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Roujin Z (movie)

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©1991 TOKYO THEATERS CO., INC • KADOKAWA SHOTEN PUBLISHING CO., LTD • MOVIC CO., LTD • tv asahi • Aniplex Inc.


Alternative title:
Proyecto Z (Spanish)
老人Z (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, satire
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: An elderly invalid is volunteered for a bizarre science experiment. He is given a robotic bed linked directly to his brainwaves, allowing instant gratification. This seems like a wonderful deal, until this seemingly harmless bed goes out of control and transforms into an unstoppable robot.
User Ratings: 443 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:4, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 71 votes (dub:35, sub:34, ?:2)
 Very good: 104 votes (sub:65, dub:27, ?:4, raw:2, others:6
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 139 votes (sub:80, dub:49, ?:2, raw:1, others:7
2 Dutch subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 50 votes (dub:24, sub:24, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 30 votes (dub:14, sub:13, ?:2, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:6, dub:6)
 Weak: 16 votes (sub:8, dub:7, ?:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:3)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 790 users, rank: #1516 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.086 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6977, rank: #3349 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.051 (Good), rank: #3318 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.08 / seen some: 5.13 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.065 (Good), rank: #3091 (of 7288)
Running time: 80 minutes
Vintage: 1991-09-14
Premiere date:
1991-09-14 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 9
Ending Theme:
"Hashire Jitensha" (走れ自転車) by Mishio Ogawa
Official website:
Review:
Roujin Z (Apr 16, 2002)
News: Show:
High-def Roujin Z (Mar 13, 2005)
ImaginAsian TV licenses (Oct 26, 2004)
CPM Drops Prices (Jan 12, 2004)
CPM Release Dates (Apr 26, 2002)
New Release Dates (Nov 7, 2001)
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Roujin Z [UK] (Blu-ray) 2012-06-11
DVD (Region 1)
    Roujin Z (DVD) 2002-04-09 (from $74.95)
    Roujin Z (DVD) 2004-04-27 (from $212.21)
    Roujin Z (DVD) 1998-08-26 (from $66.07)
DVD (Region 2)
    Roujin Z (DVD) 2012-06-11
Universal Media Disc
    Roujin Z [Dub] [CD-ROM] (UMD)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Unit Director: Toshiaki Hontani
Music: Bun Itakura
Character Design: Hisashi Eguchi
Art Director: Hiroshi Sasaki
Animation Director: Fumio Iida
Mechanical design:
Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Mitsuo Iso
Art design: Satoshi Kon
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Hideo Okazaki
Assistant Animation Director:
Kumiko Kawana
Michiyo Suzuki
Assistant Art Director:
Kenji Kamiyama
Tatsuya Kushida
Assistant Director: Sadami Morikawa
Color Coordination: Hiromi Anzai
Continuity: Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Editing: Eiko Nishide
Production Associate:
Jerry Beck
Michael Haller
Sound Design: Thomas Chan
Sound Design Producer: Carl Macek
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Special Effects: Toyohiko Sakakibara
Theme Song Arrangement: Bun Itakura (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Bun Itakura (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Mishio Ogawa (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Mishio Ogawa (ED)
Chisa Yokoyama as Haruko Mitsuhashi
Hikojiro Matsumura as Kijuro Takazawa

Chie Satō as Nobuko Ohe
Hikojiro Matsumura as Old Man B
Kouji Tsujitani as Mitsuru Maeda
Masa Saito as
Computer voice of Z
Haru Takazawa
Rica Matsumoto as Satoh Tomoe
Ryūji Saikachi as Old Man A / Hacker
Shinji Ogawa as Suguru Terada
Shinsuke Chikaishi as Yoshihiko Hasegawa
Takeshi Aono as Old Man C

Bin Shimada as Staff A
Kenichi Ogata as Riot police inspector
Kumiko Takizawa as Newscaster
Noriko Asano as Nurse
Takumi Yamazaki as Reporter D
Takurō Kitagawa as Staff B
Tamio Ohki as Professor Tachibana
Teiji Ōmiya as Manager Minagawa
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Reporter B
Wataru Takagi as Reporter C
Yūichi Nagashima as Reporter A
Japanese companies
Animation Production: APPP
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Photography:
IMG
Studio Cavern
Recording Studio: AVACO Creative Studios
Sound Development: Tokyo TV Center
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Sound Effects Design Collaboration: Streamline Pictures
Sound Effects Designer: Wally Burr Recording
Sound Production: Arts Production
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English companies
Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell
Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
Laurence Guinness
Adaptation: Jay Parks
Casting Director: Jill Wilmot
Dubbing Mixing: Richard King
DVD Coordination: Eric Thomann
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison
Script Adaptation: George Roubicek
Subtitle Translation:
Pamela Parks
William Flanagan
English cast
Toni Barry as Haruko

Allan Wenger as Terada
Barbara Barnes as Nobuko
Ian Thompson as Takazawa
Jana Carpenter as Norie

Adam Henderson as Maeda
Blair Fairman as 2nd Ache
Graydon Gould as Secretary Minawa (uncredited)
Ian Thompson as Ian
John Jay Fitzgerald as Hasegawa
Nigel Anthony as 3rd Ache
Peter Marinker as Reporter
Sean Barrett as 1st Ache
French cast
French staff
ADR Director: Patrick Borg (old dub)
Marjolaine Poulain as Haruko (new dub)
Séverine Morisot as Haruko (old dub)

Celine Monsarrat as Nobuko (old dub)
Corinne Troisi as Norie (old dub)
Fabrice Josso as Maeda (old dub)
Frederic Popovic as Journaliste (new dub)
Lionel Henry as Takasawa (old dub)
Luc Bernard as Hasegawa (old dub)
Nicolas Sempé as Iachibana (old dub)
Patrick Borg as Gouverneur (old dub)
Patrick Poivey as Terada (old dub)
French companies
Broadcaster: J-One (from 28 February 2016)
Distributor: Manga Video (France)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation: Josep Llurba (Catalan dub)
Executive producer:
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Luis de Val (Manga Films)

Screen Inserts: Jordi Campillo (Spain dub)
Emilio Freixas as Kijuro Takazawa (Catalan dub)
Fernando Ulloa as Kijuro Takazawa (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Haruko Mitsuhashi (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Aleix Estadella as Mitsuru Maeda (Catalan dub)
Carmen Contreras as Haru Takazawa (Catalan dub)
Jesus Ferrer as Takashi Terada (Spain dub)
Jordi Pons as Mitsuru Maeda (Spain dub)
Jordi Ribes as Yoshihiko Hasegawa (Spain dub)
Maria del Mar Tamarit as Nobuko Ohe (Spain dub)
Mercè Segarra as Nobuko Ohe (Catalan dub)
Mercedes Pastor as Haru Takazawa (Spain dub)
Miryam Guilimany as Tomoe Sato (Spain dub)
Ramon Canals as Yoshihiko Hasegawa (Catalan dub)
Sílvia Gómez as Tomoe Sato (Catalan dub)

Eduardo Muntada as Professor Terada Tachibana (Catalan dub)
Federico Menescal as Old Man B (Spain dub)
Jordi Campillo as Director Minagawa (Spain dub)
Jordi Serrat as Old Man C (Spain dub)
Manuel Lázaro as Old Man A (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Alex Meseguer (Catalan dub)
Amadeu Aguado (Catalan dub)
Anna Romano (Spain dub)
Claudi Domingo (Catalan dub)
Enric Casamitjana (Catalan dub)
Enric Serra Frediani (Catalan dub)
Francisco Alborch (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
José Javier Serrano (Spain dub)
Juan Comellas (Spain dub)
Miguel Rey (Spain dub)
Montse Segarra (Catalan dub)
Oriol Rafel (Catalan dub)
Oriol de Balle (Catalan dub)
Ramon Canals (Spain dub)
Reyes Serrano (Spain dub)
Xavier Fernández (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Distributor: Vértice Cine (Spain; theaters) 
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming: Filmin (Spain)
Licensed by:
Manga Films (Spain)
Selecta Visión (Spain; 2013)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Raffaele Fallica

Mixing: Paolo Tiboni
Emanuela Pacotto as Haruko Mitsuhashi
Guido Rutta as Kijuro Takazawa

Elena Gianni as Satoh Tomoe
Federico Zanandrea as Mitsuru Maeda
Giulia Franzoso as Nobuko Ohe
Mario Scarabelli as Old Man
Maurizio Merluzzo as Yoshihiko Hasegawa
Natale Ciravolo as Suguru Ogawa
Silvana Fantini as Haru Takazawa
Italian companies
Dubbing: ADC group
German staff
German cast
(none)
Gerd Holtenau as Kijuro Takazawa
Luisa Wietzorek as Haruko

Damineh Hojat as Satoh Tomoe
Iris Artajo as Haru Takazawa
Nicolas Artajo as Mitsuru Maeda
Rainer Fritzsche as Yoshihiko Hasegawa
Tanya Kahana as Nobuko Ohe

Helmut Gauß as Minagawa
Jörg Hengstler as Terada
Lydia Morgenstern as Nobuko
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Dubbing: VSI Berlin
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Manga DVD
Dutch cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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