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Ranpō (TV)

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Alternative title:
らんぽう (Japanese)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 21
Episode titles: We have 21
Vintage: 1984-04-05 to 1984-09-20
Opening Theme:
"ワープボーイ－WARPED BOY－" by Chika Sakamoto
Ending Theme:
"Kimagure Moonlight" (気まぐれムーンライト) by Togo Masakazu
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Takeshi Baba
Script: Keiko Maruo
Screenplay:
Ayumi Enomoto (ep 21)
Hideki Sonoda (6 episodes
eps 11-12, 14, 17-18, 20
)
Hiroshi Toda (eps 4, 8)
Keiko Maruo (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 13-14, 18
)
Kenji Terada (10 episodes
eps 4-8, 12, 15-17, 20
)
Ryoichi Yagi (6 episodes
eps 7, 9-11, 15, 19
)
Yasushi Hirano (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9-10, 13
)
Yoshio Urasawa (ep 2)
Yūzō Yamada (ep 21)
Storyboard:
Akinori Ōrai (eps 8-10)
Daizō Takeuchi (11 episodes
eps 1, 3-7, 12, 15-16, 19-20
)
Kiyoshi Fukumoto (ep 6)
Kunihiko Yuyama
Noriyuki Nakamura (ep 21)
Saki Noda (ep 2)
Takeshi Shirato (ep 13)
Tameo Kohanawa (7 episodes
eps 5, 12-15, 17-18
)
Tetsuo Yasumi (eps 7, 11)
Tetsutaro Fujiwara (6 episodes
eps 9-11, 14, 16, 18
)
Yuichi Fukuhara (eps 2-4, 8)
Yūzō Yamada (ep 1)
Episode Director:
Akio Yamadera (eps 12-13, 16)
Hisaya Takabayashi (ep 18)
Kouichi Sasaki (ep 14)
Noriyuki Nakamura (15 episodes
eps 2-11, 14-15, 17, 19, 21
)
Shin Misawa (17 episodes
eps 2-13, 15-17, 19-20
)
Yūzō Yamada (eps 1, 18, 20)
Music: Chito Kawachi
Original Manga: Masatoshi Uchizaki
Character Design: Hiroshi Kanazawa
Art Director: Toyo Ebisawa
Animation Director:
Hiroshi Kanazawa (13 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-8, 11-16
)
Kazuaki Mōri (eps 13, 17, 19)
Masayuki (6 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9-10, 14, 18
)
Mitsuru Nasukawa (4 episodes
eps 11, 15, 18, 20
)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (eps 9-10)
Takahisa Ichikawa (5 episodes
eps 16-17, 19-21
)
Toshiyuki Honda (eps 3, 5, 8)
Sound Director: Naoko Asari
Director of Photography: Akihiko Takahashi
Producer:
Hiromichi Mogaki (Tsuchida Production)
Yoshirō Kataoka (NAS)

Editing:
Hajime Okayasu
Hideaki Murai
Toshihiko Kojima
In-Between Animation: Kinji Yoshimoto
Key Animation:
Kenichi Shimizu (ep 21)
Toshiyuki Honda (ep 1)
Planning: Kazuya Maeda (Fuji TV)
Production manager: Koji Beppu
Recording Adjustment: Kiyoshi Matsuzawa
Sound Effects: Yasufumi Yoda
Theme Song Composition: Casey Rankin (OP)
Theme Song Performance: Chika Sakamoto (OP)
Chika Sakamoto as Ranpō

Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiroshi Kakumaru
Hitomi Oikawa as Mutsumi Kawai
Ikuya Sawaki as Hulk Hōgan
Issei Futamata as Wappen
Kazuyo Aoki as Hana Aoba
Mayumi Tanaka as Chūtarō
Sukekiyo Kameyama as Karatarō Kogarashi
Yukiko Nashiwa as Hiromi Iwasaki

Bin Shimada as Ranpō (young)
Hiroshi Masuoka as Dr. Hosamochi
Kaneto Shiozawa as Mr. Yukawa
Kazuyo Aoki as Torako Goriyama
Kiyomi Hanasaki as Kaori
Mayumi Tanaka as Masahiko
Mizuho Tsushima as Ran Aoyagi
Naoki Tatsuta as Golgo
Run Sasaki as Shijimi
Sanae Miyuki as Akemi
Tesshō Genda as Mr. Saotome
Yōko Ogai as Miyuki
Yoku Shioya as Himainu
Japanese companies
Animation: Anime R
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
In-Between Animation:
AIC
Studio Jungle Gym
Studio Mates
Key Animation: Studio Mates
Paint:
Just
SHAFT
Studio Fantasia
Photography: Tokyo Animation Film
Production:
Fuji Television Network
NAS
Production Cooperation: Tsuchida Production
Recording: Shinzaka Studio
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion

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