Early Reins (OAV)

International Title

Japanese Title

アーリーレインズ
[Arireinzu]

Production: Toho / OLM
Distributor: Toho	Japan: 2003
	Time: 44 minutes

Initial US Title

Early Reins

US Distributor: Anime Works (2003)	Time: 44 minutes
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Details

Margaret Heart, a marks woman hoping to become a Sheriff, boards a train on its way to Sunshine Hill. The train is also housing a war hero and his platoon that are guarding a large cache of guns and ammunition. An easy target, the train is hijacked for a train robbery to steal the weapon payload. Eager to prove herself, Margaret attempts to thwart the robbers. She seeks help from five of the passengers: mysterious marks woman Laura Fermondo, wealthy socialite Alice Dawson, country girl Caroline White, doctor Janet Miller and saloon singer Helen Willman. The group team up in an effort to stop the bandits and save the train.

Staff
Directed by Yuji Asada Writing credits Masashi Komemura Produced by Noriaki Iguchi, Tadamichi Fujihara Music by Shinya Morimoto Film Editing by Nobuhiro Akiyasu, Toshio Atarimi Production Design by Masaki Sato, Tadashi Kudo Director of Special Effects Tadayuki Nakajima
Cast
Margaret Heart Tomoko Kawakami Laura Fermondo Aiko Mitsumori Alice Dawson Chiaki Osawa Caroline White Junko Takeuchi Janet Miller, Doctor Yoko Sasaki Helen Willman, Singer Yoko Mizutani Spencer, Colonel Rensho Ishizuka Engineer Kenichi Ogata Butler Mitsuru Ogata Jane, Margaret's Grandmother Orine Fukushima Henchmen Shozo Iizuka, Hiroshi Iida, Kenji Katoki, Toshitaka Hirano, Takayuki Yamaguchi Assistant Engineer Takayuki Yamaguchi Passenger Hayato Kashii
Monster Appearances	Aliens, SDF, Misc
None	N/A

DVDs and Blu-Ray

Region 1 Early Reins Anime Works (2004)
Region 2 Early Reins Toho (2003)

Reviews

Nicholas Driscoll [Anime Works]

May 19, 2014

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