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Crying Freeman (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Cryingフリーマン (Japanese)
크라잉 프리맨 (Korean)
Genres: action, drama
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, he is infamously known by the Dragons and every crime syndicate in the world as "Crying Freeman."
User Ratings: 250 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)
 Excellent: 22 votes (sub:15, dub:4, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 31 votes (sub:16, dub:14, ?:1)
 Good: 56 votes (sub:37, dub:19)
 Decent: 50 votes (dub:26, sub:19, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 22 votes (sub:16, dub:6)
 Not really good: 19 votes (dub:12, sub:7)
 Weak: 16 votes (sub:9, dub:5, ?:1, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Bad: 13 votes (dub:7, sub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:2, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 574 users, rank: #1922 (of 9508)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.056 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.2779, rank: #7013 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 6.022 (Decent), rank: #7089 (of 9647) (seen all: 6.25 / seen some: 5.61 / won't finish: 3.58)
Bayesian estimate: 6.099 (Decent), rank: #6239 (of 7268)
Running time: 52 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage: 1988-09 to 1994-01
Release dates: We have 6
Ending Theme:
#2: "Senshi no Kyūsoku" (戦士の休息) by Mariko Takahashi
#3: "Close Your Eyes" by Mieko Aoki
#4: "True Love" by Mariko Tone
#5: "In Your Eyes" by Katsumi
#6: "Gray or Blue? Nanimo Mienai" (GRAY OR BLUE?何も見えない) by Akira Asamura
Insert song:
"Kawanaka-jima" (川中島) by Osamu Saka (ep 3)
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Crying Freeman DVD 3 (Jul 23, 2003)
Crying Freeman DVD 1 (May 1, 2003)
Other article: Show:
Chicks on Anime (Sep 23, 2008)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Crying Freeman (Blu-ray) 2023-11-28 (from $33.20)
DVD (Region 1)
    Crying Freeman - The Complete Collection (DVD) 2011-02-22 (from $27.99)
    Crying Freeman - Portrait of a Killer (DVD 1) 2003-03-11 (from $7.82)
    Crying Freeman - A Taste of Revenge (DVD 2) 2003-05-06 (from $48.00)
    Crying Freeman - Abduction in Chinatown (DVD 3) 2003-06-17 (from $23.98)
    Crying Freeman - Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2004-01-27 (from $93.29)
LaserDisc
    Crying Freeman - Portrait of a Killer (LD 1) delayed/cancelled

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Screenplay:
Higashi Shimizu (vol 1)
Kohei Okuyama (vol 6)
Ryunosuke Ono (vols 2-5)
Character Design:
Kōichi Arai (vols 1-2)
Satoshi Urushihara (vols 3-4)
Takaaki Yamashita (vols 5-6)
Yoshihiro Kitano (vol 6)
Art Director:
Ken Tokushige (vol 6)
Mitsuki Nakamura (vols 1-5)
Noboru Yoshida (vol 5)
Animation Director:
Hideki Hamasu
Kōichi Arai (vol 1-2)
Satoshi Urushihara (vol 3-4)
Takaaki Yamashita (vol 5-6)
Yoshihiro Kitano (vol 6)
Assistant Animation Director: Kinji Yoshimoto (ep 4)
Color design: Kunio Tsujita
Insert Song Lyrics: Sanyō Rai (ep 3)
Music producer: Torao Hosoi (vol 5)
Production Chief: Norio Kozuka
Production Supervision: Satoshi Urushihara (vol 3 & 4)
Sound Effects:
Yasuyuki Konno (Swara Pro)
Yukio Fukushima (Fukushima Sound)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Greg Mathieson (ep 4)
Motoki Funayama (ep 3)
Nobuyuki Shimizu (ep 2)
Satoshi Takebe (ep 5)
Takumi Iwasaki (ep 6)
Theme Song Composition:
Hiroshi Ishikawa (石 川洋; ep 5)
Katsumi (as Katsumi Watanabe; ep 5)
Mieko Aoki (ep 3)
Mioko Yamaguchi (ep 4)
Takumi Iwasaki (ep 6)
Toshiaki Koyama (ep 2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Akira Asakura (Japanese; ep 6)
Hiroshi Ishikawa (石 川洋; ep 5)
Katsumi (as Katsumi Watanabe; ep 5)
Kenji Mori (森 健次; Japanese; ep 6)
Koko Tashiro (ep 6)
L.Z. Heywood (ep 6)
Mariko Takahashi (ep 2)
Mariko Tone (ep 4)
Mieko Aoki (ep 3)
Theme Song Performance:
Akira Asakura (ep 6)
Katsumi (ep 5)
Mariko Takahashi (ep 2)
Mariko Tone (ep 4)
Mieko Aoki (ep 3)
Chiharu Kataishi as Emu Hino/Hǔ Qinglán
Toshio Furukawa as Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman

Bin Shimada as Tsunaike (ep 6)
Dump Matsumoto as Báiyá Shàn (eps 2-3, 5)
Gara Takashima as Nina Heaven (ep 5)
Ichirō Nagai as Naiji Kumaga (ep 4)
Kōhei Miyauchi as Bǎiba Lóng (eps 1-3)
Masako Katsuki as Kimie Hanada (eps 1, 4)
Mika Doi as Wang Wochuo (ep 5)
Nobuyo Tsuda as Hǔ Fenglíng (eps 1-3)
Ryūsei Nakao as Huáng Déyuán/Koh Tokugen (eps 1-2)
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Oshu Tohgoku (ep 4)
Seizo Katou as Larry Buck (ep 5)
Takaya Hashi as Ryūji Hanada (ep 1)
Toshiko Fujita as Kitche (ep 2)
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Bugnug/Dark Eyes (eps 3-5)
Yūsaku Yara as Detective Nitta (eps 1, 4)

Akiko Matsuda as Rie (ep 6)
Akiko Sekine as Spectator (ep 4)
Banjō Ginga as Don Carleone (ep 2)
Daisuke Gouri as
Boss Liǔ (ep 6)
Jigon (ep 3)
Yakuza C (ep 1)
Eiko Yamada as Female Terrorist (ep 3)
Hirohiko Kakegawa as
Mùxing Yé (Jupiter; ep 3)
Submarine Crew Member (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Satō as Man (ep 4)
Hisao Egawa as Man (ep 5)
Ikuya Sawaki as Dairi (ep 6)
Junko Hagimori as
Stewardess (ep 3)
Woman (ep 2)
Kaneto Shiozawa as Chōko Tateoka (ep 6)
Kazuhiro Nakata as Submarine Crew Member (ep 2)
Kazumi Tanaka as
Jinxing Yé (Venus; eps 2-3)
Lee (ep 5)
Yakuza D (ep 1)
Kazunari Tanaka as
Minion (ep 4)
Yakuza B (ep 6)
Ken Yamaguchi as Police B (ep 1)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Nikolayev (ep 6)
Kōhei Miyauchi as Lèiqi Lóng (ep 1)
Kōji Totani as
African Tusk Leader (ep 3)
Chen (ep 2)
Kimura (ep 6)
Lucky Boyd (ep 5)
Yakuza A (ep 1)
Masaharu Satō as
Commentator (ep 4)
Police A (ep 1)
Prof. Masanaka Mikage (ep 3)
Masato Hirano as
Boss (ep 6)
Huǒxing Yé (Mars; ep 3)
Police C (ep 1)
Zhèng (ep 2)
Megumi Terase as
Miranda (ep 3)
Tanya (ep 6)
Michitaka Kobayashi as
Copilot (ep 5)
Referee (ep 4)
Nobuo Yana as Shudo Shimazaki (ep 1)
Norio Wakamoto as
Narrator (ep 3)
Shikebaro (ep 3)
Osamu Saka as
Boss Wong (ep 5)
Goken Ishida (ep 3)
Shuǐxing Yé (Mercury; ep 2)
Rumi Kasahara as
Woci (ep 5)
Woh Pei (ep 5) 
Ryō Horikawa as Yáng (ep 2)
Ryūji Saikachi as Dai Aidō (ep 6)
Shinobu Satouchi as Killer A (ep 5)
Shōzō Iizuka as Yūhei Watajima (ep 6)
Toku Nishio as Shō Aidō (ep 6)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as Yakuza A (ep 6)
Yasuo Tanaka as Sergeant (ep 1)
Yuka Nagamine as Woman (ep 2)
Yukimasa Kishino as
Announcer (ep 4)
Killer B (ep 5)
Yukitoshi Hori as
Ōnishi (ep 6)
Yakuza B (ep 1)
Yumi Touma as Mitsuko (ep 1)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Toei Animation
Backgrounds: Design Office MECAMAN (eps 4-5)
Casting Cooperation: Aoni Production
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry
In-Between Animation:
AD Cosmo (ep 4)
Anime Roman (ep 4)
D.A.S.T Corporation (eps 4-5)
E-cho (eps 4-5)
Eei-Toei (ep 5)
FAI (ep 4)
Production I.G (ep 5)
Project Team Muu (ep 4)
Snow Light Staff (ep 5)
Studio Carpenter (eps 4-5)
Studio Cockpit (eps 4-5)
Studio Junio (ep 5)
Studio Taimu (ep 4)
Music Production:
Pioneer LDC (ED 3, 5)
Victor Entertainment (ED 2)
Warner Music Japan (ED 4)
Paint:
D.A.S.T Corporation (ep 4)
E-cho (ep 4)
FAI (ep 4)
Photography: Asahi Production (ep 4)
Photography Assistance: T. Nishimura (ep 3)
Production:
Aies (vols 1-5)  (eps 2-3)
Sega (vol 6)
Toei Animation 
Toei Video Co., Ltd.
Sound Effects:
Fukushima Sound
Swara Pro
Sound Production: Video Art
English staff
English cast
Director: Carl Macek (Streamline Pictures)
Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell (Manga UK)
Script: Gregory Snegoff (Streamline Pictures)
Art Director: Ruby Halipoto (ADV Films)
Project Translator: Andrew Dederer (Streamline Pictures)
Executive producer:
John Ledford (ADV Films)
Laurence Guinness (Manga UK)
Mark Williams (ADV Films)
Producer:
Carl Macek (Streamline Pictures)
David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)

Additional Sound Effects: Ernie Sheesley (ADV Films) 
Additional Translation:
David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)
Gwen Thornton (Discotek Blu-ray)
ADR Dialogue: Gregory Snegoff (Streamline Pictures)
Associate producer: Caleb McPhee (Discotek Blu-ray)
Blu-Ray Authoring: David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray)
Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Casting: Jill Wilmot (Manga UK dub)
Creative Director:
Chris Hawley (ADV Films)
David Del Rio (ADV Films)
Dubbing Mixing:
Richard King (Manga UK dub; eps 1-3, 5-6)
Trevor Barber (Manga UK dub; ep 4)
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams (ADV Films)
DVD Graphics:
Adeleye Lufadeju (ADV Films; Complete Collection)
Fumiko Chino (ADV Films; Vol. 1-3, Complete Collection)
DVD Producer: Thomas Meerbott (ADV Films)
Editing:
Gerald Brewer (ADV Films)
Neil O'Sullivan (ADV Films)
Final Remix: Ernie Sheesley (Streamline Pictures)
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami (ADV Films)
Menu Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek Blu-ray)
Packaging Design:
Adeleye Lufadeju (ADV Films; Complete Collection)
Fumiko Chino (ADV Films; Vol. 1-3, Complete Collection)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas (ADV Films)
Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik (ADV Films)
Christopher Williams (ADV Films)
Marta Bechtol (ADV Films)
Production Coordination: Karen Redmon (ADV Films)
Production manager: Scott Narrie (Streamline Pictures)
Quality Control: Marc Levy (Discotek Blu-ray)
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison (Manga UK dub; eps 1-5)
Recording engineer:
Cesar Inserny (ADV Films)
Clive Mitchison (Manga UK dub; ep 6)
David Walsh (Streamline Pictures)
Henry Rogers (ADV Films)
Michael Clark (ADV Films)
Stanley Thomas (ADV Films)
Trevor Barber (Manga UK dub; ep 6)
Wade Shemwell (ADV Films)
Script Adaptation:
George Roubicek (Manga UK dub; eps 4-5)
John Wolskel (Manga UK dub; ep 6)
Marc Smith (Manga UK dub; eps 1-2)
Mark Baker (Manga UK dub; ep 3)
Sound Design & Mix: Brent Marshall (ADV Films)
Special Thanks To: Sze Kwan Chan (Discotek Blu-ray)
Subtitle Manager: Logan Rebholz (Discotek Blu-ray)
Subtitle Script & Timing: Jonathan Lotman (ADV Films)
Supervising Producer: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Edie Mirman as Emu Hino/Hǔ Qīng-Lán
Stephen Tremblay as Yo (Manga UK dub)
Steve Bulen as Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman

Barbara Goodson as Bayasan (Streamline Dub)
Catherine Battistone as
Fu Long (Streamline Dub)
Kimie Hanada (Streamline Dub)
Diane Michelle as
Kiche (Streamline Dub)
Wonshaku (Streamline Dub)
James Marshall as Onishi (ADV Dub)
Jeff Winkless as Koh Tokugen (Streamline Dub)
John Swasey as Tsunaike (ADV Dub)
Kerrigan Mahan as Ryuji Hanayama (Streamline Dub)
Kira Vincent-Davis as Kiya (ADV Dub)
Melanie MacQueen as Bag Nag/Dark Eyes (Streamline Dub)
Michael McConnohie as Inspector Nitta
Shawn Taylor as Tanya (ADV Dub)
Tony Clay as Oshu Tohgoku (Streamline Dub)
Vic Mignogna as Choko Tateoka (ADV Dub)
Wally Burr as Larry Buck (Streamline Dub)
Wendee Lee as Nina Heaven (Streamline Dub)

Andy McAvin as Nicolaiv (ADV Dub)
Catherine Battistone as Emu's Friend (Streamline Dub)
David Povall as
Abductor (Streamline Dub)
Goken Ishida (Streamline Dub)
Dean Wein as Councilman 2 (Streamline Dub)
Ed Mannix as Ron Fu (Streamline Dub)
Eddie Frierson as Chen (Streamline Dub)
Eleni Kelakos as
Hijacker (Streamline Dub)
Miranda (Streamline Dub)
Narrator (Streamline Dub)
Gregory Snegoff as
Lucky Boyd (Streamline Dub)
Shikebaro (Streamline Dub)
John Tyson as Hairi (ADV Dub)
Kerrigan Mahan as Planet (Streamline Dub)
Kirk Thornton as
Hakushin Society Boardmember (Streamline Dub)
Submarine Crewman (Streamline Dub)
Lara Cody as Child (Streamline Dub)
Michael Forest as
Don Carleone (Streamline Dub)
Shudo Shimazaki (Streamline Dub)
Michael McConnohie as
Bodyguard (Streamline Dub)
Planet (Streamline Dub)
Michael Reynolds as
Brainwasher (Streamline Dub)
Jigon (Streamline Dub)
Master Naitai (Streamline Dub)
Mike Kleinhenz as Yakuza Boss (ADV Dub)
Phil Ross as Chairman (ADV Dub)
Richard Cansino as
Dragon Member
Planet
Rick Burford as Daisei (ADV Dub)
Sean Barrett as Jigon (Manga UK dub)
Sean O'Neel as Yanagi (ADV Dub)
Simon Prescott as
Jinshinye (Streamline Dub)
Victim (Streamline Dub)
Wong (Streamline Dub)
Tom Wyner as
Professor Mikage
Suishinye
Victor Carsrud as Adiou (ADV Dub)
English companies
Distributor:
Image Entertainment (LaserDisc)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. (ADV Films)
Film Restoration:
Q-Tec (Discotek Blu-ray)
Toei Video Co., Ltd. (Discotek Blu-ray)
Film Scanning:
Q-Tec (Discotek Blu-ray)
Toei Video Co., Ltd. (Discotek Blu-ray)
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Discotek Media (2009)
Manga Entertainment (UK, Australia)
Orion (Expired)
Streamline Pictures (Expired)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios (vol 6)
Production: Streamline Pictures (vols 1-5)
Recording Facility:
Industrial Smoke & Mirrors (vol 6)
Screenmusic Studios (vols 1-5)
Translation: Toei Company, Ltd. (Manga UK dub)
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Distributor: AceMedia
Korean cast
(none)
French cast
French staff
(none)
Déborah Perret as Emu Hino
Jean-Philippe Puymartin as Yoh Hnomura/Ron Tai-Yan/Crying Freeman

Bernard-pierre Donnadieu as Inspecteur Nitta
Bruno Dubernat as Tsunaike
Christine Delaroche as Bayasan
Lita Recio as Hu Feng-Ling
Michel Vigné as Oshu Togoku
Virginie Ledieu as Wonshaku

Alain Choquet as Tueur
Bruno Devoldere as Shikebaro
Déborah Perret as Nina Heaven
Jacques Dynam as Ron (eps 2-6)
Jacques Lalande as Ron (ep 1)
Jean-Michel Farcy as Aido Jr
Luc Boulad as Rôles tiers
Olivier Hémon as Chef Yakuza
Pascal Renwick as Larry Buck
Patrice Dozier as Aido
Pierre Dourlens as Président
Pierre Hatet as Chu Shin Ye
René Bériard as Goken Ishida
Robert Guilmard as Ryuji
Roger Crouzet as Shimazaki
Sophie Arthuys as Miranda
William Sabatier as Naiji Kumaga

French companies
Broadcaster: Canal + (from 22 September 1998)
Licensed by: TF1 Vidéo (France)

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