Alternative title:
Deluxe Ariel
デラックス エリアル 接触篇 ザ・ビギニング (Japanese)
ＤＥＬＵＸＥ ＡＲＩＥＬ（エリアル） (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, science fiction
Themes: mecha

Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Those incompetent aliens are still plotting to conquer the Earth. The only obstacle in their path the giant, female robot ARIEL. When Kazumi receives a mysterious love letter from a secret admirer, she then wonders if she should cancel her first date just so she can save Earth.

Running time: 45 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2

Vintage: 1991-01-21 to 1991-04-21
Ending Theme:
#1: "Abunai Doyōbi" (危い土曜日; Perilous Saturday) by Michie Tomizawa, Yuko Mizutani, and Megumi Hayashibara (ep 1)

Director: Junichi Watanabe
Screenplay: Yuichi Sasamoto
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Original creator: Yuichi Sasamoto
Original Character Design: Masahisa Suzuki
Character Design: Osamu Tsuruyama
Art Director:
Chisato Sunagawa (ep 1)
Hiroaki Satō (ep 2)
Animation Director: Osamu Tsuruyama
Sound Director: Noriyoshi Matsuura
Director of Photography: Takashi Azuhata
Producer:
Kenji Kume
Masaki Sawanobori
Minoru Murayama

Editing:
Eigo Makioka (ep 1)
Shuichi Kakesu
Yoshiyuki Wada (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Satoshi Shigeta (eps 1-2)
Takeshi Honda (ep 1)
Music producer: Masato Suga
Production producer:
Katsumi Shimasaki
Michihisa Abe
Publicity Producer: Hideki Oyanagi (eps 1-2)
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Special Effects: Gō Abe (eps 1-2)

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