Saber Marionette J Volume 1
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Emotion, Come Alive!
Welcome to Japoness, an all male society, where the only females are high performance androids without emotion called "marionettes".  One day, a young boy named Otaru accidently awakens a marionette named Lime.  He learns that Lime is very different from other marionettes; could it be that she has emotions?  Soon, Otaru accidently awakens another marionette named Cherry and the love comedy between Otaru and his marionettes begins to unfold.

Contains
Program 01: Enter Lime! The Planet of Men
Program 02: Marionette Girl: The Troublemaker
Program 03: Big Trouble In Castle Japoness
Program 04: Cherry Panic! The Great Romance Scheme!!

Running Time: 100 minutes
Not Rated: Contains some animated violence and mature language

Availability
- VHS English Subtitled (Retail Price: $29.98)
- VHS English Dubbed (TBA)
- DVD Hybrid (TBA)

Main Staff
Based on the works by SATORU AKAHORI, HIROSHI NEGISHI & TSUKASA KOTOBUKI
Original Character Design by TSUKASA KOTOBUKI
Director: MASAMI SHIMODA
Series Story Editor: MAYORI SEKISHIMA
Character Designer: HIDEKAZU SHIMAMURA
Art Director: KAZUO NAGAI
Color Setting: SHINOBU NAKAMURA
Director of Photography: HIKARU YOSHIDA (eps. 1-6), HIDETOSHI WATANABE
Editor: SHIGERU NISHIYAMA
Sound Director: HIDEYUKI TANAKA
Music by: PAROME
Original Theme Song: "Successful Mission" (Sung by MEGUMI HAYASHIBARA)
End Credits Theme Song: "I'll be there" (Sung by MEGUMI HAYASHIBARA)

MAIN CAST
MAMIYA OTARU: YUKA IMAI
LIME: MEGUMI HAYASHIBARA
CHERRY: YURI SHIRATORI
BLOODBERRY: AKIKO HIRAMATSU
HANAGATA MITSURUGI: TAKEHITO KOYASU
TOKUGAWA IEYASU: KENICHI OGATA
HIKOZAEMON: SHIGERU CHIBA
FAUST: HIKARU MIDORIKAWA
TIGER: URARA TAKANO
LUCHS: YUKO MIZUTANI
PANTHER: KIKUKO INOUE
SWORD MASTER: NORIO TOBITA
BAIKO: AI ORIKASA
TAMASABURO: MARIA KAWAMURA


©1996, 1998 Satoru Akahori • Hiroshi Negishi • Tsukasa Kotobuki • Kadokawa Shoten/Bandai Visual/Sotsu Agency/TV Tokyo  ©1998 English adaptation produced by AnimeVillage.com.