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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) 
Genres: drama , science fiction 
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: 57 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: 12 votes (sub:8, 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 117 users, rank: #3010 (of 5565)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.070 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9181, rank: #3967 (of 5555)
Weighted mean: 5.972 (Decent), rank: #4170 (of 5555) (seen all: 6.03 / seen some: 5.01)
Bayesian estimate: 6.227 (Decent+), rank: #3360 (of 4230)
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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