Crying Freeman (OAV)
Alternative title:
Cryingフリーマン (Japanese)
크라잉 프리맨 (Korean)
Objectionable content:
Intense
Plot Summary:
Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, he is infamously known by the Dragons and every crime syndicate in the world as "Crying Freeman."
User Ratings:
255 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
52 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage:
1988-09 to 1994-01
Release dates: We have 6
Ending Theme:
#2: "Senshi no Kyūsoku" (戦士の休息) by Mariko Takahashi
#3: "Close Your Eyes" by Mieko Aoki
#4: "True Love" by Mariko Tone
#5: "In Your Eyes" by Katsumi
#6: "Gray or Blue? Nanimo Mienai" (GRAY OR BLUE?何も見えない) by Akira Asamura
Insert song:
"Kawanaka-jima" (川中島) by Osamu Saka (ep 3)
Official website:
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Crying Freeman DVD 3 (Jul 23, 2003)
Crying Freeman DVD 1 (May 1, 2003)
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| Blu-ray (Region A) |
| Crying Freeman (Blu-ray) 2023-11-28 (from $31.96) |
| DVD (Region 1) |
| Crying Freeman - The Complete Collection (DVD) 2011-02-22 (from $39.97) |
| Crying Freeman - Portrait of a Killer (DVD 1) 2003-03-11 (from $23.98) |
| Crying Freeman - A Taste of Revenge (DVD 2) 2003-05-06 (from $8.29) |
| Crying Freeman - Abduction in Chinatown (DVD 3) 2003-06-17 (from $13.71) |
| Crying Freeman - Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2004-01-27 (from $79.48) |
| LaserDisc |
| Crying Freeman - Portrait of a Killer (LD 1) delayed/cancelled |
Director: Daisuke Nishio (vol 1) Jōhei Matsuura (vol 3) Nobutaka Nishizawa (vol 2) Shigeyasu Yamauchi (vols 4-6) Takaaki Yamashita (vol 5) Music: Hiroaki Yoshino Character Design: Kōichi Arai (vols 1-2) Satoshi Urushihara (vols 3-4) Takaaki Yamashita (vols 5-6) Yoshihiro Kitano (vol 6) Animation Director: Hideki Hamasu Kōichi Arai (vol 1-2) Satoshi Urushihara (vol 3-4) Takaaki Yamashita (vol 5-6) Yoshihiro Kitano (vol 6) Assistant Animation Director: Kinji Yoshimoto (ep 4) Cinematography: Atsushi Okui (vol 4) Hisao Shirai Yōichi Takanashi (vol 3) Yoshiyuki Tamagawa (vol 2) Yumiko Kajiwara (vol 5) Color design: Kunio Tsujita In-Between Animation: Gen Takase Kazuyoshi Ito Ken Satō Mariko Aoki Sachiko Kobayashi Tomoko Takahashi Yōichi Ishikawa Yoshihiko Umakoshi (vol 2) Insert Song Lyrics: Sanyō Rai (ep 3) Key Animation: Akira Kano (ep 3) Atsushi Aono (ep 3) Hideki Hamasu Hideki Watanabe (eps 1-2) Hirohide Shikishima (ep 1) Hiroyuki Kitazume (ep 1) Junichi Hayama (ep 3) Kōichi Arai (ep 1) Mamoru Hosoda (eps 5-6) Michio Fukuda (eps 1-2) Motoki Yagi (eps 1-2) Nobutaka Masuda (ep 5) Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa (eps 1, 3) Ryūji Shiromae (ep 3) Shigenobu Nagasaki (eps 1, 3) Shigeyuki Suga (ep 2) Takaaki Yamashita (eps 5-6) Takahiro Kagami (eps 1-3) Takashi Ueno (ep 5) Yōichi Mitsui (ep 2) Yoshihiro Kitano (eps 1-2) Yukio Okano (ep 1) Yuri Handa (ep 2) Music producer: Torao Hosoi (vol 5) Production Chief: Norio Kozuka Production Supervision: Satoshi Urushihara (vol 3 & 4) Theme Song Arrangement: Greg Mathieson (ep 4) Motoki Funayama (ep 3) Nobuyuki Shimizu (ep 2) Satoshi Takebe (ep 5) Takumi Iwasaki (ep 6) Theme Song Composition: Hiroshi Ishikawa (ep 5) Katsumi (as Katsumi Watanabe; ep 5) Mieko Aoki (ep 3) Mioko Yamaguchi (ep 4) Takumi Iwasaki (ep 6) Toshiaki Koyama (ep 2) Theme Song Lyrics: Akira Asakura (Japanese; ep 6) Hiroshi Ishikawa (ep 5) Katsumi (as Katsumi Watanabe; ep 5) Kenji Mori (森 健次; Japanese; ep 6) Koko Tashiro (ep 6) L.Z. Heywood (ep 6) Mariko Takahashi (ep 2) Mariko Tone (ep 4) Mieko Aoki (ep 3) Theme Song Performance: Akira Asakura (ep 6) Katsumi (ep 5) Mariko Takahashi (ep 2) Mariko Tone (ep 4) Mieko Aoki (ep 3) | Chiharu Kataishi as Toshio Furukawa as Bin Shimada as Dump Matsumoto as Gara Takashima as Ichirō Nagai as Kōhei Miyauchi as Masako Katsuki as Mika Doi as Nobuyo Tsuda as Ryūsei Nakao as Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Seizō Katō as Takaya Hashi as Toshiko Fujita as Yoshiko Sakakibara as Yūsaku Yara as Akiko Matsuda as Akiko Sekine as Banjō Ginga as Eiko Yamada as Hiroyuki Satō as Hisao Egawa as Ikuya Sawaki as Kaneto Shiozawa as Kazuhiro Nakata as Ken Yamaguchi as Kiyoyuki Yanada as Kōhei Miyauchi as Nobuo Yana as Rumi Kasahara as Ryō Horikawa as Ryūji Saikachi as Shinobu Satouchi as Shōzō Iizuka as Toku Nishio as Yasuhiko Kawazu as Yasuo Tanaka as Yuka Nagamine as Yumi Touma as | |||
Animation Production: Toei Animation Backgrounds: Design Office MECAMAN (eps 4-5) Casting Cooperation: Aoni Production Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry In-Between Animation: AD Cosmo (ep 4) Anime Roman (ep 4) D.A.S.T Corporation (eps 4-5) E-cho (eps 4-5) Eei-Toei (ep 5) FAI (ep 4) Production I.G (ep 5) Project Team Muu (ep 4) Snow Light Staff (ep 5) Studio Carpenter (eps 4-5) Studio Cockpit (eps 4-5) Studio Junio (ep 5) Studio Taimu (ep 4) Photography: Asahi Production (ep 4) Photography Assistance: T. Nishimura (ep 3) Production Cooperation: Anime Torotoro (ep 6) Eei-Toei (ep 6) Hadashi Pro (ep 6) IMG (ep 6) K-Production (ep 6) Magic Bus (ep 6) MI (ep 6) Miyazaki Animation Studio (ep 6) Monsieur Onion (ep 6) Snow Light Staff (ep 6) Studio Cockpit (ep 6) Studio Junio (ep 6) Studio Kuma (ep 6) Studio Line (ep 6) Studio Pokke (ep 6) Studio Takuranke (ep 6) Taka Productions (ep 6) Tamazawa Dōgasha (ep 6) TMS Photo (ep 6) Toei Animation Trans Arts Co. (ep 6) Sound Production: Video Art | ||||
Director: Carl Macek (Streamline Pictures) Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell (Manga UK) Script: Gregory Snegoff (Streamline Pictures) Art Director: Ruby Halipoto (ADV Films) Project Translator: Andrew Dederer (Streamline Pictures) ADR Dialogue: Gregory Snegoff (Streamline Pictures) Associate producer: Caleb McPhee (Discotek Blu-ray) Blu-Ray Authoring: David Miranda (Discotek Blu-ray) Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray) Casting: Jill Wilmot (Manga UK dub) DVD Coordination: Janice Williams (ADV Films) DVD Graphics: Adeleye Lufadeju (ADV Films; Complete Collection) Fumiko Chino (ADV Films; Vol. 1-3, Complete Collection) DVD Producer: Thomas Meerbott (ADV Films) Final Remix: Ernie Sheesley (Streamline Pictures) International Coordination: Toru Iwakami (ADV Films) Menu Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek Blu-ray) Packaging Design: Adeleye Lufadeju (ADV Films; Complete Collection) Fumiko Chino (ADV Films; Vol. 1-3, Complete Collection) Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas (ADV Films) Production Assistant: Carole Pavlik (ADV Films) Christopher Williams (ADV Films) Marta Bechtol (ADV Films) Production Coordination: Karen Redmon (ADV Films) Production manager: Scott Narrie (Streamline Pictures) Quality Control: Marc Levy (Discotek Blu-ray) Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison (Manga UK dub; eps 1-5) Recording engineer: Cesar Inserny (ADV Films) Clive Mitchison (Manga UK dub; ep 6) David Walsh (Streamline Pictures) Henry Rogers (ADV Films) Michael Clark (ADV Films) Stanley Thomas (ADV Films) Trevor Barber (Manga UK dub; ep 6) Wade Shemwell (ADV Films) Script Adaptation: George Roubicek (Manga UK dub; eps 4-5) John Wolskel (Manga UK dub; ep 6) Marc Smith (Manga UK dub; eps 1-2) Mark Baker (Manga UK dub; ep 3) Sound Design & Mix: Brent Marshall (ADV Films) Special Thanks To: Sze Kwan Chan (Discotek Blu-ray) Subtitle Manager: Logan Rebholz (Discotek Blu-ray) Subtitle Script & Timing: Jonathan Lotman (ADV Films) Supervising Producer: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray) | Edie Mirman as Stephen Tremblay as Steve Bulen as Barbara Goodson as James Marshall as Jeff Winkless as John Swasey as Kerrigan Mahan as Kira Vincent-Davis as Melanie MacQueen as Michael McConnohie as Shawn Taylor as Tony Clay as Vic Mignogna as Wally Burr as Wendee Lee as Andy McAvin as Catherine Battistone as Dean Wein as Ed Mannix as Eddie Frierson as John Tyson as Kerrigan Mahan as Lara Cody as Michael Reynolds as Mike Kleinhenz as Phil Ross as Rick Burford as Sean Barrett as Sean O'Neel as Victor Carsrud as | |||
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. (ADV Films) Licensed by: ADV Films (Expired) Discotek Media (2009) Manga Entertainment (UK, Australia) Orion (Expired) Streamline Pictures (Expired) Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios (vol 6) Production: Streamline Pictures (vols 1-5) Recording Facility: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors (vol 6) Screenmusic Studios (vols 1-5) Worldwide Productions Ltd. (Manga UK dub) Translation: Toei Company, Ltd. (Manga UK dub) | ||||
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(none) | Déborah Perret as Jean-Philippe Puymartin as Bernard-pierre Donnadieu as Bruno Dubernat as Christine Delaroche as Lita Recio as Michel Vigné as Pascal Renwick as Virginie Ledieu as Alain Choquet as Bruno Devoldere as Christian Bénard as Déborah Perret as Jacques Dynam as Jacques Lalande as Jean-Michel Farcy as Laurence Charpentier as Luc Boulad as Olivier Hémon as Olivier Proust as Pascal Renwick as Patrice Dozier as Pierre Dourlens as Pierre Hatet as René Bériard as Robert Guilmard as Roger Crouzet as Sophie Arthuys as Stéphane Ronchewski as William Sabatier as | |||
Broadcaster: Canal + (from 22 September 1998) Distributor: Metropolitan Filmexport Licensed by: TF1 Vidéo (France) | ||||
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