A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
September 5, 1998
Original Title:
スプリガン
Alternate Titles:
Spriggan
Спригган
Genres:
Action | Animation | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Bandai Visual
STUDIO4℃
TBS
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA15+|MA 15+ GB: 15 US: R
Runtime: 90
An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.
Animation Director:
Hisashi Eguchi
Katsumi Matsuda
Masaaki Endou
Tetsuya Kumagai
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Masahito Yamashita
Art Direction:
Mutsuo Koseki
Assistant Director:
Koji Aritomi
CGI Director:
Akiko Saito
Camera Operator:
Isao Takahashi
Character Designer:
Hisashi Eguchi
Color Designer:
Kumi Akiyama
Comic Book:
Hiroshi Takashige
Ryoji Minagawa
Director:
Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Katsuhiro Otomo
Norihiko Sudo
Director of Photography:
Hisao Shirai
Executive Producer:
Hiroo Takimoto
Key Animation:
Akio Watanabe
Atsushi Irie
Chihiro Hayashi
Hidetsugu Ito
Hiroe Kurihara
Hirofumi Nakata
Hirofumi Suzuki
Hiroki Kanno
Hiroshi Hamasaki
Hiroshi Osaka
Hiroto Tanaka
Hiroyuki Kasugai
Hiroyuki Morita
Ichiro Itano
Ikuo Kuwana
Jiro Kanai
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru
Kazuhiro Miyamoto
Kazumi Minahiro
Kazunori Ota
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
Kenba Fukagawa
Kenichi Yoshida
Kouichi Hashimoto
Koji Morimoto
Kouichi Arai
Kunihiko Ito
Kunio Takahide
Makoto Yamada
Mamoru Kurosawa
Mariko Aoki
Masaaki Endou
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Masakazu Okada
Michio Mihara
Mitsunori Murata
Noboru Yasumoto
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Riwako Matsui
Satoshi Tasaki
Shiho Takeuchi
Shinichi Yoshino
Shinji Hashimoto
Shinji Satoh
Shinsuke Terasawa
Shiro Shibata
Tadashi Fukuda
Tadashi Matsuzaki
Takao Maki
Takashi Shikishima
Takashi Yamaguchi
Takayuki Gorai
Takehiro Noda
Takeshi Honda
Tatsuo Yamada
Teruo Handa
Tetsuro Kaku
Tomihiko Ohkubo
Tooru Yoshida
Toshiya Washida
Toshiyuki Fujisawa
Toyoaki Emura
Toyohiro Okada
Tsutomu Awata
Yasuhiro Irie
Yasuhiro Seo
Yasuomi Umetsu
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Yoichi Mitsui
Yoshiyuki Kodaira
Yuichi Tanaka
Yumi Chiba
Yuzo Sato
Mechanical Designer:
Kimitoshi Yamane
Original Music Composer:
Kuniaki Haishima
Screenstory:
Katsuhiro Otomo
Sound Director:
Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Recordist:
Tsutomu Asakura
Storyboard Artist:
Hirotsugu Kawasaki
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