Mirai shônen Conan (1978)

Country of Origin: Japan
Date(s) of Broadcast: 4 April 1978 - 31 October 1978
Number of Seasons:
Total Number of Episodes: 26
Average Episode Running Times: 24 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Nippon Animation / NHK
Executive Producer: Kouichi Motohashi
Producer: Junzou Nakajima
Planning: Shouji Satou
Production Manager: Mitsuru Takakuwa

SCRIPT
Scripts: Hayao Miyazaki (episodes 3-4, 8, 12, 15, 17), Kenshou Nakano, Souji Yoshikawa
Novel: Incredible Tide by Alexander Key

DIRECTION
Directors: Hayao Miyazaki (episodes 1-2, 16, 18-19, 22-26); Isao Takahata (episodes 9-10); Keiji Hayakawa (episodes 3-7, 11-15, 17, 20-21)
Co-Director: Keiji Hayakawa

ANIMATION
Animation Director: Yasuo Otsuka
Key Animators: Yoshifumi Kondou, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Tsunehiro Okasako, Hideo Kawauchi, Masako Shinohara, Nobumasa Shinkawa, Toshiharu Okada, Nobuo Tomisawa, Hidenori Oshima; Oh Production, Kouichi Murata, Shunji Saita, Joji Manabe, Shojurou Yamauchi, Kazuhide Tomonaga
In-Between Animators: Masaru Satou, Takamitsu Yukawa
Backgrounds: Atelier Rourke, Masahei Kawamoto, Taisaburou Abe, Junji Kasahara, Masamichi Takano
Finish Checker / Colour Designer: Michiyo Yasuda
Colouring: Yoshiko Takasago, Mari Nakamura, Sayoko Kanasaka, Makio Ikegame, Sakae Hamashita, Kaoruko Shindou, Chieko Machida, Studio Killey, Norichika Iwakiri, Junko Abe,
Setsuko Kobayashi, Fujino Yonei, Toshio Taguchi, Youichi Kunii, Yoshinaga Tajima, Masako Yamaguchi, Tokiyo Suzuki, Naoko Izuguchi, Etsuko Kobayashi
Character Designers: Hayao Miyazaki, Yasuo Ohtsuka
Mechanical and Scenic Designer: Hayao Miyazaki
Animation Checker: Hidemi Maeda

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Katsuji Misawa
Labs: Toyo Genzosho

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Takeshi Seyama, Masuo Warita, Hidetoshi Kamitoono

MUSIC
Music: Shinichirô Ikebe
Songs: Teru Kataoka (Ima chikyuu ga mezameru; Shiawase no yokan)
Songs Performed By: Naozumi Kamata, Yuuko Yamaji (Ima chikyuu ga mezameru; Shiawase no yokan)

SOUND
Sound Director: Shigeharu Shiba
Sound Editing: Studio Beam
Sound Effects: Hidenori Ishida, Ishida Sound
Recording Production: Omnibus Production
Recording Studio: Cinebeam Studio

DESIGN
Art Director: Nizou Yamamoto
Storyboard Artists: Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata (episodes 7, 9-10, 13, 20), Yoshiyuki Tomino, Keiji Hayakawa, Seiji Okuda, Takayoshi Suzuki

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistants: Nobuaki Hosoda, Kazuhiko Hoshiide, Kouji Takeuchi, Shuuji Uchiyama, Yoshimasa Kanda, Kiyofumi Terui
Assistants to the Director: Takayoshi Suzuki, Ken'ichi Baba

VOICES
Noriko Ohara (Conan)
Kazuyo Aoki (Jimsy)
Masashi Amenomori (Mo)
Masaru Ikeda (Bosco)
Hiroya Ishimaru (Orlo)
Junji Chiba (Jun)
Masatô Ibu (narrator)
Iemasa Kayumi (Lepka)
Ichirô Nagai (Captain Dyce)
Mieko Nobusawa (Lana)
Masato Yamanouchi (Dr Lao)
Rihoko Yoshida (Monsley)
Hideyuki Tanaka (Cheet / Luke)
Hiroshi Masuoka (Gutch)
Issei Futamata (Pasco)
Keisuke Yamashita (Talcoth)
Kouhei Miyauchi (Garu)
Masako Saito (Meizel)
Matsugoro Mita (Kay)
Noriko Tsukase (Tera)
Norio Wakamoto (Tokeh)
Rokuro Naya (Territ)
Takemi Nakamura (Sean)
Takuzou Kamiyama (Dongoroth)
Tetsuo Mizutori (Kuzo / Luca)
Yasuo Muramatsu (Ei)
Yoku Shioya (Garu's son / Saku)
Yoshito Yasuhara (Luke)
Kaneto Shiozawa
You Inoue

ITALIAN LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Marco Guadagno (Conan)
Enzo Consoli (Deis)
Giovanni Petrucci (Dottor Rao)
Massimo Còrizza (Jimsey / Lepka)
Monica Cadueri (Lana)
Sergio Gibello (Cuoco)
Silvana Sodo (Monsley)

SUMMARY

Twenty years after World War III, 12 year old Conan lives on a remote island with his grandfather. They think that they are the last people left alive in the ruined world, but one day Conan finds a young girl, Lana, lying unconscious on a beach. She is on the run from the rulers of Industria, who are trying to use her to lure out of hiding her grandfather who alone possesses the secret of solar energy. When Lana is kidnapped, Conan sets out to rescue her.

AVAILABILITY

Latin America
Television Distributor: Cau Cau - Pro Pu Eve Ltda

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Conan ragazzo del futuro - Italian title
Conan, el niño del futuro - Spanish title
Conan, el noi del futur - Catalan Spanish title
Conan, le fils du futur - French title
Future Boy Conan

LINKS

SEQUEL
Mirai shônen Conan tokubetsu hen-kyodaiki gigant no fukkatsu (1984)

KEYWORDS

animation, anime, children, islands, scientists, post-apocalypse, teenagers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008