Series cast summary: | |||
Hozumi Gôda | ... | Tetsu Hayami 3 episodes, 1998 | |
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Kinryû Arimoto | ... | Tokuhiro Iga 3 episodes, 1998 |
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Scott Bailey | ... | Beast A / ... 3 episodes, 1998 |
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Ali Bell | ... | A beast 3 episodes, 1998 |
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Rhonda Bellamy | ... | Gen. Gilford 3 episodes, 1998 |
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Ed Cord | ... | Additional Voices / ... 3 episodes, 1998 |
Thunderbird Dinwiddie | ... | Freeda Verasco 3 episodes, 1998 | |
William Flaman | ... | Additional Voices 3 episodes, 1998 | |
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Treena Hales | ... | Villager 3 episodes, 1998 |
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Jason Hatfield | ... | Beast B / ... 3 episodes, 1998 |
Jeff Johnston | ... | Yuri Malakofski 3 episodes, 1998 | |
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Peter Lasko | ... | A Beast / ... 3 episodes, 1998 |
Tamara Mercer | ... | Additional Voices 3 episodes, 1998 | |
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Ikuo Nishikawa | ... | Hugh W. Conwell 3 episodes, 1998 |
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David Richani | ... | Additional Voices 3 episodes, 1998 |
The once famous and well respected scientist Zorndyke has bred a new genre of living being, one that thrives on the oceans and lives to destroy humans. Zorndyke believes it is time that the humans were relieved of their rule of the earth. It is up to Blue Submarine No. 6 and the rest of the Blue fleet to put an end to Zorndyke's madness and creations.
Usually known as BLUE SUBMARINE 6, this Japanese animation has both action and brains! It's set in the near future when the world is being held to ransom by a rogue scientist, Zorndyke. He is melting the icecaps and has genetically created an underwater race to conquer Earth. Humanity's last hope is the Blue Submarine fleet and their brave crews taking on Zorndyke's living whale/submarines. The story progresses obliquely with many flashbacks filling the viewer in on the motives of both the crew and their quarry, Zorndyke. All the characters are rendered in the traditional 2-dimensional anime style but all the hardware (the submarines, the surface crab/tanks) are all 3-D animation, bringing a gritty realism to the action scenes. The subs, the explosions, the sea are all beautifully realised. The craft and creature designs are imaginative but still based on reality. I'd recommend this to someone who wants to see something unique and unusual, exciting and demanding.