Megazone 23 (1985)
March 9, 1985Release Date
Megazone 23 (1985)
March 9, 1985Release Date
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Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Kumi Miyasato
Eve Tokimatsuri (voice) / Theme Song Performance
Masato Kubota
Shogo Yahagi (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
BD (voice)
Maria Kawamura
Yui Takanaka (voice)
Mayumi Shou
Mai Yumekanoh (voice)
Mina Tominaga
Tomomi Murashita (voice
Daisuke Gori
Senior Official (voice)
Hiromi Yokoi
Reporter (voice)
Hisashi Katsuta
Director General (voice)
Hitoshi Takagi
Coco (voice)
Ichiro Itano
Navigator (voice) / Director / Storyboard / Assistant Director / Animation Director / Action Director
Ikuya Sawaki
Lieutenant Nakao (voice)
Katsumi Toriumi
Chombo (voice)
Kazuyuki Sogabe
The Producer (voice)
Ken Yamaguchi
Staff Officer A (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Eigen Yumekanou (voice)
Kouichi Hashimoto
Staff Officer B (voice)
Matt Greenfield
Producer
Koichi Yamadera
Shinji Nakagawa (voice)
Carl Macek
Producer
Kosuke Tomita
Prime Minister (voice)
Maya Okamoto
BD's Girlfriend (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Communicator (voice)
Kenichi Yoshizaka
Cinematographer
Tetsuya Hashimoto
Announcer (voice)
Yoshio Kawai
Sergeant (voice)
Yuji Mitsuya
Hiroki Mohrii (voice)
Noboru Ishiguro
Director / Storyboard / Original Story
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Writer / Screenplay
Mitsuki Nakamura
Art Direction
Yasuo Hasegawa
Director / Assistant Director
Nobuteru Yuuki
Key Animation
Toshiki Hirano
Storyboard / Character Designer / Animation Director
Shiro Sagisu
Music
Hiroaki Serizawa
Music
Haruhiko Mikimoto
Character Designer / Animation Director
Narumi Kakinouchi
Animation Director
Yasunori Honda
Sound Director
Hideaki Suda
Producer
Suichi Onodera
Producer
Tooru Miura
Producer
Eiko Nishide
Editor
Hideaki Anno
Key Animation
Yasuyuki Konno
Sound Effects
Suzuki Toshimitsu
Production Coordinator
Susumu Satou
Recording Supervision
Yuka Takeuchi
Theme Song Performance
Yasuomi Umetsu
Storyboard Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 9, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Genres
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Wiki.
Megazone 23 (メガゾーン23, Megazōn Tsū Surī) is a three-part Japanese mecha original video animation co-created by Noboru Ishiguro and Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, written by Hoshiyama and Emu Arii, and directed by Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai, and Shinji Aramaki. The series debuted in 1985. It was originally titled Omega Zone 23 (オメガゾーン23, Omega Zōn Tsū Surī) but the title was changed just before release.
The story follows Shougo Yahagi, a delinquent motorcyclist whose possession of a government prototype bike leads him to discover the truth about the city. Released on the VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc and VHD formats, the first part was a major commercial success in Japan upon release in 1985. It was also adapted into Robotech: The Movie (1986) in North America. The film's concept of a simulated reality has drawn comparisons to later films including Dark City (1998), The Matrix (1999) and Existenz (1999). It also inspired the video game 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2019).