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Virus Buster Serge (TV)

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Alternative title:
Virus
Virus - El Cazador (Spanish)
病毒 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: mecha, police
Objectionable content: Intense
Copyright notice: ©1997 VIRUS PROJECT
Plot Summary: Neo Hong Kong, 2097: The world has changed. Advances in genetic engineering and cybernetics have created an environment full of artificially enhanced humans and intelligent super-computers that operate using biological software. But the same technology that has allowed man & machine to merge has made both susceptible to a new kind of threat - digital viruses capable of controlling their hosts.
User Ratings: 150 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 5 votes (dub:3, raw:1, sub:1)
 Very good: 10 votes (dub:6, sub:4)
 Good: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:7)
 Decent: 18 votes (sub:9, dub:9)
 So-so: 18 votes (dub:11, sub:6, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 12 votes (dub:7, sub:3, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 27 votes (dub:21, sub:5, ?:1)
 Bad: 24 votes (dub:14, sub:6, edit.dub:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Awful: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:2, edit.dub:2)
 Worst ever: 11 votes (dub:9, sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 333 users, rank: #1930 (of 5568)
Median rating: Not really good
Arithmetic mean: 4.160 (Not really good), std. dev.: 2.4795, rank: #5366 (of 5559)
Weighted mean: 3.973 (Not really good), rank: #5422 (of 5559) (seen all: 4.25 / seen some: 4.67 / won't finish: 2.16)
Bayesian estimate: 4.218 (Not really good+), rank: #4205 (of 4232)
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
1997-10-02 to 1997-12-19
2007-10-01 to 2007-11-19 (USA - Sci Fi Channel)
2008-02-08 to 2008-03-14 (IFC Canada - Manga Mania)
Opening Theme:
"Rainy Day and Day" by Dragon Ash
Ending Theme:
"Heavenly Blue" by Ran Takano
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Virus Buster Serge DVD (Jul 26, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Virus Buster Serge (DVD 1) 2002-11-26 (from $11.66)
    Virus Buster Serge (DVD 2) 2002-02-25 (from $12.00)
    Virus Buster Serge (DVD 3) 2003-06-24 (from $12.64)
    Virus Buster Serge (DVD 1-3) 2005-08-23 (from $25.72)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masami Obari
Screenplay:
Jiro Kaneko (eps 2, 6, 12)
Kengo Asai (ep 5)
Masami Obari (eps 1-3, 6-12)
Seiji Handa (eps 3, 6, 8-12)
Seishi Minakami (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 7, 9-10
)
Tomoyasu Okubo (eps 8, 11)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 7)
Storyboard:
Hitoyuki Matsui (ep 4)
Kazuto Nakazawa (eps 5, 8)
Masami Obari (eps 1, 3, 6, 12)
Seiji Handa (OP)
Shin Matsuo (ep 9)
Tadashi Abiru (eps 11-12)
Takahiro Okao (ep 10)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (eps 2, 7)
Episode Director:
Goro Taniguchi (ep 2)
Hideki Tonokatsu (ep 3)
Hitoyuki Matsui (eps 4, 11)
Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 5)
Masami Obari (eps 1, 12)
Shinya Hanai (ep 8)
Suzuki Kyandoro (ep 10)
Takashi Tomioka (ep 9)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 7)
Yuki Kinoshita (ep 6)
Music: Toshiyuki Omori
Character Design: Masami Obari
Art Director: Shunichiro Yoshiwara
Animation Director:
Akitoshi Maeda (ep 5)
Fuminori Kizaki (eps 2, 9, 12)
Hiroyuki Kanbe (ep 12)
Ken'ichi Hamazaki (eps 4, 7)
Koichi Taguchi (ep 8)
Masami Obari (OP; eps 1, 12)
Naoyuki Konno (ep 11)
Shinsuke Ishikawa (ep 11)
Suzuki Kyandoro (ep 10)
Yooichi Ueda (eps 3, 8)
Yuki Kinoshita (ep 6)
Mecha design: Natsuki Mamiya
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama (Omnibus Productions)
Producer:
Kazuhiko Inomata
Takehiko Aoki
Tomoko Mawatari

Color design: Kumiko Nakayama
Ending Animation: Kazuto Nakazawa
Eyecatch Illustration: Kazuto Nakazawa (Studio G1)
Guest Character Design: Yooichi Ueda (ep 3)
Key Animation:
Akira Maruyama (ep 2)
Atsushi Tsukamoto (eps 2, 5)
Fumihide Sai (OP)
Fuminori Kizaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 12
)
Hideki Kakita (OP; eps 1, 4, 9)
Hidenori Matsubara (OP; ep 1)
Hirofumi Masuda (OP; eps 1, 7)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (eps 1, 4, 11)
Hiroyuki Kanbe (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 9, 11-12
)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 1)
Hisao Muramatsu (eps 2, 4)
Hisashi Saito (Studio Hercules; ep 2)
Kazuto Nakazawa (eps 2, 12)
Keisuke Watabe (Studio Hercules; ep 2)
Ken Mochizuki (ep 1)
Ken Ootsuka (Studio Hercules; eps 2, 9)
Ken'ichi Hamazaki (eps 1, 4, 7)
Koudai Iwata (ep 1)
Kumi Horii (ep 2)
Madoka Hirayama (ep 2)
Makoto Uno (OP)
Makoto Yamada (Studio Hercules; ep 2)
Masahiko Kubo (OP; 1)
Masahiro Yamane (OP; eps 1-2, 9, 12)
Masami Obari (OP; eps 1, 4, 6, 12)
Masashi Ishihama (OP)
Masayuki Goto (ep 1)
Masayuki Gotou (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 12
)
Mitsuru Obunai (ep 2)
Ryo Tanaka (eps 2, 9)
Satoshi Ishino (Studio Hercules; eps 2, 9)
Seiji Handa (OP; ep 1)
Shinichi Miyamae (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 11-12
)
Shuichi Kaneko (OP; ep 3)
Tadashi Abiru (OP)
Takashi Tomioka (eps 2, 9, 12)
Takeo Takahashi (ep 1)
Takuya Suzuki (OP)
Tatsuya Suzuki (OP)
Tomoaki Chishima (eps 2, 7)
Toshio Mori (ep 2)
Yasushi Muraki (ep 9)
Yooichi Ueda (eps 1-2)
Yoshitaka Kohno (eps 1, 9, 12)
Yutaka Matsubara (eps 2, 7)
Yutaka Nakamura (ep 9)
Planning:
Shigekazu Ochiai
Shinichi Kobayashi
Theme Song Performance: Dragon Ash (OP)
Haruna Ikezawa as Mirei
Keiichi Nanba as Macus Alexander Bogard
Mayumi Iizuka as Erika Tinen
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Jouichirou
Shinichiro Miki as Serge Train

Ai Orikasa as Donna
Akiko Hiramatsu as Yuirin
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Raven
Houko Kuwashima as Kim
Kazuki Yao as Ryuu
Michiko Neya as Lily Petri

Eiji Sekiguchi as
EXVG (ep 10)
First Police Officer
Man B (ep 8)
Petri's Subordinate A (ep 9)
Subordinate B (ep 11)
Hiroko Maruyama as Guru Mother (ep 7)
Hisayoshi Izaki as
Scott (ep 1)
Wong (eps 3-4)
Kazuki Yao as
Brain Lizard (eps 6-8)
Lyle (ep 12)
Kenji Nomura as
Guardman (ep 1)
Security Guard A (ep 12)
Kyoko Tsuruno as
Mannequin (ep 4)
nurse (ep 1)
Megumi Ogata as Leon (ep 7)
Migimitsu Takase as Second highway police officer
Miyuki Hiragi as
Mannequin (ep 4) 
Nurse (ep 1) 
Ryusei Nakao as Dr. Milan Train
Sanryo Odaka as Chief Kizima
Takashi Yoshida as
Crewman A (ep 4)
Male Operator (eps 11-12)
Man C (ep 8)
Petri's Subordinate B (ep 9)
Second Police Officer
Tomohiro Tsuboi as
Captain (ep 10)
First highway police officer
Man B (ep 6)
Scientist (ep 4)
Subordinate A (ep 11)
Toru Ohkawa as
Captain Rick (ep 1)
Man A (eps 6, 9)
Petri's Subordinate B (ep 3)
Simon (ep 4)
Toshihiko Nakajima as
doctor
Man A (ep 12)
Man B (ep 11)
Man C (ep 9)
Unshou Ishizuka as Dixon (eps 9-11)
Japanese companies
Animation:
J.C. Staff
Plum
Broadcaster:
AT-X
TV Tokyo
Film Processing: J.C. Staff
In-Between Animation:
Echo
Studio Mu
Key Animation:
Echo
K Production
Music Production: F.B.I. Japan
Production: d-rights
Special Thanks: Hudson
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Marvin Gleicher
Producer: Peter Bavaro

DVD Authoring: Jay Chumley
DVD Encoding: Jay Chumley
DVD Menu Compositing: Dan Fenster
DVD Menu Design: Davi Russo
DVD Producer:
Demetre Papageorgiou
Matt Perrier
Meri Hassouni
Marketing Director: Mike Egan
Post-Production Coordinator: Christine Venturella
Production Coordination: Margo Coughlin
Recording engineer: Kevin Wilson
Script Advisor: Matt Perrier
Angora Deb as Mirei
Frankie Rome as Jouichirou
Joey Rapporte as Serge Train
Michael Schwartz as Macus Alexander Bogard
Vibe Jones as Erika Tinen

Frankie Rome as Raven
Jessica Calvello as Donna

Ami Shukla as Diamond Back Operator (ep 11)
Bill Fowler as Kijima
J. David Brimmer as Mr. Dickson
Jessica Calvello as Yui-Lin Maynus
Tom Wilson as
Brain Lizard
Narrator
Ryu Shingai
Veronica Taylor as Kim
Wayne Grayson as
Detective (ep 8)
Operator (ep 1)
Won Ronku

Ed Kissel
Holly Dow
Judy Goralnick
Keith Burgess
Socko Jones
Tom Wilson
Wayne Grayson
English companies
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation: Bárbara Pesquer (Spain dub)
Ariadna Jiménez as Mirei (Spain dub)
Carlos Lladó as Serge Train (Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as Erika Tinen (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Marcus Alexander Bogard (Spain dub)
Jordi Nogueras as Jouichirou (Spain dub)

Susana Damas as Donna (Spain dub)
Toni Mora as Raven (Spain dub)

Alberto Vilar as Brain Lizard (Spain dub)
Enrique Hernández as
Dr. Milan Train (Spain dub)
Ryu Shingai (Spain dub)
Gloria Garcia as Kim (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Lily Petri (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Director Kijima (Spain dub)
Susana Damas as Yui-Lin Maynus (Spain dub)

Alberto Vilar (Spain dub)
Enrique Hernández (Spain dub)
Gloria Garcia (Spain dub)
J. Ignacio Latorre (Spain dub)
José Antonio Cerdan (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén (Spain dub)
Oscar Redondo (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera (Spain dub)
Susana Damas (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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