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Oh! Edo Rocket

Oh! Edo Rocket

200710.01 Season26 EpisodesEndedTV-MA

Overview

Oh! Edo Rocket is a stage play written for the Gekidan Shinkansen theater troupe by Kazuki Nakashima. It was adapted into an anime TV series in April 2007, directed by Seiji Mizushima and produced by Studio Madhouse. It is a comedic story often breaking the fourth wall, that involves a firework maker in medieval Edo and his efforts to build a rocket to carry an alien back to her people on the moon. The series made its North American television debut on the FUNimation Channel on November 15, 2010.

Created by Sho Aikawa
Written by Sho Aikawa, Kazuki Nakashima
NetworksTokyo MXChiba TVTV AichiTBSTeletama

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Top Cast

Rie Kugimiya

Rie Kugimiya

Shunpei

Romi Park

Romi Park

O-ise

Tokuyoshi Kawashima

Tokuyoshi Kawashima

Nishinosuke Akai

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Ginjiro

Yoko Soumi

Yoko Soumi

Seikichi Tamaya

Chika Fujimura

Chika Fujimura

Sora

Kiyonobu Suzuki

Kiyonobu Suzuki

Santa

Shinya Fukumatsu

Shinya Fukumatsu

Rokubei

Chie Sato

Chie Sato

Rokubei's Wife

Kinoko Yamada

Kinoko Yamada

Shinza

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Themes & Keywords

dreamsfireworksalienserial killerhistoricalninjas

About Oh! Edo Rocket

Oh! Edo Rocket is a animation, comedy, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 2007 exploring themes of dreams, fireworks, alien, serial killer, historical, ninjas. Created by Sho Aikawa, it stars Rie Kugimiya, Romi Park, Tokuyoshi Kawashima. Oh! Edo Rocket is a stage play written for the Gekidan Shinkansen theater troupe by Kazuki Nakashima. It was adapted into an anime TV series in April 2007, directed by Seiji Mizushima and produced by Studio Madhouse. It is a comedic story often breaking the fourth wall, that involves a firework maker in medieval Edo and his efforts to build a rocket to carry an alien back to her people on the moon. The series made its North American television debut on the FUNimation Channel on November 15, 2010.

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