Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman
| Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman | |
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| 未来警察ウラシマン | |
| Created by | Hirohisa Soda |
| Written by | Hirohisa Soda |
| Directed by | Kōichi Mashimo (chief) |
| Music by | Shinsuke Kazato |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kenji Yoshida |
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| Original release | |
| Network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| Release | January 9 – December 24, 1983[1] |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Hirohisa Soda |
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| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Original run | 1982 – 1983 |
| Volumes | 4 |
Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (未来警察ウラシマン; "Future Policeman Urashiman") is an anime television series created by Hiroshisa Soda and produced by Tatsunoko Production that ran from January 9 to December 24, 1983, on Fuji Television and its affiliates. It was later released in Germany and Sweden as Rock 'n Cop, in Finland as Rocki-kyttä (Rocki-Cop), in France as Super Durand (roughly, "Super Jones" or "Super Smith"), and in Italy as Ryo, un ragazzo contro un impero ("Ryo, a boy against an empire"). A manga adaptation by Soda, illustrated by Noboru Akashi and Haruka Inui and published by Akita Shoten in Weekly Shonen Champion.
Saban Entertainment dubbed it under the title Rock 'n Cop, but this dub was never released in the United States.[2] The Saban version was however used as the base for the Latin American, German, Italian, Swedish and Finnish versions. A film version was in the works but also abandoned.[3] The anime is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Plot
The story tells of a young man and his cat who are being pursued by the police during a particularly stormy night in a city in 1983. The man drives his car into the middle of a cyclone and is caught in a spacetime anomaly. As a result, they end up in the year 2050.
Suffering from complete amnesia, he soon finds that he is being pursued by the army-like forces of Necrime, a top criminal organization led by Ludovich. Taking the name Ryū Urashima, the man joins the police force and fights back against Necrime.[4] He is joined in the fight by Sophia, a happy-go-lucky ex-nun, and Claude, a fellow officer. The unit is run by Inspector Gondo Toru. He is also joined by his cat, Myaa, who made the time journey with him and is one of the few links to his past that he remembers.
Characters
Police Division 38 (Magna Police Force)
- Ryū Urashima (ウラシマ・リュウ)/Urashiman: Voiced by: Michitaka Kobayashi
- Claude Mizusawa (クロード（蔵人）・水沢): Voiced by: Akira Kamiya
- Sophia Nina Rose (ソフィア・ニーナ・ローズ): Voiced by: Keiko Yokozawa
- Myaa (ミャー): Voiced by: Masako Katsuki
- Inspector Tōru Gondō (権藤 透): Voiced by: Tōru Ōhira
Necrime
- Adolf von Ludwig (アドルフ・フォン・ルードヴィッヒ): Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa
- Mylène Savelyeva (ミレーヌ・サベリーエワ): Voiced by: Haruko Kitahama
- Jitanda Funda (ジタンダ・フンダ)/Yetander: Voiced by: Mayumi Tanaka
- Stinger Wolf (スティンガー・ウルフ): Voiced by: Tesshō Genda
- Stinger Cat (スティンガー・キャット): Voiced by: Yuri Nashiwa
- Stinger Hawk (スティンガー・ホーク): Voiced by: Shinya Ōtaki
- Stinger Shark (スティンガー・シャーク): Voiced by: Issei Futamata
- Stinger Bear (スティンガー・ベアー): Voiced by: Yū Shimaka
- Führer (総統フューラー): Voiced by: Eiji Maruyama, Kazuyuki Sogabe (young)
- Josephine Catsburg (ジョセフィーヌ・キャッツバーグ): Voiced by: Yoshiko Sakakibara
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Animation directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Suddenly, AD 2050!" Transliteration: "Totsuzen! 2050-Nen" (Japanese: 突然!2050年) | Kōichi Mashimo | Hirohisa Soda | Shigeru Katō | January 9, 1983 |
| 2 | "The Birth of the Cutie Detective" Transliteration: "Tanjō! Burikko Keiji (Deka)" (Japanese: 誕生!ブリッコ刑事（デカ）) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Hirohisa Soda | Masami Abe | January 16, 1983 |
| 3 | "Seeking the Lost Time" Transliteration: "Ushina Wareta Toki o Motomete" (Japanese: 失われた時を求めて) | Directed by : Koji Sawai Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo | Hirohisa Soda | Chuichi Iguchi | January 23, 1983 |
| 4 | "The Pursuing Beetle" Transliteration: "Oikakete Bītoru" (Japanese: 追いかけてビートル) | Directed by : Takaaki Ishiyama Storyboarded by : Shinya Sadamitsu | Haruya Yamazaki | Juuji Mizumura | January 30, 1983 |
| 5 | "The Dangerous Disco Queen" Transliteration: "Kikenna Disuko Joō (Kuīn)" (Japanese: 危険なディスコ女王（クイーン）) | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Kenji Terada | Shizuo Kawai | February 6, 1983 |
| 6 | "Giant Sharks Like Pretty Girls" Transliteration: "Kyodai Zame wa Bijo-Suki" (Japanese: 巨大ザメは美女好き) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Haruya Yamazaki | U-Yeong Jeong | February 13, 1983 |
| 7 | "Slapped With a Wad of Cash!" Transliteration: "Satsutaba de Hippatake!" (Japanese: 札束でひっぱたけ!) | Koji Sawai | Hirohisa Soda | Yoshinori Tanabe | February 20, 1983 |
| 8 | "The Lunar Footprint Is 80 Years Old?" Transliteration: "Tsuki no Ashiato wa 80-sai?" (Japanese: 月の足跡は80才?) | Takaaki Ishiyama | Sukehiro Tomita | Juuji Mizumura | February 27, 1983 |
| 9 | "Yesterday's Friends Are Today's Enemies" Transliteration: "Kinō no Tomo wa Kyō no Teki" (Japanese: 昨日の友は今日の敵) | Masayuki Hayashi | Kenji Terada | Shigeru Katō | March 6, 1983 |
| 10 | "Higher Than Everest" Transliteration: "Eberesuto Yori Takaku" (Japanese: エベレストより高く) | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Sukehiro Tomita | Chuichi Iguchi | March 13, 1983 |
| 11 | "Provocation! The South Sea Island Blizzard!" Transliteration: "Chōhatsu! Minami no Shima ni Fubuki" (Japanese: 挑発!南の島に吹雪) | Takaaki Ishiyama | Haruya Yamazaki | U-Yeong Jeong | March 20, 1983 |
| 12 | "The Flying Angel in Red" Transliteration: "Soratobu Makkana Tenshi" (Japanese: 空飛ぶ真っ赤な天使) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Tokio Tsuchiya | Shizuo Kawai | March 27, 1983 |
| 13 | "The Thorn Stuck in the Past" Transliteration: "Kako ni Sasatta Toge" (Japanese: 過去にささったトゲ) | Kōichi Mashimo | Kenji Terada | Takashi Nakamura | April 2, 1983 |
| 14 | "Myaa Has Superpowers Too?!" Transliteration: "Myā ni mo Chō Nōryoku!?" (Japanese: ミャーにも超能力!?) | Koji Sawai | Yuki Satō | U-Yeong Jeong | April 9, 1983 |
| 15 | "Ryu's Captured Heart" Transliteration: "Tora Reta Ryū no Kokoro" (Japanese: 撮られたリュウの心) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Kenji Terada | Shizuo Kawai | April 16, 1983 |
| 16 | "Hit Man Good Luck" Transliteration: "Koroshi-ya Guddo Rakku" (Japanese: 殺し屋グッドラック) | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Kenji Terada | Shigeru Katō | April 23, 1983 |
| 17 | "Love! Love for a Robot!" Transliteration: "Ai! Robotto ni Ai!" (Japanese: 愛!ロボットに愛!) | Masayuki Hayashi | Tokio Tsuchiya | Shizuo Kawai | April 30, 1983 |
| 18 | "Maman Written in Glass" Transliteration: "Garasu ni Kaita 「Mama」" (Japanese: ガラスに書いた「ママ」) | Takaaki Ishiyama | Toshiki Inoue | Yoshinori Tanabe | May 7, 1983 |
| 19 | "The Tiffany Mermaid" Transliteration: "Tifanī de Ningyo" (Japanese: ティファニーで人魚) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Haruya Yamazaki | U-Yeong Jeong | May 14, 1983 |
| 20 | "An Encounter With Fuhrer" Transliteration: "Fyūrā to no Sōgū" (Japanese: フューラーとの遭遇) | Kōichi Mashimo | Hirohisa Soda | Chuichi Iguchi | May 21, 1983 |
| 21 | "Personality Switch!" Transliteration: "Ire Kawatta Seikaku!" (Japanese: 入れかわった性格!) | Koji Sawai | Hirohisa Soda | Shizuo Kawai | May 28, 1983 |
| 22 | "Tears! The Determination of Inspector Gondou" Transliteration: "Namida! Gondō Keibu no Ketsui" (Japanese: 涙!権藤警部の決意) | Takaaki Ishiyama | Kenji Terada | U-Yeong Jeong | June 4, 1983 |
| 23 | "Hands Off the Booty!" Transliteration: "Senri-hin ni Te o Dasuna!" (Japanese: 戦利品に手を出すな!) | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Sukehiro Tomita | Shigeru Katō | June 11, 1983 |
| 24 | "The Make or Break Death Game!" Transliteration: "Desu Gēmu Ippatsu Shōbu" (Japanese: デスゲーム一発勝負) | Directed by : Hiroyuki Tanaka Storyboarded by : Masayuki Hayashi | Futoshi Takano | Shizuo Kawai | June 18, 1983 |
| 25 | "The Legendary Big Saturday" Transliteration: "Densetsu no Biggu Satadē" (Japanese: 伝説のビッグサタデー) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Kenji Terada | U-Yeong Jeong | June 25, 1983 |
| 26 | "The Neo Tokio to Hell Express" Transliteration: "Neo Tokio-Hatsu Jigoku Iki" (Japanese: ネオトキオ発地獄行き) | Directed by : Yoriyasu Kogawa Storyboarded by : Takashi Nakamura | Haruya Yamazaki | Takashi Nakamura | July 2, 1983 |
| 27 | "Ryoga, Don't Die in the Universe…" Transliteration: "Beā Uchū ni Shisu…" (Japanese: ベアー宇宙に死す…) | Takaaki Ishiyama | Sukehiro Tomita & Hirohisa Soda | Chuichi Iguchi | July 9, 1983 |
| 28 | "It's Painful to Make a Mistake" Transliteration: "Puroresu wa Tsurai ze" (Japanese: プロレスはつらいぜ) | Koji Sawai | Kenji Terada | U-Yeong Jeong | July 16, 1983 |
| 29 | "Urashiman is on the Wanted List" Transliteration: "Shimei Tehai! Ryū no Kubi" (Japanese: 指名手配!リュウの首) | Directed by : Hiroyuki Tanaka Storyboarded by : Futoshi Takano | Toshiki Inoue | Shizuo Kawai | July 30, 1983 |
| 30 | "Corrupted Officers in the Wilderness" Transliteration: "Kōya no Akuroku Sherifu" (Japanese: 荒野の悪徳保安官) | Directed by : Takaaki Ishiyama Storyboarded by : Kunihiko Yuyama | Futoshi Takano | Yoshinori Tanabe | August 6, 1983 |
| 31 | "Urashiman is Full of Love" Transliteration: "Ryū Yori Ai o Komete" (Japanese: リュウより愛を込めて) | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Kenji Terada | U-Yeong Jeong | August 13, 1983 |
| 32 | "Trick 1983" Transliteration: "Torikku 1983" (Japanese: トリック 1983) | Directed by : Koji Sawai Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo | Hirohisa Soda | Shigeru Katō | August 20, 1983 |
| 33 | "The Truth About Phillip" Transliteration: "Fyūrā no Shinjitsu" (Japanese: フューラーの真実) | Directed by : Takaaki Ishiyama Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo | Hirohisa Soda | Takashi Nakamura | August 27, 1983 |
| 34 | "Breaking the Rules" Transliteration: "Hangyaku no Merodī" (Japanese: 反逆のメロディー) | Directed by : Kōichi Mashimo Storyboarded by : Hiroshi Suzuki | Hirohisa Soda | Chuichi Iguchi | September 3, 1983 |
| 35 | "Lord Peter's Inheritance" Transliteration: "Fyūrā no Isan" (Japanese: フューラーの遺産) | Koji Sawai | Kenji Terada | U-Yeong Jeong | September 10, 1983 |
| 36 | "Lord Peter's Trap" Transliteration: "Rūdobihhi no Wana" (Japanese: ルードビッヒの罠) | Masayuki Hayashi | Toshiki Inoue | Shizuo Kawai | September 17, 1983 |
| 37 | "Change! Dirty Urashiman" Transliteration: "Henshin! Dāti Ryū" (Japanese: 変身!ダーティリュウ) | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Haruya Yamazaki | Shigeru Katō | September 24, 1983 |
| 38 | "Running Towards the National Treasury" Transliteration: "Kinko ni Mukatte Hashire!" (Japanese: 金庫に向って走れ!) | Directed by : Koji Sawai Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo | Kenji Terada | U-Yeong Jeong | October 1, 1983 |
| 39 | "New Tokyo's Holiday" Transliteration: "Neo Tokio no Kyūjitsu" (Japanese: ネオトキオの休日) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Toshiki Inoue | Shigeru Katō | October 8, 1983 |
| 40 | "Phillip's Retaliation" Transliteration: "Fyūrā no Gyakushū" (Japanese: フューラーの逆襲) | Masayuki Hayashi | Toshiki Inoue | Shizuo Kawai | October 15, 1983 |
| 41 | "Master Yamason" Transliteration: "Amazon no Nana-ri" (Japanese: アマゾンの七人) | Takaaki Ishiyama | Kenji Terada | U-Yeong Jeong | October 22, 1983 |
| 42 | "Goodbye Keita" Transliteration: "Saraba! Kurōdo" (Japanese: さらば!クロード) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Haruya Yamazaki | Toshio Kawaguchi & Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa | October 29, 1983 |
| 43 | "Lord Peter's Glory" Transliteration: "Eikō no Rūdobihhi" (Japanese: 栄光のルードビッヒ) | Koji Sawai | Hirohisa Soda & Kenji Terada | Chuichi Iguchi | November 5, 1983 |
| 44 | "The Race with illusionary Powers" Transliteration: "Maboroshi no Chō Nōryoku Ichizoku" (Japanese: 幻の超能力一族) | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Kenji Terada | U-Yeong Jeong | November 12, 1983 |
| 45 | "The Assassin That Needs To Be Killed" Transliteration: "Hissatsu! Kyōfu no Shikaku" (Japanese: 必殺!恐怖の刺客) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Haruya Yamazaki | Shizuo Kawai | November 19, 1983 |
| 46 | "Nicrime's Final Attack!" Transliteration: "Nekuraimu no Sō Kōgeki" (Japanese: ネクライムの総攻撃) | Takaaki Ishiyama | Kenji Terada | Shigeru Katō | November 26, 1983 |
| 47 | "The Return of Phillip" Transliteration: "Kattekita Fyūrā" (Japanese: 帰って来たフューラー) | Shinya Sadamitsu | Haruya Yamazaki | U-Yeong Jeong | December 3, 1983 |
| 48 | "Lord Peter's Death" Transliteration: "Rūdobihhi no Saigo" (Japanese: ルードビッヒの最期) | Directed by : Koji Sawai Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo | Hirohisa Soda | Shizuo Kawai | December 10, 1983 |
| 49 | "The Super Powers of Love and Hate" Transliteration: "Ai to Shi no Chō Nōryoku" (Japanese: 愛と死の超能力) | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Hirohisa Soda | Chuichi Iguchi | December 17, 1983 |
| 50 | "Good Bye, 2050" Transliteration: "Sayonara 2050-Nen" (Japanese: サヨナラ2050年) | Directed by : Takaaki Ishiyama Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo | Kenji Terada & Futoshi Takano | Shigeru Katō | December 24, 1983 |
References
- ^ "作品データベース". Tatsunoko.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- ^ "Future Police Urashiman". Tatsunokousa.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
- ^ "Classic | Journey | Reo | Sugar Daddies | Beatles | Alice Wonderland | Vertige at". Anime-classic.net. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
- ^ "Tatsunoko Pro". Tatsunoko.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
External links
- Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman at Tokyo MX (in Japanese)
- Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia