R.O.D the TV | |
![]() Key visual, featuring (from front to back) Anita King, Nenene Sumiregawa, Michelle Cheung, and Maggie Mui | |
Genre | Action,[1] mystery[2] |
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Created by | Hideyuki Kurata |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Koji Masunari |
Produced by |
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Written by | Hideyuki Kurata |
Music by | Taku Iwasaki |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Fuji TV |
English network | |
Original run | October 1, 2003 – March 16, 2004 |
Episodes | 26 |
R.O.D the TV is a Japanese anime television series, animated by J.C.Staff and produced by Aniplex, directed by Koji Masunari and scripted by Hideyuki Kurata. It is about the adventures of three paper-manipulating sisters, Michelle, Maggie and Anita, who become the bodyguards of Nenene Sumiregawa, a famous Japanese writer. Featuring music by Taku Iwasaki, the series is a sequel to the Read or Die OVA. Its official title of R.O.D the TV is a catch-all acronym referring to the inclusion of characters from both Read or Die (the light novels, manga and OVA) and the Read or Dream manga,[3] the latter of which revolves solely around the Paper Sisters. Promotional material for R.O.D the TV implies that the show revolves around the three sisters of Read or Dream; however, Nenene Sumiregawa of Read or Die is also considered a protagonist.[4]
R.O.D the TV was broadcast for 26 episodes from October 1, 2003, to March 16, 2004, on pay-per-view satellite television platform SKY PerfecTV!. It also aired across the terrestrial Fuji Television station from October 15, 2003, to March 18, 2004.[3] It was also broadcast worldwide by the anime satellite television network, Animax.
The series was first distributed on DVD in North America by Geneon, in seven discs; the company finished releasing the series in summer 2005. Aniplex of America re-released the original Read or Die episodes and the TV series on Blu-ray in Winter 2010/2011.[5]
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