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Main Title	The Spirit of Wonder: China-san no Yuuutsu (a1952)
Official Title	javerified The Spirit of Wonder チャイナさんの憂鬱
Official Title	en Spirit of Wonder: Miss China`s Ring
Type	OVA
Year	03.06.1992
Season	Spring 1992
Tags	[similar]
Resources	Official website Wiki (en) Wiki (jp) Allcinema Anison Syoboi ANN IMDB MAL
Rating	5.90 (470)
Average	6.65 (471)
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Main Title	The Spirit of Wonder: China-san no Yuuutsu (a1952)
Official Title	javerified The Spirit of Wonder チャイナさんの憂鬱
Official Title	en Spirit of Wonder: Miss China`s Ring
Official Title	frverified Spirit of Wonder : L`anneau de Miss China
Synonym	Spirit of Wonder

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Hidaka Noriko	as	China
Hazama Michio	as	Breckenridge
Shibamoto Hiroyuki	as	Jim
Fuchizaki Yuriko	as	Lily

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Original Work:	Tsuruta Kenji
Direction:	Hongou Mitsuru
Character Design:	Yanagida Yoshiaki
Music:	Tanaka Kouhei
Animation Work:	Asia-dou

Sometime during the late 19th century, a young Asian girl has made a place for herself in a seaside town as the owner and operator of the Tenkai restaurant and boarding house..

Yet "Miss China," as the locals call her, is in the dumps. She's got a Mad Scientist named Breckenridge living upstairs who is chronically late with the rent, and she's pining for Jim, a handsome watchmaker's apprentice whom she mistakenly believes is pursuing the local flower girl.

But this isn't our world. It is a world that has the Spirit of Wonder, where every so often, just occasionally mind you, amazing things happen. The Mad Scientist actually has come up with an incredible invention, and Jim has an unbelievable plan to use it to give Miss China the most beautiful ring in all the World.

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Running Time 53364s

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by rouxlas on 2011-09-10 04:50

An awesome 40 minutes ova. A definitely "must see" for every anime fan.

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female, physically strongIn comparison to the norm, someone who is physically strong possesses superior, sometimes even unnatural, physical strength. Said strength usually allows them to win fights, or at least to last longer; stronger people are also normally able to withstand harsh conditions more easily than the rest, and even do things as simple as carrying heavy weights around. This tag also applies when a race is stronger than others (think the Sayajin), as long as said weaker races are also a part of the cast.

voiced by: Hidaka Noriko

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Breckenridge

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voiced by: Hazama Michio

Jim

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voiced by: Shibamoto Hiroyuki

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Credit	Name	Comment
Original Work (原作)	Tsuruta Kenji	(講談社刊「コミックアフタヌーン」掲載)
Direction (監督)	Hongou Mitsuru
Character Design (キャラクターデザイン)	Yanagida Yoshiaki
Setting (設定)	Kaiya Toshihisa
Setting (設定)	Nishimura Hiroyuki
Music (音楽)	Tanaka Kouhei
Music Work (音楽制作)	Imagine
Sound Effects (効果)	Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Effects (効果)	Matsuda Akihiko
Editing (編集)	Andou Youko
	Fuse Yumiko
	Nojiri Yukiko
	YA Staff
Recording Direction (録音監督)	Ookuma Akira
Colour Design (色彩設計)	Ichinose Miyoko
Photographic Direction (撮影監督)	Saitou Akio
Producer (プロデューサー)	Okamura Masahiro
Producer (プロデューサー)	Sugiyama Kiyoshi
Planning (企画)	Shishido Fuminori
Animation Work (アニメーション制作)	Asia-dou
Production & Publication (製作著作)	Toshiba EMI

Script/Screenplay (脚本)	Shimada Michiru
Animation Direction (作画監督)	Yanagida Yoshiaki
Key Animation (原画)	Eguchi Marisuke
	Fujikawa Futoshi
	Fujimori Masaya
	Kaiya Toshihisa
	Murata Mitsunori
	Nishimura Hiroyuki
	Oohara Yasushi
	Saitou Tetsuhito
	Shibata Akihiro
	Takakura Yoshihiko
	Yoshino Takao
Key Animation Assistance (原画協力)	Megaten Studio
In-Between Animation Check (動画チェック)	Nakajima Yuuichi
In-Between Animation (動画)	Animaru Ya
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	Kawauchi Yukie
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	Mito Yasuo
	Mutsuzaki Mitsuyuki
	Nakazato Satoe
	Oka Hidekazu
	Project Team Muu
	Satou Kazuhiro
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	Tajima Eiko
	Yuminamochi Sachiko
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	池沼有美
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Finishing/Clean-up (仕上げ)	Chaoyang Donghua	as 上海朝陽動画有限公司
	Just
	Sendai Animation
	Studio Korumi
	Studio Marine
	呉雲霞
	周舞劍
	戴娜
	汪瑜
	茅碧雯
	袁曉顰
Art (美術)	Ogura Hiromasa
Background Art (背景)	Hirose Yoshinori
	Ina Junko
	Ishigaki Production
	Shibutani Yukihiro
	Takahashi Ken`ichi
	大機恭子
	大河英雄
Special Effects (特効)	Nishiyama Makoto
Photography (撮影)	Ace Creation
	Kaneko Kousuke
	Kobayashi Shingo	小林愼吾
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	吉田正
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Lith Work (リスワーク)	Maki Pro
Title (タイトル)	Maki Pro
Lab (ラボ)	Tokyo Genzousho
Soundtrack (オリジナルサウンドトラック盤)	Toshiba EMI	(TM FACTORY レーペル)
Sound Adjustment (整音)	Shibata Nobuhiro
Recording Studio (録音スタジオ)	APU Studio
Recording Work (録音制作)	Audio Planning U
Assistant Production Manager (進行)	Negishi Hiroki
Production Manager (制作担当)	Matsuyama Ryuuichirou
Assistance/Cooperation (協力)	Gekkan Afternoon Henshuubu
Assistance/Cooperation (協力)	Kodansha

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ending	Yume no Tobira	N/A (1)	Vocals/Performed by (歌手)	Hidaka Noriko
			Lyrics (作詞)	Maeda Kou`ichirou
			Music Composition (作曲)	Tanaka Kouhei
			Music Arrangement (編曲)	Kishimura Masami

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