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Blue Seed (TV)

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© 1995 Yuzo Takada / Takeshobo · BS Project · TV Tokyo · NAS


Alternative title:
Semilla Azul (Spanish)
ブルーシード (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: police
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Momiji is an average girl until the day she finds she is the descendant of the great Kushinada family. Only she, with her Kushinada blood, can stop the Aragami, demonic plant-like monsters threatening to destroy Japan. Along to help her is the TAC, and a possible love interest in a young man named Kusanagi.
Ratings: 875 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 41 votes (sub:24, dub:15, others:2
2 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 100 votes (dub:55, sub:37, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:5
3 Spanish dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 209 votes (sub:112, dub:82, ?:4, edit.dub:2, others:9
3 Spanish dubbed
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 270 votes (sub:140, dub:113, ?:2, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:12
5 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Decent: 132 votes (sub:70, dub:55, raw:1, ?:1, others:5
2 Spanish dubbed
2 French dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 67 votes (sub:31, dub:29, ?:2, others:5
2 Spanish dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 28 votes (sub:16, dub:11, raw:1)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:4, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 9 votes (dub:6, sub:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 2328 s, rank: #490 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.055 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6197, rank: #3618 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.992 (Good), rank: #3929 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.23 / seen some: 6.24 / won't finish: 4.14)
Bayesian estimate: 6.999 (Good), rank: #3538 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
1994-10-05 to 1995-03-29
1997 (Latin America - Locomotion)
1999-11-06 to 2000-01-29 (USA)
Release dates: We have 15
Opening Theme:
"Carnival Babel" by Takada Band
Ending Theme:
#1: "Touch and Go!!" by Megumi Hayashibara (eps 1-25)
#2: "Life" by Megumi Hayashibara (ep 26)
Insert song:
"Hoshi wo Tobikoete -Momiji & Sakura Version-" (星を飛び越えて -紅葉&桜バージョン-) by Megumi Hayashibara & Sakiko Tamagawa (ep 8)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
News: Show:
ADV February Releases (Dec 2, 2004)
AX 2002: ADV (Jul 10, 2002)
AX 2002: GONZO (Jul 7, 2002)
Anime on Encore (May 8, 2002)
Blue Seed Boxed Set? (Mar 25, 2002)
ADV Blue Seed PR (May 16, 2001)
Fanime Guest List (Mar 9, 2001)
Anime a Day on TV (Jul 25, 2000)
Press Release:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Blue Seed - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2018-12-18 (from $49.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Blue Seed - The Nightmare Begins (DVD 1) 2001-01-30 (from $49.99)
    Blue Seed - Descent into Terror (DVD 2) 2001-07-10 (from $11.33)
    Blue Seed - Prelude to Sacrifice (DVD 3) 2001-09-18 (from $20.99)
    Blue Seed - Nightfall (DVD 4) 2001-10-02 (from $10.99)
    Blue Seed - Perfect Collection (DVD 1-4) 2002-06-18 (from $19.96)
    Blue Seed - Box Set [Thinpak] (DVD 1-4) 2005-02-15 (from $79.99)
    Blue Seed - Mitama Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-5) 2007-10-16 (from $112.00)
    Blue Seed - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-5) 2008-07-01 (from $49.95)
    Blue Seed - Mitama Collection [Thinpak] [Best Buy Exclusive] (DVD 1-5) 2009-07-14
LaserDisc
    Blue Seed - Deluxe Edition Collection 1 (LD 1) 1996-09-10
    Blue Seed - Deluxe Edition Collection 2 (LD 2) 1996-12-17
VHS
    Blue Seed (Dub.VHS 1) 1996-02-27 (from $11.99)
    Blue Seed (Dub.VHS 2) 1996-04-00 (from $6.01)
    Blue Seed (Dub.VHS 3) 1996-06-18 (from $14.99)
    Blue Seed - The Kushinada Project (Dub.VHS 4) 1996-08-00
    Blue Seed - A Date With Danger (Dub.VHS 5) 1996-10-00
    Blue Seed - Impending Disaster (Dub.VHS 6) 1996-12-00 (from $6.01)
    Blue Seed - Rebirth (Dub.VHS 7) 1997-02-11 (from $9.80)
    Blue Seed - Sea Devils (Dub.VHS 8) 1997-03-31
    Blue Seed - When Gods Walk The Earth (Dub.VHS 9) 1997-06-00 (from $12.50)
    Blue Seed - Fate & Destiny (Dub.VHS 10) 1997-08-12
    Blue Seed - Sacrifice! (Dub.VHS 11) 1997-09-00
    Blue Seed - Betrayal! (Dub.VHS 12) 1997-10-00 (from $18.00)
    Blue Seed - Nightfall (Dub.VHS 13) 1997-11-04
    Blue Seed (Sub.VHS 1) 1996-02-27 (from $14.99)
    Blue Seed (Sub.VHS 2) 1996-04-00 (from $14.99)
    Blue Seed (Sub.VHS 3) 1996-06-18 (from $79.95)
    Blue Seed - The Kushinada Project (Sub.VHS 4) 1996-08-00 (from $24.95)
    Blue Seed - A Date With Danger (Sub.VHS 5) 1996-10-00 (from $14.99)
    Blue Seed - Impending Disaster (Sub.VHS 6) 1996-12-00 (from $4.99)
    Blue Seed - Rebirth (Sub.VHS 7) 1997-02-11 (from $14.99)
    Blue Seed - Sea Devils (Sub.VHS 8) 1997-03-31 (from $11.95)
    Blue Seed - When Gods Walk The Earth (Sub.VHS 9) 1997-06-00
    Blue Seed - Fate & Destiny (Sub.VHS 10) 1997-08-12
    Blue Seed - Sacrifice! (Sub.VHS 11) 1997-09-00 (from $9.99)
    Blue Seed - Betrayal! (Sub.VHS 12) 1997-10-00 (from $5.54)
    Blue Seed - Nightfall (Sub.VHS 13) 1997-11-04 (from $29.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Jun Kamiya
Series Composition: Naruhisa Arakawa
Script:
Masaharu Amiya (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 9, 20-21
)

Naruhisa Arakawa (13 episodes
eps 2-4, 7-8, 14, 17, 20, 22-26
)

Yuzo Takada (eps 13, 18)
Storyboard:
Shinya Sadamitsu (5 episodes
eps 12, 16, 20, 23, 25
)

Takao Kato (7 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 21, 24
)

Episode Director:
Hideaki Kushi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 18, 21
)

Shinya Sadamitsu (6 episodes
eps 9, 12, 16, 20, 23, 25
)

Takao Kato (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 24
)

Yoshio Kato
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Yuzo Takada
Character Design:
Takayuki Gotō
Art Director:
Yoshimi Umino (eps 3-24)
Animation Director:
Akio Takami (6 episodes
eps 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 24
)

Atsuo Tobe (6 episodes
eps 9, 12, 16, 20, 23, 25
)

Nobuyoshi Habara (eps 3, 5)
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Director of Photography: Kazunori Hashimoto
Executive producer:
Yutaka Takahashi
Producer:
Yutaka Sugiyama

Animation:
Yutaka Okamura (OP)
Animation producer:
Yukinao Shimoji
Assistant Director: Takao Kato
Background Art:
Yūko Fujii (eps 1-2)
Color design: Keiko Kai
Color setting: Keiko Kai (eps 1-2, 12)
Design:
Rei Nakahara
Ending Song: Megumi Hayashibara ("Touch and Go" ""Life")
Head Writer: Yoshihiro Akabori
In-Between Animation: Ayako Suzuki (eps 14, 17)
Insert Song Arrangement: Vink
Insert Song Composition: Sho Goshima
Insert Song Lyrics: Megumi
Insert Song Performance:
Sakiko Tamagawa
Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 15-16, 19, 23, 25
)

Miyako Yatsu (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 15-16, 19, 22-23, 26
)

Photography:
Daisuke Ōwada (7 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 9-10, 12
)

Hiromi Abe (7 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 9-10, 12
)

Katsutoshi Hirose (6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 11, 13
)

Mitsuru Sugiura (6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 11, 13
)

Shigenobu Inoue (7 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 9-10, 12
)

Tetsuji Higuchi (6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 11, 13
)

Planning: Naruhisa Arakawa
Production Director:
Manabu Santō
Recording Adjustment: Kunio Kuwabara
Script Director: Masaharu Amiya
Series Supervision: Masaharu Amiya
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
Special Effects:
Yutaka Hoshiba (eps 3, 5, 7-8)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Yuki Matsuura (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Yuki Matsuura (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yuki Matsuura (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Takada Band (OP)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Mamoru Kusanagi
Megumi Hayashibara as Momiji Fujimiya

Ai Orikasa as Ryoko Takeuchi (2nd In Command)
Akio Ōtsuka as Daitetsu Kunikida (Section Chief)
Kotono Mitsuishi as Koume Sawaguchi (Arms Specialist)
Mitsuki Yayoi as Kaede Fujimiya
Sakiko Tamagawa as Sakura Yamazaki (Exorcist)
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Azusa Matsudaira (Forensics)
Yūji Ueda as Yoshiki Yaegashi (Computer Expert)

Airi Takeda as Female Student A (ep 11)
Akemi Okamura as Friend A (ep 12)
Akimasa Ohmori as Police Inspector (ep 7)
Asako Dodo as Female Student B (ep 11)
Atsuko Tanaka as Mother Kanbayashi
Atsushi Goto as Man B (ep 26)
Ayumi Kida as Announcer
Eken Mine as Prime Minister
Fumihiko Tachiki as
Inoue (ep 19)
Narushima
Policeman (ep 18)
Ginzō Matsuo as
iral (ep 25)
Father (ep 26)
Hideaki Ono as Reiko's Father
Hidemasa Nakamura as Yamatone 
Hiromasa Hori as Child (ep 26)
Hiroshi Ito as Congressman Miyahara
Hitoshi Kimura as Policeman (ep 14)
Ikue Ōtani as Yukiko (ep 7)
Ikuya Sawaki as Kijima
Jōji Nakata as Murakumo
Jun Kitagawa as Susano-o
Junko Iwao as Tachibana Valencia (ep 2)
Kaoru Shimamura as Reporter B (ep 8)
Katsunosuke Hori as Narration
Katsuyo Endō as Friend B (ep 12)
Kayo Mihei as Moe Fujimiya
Keiichi Nanba as Shun'ichi Sugishita
Keiji Fujiwara as Staff Member A (ep 25)
Keiko Yokozawa as Yaobikuni
Kiyoyuki Yanada as
Aragami (ep 6)
Yamata no Orochi
Koji Kurose as
Driver (ep 8)
Researcher (ep 15)
Kōzō Fujiwara as Reporter A (ep 8)
Kyōko Hikami as
Akiko
Masako 
Mami Kazazuki as Reiko Kanbayashi 
Mami Kingetsu as Reiko Kanbayashi
Masamichi Satō as
Announcer (ep 23)
Commander (ep 21)
Jun's Father
Man A (ep 26)
Staff Member B (ep 25)
Masashi Hirose as President (ep 15)
Maya Okamoto as Yayoi (ep 15)
Mikoi Sasaki as Child (ep 26)
Minako Takenouchi as Woman (ep 18)
Mitsuaki Madono as
Soldier (ep 21)
Student (ep 1)
Mitsumasa Kishimoto as Correspondent (ep 23)
Mitsuru Ogata as Officer (ep 8)
Miyuki Ichijō as Yaegashi's mother
Nadayuki Kashima as
Reporter (ep 12)
Reporter B (ep 7)
Secretary (ep 23)
Naoki Makishima as
Announcer (ep 25)
Judge (ep 8)
Motorcycle Gang Member (ep 17)
Natsumi Asaoka as
Announcer (ep 19)
Reporter (ep 2)
Rihoko Yoshida as Willow Tree (voice of)
Rin Mizuhara as Auntie (ep 1)
Shinji Nomura as
Mizuchi
Professor (ep 20)
Shū Saitō as
Officer (ep 26)
Soldier (eps 21, 25)
Shūsei Nakamura as Yamatone
Takashi Matsuo as Fisherman (ep 16)
Tatsuya Nakazawa as Child (ep 26)
Teru Numanami as Momiji's Grandmother 
Terue Nunami as Momiji's Grandmother
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Staff Member C (ep 25)
Tomoko Munekata as Chigusa
Toshihiko Nakajima as
Commander (ep 17)
Fireworks Pyrotechnician (ep 26)
Fisherman (ep 16)
Kappa (ep 15)
Nue 
Police Inspector (ep 14)
Teacher (eps 11, 18)
Unshō Ishizuka as Secretary
Wataru Takagi as
Fisherman (ep 16)
Member (ep 17)
Yasuo Muramatsu as Police Inspector
Yoshiaki Mine as Prime Minister 
Yoshiko Okamoto as Mother (ep 26)
Yūko Sasaki as Miyako

Akemi Okamura (eps 4, 24)
Kyōko Hikami (ep 12)
Mitsuaki Madono (eps 4, 10)
Shū Saitō (ep 24)
Toshihiko Nakajima (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 9-10, 24
)
Japanese companies
Animation:
Group Donguri (6 episodes
eps 15, 19-20, 22-23, 26
)

Production I.G (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 15-16, 19-20, 22-23, 26
)

Production I.G Niigata (9 episodes
eps 6, 12, 15-16, 19-20, 22-23, 26
)

Shanghai Hongqiao Animation (5 episodes
eps 11, 13, 17-18, 21
)

Shin Woo Animation Studio (5 episodes
eps 11, 13, 17-18, 21
)

Studio Egg (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 22-23, 26
)

Studio Moy (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 15, 19-20, 22
)

Studio Wanpack (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 26
)

Animation Production:
Production I.G
Backgrounds:
Tezuka Productions (ep 2)
Color Check: CCR (ep 17)
Computer Graphics: IKIF
Design Works: Studio OX
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
AIC (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 14-15, 19
)

Eun Ha (8 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-8, 11, 13, 21, 24
)

FAI (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 19-20, 22-23, 25-26
)

Kyoe Sung Production (4 episodes
eps 17-18, 21, 24
)

Production I.G (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 15-16, 19
)

Shanghai Hongqiao Animation (11 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-8, 11, 13-14, 17-18, 21, 24
)

Shin Woo Animation Studio (8 episodes
eps 3, 5, 11, 13, 17-18, 21, 24
)

Studio Add (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 23, 25
)

Studio Moy (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 15-16, 19-20, 23, 25-26
)

Suzuki Animation Planning (6 episodes
eps 6, 12, 15-16, 19, 22
)

Key Animation: Kino Production (ep 17)
Music Cooperation:
TV Tokyo Music
Music Production: King Records
Photography:
Sangoshō (5 episodes
eps 14, 17-18, 21, 25
)

Studio Partner (21 episodes
eps 1-13, 15-16, 19-20, 22-24, 26
)

Planning:
BS Project
Production:
TV Tokyo
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
special effects: Marix
English staff
English cast
ADR Director:
Matt Greenfield (eps 1-26)
Art Director: Andy Orjuela
Project Translator:
Masako Arakawa
ADR Script:
Matt Greenfield (eps 1-12, 15-26)
Executive producer:
Toru Iwakami (Maiden Japan digital release)
Producer: Matt Greenfield

Additional Production:
Son Phan Le (Maiden Japan digital release)
Audio Design: Paul Killam
Audio Mixing: Paul Killam
Creative Director:
J. Michael Stovall (2005, 2007 Thinpaks)
DVD Menu Design:
Kevin Hinnant
DVD Producer: David Williams
Editing:
Joey Goubeaud (eps 8-20)
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design:
Lorraine Reyes (VHS)
Production Assistant:
Ryan Anthony (Maiden Japan digital release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol
Recording engineer: Charles Campbell
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes
Supervising Translator: Ian Fagen (Maiden Japan digital release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Maiden Japan digital release)
Amanda Winn Lee as Momiji Fujimiya
Jason Lee as Mamoru Kusanagi

Allison Keith as Sakura Yamazaki
Amanda Winn Lee as Kaede Kunikida
Kurt Stoll as Yoshiki Yaegashi
Marcy Rae as Ryoko Takeuchi
Rob Mungle as Daitetsu Kunikida
Sharon Shawnessey as Azusa Matsudaira
Tiffany Grant as Kome Sawaguchi

Aaron Krohn as
Chief Cabinet Secretary (ep 7)
Jun's Father (ep 5)
Murakomo
Orochi-No-Orochi
Secretary
Susano-o (ep 19)
Yamata-no-Orochi (ep 19)
Brenda Mikeska as Reiko's Mother (ep 11)
Brian Granveldt as Shunichi Sugishita
Bryan Bounds as
Commander (ep 21)
Correspondent (eps 23, 25)
Carol Amerson as
Akiko
Moe Fujimiya (eps 1-2)
Charles Campbell as President (ep 15)
Doug Medford as
Detective (ep 7)
Judge (ep 8)
Reporter A (ep 8)
Doug Smith as
Driver (ep 8)
Inoue (ep 19)
Kijima
Guil Lunde as
Gang Member A (ep 17)
Teacher
Yamatone (eps 16-17)
Jane Angus as
Reporter (ep 2)
Woman (ep 1)
Jay Zeidman as Jun (ep 24)
Jessica Calvello as
Miyako
Reporter B (ep 8)
Yukiko (ep 7)
Kim Sevier as
Moe Fujimiya (eps 20-21)
Reiko Kanbayashi (ep 11)
Kimberly Yates as Yayoi
Laura Chapman as Chigusa (ep 18)
Marcy Rae as Yaegashi's Mother (ep 6)
Matt Greenfield as
Aragami (eps 5-6)
Cat Monster (ep 19)
Gang Member C (ep 17)
Narushima (ep 7)
Nue (ep 3)
Shunichi Sugishita
Toshikazu Sugishita
Mizuchi as Mizuchi (ep 5)
Phil Ross as Reiko's Father (ep 11)
Rick Peeples as
Police Inspector (ep 1)
Prime Minister
Rob Mungle as Narration (eps 25-26)
Scott Kilgore as
Congressman Miyahara (ep 7)
Man (ep 8)
Sharon Shawnessey as Grandma Sharon
Spike Spencer as
Commander (ep 17)
Detective (ep 14)
Drunk (ep 14)
Gang Member B (ep 17)
Policeman (ep 18)
Reporter (ep 13)
Sue Ulu as Yaobikuni (ep 16)
Tiffany Grant as Willow (ep 8)
Traci Shannon as Jun (ep 5)
Tristan MacAvery as iral (ep 25)

Jane Angus (ep 2)
English companies
Broadcaster:
The Anime Network
Distributor:
Cinedigm
DVD Authoring & Encoding:
M.O.F.C. (Mitama Collection)
DVD Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios (Mitama Collection)
Internet Streaming:
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Maiden Japan (HiDive Streaming)
Soundtrack: ADV Music
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Cyrille Artaux

French companies
ADR Production: Animestar
Broadcaster:
Super Ecran (Quebec)
Distributor: Déclic Images ()
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Rocio Garcel
Maria Fernanda Morales as Momiji Fujimiya
Ricardo Mendoza as Mamoru Kusanagi

Benjamin Rivera as Yoshiki Yaegashi
Circe Luna as Ryoko Takeuchi
Eduardo Garza as Shunichi Sugishita
Elsa Covián as Kaede Fujimiya
Gerardo Reyero as Daitetsu Kunikida
Isabel Martiñon as Sakura Yamasaki
Mónica Villaseñor as Koume Sawaguchi
Rocio Garcel as Azusa Matsudaira

Alejandro Illescas as
Congressman (1 ep)
Prime Minister's assistant
Belinda Martinez as Yaegashi's mother (1 ep)
Enrique Mederos as Reporter (1 ep)
Gabriela Willert as
Wakaba (1 ep)
Yao nun (1 ep)
Gaby Ugarte as Yukiko (1 ep)
Isabel Martiñon as Jun Matsudaira (2nd voice)
José Lavat as
Narrator
Prime Minister of Japan
Jose Luis Orozco as Prime Minister of Japan
Kalimba Marichal as Jun Matsudaira (1st voice) 
Laura Ayala as Yayoi (1 ep)
Mario Sauret as Liquid Aragami (1 ep)
Martin Soto as Minister of Defense
Miguel Angel Ghigliazza as Yamata no Orochi
Ricardo Mendoza as Fisherman (1 ep)
Rocio Garcel as
Momiji's grandmother
Oak aragami (1 ep)
Rossy Aguirre as
Girl with glasses (1 ep)
Reiko Kobayashi (1 ep)
Salvador Delgado as Murakumo
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Locomotion (Latin America)
Distributor: Xystus
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America)
Licensed by:
Maiden Japan (2019, Latin America, streaming)
Recording: Roman Sound
Supervision: Locomotion
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Locomotion Brazil (Subbed)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil)
Licensed by:
Maiden Japan (2019, Brazil, streaming)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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