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Hand Maid May (TV)

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Alternative title:
HAND MAID メイ (Japanese)
Ручная горничная Мэй (Russian)
袖珍女侍小梅 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: robot girl
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Saotome Kazuya is a computer whiz. One day his friend Nanbara, threatens him with a computer virus. Trying to stop the virus, Kazuya ends up making a special order. May is a cyberdoll that arrives at his door a few minutes later and she is 1/6th the size of a normal person, which makes for many awkward situations. Not to mention the fact Kazuya can't even afford to keep May. Cyberdyne is not satisfied with Kazuya's non-payments and will do anything to retrieve CBD May.
Ratings: 947 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 27 votes (sub:18, dub:8, raw:1)
 Excellent: 100 votes (sub:62, dub:31, ?:2, raw:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 229 votes (sub:152, dub:62, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:11
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 294 votes (sub:207, dub:76, ?:4, raw:1, others:6
3 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 178 votes (sub:136, dub:38, ?:2, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 62 votes (sub:48, dub:9, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:16, dub:4, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:16, dub:3)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 2046 s, rank: #575 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.970 (Good), std. dev.: 1.5763, rank: #4241 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.872 (Good), rank: #4429 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.97 / seen some: 6.17 / won't finish: 4.25)
Bayesian estimate: 6.880 (Good), rank: #4047 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2000-07-26 to 2000-09-27
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"JUMP~MAYppai Dakishimete" by P-Chicks (eps 2-9)
Ending Theme:
#1: "JUMP~MAYppai Dakishimete" by P-Chicks (eps 1,10)
#2: "Honto no Kimochi (ほんとの気持ち; True Feeling)" by Mikako Takahashi (eps 2-9)
Official website:
Hand Maid メイのご紹介 (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 3
Reviews:
Hand Maid May DVD 1 - Maid to Order (Jan 6, 2002)
Hand Maid May DVD 3 - Memory Failure (Jan 2, 2002)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Hand Maid May (Blu-ray) 2024-02-27 (from $34.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Hand Maid May - Maid to Order (DVD 1) 2001-08-14 (from $14.00)
    Hand Maid May - Product Recall (DVD 2) 2001-09-04 (from $18.00)
    Hand Maid May - Memory Failure (DVD 3) 2001-12-11 (from $17.00)
    Hand Maid May - Artbox + CD-Rom + Figure (DVD N/A) 2003-02-11 (from $3.00)
    Hand Maid May - Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2003-02-11 (from $89.75)
    Hand Maid May - Box Set (DVD 1-3) 2007-07-31 (from $79.99)
Soundtrack
    Hand Maid May (OST) 2004-04-13 (from $9.36)
VHS
    Hand Maid May - Maid to Order (Dub.VHS 1) 2001-08-14
    Hand Maid May - Product Recall (Dub.VHS 2) 2001-09-04 (from $5.89)
    Hand Maid May - Memory Failure (Dub.VHS 3) 2001-12-11 (from $49.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shinichiro Kimura
Script:
Shinichiro Kimura (ep 11)
Storyboard:
Yukina Hiiro (eps 2, 7)
Episode Director:
Yukina Hiiro (eps 2, 7)
Music: Toshio Masuda
Original Concept:
Jyuzo Mutsuki
Character Design: Katsuzō Hirata
Art Director: Goichi Katanosaka
Animation Director:
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (ep 4)
Sound Director: Kazuya Tanaka
Director of Photography: Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Producer: Akio Matsuda

Advisor: Kei Fukura (Pioneer LDC)
Animation: Katsuzō Hirata (ED)
Assistant Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai (ep 11)
Assistant recording Engineer: Hiroyuki Suzuki
Background Art:
Kaori Kashiwagi (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-11
)
Minoo Miyamoto (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-11
)
Natsuyo Kato (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-11
)
Norie Suzuki (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-11
)
Tomoko Shimomoto (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-11
)
Yasuhisa Moriyama (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-11
)
Yuuko Sasaki (ep 8)
CG Effect: Yoshitaka Nagaoka (Studio Cats)
Color Key:
Yoshinori Ueki (ep 11)
Completion Check:
Yoshinori Ueki (ep 11)
Digital Completion:
Yumiko Noda (ep 6)
Editing: Toshio Henmi
Editing Assistant: Kumiko Sakamoto (Jay Film)
In-Between Animation:
Yuka Yoshihara (ep 9)
In-Between Check:
Shinji Morimoto (ep 5)
Key Animation:
Keiko Kōno (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 10
)
Yumiko Kanno (eps 2, 7)
Music producer: Keiichi Nozaki
Photography:
Yuuka Hagiwara (eps 3, 8)
Planning: Akihiro Kawamura
Production Coordination:
Yuki Yamagishi (ep 6)
Production manager:
Tatsuyuki Nagai (eps 1-10)
Production producer: Nagateru Katō
Program Manager: Atsuko Somemiya (WOWOW)
Program Promotion:
Takashi Iida (Pioneer LDC)
Prop Design: Eiichi Akiyama
Recording engineer: Satoshi Yano
Series Structure: Kazuki Matsui
Sound Effects: Minoru Yamada
Sound Production Manager: Nobuhiro Ogawa
Special Effects:
Tsuyoshi Nakano (ep 9)
Supervision: Kazuaki Morijiri (Pioneer LDC)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Toshio Masuda (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Toshio Masuda (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yuko Matsuzaki (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Mikako Takahashi (ED)
Title Design: Hiroaki Murakami
Maria Yamamoto as Cyberdoll May
Takayuki Yamaguchi as Kazuya Saotome

Kikuko Inoue as Cyberdoll Mami
Kyōko Hikami as Cyberdoll Sara
Mikako Takahashi as Kasumi Tani
Miwa Yasuda as Ikariya
Nobutoshi Canna as Totaro Nanbara/Commando-Z
Omi Minami as Cyberdoll Kei
Rie Kugimiya as Cyberdoll Rena
Shinichirō Miki as Cyber X
Yūji Ueda as Kotaro Nanbara

Asako Dodo as
Aoi Saotome (ep 7)
Female Officer
Ema Kogure as
Mika
Miyuki Zin
Woman
Hitomi as Baby (ep 11)
Jun Mizuki as Midori Saotome (ep 7)
Kae Araki as
Chigusa Tani
Cyberdoll Mimi (ep 10)
Katsuyuki Konishi as
Announcer
Dye-Dye Green (ep 6)
Hiroshi Daimon
Male Officer
Middle Age Man
Store Clerk
TV Narrator
Kenichi Suzumura as Ozu Hideo
Kishō Taniyama as Juliano
Kyōko Hikami as Dye-Dye Pink (ep 6)
Mae Yoshikawa as TV Broadcaster
Maria Yamamoto as
May Black (ep 11)
May Blue (ep 11)
May Pink (ep 11)
May Silver (ep 11)
May Yellow (ep 11)
Masayo Kurata as High School Girl (ep 3)
Miho Yamada as Mother (ep 11)
Miki Yoshino as Store Clerk
Miwa Yasuda as
Masato Zin
Waitress (ep 3)
Nobutoshi Canna as
Dye-Dye Red (ep 6)
Yamazaki
Sayaka Ōhara as Store Clerk (ep 3)
Shinichirō Miki as Dye-Dye Yellow (ep 6)
Shōko Kikuchi as Hikari Koumyoji
Toshiaki Kuwahara as
Den Tadokoro
Kisaragi
Yasuko Hatori as
Middle Age Woman
Old Lady (ep 3)
Yūji Ueda as Dye-Dye Blue (ep 6)
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Studio WHO (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-11
)
Broadcaster: WOWOW
Digital Completion:
Xebec (ep 9)
Inbetweener:
Xebec (ep 9)
Key Animation:
Young Woo Production (ep 4)
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Original Concept Planning: Wonder Farm
Photography:
Xexiz (ep 6)
Photography Association: Studio Partner (ep 6)
Photography Assoication: Tokyo Laboratory (ep 6)
Production:
TNK
Production Association:
Xebec (ep 9)
Recording Studio: Studio Echo
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
special effects: Xexiz (ep 6)
Theme Song Arrangement: Victor Entertainment
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Lia Sargent
Translation: Neil Nadelman
ADR Script:
Mary C. Mason
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer:
Yutaka Maseba

Additional Translation:
Mateus Santos (Discotek)
Associate producer: Caleb Mhee (Discotek)
Blu-Ray Authoring: David Miranda (Discotek)
Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis (Discotek)
Digital ADR Engineer: 'Big Phil' Brewster
Menu Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek)
Mixing: Michael McCarty
Online Editor:
Keri Winthers (eps 8-11)
Packaging Design: Douglas Smith (Discotek)
Production Coordination:
Sawako Furuya
QC Manager: Marc Levy (Discotek)
Recording Facility Engineer: Les Claypool III
Subtitle Manager: Logan Rebholz (Discotek)
Subtitle Timing: Neil Nadelman
Supervising Producer: Justin Sevakis (Discotek)
Lia Sargent as Cyberdoll May
Steve Cannon as Kazuya Saotome

Bob Marx as Kotaro Nanbara
Dorothy Melendrez as Cyberdoll Mami
Georgette Rose as Kasumi Tani
Ian Hawk as Ikariya
Jane Arden as Cyberdoll Kei
Kevin Seymour as Commando-Z (uncredited)
Reba West as Cyberdoll Rena
Sam Strong as Cyber-X
Wendee Lee as Cyberdoll Sara

Bo Williams as Raffle Ticket Man (ep 9)
Carol Stanzione as
Cashier (ep 11)
Old Woman (ep 9)
Dan Martin as Kisaragi
Dave Mallow as Director (ep 10)
Joe Romersa as TV Narrator (eps 2, 5, 7)
Lex Lang as Yamazaki
Lia Sargent as
May Black (ep 11)
May Blue (ep 11)
May Pink (ep 11)
May Silver (ep 11)
May Yellow (ep 11)
Lynn Fischer as
Chigusa Tani
Waitress (ep 3)
Mona Marshall as Masato Zin
Pajama Lee as Hikari Koumyoji
Robert Machemer as Den Tadokoro
Sandy Fox as Miyuki Zin
Stephanie Greene as Kazuya's Elder Sister
Toga West as Mika

'Big Phil' Brewster
Bo Williams
Carol Stanzione
Dan Martin
Dave Mallow
Debbie Rothstein
Hilary Manor
Hollie Hummel
Jean Howard
Joe Romersa
John Hephill
John Holmes
Johnny DeAnda
Judy Sockie
Lynn Fischer
Owen Starr
Robert Machemer
Rufus Schrempf
Sam Strong
Toga West
English companies
Blu-ray Production: MediaOCD (Discotek)
Box Set Package Design: Jason71.com
Dubbing: Animaze
DVD Authoring: SpeeDVD
DVD Menu Design: Pulpgraphix
DVD Production: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
Online Editing Facility: VDI Multimedia West
Package Design: Jason71.com
Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post
Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions
French staff
French companies
(none)
DVD Distribution: Dybex
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas

Subtitler: Fabián Sierra (Jonu Media)
Assumpta Navascues as May (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Kazuya (Spain dub)

Anna Orra as Lena (Spain dub)
Azucena Díaz as Sara (Spain dub)
Julia Chalmeta as Mami (Spain dub)
Raúl Llorens as Nambara (Spain dub)
Susana Damas as Kei (Spain dub)

Antonio Pujós as Totaro (Spain dub)
Ariadna Giménez as Masato (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Miyuki (Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as Kasumi (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Dubbing Films (Barcelona, Spain)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Paolo Cortese

Dialogues:
Gianluca Casu
Domitilla D'Amico as Cyberdoll May
Simone D'Andrea as Kazuya Saotome

Barbara Berengo Gardin as Cyberdoll Mami
Christian Iansante as Kotaro Nanbara
Cinzia De Carolis as Cyberdoll Sara
sca Manicone as Kasumi Tani
Laura Lenghi as Cyberdoll Kei
Perla Liberatori as Cyberdoll Rena
Stefano Mondini as Totaro Nanbara/Commander-Z (Totaro Nanbara/Commando-Z; eps 9-11)

Antonella Baldini as
Cashier (ep 3)
Chigusa Tani (eps 8, 10)
Journalist (ep 5)
Daniele Barcaroli as Tasho
Daniele Raffaeli as Den Tadokoro (eps 1, 7, 10)
Franco Mannella as Director (ep 10)
Laura Latini as Ikarya
Monica Vulcano as
Hikari Koumyoji (eps 6, 10-11)
Student (ep 3)
Waitress (ep 4)
Weatherman (ep 5)
Sasha De Toni as Daimon
Stefano Crescentini as Hiroshi Daimon (eps 1, 7, 10)
Italian companies
Distributor:
Dynit
Dubbing: Cooperativa Eddy Cortese
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Dybex
Dutch cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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