Spriggan (1998)

Director:

Hirotsugu Kawasaki

Writers:

Yasutaka Itô
Hirotsugu Kawasaki

Release Date:

12 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

They were looking for a sign. What they found was a warning.

Plot:

An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.

Plot Keywords:

Power | Artifact | Noah's Ark | Cut Into Pieces | Secret Agent

Cast

J.D. Hawkins	...	ARCAM Guard 2
Chris Patton	...	Yu Ominae (voice) (as Christopher Patton)
Kevin Corn	...	Colonel MacDougall (voice)
Ted Pfister	...	Dr. Meisel (voice)
Andy McAvin	...	Jean-Jacques Mondo (voice)
Kelly Manison	...	Margaret (voice)
Mike Kleinhenz	...	Fattman (voice)
Spike Spencer	...	Little Boy (voice)
John Paul Shephard	...	Yamamoto (voice)
John Swasey	...	Mr. Smith (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryuji Aigase	...	Colonel MacDougal
C. Markham Anderson	...	ARCAM Explorer, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ross Bautsch	...	COSMOS Yu (voice: English version)
Bob Biggerstaff	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Victor Carsrud	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kevin Charles	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jason Douglas	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jennifer K. Earhart	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ralph Ehntholt	...	Pentagon Black Ops, ARCAM Explorer (voice: English version)
Bob Elliot	...	Pentagon Black Ops, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Foley Gang	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tiffany Grant	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Greenfield	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Todd Greenfield	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
John Gremillion	...	Intelligence Officer, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Hilary Haag	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jay Hickman	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Junie Hoang	...	Additional Voices
Don'l Johnson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
John Kaiser	...	Pentagon Black Ops, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Andrew Klimko	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Jean-Jacques Mondo
Mark Laskowski	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jason Lee	...	Additional Voices
James Marshall	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Vic Mignogna	...	Arcam Security 1, Additional Voices (English version) (voice)
Shotaro Morikubo	...	Yuu Ominae
Rob Mungle	...	Pentagon Black Ops, Customs Inspector (voice: English version)
Frank Page	...	Pentagon Black Ops, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Phil Ross	...	ARCAM Explorer, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ken Shiroyama	...	Dr. Meisel
Paul Sidello	...	Turkish ARCAM Agent (voice: English version)
Randy Sparks	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Greg Stanley	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kurt Stoll	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Katsumi Suzuki	...	Little Boy
Sakiko Tamagawa	...	Margaret
Adam Taylor	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kira Vincent-Davis	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Brett Weaver	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Amanda Winn Lee	...	Additional Voices (as Amanda Winn)

Directed by
Hirotsugu Kawasaki

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yasutaka Itô
Hirotsugu Kawasaki

Original Music by
Kuniaki Haishima

Film Editing by
David Grundy

Sound Department
Keith Arem	....	sound mixer
Keith Arem	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Draghi	....	supervising sound editor

Animation Department
Hisashi Eguchi	....	animator
Masahito Yamashita	....	animator

Other crew
Katsuhiro Ôtomo	....	general supervisor

Production Companies

• Bandai Visual Company
• Studio 4°C
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Distributors

• A.C.O.G. (????) (Germany) (DVD)
• ADV Films (2002) (UK) (all media)
• ADV Films (2001) (USA) (dubbed)
• Asia Video Publishing Co. Ltd. (2004) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Bandai Visual Company (1999) (Japan) (DVD)
• Dynit (????) (Italy) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2002) (Australia) (all media)
• Metropolitan Filmexport
• OVA Films (????) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) (2000) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• Gainax  in-between animation
• Studio Ghibli  in-between animation

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence

Runtime:

France:90 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-15 (video rating) (2005)

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Trivia:

Fatman and Little Boy are the names of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the fight with Colonel MacDougal Ominae's arm was broken in multiple places and left hanging limp. However, when he was falling with Jean after escaping the Ark he used the broken arm to shoot his grappling hook and hung from it, then after landing was using his 'broken' arm as if it weren't injured at all.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Jing Ling

The best Anime since Akira

This movie is a roller coaster ride of awesome action sequences, fantastic characters and visually stunning animation.

The movie is based around an elite International peace keeping force known as ARCUM, who has a special agent in every country, Spriggans. The story revolves around Spriggan Japan, Yu, who's past demons resurface to challenge him in a race to find an ancient artifact.

Part Akira, part Indiana Jones, Spriggan is non stop action but with a great story. Unbelievably entertaining...