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Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday (movie)

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Alternative title:
Tetsujin 28-go: Hakuchū no Zangetsu (Japanese)
鉄人２８号 白昼の残月 (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, super robot
Plot Summary: Shoutarou Kaneda finds out that he has an older brother who can also control the Tetsujin 28. Also named Shoutarou, the young man is a surviving soldier of a forgotten squad that has finally returned to his homeland after ten years of isolation not knowing that the war had long ended. Parallel to this discovery, a new kind of bomb is located under Tokyo. Created by the late professor Kaneda, the Ruin Bomb has the power to destroy artificial buildings in a large area while keeping living beings (with the exception of plants) unharmed. It is up to young Shoutarou to find out what is the professor's true legacy.
Running time: 95 minutes
Vintage: 2007-03-31
Premiere date:
2007-03-31 (Japan)
Opening Theme:
"Susume Shotaro" (進め正太郎; Go Shotaro) by Roppongi Men's Choir
Ending Theme:
"Tetsujin 28-go" (鉄人28号) by Roppongi Men's Choir
Insert song:
"Akai Lamp no Shuressha" (赤いランプの終列車) by Hachiro Kasuga
"Otomi-san" (お富さん) by Hachiro Kasuga
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2019-01-29 (from $45.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yasuhiro Imagawa
Screenplay: Yasuhiro Imagawa
Storyboard: Yasuhiro Imagawa
Unit Director: Yoriyasu Kogawa
Music: Akira Ifukube
Original creator: Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Character Design:
Shingo Ishikawa
Takashi Nakamura
Art Director:
Hiroki Matsumoto
Kunihiko Sakurai
Animation Director:
Kunihiko Sakurai
Shingo Ishikawa
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Eiji Tsuchida

Color design: Satoko Kikuchi
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Insert Song Arrangement: Yoshi Eguchi ("Akai Lamp no Shuressha")
Insert Song Composition:
Masanobu Tokuchi ("Otomi-san")
Yoshi Eguchi ("Akai Lamp no Shuressha")
Insert Song Lyrics:
Tadashi Yamazaki (山崎 正; "Otomi-san")
Yoshiro Okura ("Akai Lamp no Shuressha")
Insert Song Performance: Hachiro Kasuga
Planning:
Tarō Maki
Toshimichi Ōtsuki
Theme Song Arrangement: Akira Senju
Theme Song Composition:
Nobuyoshi Koshibe (OP)
Toriro Miki (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Akira Itō (OP)
Toriro Miki (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Roppongi Men's Choir
Fumihiro Awano as Shōtarō
Motoko Kumai as Shōtarō Kaneda

Minoru Inaba as Chief Ōtsuka
Norio Wakamoto as Ryūsaku Murasame
Rie Ishizuka as Ahiru Takamizawa
Shigeru Ushiyama as Professor Shikishima
Yūji Mikimoto as Kenji Murasame

Hiroko Suzuki as Tsukie Kayano
Katsumi Suzuki as Secretary
Masaaki Yajima as Narration
Mugihito as Professor Yamagishi
Ryūji Nakagi as Inspector Teramachi
Tadashi Nakamura as Dr. Bigfire
Takkō Ishimori as Chief Cabinet Secretary
Tomokazu Seki as Detective Seki
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