Saint Tail
| Saint Tail | |
| 怪盗 セイント・テール (Kaitō Seinto Tēru) |
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|---|---|
| Genre | Magical girl, Kaitō, Romance |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Megumi Tachikawa |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher |  Tokyopop |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Original run | October 1994 – December 1996 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Licensed by | TOKYOPOP |
| Network | ABC |
| English network |  RPN Network |
| Original run | 12 October 1995 – 12 September 1996 |
| Episodes | 43 |
Saint Tail (怪盗セイント・テール Kaitō Seinto Tēru), is a magical girl manga and anime series. Originally a twenty-four part manga by Megumi Tachikawa, the story was brought to television anime by producer Tokyo Movie Shinsha, with forty-three episodes and one short, broadcast by ABC. Tokyopop translated the manga series, and subtitled and partially dubbed the anime series.
Video Games were released for the Sega Saturn and Sega Game Gear in Japan, and are considered collectors items by Saint Tail fans.
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[edit] Story
The story of Saint Tail follows a simple formula: school girl Meimi Haneoka transforms into the mysterious thief Saint Tail, and steals back what was stolen or taken dishonestly. She's assisted by a classmate and sister-in-training, Seira Mimori, whose position in the church after school each day allows her to hear the troubles of those who have been wronged and have come to pray to God.
While Saint Tail steals to right the wrongs done to innocent people, she's a thief to the police force. Her classmate Daiki Asuka Jr., called Asuka Jr., and son of Detective Asuka, is hot on her trail. Saint Tail delivers notices of her planned capers to Asuka Jr., to give him a fair chance to catch her.
[edit] Characters
- Meimi Haneoka / Saint Tail (羽丘芽美 / セイントテール Haneoka Meimi / Seinto Teiru)
- Voiced by: Tomo Sakurai (Japanese), Mela Lee (English)
- The main character of the series. Meimi is a typical cheerful orange-haired fourteen-year-old student at St. Paulia's Private School. By night she transforms into the mysterious (yet magical) thief, Saint Tail. In this guise, she takes back what bad people have stolen. She is given information by her classmate, and nun-in-training, Seira, of misdeeds.
- Daiki Asuka Jr. (飛鳥大貴 / アスカＪｒ Asuka Daiki / Asuka Jr.)
- Voiced by: Kousuke Okano (Japanese), Joshua Seth (English)
- Daiki Asuka is a detective boy fourteen-year-old student at classmate of Meimi, and is a top student in his class.
- Seira Mimori (深森 聖良 Mimori Seira)
- Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Anjuli Cain (English)
- Seira is a quiet and mature, fourteen-year-old student classmate and best friend of Meimi. She is a nun-in training at the school's church. she is the only person who knows the real identity of Saint Tail.
[edit] Anime dubbing
Only the first five volumes (15 episodes) were dubbed to English. Volumes 6-8 were released on DVD with English subtitles only.
The first two volumes (seven episodes) of the English dub removed references to God in a possible anticipation of a TV broadcast.[1] This is especially awkward, "considering Seira Mimori spends half of the time in a nun's habit, one wonders why they thought they could do Saint Tail without references to God".[1] According to producer Kenneth Lee, who took over starting with Volume 3, the remaining episodes will not have this restriction.[1][2]
In the Italian dub, when Asuka Jr. reads a notice from Saint Tail, rather than display the notice written in Japanese, a short scene of Saint Tail running in the dark is shown while her voice reads out the notice's message. The notice scenes are cut from the Korean dub, presumably due to the Japanese text. In Korea, several episodes were cut entirely (they had not been broadcast) because there was so much content with Japanese culture or text. The 12th episode was broadcast just after 3rd episode to match with the real Christmas season when it was broadcast in Korea.
[edit] Title names in dubbed versions
| Language | Title | lit. translation |
| English | Saint Tail | Saint Tail |
| Italian | Lisa e Seya, un solo cuore per lo stesso segreto | Lisa and Seya, a single heart for the same secret |
| Japanese | 『怪盗 セイント・テール』(かいとう せいんと・てーる) (Kaitō Seinto Tēru) |
Mysterious Thief Saint Tail |
| Philippines | Sweet Tales of Saint Tail | |
| Portuguese | A Ladra Meimi | Thief Meimi |
| Russian | Грабительница Святой Хвост | |
| Spanish
(Los Angeles) |
Las Aventuras de Saint Tail | The Adventures of Saint Tail |
| Spanish Re-dubbing
(In process) |
La Misteriosa Ladrona Saint Tail | Mysterious Thief Saint Tail |
| Korean | 천사 소녀 네티 (cheonsa sonyeo neti) |
Angel Girl Neti |
| Chinese | 怪盗 St. Tail (guài dào St. Tail) |
Mysterious Thief St. Tail |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Lazar, Jim (2004-04-14). "Saint Tail Editing Reporter". animeprime.com. http://animeprime.burntoutcomic.com/reports/sttail.shtml. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ^ "No Editing Zone Full News for September 2001". animeprime.com. 2001-09-15. http://animeprime.burntoutcomic.com/edit/oldnews/news-sep2001.shtml.
[edit] External links
- Saint Tail (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Saint Tail (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Saint Tail at TV.com
- Hitoshi Doi's Kaitou Saint Tail website at the Wayback Machine (archived February 22, 2007)
- Saint Tail volume 1 at the Wayback Machine (archived June 30, 2010) - Saint Tail catalogued at the Tokyopop website
- Kaitou Saint Tail Korean Fan Cafe (Korean)
