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Read or Die (OAV)

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ⓒ2001 STUDIO ORPHEE / Aniplex


[ related to Read or Die (manga) ]

Related anime:
    R.O.D -The TV- (sequel)

Alternative title:
Leer o Morir (Spanish)
R.O.D.
Прочти или умри (Russian)
???? ?? ?? (Arabic)
リ?ド?オア?ダイ (Japanese)
Genres: action , drama , mystery , science fiction
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Yomiko Readman is "The Paper" a secret underground operative for the British Library with the inredible power of complete control over paper, including the ability to make it solid as steel. She is called to duty when a book that could spell the end of the world is stolen, and she must take it back. Going with two other operatives, she attempts to take it back and save the world.
User Ratings: 2479 ratings have been given [ details ]
 Masterpiece: 293 votes (sub:181, dub:104, ?:3, edit.dub:2, Spa.sub:1, raw:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 815 votes (sub:470, dub:314, edit.dub:9, ?:5, Spa.sub:5, Fre.sub:3, Por.sub:3, raw:2, Ger.dub:1, English:1, Ger.sub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 727 votes (sub:437, dub:261, edit.dub:11, ?:6, Spa.sub:5, raw:2, Ger.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 401 votes (sub:237, dub:145, edit.dub:6, raw:3, ?:3, Spa.sub:3, Dut.sub:1, Kor.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 137 votes (sub:74, dub:56, ?:4, Swe.sub:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 58 votes (sub:34, dub:16, Pol.sub:2, ?:2, Por.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:12, dub:5)
 Weak: 20 votes (sub:11, dub:7, raw:2)
 Bad: 11 votes (sub:7, dub:3, ?:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: - (sub:0)
Seen in part or in whole by 4258 users, rank: #66
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.1318 (Very good+.13), std. dev.: 1.374, rank: #337
Weighted mean: 8.0469 (Very good+.04), rank: #302
Bayesian estimate: 8.04497 (Very good+.04), rank: #194
Running time: 29 minutes
Number of episodes: 3
Vintage:
2001-05-23
2004-10-24 (USA TV)
2007-09-07 to 2007-09-09 (Germany - Animax)
Releases: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"R.O.D Theme" by Taku Iwasaki
Ending Theme:
#1: "Those Who Love Books to Insanity Say, 'Paper Is Always with Us'" by Taku Iwasaki (ep 1)
#2: "すべての叡知を英?へ! (Bring All the Wisdom to Britain!)" by Taku Iwasaki (eps 2-3)
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 2
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Related reviews:
    Read or Die DVD

Related releases:
    Read or Die (DVD) 2003-05-27 (from $12.22)

Japanese staff  
Japanese cast  

Director : Koji Masunari

Script : Hideyuki Kurata

Music : Taku Iwasaki

Original creator : Hideyuki Kurata

Original Character Design : Taraku Uon (Studio Orphee)

Character Design : Masashi Ishihama

Art director : Kazuo Ogura

Art design : Hideyasu Narita

Mecha design : Eiji Suganuma

Director of Photography :
Mitsuyu Kondo
Shinyo Kondo

Producer :
Keiichi Matsuda (Studio DEEN)
Masatoshi Fujimoto (SME Visual Works)

Color design : Shinji Matsumoto

Development : Ryuzo Shirakawa (SME Visual Works)

Music Director : Takashi Kodama (SME Visual Works)

Planning :
Takamitsu Shirakawa
Tomiyo Hiruta (SME Visual Works)

Post-Production Engineer : Takuya Hiramitsu

Production Design : Noriyuki Shinguji

Set Design : Iho Narita

 

Michiko Neya as Nancy "Miss Deep" Makuhari

Rieko Miura as Yomiko "The Paper" Readman

Bunmei Tobayama as Gentleman

Hozumi Goda as Joker

Konta as Ikkyu

Masami Iwasaki as Drake Anderson

Mika Sakenobe as Wendy Earhart

Ryousuke Ohtani as Gennai Hraga

Daisuke Ishikawa as Mark

Eiji Takemoto as
Alex
Crew
Paul

Hari Kaneko as Otto Lilienthal

Hirofumi Shitamoto as Pilot

Hiroki Takahashi as Genjo Sanzo

Junko Takeuchi as Fabre (Boy)

Katashi Ishizuka as Arias

Koushi Shitazaki as SP

Kunihiko Takani as Fabre

Naoki Izumi as President Cole

Rei Naitou as Frankie

Yoshikazu Nagano as Malone

Yuki Nakao as
Female Staff
Marianne

Japanese companies  

Animation : Studio DEEN

Broadcaster : Animax

Production :
Aniplex
Studio Orphee

Production Studio : SME Visual Works

Recording Facility : Sanbunzaka Studio

Sound Production : SME Visual Works

Titles : Maki Productions


English cast  
English staff  

Director : Amanda Winn Lee

Translation : Al Kennedy

ADR Script : Taliesin Jaffe

Executive producer : Marvin Gleicher

Producer :
Amanda Winn Lee
Jason Lee

Additional Scripting :
Amanda Winn Lee
Amy Seeley
Michael John Ross
Sean Vahle

Assistant director :
Amy Seeley
Michael John Ross

Line Producer : Margo Coughlin

Recording engineer : Sean Vahle

Script Advisor :
Keith Burgess
Matt Perrier

Sound Mixing : Sean Vahle

Special Thanks To :
Eric Lichtenfeld
Glen Matisoff
Lily Rodriguez
Marco Bustos
Ryan Reilly
Taliesin Jaffe

Subtitling : Brett Jacobsen

Amanda Winn Lee as Nancy "Miss Deep" Makuhari

Kimberly Yates as Yomiko "Agent Paper" Readman

Crispin Freeman as Joker

Daniel Raymont as Ikkyu

Dean Haglund as Gennai Hiraga

Douglas Rye as Mr. Gentleman

Jason Lee as Drake Anderson

Tricia Dickson as Wendy Earhart

Chad Fifer as Genjo Sanzo

Dave Herbelin as President Cole

Douglas Rye as Jean-Henri Fabre

Hal Lublin as
Eliot
Otto Lilienthal

Jason Miller as Steven Wilcox

Michael John Ross as Paul

Ryan Abraham as Alex

Scott MacDonnell as Recovery Agent

Sue Cremlin as Yoko

Adam Harrington

Brooke Cadorette

Douglas Rye

Robert Peterson

English companies  

5.1 Surround Mix : The Post Office Broadcast Services LLC

Broadcaster :
Adult Swim
Animax-asia
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
Sci Fi Channel (Ani-Tuesday)

Distributor :
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)

Dubbing : Gaijin Productions

Licensed by : Manga Entertainment

Recording Facility : The Post Office Broadcast Services LLC

Soundtrack : Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

French staff  

ADR Director : Thierry Kazazian

French cast  

Isabelle Volpe as Yomiko " The paper " Readman

Bruno Magne as Gennai Hiraga

Bruno Magne as Genjo Sanzo

French companies  

ADR Production : Studio Chinkel

DVD Distribution : Dybex (France)

Spanish staff  
Spanish cast  

Executive producer :
Federico Anceri
Frederic Cegui

Producer : Miguel Petriotti

Licensing Manager : Liliana Silveira

  (none)
Spanish companies  

Distributor : Fantasy Entertainment

DVD Distribution : Selecta Vision

Producer : Fantasy Entertainment

German staff  
German cast  
(none)
 

Susanne Hermann as Yomiko Readman

Tanja Geke as Nancy Makuhari

Eberhard Pruter as Ikkyu

Katja Primel as Wendy Earhart

Reinhard Scheunemann as Gentlemen

Sebastian Jacob as Joker

Tilo Schmitz as Drake Anderson

Eberhard Pruter as Prasident

Jan Spitzer as Otto Lilienthal

Tim Moeseritz as David

German companies  

Broadcaster : Animax Germany (2007-09-07 to 2007-09-09)

Distributor : Anime-Virtual

Dubbing : Elektrofilm


Dutch staff  
(none)
Dutch companies  

Distributor : Dybex

Dutch cast  
(none)
Russian staff  
Russian companies  
(none)
 

Distributor : MC Entertainment

Russian cast  
(none)
 
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