Michiya Arakawa (eps 3-12)
Sound Production Manager: Seijun Yagihashi (eps 1-12)
Special Effects:
Yasuhiko Komori (eps 5, 10)
Theme Song Arrangement:
myu (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
myu (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
riya (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Kukui (ED)
Title Logo: Kozo Yokota
Video Editing:
Takanobu Aigi (TOVIC; eps 1-12)
Haruka Tomatsu as Coathicarte Apa Lagranges
Hiroshi Kamiya as Tatara Pholon

Ayako Kawasumi as Yufinley Tsuge
Katsuyuki Konishi as Rembelt Saiki
Nana Mizuki as Perucerte Yugiri
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Yardio (6 episodes
eps 5-6, 8, 10-12
)
Rina Satō as Prinesica Yugiri

Akemi Kanda as Aria (ep 6)
Akeno Watanabe as Maura (ep 2)
Akiko as Child A (ep 4)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Teacher (ep 4)
Aya Endō as Christa (eps 11-12)
Ayumi Fujimura as Suzuna (ep 5)
Dai Matsumoto as Bital (ep 3)
Daisuke Ono as Akatsuki Dillen (eps 3, 5, 10)
Eri Nakao as Official A (ep 3)
Fumie Mizusawa as Coccino (ep 5)
Hikaru Hanada as Partessio Yugiri (ep 8)
Hiroshi Iida as Mechanic (ep 1)
Jun Oosuka as Surom (ep 3)
Jūrōta Kosugi as Assistant Police Inspector Managa (eps 7, 11-12)
Kana Asumi as Policewoman Kusunome (ep 11)
Kaori Akashi as Nurse B (ep 8)
Katsuhito Nomura as Male student A (ep 8)
Kenji Nomura as Emperor (ep 1)
Kōtarō Nakamura as Hadaki (eps 2, 10)
Mamiko Noto as Mailleet (eps 3, 5, 9-10)
Mariko Takigawa as Grandmother (ep 1)
Minori Chihara as Police Inspector Matia (eps 7, 11-12)
Mizuki as Karen (みづき; eps 1, 11-12)
Naoki Kinoshita as Dawson Yamna (ep 7)
Naoki Koshida as Orphan (ep 8)
Nobuo Tobita as Tellmin (eps 11-12)
Rin Tachibana as Pholon (young; ep 1)
Ryōko Ono as Dorislae (ep 8)
Saori Seto as Female Spirit (ep 9)
Sayaka Narita as Misaki (eps 1, 11-12)
Shinji Kawada as Natori (ep 3)
Shōko Yamamoto as Nurse A (ep 8)
Susumu Chiba as Elberio (ep 2)
Tetsu Shiratori as Yokio (ep 5)
Tomo Adachi as Teacher (ep 4)
Yoshikazu Kazuma as Researcher (ep 11)
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Criminal B (ep 9)
Yūichi Ishigami as
Criminal A (ep 9)
Priest (ep 11)
Yuka Iguchi as Child B (ep 4)
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Zahle (ep 9)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Tai Kwon Animation (ep 4)
Animation Co-production:
Studio T&B (eps 2, 11)
Animation Production: Ginga-ya
Animation Production Coordination: T.O Entertainment
Background Art:
Studio Easter (eps 1-12)
Broadcaster:
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2007-04-03)
Digital Color:
M.S.J Musashino Production (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-8, 12
)
Wing Animation (eps 3, 12)
In-Between Animation:
M.S.J Musashino Production (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-8, 12
)
Wing Animation (eps 3, 12)
Key Animation:
Wing Animation (ep 1)
Music Production: Lantis
Original Creator: ocelot
Photography: Buyuu (eps 1-12)
Production:
Tsuge Divine Song Players Corp.
Production Cooperation:
T.O Entertainment
Recording Studio: Procen Studio (eps 1-12)
Series Organization: SB Creative Corp.
Sound Effects: Sound Box (eps 1-12)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule (eps 1-12)
Sponsor: Pony Canyon
Video Editing: TOVIC (eps 1-12)
English cast
English staff
Executive producer:
John Ledford

DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Lance Martin
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital
Internet Streaming:
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Project Translators: HLF
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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