Anime Mirai 2013 episode 2- Death Billiards デス・ビリヤード - [Yuzuru Tachikawa] - [2013]

Death Billiards

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Death Billiards
デス・ビリヤード (Desu Biriyādo)
Genre	Drama, mystery, psychological thriller
Anime film
Directed by	Yuzuru Tachikawa
Produced by	Takuya Tsunoki
Written by	Yuzuru Tachikawa
Music by	Kotaro Tanaka
Studio	Madhouse
Released	March 2, 2013
Runtime	25 minutes
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Death Billiards (Japanese: デス・ビリヤード Hepburn: Desu Biriyādo) is a 2013 animated short produced by Madhouse for Anime Mirai 2013. The short was created, directed and written by Yuzuru Tachikawa.

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• 1 Plot
• 2 Characters
• 3 Production
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Plot

Two men – a younger man wearing a suit and an elderly man – find themselves in a bar helmed by a single bartender and his female assistant. Their reason for being there is to play a game of billiards, but the bartender drops several hints that suggest the loser of the game will forfeit their life.

Characters

Bartender (バーテンダー Bātendā^?)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno

Man (男 Otoko^?)

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura

Elderly Man (老人 Rōjin^?)

Voiced by: Jun Hazumi

Woman (女 Onna^?)

Voiced by: Asami Seto

Production

Death Billiards was produced by Madhouse as part of the Young Animator Training Project's Anime Mirai 2013 project, which funds young animators, alongside other short films by Trigger, Zexcs and Gonzo.^[1] Death Billiards and the other shorts each received 38 million yen from the Japanese Animation Creators Association, who receives funding from the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs.^[2] The short was created, directed and written by Yuzuru Tachikawa. The short, along with the other Anime Mirai shorts, opened in 14 Japanese theatres on March 2, 2013.^[3]

References

1. Jump up^ "Gonzo/ZEXCS/Trigger/Madhouse's Full Anime Mirai Trailer". Anime News Network. February 5, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
2. Jump up^ "Gonzo, Trigger, Pierrot, Madhouse Make Anime Mirai 2013". Anime News Network. June 6, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
3. Jump up^ "Anime Mirai 2013 Slated for March 2". Anime News Network. December 16, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2013.

External links

• Death Billiards at Anime Mirai (Japanese)
• Death Billiards at Madhouse (Requires Adobe Flash Player) (Japanese)
• Death Billiards (film) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Death Billiards at the Internet Movie Database

FROM ANIMENEWSNETWORK.COM:

Number of episodes: 1

Episode titles: We have 1

Vintage: 2013-03-02 (Japan Theatrical Premiere)

News:

Madhouse Streams 1st Promo for Death Billiards Anime (Feb 27, 2013)

Gonzo/ZEXCS/Trigger/Madhouse's Full Anime Mirai Trailer (Feb 5, 2013)

Death Billiards Anime's Key Visual Posted (Dec 3, 2012)

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Japanese staff			Japanese cast
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa Script: Yuzuru Tachikawa Storyboard: Yuzuru Tachikawa Original creator: Yuzuru Tachikawa Character Design: Shinichi Kurita Animation Director: Shinichi Kurita Producer: Takuya Tsunoki Key Animation: Aya Suzuki Ayu Ogata Boya Liang Eiko Mishima Izumi Murakami Naoko Minai Tatsuhiko Komatsu Layout: Aya Suzuki Main Key Animation: Hiroyuki Horiuchi Yûichi Takahashi Production manager: Kei Miura Prop Design: Kei Kobayashi			Asami Seto as Woman Jun Hazumi as Elderly Man Tomoaki Maeno as Bartender Yūichi Nakamura as Man
			Japanese companies
			Animation Production: Madhouse Studios Background Art: Studio Easter Distributor: Madhouse Studios Finish Animation: D-COLORS MADBOX Rising Force Studio Elle In-Between Animation: Anime R Anitus-Kobe C-Station Ekura Animaru ingresA Nakamura Production Oriental Light and Magic Studio Fumi Studio Gimlet Studio Mu TYO Animations Online Editing: Sony PCL Sound Production: Dax Production