No one really knows what the 60 billion dollar-wanted-man named Vash really looks like, only what damage he has been fabled to have caused. Due to over 300 insurance claims filed by the inhabitants of the cities Vash the Stampede has supposedly demolished, the FIA has sent two claims inspectors - Meryl Stryfe & Milly Thompson - to find Vash and investigate / fine him for all the damage he has caused. Now Vash must not only deal with merciless bounty hunters, but hounding insurance companies too in a setting very reminiscent of such American westerns as Bonanza or Gunsmoke.
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Japanese staff
Director: Satoshi Nishimura Script: Yousuke Kuroda Storyboard: Satoshi Nishimura
Episode Director:
Chikahito Takayanagi (Ep 13)
Hideo Hayashi (Ep 12)
Norihiko Nagahama (Ep 23)
Shoji Yabushita (Ep 10)
Music:
Akira Sotoyama (Drums)
Atsushi Sano (Bass)
Gen Ogimi (Percussion)
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Hiroaki Mizutani (Acoustic bass)
Kiyoshi Kamata (Drums)
Masafumi Minato (Drums)
Masaki Tsurugi (Piano)
Michiaki Suzuki (Bass)
Naruyoshi Kikuchi (Sax)
Tsuneo Akima (Arrangement & lyrics - ED)
Tsuneo Imahori
Udai Shika (Cello)
Yuji Okiyama (Bass)
Original Manga: Yasuhiro Nightow
Character Design: Takahiro Yoshimatsu
Art director: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Animation director: Takahiro Yoshimatsu
Mechanical design: Noriyuki Jinguji
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Executive producer:
Masao Maruyama
Shigeaki Komatsu
Producer:
Masao Morosawa
Shigeru Kitayama
Animation:
Akiko Ohashi
Kyoue Douga
Saki Watanabe
Artist Management:
Koji Sawai (SISTEMA Inc.)
Yasunori Ishii (Flying Publishers, Inc.)
Assistant director: Yutaka Sato
Audio Coordination: Keiko Terao (Arts Pro, Inc.)
Audio Director:
Tomohiro Yoshida
Yasunori Honda (Arts Pro, Inc.)
Background Art:
Atlier Buka
Hiroki Matsumoto
Masumi Nishikawa
Mayumi Okada
Takuya Iida
Toshiyuki Yoshimura
Yuka Okamoto
Color Coordination: Akihiko Isozaki
Editing:
Hirtoshi Ogata
Satoshi Tetauchi
Yukiko Itou
Ending Animation: Yoshimitsu Ohashi
In-Between Animation: Saki Watanabe
In-Between Check: Matsatsugu Kawai
Key Animation:
Hideki Kakita
Hiromi Niioka
Katsuhiro Sasaki
Masahiko Kubo
Minoru Yamazawa
Toshiyuki Sugano
Music Director: Yukako Inoue (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)
Music producer:
Shiro Sasaki
Tsuneo Akima
Tsuneo Imahori
Production Design: Masahiro Otake
Production manager: Toru Iikawa
Recording & Mixing:
Tatsuya Kawakami
Terushi Maruyama
Tsuneo Imahori
Sound Recording: Kazunari Tanaka
Soundtrack Mastering:
Yuka Koizumi (Orange)
Yumi Takeuchi
Special Effects: Toyohiko Sakakibara
Theme Song Composition:
Tsuneo Akima (ED)
Tsuneo Imahori (OP)