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Venus Wars (movie)

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©1989 Kugatsusha/Gakken Co., Ltd./Shochiku Co., Ltd./Bandai Co., Ltd.


Alternative title:
The Venus Wars
Venus Senki (Japanese)
Война на Венере (Russian)
ヴィーナス戦記 (Japanese)
金星戰記 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: future, military, war
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: War breaks out between 2 nations on a terraformed Venus, catching a teenage motorized unicycle team unaware. At the same time, a reporter from Earth is trying to keep up with the team to document the story.
User Ratings: 359 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (dub:7, sub:6, raw:1)
 Excellent: 34 votes (sub:18, dub:16)
 Very good: 68 votes (sub:39, dub:25, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 106 votes (dub:51, sub:48, edit.dub:3, ?:3, raw:1)
 Decent: 78 votes (sub:41, dub:30, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:3
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:15, dub:10, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:8, dub:7, ?:1)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:5)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 634 users, rank: #1783 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.808 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6145, rank: #4597 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.752 (Good−), rank: #4660 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.79 / seen some: 5.44 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.780 (Good−), rank: #4237 (of 7243)
Running time: 102 minutes
Vintage: 1989
Premiere date:
1989-03-11 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Asu e no Kaze" (明日への風) by George Yanagi
Insert song:
"Shakunetsu no Circuit" (灼熱のサーキット) by Eiko Yamane
"Venus no Kaze" (ヴイナスの風) by Taku Kitahara
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Venus Wars DVD (Oct 19, 2012)
News: Show:
ImaginAsian TV licenses (Oct 26, 2004)
6 Angels (Sep 24, 2000)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Venus Wars (Blu-ray) 2015-12-15 (from $79.99)
    Venus Wars (Blu-ray) 2021-02-23 (from $129.99)
    Venus Wars (Blu-ray) 2021-10-26 (from $17.48)
DVD (Region 0)
    The Venus Wars (DVD) 1998-11-03 (from $8.36)
    The Venus Wars (DVD) 2003-01-28 (from $24.67)
DVD (Region 1)
    Dynamite Dozen - 12-Pack (DVD) 2004-12-21
    Venus Wars (DVD) 2012-09-18 (from $17.95)
LaserDisc
    The Venus Wars [Sub] (LD) 1993-06-30
Universal Media Disc
    The Venus Wars [Dub] [CD-ROM] (UMD) 1996-00-00
VHS
    The Venus Wars (Dub.VHS) 1993-10-20 (from $6.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Unit Director: Koichi Chigira
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Original creator: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director:
Sachiko Kamimura
Toshihiro Kawamoto (Assistant)
Mechanical design:
Kow Yokoyama
Makoto Kobayashi
Sound Director: Kōichi Chiba
Director of Photography: Yoshiyuki Tamagawa
Assistant Animation Director: Morifumi Naka
Assistant Unit Director: Yasunori Urata
Color Coordination: Nobuko Mizuta (MI)
Color Coordination Assistance:
Ryoko Yoshimori
Yumiko Katayama
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Editing Assistant: Hiroshi Adachi
General Producer: Yukio Kurata
In-Between Animation: Kumi Horii
Mechanical animation Director: Hirotoshi Sano
Production Advancement:
Kōichirō Ōhashi
Yukio Muneoka
Production manager: Katsumi Yamaguchi
Special Effects:
Kō Yamamoto
Yasuhiko Komori
Story Advisor: Chiaki Kawamata
Theme Song Performance:
Eiko Yamane (Insert Song)
George Yanagi (ED)
Taku Kitahara (Insert Song)
Katsuhide Uekusa as Hiroki Senō

Eriko Hara as Susan Sommers
Gorō Naya as Gary
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Will Harris
Kaneto Shiozawa as Gen. Gerhard Donner
Shūichi Ikeda as Lt. Geoffrey Kurtz
Yūko Mizutani as Maggie (Margot Nakamoto)
Yūko Sasaki as Miranda Cocker

Daisuke Gouri as Game Announcer
Hiroshi Hashimoto as Police
Hiroyuki Suzuki as Mechaman
Hozumi Ōsaka as Editor
Ikuya Sawaki as Branch Manager
Keiko Yamaoka as Announcer
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Jack
Konami Yoshida as Cathy
Masami Kikuchi as Robert Ishii
Minoru Inaba as Bartender
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Manuel
Naoki Makishima as Kenny
Tatsuyuki Jinnai as Chief
Tesshō Genda as Col. McMurdo Sims
Yousuke Akimoto as Maggie's Father
Yuzuru Fujimoto as General
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Kugatsusha
Triangle Staff
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production
Cooperation: JOHNNY Company
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Photography: T. Nishimura
Publicity: Major, Inc.
Sound Effects: E&M Planning Center
Sound Production: Cruise, Inc.
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
Director: Michael Bakewell
ADR Director: Mike Haimoto (Sentai dub)
Translation:
Neil Nadelman
Sawa Savage (Sentai release)
Toren Smith
ADR Script: Mike Haimoto (Sentai dub)
Executive producer:
John Ledford (Sentai release)
John O'Donnell
Laurence Guinness
Toru Iwakami (Sentai release)
Producer:
Griffin Vance (Sentai release)
John Ledford (Sentai release)
Stephanie Shalofsky

Adaptation: George Roubicek
ADR Engineer: David Lascoe (Sentai dub)
Art Manager: Larry Koteff (Sentai release)
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Joel McCray (Sentai release)
Ryan Anthony (Sentai release)
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai release)
Booklet Layout: Larry Koteff (Sentai release)
Booklet Proofing:
Iman Kibble (Sentai release)
Luke La Padula (Sentai release)
Mariana Valverde (Sentai release)
Booklet Translation:
Ian Fagen (Sentai release)
Jake Jung (Sentai release)
Jennifer Challenger (Sentai release)
Michelle Tymon (Sentai release)
Natalie Jones (Sentai release)
Sawa Savage (Sentai release)
Tomoe Spencer (Sentai release)
Casting: Jill Wilmot
DVD Compression: Justin Sevakis (Discotek release, uncredited)
DVD Coordination: Karel Havle
Mixing: Brent Marshall (Sentai dub)
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai release)
Product Manager: Pooja Amin (Sentai release)
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (Sentai release)
Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai release)
Son Phan Le (Sentai release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (Sentai release)
Bryson Baugus (Sentai release)
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai release)
Iman Kibble (Sentai release)
Luke La Padula (Sentai release)
Mariana Valverde (Sentai release)
Ned Gayle (Sentai release)
Paul Mericle (Sentai release)
Ryan Anthony (Sentai release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Production manager: Son Phan Le (Sentai release)
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (Sentai release)
Studio Management: Joey Goubeaud (Sentai release)
Subtitling: Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Supervising Translator: Jennifer Challenger (Sentai release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai release)
Adam Gibbs as Hiro (Sentai dub)
Ben Fairman as Hiro

Denica Fairman as Susan Sommers
Maggie Flecknoe as Susan (Sentai dub)

Anna Alba as Maggy
Blake Jackson as Kenny (Sentai dub)
Bob Sessions as Gary
Bradley Cole as Will
Christina Kelly as Cathy (Sentai dub)
Christine Auten as Miranda (Sentai dub)
David Matranga as Will (Sentai dub)
David Wald as Donner (Sentai dub)
Jay Hickman as
Adjutant (Sentai dub)
Bartender (Sentai dub)
Jesse Vogel as Superior (uncredited)
Jocelyn Cunningham as Miranda
John Gremillion as Gary (Sentai dub)
John Swasey as
General (Sentai dub)
Maggie's Dad (Sentai dub)
John Jay Fitzgerald as
Barfly (uncredited)
Mechanic (uncredited)
Soldiers (uncredited)
Luci Christian as Maggie (Sentai dub)
Mark Allen Jr. as Rob (Sentai dub)
Mike Haimoto as Tao (Sentai dub)
Peter Marinker as General Gerhard Donner
Peter Whitman as
Anchor (uncredited)
Scorpio (uncredited)
Rob Mungle as Col. Simms (Sentai dub)
Scott Gibbs as Jack (Sentai dub)
Sean Barrett as
Maggie's Father (uncredited)
Sims (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Sean Patrick Judge as Kurtz (Sentai dub)
Stacey Gregg as Cathy
Vincent Marzello as
Barkeep (uncredited)
Mechanic (uncredited)
William Dufris as Kurtz
William Roberts as Sportscaster (uncredited)

Andrew Love (Sentai dub)
Benjamin McLaughlin (Sentai dub)
Blake Jackson (Sentai dub)
Blake Weir (Sentai dub)
Chris Patton (Sentai dub)
Christine Auten (Sentai dub)
Courtland Johnson (Sentai dub)
David Lascoe (Sentai dub)
Jay Hickman (Sentai dub)
Joe Daniels (Sentai dub)
John Gremillion (Sentai dub)
John Swasey (Sentai dub)
Josh Morrison (Sentai dub)
Kyle Colby Jones (Sentai dub)
Mike Haimoto (Sentai dub)
Rob Mungle (Sentai dub)
Scott Gibbs (Sentai dub)
Ty Mahany (Sentai dub)
English companies
Digital Premastering: Crush Digital Video
Distributor:
Image Entertainment (LaserDisc)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Manga Entertainment (Australia, UK)
Section23 Films (North America)
Software Sculptors (CD-ROM)
U.S. Manga Corps
DVD Menu Design: Crush Digital Video
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE
Licensed by:
Central Park Media (expired)
Discotek Media (2012; expired)
Sentai Filmworks (2020)
Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai release)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Pierre Valmy

Adaptation: Pierre Valmy
Thierry Ragueneau as Hiro Seno

Claire Guyot as Susan Somers

Bertrand Arnaud as Kenny
Gaëlle Bonneau as Cathy
Georges Berthomieu as
Barman
Général
Père de Maggy
Jérome Keen as
Jack
Lieutenant Kurtz
Michelle Buczynski as Miranda
Olivier Korol as Tao
Olivier Marina as Journaliste
Patrice Baudrier as Général Gerhard Donner
Patrick Messe as
Colonel
Gary
William Coryn as Will
French companies
Distributor:
Dybex
Manga Video
Dubbing: S.T.A.R.T.
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Alberto Trifol (Catalan dub)
Executive producer: Luis de Val

Screen Inserts:
José Luis Barcelona (Spain dub)
Mercedes Montalá (Spain dub; title)
Juan Antonio Bernal as Hiro (Spain dub)

Aleix Estadella as Jack (Catalan dub)
Alicia Laorden as Susan (Catalan dub)
Aurora García as Maggie (Catalan dub)
Carme Canet as Miranda (Catalan dub)
Eduard Farelo as
Captain Kurtz (Spain dub)
Kurtz (Catalan dub)
José Antequera as Gary (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Luis Posada as Hiro (Catalan dub)
Mercedes Diemand-Hartz as Maggie (Spain dub)
Mercedes Montalá as Suzan Sommers (Spain dub)
Montse Moreno as Miranda (Spain dub)
Oriol Rafel as Will (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Roger Pera as Rob (Catalan dub)
Santi Lorenz as Gehrard (Catalan dub)
Sílvia Gómez as Cathy (Catalan dub)

Alberto Trifol as Maggie's Father (Spain dub)
Angel de Gracia as Rob (Spain dub)
Antoni Forteza as Narrador (Catalan dub)
César Martínez as Kenny (Spain dub)
Enrique Encarnación as General Donner (Spain dub)
Jordi Hurtado as Locutor (Catalan dub)
José Posada as Chris (Catalan dub)
José Félix Pons as Sims (Catalan dub)
José Javier Serrano as Jack (Spain dub)
Josep Maria Mas as Manuel (Catalan dub)
Josep María Zamora as
Coronel (Catalan dub)
General (Spain dub)
Juan Comellas as
Caporal (Catalan dub)
Colonel Sims (Spain dub)
Juan Carlos Gustems as
Bartender (Spain dub)
Cambrer (Catalan dub)
Juan Miguel Díez as Chris (Spain dub)
Mercedes Domingo as Cathy (Spain dub)
Pep Torrents as Pare de la Maggie (Catalan dub)
Ramon Canals as Tao (Spain dub)
Xavier Fernández as Jeff (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Alberto Trifol (Catalan dub)
Alex Meseguer (Catalan dub)
Amadeu Aguado (Catalan dub)
Carles Sales (Catalan dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi (Catalan dub)
Fernando Carreter (Spain dub)
Francisco Alborch (Spain dub)
Ignasi Abadal (Catalan dub)
José Félix Pons (Spain dub)
Miguel Marquillas (Spain dub)
Miryam Guilimany (Spain dub)
Oriol de Balle (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Pedro José Martos (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Movistar Clásicos (Spain)
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming:
Anime Box (Spain)
HIDIVE (Mexico)
Licensed by:
Manga Films (Spain)
Selecta Visión (Spain; 2021)
Sentai Filmworks (Mexico)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Man-Ga
Distributor: Yamato Video
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Luise Charlotte Brings as Susan Sommers

Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as Maggie's Father
Ilya Welter as Cathy
Ulrike Hoetzel as Miranda
Volker Wolf as General Gerhard Donner

German companies
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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