Sources: animenewsnetwork.com ,wikipedia.org
Official website:
Madhouse Studios Harmagedon Page (Japanese)
News:
Central Park Media's Licenses Offered by Liquidator (Jun 8, 2009)
New releases, price decreases, moratoriums from CPM (Sep 12, 2003)
AX 2002: CPM Panel (Jul 11, 2002)
CPM Release Dates (Apr 26, 2002)
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
Music: Nozomi Aoki
Character Design: Katsuhiro Otomo
Art Director: Takamura Mukuo
Animation Director: Takuo Noda
Director of Photography: Iwao Yamaki
Producer: Susumu Aketagawa
Animation: Madhouse Studios
Background Art: Mukuo Studio
Distributor: Toho Towa
In-Between Animation:
Production: Kadokawa Shoten
