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Crusher Joe: The Movie

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©1983 Takachiho & Studio Nue • Sunrise, Inc.


[ adapted from Crusher Joe (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Crusher Joe: The OVA's (sequel)

Alternative title:
Crusher Joe
Crushers
クラッシャージョウ (Japanese)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Amid a supposedly simple escort mission, Joe and his crew experience a failure during their warp travel. They wake up just to find out that the passengers are missing. To make things worse, the United Space Force accuses them of committing space piracy and Crusher HQ suspends their licenses for six months. To clear their names, they head out to the dangerous planet of Lagol to find the person who hired them for that particular mission.
User Ratings: 60 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:3, raw:1)
 Very good: 9 votes (sub:4, dub:4, raw:1)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:13, dub:4)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 108 users, rank: #2264
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.817 (Good-.18), std. dev.: 2.2022, rank: #2015
Weighted mean: 6.826 (Good-.17), rank: #1887 (seen all: 6.86 / seen some: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.923 (Good-.07), rank: #1503
Production cost: ¥200,000,000
Vintage: 1983
Premiere date:
1983-03-12 (Japan)
Ending Theme:
"Hishou (Never End)" by Kazuhiro Nishimatsu
Official website:
Trivia: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Crusher Joe DVD

Related releases:
    Crusher Joe: The Movie + OVAs (DVD) 2003-01-15

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Script: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Screenplay:
Haruka Takachiho
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Storyboard:
Mamoru Hamatsu
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Original creator: Haruka Takachiho

Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Art director: Mitsuki Nakamura

Animation director:
Norio Kashima
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Mechanical design: Shoji Kawamori

Art design: Michiaki SATO

Executive producer:
Mananori Itô
Yoshinori Kishimoto

Producer: Takayuki Yoshii

Assistant director: Mamoru Hamatsu

Original Music: Norio Maeda

Photography: Katsuji Misawa

Planning: Eiji Yamaura

Sound:
Koichi Chiba
Sadayoshi Fujino

Special Guest Designer:
Akira Toriyama (MAX 310)
Fujihiko Hosono (Nightwalker)
Fumiko Taano (Anessa)
Hideo Azuma (Group Ouch)
Hisaichi Ishii (Saiteijin)
Katsuhiro Otomo (Arakune)
Keiko Takemiya (Date Wear)
Miki Tori (Bagpiper)
Rumiko Takahashi (Chug)
Satomi Onju (Rudora)
Shinji Wada (Goby)
Yumiko Igarashi (Boo Boo)

Supervision: Haruka Takachiho

 

Hiroshi Takemura as Crusher Joe

Akira Kume as Dan

Chikao Ohtsuka as Murphy

Daisuke Gouri as Roki/Pigaro

Fumihiko Tachiki as Control Room Officer

Goro Naya as Captain Kowalski

Hidekatsu Shibata as Mardola

Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Control Room Officer

Hiroyuki Kumakura as Control Room Officer

Iemasa Kayumi as Hyuum

Issei Futamata as Dongo

Kan Sakai as Anessa

Kazuko Yanaga as Norma

Kazuyuki Sogabe as Killie

Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Talos

Koichi Chiba as Corte Gianni

LEO as Disc Jockey

Maruo Ôtsuka as Murphy

Masaru Ikeda as Doctor

Masato Tachizawa as Pirate Chief

Meri Mizuhara as Kei

Nobuo Tanaka as Valenstinos

Noriko Ohara as Ricky

Osamu Kobayashi as Bard

Reiko Mutoh as Mature

Run Sasaki as Alfin

Shinya Ohtaki as Pirate

Takeshi Watanabe as Nero

Tomomichi Nishimura as Officer

Yuri Akitsu as Yuri

Yuzuru Fujimoto as Gelstan

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: Bandai Channel

Production:
Studio Nue
Sunrise
VAP

Theatrical Distribution: Shochiku Film

English staff 
English cast 

Music: Kevin Turner

Translation: Shin Kurokawa

Executive producer: Robert J. Woodhead

Producer: Janice Hindle

Audio Engineer: Nick Stuteville

Dialogue Mixer: Ron Abfalter

DVD Assistant Producer: Bobby Engelmann

DVD Producer: Michael Morton

DVD Production Assistant:
Nikki Miani
Steve Klem

DVD Production Manager: Scott Carlson

Effects Editor: Kevin Turner

Script Supervisor: Brian Hinnant

SFX Designer: Skip Bowerman

Subtitling Director: Robert J. Woodhead

Translation Verification: Natsumi Ueki

Voice Direction: Scott Houle

 

Dave Underwood as Talos

Juliet Cesario as Alfin

Michael Brady as Joe

Shaun O'Rourke as Ricky

Aimee Flint as Yuri

Belinda Bizic as Norma

Bob Edwards as Bard

Daniel Morris as Dan

Daniel Taraschke as Communications Officer

Kevin Potts as Nero

Liz Elsen as Kei

Marc Matney as Kowalsky

Michael S. Way as Murphy

Norm Shore as Mardola

Patrick Humphrey as Doctor

Pierre Brulator as Valentinos

Robin Dale Robertson as Killie

Sean P. O'Connell as Roki

Stacia Crawford as Matua

English companies 

DVD Authoring: Cinepost

Licensed by: AnimEigo

Recording Studio: Coastal Carolina Sound Studios


Italian cast 
Italian staff 

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Director Of Dubbing: Fabrizio Mazzotta

Andrea Ward as Joe

Fabrizio Mazzotta as Ricky

Monica Ward as Alfin

Roberto Stocchi as Talos

Cinzia De Carolis as Norma

Diego Reggente as Nero

Elio Zamuto as Maldora

Gino Pagnani as Dan

Giuliano Santi as Rocky

Laura Boccanera as Mature

Luciano Marchitiello as Bird

Mino Caprio as Valentinos

Oliviero Dinelli as Segretario

Paolo Buglioni as Cowalsky

Romano Malaspina as Killy

Italian companies 

Distributor: Granata Press

Dubbing: SD Cinematografica

 
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