Voogie's Angel Explained

Voogie's Angel
Ja Kanji:電脳戦隊ヴギィ`ズ・エンジェル
Ja Romaji:Dennou Sentai Voogie's Angel
Genre:Adventure, comedy, mecha
Music:Hajime Hyakkoku
First:1996
Episodes:24[1]
Type:ova
Director:Masami Oobari (eps 1 and 2)
Aoi Takeuchi (ep 3)
Music:Hajime Hyakkoku
Toru Yukawa
Studio:J.C.Staff (eps 1 and 2)
Frontline (ep 3)
First:October 24, 1997
Last:July 24, 1998
Runtime:30 minutes
Episodes:3

is a three-episode Japanese original video animation series, based on a 1996 radio drama series of the same name created by Aoi Takeuchi. Character designs in the animation were redone by Masami Oobari, based on the original designs created by Shin'ichi Miyamae for the radio series and its CD releases.

A hundred years after the Earth's surface is invaded by aliens (Space Emigrants, or SE) and humans have been forced to live in underwater cities, the last hope of saving the Earth lies in the hands of five cybernetically enhanced women. These women are trained to carry out attacks against the SE in hopes of reclaiming Earth for mankind.

An OVA directed by Hayato Date titled 電脳戦隊ヴギィ’ズ・エンジェル外伝 進め! スーパー・エンジェルス (Dennou Sentai Voogie's Angel Gaiden: Susume! Super Angels!) was released on August 21, 1998.[2] Another OVA, a compilation titled 電脳戦隊ヴギィ’ズ・エンジェル -Forever and ever- (Dennou Sentai Voogie's Angel: Forever and Ever), was released on January 25, 1999.[3]

Dennou Sentai Last Angels, a reboot of Voogie's Angel, had its first CD release on March 24, 2021.[4] [5]

Cast

Voogie's Angel cast
RoleJapanese[6] English[7]
Coastal Studios (2000)
VoogieAya Hisakawa
Merrybell Candy StuartShiho KikuchiMegan Hancock
Rebecca Sweet-Hausen[8] Kotono MitsuishiTraci Dinwiddie
Shiori TachibanaKikuko Ino'ueJuliet Cesario
Midi the GirlSakura TangePamela Weidner-Houle
StrikemeyerNobuyuki HiyamaRick Forrester
Teddy the BoyYumi ToumaNatasha Malinsky-Parker
Dr. CrimtTakehito KoyasuGeoff Whitesell
Dr. Nina WoodfordKonami YoshidaElizabeth Roberts
Lt. Jay BurstToshiyuki MorikawaChris Hill
Admiral TsunamiHidekatsu Shibata
ScottAkimitsu Takase
ChesterKatashi Ishidzuka
AshAkira IshidaMichael Granberry
GrayJun'ichi EndouBryan Bolick
1Cpt. Leon CougarKaneto ShiozawaScott Simpson
Michelle SummerKae ArakiAbbie Marasco
CaptainKen'ichi Morozumi
Crew 1Ki'ichirou Murase
Crew 2Eiji Sekiguchi
Magnificent SamuraiNobuyuki HiyamaThomas Bruning
Kunizou GondawaraShocker OH!NOSteve Tylor
OkinuAkiko NakagawaArona Starling
2Cpt. Ron HowardJuurouta KosugiDave Underwood
MikeKi'ichirou Murase

References

  1. Audio drama CD Vol. 5 - 電脳戦隊ヴギィ`ズ・エンジェルVol. 5 「Radical Fight!」 (NACL-1258)
  2. Web site: 電脳戦隊ヴギィ'ズ・エンジェル外伝 進め!スーパー・エンジェルス!(1998). January 17, 2015. allcinema.net. Stingray. ja.
  3. Web site: 電脳戦隊ヴギィ'ズ・エンジェル -Forever and ever-(1999). January 17, 2015. allcinema.net. Stingray. ja.
  4. Web site: Voogie's Angel Reboot Project Last Angels Unveils Promo Video.
  5. Web site: Voogie's Angel Reboot Project Last Angels Streams 2nd Promo.
  6. Web site: Voogie's Angel. 2022-01-07. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US.
  7. Web site: Voogie's Angel. 2022-01-07. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US.
  8. Liner notes from the OVA Original Soundtrack Vol. 2 - 電脳戦隊ヴギィズ・エンジェル音楽大全2 (COCC-14995)