●ANIMATION FILM● ONIGAMIDEN (鬼神伝)

Today it was released in Japanese theaters ONIGAMIDEN (鬼神伝) the animation movie directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki (川崎 博嗣) in which Katsuhiro Otomo has collaborated with the concept design of the dragon Orochi（オロチ). Otomo's concept drawings were collected in the pages 154-155 of the artbook KABA 2.

MAIN FILM CREDITS

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Directed by

 Hirotsugu Kawasaki (川崎 博嗣)

Script:

Hirotsugu Kawasaki  (川崎 博嗣)

Naruhisa Arakawa (荒川 稔久)

Storyboard:

Hidekazu Ohara (小原 秀一)

Hirotsugu Kawasaki (川崎 博嗣)

Mamoru Sasaki (佐々木 守)

Unit Director: 

Yoriyasu Kogawa (古川 順康)

Music:

Eitetsu Hayashi (林 英哲)

Ryudo Uzaki (宇崎 竜童)

Original creator: 

Takafumi Takada (高田 崇史)

Character Design:

Tatsuya Tomaru (外丸 達也)

Tetsuya Nishio (西尾 鉄也)

Art Director:

Mutsuo Koseki (小関 睦夫)

Satoshi Matsuoka (松岡 聡)

Animation Director:

Shinji Hashimoto (橋本 晋治)

Tatsuya Tomaru (外丸 達也)

3D Director: 

Takayuki Chiba (千葉 孝幸)

Sound Director: 

Yota Tsuruoka (鶴岡 陽太)

Director of Photography: 

Atsuho Matsumoto (松本 敦穂)

3D Graphic Design: 

Satoshi Takabatake (高畠 聡)

Background Art: 

Chuan-Lin Zhang

Color design: 

Kayoko Nishi (西 香代子)

Orochi Concept Design:

Katsuhiro Otomo   (大友 克洋)

Editing:

Seiji Morita (森田 清次)

Yuri Tamura (田村 ゆり)

Original Color & Specter  Design:

Shinji Hashimoto (橋本 晋治)

Visual Concept Design: 

Masaaki Endou (遠藤 正明)

Animation Production: 

Pierrot (ぴえろ)

In-Between Animation: 

Oh! Production (オープロダクション)

Production:

Pierrot (ぴえろ)

Sony Music Entertainment(ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメント)

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

TV Tokyo (テレビ東京)

●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)