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Super Atragon (OAV)

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©1995 KAITEI GUNKAN SEISAKU IINKAI

Alternative title:
Shin Kaitei Gunkan (Japanese)
The New Submarine Battleship
新海底軍艦 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Moments after an atomic bomb falls over Hiroshima, a secret Japanese submarine sails into battle against its American counterpart, and both are lost to history. Some fifty years later, a special UN task force sent to investigate unusual phenomena in Antarctica is threatened by a mysterious black cylinder.
User Ratings: 69 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Excellent: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Good: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:4)
 Decent: 19 votes (sub:18, dub:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Not really good: 11 votes (dub:6, sub:5)
 Weak: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 116 users, rank: #5020 (of 9864)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.928 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.8906, rank: #7755 (of 10018)
Weighted mean: 5.907 (Decent), rank: #7775 (of 10018) (seen all: 6.01 / seen some: 3.62 / won't finish: 4.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.156 (Decent), rank: #6335 (of 7556)
Running time: 50 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 1995-12-18 to 1996-07-25
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Theme of the Undersea Battleship" by Masamichi Amano
Ending Theme:
"Launch into the Unknown" by Masamichi Amano
Comment:
Remake of the 1963 live-action film Kaitei Gunkan. ADV Films released the OAV as Super Atragon as a nod to Atragon, the title of the original film's U.S. release.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Super Atragon (DVD) 2002-08-20 (from $99.45)
    Super Atragon - Essential Anime Collection (DVD) 2004-10-26 (from $31.49)
LaserDisc
    Super Atragon (LD) 1996-10-01

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Kazuyoshi Katayama (ep 1)
Mitsuo Fukuda (ep 2)
Screenplay: Nobuaki Kishima
Storyboard:
Kazuyoshi Katayama (ep 1)
Mitsuo Fukuda (ep 2)
Toshifumi Takizawa (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Kaoru Suzuki (assistant; eps 1-2)
Kazuyoshi Katayama (ep 1)
Keiichi Sugimoto (eps 1-2)
Takeshi Ashizawa (ep 2)
Music: Masamichi Amano
Original creator: Shunro Oshikawa
Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Art Director:
Akira Furuya
Tōru Koga
Chief Animation Director: Masami Ozone
Mechanical design:
Makoto Kobayashi
Noriaki Tetsura (assistance)
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Yoshiaki Yasuhara
Executive producer:
Hidetoshi Shigematsu
Masamichi Fujiwara
Shigeru Watanabe
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
Producer:
Kazuo Yokoyama
Minoru Takanashi
Yūichi Murata

Animation producer:
Yasuhito Yamaki
Yasuhito Yamamoto 
Art Setting: Masahiro Satō
Chief Mecha Animation Director: Noriaki Tetsura
Design: Jun Matsui (Plus Plan)
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
In-Between Animation:
Atsushi Fujimoto (ep 2)
Hironori Ishii (ep 1)
Hiroshi Haneda (ep 2)
Hiroyasu Mochizuki (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Oka (ep 2)
Izumi Kodama (ep 2)
Kazuhiro Sato (ep 2)
Kazuya Ishizaki (ep 2)
Keizou Ichikawa (ep 1)
Kenji Adachi (ep 2)
Kyōko Satō (ep 2)
Makoto Kawano (ep 2)
Mayumi Hidaka (ep 2)
Mina Kojima (ep 1)
Miyuki Nakajima (ep 2) 
Namiko Hirose (ep 2)
Richard E. Krantz (ep 2)
Sayoko Takada (ep 2)
Sayuri Kobayashi (ep 1)
Setsuya Tanabe (ep 2)
Tatsuya Uetsu (ep 2)
Tomoko Kizuki (ep 2)
Tomoyuki Tajima (ep 2)
Toshimi Nishihata (ep 2)
Yae Yanagihara (ep 2)
Yasuhiro Kawano (ep 2)
Yasuhiro Shiomi (ep 2)
Yoshiko Terada (ep 2)
Yoshinosuke Nakagawa (ep 2)
Yoshitake Iwakami (ep 2)
Yukie Sakō (eps 1-2)
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 2)
In-Between Check:
Hiroyuki Saitō (eps 1-2)
Keizou Ichikawa (ep 2)
Seiji Miyoshi (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Akihiko Yamashita (eps 1-2)
Akio Kawamura (ep 1)
Akio Uchino (ep 1)
Eiji Inoue (ep 1)
Eiji Nakada (ep 2)
Eiji Tanaka (ep 2) 
Emiko Momose (ep 2)
Fuminori Kizaki (ep 1)
Hideki Araki (ep 1)
Hironori Ishii (ep 2)
Hironori Yamamoto (ep 2)
Hiroshi Yoneda (ep 2)
Hirotoshi Takatani (ep 1)
Hiroyoshi Iida (eps 1-2)
Hiroyuki Mori (ep 2)
Hisashi Saito (ep 2)
Kaori Kasuga (ep 2)
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 2)
Kazuhiro Taga (ep 1)
Kazuhisa Okada (ep 2)
Kazuko Kodama (ep 1)
Kazunori Katō (ep 2)
Keiichi Satō (eps 1-2)
Keiko Kuwano (ep 1)
Keiko Tsuchiya (ep 2)
Keisei Noguchi (ep 2)
Keizou Ichikawa (ep 2)
Ken Satō (ep 1)
Ken Ueno (ep 1)
Kengo Kunieda (ep 2)
Kenichi Umemoto (ep 2)
Kohei Yoneyama (ep 2)
Kōichi Arai (ep 1)
Kou Yoshinari (ep 2)
Kumiko Shishido (ep 1)
Kunihiro Abe (ep 1)
Manabu Fukazawa (ep 2)
Manabu Imura (ep 2)
Masafumi Sato (ep 1)
Masahito Yamashita (ep 1)
Masami Gotō (ep 1)
Masao Ōkubo (ep 2)
Masayuki Yagi (ep 2)
Miyako Nishida (ep 2)
Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 2)
Nobutoshi Ogura (ep 1)
Nobuyuki Fukuchi (ep 1)
Noriaki Tetsura
Ryo Komori (ep 2)
Ryūji Shiromae (ep 1)
Satoshi Hirayama (ep 1)
Shinichi Takahashi (ep 2)
Shinji Satō (ep 2)
Shinya Tateyama
Shinya Uchida (eps 1-2)
Shirō Shibata (ep 1)
Shōichi Masuo (ep 1)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (ep 1)
Takashi Sano (ep 2)
Takayuki Gorai (ep 1)
Takuro Shinbo (ep 2)
Tamako Miyanishi (ep 2)
Tōru Yoshida (eps 1-2)
Toshiaki Kanbara (ep 2)
Toshihiro Kawakami (ep 2)
Tsunehisa Saitō (ep 1)
Tsutomu Miyazawa (ep 1)
Tsutomu Murakami (ep 2)
Tsutomu Suzuki (ep 2)
Yasuhiro Hayashi (eps 1-2)
Yoshiharu Fukushima (ep 2)
Yoshihisa Sawato (ep 2)
Yoshimi Hashimoto (eps 1-2)
Yoshinobu Andō (ep 1)
Yoshio Sawazu (ep 1)
Yoshitaka Koyama (ep 2)
Yū Ikeda (ep 2)
Yūji Yanase (ep 1)
Yumiko Horasawa (ep 1)
Planning:
Yasuhito Yamaki
Yasuhito Yamamoto 
Production: Tetsuhisa Yamada
Recording: Yukio Abe
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Junko Iwao as Annette
Kikuko Inoue as Abtu
Tomokazu Seki as Gō Arisaka

Chikao Ōtsuka as Masayoshi Tachibana
Gara Takashima as Shino Arisaka
Hideaki Ono as Chief
Hiroki Takahashi as Ichiro Mikoshiba
Isshin Chiba as Hino
Iwao Takamine as
Elder Tachibana
Island Controller
Kaneto Shiozawa as Mitsugu (young)
Kaori Yuasa as Go (young)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Storner
Kazuya Ichijō as Bogart
Kikuko Inoue as Satomi Arisaka
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Daniel Hamada
Kōji Ochiai as Yoshioka
Kōji Shimizu as Mitsugu Kageyama
Kunihiko Yasui as Announcer
Masato Hijikata as Takano
Rin Mizuhara as Saib
Shinsuke Chikaishi as Kōtarō Nishimura
Takehiro Murozono as Milias
Tetsuro Sagawa as Magane Hyuga
Yasunori Matsumoto as Masashi Hyuga
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Matt Greenfield
Art Director:
Laura Gadbois (Movie)
Lorraine Reyes
Ruby Halipoto (DVD)
Project Translator:
Chris Hutts (ep 2 & movie)
Ichiro Arakaki (ep 1)
Masako Arakawa (ep 2 & movie)
ADR Script: Matt Greenfield
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams (Essential Anime Collection)
Sharon Papa (DVD)
Producer: Matt Greenfield

Additional Translation:
Shoko Oono (DVD)
Additional Voice Direction: Amanda Winn Lee
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Graphics:
Hiroko Fukumori
Mark Nasso (Essential Anime Collection DVD)
DVD Packaging: Hiroko Fukumori
DVD Producer: David Williams
Editing:
Gerald Brewer
Joey Goubeaud
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design:
Andy Orjuela
Kevin Hinnant (Movie)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production Assistant:
Andrew Kent
Carl Wormely
Maki Nagano
Miyuki Kamiya
Recording engineer: Paul Killam
Sound Design: Paul Killam
Subtitle Script:
Chris Hutts
Matt Greenfield
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes
Aaron Krohn as Go Arisaka
Amanda Winn Lee as Annette
Tiffany Grant as Avatar

Aaron Krohn as Masashi Hyuga
Allison Keith as Sabra
Brett Weaver as
Adjutant
Kageyama (Young)
Charles Campbell as Island Controller
Doug Smith as Hino
Jason Lee as Stoner
Jeff Campbell as UN Recruit 1
Jeff Gardner as UN Recruit 2
Kurt Stoll as
Takano
Yoshioka
Laura Chapman as Newswoman
Marcy Rae as Shino Arisaka
Matt Greenfield as
Milias
Tachibana (Young)
Richard Peeples as Doc
Rick Peeples as
Chief
Doc
Rob Mungle as Magane Hyuga
Robert Peeples as Mitsugu Kageyama
Spike Spencer as Mikoshiba
Tiffany Grant as Go (Young)
Todd Greenfield as Daniel
Tristan MacAvery as
Admiral Bogart
Tachibana (Old)

Angel Fisher
Dan Rockwell
Lorraine Reyes
Rick Peeples
Tiffani Harris
English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
Distributor: ADV Films (UK)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Production: Toho International Co., Ltd.
Recording Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Sound Post Production: Digital Frameworks
Soundtrack: ADV Music
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Antonello Governale as Doc
Cinzia Massironi as Avatar
Enrico Maggi as Magane Hyuga
Gianni Mantesi as Mitsugu Kageyama
Mario Scarabelli as Tachibana
Patrizia Mottola as Annette
Simone D'Andrea as Goh Arisaka

Claudio Ridolfo as Milias
Diego Sabre as Mikoshiba
Federico Danti as Stoner
Flavio Arras as Daniel
Irene Scalzo as Saieve
Loredana Alfieri as Satomi
Orlando Mezzabotta as Ammiraglio Bogart
Pino Pirovano as Hino
Tullia Piredda as Shino

Alberto Olivero as Masashi Hyuga
Andrea De Nisco as Capitano
Augusto Di Bono as Capo Spedizione
Luca Bottale as Comandante
Italian companies
(none)

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