Venus Wars (movie)

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

Alternative title:
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: 346 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (dub:7, sub:5, raw:1)
 Excellent: 34 votes (sub:18, dub:16)
 Very good: 62 votes (sub:33, dub:25, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 103 votes (dub:50, sub:46, edit.dub:3, ?:3, raw:1)
 Decent: 74 votes (sub:38, dub:29, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:3
1 French dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:15, dub:11, ?: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 615 users, rank: #1769 (of 8636)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.780 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6282, rank: #4166 (of 8759)
Weighted mean: 6.728 (Good−), rank: #4253 (of 8759) (seen all: 6.76 / seen some: 5.44 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.754 (Good−), rank: #3856 (of 6630)
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)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Venus Wars (Blu-ray) 2015-12-15 (from $87.00)
    Venus Wars (Blu-ray) 2021-02-23 (from $52.99)
    Venus Wars (Blu-ray) 2021-10-26 (from $17.99)
DVD (Region 0)
    The Venus Wars (DVD) 1998-11-03 (from $10.98)
    The Venus Wars (DVD) 2003-01-28 (from $64.69)
DVD (Region 1)
    Venus Wars (DVD) 2012-09-18 (from $17.95)
LaserDisc
    The Venus Wars [Sub] (LD) 1993-06-30
VHS
    The Venus Wars (Dub.VHS) 1993-10-20 (from $8.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Screenplay:
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Yuichi Sasamoto
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: Koichi Chiba
Director of Photography: Yoshiyuki Tamagawa
Executive producer:
Akira Yoshioka
Hiroshi Furuoka
Makoto Yamashina
Toru Okuyama
Producer:
Tsuneyuki Morishima
Yasuo Kaneko

Assistant Animation Director: Morifumi Naka
Assistant Unit Director: Yasunori Urata
Background Art:
Hisayoshi Takahashi
Makoto Shiraishi
Nobuhiro Otsuka
Sadahiko Tanaka
Tadashi Katayama
Color Coordination: Nobuko Mizuta (MI)
Color Coordination Assistance:
Ryoko Yoshimori
Yumiko Katayama
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Editing Assistant: Hiroshi Adachi
Finish Check:
Yukiko Matsushita
Yukiko Nagahama
General Producer: Yukio Kurata
In-Between Animation: Kumi Horii
In-Between Check:
Fumie Muroi
Kumiko Tanihira
Miho Tomioka
Rie Kondo
Wataru Abe
Yoshiaki Matsuo
Key Animation:
Hideki Araki
Hideki Futamura
Hideko Yamauchi
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroshi Watanabe
Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Hiroyoshi Ohkawa
Hiroyuki Ochi
Hiroyuki Okiura
Hitoshi Ueda
Kenichi Ohnuki
Kōichi Hashimoto
Koichi Horikawa
Manabu Ōhashi
Masahito Yamashita
Masami Ohta
Masami Ozone
Sachiko Sugino
Satoru Utsunomiya
Satoshi Saga
Shigenori Kageyama
Shigeru Kato
Shigetaka Kiyoyama
Shin Matsuo
Shinichiro Minami
Shinji Hashimoto
Taiga Ôta
Takahiko Shobu
Takahiro Ōmori
Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Toshio Kawaguchi
Toshiyuki Inoue (under the pen name 上井敏之)
Toshiyuki Tsuru
Toyoaki Emura
Tsukasa Dokite
Yoshikazu Takenouchi
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Mechanical animation Director: Hirotoshi Sano
Photography:
Akemi Maki
Hidetoshi Watanabe
Isao Takahashi
Koji Yamakoshi
Makoto Ito
Masahide Okino
Masakazu Roku
Masaki Kubomura
Masao Onuki
Mitsunobu Yoshida
Naoto Fujikura
Ritsuko Sato
Satoshi Saito
Shigenori Baba
Shoichi Komuro
Tomoyoshi Ishizuka
Yuichi Katsumata
Planning:
Keiichi Koyama
Kenichiro Imai
Production Advancement:
Kōichirō Ōhashi
Yukio Muneoka
Production Committee:
Hirohiko Sueyoshi
Ken Matsumoto
Masaya Tokuyama
Seiichiro Mitsumata (Gakken)
Shin Unozawa
Production manager: Katsumi Yamaguchi
Sound Effects:
Hironori Ono
Kazutoshi Satō
Tsuneo Saito
Special Effects:
Kou Yamamoto
Yasuhiko Komori
Theme Song Performance:
Eiko Yamane (Insert Song)
George Yanagi (ED)
Taku Kitahara (Insert Song)
Katsuhida Uekusa as Hiro

Eriko Hara as Susan

Daisuke Gouri as Game Announcer
Gorō Naya as Gary
Hidemi Osaka as Desk
Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Tao
Houchu Ohtsuka as Will
Ikuya Sawaki as Branch Manager
Kaneto Shiozawa as Donner
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Jack
Kōichi Yamadera as Jeff
Konami Yoshida as Cathy
Masami Kikuchi as Rob
Minoru Inaba as Bartender
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Manuel
Naoki Makishima as Kenny
Shūichi Ikeda as Kurtz
Tatsuyuki Jinnai as Chief
Tesshō Genda as Sims
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Chris
Yousuke Akimoto as Maggie's Father
Yuko Mizutani as Maggie
Yuko Sasaki as Miranda
Yuzuru Fujimoto as General
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Kugatsusha
Triangle Staff
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production
Cooperation: JOHNNY Company
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finishing/Clean-up:
Anime World Osaka
Aubec
Just
Kino Production
Kyoto Animation
Lifework
Madhouse
MI
Office Next-One
OM
Studio Kuma
Studio Tomcat
Trace Studio M
Trans Arts Co.
Yuuminsha
In-Between Animation:
Doga Kobo
Group Donguri
Studio Takuranke
Key Animation:
AD Cosmo
Animaruya
Anime Roman
Anime Spot
Araki Productions
Big Bang
Daume
Dax International
Dragon Production
Kino Production
Kyoto Animation
Magic Bus
Monsieur Onion
Nakamura Production
Office Next-One
Oh! Production
Production I.G
Studio Argo
Studio ArgoShip
Studio Boomerang
Studio Egg
Studio Hack
Studio Jam
Studio Kuma
Studio Live
Studio Max
Studio Rod
Studio Ten
Studio Wombat
Tamazawa Dogasha
Twenty First
Photography: T. Nishimura
Production:
Bandai Visual
Gakken
Shochiku
Publicity: Major, Inc.
Recording Studio:
Aoi Studio
AVACO Creative Studios
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)
Re-Recording Engineer:
Clive Mitchison
Richard King
Trevor Barber
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)
Michael Morris as Rob
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
Broadcaster:
iaTV
Sci-Fi Channel
Teletoon
Digital Premastering: Crush Digital Video
Distributor:
Image Entertainment (LaserDisc)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Manga Entertainment (Australia, UK)
Section23 Films (North America)
U.S. Manga Corps
Dubbing: Manga Entertainment
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
Stéphane Godin as Ron
Véronique Soufflet as Maggy
William Coryn as Will
French companies
Distributor:
Dybex
Manga Video
Dubbing: S.T.A.R.T.
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val

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

Eduard Farelo as Captain Kurtz (Spain dub)
José Antequera as Gary (Spain 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 (Spain dub)

Alberto Trifol as Maggie's Father (Spain dub)
Angel de Gracia as Rob (Spain dub)
César Martínez as Kenny (Spain dub)
Enrique Encarnación as General Donner (Spain dub)
José Javier Serrano as Jack (Spain dub)
Josep María Zamora as General (Spain dub)
Juan Comellas as Colonel Sims (Spain dub)
Juan Carlos Gustems as Bartender (Spain dub)
Juan Miguel Díez as Chris (Spain dub)
Mercedes Domingo as Cathy (Spain dub)
Ramon Canals as Tao (Spain dub)
Xavier Fernández as Jeff (Spain dub)

Fernando Carreter (Spain dub)
Francisco Alborch (Spain dub)
José Félix Pons (Spain dub)
Miguel Marquillas (Spain dub)
Miriam Guilimany (Spain dub)
Oriol de Balle (Spain dub)
Pedro José Martos (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming: 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
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime 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
Stephan Schleberger as Will
Ulrike Hoetzel as Miranda
Volker Wolf as General Gerhard Donner

Axel Ludwig
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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