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{{Infobox Series | {{Infobox Series | ||
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|dt =''Submersion of Japan: Television Series'' (1974-75) | |dt =''Submersion of Japan: Television Series'' (1974-75) | ||
|name =''Submersion of Japan: Television Series'' | |name =''Submersion of Japan: Television Series'' | ||
|producer =Susumu Saito | |producer =Susumu Saito, Hitoshi Ogura,<br>Yoji Hashimoto, Takao Yasuda | ||
| | |produced =[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]], TBS | ||
|genre =Drama | |genre =Drama, disaster, [[tokusatsu|special effects]] | ||
|aired =October 6, [[1974]] - March 30, [[1975]] | |aired =October 6, [[1974]] - March 30, [[1975]] | ||
|channel =TBS | |channel =TBS | ||
|episodes =26 | |episodes =26 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Submersion of Japan: Television Series''''' {{Nihongo|日本沈没 | '''''Submersion of Japan''''' {{Nihongo|日本沈没|Nippon Chinbotsu}}, later released to home video as '''''Submersion of Japan: Television Series''''' {{Nihongo|日本沈没 TELEVISION SERIES|Nippon Chinbotsu: Terebijon Shirīzu}}, is a [[Japan]]ese [[tokusatsu]] drama [[:Category:Television Series|series]] co-produced by [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] and TBS that aired from October 6, [[1974]] to March 30, [[1975]]. Adapted from [[Sakyo Komatsu]]'s 1973 novel ''[[Japan Sinks]]'', it was filmed at the same time as the 1973 Toho Eizo-produced film ''[[Submersion of Japan]]''. Following the conclusion of the series' broadcast, a 90-minute TV movie compiled from various episodes was aired on December 31, 1975. | ||
{{TOC}} | {{TOC}} | ||
==Plot== | |||
{{Plot Missing}} | |||
To be added. | |||
==Episodes== | |||
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:auto%; text-align:center;" | |||
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! {{tt|No.|Number}} !! Title !! Directed by !! Written by !! Director of<br>special effects !! data-sort-type=Date| Air date | |||
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| 1 || "The Raging Sea" || [[Jun Fukuda]] ||rowspan=4| Yuichiro Yamane ||rowspan=3| [[Yoshio Tabuchi]] || 10/06/[[1974]] | |||
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| 2 || "Undersea Torrent" ||rowspan=2| Kiyoshi Nishimura || 10/13/1974 | |||
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| 3 || "White Fissure" || 10/20/1974 | |||
|- | |||
| 4 || "When the Sea Turns Violent" ||rowspan=2| Takashi Nagano ||rowspan=2| [[Koichi Kawakita]] || 10/27/1974 | |||
|- | |||
| 5 || "The Island Is Sinking" ||rowspan=2| Shukei Nagasaka || 11/03/1974 | |||
|- | |||
| 6 || "The Earth Wails in Sorrow" ||rowspan=2| Kiyoshi Nishimura ||rowspan=2| Yoshio Tabuchi || 11/10/1974 | |||
|- | |||
| 7 || "A Black Tornado, the Fang of the Sky" ||rowspan=2| Yuichiro Yamane || 11/17/1974 | |||
|- | |||
| 8 || "The Furious Stream" ||rowspan=2| Eizo Yamagiwa ||rowspan=2| [[Koichi Takano]] || 11/24/1974 | |||
|- | |||
| 9 || "Mystery of the Undersea Cave" || Toshiro Ishido || 12/01/1974 | |||
|- | |||
| 10 || "The Aso Firefall" ||rowspan=2| Minoru Kanaya || Shukei Nagasaka || Koichi Kawakita || 12/08/1974 | |||
|- | |||
| 11 || "An Aurora Over Kyoto!!" ||rowspan=3| Yuichiro Yamane ||rowspan=3| Koichi Takano || 12/15/1974 | |||
|- | |||
| 12 || "Kyoto Is in Danger" ||rowspan=2| Tadashi Mafune || 12/22/1974 | |||
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| 13 || "Kyoto Crumbles" || 12/29/1974 | |||
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| 14 || "Tomorrow's Love" ||rowspan=2| Takashi Nagano ||rowspan=2| Shukei Nagasaka ||rowspan=2| Koichi Kawakita || 01/05/[[1975]] | |||
|- | |||
| 15 || "The Oil Platform Explodes" || 01/12/1975 | |||
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| 16 || "Kagoshima Bay SOS!" ||rowspan=2| Eizo Yamagiwa ||rowspan=3| Yuichiro Yamane ||rowspan=3| Koichi Takano || 01/19/1975 | |||
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| 17 || "Amakusa Vanished!" || 01/26/1975 | |||
|- | |||
| 18 || "Crisis Approaches Ogouchi Dam" || Kiyoshi Nishimura || 02/02/1975 | |||
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| 19 || "Farewell, Hakodate" ||rowspan=2| Minoru Kanaya ||rowspan=3| Shukei Nagasaka ||rowspan=2| Koichi Kawakita || 02/09/1975 | |||
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| 20 || "Hokkaido Sinks" || 02/16/1975 | |||
|- | |||
| 21 || "Flame Spreads Through Izu Oshima" ||rowspan=2| Takashi Nagano ||rowspan=6| Koichi Takano || 02/23/1975 | |||
|- | |||
| 22 || "The Japanese Islands Break Apart" ||rowspan=5| Yuichiro Yamane || 03/02/1975 | |||
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| 23 || "Kamakura Disappeared Into the Sea" || rowspan="2"| Minoru Kanaya || 03/09/1975 | |||
|- | |||
| 24 || "Get Out, People of Tokyo" || 03/16/1975 | |||
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| 25 || "Ah! Tokyo Is Sinking" ||rowspan=2| Jun Fukuda || 03/23/1975 | |||
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| 26 || "Tokyo's Final Day" || 03/30/1975 | |||
|} | |||
==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||
{{Staffs | {{Staffs | ||
|Directed by | |Planned by|[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] | ||
|Written by | |Directed by|[[Jun Fukuda]], Kiyoshi Nishimura, Takashi Nagano, Eizo Yamagiwa, Tadashi Mafune | ||
|Produced by | |Written by|Yuichiro Yamane, Shukei Nagasaka, Toshiro Ishido | ||
|Music by | |Based on the novel ''[[Japan Sinks]]'' by|[[Sakyo Komatsu]] | ||
|Produced by|Susumu Saito, Hitoshi Ogura, Yoji Hashimoto, Takao Yasuda | |||
|Music by|Kenjiro Hirose | |||
*Theme song "Love of Tomorrow" and insert song "Little Bird" | |||
|*Performed by|Hiroshi Itsuki | |||
|*Lyrics by|Yoko Yamaguchi | |||
|*Composed by|Kyohei Tsutsumi | |||
|*Arranged by|Bob Sakuma | |||
|Cinematography by|Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Shoji Utsumi, Senkichi Nagai | |||
|Edited by|Shosuke Funazawa | |||
|Production design by|Masayasu Ito, Shoichi Sasagawa | |||
|First assistant directors|Taku Shinjo, Toshio Sanagawa, Tetsutaro Hagiwara | |||
|Directors of special effects|[[Yoshio Tabuchi]], [[Koichi Kawakita]], [[Koichi Takano]]; <!-- | |||
-->[[Teruyoshi Nakano]] (stock footage){{#tag:ref|According to the 1996 book ''[[Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film|Age of the Gods]]'', written and self-published by Guy Mariner Tucker (p. 221), [[Teruyoshi Nakano]] was ceremoniously credited as the series' director of special effects.<ref name="AotG">{{cite book|title=[[Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film]]|date=1996|author=Tucker, Guy Mariner|publisher=Feral House|page=221}}</ref> However, this is demonstrably false, as Nakano's name never appeared in the series' credits. All of the episodes' special effects were directed either by [[Yoshio Tabuchi]], [[Koichi Kawakita]], or [[Koichi Takano]], occasionally intercut with stock effects footage directed by Nakano.|group="lower-alpha"}} | |||
|First assistant directors of special effects|[[Eiichi Asada]], [[Shinichi Kamisawa]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Cast== | |||
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{{Cast | |||
|Keiju Kobayashi|Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro | |||
|Takenori Murano|Toshio Onodera | |||
|Kaoru Yumi|Reiko Abe | |||
|Mari Christine|Maria Bailey | |||
|Tomoko Ogawa|Maya Ariyoshi | |||
|Tomoyuki Hosokawa|Assistant Professor Nobuhiko Yukinaga | |||
|Toshio Kurosawa|Secretary Nakata | |||
*Isao Hashimoto | |||
|Noboru Nakaya|Hideo Yoshimura | |||
|Kunie Tanaka|Tatsuno, reporter | |||
*Takamaru Sasaki | |||
|[[Kenji Sahara]]|Nozue, technician | |||
|Kei Yamamoto|Assistant Professor Kunie | |||
|So Yamamura|Prime Minister Matsugawa | |||
|Ganjiro Nakamura II|old man on ferry | |||
|Yasuko Agawa|Atsuko, old man's apprentice (as Tomoe Mari) | |||
|Keisuke Otori, Utako Kyo|Mr. and Mrs. Akimoto, apartment managers | |||
|Ayako Sawada|Haruko Onodera, Toshio's sister | |||
|Nobuto Okamoto|Shuji Onodera, Haruko's husband | |||
|Kenji Kobana|Kenichi Onodera, Haruko and Shuji's son | |||
|Yatsuko Tanami|Kayo Onodera, Toshio's mother | |||
|Asao Uchida|Shintaro Abe, Reiko's father | |||
|Komachi Oi|Nobuko Yamakawa, nurse at Kinoshita Hospital | |||
|Toshiaki Shinbori, Michihiro Ikemizu, Osamu Ichikawa, Isao Sakuma|newscasters | |||
*Mariko Mochizuki | |||
*Masami Shimojo | |||
|Munemaru Koda, Hajime Izu, Tatsuo Matsushita|professors | |||
*Kazuko Imai | |||
|Katsuhiko Sasaki|Tsuchiya | |||
|Yoshio Katsube|technician | |||
|Setsuko Sekine|Jun | |||
|Toshie Shojo, Reiji Shojo|Hiro and Takeshi, comedy duo | |||
*Kunio Murai | |||
*Tetsuro Tsuno | |||
*Tsunehiro Arai | |||
|Mika Katsura|nurse | |||
|Michio Kida|islander | |||
|Kazuya Oguri|Senzo Onodera | |||
|Takao Zushi|Kazuhiko Sasaki | |||
*Hiroya Morita | |||
|Kan Yanagiya|Gensan | |||
|Baku Owada|Haruo Tokumitsu | |||
|Isao Tamagawa|Tazaemon Tokumitsu | |||
|Ken Mitsuda|Yoshio Onishi | |||
|Masaaki Daimon|Kenji Okita | |||
|Harumi Arai|Reiko Kitagawa | |||
|Toshio Takahara|Reiko Kitagawa's father | |||
|Masahiko Kameya|Norihiko Aoki | |||
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|Eishin Tono|Hidaka | |||
*Junko Natsu | |||
|Jun Negami|Kozo Kimura | |||
|Tony Cetera|Professor Douglas | |||
*Hiroshi Itsuki | |||
*Takanobu Hozumi | |||
|Hiroshi Yagyu|assistant foreman | |||
*Mie Hama | |||
|Shinichi Yanagisawa|Yasaku Kawauchi | |||
*Katsutoshi Atarashi | |||
|[[Franz Gruber]]|Robert Caster | |||
*Miyako Tasaka | |||
|Takashi Kanda|Ushiyama | |||
|Kikuo Hayashiya|Kazuo Sakamoto | |||
|Sumio Takatsu|Koichi Ariyoshi | |||
|Toyoko Takechi|Haru Sakamoto | |||
|Atomu Shimojo|Saburo Nagai | |||
|Aki Mizusawa|Naoko Nihonmatsu | |||
|Yu Fujiki|Yasugoro Nihonmatsu | |||
|Tomoko Ishii|Yasugoro's wife | |||
*Noriko Sengoku | |||
|Pepe Hozumi|Genta Inoue | |||
*Midori Takei | |||
|Hideaki Kohara|Goro | |||
|Kazuhiro Fukuzaki|Kazuo | |||
|Takayoshi Nabeya|Shigeru | |||
*Sakura Kamo | |||
*Kojiro Kusanagi | |||
|Kazuki Emura|Sasuke | |||
|Keiji Sakakida|Iku's father | |||
|Yoshio Yoshida|Kamon Shimamoto | |||
|Michiyo Yamazoe|Taeko Shimamoto | |||
|Toyoto Fukuda|Kenichiro Ozaki | |||
*Ichiro Ogura | |||
*Noriko Kitazawa | |||
*[[Yoshio Tsuchiya]] | |||
*Hiroyuki Takano | |||
*Ako (as Ako Nakamura) | |||
*Kunihisa Mizutani | |||
*Kazuo Suzuki | |||
*Kenji Todoroki | |||
|Taibun Tozawa|Self-Defense Force soldier | |||
|Paula Ozawa|Emmy | |||
|Hatsuko Wakahara|Okayama | |||
|Ban Kojika|Ginji Matsumoto | |||
*Machiko Soga | |||
|Taketoshi Saito|narrator | |||
|[[Shin Kishida]]|narrator (trailer, uncredited) | |||
}} | |||
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==Video releases== | |||
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'''Amuse Soft''' LaserDisc (1996) [LD-BOX D-1] | |||
*'''Discs:''' 7 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released October 25, 1996. Includes episodes 1-14. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' LaserDisc (1997) [LD-BOX D-2] | |||
*'''Discs:''' 6 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released February 21, 1997. Includes episodes 15-26. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2001) [M-1.0] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Special features:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released April 27, 2001. Includes episodes 1-3. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2001) [M-2.0] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Special features:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released April 27, 2001. Includes episodes 4-6. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2001) [M-3.0] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Special features:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released April 27, 2001. Includes episodes 7-9. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2001) [M-4.0] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Special features:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released May 25, 2001. Includes episodes 10-12. | |||
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'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2001) [M-5.0] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Special features:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released May 25, 2001. Includes episodes 13-15. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2001) [M-6.0] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Special features:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released May 25, 2001. Includes episodes 16-18. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2001) [M-7.0] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Special features:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released June 22, 2001. Includes episodes 19-21. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2001) [M-8.0] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Special features:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released June 22, 2001. Includes episodes 22-24. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2001) [M-9.0] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 1 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released June 22, 2001. Includes episodes 25-26. | |||
'''Amuse Soft''' DVD (2006) [Premium Hazard BOX] | |||
*'''Region:''' 2 | |||
*'''Discs:''' 9 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Released July 7, 2006. | |||
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==Notes== | |||
{{Notelist|lower-alpha}} | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{Kaiju Shows}} | {{Kaiju Shows}} | ||
{{Comments}} | |||
{{Era|TOH|SHO|TV}} | {{Era|TOH|SHO|TV}} |
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Submersion of Japan (日本沈没, later released to home video as Submersion of Japan: Television Series Nippon Chinbotsu) (日本沈没 TELEVISION SERIES, is a Nippon Chinbotsu: Terebijon Shirīzu)Japanese tokusatsu drama series co-produced by Toho Eizo and TBS that aired from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975. Adapted from Sakyo Komatsu's 1973 novel Japan Sinks, it was filmed at the same time as the 1973 Toho Eizo-produced film Submersion of Japan. Following the conclusion of the series' broadcast, a 90-minute TV movie compiled from various episodes was aired on December 31, 1975.
Plot
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To be added.
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Director of special effects |
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1 | "The Raging Sea" | Jun Fukuda | Yuichiro Yamane | Yoshio Tabuchi | 10/06/1974 |
2 | "Undersea Torrent" | Kiyoshi Nishimura | 10/13/1974 | ||
3 | "White Fissure" | 10/20/1974 | |||
4 | "When the Sea Turns Violent" | Takashi Nagano | Koichi Kawakita | 10/27/1974 | |
5 | "The Island Is Sinking" | Shukei Nagasaka | 11/03/1974 | ||
6 | "The Earth Wails in Sorrow" | Kiyoshi Nishimura | Yoshio Tabuchi | 11/10/1974 | |
7 | "A Black Tornado, the Fang of the Sky" | Yuichiro Yamane | 11/17/1974 | ||
8 | "The Furious Stream" | Eizo Yamagiwa | Koichi Takano | 11/24/1974 | |
9 | "Mystery of the Undersea Cave" | Toshiro Ishido | 12/01/1974 | ||
10 | "The Aso Firefall" | Minoru Kanaya | Shukei Nagasaka | Koichi Kawakita | 12/08/1974 |
11 | "An Aurora Over Kyoto!!" | Yuichiro Yamane | Koichi Takano | 12/15/1974 | |
12 | "Kyoto Is in Danger" | Tadashi Mafune | 12/22/1974 | ||
13 | "Kyoto Crumbles" | 12/29/1974 | |||
14 | "Tomorrow's Love" | Takashi Nagano | Shukei Nagasaka | Koichi Kawakita | 01/05/1975 |
15 | "The Oil Platform Explodes" | 01/12/1975 | |||
16 | "Kagoshima Bay SOS!" | Eizo Yamagiwa | Yuichiro Yamane | Koichi Takano | 01/19/1975 |
17 | "Amakusa Vanished!" | 01/26/1975 | |||
18 | "Crisis Approaches Ogouchi Dam" | Kiyoshi Nishimura | 02/02/1975 | ||
19 | "Farewell, Hakodate" | Minoru Kanaya | Shukei Nagasaka | Koichi Kawakita | 02/09/1975 |
20 | "Hokkaido Sinks" | 02/16/1975 | |||
21 | "Flame Spreads Through Izu Oshima" | Takashi Nagano | Koichi Takano | 02/23/1975 | |
22 | "The Japanese Islands Break Apart" | Yuichiro Yamane | 03/02/1975 | ||
23 | "Kamakura Disappeared Into the Sea" | Minoru Kanaya | 03/09/1975 | ||
24 | "Get Out, People of Tokyo" | 03/16/1975 | |||
25 | "Ah! Tokyo Is Sinking" | Jun Fukuda | 03/23/1975 | ||
26 | "Tokyo's Final Day" | 03/30/1975 |
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Planned by Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Directed by Jun Fukuda, Kiyoshi Nishimura, Takashi Nagano, Eizo Yamagiwa, Tadashi Mafune
- Written by Yuichiro Yamane, Shukei Nagasaka, Toshiro Ishido
- Based on the novel Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu
- Produced by Susumu Saito, Hitoshi Ogura, Yoji Hashimoto, Takao Yasuda
- Music by Kenjiro Hirose
- Theme song "Love of Tomorrow" and insert song "Little Bird"
- Performed by Hiroshi Itsuki
- Lyrics by Yoko Yamaguchi
- Composed by Kyohei Tsutsumi
- Arranged by Bob Sakuma
- Cinematography by Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Shoji Utsumi, Senkichi Nagai
- Edited by Shosuke Funazawa
- Production design by Masayasu Ito, Shoichi Sasagawa
- First assistant directors Taku Shinjo, Toshio Sanagawa, Tetsutaro Hagiwara
- Directors of special effects Yoshio Tabuchi, Koichi Kawakita, Koichi Takano; Teruyoshi Nakano (stock footage)[a]
- First assistant directors of special effects Eiichi Asada, Shinichi Kamisawa
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
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Video releases
Amuse Soft LaserDisc (1996) [LD-BOX D-1]
Amuse Soft LaserDisc (1997) [LD-BOX D-2]
Amuse Soft DVD (2001) [M-1.0]
Amuse Soft DVD (2001) [M-2.0]
Amuse Soft DVD (2001) [M-3.0]
Amuse Soft DVD (2001) [M-4.0]
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Amuse Soft DVD (2001) [M-5.0]
Amuse Soft DVD (2001) [M-6.0]
Amuse Soft DVD (2001) [M-7.0]
Amuse Soft DVD (2001) [M-8.0]
Amuse Soft DVD (2001) [M-9.0]
Amuse Soft DVD (2006) [Premium Hazard BOX]
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Notes
- ↑ According to the 1996 book Age of the Gods, written and self-published by Guy Mariner Tucker (p. 221), Teruyoshi Nakano was ceremoniously credited as the series' director of special effects.[1] However, this is demonstrably false, as Nakano's name never appeared in the series' credits. All of the episodes' special effects were directed either by Yoshio Tabuchi, Koichi Kawakita, or Koichi Takano, occasionally intercut with stock effects footage directed by Nakano.
References
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