Blue Seed (碧奇魂ブルー シード Aokushimitama Blue Seed) is a 26-episode anime series produced by Production I.G. and Ashi Productions, based on Yuzo Takada's manga of the same name. It originally aired in Japan from October 5, 1994, to March 29, 1995.
It was dubbed and distributed in the United States by ADV Films, which first released it on VHS from February 27, 1996 to November 11, 1998. The three-episode OVA Blue Seed Beyond was also dubbed by ADV in 2003.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Momiji Fujimiya | Megumi Hayashibara | Amanda Winn Lee |
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Kaede Kunikida | Mitsuki Yayoi | |
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Mamoru Kusanagi | Kazuhiko Inoue | Jason C. Lee |
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Daitetsu Kunikida | Akio Ōtsuka | Rob Mungle |
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Azusa Matsudaira | Yoshiko Sakakibara | Sharon Shawnessey |
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Ryoko Takeuchi | Ai Orikasa | Marcy Rae |
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Kome Sawaguchi | Kotono Mitsuishi | Tiffany Grant |
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Yoshiki Yaegashi | Yūji Ueda | Kurt Stoll |
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Sakura Yamazaki | Sakiko Tamagawa | Allison Keith |
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Murakumo Yagami | Jōji Nakata | Aaron Krohn |
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Shunichi Sugishita | Keiichi Nanba | Matt Greenfield |
| Prime Minister | Yoshiaki Mine | Rick Peeples | |
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Prime Minister's Advisor | Unshō Ishizuka | Aaron Krohn |
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Grandma Fujimiya | Terue Nunami | Sharon Shawnessey |
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Moe Fujimiya | Kayo Mihei | Carol Amerson (eps. 1-2) |
| Kim Sevier (eps. 20-21) | |||
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Akiko | Kyōko Hikami | Carol Amerson |
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Jun Matsudaira | Shinobu Adachi | Traci Shannon (ep. 5) |
| Jay Zeidman (ep. 24) | |||
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Narration | Katsunosuke Hori | Rob Mungle |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
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| Police Inspector | Yasuo Muramatsu | Rick Peeples | 1 | |
| Orochi-No-Orochi | Kiyoyuki Yanada | Aaron Krohn | 1-2 | |
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Yoshiki's Mother | Miyuki Ichijō | Marcy Rae | 6 |
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Yukiko Kijima | Ikue Ōtani | Jessica Calvello | 7 |
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Mr. Kijima | Ikuya Sawaki | Doug Smith | |
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Mrs. Kijima | Yuko Sasaki | ¿? | |
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Congressman Miyahara | Hiroshi Ito | Scott Kilgore | |
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Miyahara's Secretary | Unshō Ishizuka | Aaron Krohn | |
| Willow Tree | Rihoko Yoshida | Tiffany Grant | 8 | |
| Reiko Kanbayashi | Mami Kingetsu | Kim Sevier | 11 | |
| Drunk | Kenjin | Spike Spencer | 14 | |
| Yayoi | Maya Okamoto | Kimberly Yates | 15 | |
| President | Masashi Hirose | Charles Campbell | ||
| Wakaba/Yaobikuni | Keiko Yokozawa | Sue Ulu | 16 | |
| Yamatone | Hidemasa Nakamura | Guil Lunde | 16 - 17 | |
| Gang Member A | Wataru Takagi | 17 | ||
| Gang Member B | Toru Kubo | Spike Spencer | ||
| Chigusa Yamazaki | Tomoko Munekata | Laura Chapman | 18 | |
| Teacher | Toshihiko Nakajima | Guil Lunde | ||
| Policeman | Fumihiko Tachiki | Spike Spencer | ||
| Inoue | Doug Smith | 19 | ||
| Yamata no Orochi | Kiyoyuki Yanada | Aaron Krohn |
Additional Voices[]
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Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 1999-2000 | Encore Action | United States | 
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| — | Anime Network | ||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| ADV Films | 1996-1998 | 
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The Complete Series | NTSC | United States |
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| 13 Volumes | ||||||
| 2001 | 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC | |||
| 4 Volumes | ||||||
| 2002 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| 2005 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| 2008 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| Discotek Media | 2018 | 
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The Complete Series* | |||
| 1 Disc | ||||||
*Standard Definition Blu-Ray. Also including Blue Seed Beyond OVA.