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Virtua Fighter (TV)

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© SEGA / TMS.


Alternative title:
El Defensor Virtuoso (Spanish)
El Luchador Virtual (Spanish)
المقاتل النبيل (Arabic)
バーチャファイター (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Based on the popular Virtua Fighter video game franchise, this series follows the adventures of Akira, a lone martial artist who has lost his ability to see the mystical constellations that reveal a truly strong man's destiny. Now, his path of wandering has forced him into the fighting ring with several martial arts champions and into an insidious international conspiracy that he must not only break out of, but find a way to destroy. With the help of Jacky, Sara, Pai, and other characters from the Virtua Fighter games, Akira must find the strength to take on greater powers than himself and regain his lost sense of destiny.
User Ratings: 61 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 5 votes (dub:2, sub:1, others:2
1 Arabic dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Very good: 9 votes (sub:4, dub:2, others:3
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Good: 14 votes (dub:7, sub:4, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 14 votes (dub:6, sub:4, others:4
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 So-so: 9 votes (dub:3, sub:2, raw:1, others:3
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, ?:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 163 users, rank: #2669 (of 5579)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.115 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.8474, rank: #3930 (of 5568)
Weighted mean: 6.031 (Decent), rank: #3999 (of 5568) (seen all: 6.44 / seen some: 5.15 / won't finish: 5.72)
Bayesian estimate: 6.263 (Decent+), rank: #3329 (of 4248)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 35
Episode titles: We have 35
Vintage: 1995-10-02 to 1996-06-27
Opening Theme:
#1: "Wild Vision" by Kouji Hayashi (eps 1-24)
#2: "愛がたりないぜ (Ai ga Tarinaize)" by Mitsuyoshi Takenobu (eps 25-35)
Ending Theme:
#1: "くちびるの神話 (Kuchibiru no Shinwa)" by Vivian Hsu (eps 1-18)
#2: "共犯者 (Kyouhansha)" by Vivian Hsu (eps 19-24)
#3: "永遠の真ん中で (Eien no Mannaka de)" by Akiko Seko (eps 25-35)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Virtua Fighter - TV Series (DVD) 2003-05-27 (from $14.44)
    Virtua Fighter - Round Two (DVD 2) 2003-08-19 (from $14.44)
VHS
    Virtua Fighter - Behind the Battle (Dub.VHS) 2000-08-22 (from $19.87)
    Virtua Fighter - Chinatown Brawl (Dub.VHS) 2000-08-22 (from $2.59)
    Virtua Fighter (Dub.VHS 5) 2001-04-24 (from $2.00)
    Virtua Fighter (Dub.VHS 6) 2001-04-24 (from $7.50)
    Virtua Fighter Episodes 13-16 (Dub.VHS) 2001-02-27 (from $8.60)
    Virtua Fighter Episodes 9-12 (Dub.VHS) 2001-02-27 (from $1.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Hideki Tonokatsu
Original creator: Yu Suzuki
Character Design: Ryo Tanaka
Director of Photography: Motoaki Ikegami
Background Design: Koji Ono
Ending Animation: Ryo Tanaka (ED 2)
Key Animation: Ken Ootsuka (ep 20)
Key-animation: Fuminori Kizaki (OP 1)
Opening Animation: Ryo Tanaka (OP 2)
Planning: Minoru Ohno
Recording Director: Satoshi Kato
Script Supervision: Tsutomu Kamishiro
Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata
Story Supervisor: Masahiro Muto
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kaoru Oohori (OP2)
Yuji Toriyama (OP1)
Yutaka Fukuoka (ED1)
Yuzo Hayashi (ED3)
Theme Song Composition:
Hidetoshi Sato (OP1)
Hideyuki Yonekawa (OP2)
Toshiaki Matsumoto (ED1)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Masatoshi Nishikawa (OP1)
Yuka Kondou (ED3)
Yukinojo Mori (OP2)
Theme Song Performance:
Akiko Seko (ED3)
Kouji Hayashi (OP1)
Mitsuyoshi Takenobu (OP2)
Vivian Hsu (ED #1 & 2)
Maya Okamoto as Sarah Bryant
Naoko Matsui as Pai Chan
Shinichiro Miki as Akira Yuuki
Yasunori Matsumoto as Jacky Bryant

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Kagemaru
Shigeru Chiba as Lau Chan
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Lion Rafale

Akio Ohtsuka as Van Kuur
Kôichi Kitamura as Shun Di
Rie Iwatsubo as Eliza Hauer
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Jeffry McWild
Satomi Koorogi as Liliana
Shigeru Chiba as Narrator
Unshou Ishizuka as Wolf Hawkfield
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Studio Uni
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Editing: Jay Film
Music Production Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music
Original Concept: Sega
Recording Studio: Half H.P Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Garden
Sound Production: Half H.P Studio
English cast
English staff
Translation: Julia Rose
Executive producer: John Sirabella

Associate Director: Pamela Weidner
Audio Engineer: Nick Stuteville
Dialogue Mixer: Ron Abfalter
FX Designer: Skip Bowerman
Packaging Design:
Alissyn Brock
John Siers
Production manager: Amy Tipton
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Subtitling: Anna Yamamoto
Voice Direction: Scott Houle
Amy Tipton as Pai Chan
Tony Schnur as Akira

Geoff Whitesell as Kagemaru
Jonathan Frappier as Lion Rafale

Alex Wharff as Lee Coleman
Andrew Masset as
Rafale Sr.
Subaru
Warden
Bill Flaman as
Driver
Thug D
Tiger
Boise Holmes as Jeffery McWild
Brandon Thomas Evans as
Wei
Young Ryu
Bryan Keith Bolick as
Big Sam
Tiger
Chip Straka as Desk Clerk
Chris Hill as Mean Carl
Chris MacPherson as Jimmy Gates
Chris Nubel as Narrator
Courtney Wright Hatfield as
Charlotte
Movie Star
Daniel Richani as Thug A
Dave Underwood as Colonel Jackson Moreno
Deborah Spoto as Young Sarah
Drew Stinnett as Lab Tech-B
Ed Wagenseller as
Blues Davis
MC
Gabrielle Gibbs as Eliza Hower
Geancario D'Alessandro as
Chin
Young Jacky
Heather Hamilton as Alexander
J.P. Houle as Kim
Jason Hatfield as
1st A.D
Customer
Lab Tech
Lab Tech-A
Master Shundi
Jason Smith as
2nd A.D
Announcer
Waiter
Jeff Call as
Agent
Director
Dr. Ivanoff
Jerry Winsett as
Answering Service
Messenger
Salesman
Jordan Rhodes as Priest
Juliet Cesario as Sarah Bryant
Katherine Vernon as Eva Durricks
Kevin Potts as
Sheriff
Wolf Hawkfield
Kirby Heffner as Cameraman
Marc Matney as Swallow
Megan Hancock as Liliana
Michael Granberry as Jacky Bryant
Paul Johnson as Guy Krueger
Richard Prather as Thug #1
Rick Forrester as
Yan Honron
Yan Weimin
Rob Zapple as Pops
Robert Rogan as
Henri
Script
Scott Bailey as
Ryu Kaorun
Truck Announcer
Scott Simpson as Clive Maroni
Steve Chsizmadia as
Captain
Lab Tech
Steven Stokes as Thug #2
Steven Tylor as Buru
Thomas Bruning as Lau chan
Tony Schnur as Akira Yuki
Traci Dinwiddie as Isabel Hower

English companies
Distributor: AnimeWorks
Licensed by: Media Blasters
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Dubbing Director: Roberto Colucci
Broadcaster:
Canal C (Spain)
ETC...TV (Chile)
Megavision (Chile)
Televisa Canal 5 (México)
Distributor:
Cloverway, Inc. (Latin America, New)
Lain International, Inc. (Latin America, Expired)
Dubbing: VDI - Point.360 (Latin America)
Spanish cast
Andres Esparza as Alex Yuki (Akira Yuuki)
Angelines Santana as Erika Chang (Pai Chan)
Carlos Carrillo as Carlos Chang (Lau Chan)
Roberto Alexander as Narrator
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Ottavio Maria Rolandi Ricci

Dubbing Supervision: Tiziana Valenti
Sound Technician: Sergio Viscardi
Alessandro Quarta as Akira Yuki
Barbara De Bortoli as Sarah Briant
Vittorio Guerrieri as Jacky Briant (adult)

Andrea Ward as Wolf Hockfield (1st voice)
Dario De Grassi as Lau Chan
Diego Reggente as Jeffry McWild (1st voice)
Giorgio Locuratolo as Kagemaru
Maurizio Reti as Wolf Hockfield (2nd voice)
Pierluigi Astore as Jeffry McWild (2nd voice)
Stefano Crescentini as Leon Raphale

Christian Iansante as Yan Wei Nin
Giorgio Borghetti as Jimmy Gates
Laura Lenghi as Eva Durricks
Luciano Roffi as Clyde
Marco Bolognesi as
Onimaru
Signor Davis
Maurizio Romano as Ryo Kau Run
Mauro Gravina as
narratore
Signor Briant
Monica Ward as
Isabel Owen
Jacky Briant (child)
Ni Ho
Oliviero Dinelli as Jack Moreno
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Cultoon (from September 2008)
JTV (from May 1997)
You & Me (from February 2012)
Distributor: Hobby & Work
Dubbing: PIM
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
(none)
Adel Abou Hassoun as Kagemaru
Mohammed Haddaki as Akira Yuuki
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: Spacetoon
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dada Carlos as Sarah Bryant
Lloyd Navera as Akira Yuki
Rowena Raganit as Pai Chan
Vincent Gutierrez as Jacky Bryant

Francis Ibanez as
Lau Chan
Lion Rafale

Francis Ibanez as Jeffry McWild

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: GMA Network
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