Future War 198X (1982)
October 30, 1982Release Date
Future War 198X (1982)
October 30, 1982Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Masashi Amenomori
General Secretary Orlov (voice)
Kinya Kitaoji
Wataru Mikumo
Masako Natsume
Laura Gain
Yoshio Kaneuchi
President Joe Gibson
Tadashi Nakamura
Newman
Hidekatsu Shibata
Burt Gaine (voice)
Tomoharu Katsumata
Director
Osamu Kobayashi
Secretary of State Girard (voice)
Toshio Masuda
Director
Takeshi Aono
Minister of Defence Bugarrin (voice)
Kōji Takada
Writer
Tamio Ohki
Joint Chief of Staff McCoy (voice)
Youichi Miyagawa
Vice Premier Kutuzov (voice)
Seiji Yokoyama
Composer
Ai Sakuma
Lena (voice)
Chikao Ohtsuka
Commander Stroganov (voice)
Hisao Shirai
Cinematographer
Gorō Naya
DF Commander Tono (voice)
Hideyuki Hori
Yutaka Tono (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Michael (voice)
Juuji Matsuda
Gerhart (voice) / Miller (voice)
Kan Tokumaru
McGivern (voice)
Katsuji Mori
Smirnov (voice)
Kazuhiko Kishino
Roger Hamilton (voice)
Keiichi Noda
Dr. Brown (voice)
Kohei Miyauchi
Frinovsky (voice) / Koshiro (voice)
Kôji Nakata
Jones (voice)
Koji Totani
Gould (voice)
Mugihito
Cummings (voice) / Fujiki (voice)
Masaharu Sato
Kline (voice)
Noriko Masuda
Moira Hackett (voice)
Ryo Ishibashi
Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
Satomi Majima
Hikage (voice) / Nastya (voice)
Banjo Ginga
Denkin (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Akita (voice)
Tomiko Suzuki
Malyne (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Pertz (voice)
Yasuo Tanaka
Koiso (voice)
Yonehiko Kitagawa
Hans (voice)
Koji Yada
Lloyd (voice)
Masami Suda
Animation Director / Character Designer
Yoshinori Kanada
Mechanical Designer
Tadanao Tsuji
Art Direction / Mechanical Designer
Yoshinori Watanabe
Executive Producer
Kazuhiko Udagawa
Key Animation
Takuo Noda
Key Animation
Toshio Mori
Key Animation
Hiroshi Wagatsuma
Key Animation
Junichi Yokoyama
Key Animation
Kenji Yokoyama
Key Animation
Tatsu Yoshida
Producer
Michiyo Terao
Director of Photography
Baek Nam Yeol
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 30, 1982
Original NameFUTURE WAR 198X年
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Genres
Wiki.
Future War 198X (フューチャーウォー198X年, Fyūchā Wō Sen Kyū Hachi Ekkusu-nen) is a 1982 Japanese anime science fiction war original video animation directed by Toshio Masuda and Tomoharu Katsumata. Set during the Cold War in an unspecified year of the 1980s, the film details the outbreak of World War III between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. It is partially inspired by the 1982 speculative war novel The Third World War: The Untold Story by Sir John Hackett.
Future War 198X was created by Toei Animation, but was animated by outsourced animators. Prior to its release, the film sparked controversy in Japan over reports, based on an early script, that the film had a strongly pro-war narrative, and its production and release were boycotted by over 30 organizations; this led to the script being greatly reworked, shifting to an anti-war film by release.
Future War 198X was released on October 30, 1982. Retrospective reviews criticized the film as being slow-paced and having a weak, unconvincing message.
A German dub was later released for home video as Null Zeit (Zero Hour) in West Germany and Das Ende Alles Tage (The End of All Days) in East Germany. An English version, also for home video, was released by Wizard Video in Australia as Future War; however, this was not a dub and instead had the original Japanese audio with English voiceovers, as well as a shortened runtime and licensed music replacing the original film score. In March 2018, the Japanese version was distributed digitally for a single day through PlayStation Video. Due to the film's limited distribution, especially internationally, copies of Future War 198X are considered particularly rare.