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Wicked City (movie)

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Alternative title:
Demon Beast City
La cite interdite (French)
La città delle bestie incantatrici (Italian)
Supernatural Beast City
Yoju toshi (Japanese)
妖獣都市 (Japanese)
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: For centuries, a secret peace treaty has existed between Earth and The Black World, a parallel dimension populated by shape-changers possessing awesome supernatural powers. But now, that pact is up for renewal and a militant faction from the Black World plans to do everything in their power to stop the treaty from being signed. The fate of the world now rests in the ability of a pair of special agents, one a human, the other a shape-changer from the distaff dimension, to make sure things go according to plan.
User Ratings: 412 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:6, dub:6, raw:1)
 Excellent: 31 votes (dub:18, sub:11, Rus.dub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 58 votes (dub:33, sub:23, Fre.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 98 votes (dub:45, sub:41, ?:4, raw:2, Spa.sub:2, edit.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Decent: 82 votes (sub:46, dub:33, Por.sub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 42 votes (dub:20, sub:18, Ita.dub:1, ?:1, Spa.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 28 votes (sub:15, dub:11, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 20 votes (sub:11, dub:8, ?:1)
 Bad: 24 votes (sub:14, dub:10)
 Awful: 7 votes (dub:3, sub:3, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 9 votes (sub:5, dub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 782 users, rank: #751
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.0414 (Decent+.04), std. dev.: 2.227, rank: #3038
Weighted mean: 5.9374 (Decent-.06), rank: #3108
Bayesian estimate: 5.97521 (Decent-.02), rank: #2703
Running time: 80 minutes
Vintage:
1987-04-25
1993-08-20 (U.S.)
Premiere date:
2002-01-18 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
Releases: We have 3
Ending Theme:
"Hold Me In The Shadow" by Machiko Ryuu / Yoshihiro Ida
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
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Related releases:
    Wicked City (Novel 1) 2008-10-31 (from $7.15)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Screenplay: Kisei Choo

Music: Osamu Shooji

Original Work: Hideyuki Kikuchi

Character Design: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Art director: Kazuo Oga

Animation director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Director of Photography: Kinichi Ishikawa

Executive producer:
Kousuke Kuri
Yoshio Masumizu

Producer:
Kenji Kurata
Makoto Seya

Animation Check: Masashi Kaneko

Assistant Animation Director: Masaki Takei

Assistant director:
Hiroyuki Fukushima
Minako Kusunoki

Assistant Editor:
Osamu Toyosaki
Yukiko Itou

Assistant producer: Yasuo Takahashi

Assistant Production Manager: Masahiro Otake

Background:
Kaoru Honma
Katsushi Aoki
Kyoko Naganawa
Masaki Yoshizaki
Naomi Sakimoto
Yamako Ishikawa
Yoko Nagashima
Yuuji Ikezaki

Coloring: Michiko Nishiomote

Coloring Check:
Chikako Kamata
Masahiko Tamaru

Editing: Harutoshi Ogata

Image Design: Masao Maruyama

In-Between Animation:
Akiko Ishii
Chieko Kawada
Fujio Suzuki
Hajime Sasaki
Hajime Yoshida
Hiroaki Daichi
Hiromi Furuya
Hiromi Nakai
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Junichi Nagano
Junko Aoyama
Keiko Sakuma
Keiko Watanabe
Ken Koike
Kiyomi Tomita
Koichi Taguchi
Koji Ito
Masayuki Ota
Mayumi Suzuki
Motoko Hiraishi
Motoyoshi Yagi
Naomi Matsuda
Reiko Eda
Satoru Kishimura
Seiji Handa
Shinichi Sasaki
Shooko Kosukegawa
Tadateru Kawamura
Takuya Iinuma
Toyoaki Gomi
Tsukasa Enomoto
Tsutomu Nishiyama
Yoshiko Simura
Yoshimi Kanbara
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Yukari Yamaura
Yuusuke Takahashi

Key Animation:
Akio Sakai
Kengo Inagaki
Kunihiko Sakurai
Makoto Ito
Masaki Takei
Nobumasa Shinkawa
Nobuyuki Kitajima
Reiko Kurihara
Takuo Noda
Yasuhiro Seo
Yutaka Okamura

Music producer: Kazuo Kogure

Painting:
Fumiko Koono
Hideko Onodera
Hiroe Kanekura
Hiroko Inoue
Kazuyo Ogawa
Kazuyo Takahashi
Keiko Nemoto
Kitomi Tomiya
Kuniko Kishi
Kyooko Ootake
Maki Nakazawa
Marie Asashiro
Mitsuo Fujisawa
Miwako Nakamura
Rumiko Nagai
Satoko Suzuki
Shinobu Nakamura
Takako Soo
Tokumi Ookubo
Yoshiko Fukunaga
Yoshitake Suzuki
Yukiko Abe

Photography:
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Minoru Fujita

Production manager: Kazunobu Shimizu

Sound Effects: Toyoshima Onkyoo

Special Effects: Kaoruko Tanifuji

Theme Song Performance: Hitomi Tooyama (ED)

 

Arisa Andou as Soap Girl

Ichirô Nagai as Guiseppe Maiyart

Kouji Totani as Jin

Mari Yokoo as Spider Woman

Takeshi Aono as Mr. Shadow

Tamio Ohki as Hotel owner

Toshiko Fujita as Makie

Yuusaku Yara as Taki

Japanese companies 

Animation: Madhouse Studios

Film Processing: Toei Kagaku Kogyo

In-Between Animation:
Anime Torotoro
Nakamura Production
Studio Pokke

Original Recording: Tokyo TV Center

Painting:
Lee Production
Studio CATS
Studio Fantasia

Production: Japan Home Video

English staff 
English cast 

Director: Carl Macek

Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell

Script: Gregory Snegoff

Executive producer: Laurence Guinness

Producer: Carl Macek

Casting: Jill Wilmot

Dubbing Mixer: Richard King

Final Remix: Mark Eddel

Post Production:
Scott Narrie
Tom Merchant

Production manager: Jerry Beck

Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison

Recording engineer: David Walsh

Script Adaptation: Greta Mitchell

Unit Publicist: Fred Patten

 

Gaye Kruger as Makie (Streamline Dub)

Gregory Snegoff as Taki Renzaburo (Streamline Dub)

Stuart Miller as Taki

Tammy Holloway as Makie

Michael Reynolds as Guiseppe Maiyart

Alexandra Kenworthy as Co-Worker (Streamline Dub)

Bill Richards as Manager

David Povall as Hotel Manager (Streamline Dub)

Ed Mannix as Healer (Streamline Dub)

Edie Mirman as Spider-Woman (Streamline Dub)

Eleni Kelakos as Secretary

George Littlewood as Maiyart

Jeff Winkless as Demon Radicals Leader (Streamline Dub)

Lias Robinson as
Kanako
Spiderwoman

Melora Harte as Soap Girl (Streamline Dub)

Philip Goug as President

Robert V. Barron as Black Guard President (Streamline Dub)

Ronald Baker as Mr. Shadow

Steve Kramer as Jin (Streamline Dub)

Frank Catlano (Streamline Dub)

Jason Klassi (Streamline Dub)

English companies 

ADR Production: Streamline Pictures

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Urban Vision

Licensed by:
Seven Seas Entertainment
Streamline Pictures (Expired)
Urban Vision

Recording Facility: Screenmusic Studios

Subtitles: New Generation Pictures

Translation: New Generation Pictures


French cast 
French staff 
(none)

Celine Monsarrat as Makie (1st dub)

Isabelle Ganz as Makie (2nd dub)

Philippe Ogouz as Terry Ranson (1st dub)

Serge Faliu as Taki (2nd dub)

Bernard Métraux as Assistant de Batman (2nd dub)

Bernard Woringer as Manager (2nd dub)

Christian Pelissier as Shadown (2nd dub)

Claude Dasset as Patron (1st dub)

Gérard Dessalles as Narrateur (1st dub)

Gérard Surugue as
assassin 2 (1st dub)
Jim (1st dub)

Henri Labussière as Dr Joseph Maiyart (2nd dub)

Luc Florian as
assassin 1 (1st dub)
barman (1st dub)

Martine Merraeghe as Spider Woman (2nd dub)

Michel Leroyer as Chef des terrorristes (1st dub)

Michèle André as
Femme Araignée (1st dub)
Hypnotiseuse (1st dub)

Pierre Trabaud as Dr Joseph Maynart (1st dub)

René Renot as Directeur de l'hôtel (1st dub)

Georges Atlas (1st dub)

French companies 

Distributor: Manga Video (2nd dub)


Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

 

Cinzia De Carolis as Makie

Francesco Prando as Genzaburo Taki

Francesco Bulckaen as Dr. Giuseppe Maiato

Alida Milana as Kanako

Andrea Ward as Jin

Barbara Berengo Gardin as Kanako/Spider Woman

Gino Pagnani as Manager

Mario Bombardieri as Shadow Man

Italian companies 

Distributor:
Dynamic Italia
Granata Press

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Daniel Werner as Ken / Joe

Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as Doctor in Spirit Centre

Heinz Ostermann as Taki's Boss

Jürg Löw as Hotel Manager

Kai Taschner as Maiyart (new dub)

Karl-Heinz Tafel as Maiyart

Veronika Neugebauer as Makie (new dub)

Volker Wolf as Shadow

Heinz Baumeister

German companies 

Distributor:
Ascot (rental video)
Polygram Germany
SP Vision

Dubbing: Splendit Synchron

 
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