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Locke the Superman (movie)

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© 1984 Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. / Shochiku Co., Ltd.


[ adapted from Locke the Superman (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Locke the Superman: Lord Leon (OAV) (1989, sequel)
    Locke the Superman: New World Battle Team (OAV) (1991, sequel)
    Locke the Superman: Mirror Ring (OAV) (2000, sequel)

Alternative title:
Chōjin Locke (Japanese)
El pequeño Superman (Spanish)
Locke el Pequeno Superhombre (Spanish)
Locke the Superman: Millennium of the Witch
Locke the Superpower
Locke, El Superman de las Galaxias (Spanish)
Luck l'intrépide (French)
Luke l'invincible (French)
Star Warriors
超人ロック (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Colonel Yamaki is searching for Locke, an esper with powers far beyond imaginable. He is supposed to enroll him on a mission to investigate Lady Kahn, a millionaire tycoon who is raising an army of espers for an unknown reason.
User Ratings: 56 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 4 votes (sub:3, ?:1)
 Very good: 6 votes (raw:2, dub:2, sub:1, others:1
1 greek dubbed
)
 Good: 12 votes (sub:6, dub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:7, dub:3, ?:1)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 116 users, rank: #3018 (of 5564)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.071 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9352, rank: #3967 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 5.971 (Decent), rank: #4171 (of 5553) (seen all: 6.03 / seen some: 5.01)
Bayesian estimate: 6.230 (Decent+), rank: #3350 (of 4228)
Running time: 120 minutes
Vintage: 1984
Premiere date:
1984-03-11 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 3
Ending Theme:
"星のストレンジャー (Hoshi no STRANGER)" by STR!X
Official website:
Nippon Animation (Japanese)
Links: We have 6
Comment:
First Theatrical Animation by Nippon Animation.
News:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 4-10 (Nov 6, 2012)
Discotek Adds Locke the Superman Science-Fiction Anime (Jan 20, 2012)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Locke the Superman (DVD) 2012-11-06 (from $10.57)
VHS
    Locke the Superman (Dub.VHS) 1995-07-11
    Locke the Superpower (Dub.VHS) 1991-09-10

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi
Screenplay: Atsushi Yamatoya
Music: Goro Awami
Original Manga: Yuki Hijiri
Art Director: Yoshinari Kinbako
Animation Director: Susumu Shiraume
Executive producer: Kôichi Motohashi
Producer:
Junzô Nakajima
Shigeo Endo

Assistant Director:
Shinya Hanai
Takeshi Yamaguchi
Character Designers:
Kenzo Koizumi
Masuji Kigami
Susumu Shiraume
Yuki Hijiri
Color setting: Noriyuki Ota
Computer Operators:
Akiko Inoue
Shigekazu Sakai
Editing:
Kouzo Yoshida
Takeshi Seyama
Yoshihiro Kasahara
Filming Director: Toshiaki Morita
Layout: Masuji Kigami
Planning:
Mitsuru Takakuwa
Shoji Sato
Recording Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Theme Song Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura
Theme Song Composition: Kisaburoh Suzuki
Theme Song Lyrics: You Chinka
Keiichi Nanba as Locke

Keiko Han as Jessica Orin (Amelia)
Taeko Nakanishi as Lady Kahn
Toshiko Fujita as Cornelia Prim
Yoshito Yasuhara as Ryū Yamaki

Banjou Ginga as Lt. Bell
Bin Shimada as Palas 
Daisuke Gouri as John
Eiko Yamada as Kim
Gara Takashima as Kei
Hidekatsu Shibata as Professor Ramses
Hideyuki Tanaka as Helmsman
Kazue Komiya as Chief 
Kouji Totani as Manu
Kouji Yada as Federation Surgeon
Kôzô Shioya as Cain
Kyouko Tonguu as Taku
Masaharu Satou as Luke Oh
Michie Tomizawa as Ann
Mieko Nobusawa as Lu
Mika Kanai as Erika 
Mikio Terashima as Dionysus Captain
Ryouichi Tanaka as Orac Okura
Shigeru Chiba as Udo
Shozo Hirabayashi as Col. Hector
Shunsuke Takamiya as Commander
Shuuichi Ikeda as Lord Leon 
Taeko Nakanishi as Lady Carn 
Takehito Koyasu as Dafnis 
Toshiko Fujita as Cornelia 
Yasuo Muramatsu as General
Yoshino Takamori as Azelia 
Yoshito Yasuhara as Ryuu Yamaki 
Japanese companies
Distributor: Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Production: Nippon Animation
English staff
English companies
(none)
English cast
(none)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Hwan-Jin Kim as Locke

Gyu-Sik Kim as Ryuu Yamaki
Jeong Gyeongae as Jessica Orin
Ju Hui as Lady Carn
Su-Jeong Ham as Cornelia
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Claire Guyot

Dialogue Writer: Gilles Coiffard
Alexis Thomassian as Luke (new dub)
Nicolas Brémont as Luc (old dub)

Bernard Tiphaine as Professeur Ramsey (new dub)
Celine Monsarrat as Laila (old dub)
Daniel Gall as Udo (old dub)
Dominique Bailly as Cornelia (old dub)
Michel Gatineau as Professeur Lancey (old dub)

Claire Guyot (new dub)
Georges Lycan (old dub)
Jacques Marin (old dub)
French companies
Distributor: HK Video
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Jesus Barrero as Locke

Yamil Atala as Ryo Yamaki

Maria Fernanda Morales as Lady Khan
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Cinema Golden Choice (Mexico)
Distributor: Chiqui Video (Spain)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: IBC-13
Tagalog cast
(none)
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