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Roujin Z (OAV)

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©1991 TOKYO THEATERS CO., INC • KADOKAWA SHOTEN PUBLISHING CO., LTD • MOVIC CO., LTD • tv asahi • Aniplex Inc.


Related anime:
    ZeD (manga) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
老人Z (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, satire
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: An elderly invalid is volunteered for a bizarre science experiment. He is given a robotic bed linked directly to his brainwaves, allowing instant gratification. This seems like a wonderful deal, until this seemingly harmless bed goes out of control and transforms into an unstoppable robot.
User Ratings: 381 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 64 votes (dub:31, sub:31, ?:2)
 Very good: 91 votes (sub:55, dub:27, ?:4, raw:1, others:4
1 German subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Good: 120 votes (sub:67, dub:44, ?:1, raw:1, others:7
2 French subtitled
2 Dutch subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 41 votes (sub:20, dub:19, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 23 votes (dub:12, sub:8, ?:2, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 12 votes (dub:6, sub:6)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:7, dub:6, ?:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 698 users, rank: #1282 (of 5564)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.092 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7036, rank: #1951 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 7.053 (Good), rank: #1890 (of 5554) (seen all: 7.09 / seen some: 5.17 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.066 (Good), rank: #1671 (of 4226)
Vintage: 1991
Release dates: We have 4
Ending Theme:
"走れ自転車" by 小川美潮
Official website:
Review:
Roujin Z (Apr 16, 2002)
News: Show:
High-def Roujin Z (Mar 13, 2005)
CPM Drops Prices (Jan 12, 2004)
CPM Release Dates (Apr 26, 2002)
New Release Dates (Nov 7, 2001)
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Blu-Ray (Region B)
    Roujin Z (Blu-Ray) 2012-06-11
DVD (Region 1)
    Roujin Z (DVD) 2002-04-09
    Roujin Z (DVD) 2004-04-27
    Roujin Z (DVD) 1998-08-26
DVD (Region 2)
    Roujin Z (DVD) 2012-06-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Character Design: Hisashi Eguchi
Art Director: Hiroshi Sasaki
Animation Director: Fumio Iida
Mechanical design:
Katsuhiro Otomo
Mitsuo Iso
Art design: Satoshi Kon
Director of Photography: Hideo Okazaki
Assistant Animation Director:
Kumiko Kawana
Michiyo Suzuki
Sadami Morikawa
Assistant Art Director:
Kenji Kamiyama
Michitada Kushida
Assistant Director: Toshiaki Hontani
Audio Director: Yasunori Honda
Continuity: Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Production Associate:
Jerry Beck
Michael Haller
Sound Design: Thomas Chan
Sound Design Producer: Carl Macek
Shinji Ogawa as Suguru Ogawa 

Chie Satou as Nobuko Ohe
Chisa Yokoyama as Haruko
Hikojiro Matsumura as Kijuro Takazawa
Kouji Tsujitani as Mitsuru Maeda
Masa Saito as Haru Takazawa
Rica Matsumoto as Satoh Tomoe
Shinsuke Chikaishi as Yoshihiko Hasegawa
Takeshi Aono as Old Man
Tamio Ohki as Professor Tachibana
Japanese companies
English staff
English companies
Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell
Adaptation: Jay Parks
Casting Director: Jill Wilmot
Dubbing Mixing: Richard King
DVD Coordination: Eric Thomann
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison
Script Adaptation: George Roubicek
Subtitle Translation:
Pamela Parks
William Flanagan
English cast
Allan Wenger as Terada
Barbara Barnes as Nobuko
Ian Thompson as Takazawa

Blair Fairman as 2nd Ache
Nigel Anthony as 3rd Ache
Peter Marinker as Reporter
Sean Barrett as 1st Ache
Toni Barry as Haruko
French cast
French staff
(none)
Celine Monsarrat as Nobuko (old dub)
Corinne Troisi as Norie (old dub)
Fabrice Josso as Magda (old dub)
Isabelle Ganz as Haruko (new dub)
Lionel Henry as Takasawa (old dub)
Luc Bernard as Hasegawa (old dub)
Marjolaine Poulain as Nobuko (new dub)
Nicolas Sempé as Iachibana (old dub)
Patrick Borg as Gouverneur (old dub)
Patrick Poivey as Terada (old dub)
Séverine Morisot as Haruko (old dub)
French companies
Distributor: Manga Video (France)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Núria Trifol as Haruko Mitsuhashi (Catalan dub)

Aleix Estadella as Mitsuru Maeda (Catalan dub)
Carmen Contreras as Haru Takazawa (Catalan dub)
Emilio Freixas as Kijuro Takazawa (Catalan dub)
Mercè Segarra as Nobuko Ohe (Catalan dub)
Sílvia Gómez as Tomoe Satoh (Catalan dub)

Eduardo Muntada as Professor Terada Tachibana (Catalan dub)
Manuel Lázaro as Old man (Catalan dub)
Ramon Canals as Yoshihiko Hasegawa (Catalan dub)

Alex Messeguer (Catalan dub)
Amadeu Aguado (Catalan dub)
Claudi Domingo (Catalan dub)
Enric Casamitjana (Catalan dub)
Enric Serra Frediani (Catalan dub)
Francisco Alborch (Catalan dub)
Montse Segarra (Catalan dub)
Oriol Rafel (Catalan dub)
Oriol de Balle (Catalan dub)
Xavier Fernández (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Raffaele Fallica

Mixing: Paolo Tiboni
Emanuela Pacotto as Mitsuhashi Haruko
Natale Ciravolo as Suguru Ogawa

Elena Gianni as Satoh Tomoe
Federico Zanandrea as Mitsuru Maeda
Giulia Franzoso as Nobuko Ohe
Guido Rutta as Kijuro Takazawa
Mario Scarabelli as Old Man
Maurizio Merluzzo as Yoshihiko Hasegawa
Silvana Fantini as Haru Takazawa
Italian companies
Dubbing: ADC group
German staff
German cast
(none)
Damineh Hojat as Satoh Tomoe
Gerd Holtenau as Kijuro Takazawa
Helmut Gauß as Minagawa
Iris Artajo as Haru Takazawa
Jörg Hengstler as Terada
Luisa Wietzorek as Haruko
Nicolas Artajo as Mitsuru Maeda
Rainer Fritzsche as Yoshihiko Hasegawa
Tanya Kahana as Nobuko Ohe
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Manga DVD
Dutch cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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