She, the Ultimate Weapon / Saishū Heiki Kanojo / SaiKano

She, the Ultimate Weapon

Genres: action, drama, romance, science fiction
Themes: apocalyptic, military, tragedy, war
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Shuji and Chise are two Hokkaido high school students barely starting a relationship with each other. Then, with no warning, a squadron of bombers from an unknown country destroy the city of Sapporo. All hope is lost when suddenly, the bombers are destroyed by a small red light floating across the sky. At this point, Shuji finds out that the one responsible for eliminating the enemy forces is Chise, who reveals herself as a cyborg engineered for mass-destruction.
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2002-07-02 to 2002-09-24

ANN Info Page

She, the Ultimate Weapon: Another Love Song / Saishū Heiki Kanojo: Another Love Song (OAV) - Vintage: 2005-08-05

Saikano official site online

posted on 2004-03-09 11:22 EST

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New Saikano Projects in Japan

posted on 2004-10-10 13:53 EDT

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Saikano OAV series

posted on 2004-12-13 14:18 EST

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Saikano OAV Trailer

posted on 2005-01-01 16:10 EST

Sentai FilmworksPress Release

December 17, 2014

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Sentai Filmworks Adds Saikano/She, The Ultimate Weapon

posted on 2014-12-17 14:19 EST
Viz Media previously released 2002 anime series on DVD

Well there’s a blast from the past. I have a couple of tattered bargain-bin DVDs for this series that I got to complete a bargain offer years ago. I recall starting this series but never finishing it or progressing very far in it.

A show like this, and with a title like that, needs a “classy, pulpy” cover. Here are some examples for Sentai to take inspiration from:

Pics

http://nitratediva.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/poster20-20she201935_01.jpeg
http://cdn.gowatchit.com/posters/original/movie_42328.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/She_FilmPoster.jpeg/220px-She_FilmPoster.jpeg

or my favorite

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/029/e/8/she_ra_movie_poster_by_kuhsor-d5t68e0.jpg

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I’m picturing those ads with the loli-looking Saikano char in them and it cracks me up.

…unfortunately there’s a generational thing with the name Ursula: people born before a certain time think of what you posted while others think of the morbidly obese octopus woman from that Disney flick :open_mouth:

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Complete Collection Cover/Disc Art

DVD

English Dub Cast

(will remain the same as previous release listed at ANN)

Shuji - Mark Atherlay
Chise - Melissa Hutchinson
Tetsu - Abie Hadjitarkhani
Akemi - Amy Provenzano
Fuyumi - Elaine Clark
Atsushi - Joe Wyka
Take - Abie Hadjitarkhani
Mr. Kawahara - David Arendash
Shuji’s Mother - Elaine Clark
Shuji’s Father - Jesse Spencer
Nori - M.J. Reynolds
Kazu - Nick Shakoour
Yukari - Nicole Emi

Coming to the Anime Network Online Player

She, the Ultimate Weapon
Shuji and Chise are caught in the middle of a bomber attack when it’s revealed Chise is more than a high school girl.
Starts: 4/3/2015
Language: Japanese w/ English Subtitles

Episodes 1-13 (Sub) are live at ANO

These episodes are now listed as FREE.

http://ask.fm/SentaiFilmworks/answer/125725031133

Q. I bought a copy of Saikano/She the Ultimate Weapon and the video does not take up the entire screen, as in there are black bars all around it. Do you know why, or is this only happening to me?

A. Good question! I went back and asked one of our production guys about this issue and here’s what he had to say:
“The original Japanese DVD was 4x3 letterboxed. We matched the original Japanese release.
We could have cropped the letterboxing and stretched the show to 16x9, but the video quality softened and artifacts in the original masters were magnified. We ran tests and then decided to keep the original format.”

Ten Years Later: ‘Saikano – Another Love Song’ Anime Series

September 15, 2015 at 05:00 PM

Premiering on AN Online Player

Episodes: 1-13
Starts: Sunday, 10/4/2015
Languages: English Dubbed and Japanese w/English Subtitles

Eps 1-13 (Dub) are delayed.

Episodes 1-13 (Dub) are live at ANO

She, The Ultimate Weapon Official Trailer

Complete Collection, Cover/Disc Art

Blu-ray

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