Spirit of Wonder

Spirit of Wonder
	The cover of the first volume of Spirit of Wonder
Manga
Written by	Kenji Tsuruta
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA Dark Horse Comics
Magazine	Weekly Morning; Monthly Afternoon;
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1986 – 1994
Volumes	1
Original video animation
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring
Directed by	Mitsuru Hongo
Written by	Michiru Shimada
Music by	Kohei Tanaka
Studio	Ajia-do Animation Works
Released	June 3, 1992
Runtime	42 minutes
Original video animation
Directed by
Music by	Hayato Matsuo
Studio	Ajia-do Animation Works, Bandai Visual
Released	January 25, 2001 – January 23, 2004
Episodes	4
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Spirit of Wonder is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenji Tsuruta, originally serialized from 1986 in Kodansha's Morning seinen manga magazine, and later in Monthly Afternoon, until 1994.

It was later adapted into a one-episode OVA in 1992, entitled Chaina-san no Yūutsu (チャイナさんの憂鬱, lit. Melancholy of Chaina-san) (released in North America as Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring), animated by Ajia-do Animation Works and released by Toshiba-EMI. It was later followed in 2001 by a new OVA series, produced and released by Bandai Visual, which included two arcs, Shōnen Kagaku Kurabu (少年科學倶楽部, lit. Scientific Boys Club) and Chaina-san: Tanpenshū (チャイナさん短編集, lit. Chaina-san: Short Stories) (released in North America as Spirit of Wonder: Miss China Short Stories—Shrinking of Miss China and Spirit of Wonder: Miss China Short Stories—Planet of Miss China). In 2004, Bandai Visual released a complete DVD box set release of the entire series in Japan, entitled WONDERBOX, which included the 2001 sequel it produced as well as the earlier 1992 episode. Bandai Visual also released an 11-minute short entitled Cup of China's; this short is only available in the WONDERBOX DVD box set release.

The complete OVA series has also been broadcast worldwide by the anime television network Animax, including its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

The earlier OVA was released in North America by AnimEigo entitled Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring. The newer OVA series DVD was released in North America by Bandai Entertainment, entitled Spirit of Wonder it is also available in Australia from Madman Entertainment under the same name.

Credits[]

1992 OVA[]

Chaina-san no Yūutsu/ Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring

Staff[]

Chief Director, Storyboards: Mitsuru Hongō
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Script: Mitsuru Shimada
Character Design and Animation Director: Yoshiaki Yanagida

Cast[]

Cast hide
Character	Japanese^[1]	English^[1]
Narrator		Norm Shore
Miss China	Noriko Hidaka	Pamela Weidner-Houle
Dr. Breckenridge	Michio Hazama	Michael S. Way
Jim Floyd	Hiroyuki Shibamoto	David Bjorkback
Lily	Yuriko Fuchizaki	Lanelle Markgraf
Jon	Rin Mizuhara	John Houle
Nancy	Akiko Hiramatsu	Rachel Seidman
Robin	Chisa Yokoyama	Shawn Ernie
Titi	Tamao Hayashi	Lisa Marie Gattis
Gentleman 1	Chafuurin	Robert Boucher
Gentleman 2	Akihiko Nakajima	Kevin Greenway
Gil	Hirohiko Kakegawa	Marc Matney
Kelly		Sean P. O'Connell
Evans		Bob Weidner
Paul	Ikuya Sawaki	Scott Bailey
Rock	Shouzou Iizuka	Chuck Denson Jr.
Jim's Boss	Yuutaka Shimaka	Eric Paisley
Shopkeeper		Gertrude Weidner
Thief		Jim Clark
Policeman		Dave Underwood

Additional voices[]

English: Elmo Jones, Nick Manatee, Patrick Humphrey, William Brenton

2001 OVA[]

Shōnen Kagaku Kurabu/ Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club

*Scientific Boys Club* Cast hide
Character	Japanese	English
Windy Lindoverberg-Wakeman	Ryoka Yuzuki	Tricia Dickson
Jack Wakeman	Ken'ichi Suzumura	Justin Gross
Cooper	Masashi Hirose	William Frederick Knight
Cooper (young)	Akiko Hiramatsu	Brandon Burton
Gordon Lindoverberg	Takaya Hashi	Michael McConnohie
Gordon Lindoverberg (young)	Yuriko Fuchizaki	Kevin Derkash
Shepherd	Kazuo Oka	Arthur Roberts
Carl	Tomomichi Nishimura	Brad DeMoss
Walter Sullivan	Yosuke Naka	Mitch Evans
Arthur	Kinryuu Arimoto	Brad DeMoss
Frank		Brad DeMoss
Murray	Toshihiko Nakajima	Mitch Evans
Miss China	Noriko Hidaka	Carrie Savage

*Miss China Short Stories* cast hide
Character	Japanese	English
Miss China	Noriko Hidaka	Carrie Savage
Jim Floyd	Hiroyuki Shibamoto	Crispin Freeman
Dr. Breckenridge	Michio Hazama	Deem Bristow
Lily	Yuriko Fuchizaki	Erica Shaffer
Rock	Toshihiro Nakajima	Mitch Evans
Charles	Kazuo Oka	Brad DeMoss

Staff

Chief Director, Screenplay, Storyboards, Episode Supervision: Takashi Annō
Character Design and Animation Director: Yoshiaki Yanagida
Music: Hayato Matsuo

Chaina-san Tanpenshū/ Spirit of Wonder: Miss China Short Stories-Shrinking of Miss China

Director, screenplay, storyboards and animation director, character design: Fujimori Masaya
Director: Negishi Hiroki
Art Director: Shun-ichiro Yoshihara
Music Director: Kambayashi Meisato
Music producer: Shiro Sasaki, Yuji Saito
Music: Hayato Matsuo

Chaina-san Tanpenshū/ Spirit of Wonder: Miss China Short Stories-Planet of Miss China

Director, screenplay, storyboard, character design: Fujimori Masaya
Director: Negishi Hiroki
Art Director: Akihiro Hirasawa
Music Director: Kambayashi Meisato
Music producer: Shiro Sasaki, Yuji Saito
Music: Hayato Matsuo

Cup of China's (Available only on Bandai Visual's WONDERBOX DVD box set release)

Director, screenplay, storyboard, direction and animation director, character design: Fujimori Masaya
Director: Negishi Hiroki
Art Director: Akihiro Hirasawa
Music Director: Kambayashi Meisato
Music producer: Shiro Sasaki, Yuji Saito
Music: Hayato Matsuo

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "The Spirit of Wonder Liner Notes | AnimEigo". archive.animeigo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)
Bandai Visual "What's New" Official website
MadMan Australian DVD newer OVA collection
Spirit of Wonder (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "The Spirit of Wonder Liner Notes | AnimEigo". archive.animeigo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

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Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring
Spirit of Wonder
The cover of the first volume of Spirit of Wonder
Manga
Written by	Kenji Tsuruta
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	^NA Dark Horse Comics
Magazine	Weekly Morning Monthly Afternoon
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1986 – 1994
Volumes	1
Original video animation
Directed by	Mitsuru Hongo
Written by	Michiru Shimada
Music by	Kohei Tanaka
Studio	Ajia-do Animation Works
Released	June 3, 1992
Runtime	42 minutes
Original video animation
Directed by
Music by	Hayato Matsuo
Studio	Ajia-do Animation Works, Bandai Visual
Released	January 25, 2001 – January 23, 2004
Episodes	4
Anime and manga portal