Price : | |
Weight : | 350 g |
Director : | Seiji Kishi , |
Year : | 2004 |
Genre : | Others , |
Subtitle : | Chinese , English , |
Language : | Japanese , |
Video Format : | NTSC , |
Audio Format : | AUDIO STEREO , |
Discs : | 2 |
Region Code : | ALL , |
Model : | DVD , |
First announced in November 2003,[6] a 13-episode anime adaptation titled Yugo the Negotiator (勇午 ~交渉人~ Yugo ~Koushounin~?) was created. Produced in two parts, Pakistan Chapter (パキスタン編 Pakisutan Hen?) and Russia Chapter (ロシア編 Roshia Hen?), it had two animation studios, two director and two writers. G&G Direction produced the Pakistan Chapter with Seiji Kishi as director, and Kazuharu Sato as writer. Artland produced the Russia Chapter with Shinya Hanai as director and Kenichi Kanemaki as writer.[7] It was originally broadcast between February 24, and March 25, 2004 on Kids Station.[8][9] Six DVD volumes were released from May 25, to October 29, 2004 by Ken Media.[10]
ADV Films licensed the series for a North American release in March 2005,[11] releasing the first volume in both a regular edition and a edition with a box on July 26.[12][13] After releasing the last volume on March 21, 2006,[14] ADV released the complete series in a DVD box set on October 2, 2007,[15] and on March 24, 2009.[16] The first three episodes of Yugo the Negotiator were screened at the Barbican Centre on February 26, 2008 in London; Helen McCarthy, an anime expert, did an introduction of the show for the audience.[17]