Crusher Joe (1983)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1983
Running Times: 125 mins
Format: colour
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Sound:

PRODUCTION
Executive Producers: Mananori Ito, Yoshinori Kishimoto
Producer: Takayuki Yoshii

SCRIPT
Script: Haruka Takachiho, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Novel: Haruka Takachiho

DIRECTION
Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Assistant Directors: Mamoru Hamatsu, Norio Kajima

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Katsuji Misawa

ANIMATION
Animation Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Animators: Ayumi Koike, Chieko Kudô, Gen Sato, Hiromi Nishikawa, Ichirô Itano, Kazuhiko Yoshimori, Keiko Hasegawa, Ken'ichi Hirano, Kiyoshi Takeba, Kumiko Takahashi, Kumiko Yoshihama, Mayumi Hattori, Mayumi Hirota, Mayumi Ishigaki, Mie Tokura, Miyuki Tokitomo, Momoko Murata, Naoyuki Yoshinaga, Sachiko Ito, Setsu Yoshihashi, Setsuko Takeuchi, Shôji Kawamori, Tomoko Kobayashi, Tomoko Ôtaki, Toshihiro Hirano, Yorihisa Uchida, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yûji Moriyama
Character Designer: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Special Character Designers: Fumiko Takano (Anessa), Katsuhiro Otomo (Arakune),
Yumiko Igarashi (Boo-Boo), Rumiko Takahashi (Chag), Keiko Takemiya (Date Wear), Shinji Wada (Goby), Hideo Azuma (Group/Ouch), Akira Toriyama (MAX 310), Fujihiko Hosono (Night Walker), Satomi Mikuriya (Rudora), Hisaichi Ishii (Saiteijin), Miki Tori
Mechanical Designer: Shôji Kawamori

MUSIC
Music: Norio Maeda
Music Performed By: Miki Tori (bagpipes)
Songs: Fujiwara Tsukihiko, Nishimatsu Kazuharu (Hishou (Never End); The Flight (Never End)); Urino Masao, Izumi Tsunehiro (Innocent Dreamer)
Songs Performed By: Nishimatsu Kazuharu (Hishou (Never End); The Flight (Never End)); Carlos Toshiki and Omegatribe (Innocent Dreamer)
Songs Arranged By: Aragon (Hishou (Never End); The Flight (Never End)); Shinkawa Hiroshi (Innocent Dreamer)

SOUND
Sound Directors: Kohichi Chiba, Sadayoshi Fujino

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Michiaki Doi, Kumiko Endô

DESIGN
Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
Art Designer: Michiaki Satô
Storyboard Artist: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

VOICES
Hiraku Takemura (Joe)
Run Sasaki (Alfin)
Noriko Ohara (Ricky)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Talos)
Issei Futamata (Dongo)
Gorô Naya (Kowalsky)
Osamu Kobayashi (Bard)
Akira Kume (Dan)
Reiko Mutô (Matua)
Kazuyuki Sogabe (Killie)
Takeshi Watabe (Nero)
Daisuke Gôri (Roki)
Kazuko Yanaga (Norma)
Nobuo Tanaka (Valenstinos)
Hidekatsu Shibata (Mardola)
Koichi Chiba (Corte Gianni)
Masaru Ikeda (doctor)
Masato Tachizawa (pirate chief)
Shinya Ôtaki (pirate)
Tomomichi Nishimura (officer)
Kan Sakai (Anessa)
Hiroyuki Kumakura, Fumihiko Tachiki, Hiroshi Kawaguchi (control room officers)
Meri Mizuhara (Kei)
Yuri Akitsu (Yuri)
Chikao Ôtsuka (Murphy)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Micheal Brady (Joe)
Juliet Cesario (Alfin)
Stacia Crawford (Matua)
Rick Forrester (Dongo/Jimenes)
Shaun O'Rourke (Ricky)
Daniel Taraschke (communications officer)

1983
March
12: Japan – theatrical release

Crusher Joe - The Movie - US title

SEQUELS
Crusher Joe: Ice Hell Trap (1989)
Crusher Joe: Ash - The Ultimate Weapon (1989)
Crusher Joe: Legend of the Saint Jeremy/Pandora II (2000)

SEE ALSO
Dirty Pair (1985)
Dirty Pair: From Lovely Angels With Love (1985)
Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia (1985)
Dirty Pair Movie (1987)
Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy (1990)
Dirty Pair Flash (1994)

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Last Updated: 15 October, 2008