Virgin Fleet

聖少女艦隊バージンフリート (Seishōjo Kantai Virgin Fleet)
Virgin Fleet
Official Region 1 DVD cover released by Central Park Media
Genre	Military fiction, Action, Adventure, Romantic comedy
Original video animation
Directed by	Masahiro Hosoda
Produced by	Oji Hiroi (executive)
Written by	Yasuhiro Imagawa
Music by	Masumi Itō
Studio	AIC
Licensed by	^NA Central Park Media
Released	April 25, 1998 – October 25, 1998
Runtime	30 min/episode
Episodes	3
Game
Developer	Red Entertainment
Publisher	Konami
Genre	TRPG
Platform	PlayStation
Released	July 1, 1999

Virgin Fleet (聖少女艦隊バージンフリート, Seishōjo Kantai Virgin Fleet) is a 1998 anime OVA series created by Oji Hiroi (of Sakura Wars fame) and Yasuhiro Imagawa and produced by AIC and Beam Entertainment. A video game sequel was released in 1999 for the Playstation console.^[1]

Plot summary

The series takes place after the end of the first World War in 1930s, where virgin young women who have a special energy called Virgin Energy are called upon to pilot fighter jets who rely on Virgin energy. The story follows Shiokaze Umino as she attends the Nakano Women's Naval Academy with her classmates Satsuki and Komachi as they balance being on-duty and their regular school life.

Characters

Shiokaze Umino (海野潮風): Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto (Japanese); Jessica Calvello (English)

Mau Sakisaka (咲坂舞): Voiced by: Kousuke Okano (Japanese); Crispin Freeman (English)

Satsuki Yukimizawa (雪見沢五月): Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese); Megan Hollingshead (English)

Komachi Kusatsuzuki (草津月小町): Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura (Japanese); Angora Deb (English)

Hidemaro Hirose (広瀬英麻呂): Voiced by: Gara Takashima (Japanese); Rhonda Ayers (English)

Tatsutagawa (達田川): Voiced by: Tatsuyuki Jinnai (Japanese); Gregory Wolfe (English)

Wakamoto (若本): Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese); John Hobbs (English)

Kohka Hirose (広瀬光華): Voiced by: Mami Koyama (Japanese); Karen Smith (English)

Suzukure Mibuno (壬生ノ涼暮): Voiced by: Kazue Komiya (Japanese); Angora Deb (English)

Hatsuki Fujiwara (藤原初見): Voiced by: Mari Yokoo (Japanese); Lisa Ortiz (English)

Ise Haruoshimi (春惜伊勢): Voiced by: Mariko Kouda (Japanese); Jessica Calvello (English)

Mari Sakisaka (咲坂茉莉): Voiced by: Ai Satō (Japanese); Lisa Ortiz (English)

Sada (ディーゼルの貞): Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Michael Alben (English)

Nikola Papilo (ニコラ・パブリオ): Voiced by: Yoko Soumi (Japanese); Rhonda Ayers (English)

Media

Episodes

The OVAs consisted of three episodes released from April 25 to October 25, 1998 and were released on VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD by Beam Entertainment.^[2] The OVAs were licensed in North America by Central Park Media and released under the U.S. Manga Corps label on VHS and DVD in 2000.^[3] The English dub was produced by Headline Studios in Irvington, New York.

No.	Title	Original air date
01	"First Experience" "Hatsu Taiken" (初体験)	April 25, 1998
02	"Snow In May" "Gogatsu no Yuki" (五月の雪)	August 22, 1998
03	"First Cherry Blossoms" "Shoya Sakura" (初夜桜)	October 25, 1998

Music

Opening: Aitsu Performed by Sumi Shimamoto

Closing: Virgin Fleet Go! Go! Performed by Sumi Shimamoto, Satsuki Yukino, Chinami Nishimura

References

↑ 聖少女艦隊バージンフリート (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
↑ "聖少女艦隊バージンフリート第1号作戦～初体験～ [DVD]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
↑ "Anime Central, Baka-Con Wrap Up". Anime News Network. 1999-04-28. Retrieved 2014-09-16.

External links

Virgin Fleet (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Anime International Company

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