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The last post on Kaitei Daisenso–Ai no Nisen Miles for now.

October 1st, 2008 by Brack

Tidying my flat I found my copy of The Anime Encyclopedia, and yes it does have an entry on that Tatsunoko Pro title I’ve been whittling on about these last two weeks.

Apparently it had US dub from Harmony Gold under the name Underwater Encounter, but that doesn’t turn much up either. It was filmed on 35mm and took 2 years to animate. Beyond that there wasn’t much more that I gleaned from sites I quoted before. It’s odd that something that Tatsunoko took so much effort to make has near disappeared from discussion, I wonder if it had had a proper theatrical release it wouldn’t be so obscure.

More facts about an obscure 1981 anime than you can possibly ever need.

September 25th, 2008 by Brack

Remember this from a few days ago:

The mysterious Tatsunoko Pro title that Akemi Takada had worked on and there appeared to be very little information on the internet about? Well here’s what I know so far:

Title according to animated divots is Kaitei Daisenso–Ai no Nisen Miles (”The Great Navy Battle: 20,000 Miles of Love”).
It was a one off anime broadcast on 3rd January 1981.
Its themes appear on this CD: テレビアニメスーパーヒストリー 22
The mother lode of information is on this geocities site - a fansite for 20,000 Leagues under the sea.

Akemi Takada did do the character design as I suspected.
Mecha design was by Kunio Okawara (most things in the last 30 years that had a robot in it)
The director was Koichi Mashimo (Dominion Tank Police, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, assorted dreadful Bee Train titles).
Tatsunoko head honcho Ippei Kuri produced.
It was writen by writer and cartoonist Mori Sasaki (Ultraman, Ultra 7, Heidi)

It starred Junichi Inoue and three other people who didn’t show up on Anime News Network.
These are, I think:
Masako Kitamura - an idol in the late 70s/early 80s
Makoto Kurosawa - The dub voice for Gary Cooper
And a fourth star, 伊武雅, who I have no idea about.

As for story, well here my Japanese-ignorant research skills grind to a halt. It appears to involve a Future Emperor Darius, so I’m guessing it’s not super reliant on the original novel for it’s story. Someone with actual Japanese skills want to make a stab at the synopsis on that Jules Verne fan page?

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