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El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (OAV)



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Alternative title:
El Hazard - The Magnificent World 
El Hazard le Monde Magnifique (French) 
El-Hazard: Un mundo magnífico (Spanish) 
Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard (Japanese) 
神祕的世界 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
神秘の世界エルハザード (Japanese) 
Genres: romance 
Themes: yuri 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: When Makoto Mizuhara discovers an old monument in his school and awakens a beautiful woman, he, his teacher, his worst enemy and one of his female friends is transported to the magnificent world of El Hazard. There they discovers that they have received some special powers. Makoto and his teacher Fujisawa lands in a jungle and saves a princess from some large bugs. Makotos friend Nanami lands in a desert. And Makotos rival, Jinnai lands in the middle of the bug’s kingdom and becomes their general, plotting to destroy Makoto and his new friends. After several having his attacks repelled by Makoto several times, Jinnai learns about an ultimate weapon, the demon Ifurita. And so everyone sets of to find Ifurita, and when she's found Makoto learns that she is the same woman that sent them to El Hazard. But the one gaining control of her is Jinnai. 
Ratings: 805 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 98 votes (sub:54, dub:39, raw:1, ?:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 151 votes (sub:91, dub:54, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 201 votes (sub:131, dub:64, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
3 French subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 198 votes (sub:130, dub:54, raw:4, others:10
3 German dubbed
3 French dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 87 votes (sub:56, dub:24, raw:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 37 votes (sub:31, dub:4, ?:1, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:5, ?:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:3, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1716 s, rank: #705 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.625 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6489, rank: #1499 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.582 (Very good−), rank: #1471 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.73 / seen some: 6.18 / won't finish: 4.94)
Bayesian estimate: 7.580 (Very good−), rank: #1165 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 7 
Episode titles: We have 7
Vintage: 1995-05-26 to 1996-01-25 
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Boys be Free!" by Etsuko Kozakura 
"Little Flower" by Yuri Amano (ep 7) 
Links: We have 3
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 6
Review:
News: Show:
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Noir PR (Apr 24, 2002)
New Release Dates (Nov 7, 2001)
Release Date Changes (Oct 31, 2001)
Delays and Cancelations (Jun 28, 2001)
Viz Press Release (Feb 27, 2001)
Viz April Releases (Dec 22, 2000)
Releases from Viz (Nov 2, 2000)
Further AX '99 Updates (Jul 20, 1999)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World - OVA 1+2 Collection (Blu-ray) 2021-08-03 (from $41.98)
DVD (Region 1)
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (DVD 1) 2007-05-29 (from $8.99)
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (DVD 2) 2007-07-31 (from $20.97)
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World - DVD Box Set (DVD 1-3) 2001-08-07 (from $179.00)
LaserDisc
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (LD 1) 1995-08-01
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (LD 2) 1995-10-31
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (LD 3) 1996-01-30
    El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (LD 4) 1996-06-04

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Yūji Moriyama (ED) 
Screenplay: Ryōe Tsukimura 
Storyboard:
Shigeru Kimiya (ep 5) 
Music: Seikou Nagaoka 
Original Concept:
Ryōe Tsukimura 
Character Design: Kazuto Nakazawa 
Art Director: Nobuhito Sue 
Animation Director:
Yūji Ikeda (eps 2, 5) 
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda 
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Satō 
Executive producer: Tarō Maki 
Producer:
Yasuo Hasegawa 

Animation:
Yūji Moriyama (ED; eps 2-6) 
Animation Advancement:
Jung Won Ko (ep 1) 
Art Setting: Masahiro Satō (ep 4) 
Assistant Animation Checker: Tsutomu Takei (ep 7) 
Assistant Animation Director:
Hiroyuki Ochi (ep 7) 
Background Art:
Yuki Sakata (Kusanagi) 
Background Assistance:
Yōichi Nangō (eps 5-7) 
Color setting:
Takashi Tomihata 
Color Styling: Takuya Kawami 
Concept Advice:
Takeshi Okazaki 
Design: Koji Watanabe 
Editing:
Terumitsu Okada 
In-Between Animation:
Yuu Takahata 
In-Between Check:
Yukiko Imai 
Key Animation:
Yūzō Satō (ep 4) 
Music Director:
Hiroyuki Morinaga (ep 1) 
Paint:
Yuka Suzuki 
Paint Advancement:
Jung Won Ko (ep 1) 
Paint Check:
Yukari Niwa 
Photography:
Yasuhiko Abe 
Planning:
Tōru Miura 
Production Advancement:
Yumiko Nagaoka (eps 2, 5) 
Production manager:
Takashi Toyoda (ep 6) 
Production producer:
Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki (eps 2, 5) 
Recording: Kimitaka Kawasaki 
Recording Assistant: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi 
Recording engineer: Hiroshi Tsujimoto 
Setting Production: Ken Bandou (ep 6) 
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi 
Special Effects:
Yutaka Hoshiba (Marix) 
Supervising Animation Director: Kazuto Nakazawa 
Theme Song Arrangement: Seikou Nagaoka 
Theme Song Composition: Seikou Nagaoka 
Theme Song Lyrics: Natsuko Karedo (ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Yuri Amano (ED2) 
Aya Sakaguchi as Ura 
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Katsuhiko Jinnai 
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Makoto Mizuhara 
Yuri Amano as Ifurita 

Etsuko Kozakura as Alielle 
Kikuko Inoue as Rune Venus 
Kōji Ishii as Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa 
Mifuyu Hiiragi as Fatora 
Rikako Aikawa as Nahato 
Rio Natsuki as Nanami Jinnai 
Tomo Sakurai as Shayla-Shayla 

Hideaki Ono as Lord C (ep 1) 
Hiroshi Naka as Londs 
Miho Yoshida as Afura Mann 
Mizue Ohtsuka as Kiriya 
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Galus 
Saeko Shimazu as Miz Mishtal 
Takashi Nagasako as
Lord A (ep 7) 
Sensible Lord (ep 5) 
War General B (ep 6) 
Takayasu Usui as
Driver B (ep 3) 
Lord A (eps 1-2, 5) 
Takehiro Murozono as
Driver A (ep 3) 
War General A (ep 6) 
Tamio Ōki as Dr. Shtalubaugh 
Toru Nagasawa as Lord B (ep 1) 
Yōko Soumi as Diva 
Japanese companies
Animation: Studio Ebisu (OP) 
Animation Advancement:
Sunshine Corporation (ep 1) 
Background Art: Kusanagi 
Co-Production:
Oniro  (eps 1-7) 
Development: Imagica 
In-Between Animation:
Tokyo Kids (ep 1) 
In-Between Animation Assistance:
Tokyo Kids (eps 4, 7) 
Key Animation: Studio Take Off (ep 2) 
Paint:
Studio PIA (eps 1, 7) 
Paint Advancement:
Sunshine Corporation (ep 1) 
Paint Assistance:
Trans Arts Co. (ep 5) 
Paint Check:
Studio Junio (ep 2) 
Photography:
Mushi Production (eps 3, 6) 
Photography Assistance:
Studio Cavern (ep 7) 
Production:
Pioneer LDC 
special effects: Marix 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jenny Haniver 
Translation:
Takayu Toshizo 
ADR Script:
Mary Claypool 
Executive producer:
Shawne Kleckner (Right Stuf) 
Producer:
Kit Thomas 

Digital ADR Engineer:
Phil Brewster 
DVD Design: Tom Watanabe 
DVD Engineer: Songyi Liu 
Final Mix: Joe Romersa 
Packaging Design: Kris Gero (Right Stuf) 
Recording Facility Engineer: Les Claypool III 
Senior Producer: Kris Gero (Right Stuf) 
Translation Assistance: Judy Albert (Right Stuf) 
Bob Marx as Katsuhiko Jinnai 
Christy Mathewson as Makoto Mizuhara 
Julie Kliewer as Ura 
Tiffany James as Ifurita 

Debbie Derosa as Kiriya 
Lia Sargent as Nanami Jinnai 
Melissa Charles as Alielle 
Melodee Lee as Afura Mann 
Michael Sorich as Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa 
Mimi Woods as Shayla-Shayla 
Mona Marshall as Nahato 
Ruby Marlowe as Rune Venus 
Tessa Ariel as Fatora 
Tom Wyner as Galus 
William Frederick Knight as Dr. Schtalubaugh 

Arnie Hanks as
Bald Lord (eps 1-2, 5) 
Student Council Member B (ep 1) 
Stuffed-Up Merchant (ep 1) 
Bambi Darro as
Bathing Shrine Maiden A (walla; ep 3) 
Concerned Maid (ep 1) 
Female Student C (walla; ep 1) 
Christy Mathewson as Phantom Tribe Soldiers (walla; ep 7) 
Dan Martin as
Celebrating Lord A (ep 5) 
Commander (walla; ep 6) 
Soldier A (walla; ep 6) 
War General D (ep 6) 
David Lucas as
General (ep 6) 
Phantom Tribe Scientist A 
War General C (ep 6) 
Diva West as
Diva 
Squabbling Lord B (walla; eps 1, 5) 
Dolly Llama as Female Lord (eps 1, 5) 
Dorothy Melendrez as
Female Student A (walla; ep 1) 
Maid pouring Sake (walla; ep 1) 
Miz Mishtal 
Dougary Grant as
Bugrom Footsoldiers (walla) 
Chico (scarlet bugrom) 
Creature (ep 1) 
Driver (ep 3) 
Driver A (ep 3) 
El-Hazard Civilian A (walla; eps 4-5) 
Extreme Lord (ep 5) 
Groucho (purple bugrom) 
Gummo (yellow bugrom) 
Harpo (orange bugrom) 
Lord (ep 5) 
Margaret (green bugrom) 
Murmuring Lord (ep 1) 
Sansuke (Miz's footman) 
Unimpressed Student B (ep 1) 
War General B (ep 6) 
Zeppo (red bugrom) 
Gloria Gines as
Bathing Shrine Maiden B (walla; ep 3) 
Fleeing Maids (walla; ep 5) 
Jeff Nimoy as
Director (ep 1) 
Male Student A (walla; ep 1) 
Rallying Lord (ep 1) 
Student Council Member C (ep 1) 
Jimmy Krakor as
El-Hazard Civilian B (walla; eps 4-5) 
Impatient Customer A (ep 2) 
Joan Carol as Whispering Maid A (walla; ep 1) 
Joe Romersa as
Driver (ep 3) 
Driver B (ep 3) 
Royal Guard B (walla; ep 1) 
Unimpressed Student A (ep 1) 
Joey Camen as
iring Lord (walla; ep 5) 
Logical Lord (walla; ep 5) 
Soldier B (walla; ep 6) 
Worrying Lord (ep 5) 
Jonathan Charles as Cameraman (walla; ep 1) 
Les Claypool III as Lecherous Customer (walla; ep 2) 
Lia Sargent as Whispering Maid B (walla; ep 1) 
Mary Claypool as Bugrom Messenger (eps 1-2) 
Melissa Charles as
Bashful Girl (walla; ep 1) 
Female Student B (walla; ep 1) 
Roshtarian Maid A (walla; ep 1) 
Melodee Lee as Reporter (ep 1) 
Mona Marshall as El-Hazard Civilian C (walla; eps 4-5) 
Patricia Ja Lee as
Afura Mann 
Reporter 
Penny Sweet as Roshtarian Maid B (walla; ep 1) 
Peter Spellos as Roll Londs 
Ralph Holderness as Royal Guard A (ep 1) 
Rudy Luzion as
Big-Nosed Lord (eps 1-2, 5, 7) 
Lord (eps 1-2) 
Male Student B (ep 1) 
Student Council Member (ep 1) 
Student Council Vice-President (ep 1) 
Sam Strong as
Celebrating Lord B (ep 5) 
Phantom Tribe Scientist B 
Sonny Byrkett as War General A (ep 6) 
Susan Amber as Messenger 
William Frederick Knight as
Impatient Customer B (ep 2) 
Squabbling Lord A (walla; eps 1, 5) 
Yuji Moto as
Insistent Guy (walla; ep 1) 
Journalist (walla; ep 1) 

English companies
ADR Production:
ZRO Limit Productions 
Broadcaster:
International Channel 
Distributor: Man Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
DVD Authoring: Deluxe 
DVD Menu Design: Kappa Studios, INC. 
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc.  (Expired)The Right Stuf International (2019) 
Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post 
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions 
French staff
French cast
(none)
Cyrille Artaux as Katsuhiko Jinnaï 
Laurence Bréheret as Ifurita 
Olivier Korol as Makoto Mizuhara 

Antoine Tome as Mr Fujisawa 
Colette Noel as Shayla-Shayla 
Laurence Bréheret as Rune Venus 
Stéphanie Lafforgue as Nanami Jinnaï (voix 2) 
Sybille Tureau as Nanami Jinnaï (voix 1) 

Antoine Tome as Galus 
Christine Paris as
Afura Mann 
Diva (voix 2) 
Colette Noel as Kiriya 
Michel Raimbault as Londs 
Sybille Tureau as Diva (voix 1) 

French companies
Broadcaster:
Pink TV 
Distributor: KAZÉ 
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val 
Aurora Ferrándiz as Ifurita (Spain dub; ep 1) 
Diana De Guzmán as Ifurita (Spain dub; eps 6-7) 
Jordi Pons as Makoto Mizuhara (Spain dub) 
José Javier Serrano as Katsuhiko Jinnai (Spain dub) 
Marta Barbará as Ifurita (Spain dub; eps 4-5) 

Alberto Mieza as Masamichi Fujisawa (Spain dub) 
Aurora Ferrándiz as Afura Mann (Spain dub; eps 2-3) 
Berta Cortés as Nanami Jinnai (Spain dub; eps 1-3) 
Elisa Beuter as Rune Venus (Spain dub; eps 6-7) 
Elisabet Bargalló as
Alielle Relrye (Spain dub) 
Fatora Venus (Spain dub) 
Geni Rey as Afura Mann (Spain dub; eps 4-7) 
Gloria Gonzalez as Ura (Spain dub; eps 4-5) 
Isabel Muntané as Ura (Spain dub; eps 1-3) 
Javier Viñas as Galus (Spain dub) 
Maria del Mar Tamarit as Shayla-Shayla (Spain dub) 
Marta Barbará as Rune Venus (Spain dub; eps 1-2, 5) 
Mercedes Diemand-Hartz as Nanami Jinnai (Spain dub; eps 4-7) 
Nuria Doménech as Miz Mishtal (Spain dub; ep 3) 
Victoria Ramos as
Alielle Relrye (Spain dub; ep 6) 
Miz Mishtal (Spain dub; eps 4-7) 

Concha García Valero as Diva (Spain dub; eps 1-3) 
Dionisio Macias as Londs (Spain dub; eps 1-2) 
Elisa Beuter as
Kiriya (Spain dub) 
Nahato (Spain dub; eps 6-7) 
Félix Benito as Dr. Shtalubaugh (Spain dub; ep 5) 
Gloria Gonzalez as
Diva (Spain dub; ep 5) 
Nahato (Spain dub; eps 4-5) 
Luis Espinosa as Londs (Spain dub; ep 5) 
María Espinosa as Diva (Spain dub; eps 6-7) 
Pedro José Martos as Londs (Spain dub; eps 6-7) 
Santiago Cortés as Dr. Shtalubaugh (Spain dub; eps 1-2) 
Toni Solanes as Dr. Shtalubaugh (Spain dub; eps 6-7) 

Elisa Beuter (Spain dub) 
Isabel Muntané (Spain dub) 
Javier Amilibia (Spain dub) 
Luis Espinosa (Spain dub) 
Miguel Marquillas (Spain dub) 
Pedro José Martos (Spain dub) 
Toni Solanes (Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain) 
Dubbing Studio: Triveu (Spain dub) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Alessandro Tiberi as Makoto Mizuhara 
Andrea Ward as Masamichi Fujisawa 
Barbara De Bortoli as Sheera-Sheera 
Claudia Catani as Miz Mishtal 
sca Guadagno as Efreeta 
Laura Lenghi as Afra Marn 
Monica Bertolotti as Nanami Jinnai 
Nanni Baldini as Katsuhiko Jinnai 

Antonella Baldini as Fatora 
Federica De Bortoli as Ariell 
sca Fiorentini as Rune Venus 
sco Prando as Gares 
Laura Latini as Nahato 
Mario Milita as Strellbaugh 
Paolo Buglioni as Londs 
Roberta Greganti as Diiva 
Italian companies
Distributor: Dynamic Italia 
German staff
German cast
(none)
Adeline Schebesch as Ifurita 
Andreas Müller as Mizuhara Makoto 
Sasha Kaufmann as Jinnai 

Adeline Schebesch as Shayla-Shayla 
Björn Dobelman as Nahato 
Frank Strobelt as Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa 
Heidi Schliesser as Alielle 
Natasa Tolimir as Fatora 
Stefanie Albrecht as Rune Venus 

Christina Nussbaum as Jinnai 
Heidi Schliesser as Kiraia 
Joachim Rudolph as Galus 
Nina Marschke as
AfuraMang 
Diva 
Stephanie Albrecht as Miz Mishtal 
Thomas Witte as Dr. Schtalubaugh 
Tristan Vogt as Londs 
German companies
Broadcaster: VOX 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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