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Fractale (TV)

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Alternative title:
フラクタル (Japanese)
碎之星 (Chinese (Taiwan))
프랙탈 (Korean)
Themes: future, technology
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In a far distant future, humanity has embraced the Fractale system as the ultimate path towards utopia. Comprised of several trillion networked computers, Fractale was created in the 22nd century to promote a peaceful lifestyle for the entire world in exchange of a periodic recovery of personal data from individuals through terminals located within their bodies. Living in a rocky coast region, Clain is a young boy fascinated by old technology. After helping a girl named Phryne, she gives him a pendant before disappearing by the next morning. Accessing the data from the peculiar gift, Clain ends up summoning a girl-shaped avatar named Nessa. Together they start a journey as they discover the truth behind the Fractale system.
User Ratings: 1144 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 62 votes (sub:48, dub:11, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 225 votes (sub:195, dub:25, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Very good: 348 votes (sub:291, dub:45, ?:2, raw:1, others:9
7 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 282 votes (sub:241, dub:29, raw:5, others:7
2 Russian dubbed
2 Italian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 116 votes (sub:102, dub:8, raw:4, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 47 votes (sub:38, dub:6, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 24 votes (sub:22, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Weak: 23 votes (sub:18, raw:1, ?:1, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1765 users, rank: #685 (of 9509)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.455 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5992, rank: #1986 (of 9648)
Weighted mean: 7.356 (Good+), rank: #2154 (of 9648) (seen all: 7.41 / seen some: 7.16 / won't finish: 5.06)
Bayesian estimate: 7.357 (Good+), rank: #1882 (of 7274)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage:
2011-01-13
2011-01-13 to 2011-03-31
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Harinezumi" (ハリネズミ) by Hitomi Azuma
Ending Theme:
"Down By The Salley Gardens" by Hitomi Azuma
Reviews:
Fractale BD+DVD (Sep 19, 2012)
News: Show:
Funimation panel (Jul 28, 2012)
noitaminA Industry Panel (Jul 4, 2011)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Fractale - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2020-05-26 (from $38.64)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Fractale - The Complete Series [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2012-07-17 (from $18.95)
    Fractale - The Complete Series [S.A.V.E.] (BD+DVD) 2016-07-19 (from $49.99)
DVD (Region 2)
    Fractale - Complete Series (DVD) 2012-12-10

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yutaka Yamamoto
Series Composition: Mari Okada
Script:
Hiroyuki Yoshino (eps 7, 9)
Mari Okada (7 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 10-11
)

Shinsuke Ōnishi (eps 5, 8)
Storyboard:
Kazuma Fujimori (eps 3, 6)
Mamoru Kanbe (eps 2, 8)
Ryōtarō Makihara (eps 7, 11)
Shingo Adachi (ep 4)
Shinobu Yoshioka (eps 5, 11)
Tomohiko Ito (ep 10)
Yūki Itō (ep 9)
Yutaka Yamamoto (OP, ED; eps 1, 11)
Episode Director:
Mamoru Kanbe (eps 2, 8)
Ryōtarō Makihara (ep 7)
Shingo Adachi (ep 4)
Shinobu Yoshioka (ep 5)
Tomohiko Ito (ep 10)
Yo Miura (ep 6)
Yūki Itō (eps 3, 9)
Yutaka Yamamoto (eps 1, 11)
Unit Director: Yutaka Yamamoto (OP, ED)
Music: Sōhei Kano
Original story: Hiroki Azuma
Original Character Design: Hidari
Character Design: Masako Tashiro
Art Director: Emi Kesamaru
Chief Animation Director: Masako Tashiro
Animation Director:
Hideki Yamazaki (ep 6)
Isao Hayashi (eps 4, 10)
Kazuyuki Asaka (ep 8)
Masako Tashiro (ep 1)
Naoyuki Asano (ep 11)
Nobutake Ito (ep 7)
Sunao Chikaoka (eps 3, 9)
Takuya Kawai (eps 8, 11)
Toshifumi Akai (ep 9)
Yūsuke Matsuo (ep 5)
Yūsuke Tanaka (eps 2, 10)
Mechanical design: Isao Hayashi
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Cgi Director: Hirotsugu Shimoyama (Graphinica)
Director of Photography: Haruhide Ishiguro
2nd Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada (ep 1)
Akiko Matsuo (ep 11)
Asuka Hayashi (ep 11)
Aya Yoshioka (ep 9)
Ayako Matsumoto (ep 1)
Chinami Kudou (ep 6)
Chisato Kawaguchi (eps 1, 7)
Emi Tezuka (ep 5)
Fumiaki Kouta (ep 7)
Hiroe Sawada (ep 9)
Hiroko Yoshida (ep 10)
Isao Hayashi (ep 11)
Issei Aragaki (ep 1)
Kaito Senkōji (ep 1)
Kanako Abe (ep 11)
Kanako Ueda (eps 1, 3-4)
Keisuke Kojima (ep 9)
Maimu Matsushima (ep 5)
Mamiko Sekiya (ep 5)
Mariko Sasaki (ep 9)
Masako Tashiro (eps 4, 11)
Masayuki Tachibana (GoHands; ep 4)
Mayu Fujimoto (eps 1, 11)
Mayuko Kato (eps 6, 11)
Mitsuhiro Kumita (ep 3)
Miyuki Kuroki (eps 1, 8)
Nahoko Kosugi (ep 9)
Naoyuki Asano (eps 8-10)
Natsuko Shimizu (ep 11)
Ryoko Kawamura (ep 1)
Ryouji Masuyama (ep 7)
Sachiko Suzuki (GoHands; ep 4)
Shingo Adachi (ep 4)
Shingo Okano (ep 11)
Shinobu Mōri (ep 1)
Shinobu Yoshioka (ep 5)
Shinpei Koikawa (ep 6)
Shuuko Tomita (ep 1)
Sonomi Sugimura (ep 5)
Sunao Chikaoka (eps 4-5)
Takayuki Gotan (ep 11)
Tetsuro Uetake (GoHands; ep 4)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (eps 1, 10)
Toshifumi Akai (ep 10)
Yoko Takada (ep 5)
Yoshihiro Maeda (ep 5)
Yūki Itō (ep 1)
Yūsuke Tanaka (eps 4-5, 11)
3D Animation: Yoji Nagasawa (Graphinica)
3D CG: Dai Urayama (Graphinica)
Advertising: Hiroyuki Seta (Fuji TV)
Animation: Isao Hayashi (OP)
Animation producer: Akira Shimizu
Assistant Animation Director:
Hideki Yamazaki (ep 1)
Takuya Kawai (ep 1)
Toshifumi Akai (ep 1)
Assistant Director of Photography: Shinya Katō
Assistant Key Animation Director:
Isao Hayashi (ep 1)
Yūsuke Tanaka (ep 1)
Assistant producer: Michiho Akutsu (Fuji TV)
CG Animation:
Ryō Morinaka (Graphinica)
Toshiaki Ihara (Graphinica)
CG Modeling:
Kazumasa Yokokawa (Graphinica)
Mikako Kajiyama (Graphinica)
Takeshi Gotō (Graphinica)
Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto (Fuji TV)
Color Check:
Asuka Yokota (eps 3, 6)
Chiharu Yoshihara (eps 4, 8)
Kanako Hokari (eps 7, 11)
Kazuko Nakashima (ED; ep 1)
Tomoka Yamamoto (eps 9-10)
Color Coordination:
Asuka Yokota (eps 3, 6)
Chiharu Yoshihara (eps 4, 8)
Kanako Hokari (eps 7, 11)
Kazuko Nakashima (ED; ep 1)
Tomoka Yamamoto (eps 9-10)
Color design: Kazuko Nakashima
Compilation: Ayako Mizuno (Fuji TV)
Editing: Kentarō Tsubone
Graphic Design: Natsuko Satō (OP)
Image Design: Emi Kesamaru
In-Between Check:
Chizuru Muramatsu (eps 6, 10)
Kanako Ueda (eps 3, 7)
Megumi Masaoka (ep 10)
Saori Tomita (ED; eps 1, 4, 8, 11)
Tomoko Miyata (eps 2, 5, 9)
Key Animation:
Akiko Konno (ep 6)
Akira Tabata (ep 6)
Asami Komatsu (ep 1)
Aya Yamaguchi (ep 9)
Chie Saito (ep 6)
Chikashi Kubota (ep 4)
Chisato Kawaguchi (eps 2, 10-11)
Daisuke Hiramaki (ep 6)
Eiji Komatsu (ep 4)
Emi Yamazaki (ep 6)
Emiko Shimura (eps 3, 6, 8-11)
Futoshi Suzuki (ep 1)
Hideki Yamazaki (eps 1, 6, 9)
Hidetsugu Itō (ep 1)
Hiromi Hata (ep 7)
Hiroshi Yamashita (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 6)
Hitomi Odashima (ep 1)
Isao Hayashi (eps 2-4, 10)
Issei Aragaki (ep 3)
Jun Fujiwara (ep 9)
Jun'ichi Kitamura (ep 10)
Kaito Senkōji (ep 8)
Kanako Ōyabu (ep 9)
Kanako Ueda (ep 8)
Kaori Oka (ep 9)
Katsuhiko Kitada (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 10-11
)

Katsuyuki Tamura (ep 10)
Kazuya Sako (eps 8, 11)
Kazuyuki Asaka (eps 2, 4, 8, 11)
Keiichirou Matsui (ep 2)
Keiko Nakaji (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 10-11
)

Keisuke Kobayashi (ep 10)
Keita Matsumoto (ep 3)
Kenji Nishikawa (ep 9)
Koichi Kikuta (GoHands; ep 4)
Kōichi Sugitani (ep 4)
Kōta Michishita (ep 2)
Kyoko Kotani (ep 11)
Maimu Matsushima (eps 1, 6, 8, 11)
Mamiko Nakanishi (eps 4, 9-10)
Manabu Imura (ep 10)
Manami Fukuyo (ep 9)
Masaaki Yamano (eps 3, 9-10)
Masahiro Yamanaka (eps 1, 4, 8)
Masako Tashiro (eps 1, 8-9)
Masato Nishikawa (ep 9)
Megumi Kouno (eps 8, 10)
Michihiko Ozawa (eps 4, 9-10)
Mineko Ueda (eps 1, 6, 10)
Mitsuru Ishihara (ep 4)
Miyuki Kuroki (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 10-11
)

Miyuki Nakayama (ep 9)
Motonori Nishibe (ep 9)
Naoki Hiramura (ep 9)
Natsuko Shimizu (ep 7)
Nobutake Ito (ep 7)
Rui Niitsuma (ep 6)
Ryo-timo (ep 4)
Ryōichi Nakano (ep 4)
Ryōma Ebata (ep 3)
Ryōtarō Makihara (eps 1, 7, 11)
Ryouji Masuyama (ep 1)
Satomi Higuchi (ep 7)
Satoshi Yamaguchi (ep 9)
Sayaka Takase (ep 10)
Sayaka Tokunaga (ep 10)
Seiko Asai (ep 3)
Shigenori Inami (ep 8)
Shinichi Kurita (ep 7)
Shinji Itadaki (ep 6)
Shinobu Mōri (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 8, 10-11
)

Shinobu Yoshioka (eps 1, 8)
Shōhei Kohara (ep 10)
Shou Matsui (ep 9)
Shouko Nishigaki (ep 7)
Sunao Chikaoka (eps 3, 9, 11)
Takahiro Chiba (all for ED; ep 10)
Takahiro Sasaki (ep 4)
Takahiro Shikama (ep 11)
Takashi Habe (ep 4)
Takashi Igari (ep 9)
Takashi Kawaguchi (ep 2)
Takashi Ono (ep 8)
Takayuki Gotan (ep 4)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 6)
Takuya Kawai (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 11
)

Tatsumi Fujii (ep 10)
Tetsurō Nireki (ep 9)
Tomoko Ishikawa (ep 3)
Tomoko Nitta (eps 6, 10)
Tomomi Kawatsuma (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 8, 11
)

Tomomi Kimura (eps 6, 10)
Tomotaka Shibayama (eps 1, 10)
Toshifumi Akai (eps 2, 4, 9)
Toshiharu Kudō (ep 6)
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (ep 3)
Yasunori Miyazawa (ep 7)
Yasuomi Umetsu (eps 3, 9)
Yoko Takada (ep 1)
Yoshihiro Maeda (eps 1, 6, 8, 11)
Yoshiko Okuda (ep 3)
Yousuke Okuda (ep 3)
Yūgo Mizutani (eps 2-3, 9-10)
Yūki Hara (ep 9)
Yūki Itō (eps 3, 11)
Yuki Komatsu (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 10-11
)

Yūko Hineno (ep 9)
Yūsuke Matsuo (ep 5 all)
Yusuke Shimizu (eps 2, 4)
Yūsuke Tanaka (eps 1-2, 10)
Yūta Kiso (ep 3)
Monitor Graphics: Kanako Yamada (Graphinica)
Music Performance:
Aya Kyūragi (Trumpet)
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Jun Saitō (Bass)
Kanade Shishiuchi (Trombone)
Osamu Iyoku (Violin)
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Takahiro Yūki (Cello)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Production Advancement:
Chiaki Nagai (eps 1, 8)
Hiroshi Nakamura (ep 5)
Kazuya Kida (eps 2, 7, 11)
Keisuke Tateishi (ep 3)
Masayoshi Muro (ep 9)
Megumi Kurada (eps 4, 10)
Satoko Nōda (ep 6)
Yūichi Fukushima (ep 9)
Production Business: Keiko Kitamura
Production Business Manager: Keiko Ishikawa
Production Cooperation: Mutsumi Akazaki (Gangan Online)
Production Desk: Yūichi Fukushima
Prop Design: Yūsuke Tanaka
Publicity: Emi Takamura
Recording Adjustment: Yasushi Nagura
Recording Assistant: Mai Sunaba
Setting Production: Saori Suga
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
System Management: Masayoshi Yoshioka
Theme Song Arrangement: AZUMAYA (OP, ED)
Theme Song Composition: Hitomi Azuma (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Hitomi Azuma (OP, ED [Japanese])
William Butler Yeats (ED [Original - English])
Theme Song Performance: Hitomi Azuma (OP, ED)
Title Logo Design: Yoichi Yamakami
Worldview Setting: Ryōtarō Makihara (ep 7)
Kana Hanazawa as Nessa
Minami Tsuda as Phryne
Yū Kobayashi as Clain

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Barrot
Sumi Shimamoto as Moeran
Yuka Iguchi as Enri

Aki Toyosaki as Megan (ep 7)
Ayuko Yoshida as
Clain's mother
Granitz woman (ep 11)
Priestess C (ep 3)
Tsunami (eps 4-6, 9)
Young priestess (ep 7)
Eiji Miyashita as Takamy
Hiromi Konno as Sanko (eps 3-7, 9, 11)
Hironori Kondō as Butcher
Hiroshi Kamiya as Colin (ep 7)
Ikkyuu Juku as Gail (ep 7)
Konomi Maeda as Alabaster woman (ep 10)
Kōtarō Matsumaru as
Daidara (eps 4-6, 9-11)
Middle-aged leader (ep 8)
Kouzou Douzaka as Town's rep (ep 9)
Masafumi Kimura as
Clain's father
Man at the tower (ep 6)
Minoru Shiraishi as Gowan (eps 9-11)
Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Young man (ep 6)
Ryō Kuratomi as
Doctor (ep 3)
Granite villager B (ep 4)
Man A (ep 7)
Middle-aged man (ep 6)
Old leader (eps 8-9)
Soldier (ep 10)
Sachiko Chijimatsu as Granny Elder (7 episodes
eps 3-6, 8-9, 11
)
Takao Sugiyama as
Alabaster soldier (ep 10)
Man B (ep 7)
Townsperson (ep 9)
Tomoaki Maeno as Dias (eps 6, 8-11)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Gramps Elder (eps 3-6, 8-11)
Yoshiko Okamoto as
Granites village people (ep 3)
Priestess D (ep 4)
Yukiko Mizuochi as Priestess B (eps 3-4)
Yuu Maruyama as
Chikage (eps 5-9)
Granite villager A (ep 4)
Priestess A (eps 3, 10-11)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A-Line (ep 10)
Animation Planet (ep 8)
Ashi Productions (eps 1, 4)
Buyuu (ep 10)
Doga Kobo (eps 6, 9-10)
Dream Force (eps 1, 11)
FAI International (ep 1)
GK Entertainment (ep 1)
GoHands (eps 1, 4)
HEBARAKI (ep 6)
M.S.C (ep 10)
Magic Bus (ep 6)
Studio Mark (eps 9-10)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 11)
TNK (ep 1)
Wao World (ep 6)
Wish (ep 9)
Xebec (ep 1)
3D Graphics: Graphinica
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Backgrounds: Studio Easter
Broadcaster:
BS Fuji (2011-02-26)
Fuji Television Network (2011-01-13 Noitamina)
Kansai Telecasting Corporation (2011-01-18)
Noitamina
Tokai Television (2011-01-20)
Original Concept: Mandlebrot Engine
Photography: Graphinica
Photography Assistance:
Line Farm
Tripod
Production Assistance: Ordet
Recording Studio: Studio 2010:
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Translation: Masako Ollivier
ADR Engineer: Stephen Hoff
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
Blu-Ray Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-Ray Menu Audio:
Austin Black
Gino Palencia
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Enrique Echavarria
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia
DVD Menu Design: Diana Zaky
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Jacob Martin
Line Producer: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Post-Production Assistant: Aya Spann
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Engineer:
Andrew Manson
Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
Brina Palencia as Clain
Caitlin Glass as Phryne
Luci Christian as Nessa

Bucky Pearl as Barrot
Monica Rial as Enri
Scott Freeman as Sunda
Stephanie Young as Moeran

Austin Tindle as Gowan
Brian Mathis as Daidara
Chuck Huber as Hawker
Dana Schultes as Clain's Mother
Eric Vale as Dias
Ian Sinclair as Takamy
Jennifer Seman as Chikage
Jerry Jewell as Doctor (ep 3)
Juli Erickson as Priestess A (ep 3)
Lindsay Seidel as Sanko
Mark Stoddard as
Clain's Father
Hermit
Terri Doty as Tsunami
Todd Haberkorn as Colin

Alexis Tipton (eps 2-6)
Ben Phillips (eps 8-11)
Brian Mathis (eps 9-11)
Chris Rager (eps 2-6)
Chuck Huber (ep 4)
Cynthia Cranz (eps 2-6)
Dana Schultes (eps 1-2)
David Trosko (eps 1-4)
David Wilson-Brown (eps 1, 4, 6)
Dennis Maher (eps 2-3)
Drew Wall (eps 1-6)
Duncan Brannan (eps 7-10)
Greg Dulcie (eps 8-10)
Jeremy Inman (eps 1-3)
Jerry Jewell (eps 2-4)
Jerry Russell (eps 2-6, 8-11)
Joel McDonald (eps 2-6, 9-11)
John Swasey (eps 2, 6)
Juli Erickson (eps 3-5)
Kara Edwards (eps 2-7, 9, 11)
Mark Stoddard (eps 1-2)
Martha Harms (eps 2-7, 9, 11)
Mary-Margaret Pyeatt (eps 1, 3, 6)
Melanie Mason (ep 9)
Melinda Wood Allen (eps 2-5, 10-11)
Michael Richey (eps 8-9)
Michele Specht (eps 1-2)
Mike McFarland (eps 1-2)
Newton Pittman (eps 9, 11)
Orion Pitts (ep 7)
Pam Dougherty (eps 3-6)
Robert McCollum (eps 8-11)
Stephen Hoff (eps 6, 11)
Terri Doty (eps 2-3, 10-11)
Trina Nishimura (ep 10)
English companies
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment (UK and Ireland)
Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (2017)
FUNimation Entertainment (Simulcasting)
Hulu
Wakanim (Nordic countries and the Netherlands)
French cast
French staff
Translation: Xavier Fleury (Wakanim)

Adaptation: Julien Dutel
Amandine Longeac as Phryné
Angelique Heller as Clain
Sandra Vandroux as Nessa

Dany Benedito as Enri
Laurent Pasquier as Barrot
Michaël Maino as Sunda

Damien Laquet as Dias
Dany Benedito as Mère de Clain
Franck Adrien as Père de Clain

French companies
Broadcaster: Nolife
Dubbing: PILON Studio Son
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
German staff
German companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (German-speaking countries)
German cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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