Harmagedon - (ハルマゲドン 幻魔大戦 Harumagedon Genma Taisen) [Movie] - [1983]

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Genres: action, science fiction

Official website:

Madhouse Studios Harmagedon Page (Japanese)

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Traveling to America on a goodwill mission, Princess Luna of Transylvania has a vision. A life form of pure energy named Genma that destroys everything on it's path is heading towards Earth. To save the planet, she must assemble psychics to confront Genma while at the same time she partners with an alien cyborg named Vega who once fought this menace before.

Genma Taisen (Japanese: 幻魔大戦 Hepburn: lit. Genma Wars) is a science fiction manga that began in 1967. It was a collaboration in Weekly Shōnen Magazine by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and Shotaro Ishinomori.

Harmagedon: The Great Battle with Genma (ハルマゲドン 幻魔大戦 Harumagedon Genma Taisen) is a science fiction anime movie released in 1983. The movie was based largely on Kazumasa Hirai's first three Genma Taisen novels. The movie was directed by Rintaro with character designs by Katsuhiro Otomo (of Akira fame.) Keith Emerson was hired to do the rock soundtrack. Madhouse Studio did the animation.

Director: Rintaro

Screenplay:

Chiho Katsura

Makoto Naito

Mori Masaki

Music: Nozomi Aoki

Original story:

Kazumasa Hirai

Shotaro Ishinomori

Character Design: Katsuhiro Otomo

Art Director: Takamura Mukuo

Animation Director: Takuo Noda

Director of Photography: Iwao Yamaki

Executive producer:

Haruki Kadokawa

Shotaro Ishinomori

Producer: Susumu Aketagawa

Animation: Madhouse Studios

Background Art: Mukuo Studio

Distributor: Toho Towa

In-Between Animation:

AIC

Anime Toro Toro

Kusama Art

Magic Bus

Meruhen-Sha

Tezuka Productions

Tiger Production

Production: Kadokawa Shoten

Akira Mutation scene - original Japanese 1988

Construction Suspension Order (工事中止命令 Kōji Chūshi Meirei) - Katsuhiro Ōtomo - [1987]

A revolution in the fictional South American country of the Aloana Republic has resulted in a new government being installed; this new government refuses to accept a contract detailing the construction of Facility 444. The company responsible for the construction has begun to lose millions, so salaryman Tsutomu Sugioka is sent to stop production. The work is completely automated, carried out by robots programmed to finish the job no matter the consequences and led by a robot identified as 444-1. Witnessing the destruction of several robots and Robot 444-1's refusal to cease operations, Tsutomu begins to lose his patience and is nearly killed by 444-1 who was programmed to eliminate anything that poses a threat to the project. He retaliates by destroying 444-1 and follows its powercord that leads to the energy source of the robots in an attempt to finally end the production. Unknown to Tsutomu, the old government has been restored and they have agreed to honor the contract once more.