Dominion Tank Police (1992) (TV)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Directors:

Takaaki Ishiyama
Kôichi Mashimo

Writers:

Masamune Shirow (comic) and
Dai Kôno (script) ...

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

New-Port City has a problem with crime, and in order to combat this, the mayor orders the creation of a new police unit: THE TANK POLICE...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Based On Comic | Anime

Cast

Toni Barry	...	Leona (voice)
Steve Graf	...	Al (voice) (as Stephen Graf)
Sean Barrett	...	Lt. Britain (voice)
William Armstrong	...	Specs (voice) (as Bill Armstrong)
John Bull	...	Mohican (voice)
Peter Whitman	...	Chaplain (voice)
Marc Smith	...	Buaku (voice)
Alison Dowling	...	Annapuna / Unipima (voice)
Peter Marinker	...	Dr. Shahah (voice)
Jesse Vogel	...	Chief Of Police (voice)
Kate Harper	...	Mayor (voice)
David Graham	...	Doctor (voice)
Bill Bailey	...	Skeleton (voice)
Garrick Hagon	...	Red Commando (voice)

Runtime:

USA:70 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Company:

Central Park Media Corporation (I) (II)

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In Episode 1 (Act II), after the Tanks have left their hangar in pursuit of Buaku, the sign over the hangar reads "POLCE" instead of "POLICE"

Quotes:

Buaku: What have I done to you? What have I done? Don't go on with it... don't go onnnn...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater: More Girls with Big Guns" (1995)

Makes you miss Sci-Fi's Saturday Anime.

I first caught this movie when I would watch (HEAVILY) Sci-Fi Channel's Saturday Anime block. Without that lineup of quality japanese animation every saturday I would've never known about anime at all.

I got to see all sorts of awesome stuff like the megaman-esque "Cashaun: Robot Hunter," "8-Man After," "Project A-Ko," "AKIRA," and of course, the classic "Dominion Tank Police" This wasn't Bugs Bunny, Chip N Dale, or Care Bears, or any of the soft american animation I was used to. This was something totally new to me. It was rough, dark, and agressive. But with enough humor thrown in that I could chuckle at it. This was intelligent animated entertainment.

The technology they use, the furutistic concrete jungle they live in. The concepts and ideas. Incredibly interesting. And they actually cursed! I had never heard anyone cuss in cartoons except for Beavis and Butthead. (not top notch on intelligence but its funny)

Everything about this movie is just awesome. Okay well maybe not all of it, their noses look pretty wierd and sometimes its hard to understand but hey, its anime and not everyone in anima draws in the same style. The humor and the things discussed in this movie aren't for your kids to watch (unless they are mature enough to understand it) there's a part in the movie where Anna and Una Puma start tossing out all these plastic sheets that turn into giant multicolored phalluses (think about it for a while.) Plus there's alotta destruction and gunfire. Still awesome. Oh and anime cat chicks rock! (even though I'm gay hehehe ^.^)

Rent this movie. Or do something even better and complain to Sci-Fi till they bring back Saturday Anime.