Sakura Wars (2001)
Sakura taisen: Katsudou shashin (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG-13
- 1h 20min
- Animation, Action
- 22 Dec 2001 (Japan)
- Movie
Join Sakura's troupe of musical mechsuit divas for a supernatural showdown. As a fresh face joins the team, others begin to vanish. When demons terrorize Tokyo, the metal maidens must pull their act together and drop the curtain on evil.
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Cast
| Chisa Yokoyama | ... |
Sakura Shinguji (voice)
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| Michie Tomizawa | ... |
Sumire Kanazaki (voice)
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Urara Takano | ... |
Maria Tachibana (voice)
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| Kumiko Nishihara | ... |
Iris Chateaubriand (voice)
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Yuriko Fuchizaki | ... |
Ri Kohran (voice)
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| Mayumi Tanaka | ... |
Kanna Kirishima (voice)
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| Ai Orikasa | ... |
Ayame Fujieda (voice)
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Masaru Ikeda | ... |
Ikki Yoneda (voice)
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Akio Suyama | ... |
Ichirô Ohgami (voice)
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| Keiji Fujiwara | ... |
Haruyoshi Tanuma (voice)
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Daisuke Gôri | ... |
Yokihiko Ota (voice)
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| Kyôko Hikami | ... |
Tsubaki Takamura (voice)
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| Kazue Ikura | ... |
Leni Milchstraße (voice)
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Kôichi Kitamura | ... |
Yoritsune Hanakoji (voice)
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| Takehito Koyasu | ... |
Yuichi Kayama (voice)
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Akiko Kuno | ... |
Ratchet Altair (voice)
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| Yûki Masuda | ... |
Yuri Sakakibara (voice)
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Taiki Matsuno | ... |
Kikunojo Oka (voice)
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| Yûji Mitsuya | ... |
Musei Edogawa (voice)
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Keiichi Nanba | ... |
Patrick Hamilton (voice)
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| Maya Okamoto | ... |
Orihime Soletta (voice)
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| Akemi Okamura | ... |
Kasumi Fujii (voice)
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| Kôichi Yamadera | ... |
Brent Furlong (voice)
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| Kazuki Yao | ... |
Kotone Seiryuin (voice)
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Takashi Yoshida | ... |
Soldier (voice)
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Julie Ann Taylor | ... |
Lachette Altair (voice)
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| Wendee Lee | ... |
Sakura Shinguji (voice)
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| Dorothy Elias-Fahn | ... |
Li Kohran (voice)
(as Annie Pastrano)
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| Carrie Savage | ... |
Iris Cheateaubriand (voice)
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| Dave Wittenberg | ... |
Captain Ichiro Oogami (voice)
(as Dave Lelyveld)
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| Mari Devon | ... |
Maria Tachibana (voice)
(as Jane Alan)
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| Michelle Ruff | ... |
Sumire Kanzaki (voice)
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| Steve Blum | ... |
Yuichi Kayama (voice)
(as David Lucas)
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| Doug Stone | ... |
Ikki Yoneda (voice)
(as David Orosco)
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| Richard Cansino | ... |
Patrick Hamilton (voice)
(as Edward Villa)
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| Jamieson Price | ... |
Yokihiko Ota (voice)
(as James Lyon)
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| Karen Strassman | ... |
Kasumi Fujii (voice)
(as Kristy Pape)
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| Lia Sargent | ... |
Kaeda Fujieda (voice)
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Lynn Fischer | ... |
Yuri Sakakibara (voice)
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| Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | ... |
Kanna Kirishma (voice)
(as Melissa Williamson)
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| Michael McConnohie | ... |
Yoritsune Hanakouji (voice)
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| Mona Marshall | ... |
Leni Milchstrase (voice)
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| Kirk Thornton | ... |
Haruyoshi Tanuma (voice)
(as Ron Allen)
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| Steve Kramer | ... |
Musei Edogawa (voice)
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| Philece Sampler | ... |
Tsubaki Takamura (voice)
(as Sue Beth Arden)
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| Melissa Fahn | ... |
Soletta Orihime (voice)
(as Tina Dixon)
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Love-Chan Looping | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Stephanie Sheh | ... |
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| Crispin Freeman | ... |
Brent Furlong (voice)
(as Joseph McDougal)
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| Tom Wyner | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Dave Mallow | ... |
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| Bob Papenbrook | ... |
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| Lex Lang | ... |
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Terrence Stone | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Tony Oliver | ... |
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| Richard Epcar | ... |
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| Michael Sorich | ... |
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Francis Cherry | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Mela Lee | ... |
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| Joshua Seth | ... |
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| Sam Riegel | ... |
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| Kate Higgins | ... |
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Directed by
| Mitsuru Hongô | ... | (as Mitsuru Hongo) |
Written by
| Ohji Hiroi | ... | (creator) (creator) (as Ôji Hiroi) |
| Wendee Lee | ... | (adr script) |
| Mitsuru Hongô | ... | (screenplay) (as Mitsuru Hongo) |
| Ohji Hiroi | ... | (screenplay) (as Ouji Hiroi) |
| Ohji Hiroi | ... | (screenplay) (as Ôji Hiroi) |
| Ohji Hiroi | ... | (story) |
| Hiroyuki Nishimura | ... | (screenplay) |
| Nobutoshi Terado | ... | (screenplay) |
| Nobuhisa Terado | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Kevin Chu | ... | producer |
| Mitsuhisa Ishikawa | ... | executive producer |
| Tsuguhiko Kadokawa | ... | executive producer |
| Kazumi Kawashiro | ... | producer |
| Tetsu Kayama | ... | executive producer (as Satoshi Kayama) / executive producer |
| Masahiro Kiba | ... | executive producer |
| Takaaki Kusaka | ... | executive producer |
| Joichi Mizuno | ... | production producer |
| Fumio Nagase | ... | executive producer |
| Yasuaki Nagoshi | ... | producer (as Yasuaki Nagaoshi) |
| Keisaku Okumura | ... | production producer |
| Emi Sasaki | ... | producer |
| Kei'ichi Sato | ... | executive producer |
| Kôji Sawa | ... | production producer |
| Kôji Sawai | ... | producer |
| Masaki Sawanobori | ... | producer |
| Eric P. Sherman | ... | producer |
| Tetsuo Suga | ... | executive producer |
| Yutaka Takahashi | ... | executive producer |
| Hiroe Tsukamoto | ... | executive producer |
| Shigeru Watanabe | ... | executive producer |
| Toshimichi Ôtsuki | ... | senior executive producer (as Toshimichi Ohtsuki) |
Music by
| Kôhei Tanaka | ||
Cinematography by
| Kôji Tanaka | ... | (as Hiroshi Tanaka) |
Editing by
| David Grundy | ||
| Hiroshi Ito | ||
| Masahiro Matsumura | ||
| Jun'ichi Uematsu | ... | (as Junichi Uematsu) |
Editorial Department
| Makiko Asano | ... | assistant editor |
| Hiroaki Hirabayashi | ... | color timer |
| Takehisa Katsumata | ... | lab management |
| Yoshirô Nishio | ... | lab coordinator |
| Masao Shibata | ... | film recording |
| Shingo Toyotani | ... | film recording |
Art Direction by
| Laura Attwell | ||
| Yukihiro Shibutani | ||
| Yûsuke Takeda | ... | (as Yusuke Takeda) |
Production Management
| Tomoyoshi Koyama | ... | production manager |
| Noriyoshi Ôba | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Mitsuru Hongô | ... | unit director (as Mitsuru Hongo) |
| Tamaki Nakatsu | ... | unit director |
Art Department
| Laura Attwell | ... | art director: English dub |
| Kôsuke Fujishima | ... | original character designs |
| Hitoshi Fukuchi | ... | mechanical designer |
| Kazuki Higashiji | ... | assistant art director |
| Mitsuru Hongô | ... | storyboard artist (as Mitsuru Hongo) |
| Kiyomi Inoue | ... | color coordinator |
| Eiji Ishimoto | ... | mechanical designer |
| Hiroshi Katô | ... | artboards (as Hiroshi Kato) |
| Tokumitsu Kifune | ... | storyboard artist |
| Shin Matsuo | ... | mechanical designer |
| Gorô Murata | ... | mechanical designer |
| Futoshi Nagata | ... | original mechanical designs |
| Tamaki Nakatsu | ... | storyboard artist |
| Hiroyuki Nishimura | ... | storyboard artist |
| Hiroshi Ogawa | ... | mechanical designer |
| Kanami Sekiguchi | ... | prop designer |
| Toshiya Shinohara | ... | art designer |
| Hideki Takahashi | ... | prop designer |
| Atsushi Takeuchi | ... | storyboard artist |
Sound Department
| Eiji Horita | ... | recording assistant: Tokyo TV Center |
| Takeshi Imaizumi | ... | recording assistant: Tokyo TV Center |
| Tsutomu Kawahigashi | ... | dolby film consultant: Continental Far East |
| Shizuo Kurahashi | ... | sound effects editor: Sound Box |
| Minoru Maruo | ... | assistant recording engineer |
| Masafumi Mima | ... | sound director |
| Mikio Mori | ... | dolby film consultant: Continental Far East |
| Jyuji Nakamura | ... | recording engineer |
| Hiroshi Ohsako | ... | pro tools operator |
| Makoto Sumiya | ... | sound recordist: Tokyo TV Center |
| Fujio Yamada | ... | dialogue editor |
Special Effects by
| Takashi Maekawa | ... | special effects |
| Masahiro Murakami | ... | special effects |
| Atsushi Takeuchi | ... | mechanical designer |
| Hidekatsu Uemura | ... | mechanical designer |
Visual Effects by
| Shudai Baba | ... | 3d cgi producer: IKIF+ |
| Makoto Endô | ... | 3d cgi producer (as Makoto Endo) |
| Hisashi Ezura | ... | effects |
| Yutaka Hamanaka | ... | 3d cgi producer: IKIF+ |
| Ryuji Hirano | ... | effects |
| Akira Inagaki | ... | 3d cgi producer: IKIF+ |
| Takamitsu Inoue | ... | cgi manager |
| Shigenobu Kaihô | ... | effects (as Shigenobu Kaihou) |
| Tsukasa Kakizakai | ... | 2d works |
| Tokumitsu Kifune | ... | 3D director / 3d cgi director |
| Taiichi Kimura | ... | 3d cgi producer: IKIF+ |
| Kiyonobu Kitada | ... | 3d cgi producer |
| Makoto Kogawa | ... | effects |
| Kayo Kojio | ... | calibration / lighting effects |
| Masashi Kokubo | ... | 3d cgi producer: IKIF+ |
| Kaoru Matsumoto | ... | 3d cgi producer |
| Junko Mimori | ... | 3d cgi producer |
| Sayoko Murakami | ... | 3d cgi producer |
| Akiko Nakayama | ... | 2d works |
| Hiroyuki Nishimura | ... | effects |
| Teru Saitô | ... | effects |
| Chiori Satô | ... | 3d cgi producer |
| Kôtarô Shishido | ... | 3d cgi producer |
| Kensaku Takaishi | ... | 3d cgi producer |
| Yûsuke Takeda | ... | lighting effects (as Yusuke Takeda) |
| Atsushi Takeuchi | ... | cgi motion director / motion supervision |
| Hidekatsu Uemura | ... | 3d cgi producer |
| Yoshimasa Yamazaki | ... | 3d cgi producer |
| Miki Yoshida | ... | 3d cgi producer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Hisashi Ezura | ... | camera operator |
| Ryuji Hirano | ... | additional photography |
| Shigenobu Kaihô | ... | camera operator (as Shigenobu Kaihou) |
| Makoto Kogawa | ... | camera operator |
| Hiroyuki Nishimura | ... | camera operator |
| Teru Saitô | ... | camera operator |
| Yûsuke Takeda | ... | lighting technician (as Yusuke Takeda) |
Animation Department
| Nagisa Abe | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Kôji Akitaka | ... | animator |
| Mika Akitaka | ... | mechanical designer: Kôbu F2 |
| Kazunori Akiyama | ... | inbetween artist |
| Ken Arai | ... | background art assist |
| Takuya Araki | ... | background scanning: Bihou Digital Works |
| Akiko Asaki | ... | animator |
| Rie Asano | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Kazu Doi | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Masaaki Endô | ... | animator (as Masaaki Endo) |
| Kôsuke Fujishima | ... | original character designer |
| Takehiro Hamatsu | ... | animator |
| Kôichi Hashimoto | ... | animator |
| Kaori Higuchi | ... | animator |
| Mika Hinata | ... | inbetween checker |
| Yuka Hirama | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou |
| Izumi Hoki | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou |
| Hiroyuki Horiuchi | ... | animator |
| Chieko Ichimanda | ... | inbetween checker |
| Mitsuru Ishihara | ... | animation director |
| Akiharu Ishii | ... | animation director / animator |
| Hisashi Ishii | ... | animator |
| Takayoshi Ishikawa | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Eiji Ishimoto | ... | animator |
| Toshio Ishizaki | ... | animation director (as Sushio) |
| Hiroki Itô | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yoshiyuki Itô | ... | animator |
| Kaori | ... | animator (as Kaori Komori) |
| Masaru Katô | ... | animator |
| Reiko Katô | ... | ink and paint artist (as Reiko Kato) |
| Tomonori Katô | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou (as Tomonori Kato) |
| Satonobu Kikuchi | ... | animator |
| Kazuchika Kise | ... | animation director |
| Toshimitsu Kobayashi | ... | animator |
| Makoto Kohara | ... | animator |
| Gen'ichirô Kondô | ... | animator (as Genichiro Kondo) |
| Kazuya Kuroda | ... | character designer |
| Takamasa Masuki | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou (as Takamasa Mashiki) |
| Hidenori Matsubara | ... | character designer |
| Hiroyuki Matsubara | ... | character designer |
| Keita Matsumoto | ... | inbetween artist |
| Shin Matsuo | ... | animator |
| Yukiko Mita | ... | inbetween artist / inbetween checker |
| Junko Mizuno | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Nobuko Mizuta | ... | color designer |
| Sayo Mogi | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Tomomi Nakajima | ... | background scanning: Bihou Digital Works |
| Toshihiro Nakajima | ... | animator |
| Yuki Nakajima | ... | inbetween artist |
| Norikatsu Nakano | ... | animator |
| Junko Nishimura | ... | inbetween checker |
| Yasutoshi Niwa | ... | animator |
| Maiko Nogami | ... | inbetween artist |
| Jun Okabe | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou |
| Yuri Okata | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Sachiko Okumura | ... | inbetween artist |
| Koki Otsubo | ... | assistant director of animation |
| Iku Ozawa | ... | animator |
| Takuya Saitô | ... | animation director / movie character designer |
| Keita Sakai | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou |
| Reiko Sakai | ... | inbetween artist |
| Shûji Sakamoto | ... | animator |
| Yutaka Sakamoto | ... | inbetween checker |
| Tamaka Sato | ... | cel checker |
| Masaru Satô | ... | studio manager: Studio Bihou |
| Taka Satô | ... | animator (as Riku Satô) |
| Kanami Sekiguchi | ... | animator |
| Masahiro Sekino | ... | animator |
| Mariko Shimokawa | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Michiko Shinohara | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou (as Satoko Shinohara) |
| Naoyoshi Shiotani | ... | inbetween artist |
| Tomoko Sugata | ... | inbetween artist |
| Toshikazu Suzuki | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Akira Takada | ... | animator: Radix |
| Hideki Takahashi | ... | animator |
| Harumi Takahoshi | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Tomohiro Takayama | ... | animator |
| Atsushi Takeuchi | ... | mechanical designer |
| Tatsufumi Tamagawa | ... | animator |
| Masaki Tanaka | ... | assistant director of animation |
| Miho Tanaka | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Yuriko Taniguchi | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Yayoi Tobe | ... | cel checker / ink and paint artist |
| Yuko Toyoura | ... | inbetween artist |
| Mitsuhito Tsuji | ... | cel advancement |
| Hidekatsu Uemura | ... | mechanical designer |
| Emiko Ueno | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Tôru Umeoka | ... | animation coordinator: Madhouse |
| Yôichi Watanabe | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou (as Youichi Watanabe) |
| Yôko Watanabe | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Kotomi Yagi | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou |
| Toshiyuki Yahagi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hiroko Yamada | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yuka Yamakoshi | ... | ink and paint artist |
| Shin'ichi Yamaoka | ... | animator |
| Yûsuke Yoshigaki | ... | animator |
| Shun'ichirô Yoshihara | ... | background artist: Studio Bihou |
| Takuji Yoshimoto | ... | animator |
| Hiroshi Ôkubo | ... | animation director (as Hiroshi Okubo) |
| Ken Ôtsuka | ... | animator: Studio Takuranke |
Music Department
| Tomokazu Mitsui | ... | music producer: Techno Sound |
| Tomoko Nakajima | ... | music producer: Techno Sound |
| Eriko Noma | ... | coordinator: musicians |
| Yûji Saitô | ... | music producer (as Yuji Saito) |
| Kôhei Tanaka | ... | music director / musical director |
| Hajime Toma | ... | music production director |
| Toshiaki Ôta | ... | coordinator: musicians (as Toshiaki Ota) |
Additional Crew
| Satoru Akahori | ... | supervisor |
| Jun'ichirô Aki | ... | system administrator |
| Mitsuhisa Ishikawa | ... | production coordinator |
| Takaaki Ishiyama | ... | executive director |
| Takeshi Isobe | ... | advertising: Toei |
| Yumi Kamakura | ... | production assistant |
| Wataru Kurosawa | ... | production advisor: digital unit |
| Gary Lipkowitz | ... | adr director (as Gary Dehan) |
| Seiji Suzuki | ... | public relations: S Wood |
| Maki Terashima-Furuta | ... | subtitler (as Maki Terashima) |
| Masaru Tsuchiya | ... | advertising: Major |
| Mika Watanabe | ... | advertising designer: Major |
| Hiroo Yamada | ... | cooperation: Red Entertainment |
Production Companies
- Animate Film
- Bandai Visual Company
- Chara-Ani
- Imagica
- Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
- King's International Multimedia Co
- Piggy
- Production I.G.
- Production I.G. (animation)
- Radix
- Rentrak Japan K.K.
- Sega
Distributors
- Toei Company (2001) (Japan) (theatrical)
- FUNimation Entertainment (2013) (United States) (DVD)
- Pioneer Entertainment
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Animate Film (animation)
- Bang Zoom! Entertainment (English voice recording)
- Piggy (animation)
- Radix (animation)
- Red Company (planning)
Storyline
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Following in the aftermath of a terrible Demon-Human war, turn of the century Japan is preparing a new fighting force in case the demons decide to return. A squadron of giant robots are built to be controlled by the spirit of the pilot, but it is discovered that the only people with sufficient spirit are young women. After recruiting a team of youths from around the world, the Japanese government decides to keep them a secret by disguising them as a theater troupe, thus requiring them to spend as much time memorizing Shakespeare as they do on military training.
Written by Jean-Marc Rocher |
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Did You Know?
| Goofs | When Ms. Tachibana reloads her revolver with a single round, she puts the round into the chamber of the revolver directly adjacent to the barrel. Since her pistol is a revolver, the cylinder rotates and the chamber adjacent to the barrel moves out of the way once the trigger is pulled. See more » |
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