Viewtiful Joe
ビューティフル ジョー
Synopsis
Joe, a red-headed movie buff, and Silvia, his girlfriend, are having a bit of relationship trouble. Silvia feels that Joe is taking her for-granted and wants to do something together for once, so Joe decides to take her to see an old action movie featuring his favorite hero, Captain Blue. What started out as a cute movie date takes a turn for the worst when Silvia is pulled into the movie by the leader of the evil organization, Jado. Joe follows her into the mysterious "Movieland," and is granted a powerful device known as a V-Watch by Captain Blue himself. With it, he transforms into the action hero named "Viewtiful Joe" and goes off to rescue his girlfriend before she can be used by Jado to take over the world. It's a long road to go from average Joe to full-blown hero, but he'll give it his all to save both his girl and the world—and he'll do it in the most "view-ti-ful" way possible.
Characters
Staff

Kawando, Kenjirou
Producer

Ishiyama, Takaaki
Director, Script

Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi
Sound Director

Hirata, Yutaka
Episode Director, Storyboard

Ishikawa, Toshihiro
Episode Director

Oonishi, Keisuke
Episode Director, Storyboard

Shigino, Akira
Episode Director, Storyboard

Takada, Kouichi
Episode Director, Storyboard

Tamagawa, Makoto
Episode Director, Storyboard

Watanabe, Sumio
Episode Director

Yamato, Naomichi
Episode Director, Storyboard

Hirota, Mitsutaka
Script

Ishida, Mayumi
Script

Kakihara, Yuuko
Script

Takeuchi, Toshimitsu
Script

Arakawa, Masatsugu
Storyboard

Ishihira, Shinji
Storyboard

Matsuzono, Hiroshi
Storyboard

Mugino, Ice
Storyboard

Sakata, Junichi
Storyboard

Yoshikawa, Hiroaki
Storyboard

Abe, Masami
Animation Director

Akashi, Seiko
Art Director

Basecqz, Julie
ADR Director

Buchholz, Bob
ADR Director
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- 1: "Brighter side" by SaGa (eps 1-20)
- 2: "Brighter side (different arrangement)" by SaGa (eps 21-38)
- 3: "Spirit Awake" by SaGa (eps 39-51)
Endings
- 1: "And you" by SaGa (eps 1-20)
- 2: "And you (different arrangement)" by SaGa (eps 21-38)
- 3: "Tougenkyou (桃源郷)" by Amasia Landscape (eps 39-51)










