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Megazone 23 (OAV)

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©1985 Victor Entertainment, Inc.


Related anime:
    Megazone 23 Part II (OAV) (sequel)
      Megazone 23 Part III (OAV) (sequel)
    Robotech: The Untold Story (U.S. movie) (amalgam)

Alternative title:
メガゾーン23 (Japanese)
Themes: Mecha, Real Robot
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Motorcycle enthusiast Shogo mistakenly comes into possession of a government prototype bike. Pursued by ruthless goverment agents he plans to save himself by exposing the bike to the public on a live TV show hosted by a popular singing star. But, even the lovely Eve has secrets of her own and the government has much more to hide than just a transforming military motorcycle. As Shogo begins to unravel the mystery of the bike, he discovers a reality-shattering secret about the city and the world he thought he knew.
Video:
User Ratings: 154 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (dub:7, sub:6)
 Excellent: 25 votes (sub:17, dub:7, raw:1)
 Very good: 42 votes (sub:28, dub:14)
 Good: 35 votes (sub:20, dub:13, raw:2)
 Decent: 20 votes (sub:10, dub:9, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:4, dub:4)
 Not really good: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (edit.dub:1, sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 276 users, rank: #1475
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.2922 (Good+.29), std. dev.: 1.9101, rank: #1253
Weighted mean: 7.181 (Good+.18), rank: #1158
Bayesian estimate: 7.20218 (Good+.20), rank: #975
Running time: 81 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1985-03-09
Releases: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Senaka goshi ni Sentimental (背中ごしにセンチメンタル; Sentimental Over the Shoulder)" by Kumi Miyasato
Ending Theme:
"Samishikute Nemurenai (I can't sleep so sadly)" by Yuka Takeuchi
Trivia: We have 9
Comment:
Previously released by Harmony Gold and Cannon Films as part of Robotech: The Movie - The Untold Story.
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Related releases:
    Megazone 23 - Complete Collection (DVD) 2007-12-11 (from $16.00)
    Megazone 23 - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-01-13 (from $19.79)
    Megazone 23 - PART 1 (DVD 1) 2004-06-01 (from $5.00)
    Megazone 23 - Part 1 Collector’s Edition (Artbox) (DVD 1) 2004-06-01 (from $27.98)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Noboru Ishiguro

Screenplay: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama

Storyboard:
Ichiro Itano
Noboru Ishiguro
Toshihiro Hirano
Yasuomi Umetsu

Music:
Hiroaki Serizawa (OP)
Shiro Sagisu

Original story:
Noboru Ishiguro
Shinji Aramaki

Character Design:
Haruhiko Mikimoto
Toshihiro Hirano
Toshitaka Hirano 

Art director: Mitsuki Nakamura

Chief Animation Director:
Haruhiko Mikimoto
Ichiro Itano
Narumi Kakinouchi
Toshihiro Hirano

Animation director:
Ichiro Itano
Yasuo Hasegawa

Sound director: Yasunori Honda

Producer:
Hideaki Suda
Suichi Onodera
Toru Miura

Action Director: Ichiro Itano

Editing: Eiko Nishide

Eve Design: Haruhiko Mikimoto

Filming Director: Kenichi Yoshizaka

Planning: Toshimitsu Suzuki

Theme Song Arrangement: Shiro Sagisu (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics:
George Sakai (ED)
Yoshiko Miura (OP)

 

Kumi Miyasato as Eve Tokimatsuri (Part 1, 2)

Masato Kubota as Shogo Yahagi

Kaneto Shiozawa as BD (Part 1)

Maria Kawamura as Yui Takanaka (Part 1)

Mayumi Shou as Mai Yumekanoh (Part 1)

Miina Tominaga as Tomomi Murashita (Part 1)

Daisuke Gouri as manager (Part 1)

Hisashi Katsuta as director (Part 1)

Hitoshi Takagi as Coco (Part 1)

Ikuya Sawaki as Lieutenant Nakao (Part 1)

Katsumi Toriumi as Chombo (Part 1)

Kazuyuki Sogabe as The Producer (Part 1)

Ken Yamaguchi as Staff A (Part 1)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Eigen Yumekanou (Part 1)

Kouichi Yamadera as Shinji Nakagawa (Part 1)

Kôzô Shioya as Guts

Maya Okamoto as girl (Part 1, 2)

Nobuo Tobita as Communicator (Part 1)

Yuji Mitsuya as Hiroki Mohrii (Part 1)

Japanese companies 

Distributor: Atlus (20th Anniversary Edition)

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Production:
AIC
ARTMIC Studios
Idol Co., Ltd.
Victor Entertainment

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Matt Greenfield

Translation: Jason Bowhay

ADR Script: Matt Greenfield

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Menu Design:
Larry Koteff
Patrick Givens

DVD Packaging: Larry Koteff

DVD Producer: David Williams

Editing:
Bill Newton
Neil O'Sullivan
Patrick Givens

Graphics:
Larry Koteff
Patrick Givens

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Mix: Brent Marshall

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik
Maki Nagano
Marta Bechtol

Recording engineer: Jason Grundy

Sound Design: Brent Marshall

Subtitle Timing: Joshua Carvalho

Subtitling: Joshua Carvalho

 

Andy McAvin as BD

Monica Rial as Eve Tokimatsuri

Vic Mignogna as Shougo Yahagi

Allison Shipp as Yui Takanaka

Bob Biggerstaff as TV Anchor B

Dan Mackey as Senior Officer

George Manley as Tech Chief

Hilary Haag as Tomomi Murashita

Illich Guardiola as Shinji Nakagawa

John Swasey as Coco

John Tyson as Eigen Yumekanou

Kevin Charles as TV Anchor A

Kurt Stoll as Morley

Mark X. Laskowski as Chombo

Mike Kleinhenz as Director General

Mike MacRae as Producer

Mike Vance as First Lieutenant Nakao

Paul Sidello as Commentator

Sasha Paysinger as Mai Yumekanou

Tiffany Grant as Female Reporter

Dean Turner

Greg Ayres

James Faulkner

Jason Douglas

Kelly Manison

Matt Culpepper

Matt Greenfield

Paul Locklear

Rob Mungle

Robert Anderson

Sean O'Neel

Stuart Krohn

Victor Carsrud

English companies 

ADR Production: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films (North America)

Licensor, Distributor: Manga Entertainment (Australia, UK)

 
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