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Utsunomiko: Heaven Chapter (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Utsunomiko Tenjō-hen (Japanese)
宇宙皇子 天上篇 (Japanese)
Genres: fantasy
Themes: samurai
Plot Summary: Utsu no Miko is a Shugenja, Friends of the People training at Mt. Kongo. The Shugenja rebelled against the Imperial Court. During a fight he is wounded and while unconscious his soul is in the The Dark Wasteland where the dead are still clinging to life. Here he meets a female soul which is on a journey to be reborn into the Celestial Realm. They both play the same song on their flute. Once awaken they start looking for each other. But the prince also falls for the Celestial princess because she is very pretty. The prince keeps her well guarded.
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 1990-10-24 to 1992-02-19
Release dates: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"Asu e no Shinwa" (未来への神話) by Yoshimi Hamada
Ending Theme:
"Aoi Hitomi no Naka ni" (蒼い瞳の中に) by Yoshimi Hamada
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Tetsuo Imazawa
Director:
Tetsuo Imazawa (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
)

Series Composition: Junki Takegami
Screenplay:
Sukehiro Tomita (eps 2-12 even)
Original creator: Keisuke Fujikawa
Character Design:
Noriyoshi Yamazaki
Art Director: Kenji Matsumoto
Animation Director:
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
)

Mechanical design: Katsumi Itabashi
Director of Photography:
Yoshiyuki Tamagawa (eps 1-7, 11-13)
Executive producer:
Tokumaru Kuniyasu
Producer:
Yōichi Kominato (Toei; eps 1-4)

Art Advancement: Haruo Tamura
Background Art:
Kuniko Matsumoto (eps 1-13)
Color Coordination:
Kunio Tsujita (eps 1-3, 6-13)
Editing: Masaaki Hanai
Finishing Advancement: Osamu Honma
Key Animation:
Akio Ujiie (6 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 9, 12-13
)

Ken Ueno (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 12
)

Michio Fukuda (6 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8, 10-11, 13
)

Noriyoshi Yamazaki (8 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 7, 10-13
)

Shigenobu Nagasaki (6 episodes
eps 3, 6-8, 10, 12
)

Yūki Iwai (eps 2-3)
Music producer: Yōko Tenshō
Music Selection: Shigeru Miyashita
Planning:
Takuma Kuramasu
Production manager:
Yoshirō Sugawara
Record Keeping: Yoshiko Hara (eps 10-13)
Recording: Isao Hatano
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Special Effects:
Yoshiaki Okada (eps 10-13)
Tōru Furuya as Utsunomiko

Banjō Ginga as Taishakuten
Eiko Yamada as Kagami
Hidekatsu Shibata as
En no Ozunu
Narration
Hideyuki Tanaka as Kusuri
Katsuji Mori as Prince Kawashima
Miina Tominaga as Nayotake Kaguyahime
Yoku Shioya as Tsuri
Yūko Mita as Kijimunā

Kazuhiko Kishino as Ashura-oh
Kōji Totani as Kazatsukengan-Ten
Kuniko Oguchi as Shirakube
Masaharu Satō as Zōchōten
Michihiro Ikemizu as Prince Ohzu
Nana Yamaguchi as Dainichi Nyorai
Noriko Hidaka as Tatarame
Osamu Saka as Fudō Myōō
Rei Sakuma as Utsunomiko (Young)
Seizō Katō as Hōki
Sumi Shimamoto as Nayotake
Takeshi Kusao as Kawashima no Miko
Tarō Ishida as Fuhito Fujiharano

Japanese companies
Animation: Toei Animation
Backgrounds: Atelier Shanty
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry
Finish Animation: N.S.A (ep 4)
Key Animation: D.A.S.T Corporation (ep 1)
Production:
TV Tokyo
Production Cooperation: Toei Animation

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