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Itsudatte My Santa! (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Always My Santa
Mon Père-Noël à jamais (French)
My Santa
いつだってＭｙサンタ！ (Japanese)
我永遠的聖誕老人！ (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, fantasy, romance
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary:
An unlucky boy named Santa was born on Christmas Eve whose parents don't even care about meets a santa- in- training girl name Mai. She is determined to wish him the best Christmas he will ever have and its gets even better when they fall in love with each other.
Mai, a Santa in training, appears in front of an Unlucky boy named Santa, on Christmas Eve, promising him, she will make him happy for one night.
User Ratings: 470 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:2, others:2
2 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Excellent: 29 votes (sub:23, dub:5, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 60 votes (sub:45, dub:12, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 111 votes (sub:82, dub:21, raw:2, others:6
4 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 108 votes (sub:75, dub:29, ?:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 49 votes (sub:35, dub:13, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 34 votes (sub:19, dub:11, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Weak: 30 votes (sub:19, dub:11)
 Bad: 21 votes (sub:17, dub:4)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (raw:1, sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 937 users, rank: #1301 (of 9763)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.021 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.0679, rank: #7256 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 5.912 (Decent), rank: #7677 (of 9909) (seen all: 5.98 / seen some: 5.50 / won't finish: 2.74)
Bayesian estimate: 5.954 (Decent), rank: #6671 (of 7492)
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 2005-12-07
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"My Love" by Nanaka
Ending Theme:
#1: "���ミからお願い" by Aya Hirano
#2: "my saint" by Aya Hirano
Insert song:
"Samba de Santa" by Little Non
Links: We have 2
Review:
My Santa DVD (Dec 18, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Itsudatte My Santa! (DVD) 2007-12-11 (from $49.95)
    Itsudatte My Santa! (DVD) 2008-11-18 (from $24.21)
DVD (Region 2)
    Itsudatte My Santa! (DVD) 2009-11-02

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Noriyuki Nakamura
Script:
Kōichi Taki
Shōichi Satō
Music: Hiroshi Sakamoto
Original Manga: Ken Akamatsu
Character Design: Masahide Yanagisawa
Art Director: Toshihiro Kohama
Chief Animation Director: Takashi Shiokawa
Animation Director:
Yoshihiro Nagamori
Yukiko Ban
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Naoto Sawa

Background Art:
Atsushi Satomi
Aya Kuginuki
Hiromichi Kakoi
Izumi Hoki
Masanobu Nomura
Masaru Satō
Michie Suzuki
Riko Shinohara
Shuichi Tsuji
Takamasa Masuki
Tomomi Morikawa
Yoshio Tanioka
Yoshito Takamine
Yuka Hirama
Color setting: Yōko Wakana
Edition: Mitsuhiro Wada
In-Between Animation:
Ayako Ozaki (TNK)
Chiharu Kataoka (TNK)
Kazuto Koyama (Front Line)
Miyuki Kobayashi (TNK)
Miyuki Nakajima (Front Line)
Yū Kaneshiro (Front Line)
Yukari Matsuo (Front Line)
Yūsaku Sugiura (TNK)
Yūya Watanabe (TNK)
In-Between Check:
Yuko Kimura
Yurie Kuniyuki
Key Animation:
Hiroaki Imaki
Katsushi Suzuki
Kenichi Shimizu (ep 1)
Koichi Imano
Koutarou Yamawaki
Masaru Shindō
Miki Koshida
Minoru Kawano
Naoko Soeda
Nobuto Akada
Noriyoshi Nishimura
Rie Kawaguchi
Rie Nishiyama
Seiya Numata
Shigeru Ishii
Shigetaka Kiyoyama
Shū Watanabe
Taisuke Iwasaki
Takahiro Ninagawa
Takashi Shiokawa
Takayuki Noguchi
Takeshi Kanda
Tatsumi Fujii
Toshiyuki Akai
Yōko Nagasaki
Yoshihide Yusumi
Yoshihiro Nagamori
Yoshiko Nakajima
Original Character Assistance: Ran Ayanaga
Photography:
Mitsuhiro Wada
Ryōhei Kasai
Shigeharu Ishii
Shinkichi Yazawa
Yoshihiro Yamashita
Planning: Hiroki Horio
Production Advancement: Shin'ichi Kaji
Sub-Character Design: Takashi Shiokawa
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hiroshi Sakamoto (OP, END1, END2)
Little Non (Insert, "Samba de Santa")
Theme Song Composition:
Hiroshi Sakamoto (OP, END1, END2)
Little Non (Insert, "Samba de Santa")
Theme Song Lyrics:
Keiko Kimoto (END1, END2)
Little Non (Insert, "Samba de Santa")
Nanaka (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Aya Hirano (END)
Little Non (Insert, "Santa de Sambo")
Nanaka (OP)
Aya Hirano as Mai
Jun Kamei as Santa

Tomo Sakurai as Noël-sensei
Yū Kobayashi as Sharry
Yukari Tamura as Maimai

Chiaki Ōsawa as Nursery School Teacher (ep 1)
Chihiro Honda as Camera Kid (ep 1)
Emi Yabusaki as Kindergartner C (ep 1)
Erika as Kindergartner A (ep 1)
MIKI as
Colleague A (ep 1)
Sea Bather (ep 2)
Miyu Kawakami as
Girl A (ep 2)
Santa's Mother (ep 1)
Saeko Chiba as Minako Saitō (ep 1)
Takuma Terashima as Vice-Chief of the Cheering Squad
Tomoharu Suzuki as Cheering Squad Boss
Tomonari Mukaiyama as
Cheering Squad
Colleague B (ep 1)
Yoshimi Akaishi as Kindergartner B (ep 1)
Yurika Honma as Girl B (ep 2)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: TNK
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc.
Finish Animation:
Animaruya
D-COLORS
Frontline
Niandai Animation
In-Between Animation:
Animaruya
Frontline
Niandai Animation
TNK
Photography: Falcon, Inc.
Production:
Sol Blade
Three Fat Samurai
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Zach Bolton
Script:
Eric Vale
Matt Chaney (ep 2)
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Carly Hunter
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer: Peter Hawkinson
DVD Authoring: Trace Furniss
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Nathan Madsen
DVD Menu Design: Cate Arnold
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
DVD Production Assistant:
Alese Johnson
Chiye Green
Jacob Martin
DVD Quality Control:
Anthony Benavides
DJ Fonner
Rob Schindlbeck
Head Writer: Eric Vale
Line Producer: Zach Bolton
Mix Engineer: Evan Jones
Rotoscoping: Niki Cooper
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Jessie Mancilla
Brittney Karbowski as Mai
Chris Burnett as Santa

Alison Viktorin as Sharry
Callie McHalen as Ms Noel
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Maimai
Jamie Marchi as Minako Saito (uncredited; ep 1)

Anthony Bowling
Brandon Potter
Cherami Leigh
Cynthia Cranz
David Wilson-Brown
Didi Duron
Greg Silva
Ian Sinclair
Jamie Marchi
Jessica D. Turner
John Swasey
Justin Pate
Kent Williams
Kevin M. Connolly
Kim Whalen
Leah Clark
Maeghan Albach
Scott Freeman
Scott Hinze
English companies
Distributor: Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland)
Internet Streaming: Anime News Network
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment (Expired)
French staff
French cast
Translation: Yukio Reuter
Gwen Lebret as Santa
Nathalie Bienaime as Mai
French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Stefania Patruno

Dialogues:
Fiamma Molinari
Laura Giordano
Dubbing Coordination: Orlando Leone
Dubbing Engineer:
Camillo Pellegrino
Sebastiano Greco
Mastering: Fulvio Boccardelli
Mixing: Massimo Parretti
Post Production: Giovanni Petronaci
Synchronization: Massimo Parretti
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing: Raflesia srl
DVD Distribution: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming: Anime Generation
German staff
German cast
Translation: Beate Feldt
Julius Jellinek as Santa
Maria Koschny as Mai

Ann Vielhaben as Minako Saitou
Daniela Reidies as Sharry
Emilie Kundrun as Maimai
Erich Räuker as Boss
German companies
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual (Germany)
Kazé Germany (now)
Dubbing: Elektrofilm
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Ryan Ang
Translation: Ryan Ang
Katherine Masilungan as Mai
Robert Brillantes as Santa

Irish Labay as
Mai Mai
Mother
Noel Sensei
Jay De Castro as Gangster Boss
Kathiyn Perez Masilungan as Mai
Raffy Miranda as Police Officer
Shiela Marquez as Sherry

Rafael Miranda
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster:
HERO TV
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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