Wings of Honneamise (1987) Ôritsu uchûgun Oneamisu no tsubasa (original title)

Director:

Hiroyuki Yamaga

Writers:

Kevin Seymour (English dialogue)
Mary Mason (English dialogue)
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Release Date:

10 March 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In an alternative Earth, a young astronaut participates in a controversial fledgling space program.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space Program | Friend | Astronaut | Spacecraft

Cast

Masahiro Anzai	...	Majaho
Steve Blum	...	General's Assistant / Noble (voice: English version) (as Steven Jay Blum)
Ivan Buckley	...	Construction Worker (voice: English version) (as Jack Emmet)
Steve Bulen	...	General Khaidenn (voice: English version) (as Stevie Beeline)
Bryan Cranston	...	Matti Tohn (voice: English version)
Bambi Darro	...	Matti's Girlfriend (voice: English version)
Christopher de Groot	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Christophe de Groot)
Mari Devon	...	Reporter (voice: English version) (as Jane Alan)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Laughing Woman, Kid (voice: English version) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Richard Epcar	...	Talkative Launch Tech (voice: English version)
Jonathan Fahn	...	Protester, Launch Tech (voice: English version) (as Jonathan Charles)
Tom Fahn	...	Bar Patron (voice: English version) (as Tom Charles)
Michael Forest	...	Dr. Gnomm (voice: English version) (as Alfred Thor)
Jeff Frayer	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lena Gale	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dougary Grant	...	Prince Toness, Photographer (voice: English version)
Stanley Gurd Jr.	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Arnie Hanks	...	Karrock (voice: English version)
Kazuo Kumakura	...	(voice)
Melody Lee	...	Riquinni Nonderaiko (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee	...	Bar Patron / News Reel Narrator (voice: English version)
Jill Lyons	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jake Martin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Dan Martin)
Rob Matthews	...	Shirotsugh Lhadatt (voice: English version) (as Robert Matthews)
Joe Montane	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Leo Morimoto	...	Shirotsugh Lhadatt
Gorô Naya	...	(voice)
Tony Pope	...	Guy Washing Clothes (voice: English version) (as Anthony Mozdy)
Simon Prescott	...	Republic Leader (voice: English version) (as Simon Isaacson)
Joe Romersa	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Anthony Santacrose	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bin Shimada	...	Yanaran
Kazuyuki Sogabe	...	Marty
Ellyn Stern	...	Republic News Narrator (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	TV Commentator / Noble / Reporter (voice: English version)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Domorhot
Jimmy Theodore	...	Cadet With Glasses (voice: English version) (as Rudy Luzion)
Kôji Totani	...	Tchallichammi
Thomas White	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mimi Woods	...	Test Film Narrator, Launch Countdown (voice: English version)
Dan Woren	...	Nekkerout (voice: English version) (as Warren Daniels)
Yoshito Yasuhara	...	Nekkerout
Mitsuki Yayoi	...	Riquinni Nonderaiko
Shôzô Îzuka	...	Space Force Trainer
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Dr. Gnomm

Directed by
Hiroyuki Yamaga

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mary Mason		English dialogue
Kevin Seymour		English dialogue (as Quint Lancaster)
Hiroyuki Yamaga
Hiroshi Ônogi

Produced by
Hiroaki Inoue	....	producer
Toshio Okada	....	executive producer
Hirohiko Suekichi	....	producer
Shigeru Watanabe	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ryûichi Sakamoto

Cinematography by
Hiroshi Isagawa

Film Editing by
Harutoshi Ogata

Art Direction by
Hiromasa Ogura

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Takami Akai	....	assistant director
Shinji Higuchi	....	assistant director
Shôichi Masuo	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Shohei Hayashi	....	sound recordist
Joe Romersa	....	dialog sound engineer

Animation Department
Tatsuya Egawa	....	animator
Masaaki Endo	....	animator
Makiko Futaki	....	animator
Chihiro Hayashi	....	animator
Michiyasu Hiraga	....	animator
Toshiaki Hontani	....	animator
Yoshiyuki Ichikawa	....	animator
Yoshinobu Ineno	....	animator
Atsuko Inoue	....	animator
Toshiyuki Inoue	....	animator
Ichirô Itano	....	animator
Yoko Kadokami	....	animator
Jirô Kanai	....	animator
Toshio Kawaguchi	....	animator
Kumiko Kawana	....	animator
Nobuyuki Kitajima	....	animator
Katsuya Kondô	....	animator
Kitaro Kosaka	....	animator
Toshiyuki Kubooka	....	animator
Mahiro Maeda	....	animator
Masayuki	....	animator
Tôru Misaka	....	animator
Sadami Morikawa	....	animator
Akiko Nakano	....	animator
Hidekazu Ohara	....	animator
Hiroshi Oikawa	....	animator
Yutaka Okamura	....	animator
Shinji Otsuka	....	animator
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	....	character designer
Kunihiko Sakurai	....	animator
Teiichi Shintani	....	animator
Mika Sugai	....	animator
Yasuko Tachiki	....	animator
Takao Takano	....	animator
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi	....	animator
Tomokazu Tokoro	....	animator
Akiko Tsukui	....	animator
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma	....	animator
Satoshi Yamamoto	....	animator
Noriyasu Yamauchi	....	animator
Kinji Yoshimoto	....	animator
Nobuteru Yuuki	....	animator
Ken'ichi Ônuki	....	animator
Tomoko Ôtaki	....	animator

Music Department
Haruo Kubota	....	composer: additional music
Yuji Nomi	....	composer: additional music
Ryûichi Sakamoto	....	music director
Shinichi Tanaka	....	music mixer
Koji Ueno	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Takami Akai	....	production/layout designer
Hideaki Anno	....	anime director
Hideaki Anno	....	production/layout designer
Kamui Fujiwara	....	production/layout designer
Shinji Higuchi	....	production/layout designer
Fumio Iida	....	anime director
Fumio Iida	....	production/layout designer
Harutora Inaba	....	production/layout designer
Jirô Kanai	....	production/layout designer
Mahiro Maeda	....	production/layout designer
Yûji Moriyama	....	anime director
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	....	anime director
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	....	production/layout designer
Kenichi Sonoda	....	production/layout designer
Hiroshi Sugiura	....	production/layout designer
Masayuki Takano	....	production/layout designer
Noriko Takaya	....	harmony process
Yôichi Takizawa	....	production/layout designer
Emi Tanaka	....	production/layout designer
Seiki Tanaka	....	production/layout designer
Takeshi Urabe	....	production/layout designer
Akira Watanabe	....	production/layout designer
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma	....	production/layout designer
Ley Yumeno	....	production/layout designer

Production Companies

• Bandai Visual Company
• Gainax

Distributors

• Manga Video
• Tara Releasing (1995) (USA) (dubbed)
• Teletoon (English dubbed)

Other Companies

• Onkio Haus  music recording studio

Also Known As:

"Ôritsu uchûgun Oneamisu no tsubasa" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:15 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:16 | UK:PG (cut video release) | Australia:M | Canada:14A | New Zealand:M

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Quotes:

[Shiro has slept on a flyer for a prayer meeting and the ink has rubbed off on his face]
Tchallichammi:I can almost make out the address. A new love hotel? "Please come?" What's that supposed to mean?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Otaku no video (1991) (V)

Unique, moving, beautiful.

"Honneamise no tsubasa" is clearly the masterpiece of Japanese anime. I was lucky enough to see this film for the first time at the cinema, and I feel for those of you who have only been able to see it on video. What you miss is the immaculate artistry of the animation: the detail, the complexity, the invention and most of all the beauty. The opening credits are up there amongst my favourites (Vertigo, Delicatessen) not because of any originality - the use of pictures in credits have been done before (Days of Heaven) - but more because of the use of Japanese water painting of these images. It is also the blending of these images with the right music which makes the credits so exquisite. But also the great thing about this movie for all of us, is the wonderful story that is told. The use of a parallel earth in which the events occur is ingenius, it allows the story to remain in a sense inherently Japanese but also universal. See this film it is a gem