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The Rolling Girls (TV)



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©2015 The Rolling Girls Production Committee 

 
Alternative title:
ローリング☆ガールズ (Japanese) 
Genres: slice of life 
Themes: traveling 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: 10 years after the Great Tokyo War, each prefectures in Japan had split up into independent nations. Each nations are ruled by a prophet called "Mosa" and an army called "Mob" as they start to compete to take over other countries. Four "Mob" girls from the Saitama clan, Nozomi, Yukina, Ai, Chiaya are ordered by their “Mosa” to travel around Japan riding their motor cycles to mediate multiple battles between nations and clans as they emerge. 
Ratings: 186 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:4, raw:1)
 Excellent: 15 votes (sub:14, dub:1)
 Very good: 40 votes (sub:32, dub:7, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 55 votes (sub:44, dub:8, raw:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 34 votes (sub:25, dub:7, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 22 votes (sub:21, raw:1)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:7, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 327 s, rank: #2897 (of 9997)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.758 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.5382, rank: #5008 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.681 (Good−), rank: #5190 (of 10155) (seen all: 6.92 / seen some: 6.31 / won't finish: 4.87)
Bayesian estimate: 6.733 (Good−), rank: #4621 (of 7635)
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2015-01-10 
Opening Theme:
"Tsuki no Bakugekiki" (月の爆撃機) by The Rolling Girls 
#2: "Hito ni Yasashiku" (人にやさしく; Kindness to Others) by The Rolling Girls (eps 2-) 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hito ni Yasashiku" (人にやさしく; Kindness to Others) by The Rolling Girls (ep 1) 
#2: "Tsuki no Bakugekiki" (月の爆撃機; Moon Bomber) by The Rolling Girls (eps 2-) 
Reviews: Show:
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The Rolling Girls ‒ Episode 11 (Mar 21, 2015)
The Rolling Girls ‒ Episode 10 (Mar 15, 2015)
The Rolling Girls ‒ Episode 9 (Mar 7, 2015)
The Rolling Girls ‒ Episode 8 (Feb 28, 2015)
The Rolling Girls ‒ Episode 7 (Feb 23, 2015)
The Rolling Girls ‒ Episode 6 (Feb 16, 2015)
The Rolling Girls - Episode 5 (Feb 7, 2015)
The Rolling Girls ‒ Episode 4 (Jan 31, 2015)
The Rolling Girls ‒ Episode 3 (Jan 24, 2015)
The Rolling Girls (Jan 17, 2015)
The Rolling Girls ‒ Episodes 1-2 (Jan 17, 2015)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    The Rolling Girls - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2019-04-30 (from $24.99)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    The Rolling Girls - Complete Series [AU] (Blu-ray) delayed/cancelled
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    The Rolling Girls [UK] [Collector's Edition] (BD+DVD) delayed/cancelled
    The Rolling Girls - The Complete Series (BD+DVD) 2016-08-02 (from $14.90)
DVD (Region 4)
    The Rolling Girls - Complete Series [AU] (DVD) 2016-10-05

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kotomi Deai 
Screenplay:
Yasuyuki Mutō  (eps 1-12) 
Storyboard:
You Satou (ep 6) 
Episode Director:
Yōko Kanamori (eps 4, 8)  (ep 12) 
Music: Masaru Yokoyama 
Original Character Design: tanu 
Character Design: Katsuhiko Kitada 
Art Director:
Shunichirō Yoshihara (ep 1) 
Chief Animation Director:
Hiroshi Shimizu (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9
)Katsuhiko Kitada (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8
) 
Animation Director:
Yōko Kadokura (ep 10) 
Mechanical design: Hiroshi Shimizu 
Sound Director: Shōji Hata 
Cgi Director: Yuushi Koshida 
Director of Photography:
Mayo Suzuki 
Producer:
Toshihiro Maeda 

2D Production: Kou Miyaji 
2nd Key Animation:
Masayuki Satō (ep 1) 
3D Production: Kou Miyaji 
Action Animation Director: Arifumi Imai (ep 2) 
Animation producer: Tetsuya Nakatake 
Art Setting:
Yūho Taniuchi 
Assistant Animation Director: Kōta Sera (ep 5) 
Assistant Director: Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (eps 8-12) 
Assistant Episode Director: Hiro Kaburagi (ep 12) 
Background Art:
Yuri Sanan (eps 2, 6, 12) 
Color design: Yuko Kobari 
Editing: Mai Hasegawa 
In-Between Animation:
Yusuke Matsui (Nakamura Production; ep 1) 
Key Animation:
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (OP; 4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12
)Keisuke Toyoda (5 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 10, 12
)Michihiro Kosaka (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 10-12
)Takuya Saitō (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12
)Yūtarō Maruyama (ep 11) 
Mechanical animation Director: Hiroshi Shimizu 
Music producer: Takahiro Sasaki 
Photography:
Yuma Akasu (T2 Studio) 
Planning:
Yoko Furukawa 
Production Advancement:
Shōyō Shishido (OP) 
Production Chief: Joe Ōtani 
Production Cooperation: Kazuyuki Ida (St Silver; ep 7) 
Setting Production: Kazumi Ōtsuru 
Sound Effects: Naoto Yamatani (Sound Box) 
Theme Song Performance:
Yumiri Hanamori 
Ari Ozawa as Nozomi Moritomo 
Rina Hidaka as Yukina Kosaka 
Risa Taneda as Ai Hibiki 
Yumiri Hanamori as Chiaya Misono 

Akio Ōtsuka as Dandy (eps 5-6) 
Ayumi Fujimura as Masami Utoku 
Fuyuka Oura as Kuniko Shigyou 
Hiroki Tōchi as Tomomori Moritomo 
Hiromi Igarashi as Himeko Uotora (eps 5-6) 
Katsuyuki Konishi as Shutendōji  (eps 7-8) 
Mai Nakahara as Misa Ichijō  (eps 7-8) 
Masako Katsuki as Shima Ishizukuri (eps 9-11) 
Mika Kanai as Aki Uihara/Thunderoad (eps 3-4) 
Nozomi Furuki as Yukari Otonashi 
Saori Hayami as Mamechiyo  (eps 7-8) 
Sayaka Ōhara as Haruka Misono 
Shinpachi Tsuji as Mamoru Uotora (eps 5-6) 
Shizuka Itō as Kaguya Nayotake (eps 9-11) 
Tomokazu Seki as Kuranosuke Momiyama 
Tomomichi Nishimura as Fuhito Kuramochi (eps 9-11) 
Tōru Ōkawa as Kishou Ootomo (eps 9-11) 
Yuki Masuda as Hinatayo Moritomo 

Ami Naitō as
Boy (ep 12) 
Rikako  (eps 1-2) 
vendor (ep 3) 
Atsuko Tanaka as Haru Fujiwara (ep 10) 
Aya Hisakawa as Kikushino (ep 8) 
Ayuka as Banko (ep 9)  (eps 3, 5) 
Chisa Yokoyama as Ura Kukino (ep 10) 
Daigo Matsuda as Customer (ep 6) 
Daiki Yamashita as
Aichi People (ep 6) 
Aichi Tenmusu member (ep 5) 
brigade member (ep 9) 
Chī-kun (ep 10) 
gang member (ep 11) 
Hitoshi  (eps 1-2) 
Member (ep 12) 
vendor (ep 3) 
Eiji Miyashita as Malcolm (ep 7)  (ep 8) 
Hiromichi Tezuka as
Crocodile  (eps 1-2) 
Ghidra-Neesan (ep 6) 
Ishigami gang member (ep 9) 
Member (ep 12) 
thief (ep 3) 
Twin Tower Knights manager (ep 4) 
Hiroshi Shirokuma as Yô-chan (ep 7)  (ep 8) 
Ippei Matsuoka as Customer (ep 6) 
Jirō Saitō as Ma-bou (eps 7-8) 
Juri Kimura as
Aichi Tenmusu member (ep 5) 
customer (ep 8) 
Fukuai (ep 7) 
Mario  (eps 1-2) 
Kanami Satou as
Shiina (ep 7)  (ep 8) 
Sumire (eps 1-2, 4) 
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shidô (ep 7)  (ep 8) 
Kei Shindō as Noriko Suzuki (eps 3-4) 
Kenta Sasa as Koukichi Otoha (ep 5) 
Kimiko Saitō as Hatsue Seto (ep 5) 
Kotori Koiwai as Tsuruha (ep 7)  (ep 8) 
Manami Shirakawa as Kosuzu (ep 7)  (ep 8) 
Misaki Watada as Reporter (ep 6) 
Reina Ueda as Momo Fujiwara (ep 10) 
Risa Taneda as Schoolgirl (ep 1) 
Ryōta Yano as underling (ep 6) 
Saki Tokuhiro as
Akaru (eps 3-4) 
Girl (ep 12) 
Yumi  (eps 1-2) 
Shiho Kokido as
Mii-tan  (eps 1-2) 
Mob (ep 3) 
reporter (ep 6) 
villager (ep 10) 
Shinya Hamazoe as
Akogi (eps 5-6) 
Ishizukuri gang member (ep 9) 
Member (ep 12) 
Tatsuhiko (eps 1-2, 4) 
thief (ep 3) 
Villager (ep 11) 
Shinya Takahashi as
Den-san  (eps 1-2) 
Kantarou Seto (ep 5) 
villager (eps 10-11) 
Shōhei Kajikawa as Johnny (ep 7)  (ep 8) 
Shōta Yamamoto as Kishimen Mama (ep 6) 
Tadashi Miyazawa as Ichizo Tsushima (eps 5-6) 
Takuma Nagatsuka as
Aichi Tenmusu member (ep 5) 
man (ep 10) 
Member (ep 12) 
Noboru  (eps 1-2) 
Tomokazu Seki as Narrator 
Yoshiaki Hasegawa as
Aichi Tenmusu member (ep 5) 
Futoccho (ep 11) 
Guidance (ep 12) 
Ken (eps 1-2, 4) 
Ootomo gang member (ep 9) 
thief (ep 3) 
villager (ep 10) 
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Tomoki Suzuka (eps 5-6) 
Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as
tax collector (ep 10) 
Yoshino (ep 11) 
Yūki Ono as Rick (eps 3-4) 
Yūko Mizutani as
Aya Suzumoto 
Fumi Suzuki (eps 3-4) 
Yumiri Hanamori as Schoolgirl (ep 1) 
Yūya Murakami as Yasuo Miyoshi (ep 5) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Wit Studio 
Animation Assistance: Silver (ep 7) 
Animation Check: Studio Takuranke (ep 7) 
Animation Direction:
TAP (assist.; ep 10) 
Animation Production: Wit Studio 
Art Board: Bihou, Inc. (ep 1) 
Background Art:
Studio Blue (eps 2, 6, 8-9) 
Broadcaster:
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2015-01-12) 
CG Animation: Orange 
CG Modeling: Orange 
Color Inspection: Studio Road 
Color Key: Studio Road 
Finish Animation:
D-Motion (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-12 even
) 
VISTA 
In-Between Animation:
D-Motion (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8-10, 12
) 
Nakamura Production (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 11-12
) 
Wit Studio 
Key Animation:
Telecom Animation Film (ep 4) 
Photography: T2 Studio 
Photography Assistance:
Tripod 
Production:
ShochikuWit Studio 
Video Editing: Sony PCL 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Colleen Clinkenbeard 
Script: Bonny Clinkenbeard 
Translation: Nita Lieu 
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga 
Producer:
Michael Harcourt 

ADR Engineer: Stephen Hoff 
ADR Supervisor: Gino Palencia 
Assistant ADR Director: Clifford Chapin 
Assistant ADR Engineer: Matt Grounds 
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton 
Commentary:
Monica Rial (ep 8) 
Head Writer: John Burgmeier 
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes 
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm 
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons 
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez 
Subtitler:
Sara Bachmeyer 
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams 
Theme Song Performance: Brina Palencia (STONES; ED 4) 
Video Editing:
Josh Tyler 
Video Engineer: Jason Weems 
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp 
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara 
Felecia Angelle as Nozomi Moritomo 
Jad Saxton as Ai Hibiki 
Leah Clark as Chiaya Misono 
Monica Rial as Yukina Kosaka 

Alexis Tipton as Mamechiyo (eps 7-8) 
Brina Palencia as Misa Ichijō (eps 7-8) 
Caitlin Glass as Himeko Uotora (eps 5-6) 
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Masami Utoku 
Eric Vale as Tomomori Moritomo 
J. Michael Tatum as Dandy (eps 5-6) 
Jamie Marchi as Kuniko Shigyo 
Lindsay Seidel as Aki Uihara/Thunderoad (eps 3-4) 
Morgan Garrett as Hinayo Moritomo 
Rachel Robinson as Haruka Misono 
Robert McCollum as Kishō Ōtomo (eps 9-11) 
Stephanie Young as Shima Ishizukuri (eps 9-11) 
Trina Nishimura as Yukari Otonashi 
Tyson Rinehart as Kuranosuke Momiyama 

Aaron Dismuke as Crocodile 
Alex Organ as
Kibino 
Marukome 
Anastasia Munoz as Shiina (ep 7) 
Anthony Bowling as Fatcho 
Apphia Yu as Mii-tan 
Ben Phillips as Shido 
Brandon Potter as
Fuhito Kuramochi 
Kishimen Mama 
Bryn Apprill as Ura Kukino 
Chad Halbrook as Shaw 
Chris Burnett as Johnny 
Christopher Bevins as Den-san 
Christopher R. Sabat as Akogi 
Chuck Huber as
Han-chan 
Kokichi Otowa 
Clifford Chapin as
Garm 
Tomoki Suzuka (eps 5-6) 
Cris George as Rick (eps 3-4) 
Dallas Reid as Hitoshi 
Dana Schultes as Tsuruha 
David Matranga as Shuten 
Duncan Brannan as Ma-bo 
Elizabeth Maxwell as Noriko Suzumoto 
Emily Neves as Haru Fujiwara 
Ian Sinclair as Professor 
J Paul Slavens as Kantaro Seto 
J. Michael Tatum as
Gidola 
Ichizo Tsushima 
Jessica Cavanagh as Kaguya Nayotake 
John Swasey as Mamoru Uotora 
Juli Erickson as Hatsue Seto 
Kara Edwards as Banko (eps 3, 5) 
Keith Kubal as Keruo 
Kristi Kang as
Kosuzu 
Yumi 
Kristin Sutton as Aya Suzumoto (Fumi) 
Kyle Phillips as Ken 
Lara Woodhull as Momo Fujiwara (ep 10) 
Lydia Mackay as Kikushino (ep 8) 
Micah Solusod as Chi 
Michelle Rojas as Akaru (eps 3-4) 
Orion Pitts as Noboru 
Ryan Reynolds as Mario 
Scott Freeman as Tatsuhiko 
Stephanie Young as Fukue 
Terri Doty as Rikako 
Tia Ballard as Sumire (eps 1-2, 4) 
Todd Haberkorn as Manager 
Wyn Delano as Yasuo Miyoshi 
Z. Charles Bolton as Mash 

Aaron Roberts 
Alex Moore 
Alison Viktorin 
Anastasia Munoz 
Anthony Bowling 
Ashleigh Domangue 
Austin Tindle 
Ben Phillips 
Brad Venable 
Brandon Bristow 
Brandon Potter 
Caitlin Glass 
Carli Mosier 
Chris Burnett 
Chris Guerrero 
Christopher R. Sabat 
Chuck Huber 
Clifford Chapin 
Colleen Clinkenbeard 
Cynthia Cranz 
Dallas Reid 
David Trosko 
David Wilson-Brown 
Eric Cherry 
Eric Vale 
Garret Storms 
Heather Walker 
Ian Ferguson 
Ian Sinclair 
Jad Saxton 
Jarrod Greene 
Jason Liebrecht 
Jeremy Inman 
Jeremy Schwartz 
John Burgmeier 
John Swasey 
Jonathan C. Osborne 
Justin Pate 
Kara Edwards 
Keith Kubal 
Linda Leonard 
Lynsey Hale 
Major Attaway 
Mallorie Rodak 
Marcus D. Stimac 
Megan Shipman 
Micah Solusod 
Michelle Lee 
Mikaela Krantz 
Mike McFarland 
Phil Parsons 
Philip Weber 
Ricco Fajardo 
Ryan Ingrim 
Sam Swanson 
Sara Ragsdale 
Scott Hinze 
Sean O'Connor 
Shaun Lenerose 
Shawn Winchell 
Tia Ballard 
Tyler Walker 
Wendy Powell 
Whitney Rodgers 
Will Short 
Wyn Delano 
Z. Charles Bolton 
English companies
Distributor: Man Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
Internet Streaming:
Viewster (UK, Ireland) 
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment 
French staff
French cast
Translation: Xavier Fleury (Wakanim) 
(none)
French companies
Internet Streaming: Wakanim 
German staff
German cast
Casting: Sebastian Sparr 
Anita Hopt as Ai Hibiki 
Lin Gothóni as Chiaya Misono 
Lisa Braun as Yukina Kosaka 
Lydia Morgenstern as Nozomi Moritomo 

Andrea Solter as Hinayo Moritomo 
Christoph Banken as Kuranosuke Momiyama 
Jeffrey Wipprecht as Yuushu Moritomo 
Maria Hönig as Yukari Otonashi 
Nicole Hannak as Masami Utoku 
Sabine Mazay as Haruka Misono 
Sandrine Mittelstädt as Kuniko Shigyou 

Benno Lehmann as Noboru (eps 1-2, 12) 
Gundi Eberhard as Aya Suzumoto (eps 3-4) 
Heiko Akrap as
Hitoshi (eps 1-2, 12) 
Marifu (eps 1-2, 12) 
Josephine Schmidt as Noriko Suzumoto (eps 3-4) 
Matthias Friedrich as Crocodile (eps 1-2, 12) 
Nadine Leopold as Banko (eps 3-6, 9, 12) 
Sebastian Kluckert as Den-san (eps 1-2, 12) 
Tanja Schmitz as Aki Habara (eps 3-4, 12) 
Tino Kießling as Ken (eps 1-2, 4) 
German companies
Distributor: Kazé  
Dubbing: GlobaLoc 
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand 

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