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Project ARMS (TV)

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© Ryoji Minagawa • Kyoichi Nanatsuki/Shogakukan • TMS


Alternative title:
ARMS
アームズ (Japanese)
プロジェクトアームズ (Japanese)
암스 (Korean)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: superpowers
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ryo Takatsuki is a typical Japanese high school student, whose seemingly nondescript way of life started to unravel with the arrival of Hayato Shingu and Takeshi Tomoe, the new transfer students with a history of disciplinary problems. An unexpected chain of events that followed would change the life of Ryo and those around him, from his childhood friend Katsumi to the brash Hayato and the enigmatic Takeshi, who may yet turn out to be friends or foes. With his new found comrades, Ryo sets out to discover the secret of the mysterious A.R.M.S., which would reveal an unexpected destiny for each of them…
Ratings: 146 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (dub:5, sub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:3)
 Very good: 41 votes (dub:20, sub:17, others:4
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 34 votes (sub:22, dub:10, others:2
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 22 votes (sub:12, dub:10)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Not really good: 8 votes (dub:4, sub:3, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:2, ?:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 389 s, rank: #2559 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.767 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.9933, rank: #4980 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.752 (Good−), rank: #4912 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.19 / seen some: 6.03 / won't finish: 3.78)
Bayesian estimate: 6.811 (Good−), rank: #4331 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2001-04-07 to 2001-09-29
2008-06-07 (Latin America - CityVibe)
Opening Theme:
#1: "FreeBird" by New Cinema Tokage
#2: "Breathe on Me" by New Cinema Tokage
Ending Theme:
#1: "Just Wanna Be" by WAG
#2: "Call my Name" by Garnet Crow (eps 14-26)
Links: We have 1
Review:
Project ARMS DVD 6 (Jan 8, 2004)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Project ARMS - Seasons 1&2 (DVD) 2018-01-30 (from $149.00)
    Project ARMS - The Claws That Catch (DVD 1) 2002-10-08 (from $10.98)
    Project ARMS - Nice New Battle (DVD 2) 2002-12-10 (from $2.66)
    Project ARMS - Eyes of Flame (DVD 3) 2003-02-11 (from $1.99)
    Project ARMS - Tulgey Wood (DVD 4) 2003-04-22 (from $11.94)
    Project ARMS - All on A Summer's Day (DVD 5) 2003-06-10 (from $6.95)
    Project ARMS - Won't You the Dance (DVD 6) 2003-08-12 (from $3.96)
    Project ARMS - The Man at the Helm (DVD 7) 2003-10-21 (from $8.49)
    Project ARMS - 'Twas Brillig (DVD 8) 2004-02-24 (from $9.88)
    Project ARMS - End of the First (DVD 9) 2004-05-04 (from $8.42)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director:
Hirotoshi Takaya
Director: Junichi Takaoka 
Series Composition: Aya Yoshinaga
Screenplay:
Aya Yoshinaga (16 episodes
eps 1-6, 10-11, 14, 17-18, 21-23, 25-26
)

Junichi Miyashita (10 episodes
eps 7-9, 12-13, 15-16, 19-20, 24
)

Storyboard:
Hirotoshi Takaya (OP 1, ED 1; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 11, 22, 26
)

Yukio Okazaki (eps 13, 19)
Episode Director:
Shintaro Itoga (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 14, 20
)

Shinya Hanai (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 18, 23
)

Yukio Okazaki (eps 5, 13, 19)
Original creator:
Ryōji Minagawa
Character Design: Masaki Satō
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Animation Director:
Masaki Hinata (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 18, 23
)

Takako Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 17, 26
)

Yūki Iwai (eps 1, 20, 24)
Art design: Hideyasu Narita
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Shirao
Executive producer: Shunzō Katō
Animation producer: Satoshi Yokoyama
Color design: Shigenobu Kaihoko
Concept Supervisor: Junichi Miyashita
Editing: Terumitsu Okada
In-Between Animation: Kazuhiro Takamura (ep 6)
Key Animation:
Masaharu Morinaka (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 14, 20, 24
)

Yūichi Nakazawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 17, 22, 25
)

Literature Manager: Youko Iizawa
Photography: Hajime Hasegawa
Planning:
Keisuke Iwata
Production manager: Masayuki Mochimaru
Recording Director: Yasuo Urakami
Series Concept: Aya Yoshinaga
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
Theme Song Performance:
WAG (ED1)
Minami Takayama as Kei Kuruma
Nobutoshi Canna as Ryou Takatsuki
Shinichirō Miki as Hayato Shinguu
Yūji Ueda as Takeshi Tomoe

Daiki Nakamura as Kōichi Kabuto
Megumi Ogata as Al Bowen
Mitsuo Iwata as Gauss Gall
Miyuki Ichijō as Misa Takatsuki
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Cliff Gilbert
Show Hayami as Keith Red
Shūichi Ikeda as Jabberwock
Tomoko Miura as Katsumi Akagi
Yukari Honma as Yugo Gilbert
Yuri Shiratori as Carol

Akio Suyama as Delinquent #3 (ep 3)
Aya Hisakawa as
Alice
Aya (eps 20, 22, 25)
Chieko Honda as Bee (eps 8-11)
Dai Matsumoto as
Colleague (ep 24)
Cyborg D (ep 14)
Goto (ep 1)
Man C (ep 17)
Pilot A (ep 12)
Soldier (eps 21-23, 25)
Student #7 (ep 4)
Daisuke Gōri as Gasher (eps 8-12)
Eisuke Yoda as Principal (ep 3)
Hiroshi Naka as
Doctor (ep 1)
Taxi Driver (ep 20)
Hiroya Ishimaru as Keith Blue (eps 13, 26)
Hisao Egawa as
Cyborg A (ep 14)
Man B (ep 17)
Member A (ep 13)
Pilot B (ep 12)
Police Officer (ep 20)
Researcher #1 (ep 11)
Soldier (eps 21-22)
Issei Futamata as Face (eps 8-10)
Isshin Chiba as Thug (eps 7-8)
Jōji Nakata as Ralph Coleman
Junichi Sugawara as
Aoki (ep 9)
Citizen (ep 21)
Jūrōta Kosugi as
Claw (eps 1-3)
Knight
Katsuhisa Hōki as
Kyklops (eps 15-16)
Scientist (ep 15)
Takeshi's Father (eps 14, 26)
Kentarō Itō as Student #5 (ep 4)
Kinryū Arimoto as Iwao Takatsuki
Kōsuke Okano as Classmate (ep 1)
Kouji Nakata as White Rabbit
Kōzō Shioya as Man (ep 1)
Makiko Ōmoto as
Jeff Bowen (eps 3-7)
Maya Tomoe (eps 3, 26)
Masaaki Okabe as Shūichirō Shingū
Masaki Aizawa as Carol's Father (ep 16)
Masashi Hirose as
Cyborg B (ep 14)
Volf (eps 14-15, 19)
Wolf 
Masaya Takatsuka as
Classmate (ep 1)
Student #1 (ep 4)
Minoru Inaba as Man (eps 5-6)
Mitsuaki Madono as Lt. Karl Higgins (eps 21-23)
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Keith Black (eps 25-26)
Saeko Chiba as
Classmate (ep 1)
Student #2 (ep 4)
Shigeru Sakano as Pilot D (ep 12)
Shigeru Shibuya as
Delinquent #1 (eps 1, 3)
Pilot C (ep 12)
Researcher #2 (ep 11)
Student #3 (ep 4)
Shinpachi Tsuji as
Citizen (ep 21)
Mayor (ep 20)
Member C (ep 13)
teacher (eps 3-4)
Shinya Ōtaki as Yamano (eps 9, 11)
Takayuki Inoue as
Doctor (ep 1)
Researcher #3 (ep 11)
Student #6 (ep 4)
Tōru Ōkawa as
Detective #1 (ep 2)
Gunner (ep 12)
Superintendent (eps 8, 20)
Teacher (eps 3-4)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as
Aya's Father (eps 20, 25)
Colleague (ep 24)
Cyborg C (ep 14)
Man A (ep 17)
Pilot (ep 23)
Soldier (ep 21)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Man in Battle Suit B (ep 8)
Yasuyuki Kase as
Citizen (ep 21)
Delinquent #2 (ep 3)
Doctor (ep 1)
Man in Battle Suit A (ep 8)
Member B (ep 13)
Pilot (ep 23)
Red Cap (ep 20)
Soldier (eps 21, 24)
Student #4 (ep 4)
Yō Inoue as Dr. Mary Katz (eps 10-13)
Yumi Nakatani as Chunyan Li
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Jūzō Shingū

Japanese companies
Animation Assistance: Oh! Production
Animation Check:
Studio Boomerang (12 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 9, 11, 17, 20-26 even
)

Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
Animation Production Cooperation:
Studio PAL-PAL (eps 8, 16, 21)
Backgrounds: Studio Easter
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Digital Paint:
TMS Photo
Digital Photography: TMS Photo (T.D.I)
Finish Animation:
Studio Step
In-Between Animation:
Uni Animation
Key Animation:
Pak Production (eps 5, 19)
Key Animation Assistance: Studio MAT (ep 25)
Lith Work: Maki Production
Photography: TMS Photo
Production:
TV Tokyo
Sound Effects: Sound Effects, Inc.
English cast
English staff
Executive producer: Seiji Horibuchi
Producer: Trish Ledoux

Adaptation:
Fred Burke
Dialogue Editing:
Scott Jackson
Engineering Assistant: John Duncan
Production Coordination:
Travis Fraser
Re-Recording Mixing: Keith A. Goddard
Recording engineer: Jeremy Butler
Senior Producer: Toshifumi Yoshida
Video Post-Production:
Leland Miller
Voice Direction: Rob Bakewell
Brad Swaile as Takeshi Tomoe
Brian Drummond as Hayato Shingu
Kirby Morrow as Ryo Takatsuki
Nicole Oliver as Kei Kuruma

Cathy Weseluck as Misa Takatsuki
Kelly Sheridan as Maya Tomoe
Venus Terzo as Katsumi Akagi

Adam Henderson as Gance Gall
Alexandra Carter as Keith Alice
Andrew Robb as Jeff
Brian Dobson as
Kondo
Kyklops
Newscaster
White Rabbit
Chantal Strand as Carol
David Kaye as
Chief Yamaga
Evil Scientist
Newscaster
Thug
Farrell Spence as Li Chunyan
Jenn Forgie as
Aya's Mom
Reporter
Jillian Michaels as Al Bowen
John Novak as
Agent on Bus
Gasher
Lee Tockar as
Bus Driver
Face
Matt Hill as Keith's Aide
Michael Dobson as
Claw's Henchman
Goto
Papa
Police Chief
White Knight
Michael Kopsa as Kabuto
Paul Dobson as Jabberwock
Richard Newman as
Juzo Shingu
Teacher
Ron Halder as
Official
Professor
Ross Douglas as Keith Blue
Samuel Vincent as Keith Black
Ted Cole as Keith's Aide
Teryl Rothery as Dr. Mary Katz
Tony Sampson as Lt. Karl Higgins
Trevor Devall as
Claw
Mr. Tomoe
Viv Leacock as Ralph 'Monty' Coleman
Ward Perry as
Keith
Mayor
Willow Johnson as Yugo Gilbert

English companies
Adaptation: The Ocean Group
Distributor:
Ventura Distribution (2003)
Internet Streaming: Hulu
Licensed by:
Viz Media (Expired)
Recording Studio: Westwood Studios
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: LAPTV (subbed english audio version)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Aldo Stella

Dialogues: Valerio Manenti
Massimo Di Benedetto as Takeshi Tomoe

Alessandro Rigotti as Ryo Takatsuki
Lorenzo Scattorin as Hayato Shingu

Alessandra Karpoff as Kei Kuruma
Benedetta Ponticelli as Jeff Bowen
Emanuela Pacotto as Katsumi Akagi
Enrico Maggi as Jabberwock
Giorgio Bonino as Keith
Irene Scalzo as Al Bowen
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Man-Ga (from 4 July 2011)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing: Raflesia srl
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Vincent Gutierrez as Hayato Shinguu

Dada Carlos as Al Bowen
Grace Cornel as Katsumi
Montreal Repuyan as Keith Red

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster:
Studio 23 (2004)
Dubbing: ABS-CBN

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