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Release Date:
December 20, 1986
Original Title:
時空の旅人 -Time Stranger-
Genres:
Adventure | Animation | Romance | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
KADOKAWA
Madhouse
Project Team Argos
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 91
In the new Calendar Year of 392, in Neo-Tokyo, a young man, Agino Jiro, steals a time synchronization system and tries to escape to the past. The authorities give chase and damage his ship in the pursuit, forcing him to land in modern day Tokyo, Determined, he breaks into a van and attaches the device, recklessly kidnapping Nobucho, Shinichi, Teko and their teacher, Hokubei. Their initial resistance force lands them in Tokyo on March 9th 1945, during the US bombing campaign. Escaping again to the past the group eventually arrives at the Warring States period. There the future and the past collide as factions from Jiro's era seek to alter their past at a pivotal moment at Honnoji.
Animation Director:
Takuo Noda
Art Direction:
Kazuo Oga
Character Designer:
Moto Hagio
Director:
Mori Masaki
Director of Photography:
Kinichi Ishikawa
Editor:
Harutoshi Ogata
Key Animation:
Kiyoshi Muta
Yuki Kinoshita
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Reiko Kurihara
Kyoko Matsubara
Kunihiko Sakurai
Yoshinori Tanabe
Michiyo Sakurai
Shinsuke Terasawa
Shigetaka Kiyoyama
Hisatoshi Motoki
Tensai Okamura
Nobumasa Shinkawa
Yasuomi Umetsu
Main Title Theme Composer:
Mariya Takeuchi
Mechanical Designer:
Koji Morimoto
Original Music Composer:
Ryouichi Kuniyoshi
Original Story:
Taku Mayumura
Producer:
Haruki Kadokawa
Rintaro
Yasuteru Iwase
Masao Maruyama
Screenplay:
Mori Masaki
Atsushi Yamatoya
Theme Song Performance:
Mariya Takeuchi
Writer:
Yoshio Takeuchi
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