Blue Submarine No. 6 (1998) (V) Ao no roku gô (original title)

Directors:

Kôichi Chigira
Mahiro Maeda

Writers:

Satoru Ozawa (comics)
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (screenplay) (episodes 1-3)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Underwater | Submarine | Anime | Based On Manga

Cast

Hozumi Gôda	...	Tetsu Hayami
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kinryû Arimoto	...	Tokuhiro Iga
Scott Bailey	...	Beast A / Pilot (voice: English version)
Ali Bell	...	A beast (voice: English version)
Rhonda Bellamy	...	Gen. Gilford (voice: English version)
Bryan Bolick	...	Capt. Maracott (voice: English version)
Michael Brady	...	Beast D / Engineer / Villager (voice: English version)
Ralph Brownewell	...	Additional Voices
Thomas Bruning	...	Red Spot (voice: English version)
Jeff Call	...	Beast C (voice: English version)
Shane Callahan	...	Myong Hea Yun (voice: English version)
M.B. Cartell	...	A Beast (voice: English version)
Juliet Cesario	...	Mutio / Villager (voice: English version)
Ed Cord	...	Launch Control / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Traci Dinwiddie	...	Freeda Verasco (voice: English version)
Morgan Drexal	...	Op (voice: English version)
Bob Edwards	...	Sukune Tsuji (voice: English version)
Bill Flaman	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Rick Forrester	...	Novo (voice: English version)
Tippsie Gillis	...	Women (voice: English version)
Michael Granberry	...	Tetsu Hayami (voice: English version)
Treena Hales	...	Villager (voice: English version)
Jason Hatfield	...	Beast B / Villager (voice: English version)
Boise Holmes	...	Shidill Dedson (voice: English version)
Edwin Holt	...	XO (voice: English version)
Kara Houck	...	Daughter Of Beast (voice: English version)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Shidll Dedson
Paul Johnson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jeff Johnston	...	Yuri Malakofski (voice: English version)
D.C. Kennedy	...	Hugh W. Connell (voice: English version)
Chris Kent	...	Kenji Minahaya (voice)
Jûrôta Kosugi	...	J. J. Barnell
Peter Laniv	...	Beast B (voice: English version)
Peter Lasko	...	Akihiro Okawa / A Beast (voice: English version)
Andrew Masset	...	Prof. Marunami (voice: English version)
Pam McChino	...	Women (voice: English version)
Michael McGovern	...	Kouichi Nakamura (voice: English version) (as Mike McGovern)
Kiska Meadows	...	Inko (voice: English version)
Tamara Burnham Mercer	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Shinichirô Miki	...	Myong Hea Yun
Shotaro Morikubo	...	Verg
Cullen Moss	...	Alexender David Cekeros (voice: English version)
Miki Nagasawa	...	Mutio
Kazuya Nakai	...	Captain of the Shang
Michiko Neya	...	Toko Gusuku
Ikuo Nishikawa	...	Hugh W. Conwell
Yukana Nogami	...	Mayumi Kino
Chris Nubel	...	Operator B / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sean P. O'Connell	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Shinji Ogawa	...	Novo
Maxwell Paige	...	Shidll Dedson (voice: English version)
David Richani	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jerry Riggs	...	Beast (voice: English version)
Robin Robertson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
J.R. Rodriguez	...	Captain Of The Narushio (voice: English version)
Ayaka Saito	...	Mei Ling Huang
Tony Schnur	...	Beast A / Villager (voice: English version)
Toshihiko Seki	...	Katsuma Nonaka
Scott Simpson	...	Verg (voice: English version)
Baji Smith	...	Toko Gusuku (voice: English version)
Justin Smith	...	Katsuma Nonaka (voice: English version)
Yôko Soumi	...	Freeda Verasco
Danielle Sullivan	...	Mei-Lung Haung (voice: English version)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Yuri Maiakofski
Gara Takashima	...	Gen. Gilford
Kazu Takeda	...	Capt. Shou (voice: English version)
Kazunari Tanaka	...	Akihiro Okawa
Tsutomu Tareki	...	Makio Yamada
Dave Underwood	...	Tokuhiro Iga (voice: English version)
Pete Vinal	...	J.J. Barnell (voice: English version)
Ed Wagenseller	...	Makio Yamada (voice: English version)
Takeshi Wakamatsu	...	Zorndyke
Mike Way	...	Jung Zorndyke (voice: English version)
Pamela Weidner	...	Mayumi Kino (voice: English version)
Stan Wood	...	Sonar 1 (voice: English version)
Kôsei Yagi	...	Kouichi Nakamura
Akiko Yajima	...	Daughter of the Beast
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Alexander David Cekeros

Directed by
Kôichi Chigira		(episodes 1-4)
Mahiro Maeda		(lead director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Satoru Ozawa		comics
Hiroshi Yamaguchi		screenplay (episodes 1-3)

Produced by
Kazuhiko Ikeguchi	....	chief producer
Tsunetoshi Koike	....	producer
Takao Nagayama	....	chief producer
Shinji Nakashima	....	producer
Shigeru Sugiyama	....	producer
Yutaka Yano	....	producer

Original Music by
The Thrill

Art Direction by
Masanori Kikuchi

Art Department
Kôichi Chigira	....	storyboard artist (episode 2)
Masanori Kikuchi	....	art design/artboards
Osamu Kobayashi	....	art designer
Mahiro Maeda	....	art design/artboards
Mahiro Maeda	....	storyboard artist (episodes 1, 2 and 4)
Kiyomi Tanaka	....	art design/artboards
Kazuya Tsurumaki	....	storyboard artist (episode 3)

Sound Department
Yota Tsuruoka	....	sound director

Visual Effects by
Okinori Daino	....	digital effects
Okinori Daino	....	visual effects
Kanetake Ebikawa	....	digital effects
Kanetake Ebikawa	....	monitor graphics
Toru Fukushi	....	2d cg director
Kenichi Higaki	....	3dcgi
Nobu Iie	....	digital effects
Miki Inoshita	....	3dcgi
Seiji Ishiguro	....	digital effects
Seiji Ishiguro	....	visual effects
Ryoki Kamitsubo	....	visual effects
Naruhito Kawada	....	3dcgi
Naoki Kitamura	....	visual effects
Chiori Kitanosono	....	digital effects
Chiori Kitanosono	....	visual effects
Kenji Matsui	....	digital effects
Yosuke Nanjo	....	visual effects
Yasuo Ohno	....	3dcgi
Takeshi Saito	....	digital effects
Kanako Sakata	....	visual effects
Akira Suzuki	....	3D CGI director
Atsushi Takeyama	....	visual effects
Morihisa Tsunoda	....	visual effects
Osamu Yamamoto	....	visual effects

Animation Department
Koichi Arai	....	animation character designer
Koichi Arai	....	animation director (episode 2)
Koichi Arai	....	animator
Kôichi Chigira	....	animator
Kanetake Ebikawa	....	mechanical designer
Masahiro Emoto	....	animator
Michio Fukuda	....	animator
Takayuki Gorai	....	animator
Masami Goto	....	animator
Hiroshi Hamazaki	....	animator
Hideki Hamazu	....	animator
Shinji Hashimoto	....	animator
Yoshimi Hashimoto	....	animator
Yasuhiro Hayashi	....	animator
Takeshi Honda	....	animation character designer
Takeshi Honda	....	animation director (episodes 3 and 4)
Takeshi Honda	....	animator
Toshiyuki Inoue	....	animation director (episode 4)
Toshiyuki Inoue	....	animator
Mitsuo Iso	....	animator
Yoshinori Kanada	....	animator
Shôji Kawamori	....	mechanical designer
Hiroshi Kawasaki	....	animator
Seiji Kio	....	mechanical designer
Takahiro Kishida	....	animator
Kazuya Komai	....	animator
Masahiro Kurio	....	animator
Takuhito Kusanagi	....	character designer
Takuhito Kusanagi	....	mechanical designer
Mahiro Maeda	....	animator
Mahiro Maeda	....	character designer
Mahiro Maeda	....	mechanical designer
Hidenori Matsubara	....	animator
Yasuko Miyazaki	....	animator
Kenji Mizuhata	....	animator
Yoshio Mizumura	....	animator
Yoshio Mizumura	....	assistant animation director (episode 3)
Kôji Morimoto	....	animator
Eriko Murata	....	color designer
Mitsunori Murata	....	animator
Range Murata	....	character designer
Range Murata	....	mechanical designer
Shunji Murata	....	animation character designer (episode 1)
Shunji Murata	....	animation director (episode 1)
Shunji Murata	....	animator
Miyuki Nakamura	....	animator
Daisuke Nakayama	....	animator
Katsuichi Nakayama	....	animator
Kazuto Nakazawa	....	animator
Nobutoshi Ogura	....	animator
Tatsuya Oka	....	animator
Tsunenori Saitô	....	animator
Yasuhiro Seo	....	animator
Yasuhiro Seo	....	assistant animation director (episode 3)
Yoshihiro Sugai	....	animator
Kôji Sugiura	....	animator
Shunji Suzuki	....	animator
Jun Takagi	....	animator
Kiyomi Tanaka	....	animator
Yûichi Tanaka	....	animator (as Yuichi Tanaka)
Masahiro Tano	....	animator
Shinsuke Terasawa	....	animator
Kazuya Tsurumaki	....	animator
Hitoshi Ueda	....	animator
Yoshitaka Yajima	....	animator
Makoto Yamada	....	animator
Akihiko Yamashita	....	animator
Ikuto Yamashita	....	mechanical designer
Takaaki Yamashita	....	animator
Fumiko Yoshida	....	animator
Yoshimitsu Ôhashi	....	animator

Production Companies

• Bandai Entertainment Inc.
• Bandai Visual Company
• Gonzo
• Toshiba EMI

Distributors

• Bandai Entertainment Inc.
• Cartoon Network

Also Known As:

"Ao no roku gô" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

30 min (4 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Company:

Bandai Entertainment Inc.

A great sci-fi submarine adventure!

Submarines and sci-fi don't often come together, but when they do (as in Disney's '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' classic movie, or TV series like 'SeaQuest' or 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea') it is usually a good mix of story and action. In this, 'Blue Submarine No. 6' delivered in top form.

I don't want to give up too much here, but this story takes place in a not too distant future where a scientist has made havoc with modern civilization through the creatures he has made (shades of H. G. Wells' 'Island of Doctor Moureau'). The 'Blue Fleet', a ragtag group of hi-tech submarines and their commanders, is constantly on guard for the next attack on coastal cities and ports. Later, they go for an all out mission to stop the evil scientist before the planet's environmental balance is destroyed.

The animation is a mix of hand drawn and computer graphics that works rather well. The music soundtrack amps up key action scenes, and the story is both very entertaining and thought provoking. I have only seen the edited Toonami Movie version (115 minutes, English dubbed), but from the first viewing I was hooked on this excellent Anime film! Anyone who likes Anime, sci-fi story lines, and especially cool submarines should definitely check out 'Blue Submarine No. 6'.