The Skull Man (2007)
The Skull Man (2007)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Unsho Ishizuka
Alucard Van Bogoot
Michiko Neya
Satsuki Yukino
Helen
Kikuko Inoue
Nami Kisaragi
Katsunosuke Hori
Tomokazu Seki
Norio Wakamoto
Brain Gear Commander / Scarl
Hiroshi Tsuchida
Katsuhisa Houki
Takeumi Kusaka
Osamu Saka
Sayaka Ohara
Yui Onizuka
Hideki Tasaka
Showtaro Morikubo
Sirks 01
Chafurin
Sirks 02
Yutaka Izubuchi
Series Composition / Series Composition / Writer
Atsushi Imaruoka
DJ Jin
Takeshi Mori
Series Director / Storyboard Artist
Jun Shibata
Character Designer
Ayako Kawasumi
Kiriko Mamiya
Shiro Sagisu
Original Music Composer
Shotaro Ishinomori
Comic Book
Tooru Fukushi
Director of Photography
Toshiya Kimura
Director of Photography
Fusako Nakao
Color Designer
Yumiko Kondou
Art Direction
Yoshinori Sayama
Mechanical Designer
Tsuyoshi Kusano
Graphic Designer
Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Director
Kengo Shigemura
Editor
Yasushi Muraki
Special Effects Supervisor
Shingo Takeba
Art Designer / Writer
Katsumi Terahigashi
Storyboard Artist / Director
Yasuhiro Minami
Storyboard Artist / Director
Yasushi Muroya
Director
Hirokazu Yamada
Director
Shigeru Ueda
Director
Tomoki Kyoda
Director
Keisuke Onishi
Director
Satoshi Nakagawa
Director
Takanori Yao
Key Animation
SNIPES
Key Animation
Hikaru Takanashi
Animation Director
Shinpei Kamata
Key Animation
Kazuya Miura
Key Animation
Miyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Yamato Shinohara
Key Animation
Wataru Yamamoto
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 28, 2007
Original Nameスカルマン
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes13
Running Time25m
Genres
Wiki.
Skull Man (Japanese: スカルマン, Hepburn: Sukaru Man) is a shōnen manga series created by Shotaro Ishinomori which first appeared in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1970. The hero of the story, whose parents have been murdered, grows up to use his peculiar powers to take revenge. The original Skull Man was one of the first antiheroes to be seen in manga, someone who would sacrifice the lives of innocents in his quest for vengeance.
While developing the Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) TV series along with producer Toru Hirayama, Ishinomori created this manga as his own personal version, which the producers at Toei Company Ltd. used as the basis for the show. They made several changes to the content, as Ishinomori's original 100-page one-shot story was too dark and gruesome (even cerebral) for a show for all ages at the time.
In the late 1990s, after he had fallen ill, Ishinomori contacted manga artist Kazuhiko Shimamoto to do a remake (ambiguously a continuation) of his original one-shot manga. This remake boasted an extensive, continuing storyline and more complex artwork (along with a tribute to Ishinomori in the final issue, with several of his famous characters gathered together). This was the manga that was presented in the US by Tokyopop. The original 1970 version was digitally released in English by Ishimori Productions in 2012.
An animated TV series adaptation, produced by Ishimori Productions and animated by Bones, was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 28, 2007 to July 22, 2007.