Rozen Maiden Club

<img src="http://xmages.net/out.php/i410578_EdelRose.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>About the Anime</strong> Jun Sakurada is a Junior High School student who refuses to go to school after being traumatized by an embarrassing experience there (see Hikikomori). He has taken to locking himself in his room, never leaving the house, and spends the day ordering goods online and returning them before the date in which he has to pay. His older sister, Nori Sakurada, does everything she can to brighten Jun's dreary existence, but is unable to change his situation. One day, Jun receives a letter claiming he has won a prize. The letter asks him to choose "Yes" or "No". It states that after he has made his decision, he must place the letter in the drawer of his desk, and Holie will take it to the spirit world. Despite his skepticism, he follows these instructions, and discovers soon after that the envelope has vanished. Moments later, he realizes that a richly detailed wood case has materialized within his room. The box contains a strange realistic doll dressed in French aristocratic attire. Jun examines the doll from every angle before seeing the key and winding up the doll. The doll creaks, stands up on its own, then proceeds to slap him for handling her as crudely as he had. She introduces herself as, "...Shinku, the fifth doll of the Rozen Maiden." Shinku is a doll from the unique "Rozen Maiden" collection, and before Jun can fully comprehend the weight of his new situation, a stuffed clown (bear in the manga) plush doll attacks. Shinku promises that she will save Jun's life, but only if he will vow to serve her. Thus, Jun becomes entrusted with the responsibility of protecting Shinku's "Rosa Mystica" whilst she is engaged in a centuries old fight with the other Rozen Maiden dolls for the title of "Alice." <img src="http://i879.photobucket.com/albums/ab355/vampirestar014/rozen%20maiden/rozen-maiden2.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>Characters</strong> The "Rozen Maidens" are a collection of dolls created by a craftsman named Rozen, whom the dolls refer to as "Father". Their primary source of power is a human host (referred to as a "medium") who wears a ring to symbolize his bond with the doll, although certain dolls have been shown to act without a medium. According to Shinku, she can only be at full power when her medium is present. Each Rozen Maiden has her own distinct personality and guardian spirit. <img src="http://www.pipezcicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/RozenMaidenTraumend1.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>Japanese Cast</strong> <div class="spoiler"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.nextSibling.nextSibling.style.display='block';this.style.display='none';" value="Show spoiler"> <span class="spoiler_content" style="display:none"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.parentNode.style.display='none';this.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[0].style.display='block';" value="Hide spoiler"><br>Asami Sanada as Jun Sakurada Miyuki Sawashiro as Shinku Masayo Kurata as Tomoe Kashiwaba (eps 2-3, 7, 11) Natsuko Kuwatani as Suiseiseki Noriko Rikimaru as Nori Sakurada Rie Tanaka as Suigintou Rika Morinaga as Souseiseki Sakura Nogawa as Hinaichigo Akane Yamaguchi as Child (ep 5) Chie Matsuura as Girl (ep 5) Daiki Nakamura as Seal (ep 3) Eri Takami as Child (ep 5) Hiro Shimono as Male student (ep 11) Ikuo Nishikawa as Motoharu Shibasaki (eps 8-9) Junji Majima as Yamamoto (eps 5, 7-8, 10) Kaori Tanaka as Female Friend (ep 1) Kayo Deguchi as Female Friend (ep 1) Kei Kobayashi as Doll (ep 11) Keisuke Goto as Junior high student (ep 6) Male student (ep 11) Ken Yamaguchi as Madame Pearl (ep 3) Kimiko Saito as Doll (ep 6) Kousuke Kobayashi as Delivery Man (ep 1) Kunihiro Kawamoto as Delivery Man (ep 1) Kyousei Tsukui as Detective Kun-Kun (eps 2-3, 5-7) Teacher (ep 4) Makoto Naruse as Male student (ep 11) Mayako Nigo as Mrs. Rabbit (ep 3) Megumi Matsumoto as Kazuki Shibasaki (ep 9) Minako Ichiki as Housewife (ep 8) Naoki Makishima as Inspector Cat (eps 5-6) Risa Monma as Child (ep 5) Ryoukichi Takahashi as Delivery Man (ep 1) Shinsuke Fukui as Delivery Man (ep 1) Takayuki Hayakawa as Baseball player (ep 7) Flower (ep 4) Male student (ep 3) Takehiro Murozono as Cram school lecturer (ep 11) Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Baseball player (ep 7) Flower (ep 4) Male student (ep 3) Touko Aoyama as Housewife (eps 8, 11) Yoshino Ohtori as Matsu Shibasaki (ep 9) Yoshio Kawai as Staff (ep 7) Youko Honda as Assistant (ep 3) Yukiko Tamaki as Housewife (ep 11) Junior high student (ep 6) Yuu Sugimoto as Tomoe's mother (ep 2) Aiko Hibi (ep 12) Kumiko Izumi (ep 12) Yoshiya Naruke (ep 12)<!--spoiler--></span></div> <img src="http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx35/yuki5014/rozen%20maiden%20avatars/rozenanimated06rc9.gif" border="0" /> <strong>English Cast</strong> <div class="spoiler"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.nextSibling.nextSibling.style.display='block';this.style.display='none';" value="Show spoiler"> <span class="spoiler_content" style="display:none"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.parentNode.style.display='none';this.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[0].style.display='block';" value="Hide spoiler"><br>Mela Lee as Shinku Mona Marshall as Jun Sakurada Dorothy Fahn as Tomoe Kashiwaba Julie Ann Taylor as Souseiseki Mia Bradly as Sugintou Minx Lee as Nori Sakurada Reba West as Suiseiseki Sherry Lynn as Hinaichigo Barbara Goodson as Kazuki Shibasaki (ep 9) C.J. Mills as Yamamoto Cristina Valenzuela as Female Friend (ep 1) Flower Dave Mallow as Seal (ep 3) David Keefir as Detective Kun-Kun Dorothy Fahn as Matsu Shibasaki (ep 9) Kevin Seymour as Inspector Cat (ep 5) Motoharu Shibasaki (eps 8-9) Sam Carr as Housewife Tomoe's Mother (ep 2) Vic Mignogna as Madam Pearl (ep 3)<!--spoiler--></span></div> <strong>Rozen Maiden Full Opening 1</strong> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/k3fzjBmVlkY&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k3fzjBmVlkY&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>