Tachiguishi-Retsuden
Encyclopedia
is a 2006 animation
movie directed by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii
, who also wrote the eponymous novel on which the film was based. Both works are part of the "Kerberos saga
". Live-action film and manga adaptations were produced few months later in Japan.
The Tachiguishi-Retsuden logo bears the mention "Tachiguishi-Retsuden 1945-2006 A Mamoru Oshii Animation Film".
as a visual effect for explosions in Ash's game, then he developed it, the following years, in both the MiniPato
short films and PlayStation Portable
game. Characters have a tiny body and an oversized head which makes them look funny. They are animated like paper dolls (ペープサート人形, papsart ningyou) and are evolving in a pictures based environment in the likes of the JibJab Brothers
' (Gregg and Evan Spiridellis) musical comedy cartoons, e.g. 2・0・5 Year In Review, although Mamoru Oshii stated his own work was a "serious comedy".
The Superlivemation consists of digitally processing then animating, paper puppet theater-style characters and locations based on real photographs. In Tachiguishi-Retsuden more than 30,000 photographs were processed 20 times, to produce the final composite to be animated.
The director describes his new animation film as set between "a simple animation with extremely intense information" and "a live-action movie with extremely limited information".
The theatrical release poster, which was later used on the OST and the videos, features several symbols of the Japanese popular culture
and modern history. Clockwise, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress
passing over, in reference to the American bombing of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki cities in 1945, the Tokyo Tower
which was completed in 1958, the high-speed train Shinkansen 0 Series
, launched in 1964, at last, the standing character eating a gyudong bowl is Foxy Croquette O-Gin, in reference to the popular tachigui practice.
Tachiguishi-Retsuden can be literally translated as "Stand-and-eat masters biographies", though the international title is Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of The Fast Food Grifters. The official title of the Non-English version is either the English one ( such as in the French and Catalan versions), or the literal translation (Italian version).
Tachiguishi can be translated as "stand-and-eat master" though it is officially translated as "fast food grifter". As tachigui professionals, one of the tachiguishi privileges is to eat in stand-and-eat street restaurants without paying. In the movie, Mamoru Oshii describes these characters as "glorified maverick heroes who have carved their names in the history of dietary culture, sometimes accused of destroying the public order or simply dismissed of being pure fiction". All Tachiguishi names are connected to a specific dinner, which is related to a Japanese culinary era from the '40s its traditional food (月見 or "moongaze", raw egg) up to the 2000s and the americanized fast food ("hamburger
").
Tachigui literally translates as "stand-and-eat" and more loosely as fast food
. Tachigui includes soba
(noodle bowl) and gyudon
(rice with beef bowl).
TV anime episode #122 (必殺! 立ち食いウォーズ!!) which is based on an original story by Rumiko Takahashi
. The characters were known as "pro of tachigui" (立喰いのプロ) instead of "tachiguishi". The English dub version titles Certain Death! Stand-Up Eating Contest
(episode #99).
While Waiting For The Red Spectacles
s (紅い眼鏡を待ちつつ) Cold Badger Masa assassination episode.
(紅い眼鏡, Akai Megane).
s (犬狼伝説 完結篇) Act 6.
". This short video was available as a bonus DVD bundled with Monthly Comic Ryu Vol.1 magazine which was published on September 19, 2006. A retail edition with extra material and a regular DVD package was reissued in late December of the same year.
(tentative title for ケルベロスＸ立喰師 腹腹時計の少女, Keruberosu ekusu tachiguishi hara haradokei no shojo) is ongoing since Monthly Comic Ryu
(#2) which was issued in Japan on late November 2006. It involves Foxy Croquette O-Gin within the Kerberos universe.
approach of food, Oshii tries to recreate 60-years of Japanese dietary history in his "Documentary of Showa
underground". This work is actually a false documentary
style animation movie, which borrows and develops some key elements from his 1987 debut live-action feature, The Red Spectacles
, e.g. the stand-and-eat (tachigui), the post-World War II
retro background, the avant-garde
visuals and screenplay, and even the tachiguishi theme with returning characters like Moongaze Ginji.
In Akai Megane (The Red Spectacles), the new totalitarianist
government has forbidden the tachigui in Tokyo in 1998. Stand-and-eat bars, among popular services like convenience stores, were seen as a threat to public order by the liberty killer political authority, therefore they were banned or restricted. However, some illegal tachigui bars still exists in the underground of the capital. One of the reason these bars have been definitely prohibited is, they were open at night and both owners and customers were suspected to take part to subversive talks and meetings.
. The first grifter introduced is Moongaze Ginji. He requests soba
noodle soup with a raw egg (also known as "Moongaze Soba"). He declares the dish to be an imitation of a landscape.
The main body of the film follows a predictable pattern. A grifter is introduced, his food preference demonstrating the continued decline of traditional food in Japan, and his grift comically illustrated. Intercut at random are popular news event stories that always emphasise Japan losing its way and America and its allies' cultural and military despotism. Vignettes include Japanese children exploding from hula
hoop use, drunk businessmen imitating Neil Armstrong
, as anomalies of natural disasters coinciding with the ongoing cultural transformation underline nature itself disproving changes in Japan. Yukio Misihima's suicide is also referred to as an effect. Mishima committed suicide by seppuku to illustrate his support for Imperial Japan and the Emperor
as a god.
One of the last grifters is Frankfuter Tatsu whose monologue
is censored in each sentence because it refers to Disney Land. "I could only think of "beeeep-Land" he declares over and over. He is obsessed with American culture while simultaneously being censored by American Legal system despots. When asked why he is so interested in Disney Land he says he knows it is empty and fake, but full of everything, and nothing.
Main characters:
Secondary characters:
(featuring e-mi)
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
movie directed by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
, who also wrote the eponymous novel on which the film was based. Both works are part of the "Kerberos saga
Kerberos saga
The is a military science fiction franchise and alternate history universe created by the Japanese writer and filmmaker Mamoru Oshii in 1986. The saga is centered around the fictitious Tokyo police Special Armed Garrison which emblem and nickname is Kerberos , the mythological three-headed...
". Live-action film and manga adaptations were produced few months later in Japan.
The Tachiguishi-Retsuden logo bears the mention "Tachiguishi-Retsuden 1945-2006 A Mamoru Oshii Animation Film".
Superlivemation
Tachiguishi-Retsuden is a documentary-style animation film created with an innovative technique named "Superlivemation". Oshii first experimented this flat 3D technique in his 2001 live-action feature AvalonAvalon (2001 film)
is a 2001 science-fiction film by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii. The name of the film originates from the island Avalon in the legend of King Arthur.-Overview:...
as a visual effect for explosions in Ash's game, then he developed it, the following years, in both the MiniPato
Patlabor
Patlabor also known as , is an anime and manga franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, writer Kazunori Itō, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist Masami Yūki.The popular franchise included a manga, a TV series, two OVA...
short films and PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
game. Characters have a tiny body and an oversized head which makes them look funny. They are animated like paper dolls (ペープサート人形, papsart ningyou) and are evolving in a pictures based environment in the likes of the JibJab Brothers
JibJab
JibJab is a digital entertainment studio based in Venice, California. Founded in 1999 by Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, it was noticed during the 2004 US presidential election when their video of George W. Bush and John Kerry singing "This Land is Your Land" became a hit. The company creates,...
' (Gregg and Evan Spiridellis) musical comedy cartoons, e.g. 2・0・5 Year In Review, although Mamoru Oshii stated his own work was a "serious comedy".
The Superlivemation consists of digitally processing then animating, paper puppet theater-style characters and locations based on real photographs. In Tachiguishi-Retsuden more than 30,000 photographs were processed 20 times, to produce the final composite to be animated.
The director describes his new animation film as set between "a simple animation with extremely intense information" and "a live-action movie with extremely limited information".
The theatrical release poster, which was later used on the OST and the videos, features several symbols of the Japanese popular culture
Japanese popular culture
Japanese popular culture not only reflects the attitudes and concerns of the present but also provides a link to the past. Japanese cinema, cuisine, television programs, manga, and music all developed from older artistic and literary traditions, and many of their themes and styles of presentation...
and modern history. Clockwise, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress
B-29 Superfortress
The B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing that was flown primarily by the United States Air Forces in late-World War II and through the Korean War. The B-29 was one of the largest aircraft to see service during World War II...
passing over, in reference to the American bombing of Hiroshima
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
and Nagasaki cities in 1945, the Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower
is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At , it is the second tallest artificial structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.Built in...
which was completed in 1958, the high-speed train Shinkansen 0 Series
Shinkansen
The , also known as THE BULLET TRAIN, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of of lines with maximum speeds of , of Mini-shinkansen with a...
, launched in 1964, at last, the standing character eating a gyudong bowl is Foxy Croquette O-Gin, in reference to the popular tachigui practice.
Fast Food Grifters
- Tachiguishi-Retsuden (立喰師列伝)
Tachiguishi-Retsuden can be literally translated as "Stand-and-eat masters biographies", though the international title is Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of The Fast Food Grifters. The official title of the Non-English version is either the English one ( such as in the French and Catalan versions), or the literal translation (Italian version).
- Tachiguishi (立喰師)
Tachiguishi can be translated as "stand-and-eat master" though it is officially translated as "fast food grifter". As tachigui professionals, one of the tachiguishi privileges is to eat in stand-and-eat street restaurants without paying. In the movie, Mamoru Oshii describes these characters as "glorified maverick heroes who have carved their names in the history of dietary culture, sometimes accused of destroying the public order or simply dismissed of being pure fiction". All Tachiguishi names are connected to a specific dinner, which is related to a Japanese culinary era from the '40s its traditional food (月見 or "moongaze", raw egg) up to the 2000s and the americanized fast food ("hamburger
Hamburger
A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat usually placed inside a sliced bread roll...
").
- Tachigui (立喰い)
Tachigui literally translates as "stand-and-eat" and more loosely as fast food
Fast food
Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...
. Tachigui includes soba
Soba
is the Japanese name for buckwheat. It is synonymous with a type of thin noodle made from buckwheat flour, and in Japan can refer to any thin noodle . Soba noodles are served either chilled with a dipping sauce, or in hot broth as a noodle soup...
(noodle bowl) and gyudon
Gyudon
, , is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi , soy sauce and mirin . It also often includes shirataki noodles, and is sometimes topped with a raw egg...
(rice with beef bowl).
Stand-and-eat food
Several stand-and-eat dinners appears in Tachiguishi-Retsuden including:- 月見: Moongaze (or "moon-viewing"), sobaSobais the Japanese name for buckwheat. It is synonymous with a type of thin noodle made from buckwheat flour, and in Japan can refer to any thin noodle . Soba noodles are served either chilled with a dipping sauce, or in hot broth as a noodle soup...
with raw egg. - コロッケ: CroquetteCroquetteA croquette is a small fried food roll containing, usually as main ingredients, mashed potatoes, and/or ground meat , shellfish, fish, vegetables, and soaked white bread, egg, onion, spices and herbs, wine, milk, beer or any of the combination thereof, sometimes with a filling, often encased in...
. - 牛丼: GyudonGyudon, , is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi , soy sauce and mirin . It also often includes shirataki noodles, and is sometimes topped with a raw egg...
, beef and rice bowl. - カレーライス: Curry and riceRice and curryRice and curry is a popular dish in Sri Lanka and the Southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.Rice and curry dinner comprises the following:* A large bowl of rice, most often boiled, but frequently fried...
. - フランクフルト: Frankfurter sausageHot dogA hot dog is a sausage served in a sliced bun. It is very often garnished with mustard, ketchup, onions, mayonnaise, relish and/or sauerkraut.-History:...
. - ハンバーガー: HamburgerHamburgerA hamburger is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat usually placed inside a sliced bread roll...
Urusei Yatsura: Hisatsu! Tachigui Wars!! (1984)
Foxy Croquette O-Gin (ケツネコロッケのお銀) and the Fast Food Grifters first appeared in Mamoru Oshii's Urusei YatsuraUrusei Yatsura
is a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien...
TV anime episode #122 (必殺! 立ち食いウォーズ!!) which is based on an original story by Rumiko Takahashi
Rumiko Takahashi
is a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...
. The characters were known as "pro of tachigui" (立喰いのプロ) instead of "tachiguishi". The English dub version titles Certain Death! Stand-Up Eating Contest
Urusei Yatsura
is a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien...
(episode #99).
While Waiting For The Red Spectacles (1987)
The Fast Food Grifters first met the Kerberos in the 1987 radio dramaRadio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
While Waiting For The Red Spectacles
While Waiting For The Red Spectacles
is a 1987 radio drama written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. The music is composed and performed by Kenji Kawai.It was released in 2000 as a limited CD drama bundled with Kerberos Panzer Cop: Complete Book [Zen] edition.-Kerberos:...
s (紅い眼鏡を待ちつつ) Cold Badger Masa assassination episode.
The Red Spectacles (1987)
Moongaze Ginji and Foxy Croquette O-Gin are featured in the 1987 live-action film The Red SpectaclesThe Red Spectacles
is a 1987 absurdist, surrealist Japanese film directed by Mamoru Oshii, co-written with Kazunori Ito, and starring Shigeru Chiba and Mako Hyodo.This is the first film of the Kerberos saga and last episode in Oshii's Orwellian Watchdog of Hell feature trilogy.-Chronicles:Kerberos saga historical...
(紅い眼鏡, Akai Megane).
Kerberos Panzer Cop: Conclusion (1999)
Cold Badger Masa and Moongaze Ginji are featured in the 1999 manga series Kerberos Panzer CopKerberos Panzer Cop
Kerberos Panzer Cop, also known as Kerberos Panzer Cops literally , is a 1988 to 2000 Kerberos saga manga written by Mamoru Oshii and illustrated by Kamui Fujiwara with mechanical design by Yutaka Izubuchi. This comic series tales events prior to those portrayed in Oshii's 1987 live-action feature...
s (犬狼伝説 完結篇) Act 6.
Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden (2006)
Mamoru Oshi directed a spin-off episode "Female Fast Food Grifter: Foxy Croquette O-Gin ~Struggle to Death in Palestine~Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden
Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden taglined Ketsune korokke no Ogin: Paresuchina shitō hen , is a live-action short movie directed by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii.-Title:...
". This short video was available as a bonus DVD bundled with Monthly Comic Ryu Vol.1 magazine which was published on September 19, 2006. A retail edition with extra material and a regular DVD package was reissued in late December of the same year.
Kerberos & Tachiguishi (2006)
The new manga series named Kerberos & Tachiguishi: Young Lady's Abdomen Biological ClockKerberos & Tachiguishi
is a Kerberos saga manga written by Mamoru Oshii and illustrated by Mamoru Sugiura.- Plot :The story mixes elements of Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos and Tachiguishi lifework...
(tentative title for ケルベロスＸ立喰師 腹腹時計の少女, Keruberosu ekusu tachiguishi hara haradokei no shojo) is ongoing since Monthly Comic Ryu
Monthly Comic Ryu
is a Japanese monthly seinen manga and anime magazine published by Tokuma Shoten. The magazine was originally a quarterly special issue of Animage, beginning in 1979 before switching to a monthly schedule and finally suspending publication...
(#2) which was issued in Japan on late November 2006. It involves Foxy Croquette O-Gin within the Kerberos universe.
Prologue
Starting from a ProustianMarcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...
approach of food, Oshii tries to recreate 60-years of Japanese dietary history in his "Documentary of Showa
Showa period
The , or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 through January 7, 1989.The Shōwa period was longer than the reign of any previous Japanese emperor...
underground". This work is actually a false documentary
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
style animation movie, which borrows and develops some key elements from his 1987 debut live-action feature, The Red Spectacles
The Red Spectacles
is a 1987 absurdist, surrealist Japanese film directed by Mamoru Oshii, co-written with Kazunori Ito, and starring Shigeru Chiba and Mako Hyodo.This is the first film of the Kerberos saga and last episode in Oshii's Orwellian Watchdog of Hell feature trilogy.-Chronicles:Kerberos saga historical...
, e.g. the stand-and-eat (tachigui), the post-World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
retro background, the avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
visuals and screenplay, and even the tachiguishi theme with returning characters like Moongaze Ginji.
In Akai Megane (The Red Spectacles), the new totalitarianist
Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible...
government has forbidden the tachigui in Tokyo in 1998. Stand-and-eat bars, among popular services like convenience stores, were seen as a threat to public order by the liberty killer political authority, therefore they were banned or restricted. However, some illegal tachigui bars still exists in the underground of the capital. One of the reason these bars have been definitely prohibited is, they were open at night and both owners and customers were suspected to take part to subversive talks and meetings.
Plot
A fictional documentary about changing Japanese eating habits and the colorful thieves that swindle the restaurants which serve them. The film begins with the origins of Japanese food stalls following the countries defeat in World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The first grifter introduced is Moongaze Ginji. He requests soba
Soba
is the Japanese name for buckwheat. It is synonymous with a type of thin noodle made from buckwheat flour, and in Japan can refer to any thin noodle . Soba noodles are served either chilled with a dipping sauce, or in hot broth as a noodle soup...
noodle soup with a raw egg (also known as "Moongaze Soba"). He declares the dish to be an imitation of a landscape.
The main body of the film follows a predictable pattern. A grifter is introduced, his food preference demonstrating the continued decline of traditional food in Japan, and his grift comically illustrated. Intercut at random are popular news event stories that always emphasise Japan losing its way and America and its allies' cultural and military despotism. Vignettes include Japanese children exploding from hula
Hula
Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant or song . It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form....
hoop use, drunk businessmen imitating Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong is an American former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon....
, as anomalies of natural disasters coinciding with the ongoing cultural transformation underline nature itself disproving changes in Japan. Yukio Misihima's suicide is also referred to as an effect. Mishima committed suicide by seppuku to illustrate his support for Imperial Japan and the Emperor
Emperor
An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife or a woman who rules in her own right...
as a god.
One of the last grifters is Frankfuter Tatsu whose monologue
Monologue
In theatre, a monologue is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media...
is censored in each sentence because it refers to Disney Land. "I could only think of "beeeep-Land" he declares over and over. He is obsessed with American culture while simultaneously being censored by American Legal system despots. When asked why he is so interested in Disney Land he says he knows it is empty and fake, but full of everything, and nothing.
Characters
- For more details; see Kerberos saga charactersKerberos saga charactersThis is a character guide to the radio drama, film, manga and anime works Kerberos saga . Characters are sorted by organizations or groups according to the original works...
.
Main characters:
- Moongaze Ginji
- Foxy Croquette O-Gin
- Crying Inumaru
- Cold Badger Masa
- Beefbowl Ushigoro
- Hamburger Tetsu
- Medium Hot Sabu
- Frankfurter Tatsu
- Crepe Mami
- Baked Bean Pastry Amataro
Secondary characters:
- Tokumitsu Shinada
- Manager Kamiyama
Book
2004.02.XX: Tachiguishi-Retsuden (立喰師列伝) novel by Mamoru Oshii- Kadokawa Shoten, 287p., 19cm, ISBN 4-04-873516-0 2006.04.XX: Tachiguishi, Kaku Katariki. (立喰師、かく語りき。, Thus Spoke Tachiguishi) interview book by Mamoru Oshii
- Tokuma Shoten, 254p., 19cm, ISBN 4-19-862160-8
Audio
2006.04.05: Tachiguishi-Retsuden O.S.T. (立喰師列伝) original soundtrack by Kenji KawaiKenji Kawai
, born April 23, 1957 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, is a Japanese music composer, for motion pictures, anime movies, video games and televised programs. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other countries in Asia, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror,...
(featuring e-mi)
- Victor Entertainment, 24 tracks, VICL-61927
Video
2006.09.22: Tachiguishi Retsuden (立喰師列伝) DVD- Bandai Visual, 90min. Film, DVD9, DD5.1ch + DD2.0ch 2006.09.22: Tachiguishi Retsuden Collectors Set (立喰師列伝 コレクターズセット) L.E. 2DVD
- Bandai Visual, 90min. Film, 2DVD9, DD5.1ch + DD2.0ch, Special Disc: 90min. Making Of, 192p. Script Replica, 62p. Collector Booklet
Guest stars
- Shoji Kawamori: Famous for Macross PlusMacross Plusis a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the Macross series. It was the first sequel to the original Macross television series that took place in the official timeline...
, etc. - Kenji Kawai: Famous composer of Mamoru Oshii feature films (StrayDog, Patlabor the movie 2, GITS, Avalon) and WARP/SegaSega, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
video games (Enemy ZeroEnemy Zerois a 1997 video game for Sega Saturn, developed by WARP and directed by Kenji Eno. After its Saturn release, it was ported to Microsoft Windows. It was the second game to star the digital actress Laura.-Gameplay:...
, Deep FearDeep FearDeep Fear is a 1998 survival horror video game for the Sega Saturn. It is notable for being the last Saturn game released in Europe.It borrows many aspects from Capcom's Resident Evil such as the use of first-aid sprays as the player's sole healing item and a significant dependency on firearms...
), etc. - Kenji KamiyamaKenji Kamiyama, born on March 20, 1966 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese anime director. He has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise, Production I.G, such as his work on Jin-Roh, Patlabor, Blood: The Last Vampire, and for whom he has directed the Ghost in the Shell: Stand...
: Famous director of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complexis an anime television series produced by Production I.G and based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell. It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, with original character design by Hajime Shimomura and a soundtrack by Yoko Kanno...
TV series, etc. - Toshio Suzuki: etc.
- Shinji Higuchi: etc.
- Katsuya Terada: etc.
Cast
- Kaito Kisshoji (吉祥寺怪人): Moongaze Ginji (月見の銀二, Tsukimi no Ginji)
- Mako HyodoMako Hyodo, also credited as Mako Hyoudou, is a Japanese voice actress and member of 81 Produce company.- Notable roles :* Girl in Angel's Egg* Christella Revi in Birdy the Mighty and Birdy the Mighty: Decode* Young Lady in The Red Spectacles...
(兵頭まこ): Foxy Croquette O-Gin (ケツネコロッケのお銀, Ketsune Krocket no Ogin) - Mitsuhisa IshikawaMitsuhisa Ishikawais Japanese anime entrepreneur, the co-founder and current president and CEO of Production I.G, as well as a leading producer for the studio. He was also a former executive at Bee Train from 1997–2006, and as of 2010 is expected to join Tatsunoko Productions company as a part time director.Ishikawa...
(石川光久): Crying Inumaru (哭きの犬丸, Naki no Inumaru) - Toshio SuzukiToshio Suzuki (producer)is a film producer of anime and a long-time colleague of Hayao Miyazaki, as well as the current CEO of Studio Ghibli. Suzuki is renowned as one of Japan's most successful producers after the enormous box office success of many Ghibli films. According to Miyazaki, "If it were not for Mr...
(鈴木敏夫): Cold Badger Masa (冷しタヌキの政, Hiyashi Tanuki no Masa) - Shinji HiguchiShinji Higuchiis a storyboard artist and is one of the top special effects wizards in Japan, best known for his work on the Heisei Gamera Trilogy. He works on both anime and tokusatsu projects.-Biography:...
(樋口真嗣): Beefbowl Ushigoro (牛丼の牛五郎, Gyudon no Ushi-Goro) - Kenji KawaiKenji Kawai, born April 23, 1957 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, is a Japanese music composer, for motion pictures, anime movies, video games and televised programs. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other countries in Asia, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror,...
(川井憲次): Hamburger Tetsu (ハンバーガーの哲, Hamburger no Tetsu) - Katsuya TeradaKatsuya Terada, is a Japanese illustrator and cartoonist from the town of Tamano, Okayama. His alias is .-Biography:Katsuya Terada is probably best known in the United States as the character-designer for the animated film Blood: The Last Vampire...
(寺田克也): Frankfurter Tatsu (フランクフルトの辰, Frankfurt no Tatsu) - Shoji KawamoriShoji Kawamoriis a Japanese anime creator, screenwriter and mechanical designer, having created or co-created such notable series as The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Vision of Escaflowne, Earth Maiden Arjuna, Genesis of Aquarion, Macross 7, and Macross Frontier. He is currently executive director at the...
(河森正治): Medium Hot Sabu (中辛のサブ, Chu-Kara no Sabu) - Fuyuki Shinada (品田冬樹): Tokumitsu Shinada
- Kenji KamiyamaKenji Kamiyama, born on March 20, 1966 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese anime director. He has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise, Production I.G, such as his work on Jin-Roh, Patlabor, Blood: The Last Vampire, and for whom he has directed the Ghost in the Shell: Stand...
(神山健治): Manager Kamiyama
Voice cast
- Koichi YamaderaKoichi Yamaderais a Japanese voice actor, actor, tarento, narrator, master of ceremonies and impressionist from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school, and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's...
(山寺宏一): Narrator, Inumaru, Tatsu, etc. - Mako Hyodo (兵頭まこ): O-Gin
- Yoshiko SakakibaraYoshiko Sakakibarais a Japanese voice actress.-Direct-to-video animation:* 1983 Dallos - Melinda Hurst* 1985 Greed - Mimau* 1985 Area 88 - Yasuda* 1985 Cream Lemon – Rio* 1985 Megazone 23 – Reina* 1985 The Karuizawa Syndrome - Kaoru Matsunuma...
(榊原良子): Medical examiner, Tatsu's mother, etc. - Fumihiko TachikiFumihiko Tachikiis a Japanese voice actor and narrator.-Career:Formerly a blues singer and known for his low voice, Tachiki is best known as the narrator for the pre-fight movies for Pride Fighting Championships and currently for Dream...
(立木文彦): Ushigoro, Tetsu, Tokumitsu, Narrator of the preview, etc.
Staff
- Original story, script and direction: Mamoru Oshii
- Shooting: Keiichi Sakazaki
- 3DCG: IKIF
- Visual Effects: Hisashi Ezura
- Sound: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
- Music: Kenji Kawai
- Production: Toshihiko Nishikubo
- Animation: Production I.G
Sources
- Production I.G official English website (English)
- Tachiguishi-Retsuden Official website (Japanese)
- Kenji Kawai official English website (English)
- GA Graphic official website (Japanese)
- Comic Ryu official website (Japanese)
- Production I.G Special Site (Japanese)
- IKIF studio official website (Japanese)
External links
- Kerberos saga official website (Japanese)