"The Irresponsible Captain Tylor" (1993) "Musekinin kanchô Tairâ" (original title), TV series 1993-

Writer:

Hitoshi Yoshioka (story)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The adventures of a space navy captain who is either an incredibly lucky idiot, or an unorthodox genius in tactics.

Plot Keywords:

Space War | Anime | Military Service | Military | Satire

Cast

Dan Green

...

Agent A (1 episode)

Series Directed by
Kôichi Mashimo		(26 episodes)

Series Writing credits
Hiroyuki Kawasaki		(26 episodes)
Kôichi Mashimo		(26 episodes)
Masami Watanabe		(2 episodes)
Hitoshi Yoshioka		(unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Kenji Kawai		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Motoaki Ikegami		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Seiji Morita		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Masaru Satô		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Koji Sawai	....	storyboard artist (5 episodes)
Kôichi Mashimo	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes)

Series Animation Department
Toshiharu Murata	....	character designer / animation director (26 episodes)
Jiro Arima	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Takahiro Gotô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yoshitaka Gotô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Tomohiro Hirata	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Tomoko Hirota	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shirô Hisataka	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shûichi Iijima	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Isamu Imakake	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Satoru Isono	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kôji Itô	....	animator / mechanical designer (unknown episodes)
Yoshiaki Itô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Tomoaki Kado	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Hiroshi Kamogawa	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Takashi Kaneyama	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Akira Kano	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kaoru Kasuga	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shûji Kawakami	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kumiko Kawana	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masakazu Kawazoe	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yasuhito Kikuchi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yoko Kikuchi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kazuya Komai	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kazuya Kuroda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shinsaku Kôzuma	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Takao Maki	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shôichi Masuo	....	animator / mechanical designer (unknown episodes)
Shunji Matsuda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Norio Matsumoto	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Etsurô Mizuno	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masaharu Morinaka	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Futoshi Naga	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masami Nagata	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Atsuko Nakajima	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kyôko Nakano	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Miyako Nishida	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yûji Ogata	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshiyuki Okabayashi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshiyuki Okamura	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Takashi Ono	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshi Saga	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Osamu Sato	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Setsuko Satô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masahiro Sekiguchi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Hideyo Sonoda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshimasa Suzuki	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masao Takeda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yoshinori Tanabe	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kenji Teraoka	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masaharu Tomoda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Hideo Watanabe	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Tatsuo Yamada	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masafumi Yamamoto	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Katsuhiko Yamazaki	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yasuharu Yasuda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kagetoshi Yokoyama	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Hiroshi Yoneda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yôichi Ônishi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yasuhiko Ôyama	....	animator (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Hiroyuki Kawasaki	....	supervisor (36 episodes)
Kôichi Mashimo	....	supervisor (36 episodes)

Production Companies

• Big West
• Tatsunoko Productions Company
• d-rights

Distributors

• AZN Television (1993) (USA) (TV)
• Right Stuf International (1993) (USA) (video)
• Right Stuf International (2001) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• AnimeTrax  soundtrack distributed by
• Domu  animation
• Hadashi Productions  animation
• I.G Tatsunoko  animation
• Imagica  film development
• Kino Production  animation
• Kyoto Animation  animation (as Kyoto Anime)
• Maki Pro  titles
• Mu Film  animation
• Studio DEEN  animation
• Studio Donburi  animation
• Studio Dub  animation
• Studio Kumura  animation
• Studio Mark  animation
• Studio Onon  animation
• Studio Ten  animation
• T.E.A  animation
• Taj Studios  sound re-recording
• Zack Production  recording studio

Also Known As:

"Musekinin kanchô Tairâ" - Japan (original title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:PG | Australia:M

Company:

Big West

Trivia:

One of the crew members is based on (and even named after) Jason from Friday the 13th (1980).

Movie Connections:

Followed by The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1994) (V)

Fantastic, Fun and Frivolous Series

I very much enjoyed this series but before I move onto the review I want to give you one very important warning DO NOT watch it unless you are prepared to sit through until the very end because even when I was on episode 25 of 26 I was still debating what kind of series was it? Serious and all about self exploration or just plain stupid and funny at times? The answer well it's neither Captain Tylor is very much its own series and even that I've warned you it will probably take watching ALL 26 episodes before you believe me.

What I liked about this series was the character development and mainly how the actions of the main character reflected on all the others. The dynamic relationships between the Crew and the Captain, The Admiralty and the Captain, even The Enemy and the Captain are always changing and always brilliantly fun to watch.

Not many series can pull off going from making you want to ring the main character's neck to absolutely falling in love with the little guy but this series manages to do it, to do it a lot, and yet keep it fresh each time.

The graphics are a bit dated but still fairly good considering it is over a decade old and the music is also a bit old and possibly out of tune but still fun.

All in all if you have the patience to watch the series, to just sit back and enjoy and to get over that urge to say "what the?" every few seconds and just let the series take you for a bit of a ride I have to say this is the series for you!

Other recommendations: If you liked Dirty Pair Flash (I have only ever seen the second series) then you'll probably enjoy Tylor since the graphics are pretty close to comparable and it often contains the same goofy antics.