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Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre (special)

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Alternative title:
Rozen Maiden: Introduction
ローゼンメイデン・オーベルテューレ (Japanese)
薔薇少女 序曲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: magic
Themes: living dolls
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Set during the second season, the story between Shinku and Suigintou is told by Souseiseki when Jun buys Shinku a brooch. The first OVA starts with the creation of Sugintou, Rozen's first doll, which he abandons and moves on to create the rest of the Rozen dolls, ignoring Sugintou's cries for help.
Ratings: 898 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 94 votes (sub:74, dub:8, raw:4, others:8
7 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 180 votes (sub:154, dub:12, raw:3, others:11
7 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 284 votes (sub:236, dub:26, ?:4, raw:1, others:17
6 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 224 votes (sub:192, dub:12, raw:4, ?:2, others:14
8 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 79 votes (sub:62, dub:11, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:3)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1551 s, rank: #794 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.819 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3813, rank: #1044 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.711 (Very good−), rank: #1169 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.71 / seen some: 7.66)
Bayesian estimate: 7.708 (Very good−), rank: #882 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 2006-12-22 to 2006-12-23
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Bara Goku Otome" (薔薇獄乙女; "Rose Jail Maiden") by ALI PROJECT
Ending Theme:
"Utsusemi no Kage" (空蝉ﾉ影) by kukui
Trivia: We have 2
News: Show:
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New Rozen Maiden Anime's 2nd Promo Streamed (Jun 26, 2013)
New Rozen Maiden Anime's 1st Promo Streamed (Updated) (Apr 26, 2013)
New Rozen Maiden Anime Reunites Cast, Brings in Studio DEEN (Apr 21, 2013)
New Rozen Maiden Anime to Air This Summer (Mar 26, 2013)
Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre and Dragonball Z Season 4 Released Monday (Nov 4, 2012)
Mayo Chiki Release Delayed to 2013 (Jul 16, 2012)
North American Stream List: May 28 - June 3 (Jun 3, 2012)
U.K. Anime Industry Announcements at MCM Expo (Updated) (May 27, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 4-10 (Dec 7, 2011)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Rozen Maiden Anime, Sequel, OVA (Sep 2, 2011)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces December Slate (Sep 20, 2011)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Rozen Maiden - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) 2024-04-16 (from $50.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Rozen Maiden - Complete Collection (DVD) 2011-12-06 (from $68.19)
    Rozen Maiden - Complete Collection [Sentai Selects] (DVD) 2016-06-14 (from $249.99)
    Rozen Maiden: Ouverture (DVD) 2011-12-06 (from $23.98)
DVD (Region 2)
    Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre (DVD) 2012-11-05

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kou Matsuo
Series Composition: Jukki Hanada
Storyboard:
Mitsue Yamazaki (ep 1)
Music: Shinkichi Mitsumune
Original creator: Peach-Pit
Character Design: Kumi Ishii
Art Director: Chikako Shibata
Animation Director:
Toshihiro Kikuchi (ep 2)
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Yūko Orikasa
Producer:
Yoshihisa Nakayama

2nd Key Animation:
Reiko Sato
Assistant Animation Director:
Reiko Nozaki (ep 2)
Assistant producer: Junichirō Tanaka
Background Art:
Yukiko Takahashi
CG Design: Miki Hashimoto
Color Inspection: Hiroko Umezaki
Color setting:
Madoka Katsunuma
Digital Composite:
Yumiko Morimoto
Digital Special Effects:
Kumiko Taniguchi
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
In-Between Animation:
Takuya Inoue
In-Between Check: Akiko Fujimoto
Key Animation:
Yuki Nakashima (OP)
Music producer: Shunji Inoue
Online Editing Manager: Masaaki Okamoto
Planning:
Yōko Kogawa
Planning Collaboration:
Yoshimi Nakajima
Production Desk: Mitsue Yamazaki
Production manager: Hitomi Ōkawa
Publicity:
Sadakazu Kikuchi
Recording Assistant: Megumi Igarashi
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Theme Song Arrangement:
myu (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
myu (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Kukui (ED)
Asami Sanada as Jun Sakurada
Miyuki Sawashiro as Shinku
Rie Tanaka as Suigintou

Asami Sanada as Sarah
Masayo Kurata as Tomoe Kashiwaba
Natsuko Kuwatani as Suiseiseki
Noriko Rikimaru as Nori Sakurada
Rika Morinaga as Souseiseki
Sakura Nogawa as Hinaichigo
Saori Gotō as Barasuishou
Yumi Shimura as Kanaria

Daisuke Ono as Enju
Kōsuke Kobayashi as Man (ep 1)
Kyōsei Tsukui as Detective Kun-kun
Masayuki Omoro as Sarah's father
Shiho Kawaragi as Megu
Yukiko Mizuochi as Sarah's mother
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Nomad
Background Art: Studio Kanon
Broadcaster:
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Digital Composite: Studio Cosmos
Digital Paint:
Studio Elle
In-Between Animation: Kyung Kang ANIA
Music Production: Mellow Head
Offline Editing: Studio Gong
Recording Studio: Studio Gong
Sound Production: Gakuonsha
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Wendee Lee
ADR Script: Wendee Lee
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Producer:
Kaeko Sakamoto

Assistant producer: Mio Moroe
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Co-Producer: Mami Okada
Dialogue Editing: Justin Kohler
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Engineering Assistant:
Jun Umeda
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design:
Larry Koteff
Production Assistant:
Kayla King
Production Coordination:
Victor Sgroi
Production manager:
Melanie Hanson (Bang Zoom!)
Re-Recording Mixing:
Oscar Garcia 
Recording engineer: Oscar Garcia
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Spotting: Emily Nicolas
Subtitle Formatting: Dwayne Jones
Subtitling:
Clark Cheng (Bang Zoom!)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Karen Strassman as Suigintou
Mela Lee as Shinku
Mona Marshall as Jun Sakurada

Christine Marie Cabanos as Sara
Cristina Valenzuela as Kanaria
Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Tomoe Kashiwaba
Julie Ann Taylor as Souseiseki
Minx Le as Nori Sakurada
Rebecca Forstadt as Suiseiseki
Sherry Lynn as Hinaichigo
Tara Platt as Barasuishou

Jason C. Miller as Enju
Keith Silverstein as
LaPlace's Demon
Sara's father
Shirosaki
Victor Sgroi as Man
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Distributor:
Section23 Films (US & Canada)
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital
Internet Streaming:
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks (2011)
French cast
French staff
(none)
Claire Tefnin as Suigintou
Esther Aflalo as Shinku
Thierry Janssen as Jun Sakurada

Alexandra Correa as Barasuisho
Beatrice Wegnez as Hinaichigo
Cathy Boquet as Suiseiseki
Coralie Vanderlinden as Kanaria
Julie Basecqz as Tomoe Kashiwaba
Sophie Landresse as Souseiseki
Véronique Fyon as Nori Sakurada

David Manet as
Laplace No Ma
Shirosaki
Marielle Ostrowski as Meg Kakizaki
Michel Hinderyckx as Enju
Patrick Donnay as Détective Kun-Kun
French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ
Dubbing: Mirroring
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Translation: Niels Viveen
(none)
Dutch companies
Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A. (Dutch)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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