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Metropolis (movie)

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©2001 TEZUKA Productions/METROPOLIS Project


Alternative title:
Metrópolis de Osamu Tezuka (Spanish)
Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis
Robotic Angel (German)
メトロポリス (Japanese)
大都會 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew and explanations, Kenichi tries to protect Tima (a mysterious young girl), from Duke Red and his adopted son Rock, both of whom have very different reasons for wanting to find her.
User Ratings: 2143 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 220 votes (sub:111, dub:94, ?:4, raw:1, others:10
3 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Polish edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 387 votes (sub:213, dub:147, ?:8, edit.dub:1, others:18
4 Spanish dubbed
4 French subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Very good: 501 votes (sub:266, dub:200, raw:5, ?:4, edit.dub:3, others:23
6 Spanish subtitled
3 Dutch subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
2 German dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 479 votes (sub:260, dub:189, ?:7, edit.dub:3, raw:2, others:18
3 Italian dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
2 German dubbed
2 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Polish dubbed
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Decent: 272 votes (sub:156, dub:97, edit.dub:4, ?:1, raw:1, others:13
3 German dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Czech dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Danish subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 So-so: 139 votes (sub:69, dub:53, ?:3, raw:2, edit.dub:2, others:10
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Polish dubbed
)
 Not really good: 57 votes (dub:29, sub:27, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Weak: 52 votes (dub:24, sub:23, ?:3, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Bad: 15 votes (dub:7, sub:7, others:1
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Awful: 13 votes (dub:7, sub:6)
 Worst ever: 8 votes (sub:4, dub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 3815 users, rank: #250 (of 10137)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.372 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8254, rank: #2405 (of 10314)
Weighted mean: 7.317 (Good+), rank: #2430 (of 10314) (seen all: 7.35 / seen some: 5.81 / won't finish: 3.10)
Bayesian estimate: 7.318 (Good+), rank: #2164 (of 7757)
Running time: 107 minutes
Production cost: ¥1,500,000,000
Vintage:
2001
2005-05-14 (U.S. TV Broadcast [AdultSwim])
2006-09-28 (Cartoon Network Latin America)
Premiere date:
2001-05-26 (Japan)
2002-01-20 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2002-01-25 (USA - Select Theaters)
2003-07-24 (Poland - HBO)
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Metropolis" by Toshiyuki Honda
Ending Theme:
"There'll Never Be Goodbye" by Minako "Mooki" Obata
Insert song:
"I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles
"Now and Then" by My Little Lover
"St. James Infirmary" by Atsuki Kimura
Trivia: We have 8
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Metropolis (Blu-ray) 2018-06-05 (from $14.00)
    Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis - Choice Collection (Blu-ray) 2017-02-21 (from $25.79)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis - Steelbook Edition (BD+DVD) 2018-10-30
    Metropolis [Limited Edition Steelbook] [UK] (BD+DVD) 2017-01-16 (from $319.00)
    Metropolis [UK] (BD+DVD) 2017-03-13
DVD (Region 1)
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie / Metropolis (DVD) 2003-06-24 (from $300.00)
    Metropolis / Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (DVD) 2005-07-26
    Metropolis / Memories (DVD) 2019-02-05 (from $16.76)
    Metropolis [Special Edition] (DVD) 2002-04-23 (from $31.00)
Soundtrack
    Metropolis Original Soundtrack (OST) 2002-02-26
Universal Media Disc
    Metropolis (UMD) 2009-03-24 (from $27.54)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Rintarō
Screenplay: Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Music: Toshiyuki Honda
Original Manga: Osamu Tezuka
Character Design: Yasuhiro Nakura
Art Director: Shūichi Hirata
Chief Animation Director: Yasuhiro Nakura
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Executive producer:
Akihiko Terajima
Fumio Nagase
Hisanori Hiranuma
Ken Munekata
Ryohei Tsunoda
Tadamichi Abe
Takayuki Matsutani
Toru Shiobara

Animation producer:
Iwao Yamaki
Masao Maruyama
Artwork Layout Support: Masami Ozone
Assistant Art Director:
Atsushi Morikawa
Ryō Kōno
Assistant Color Setting:
Chikako Kamata
Satoshi Hashimoto
Assistant Digital Production:
Koji Futahashi
Toru Matsunawa
Assistant Director: Naoko Kusumi
Assistant Key Animation Supervisor:
Shigehito Tsuji
Toshio Hirata
Assistant producer:
Kazue Motodate
Masamitu Onodera
Assistant Sound Director: Tsutomu Kashiwakura
Background Art:
Akira Yamakawa
Hisae Saito
Hisashi Ikeda
Junko Ina
Katsushi Aoki
Kazuhisa Asai
Kiyomi Ōta
Kyoko Tanaka
Masatoshi Kai
SAtoko Hirata
Satoshi Kuroda
Seiki Tamura
Background art supervisor: Shūichi Hirata
Cel Check:
Akiko Satō
Hiroyuki Mori
Kyōko Ōtake
Miharu Sakai
Sanae Murata
Satoko Shiho
Shūko Itō
Cel/Digital Special Effects:
Kumiko Taniguchi
Sachi Suzuki
Toyohiko Sakakibara
CGI Structure Design:
Ai Toda (Studio 4 degress C CG Team)
Aki Inagaki (Cubic Lab)
Akiko Saito (Studio 4 degrees C CG Team)
Bun Sadaka (Hal Co. CG Team)
Fumie Hayashi (Cubic Lab)
Harumitu Okawa (Cubic Lab)
Hiroaki Ando (Studio 4 degress C CG Team)
Kenji Satō (Mad House)
Kentaro Sasaki (Studio 4 degress C CG Team)
Kouichi Yamagishi (Animation Staff Room CG Team)
Machiko Kuga (Hal Co. CG Team)
Masakatsu Kimura (Hal Co. CG Team)
Masashi Kokubo (Ikif CG Team)
Masatoshi Dote (Hal Co. CG Team)
Masatoshi Sakaba (Hal Co. CG Team)
Mayuko Kogane (Satelight CG Team)
Mika Tomura (Animation Staff Room CG Team)
Minoru Fujita (Cubic Lab)
Mitsuhiro Satō (Studio 4 degress C CG Team)
Naruhiro Baba (Ikif CG Team)
Nobuki Kimishima (Hal Co. CG Team)
Noriko Furuya (Mad House)
Ryu Fujisawa (Hal Co. CG Team)
Ryu Takizawa (satelight CG Team)
Saiko Hanaoka (Cubic lab)
Satoshi Takabatake
Satoshi Yamada (Studio 4 degress C CG Team)
Shūichi Hirata
Takaharu Ozaki (Satelight CG Team)
Takahiro Miyata (Satelight CG Team)
Takashi Kudoh (Cubic Lab)
Takashi Watabe
Takeshi Chiba (Mad House)
Takeshi Shiba (Mad House)
Tetsuya Sasaki (Mad House)
Tokumitsu Kifune (Ikif CG Team)
Tomofumi Ishikawa (Mad House)
Tomoko Takahashi (Mad House)
Tomonari Nakajima (Studio 4 degrees C CG Team)
Toru Shinozaki (Mad House)
Yasumitsu Suetake
Yasuyuki Sasaki (Animation Staff Room CG Team)
CGI Supervision: Tsuneo Maeda
Character Color Design: Shūichi Hirata
Character Mechanics: Seiji Handa
Color setting: Osamu Mikasa
Dialog Editing: Fujio Yamada (Techno Sound)
Digital Cel Check:
Eiko Inoue
Kiyomi Yamazaki
Koji Kumasaki
Yoshinori Horikawa
Digital Mastering:
Atsushi Aikawa (Liaison Office)
Noriko Tsushi (Liaison Office)
Digital Optical Recording: Noburo Nishio
Digital Paint:
Cheol Sun Jang (Kyung Kang Ania)
Eun Hee Kim (D.R. Movie)
Eun Kyung Kang (D.R. Movie)
Eun Sil Lee (D.R. Movie)
Eung Taek Lee (DR Movie)
Hyun Kwak (DR Movie)
Hyun Ji An (D.R. Movie)
Hyun Ok Choi (D.R. Movie)
Hyun Suk Kim (D.R. Movie)
Je Hoon Lee (DR Movie)
Jongmin Kim (D.R. Movie)
Kyung Hwa Shin (D.R. Movie)
Kyung Mi Kim (DR Movie)
Mi Ae Na (D.R. Movie)
Moon Gi Kim (D.R. Movie)
Myoung Su Song (DR Movie)
O Jun Kwon (D.R. Movie; DR Movie)
Oh Soon Kang (D.R. Movie)
Ok In Park (Kyung kang Ania)
Ok Ki Lee (DR Movie)
Seong Jik Ko (DR Movie)
Seong Jin Kim (Kyung Kang Ania)
Seong Min Lee (DR Movie)
Su Jung Kim (Kyung Kang Ania)
Tae Jun Kim (Kyung kang Ania; Kyung Kang Ania)
Yong Choi (D.R. Movie)
Yong Kyoung Park (D.R.Movie)
Youn Suk Na (D.R. Movie)
Young Shim Lee (D.R. Movie)
Young Sun Hong (D.R. Movie)
Yun Hee Park (D. R. Movie)
Digital Production Coordination: Yoshimichi Murata
Digital Work:
Kazuhiro Kinoshita
Yuji Ikehata
In-Between Animation:
Aiko Wakatsuki
Akiko Konno
Asuka Hata (Tezuka Production)
Aya Yoshida (Tezuka Production)
Chizu Takanuki (Mushi Production)
Deng Long Zhang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.)
Emi Kaneko (Mushi Production)
Eun Young Kim (DR Movie)
Fumio Yamaguchi (Tezuka Production)
Geum Seop Sin (Kyung Kang Ania)
Hong Wu Zhou (Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.)
Hye Ran Choi (DR Movie)
Hye Sun Yoon (DR Movie)
Hyo Kyung Im (DR Movie)
Hyun Ju Song (DR Movie)
Hyun Mi Cho (DR Movie)
Hyun Sik Jang (DR Movie)
Ichirō Uno
Jae Min Lee (DR Movie)
Jil Kwon Lee (DR Movie)
Jin Young Han (DR Movie)
Joo Yeon Moon (Kyung Kang Ania)
Kazuki Nakamoto (OH! Production)
Kazuyoshi Nagasawa
Keiko Iimori
Kenichi Watanabe
Keun Ae Ko (DR Movie)
Kum Sook Seo (DR Movie)
Kumiko Takayanagi (Tezuka Production)
Kyoko Okabayashi (OH! Production)
Kyu-Hwan An (DR Movie)
Kyung Won Lee (DR Movie)
Li Ming Wang (Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.)
Masao Ōhashi (OH! Production)
Megumi Kawakami (OH! Production)
Mi Ra Park (Kyung Kang Ania)
Mi Sook Kim (DR Movie)
Miyako Imai (Mushi Production)
Motonobu Hori (OH! Production)
Myoung Jin Kim (Tezuka Production)
Myoung Sim Choi (Kyung Kang Ania)
Ryun Suk Heo (Kyung Kang Ania)
Sakiko Watanabe
Se Ra Park (DR Movie)
Se-Kwan Choi (Kyung Kang Ania)
Seon A Kim (Kyung Kang Ania)
Song Sik Woo (DR Movie)
Su Jin Kim (DR Movie)
Su-Jin Hwang (DR Movie)
Suk Hun Lee (DR Movie)
Sun An Jung (Kyung Kang Ania)
Takafumi Hori
Takako Hasegawa (Mushi Production)
Tomiko Takamori (Tezuka Production)
Tomoko Katsube (Mushi Production)
Wataru Nakagawa (Tezuka Production)
Wen Ling Niu (Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.)
Xiao Gang Cheng (Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.)
Yasuyuki Suzuki (Mushi Production)
Ying Han (Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.)
Yong Feng Zhao (Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.)
Yong Mei Tian (Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.)
Yoshiko Okuda
Youn-Hee Jeong (DR Movie)
Young Im Cho (Kyung Kang Ania)
Yui Enomoto
Yuko Yazaki
Yumiko Yoshikawa (Tezuka Production)
Yun Mi Oh (Kyung Kang Ania)
Zhi Chun Yang (Tezuka Production)
Zhi Wen Wan (Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.)
In-Between Animation Production Manager: Jeong-Gyun Jeong (DR Movie)
In-Between Check:
Akiko Ohshima
Jinko Tsuji (OH! Production)
Junji Kobayashi (Tezuka Production)
Kayo Sakazume
Masaki Yoshimura (Tezuka Production)
Misuzu Ichinose (OH! Production)
Myung-Hee Youn (DR Movie)
Sun A Hwang (DR Movie)
Takahito Nakazawa
Takashi Okamura (Tezuka Production)
Youn-Hee Jeong (DR Movie)
Insert Song Performance: My Little Lover
Key Animation:
Akira Watanabe
Atsuya Miura
Ei Inoue
Hiroki Kawazoe
Hiromi Niioka
Hiromitsu Morita
Hiroshi Hamasaki
Hiroshi Oikawa
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroshi Uchida
Hiroshi Wagatsuma
Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Hiroyuki Kasugai
Hiroyuki Okiura
Hitoshi Ueda
Jyuji Mizumura 
Kahoru Hirata
Kaichi Honma
Katsuya Yamada
Kazuhiko Udagawa
Kazuo Komatsubara
Kitarō Kōsaka
Kumiko Kawana
Kunihiko Hamada
Manabu Ōhashi
Masaaki Endō
Masaharu Tada
Masahiro Andō
Masaki Yoshimura
Masami Ozone
Masaru Kitao
Masayoshi Nishida
Mieko Hosoi
Miyuki Katayama
Morifumi Naka
Nobumasa Shinkawa
Norimoto Tokura
Satoshi Iriyoshi 
Seiji Handa
Shigehito Tsuji
Shigeo Akahori
Shinji Hashimoto
Shinsaku Sasaki
Takashi Saijō
Takuo Noda
Tetsurō Karai
Toshio Hirata
Toshiya Niidome
Tsutomu Awada
Yasuhiro Endō
Yasuhiro Nakura
Yasushi Muraki
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Yoshinori Kanada
Yuko Iwasa
Yutaka Minowa
Key Animation Supervisor:
Kunihiko Sakurai
Shigeo Akahori
Shigeru Fujita
Layout:
Hisashi Abe
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Yoshinori Kanemori
Music Conductor: Katsuaki Nakatani
Music producer: Kozue Okada (AMO)
Musicians:
Haruki Mino
Hiroshi Abe
Kiyoshi Sato
Masahiko Osaka
Masahiro Gotō
Norihide Shiota
Rintarō
Shin Kazuhara
Offline Editing: Ineko Suzuki (Imagica)
Online Editor: Kōji Busaka (Imagica)
Paint:
Eun Ha Song (DR Movie)
Eun Kyung Shin (DR Movie)
Eun Suk Jeong (DR Movie)
Geum Hee Hwang (Kyung Kang Ania)
Hae Kyung Lee (DR Movie)
Harue Ono
Hwa Soon Kim (Kyung Kang Ania)
Hye Ryung Park (Kyung Kang Ania)
Hyun Soon Kwon (DR Movie)
In Suk Yoo (Kyung Kang Ania)
Jin Lee (Kyung Kang Ania)
Jung Ah Kim (DR Movie)
Jung Eun Kim (DR Movie)
Jung Eun Lee (DR Movie)
Jung Hee Park (DR Movie)
Kana Nakayama
Ki Jeong Choi (DR Movie)
Kyoung Ae Jung (Kyung Kang Ania)
Masahiro Sakamoto
Mayumi Shoji
Mi Deok Kwak (Kyung Kang Ania)
Mi Ran Kim (DR Movie)
Myoung Hee Park (DR Movie)
Myoung Lim An (DR Movie)
Myoung Youn Ha (DR Movie)
Nam Hee Lee (Kyung Kang Ania)
Nam Ok Jang (Kyung Kang Ania)
Oh Sook Kwon (DR Movie)
Seon Hee Jeon (DR Movie)
Seon Ok Kuk (DR Movie)
Seong Ho Moon (DR Movie)
Su Im Oh (DR Movie)
Sun I Choi (DR Movie)
Sung Nam Park (DR Movie)
Taisuke Yamamoto
Tomoko Yamamoto
Yasuhiko Mikajiri
Young Sin Kim (Kyung Kang Ania)
Yu Mi Chae (DR Movie)
Yuka Suzuki
Yumi Koshikawa
Yun Hee Lee (DR Movie)
Yuriko Kadomoto
Photography:
Atsurō Saitō
Masashi Nagao
Yukihiro Masumoto
Production Control: Tōru Umeoka
Production Coordination:
Jeong-Gyun Jeong (DR Movie)
Masahiro Ōtake
Production manager: Yasuaki Iwase
Production Secretary:
Ayumi Kimura
Nobuko Maruyama
Project Initiation:
Masao Maruyama
Rintarō
Shigeru Watanabe
Recording & Mixing: Masataka Fukuda
Recording Assistant: Yūji Tagami (Aoi Studio)
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Sound Producer: Tomoko Nakashima (Techno Sound)
Sound Recording: Kunio Andō (Aoi Studio)
Technical Support:
Akira Rizawa (Aoi Studio)
Mikio Mori (Continental Far East)
Tsutomu Kawahigashi (Continental Far East)
Theme Song Composition: Joe Primrose ("St. James Infirmary")
Theme Song Performance:
Atsushi Kimura ("St. James Infirmary")
Minako Obata (ED)
Ray Charles ("I Can't Stop Loving You")
Titles: Michitoshi Sugai
Titles Production: Kimihiro Endo (Maki Prod.)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse
CG Effects:
Animation Staff Room
DR Movie
IKIF+
Satelight
Studio 4°C
Conceptual Support:
DStorm
Tezuka Productions
Digital Paint:
DR Movie
Kyung Kang ANIA
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Editing: Nakamizo Editing Room
In-Between Animation:
Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.
DR Movie
Kyung Kang ANIA
Mushi Production
Oh! Production
Tezuka Productions
Key Animation: Oh! Production
Laboratory: Imagica
Mixing: Crescente Studios
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Original Soundtrack: King Records
Photography Support: Studio Cosmos
Prints: Deluxe
Production:
Bandai Visual
Dentsu Inc.
Imagica
Kadokawa Shoten
King Records
Metropolis Production Partners
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
Tezuka Productions
TOHO
Production Support:
Asahi Production
Daikin
DR Movie
Howard Anderson Company
Imagica
Makes
Satelight
Thirdwave Exchange
Zenmai House
Recording:
AVACO Creative Studios
Crescente Studios
Sound Recording Studio: Aoi Studio
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Kevin Seymour
Translation: Shoko Oono
ADR Script:
Marc Handler
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Executive producer: Peter Nelson
Producer:
Haruyo Kanesaku
Yutaka Maseba

Production Coordination: Kei Onishi
Subtitle Timing: Shoko Oono
Brianne Siddall as Ken-ichi
Rebecca Forstadt as Tima

Jamieson K. Price as Duke Red
Michael Reisz as Rock
Simon Prescott as Dr. Laughton
Tony Pope as Shunsaku Ban

Barbara Goodson as Enmy
Barry Stigler as Marduk Party Member #2
Bob Papenbrook as Marduk Party Member #3
Brianne Siddall as Fifi
Dan Woren as Skunk
Dave Mallow as Pero
Dave Wittenberg as
Crowd Member Pointing
Drunk at Bar
Marduk
Doug Erholtz as Atlas's Friend
Doug Stone as Dr. Ponkotsu
Jad Mager as
Marduk Signal Tracer
Torong Bartender
Kirk Baily as
Launch Observation Team
Marduk
Scientist
Kirk Thornton as
Launch Observation Team
Uprising Comrade B
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Public Announcement Voice
Peter Doyle as
Journalist
Marduk
Peter Lurie as Uprising Comrade A
Peter Spellos as
Lyon
Marduk Guard
Marduk Party Member #1
Richard Cansino as Launch Observation Team
Robert Axelrod as Ham and Egg
Robert Machemer as Marduk
Scott Weinger as Atlas
Steve McGowan as President Boone
Steven Jay Blum as
Lamp
Launch Observation Team
Scientist
Tom Wyner as
Decorated General
Robot Storage Police Guard
Zone-1 Patrolman
Tony Oliver as Launch Observation Team
William Frederick Knight as Notarlin
English companies
ADR Production: Animaze
Broadcaster:
Action Channel
Adult Swim
Animax Asia (Taiwan)
AXN Asia (SE Asia)
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
Channel 4 (UK)
Encore Action
Independent Film Channel Canada
Internet Streaming:
Crackle (US; Expired)
Licensed by:
Eureka Entertainment (UK)
Mill Creek Entertainment (2018)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Umbrella Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
Production: Destination Films
Recording Studio: Sony Pictures Studios
Subtitled Version: ZRO Limit Productions
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions
French staff
French cast
(none)
French companies
Broadcaster:
Ciné Cinema Famiz (from February 2009)
Ciné FX (from 2 May 2011)
DVD Distribution: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Supervision: Bárbara Pesquer (Spain dub)
Alan Fernando Velázquez as Kenichi
Geni Rey as Kenichi (Spain dub)
Leyla Rangel as Tima
Núria Trifol as Tima (Spain dub)

Cesar Arias as Dr. Laughton
Emilio Freixas as Dr. Laughton (Spain dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Shunsaku Ban (Spain dub)
Enzo Fortuny as Rock
Jordi Pons as Rock (Spain dub)
Luis Bayardo as Detective Shensaku Ban
Pepe Mediavilla as Duke Red (Spain dub)
Rogelio Guerra as Duke Red

Blas Garcia as Assistant
César Izaguirre as Computer voice
Ernesto Lezama as Minister
Francisco Colmenero as Mr. Notarlin
Herman Lopez as Security Guard
Jaime Vega as Dr. Klunky
Javier Amilibia as Superintendente Notarlin (Spain dub)
Joan Pera as Journalist (Spain dub)
Jordi Ribes as Pero (Spain dub)
Lluis Marco as Dr. Ponkotsu (Spain dub)
Miguel Angel Ghigliazza as President Boone
Oscar Bonfiglio as Bobby
Oscar Flores as Atlas
Romy Mendoza as Enmy
Victor Ugarte as Atlas's friend

Alfonso García Zambrano (Spain dub)
Carlos Vicente (Spain dub)
Domenech Farell (Spain dub)
Javier Amilibia (Spain dub)
Toni Solanes (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Canal MAX (Latin America)
Canal UCR (subtitled)
Cartoon Network L.A.
Cinemax
Cinemax Latin America
ETC...TV (Chile)
HBO Latin America
I-Sat (Latin America)
I.Sat (Latin America)
TNT (Latin America)
Distributor:
LK-TEL (Chile | DVD; Argentina)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Spain)
Sony Pictures Mexico (Mexico)
Internet Streaming: Crackle (Latin America; expired)
Licensed by: Sony Pictures
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Angelo Nicotra

Dialogues: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Dubbing Assistant: Corrado Russo
Dubbing Engineer: Giancarlo Mattacola
Dubbing Supervision: Gualtiero Cannarsi 
Mixing: Andrea Pochini
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia 1
Rai 4
Distributor: Columbia Tristar
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC
German cast
German staff
(none)
Marc Stachel as Kenichi
Sabine Bohlmann as Tima

Ekkehardt Belle as Duke Red
Kai Taschner as Shunsaku Ban
Philipp Brammer as Rock

Manfred Erdmann as President Boon
Marcus Off as Skunk
Nico Macoulis as Atlas
German companies
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Channel One
Dubbing: AB-Video
Russian cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Tagalog cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Polsat
Distributor: Imperial CinePix
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Dubbing Director: Jorge Vasconcelos

Locutor: Jorge Destez
Ana Lúcia Menezes as Tima
Diogo Ferreira as Kenichi
Marcos Souza as Rock
Max Souza as Rock 

André Belizar as Acetylene Lamp
Carlos Marques as Notalin
Dário de Castro as Skunk
Francisco José as Duke Red
Jorge Vasconcelos as Dr Klunk
José Santacruz as Presidende Boone
Júlio Chaves as Shunsaku
Lauro Fabiano as Laughton
Marcus Jardym as Cientista
Míriam Thereza as Enmy
Oziel as Toby 
Oziel Monteiro as Toby
Peterson Adriano as Atlas
Walmir Barbosa as Prefeito Lyon

André Belizar
Carlos Marques
Duda Espinoza
Hamilton Ricardo
Jorge Destez
José Augusto Sendim
Luiz Carlos Persy
Manolo Rey
Marcelo Garcia
Ricardo Juarez
Ricardo Vooght
Ronaldo Júlio
Ronalth Abreu
Sérgio Muniz
Sérgio Stern
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network Brasil
Cinemax Latin America (Subtitled version)
HBO Latin America (subtituled)
TNT Brasil (Brazil)
Toonami
Dubbing Studio: Cinevídeo
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Deltamac Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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