Crying Freeman (クライング フリーマン Kuraingu Furīman) is a 6 episode anime OVA series based on the manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was released on home video in Japan from September 1988 to January 1994.
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Dubbing History
Prior to the better known American made dub of the series, Manga UK acquired the series and provided their own dub, covering all 6 episodes on 5 VHS tapes released from 1993-1995.
In the United States, Streamline Pictures acquired the rights to the series, dubbing the first 5 episodes and releasing them on VHS in 1995. However, due to Streamline's problems with its distribution company, Orion Pictures, the sixth episode was not initially covered until the rights were picked up by ADV Films in 2003. While ADV picked up and later redubbed many titles originally dubbed by Streamline, ADV went another route. Rather than redub the series with their own cast, Steve Bulen and Edie Mirman were flown out to Houston to reprise their roles, while the rest of the cast (fortunately, none of which appeared in prior episodes) were voiced by ADV's regular talent pool.
Cast
Main Characters
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | |
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Yō Hinomura / Crying Freeman |
Toshio Furukawa | Steven Tremblay | Steve Bulen |
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Emu Hino / Hu Qing Lan |
Chiharu Kataishi | Edita Brychta | Edie Mirman |
Secondary Characters
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episodes | |
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Hu Feng Ling | Nobuyo Tsuda | Rosemary Miller | Catherine Battistone | 1-3 |
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Bai Ya Shan | Dump Matsumoto | Debora Weston | Barbara Goodson | 2-3, 5 |
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Huang De Yuan / Koh Tokugen |
Ryūsei Nakao | Vincent Marzello | Jeff Winkless | 1-2 |
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Ron Fu / Baiba Long |
Kōhei Miyauchi | John Baddeley | Edward Mannix | 1-3 |
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Detective Nitta | Yūsaku Yara | Bob Sherman | Michael McConnohie | 1, 4 |
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Kimie Hanada | Masako Katsuki | Liza Ross | Catherine Battistone | 1, 4 |
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Bagnag / Dark Eyes | Yoshiko Sakakibara | Nicolette McKenzie | Melanie MacQueen | 2-5 |
Episodic Characters
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episodes | |
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Ryuji Hanada | Takaya Hashi | Bob Sessions | Kerrigan Mahan | 1 |
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Shudo Shimazaki | Nobuo Yana | Burt Kwouk | Michael Forest | 1 |
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Shieshinye | Osamu Saka | Terrence Hardiman | Tom Wyner | 2 |
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Jinshinye | Kazumi Tanaka | Simon Prescott | 2 | |
Sean Barrett | 3 | ||||
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Kitche | Toshiko Fujita | Shelley Thompson | Diane Michelle | 2 |
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Chen | Kōji Totani | Jay Benedict | Eddie Frierson | 2 |
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Don Carleone | Banjō Ginga | Peter Marinker | Michael Forest | 2 |
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Yan | Ryō Horikawa | Colin Bruce | Michael McConnohie | 2 |
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Miranda | Kyoko Terase | Eleni Kelakos | 3 | |
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Jigon | Daisuke Gōri | Sean Barrett | Mike Reynolds | 3 |
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Shikebaro | Norio Wakamoto | Gregory Snegoff | 3 | |
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Goken Ishida | Osamu Saka | Garard Green | David Povall | 3 |
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Professor Mikage | Masaharu Satō | Graydon Gould | Tom Wyner | 3 |
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Oshu Tohgoku | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | Tony Clay | 4 | |
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Master Naitai | Ichirō Nagai | Mike Reynolds | 4 | |
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Nina Heaven | Gara Takashima | Pamela Merrick | Wendee Lee | 5 |
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Wonshaku | Mika Doi | Shelley Thompson | Iona Morris | 5 |
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Larry Buck | Seizō Katō | Graydon Gould | Wally Burr | 5 |
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Lucky Boyd | Kōji Totani | Allan Wenger | Gregory Snegoff | 5 |
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Wong | Osamu Saka | John Blythe | Simon Prescott | 5 |
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Tsunaike | Bin Shimada | John Swasey | 6 | |
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Tania | Kyoko Terase | Shawn Taylor | 6 | |
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Choki Tateyou | Kaneto Shiozawa | Vic Mignogna | 6 | |
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Dairi | Ikuya Sawaki | John Tyson | 6 | |
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Watajimi | Shōzō Iizuka | Mike Kleinhenz | 6 | |
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Chairman | Masato Hirano | Phil Ross | 6 | |
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Nicholaiev | Kiyoyuki Yanada | Andy McAvin | 6 | |
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Kiya | Akiko Matsuda | Kira Vincent-Davis | 6 | |
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Yanagi | Kōji Totani | Sean O'Neel | 6 |
Additional Voices
Manga Dub
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Streamline Dub (1-5) |
ADV Dub (6)
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Notes
- Peter Marinker is credited under the alias "Peter Wiseman" in the Manga UK Dub. Likewise, Jay Benedict is credited as "James Hathaway" and Pamela Merrick as "Pamela West". Shelley Thompson is credited both as "Katherine Pierce" in Episode 2 and as "Sara Murphy" in Episode 5. Graydon Gould is also credited under his real name in Episode 3, while being credited as "Graham Parker" in Episode 5.
- In the Manga dub of Episode 1, when Nitta says "The gangster’s expected to come after you, so they’ll be waiting for an opportunity to kill him." the last part ("kill him") sounds to have been spliced in using a different voice actor (likely Peter Marinker).
Video Releases
Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Dub | Region | Country | |
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Manga Entertainment | 1993-1995 | ![]() |
The Complete Series | Manga | PAL | United Kingdom | ![]() |
5 Volumes | |||||||
Streamline Pictures | 1995 | Episodes 1-5 | Streamline | NTSC | United States | ![]() | |
5 Volumes | |||||||
ADV Films | 2003 | ![]() |
The Complete Series | Streamline / ADV |
1 NTSC | ||
3 Volumes | |||||||
2004 | The Complete Series | ||||||
2 Discs | |||||||
Discotek Media | 2011 | The Complete Series | |||||
2 Discs |
External Links
- Crying Freeman (anime) at the Anime News Network
- Crying Freeman at the Internet Movie Database