R.O.D. - Read or Die
The Library of Congress never plannet for 'this'!A sinister plot is afoot and only one young schoolteacher, a special agent with an affinity for literature, can stop it. She is Ms. Yomiko Readman - better know to her colleagues in Section A of Library Special Operations as "Agent Paper." Someone is bent upon procuring a rare lost Beethoven manuscript and has enlisted a few of history's most extraordinary personalities, through stolen DNA, to aid in the endeavor. Readman and her fellow super-powered operatives must tangle with the likes of Tokugawa-era scientist Gennai Hiraga, aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, and 19th century entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre in a desperate race to find the books and save the world!Action and adventure abound in thsi thrilling anime series featuring top-rate animation directed by Kouji Masunari (Kokoro Toshokan). Contains the complete R.O.D series - three 30-minute episodes!
Mysterious terrorist events have much in common; specifically, a book that will send three agents of the British Library Special Operations Division around the world to stop a deadly plot.
Yomiko Readman, Nancy Makuhari and Drake Anderson travel to India to investigate the origin of the mysterious book, but are interrupted when another I-jin appears.
After motives and true intentions have been revealed, the British Library Special Operations Division races to save the world under international pressure.
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Crispin Freeman | Joe 'Joker' Carpenter |
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Dean Haglund | Gennai Hiraga |
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Jason Charles Miller | Various |
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Michiko Neya | Nancy 'Miss Deep' Makuhari |
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Junko Takeuchi | Fabre (Boy) |
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Douglas Rye | Jean-Henri Fabre |
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Amanda Winn Lee | Nancy 'Miss Deep' Makuhari |
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Jason Lee | Drake 'Mr. Drake' Anderson |
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Eiji Takemoto | Paul |
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Tricia Dickson | Wendy Earhart |
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Masami Iwasaki | Drake 'Mr. Drake' Anderson |
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Hozumi Gôda | Joker |
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Kimberly Yates | Yomiko 'The Paper' Readman |
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Hal Lublin | Otto Lilienthal |
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Shoji Izumi | President Cole |
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Jody Jaress | Old Woman |
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Yoshikazu Nagano | Malone |
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Rieko Miura | Yomiko 'The Paper' Readman |
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Sue Cremin | Yoko |
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Chad Fifer | Genjo |
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Bunmei Tobayama | Mr. Gentleman |
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Raymond Braun | Additional Voices |
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Robert J. Peterson | Additional Voices |
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Adam Harrington | Additional Voices |
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Katashi Ishizuka | Elias |
| Director | Koji Masunari |
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| Writer | Hideyuki Kurata, Taliesin Jaffe, Ai Kennedy | |
| Musician | Taku Iwasaki | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Purchased | On May 21, 2004 |
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| Watched | |
| Index | 1624 |
| Added Date | Sep 08, 2015 19:51:57 |
| Modified Date | Sep 17, 2020 12:05:22 |