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Xam'd: Lost Memories (ONA)



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Alternative title:
Bōnen no Xamdou (Japanese) 
Bounen no Zamned (Japanese) 
Xam'd 
亡念のザムド (Japanese) 
Genres: science fiction 
Themes: war 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: Enter Sentan, a lush, tranquil island encased in war between the military and those with Hiruko, known as X'amd. On one of these warlike days, Akiyuki Takehara heads off to school and gets caught in a raid by the creatures. Through a series of events he is transformed into a X'amd, and with the help of a Tessikan woman Nakiami along with his highschool friend Haru, Akiyuki is forced to learn to live with the Hiruko or faces the danger of losing his self-control and turn to stone. 
Ratings: 1632 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 186 votes (sub:161, dub:13, raw:3, ?:2, others:7
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 410 votes (sub:333, dub:60, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:13
6 Spanish subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 352 votes (sub:274, dub:61, raw:4, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:11
5 Russian subtitled
4 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
)
 Good: 314 votes (sub:244, dub:52, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:14
6 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 177 votes (sub:147, dub:26, others:4
4 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 74 votes (sub:57, dub:16, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 46 votes (sub:39, dub:6, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 29 votes (sub:25, dub:3, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:2)
 Awful: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 12 votes (sub:12)
Seen in part or in whole by 2689 s, rank: #413 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.544 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.9382, rank: #1739 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.463 (Good+), rank: #1853 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.50 / seen some: 7.54 / won't finish: 5.15)
Bayesian estimate: 7.463 (Good+), rank: #1541 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 26 
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2008-07-15 
2009-04-11 (Japan) 
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
#1: "Shut Up and Explode" by the BOOM BOOM SATELLITES [broadcast] (eps 3, 5, 8-9, 11, 14, 19-20, 23) 
#1: "Shut Up and Explode" by the BOOM BOOM SATELLITES [ONA] (eps 1-26) 
#2: "Back on My Feet" by the BOOM BOOM SATELLITES [broadcast] (eps 1, 4, 6-7, 10, 12-13, 15-18, 21-22, 24-25) 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Vacancy" by Kylee [broadcast] (eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 21, 24) 
#1: "Vacancy" by Kylee [ONA] (eps 1-26) 
#2: "Just Breathe" by Kylee [broadcast] (eps 2-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11-12, 14, 22-23, 25) 
#3: "Over U" by Kylee [broadcast] (eps 15-20) 
Insert song:
"Zamudo no Tēma ~Gen ni Ichisoe no Omoi~" (堕夢人のテーマ~現に一添えの想い~) by Masaya Hayano & The Froebel Boy's Choir (ep 26) 
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Xam'd: Lost Memories - Collection 1 (Blu-ray) 2010-09-21 (from $55.99)
    Xam'd: Lost Memories - Collection 2 (Blu-ray) 2010-11-09 (from $55.99)
    Xam'd: Lost Memories - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2012-02-07 (from $354.00)
DVD (Region 1)
    Xam'd: Lost Memories - Collection 1 (DVD) 2010-09-21 (from $26.00)
    Xam'd: Lost Memories - Collection 2 (DVD) 2010-11-09 (from $99.98)
    Xam'd: Lost Memories - Complete Collection (DVD) 2012-02-07 (from $184.99)
DVD (Region 4)
    Xam'd: Lost Memories - Collection 1 (DVD 1) 2011-02-16

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masayuki Miyaji 
Script:
Megumi Shimizu (12 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10, 12, 15-16, 20
)
 
Yuuichi Nomura (12 episodes
eps 6, 9, 11, 13-14, 17-19, 21, 24-26
)
 
Storyboard:
Katsumi Terahigashi (4 episodes
eps 7, 15, 21, 24
)
 
Masayuki Miyaji (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1-5, 19, 22-23
)
 
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi (eps 6, 10, 14) 
Episode Director:
Yasuyuki Shinozaki (eps 10, 18, 24) 
Music: Michiru Ōshima 
Character Design: Ayumi Kurashima 
Art Director: Takashi Aoi 
Chief Animation Director:
Seiichi Hashimoto 
Animation Director:
Kenji Mizuhata (OP; 4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 24
)
 
Ryousuke Sekiguchi (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 19, 25
)
 
Seiichi Hashimoto (OP+ED; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 9, 17, 20, 23, 25-26
)
 
Yoshimi Itazu (ep 11) 
Mechanical design:
Seiichi Hashimoto (Xamdou) 
Art design:
Reiko Takahashi 
Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera (Half HP Studio) 
Director of Photography: Yohei Miyahara 
Producer:
Ryo Oyama (Aniplex) 

2nd Key Animation:
Emi Tezuka (14 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 14-23, 25
)
Yūko Azuma (9 episodes
eps 8, 14-20, 26
)
 
Assistant Animation Director:
Yasuo Muroi (ep 2) 
Assistant Director: Daisuke Tokudo 
Associate producer:
Takahiro Kanamori (Sony Computer Entertainment) 
Color design: Hiroko Umezaki 
Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto 
Editing Assistant: Mayumi Komori (Jay Film) 
In-Between Animation:
Hiromi Masuko  (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 13, 22
)
Keiko Abu (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 24
)
 
In-Between Check:
Hiromi Masuko (10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 13, 15-16, 20-26 even
)
Miyuki Abe (11 episodes
eps 6-7, 9, 11, 16, 19, 21-23, 25-26
)
 
Key Animation:
Gōsei Oda (ED; 6 episodes
eps 2, 11, 14, 19-20, 25
)
Hidenori Fukuoka (OP, ED; 10 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 9, 11, 14, 20-21, 23, 25
)
Hitomi Takechi (ED; 4 episodes
eps 1, 13, 22, 26
)
Katsunori Shibata (ED; 7 episodes
eps 1, 8, 14, 18-20, 22
)
Kenji Mizuhata (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 8, 15, 24
)
 
Makoto Shimomura (OP; 4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 14, 26
)
Mamiko Nakanishi (5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 15-16
)
Masashi Okumura (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 9, 23, 25
)
 
Masato Ishii (OP, ED; 10 episodes
eps 8, 11, 14-16, 20-22, 25-26
)
Naomi Kaneda (OP; 5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 15, 20, 25
)
Riki Matsuura (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 24, 26
)
Ryousuke Sekiguchi (ED; 5 episodes
eps 5-6, 16, 19, 25
)
Seiichi Hashimoto (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 10, 17, 20, 23
)
 
Shigeru Kimishima (OP, ED; 7 episodes
eps 2-3, 9, 20-21, 23, 26
)
Shingo Abe (OP; 5 episodes
eps 6, 14, 20, 23, 25
)
 
Shōhei Kohara (10 episodes
eps 3-4, 11, 14-16, 20-21, 23, 25
)
Yasuo Muroi (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 15
)
 
Yasushi Muraki (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 11, 20
)
 
Yuriko Chiba (ep 1) 
Main Writer:
Yuuichi Nomura 
Planning:
Yasuhide Kobayashi 
Production Advancement: Takurō Tsukada (ep 20) 
Prop Design: Takashi Akaishizawa 
Series Animation Director: Masashi Okumura 
Sound Editor: Kenji Hoshino 
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box) 
Sound Mixing: Nobuhira Hirano 
Special Effects: Miyako Hoshi 
Theme Song Arrangement:
nature living ("Vacancy") 
Theme Song Composition:
nature living ("Vacancy") 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Kylee (ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Kylee (ED) 
Atsushi Abe as Akiyuki Takehara 
Fumiko Orikasa as Haru Nishimura 
Yūko Sanpei as Nakiami 

Ayumi Fujimura as Midori Nishimura 
Katsuyuki Konishi as Akushiba 
Keiji Fujiwara as Raigyo Tsunomata 
Michiko Neya as Prois Sukakki 
Motomu Kiyokawa as Reizo Kanba 
Risa Hayamizu as Fusa Takehara 
Romi Park as Kujireika 
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Furuichi Teraoka 
Unshō Ishizuka as Ryuuzou Takehara 
Yasunori Matsumoto as Toujirou Kagisu 
Yumi Tamai as Ishuu Benikawa 
Yūtarō Honjō as Yango 

Akio Ōtsuka as Zuizo (eps 7-8) 
Ayako Hori as Tenshin-sama (eps 4, 9) 
Daiki Matsubayashi as Experimental Engineer (ep 21) 
Fumie Mizusawa as Hinokimaru 
Hazuki Nishikawa as Female Employee B (ep 17) 
Hirofumi Nojima as Young Doctor (ep 17) 
Hiroko Kataura as Furuichi's Mother (eps 12-13) 
Hiromi Tezuka as Female Employee C (ep 17) 
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Old Man (eps 19-20) 
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Thistle (eps 16, 19, 21) 
Houko Kuwashima as Yunbo 
Junko Hori as Tenshin-sama 
Junko Ueda as Mistress (ep 15) 
Kan Tanaka as High Member A (ep 15)  (ep 3) 
Kana Hanazawa as Holly (eps 24-25) 
Kenji Hamada as
Ahm 
Sailor E (ep 21) 
Kiyomi Asai as Kio (eps 7-8) 
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Teacher A (ep 2) 
Kouzou Douzaka as Military Police (ep 1) 
Kyōsei Tsukui as Jinichirou Nishimura 
Kyōsuke Suzuki as
Communications Officer A (ep 1) 
Crowd (ep 26) 
Gatekeeper A (ep 21) 
Male Student (ep 2) 
Minagawa (eps 10, 23-24)  (eps 6, 8) 
Sailor D (ep 5) 
Signal Soldier (ep 22) 
Soldier C (eps 13-14)  (ep 4) 
Young People (eps 20, 25) 
Marina Inoue as Kobako 
Masayuki Katō as ASP Vice-Commander (eps 10, 14)  (eps 6-8) 
Mika Doi as Sumako (eps 16-19, 22) 
Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as
Subordinate (eps 22-24) 
Tarka's Men (ep 21) 
Miyoko Asō as Sannova 
Miyu Irino as Yango (Teen; ep 26) 
Miyu Matsuki as Nazuna (eps 1-3)  (eps 18, 26) 
Mugihito as Zeygend (eps 18, 21)  (ep 5) 
Natsuki Mori as
Sasamura Grandmother (4 episodes
eps 13, 20-21, 26
)
  (ep 2) 
Sentan Island Chief Adjutant (ep 1) 
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as
Dark Fishing Boat Captain (ep 13) 
Gatekeeper B (ep 21) 
High Member B (ep 15)  (ep 3) 
Instructor (ep 1) 
Man-Buying Man C (ep 16) 
Military Police A (ep 2) 
Militia E (ep 24) 
Old Man (5 episodes
eps 18-20, 25-26
)
 
Researcher F (ep 6) 
Sailor B (ep 23)  (ep 5) 
Soldier E (ep 4) 
Soldier F (ep 14) 
Reiko Suzuki as Tamayobi (eps 18-19) 
Rokurō Naya as Kisel-jii 
Ryūzō Ishino as ASP Commander (7 episodes
eps 10, 12-14, 18, 22-23
)
  (eps 6-8) 
Sachi Kokuryu as Seitaka (eps 15, 22) 
Shouto Kashii as Farmer Man (ep 15) 
Susumu Chiba as Taesik Youth (ep 16) 
Taiten Kusunoki as Talca (eps 21, 23-24) 
Takafumi Kawakami as
Communications Officer B (ep 1) 
Guard (ep 21) 
Kappagiya (ep 19) 
Man-Buying Man B (eps 15-16) 
Military Police B (ep 2) 
Militia F (ep 24) 
Ongoro- (ep 8) 
Radio Operator (ep 20) 
Researcher B (ep 6) 
Sailor A (ep 23)  (ep 5) 
Soldier A (eps 13-14)  (ep 4) 
Soldier of the South (ep 26) 
Takaya Hashi as Sentan Island Commandant 
Takuma Suzuki as Teacher B (ep 2) 
Tetsuya Kakihara as Shiroza 
Tomohiro Tsuboi as Hitogata- (ep 4) 
Tomoko Kawakami as Shidara  (eps 4-5) 
Tōru Furuya as
Kage Douji  (eps 12, 17, 26) 
Shadow Child (eps 18-19) 
Tsubasa Yonaga as Chickweed (eps 24-25) 
Yoshiko Taniguchi as Female Employee A (ep 17) 
Yūichi Ishigami as Bakery Owner (ep 15) 
Yūko Katō as Young Sannova (ep 25) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Frontline (8 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 13-14, 16, 22-23
)
Sakura Create (6 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 9, 14, 20
)
Yuhodo (6 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 14, 19-20
)
ZEXCS (ep 5) 
Animation Production: BONES 
Art Board: H・E・D WORKS 
Backgrounds:
Green 
Broadcaster:
Tokyo MX (2009-04-15) 
Digital Paint:
Xuyang Animation 
Editing: Jay Film 
In-Between Animation:
J.C. Staff  (7 episodes
eps 1, 5-8, 11, 13
)
ZEXCS 
Key Animation:
Triple A 
Original Concept: BONES 
Photography:
T2 Studio (eps 16-26) 
Production Assistance:
Triple A (ep 10) 
Recording Studio: HALF H·P STUDIO 
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO 
Video Editing: Q-Tec 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Steven Foster 
ADR Script: Steven Foster 
Executive producer:
John Ledford 

ADR Engineer: Stanley Thomas 
BD Authoring: David Williams 
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes 
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff 
Encoding: Michael Olesch 
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams 
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff 
Production Assistant:
Kayla King 
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud 
Sound Design & Mix: Brent Marshall 
Subtitle Script: Christopher Williams 
Subtitle Timing: Christopher Williams 
Blake Shepard as Akiyuki Takehara 
Luci Christian as Nakiami 
Monica Rial as Haru Nishimura 

Adam Van Wagoner as Akushiba 
Andrew Love as Raigyo Tsunomata 
Andy McAvin as Reizo Kanba 
Chris Hutchison as Tojiro Kagisu 
Corey Hartzog as Yango 
David Matranga as Furuichi Teraoka 
Hilary Haag as Midori Nishimura 
Illich Guardiola as Jinichiro Nishimura 
Jessica Boone as Kujireika 
Kaytha Coker as Fusa Takehara 
Maggie Flecknoe as Prois Sukakki 
Shelley Calene-Black as Ishu Benikawa 
T. Postlewaite as Ryuzo Takehara 

Adam Van Wagoner as Hiiragi (eps 24-25) 
Alan Kregg as Zeygand (ep 5) 
Andy McAvin as Hiruken (ep 12) 
Chris Ayres as
Kayak Peddler (ep 19) 
Kisel-ji 
Corey Hartzog as ASP Sub (eps 7-8) 
Elizabeth Bunch as
Azami (ep 19) 
Sannoova (4 episodes
eps 15, 22, 24-25
)
 
Sumako (eps 16-17) 
Emily Neves as
Azami (eps 16, 20) 
Hakobe (eps 24-25) 
Nazuna (ep 18) 
George Manley as Senten Island Commandant 
Hilary Haag as Humanform (ep 11) 
Jason Carroll as Ongoro (ep 8) 
Jessica Boone as Kobako 
Justin Doran as
ASP Chief (eps 6-8, 13) 
Comm Officer (ep 3) 
Leraldo Anzaldua as
Azami (ep 21) 
Seitaka 
Shiroza (eps 25-26) 
Marcy Bannor as
Furuichi's Mom (ep 12) 
Tenshin 
Mark X Laskowski as
Jinichiro (eps 3, 10) 
Minagawa 
Rob Mungle as
Ahm 
Elder (eps 18-20) 
Serena Varghese as
Kio (eps 7-8) 
Nazuna 
Sannova (ep 4) 
Shannon Emerick as
Azami (ep 17) 
Hinokimaru 
Nazuna (eps 20, 26) 
Shidara 
Sumako (eps 18-19) 
Tamayobi Chief (eps 18-20) 
Skip Hollingsworth as Zeygand (ep 23) 
Skippy Farnsworth as Zeygand (ep 18) 
Skippy Renthrow as Zeygand (ep 21) 
Stephanie Wittels as Yunbo 

English companies
Distributor:
Section23 Films 
Internet Streaming:
Toonzaki 
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks  (Expired) 
Production: Seraphim Digital 

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