●ANIMATION FILM● METROPOLIS (メトロポリス)

Today it was released in Japanese theaters METROPOLIS (メトロポリス), the last animation movie by director Rin Taro (りんたろう) with the screenplay written by Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋) and based on the manga by the legendary Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫).

MAIN FILM CREDITS

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Directed by

Rintaro (りんたろう)

Screenplay: 

Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋) 

Music: 

Toshiyuki Honda (本多 俊之)

Original Manga: 

Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫)

Character Design & Chief Animation Director: 

Yasuhiro Nakura (名倉 靖博)

Art Director, Background art supervisor & Character Color Design:

Shuichi Hirata (平田 秀一)

Sound Director: 

Masafumi Mima (三間 雅文)

Director of Photography: 

Hitoshi Yamaguchi (山口 仁)

CGI Supervision: 

Tsuneo Maeda (前田 庸生)

Character Mechanics:

Seiji Handa (反田 誠二)

Color setting:

Osamu Mikasa (三笠 修)

Digital Work:

Kazuhiro Kinoshita (木下 和宏)

Yuji Ikehata (池畑 祐治)

Key Animation Supervisor:

Kunihiko Sakurai (桜井 邦彦)

Shigeo Akahori (赤堀 重雄)

Shigeru Fujita (藤田 しげる)

Layout:

Hisashi Abe (阿部 恒)

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻 善昭)

Yoshinori Kanemori (兼森 義則)

Project Initiation:

Masao Maruyama (丸山 正雄)

Rintaro ((りんたろう))

Shigeru Watanabe (渡辺 繁)

Theme Song Composition: 

Joe Primrose ("St. James Infirmary")

Theme Song Performance:

Atsushi Kimura (木村 敦) ("St. James Infirmary")

Minako Obata (ED)

Ray Charles ("I Can't Stop Loving You")

Animation Production: 

MADHOUSE  (マッドハウス)

CG Effects:

Animation Staff Room

Dr. Movie

IKIF+

Satelight  (サテライト)

Studio 4°C

Conceptual Support: 

Tezuka Productions (手塚プロダクション)

Digital Paint:

Dr. Movie

Kyung Kang ANIA (京江ANIA)

Distributor: 

Bandai Visual

Editing:

Nakamizo Editing Room

In-Between Animation:

Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd. (北京写楽美術芸術品有限公司)

Dr. Movie

Kyung Kang ANIA (京江ANIA)

Mushi Production (虫プロダクション)

Oh! Production (オープロダクション)

Tezuka Productions (手塚プロダクション)

Key Animation: 

Oh! Production (オープロダクション)

Laboratory: 

Imagica ( イマジカ)

Music Production: 

Victor Entertainment

Production:

Bandai Visual (バンダイビジュアル)

Dentsu Inc. (電通)

Imagica ( イマジカ)

Kadokawa Shoten ( 角川書店)

Metropolis Production Partners

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント)

Starchild Records (スターチャイルドレコード)

Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. (手塚プロダクション)

TOHO (東宝株式会社)

●ANIMATION FILM● MANIE-MANIE MEIKYU MONOGATARI (MANIE-MANIE 迷宮物語)

Today it was premiered in this year's Tōkyō International Fantastic Film Festival, MANIE-MANIE MEIKYU MONOGATARI (MANIE-MANIE 迷宮物語). An omnibus project in which directors Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻 善昭), Rintaro (りんたろう) and Kastuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋)  have collaborated with three short films. Other than festival screenings the film was directly released in video format in October 10, 1987. Later on April 15, 1989 it was released  theatrically in Japan. The 50 minute long project consisted on three short films: HASHIRU OTOKO (走る男), LABYRITH (ラビリンス) and KOUJI CHUUSHI MEIREI (工事中止命令 ) this last one written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo.

MAIN FILM CREDITS

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●HASHIRU OTOKO (走る男) ●
Written & Directed by 

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻 善昭)

Character Design & Animation direction:

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻 善昭)

Art Director:

Katsushi Aoki (青木 勝志)

Mechanical design:

Satoshi Kumagaya

Takashi Watabe (渡部 隆)

Background Art:

Yuji Ikehata (池畑 祐治)

Key Animation:

Kengo Itagaki (稲垣 賢吾)

Nobumasa Shinkawa (新川 信正)

Shinji Otsuka (大塚 伸治)

Toshio Kawaguchi (河口 俊夫)

●LABYRITH (ラビリンス)●

Written and Directed by

Rintaro (りんたろう)

Character Design & Animation Director:

Atsuko Fukushima (福島 敦子)

Art Director: 

Yamako Ishikawa (石川 山子)

Key Animation:

Atsuko Fukushima (福島 敦子)

Manabu Oohashi 'Mao Lambo' (大橋 学)

Reiko Kurihara (栗原 玲子)

●KOUJI CHUUSHI MEIREI (工事中止命令 )●

written and directed by 

Kastuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋) 

Music:

Mickey Yoshino (ミッキー 吉野)

Original story: 

Taku Mayumura (眉村 卓)

Character Design: 

Katsuhiro Otomo

Art Director:

Takamura Mukuo (椋尾 篁)

Animation director:

 Takashi Nakamura (なかむら たかし)

Director of Photography:

Kinichi Ishikawa (石川 欣一)

Key Animation:

Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋) 

Koji Morimoto (森本 晃司)

Kunihiko Sakurai (桜井 邦彦)

Takashi Nakamura  (なかむら たかし)

Animation Production:

MADHOUSE (マッドハウス)

Project Team Argos

Distributor: 

TOHO (東宝株式会社)

Finish Animation:

Life Work Corp. (ライフワーク)

Shima Studio

Finish Animation Cooperation:

Only For A Lite

Suzuki Animation Planning (スズキ動画企画)

In-Between Animation Cooperation:

Nakamura Production (中村プロダクション)

Studio Pokke

Production:

Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店)

●ANIMATION FILM● GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦)

Today it was released in Japan GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦) the last animation film directed by Rintaro (りんたろう) in which Katsuhiro Otomo has collaborated as character designer. The movie is based in the novel written by Kazumasa Hirai (平井 和正) that was also adapted to manga by Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎) and started it's serialization in 1967 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine (週刊少年マガジン)

FILM CREDITS

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Directed by

Rintaro (りんたろう)

Screenplay:

Chiho Katsura (桂 千穂)

Makoto Naito (内藤 誠)

Mori Masaki (真崎 守)

Music: 

Nozomi Aoki (青木 望)

Original story:

Kazumasa Hirai (平井 和正)

Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎)

Character Design: 

Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋) 

Art Director: 

Takamura Mukuo (椋尾 篁)

Animation Director: 

Takuo Noda (野田 卓雄)

Director of Photography: 

Iwao Yamaki

Art Department Assistant:

Kazuo Oga (男鹿 和雄)

Tadao Kubota (窪田 忠雄)

Assistant Animation Director: 

Kazuo Tomizawa (富沢 和雄)

Color Coordination:

Yoshiharu Wakai (若井 喜治)

Editing:

Osamu Tanaka (田中 修)

Finish Check:

Emiko Matsumoto (松元 恵美子)

Michiyo Iriomote (西表 美智代)

Music Director:

Keith Emerson

Executive producer:

Haruki Kadokawa (角川 春樹)

Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎)

Producer:

Susumu Aketagawa (明田川 進)

Animation: 

MADHOUSE (マッドハウス)

Background Art:

Mukuo Studio (ムクオスタジオ)

Distributor:

Toho Towa

In-Between Animation:

AIC

Anime Toro Toro (アニメトロトロ)

Kusama Art (草間アート)

Magic Bus (マジックバス)

Meruhen-Sha (メルヘン社)

Tezuka Productions (手塚プロダクション)

Tiger Production (タイガープロダクション)

Production:

Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店)