Megazone 23

Megazone 23 (メガゾーン23 Megazōn Tsū Surī) is a three-part original video animation created by AIC and written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama. The series debuted in 1985.

Megazone 23 - Part I

Megazone 23 - Part I
Original Title	メガゾーン23 (Megazōn Tsū Surī)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Studiopolis
Dubbing Studio 2	ADV Studios
Voice Director 1	Carl Macek
Voice Director 2	Matt Greenfield
Translation & Adaptation	Jimmy Yamasaki Carl Macek Gregory Snegoff (Streamline Dub) Jason Bowhay Matt Greenfield (ADV Dub)
Recorded	1995 2004
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	1985

Megazone 23 - Part I (メガゾーン23 Megazōn Tsū Surī) is the first part of the Megazone 23 series, and was directed by Noboru Ishiguro. It was originally released in Japan on March 9, 1985.

Synopsis Motorcycle enthusiast Shogo Yahagi is given ownership of a strange experimental bike by an old friend of his. Pursued by ruthless government agents he plans to save himself by exposing the bike to the public on a live TV show hosted by a popular singing star. But, even the lovely Eve has secrets of her own and the government has much more to hide than just a transforming military motorcycle. As Shogo begins to unravel the mystery of the bike, he discovers a reality-shattering secret about the city and the world he thought he knew.

Dubbing History

Robotech: The Movie

Main article: Robotech: The Movie

The film was first adapted as Robotech: The Movie by Carl Macek and Harmony Gold after Macek failed to negotiate the rights to adapt Macross: Do You Remember Love? as the subject for the film. The storyline of Megazone 23 was altered as a sidestory to the second season of Robotech, splicing footage from its source anime Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross. Macek's choice of Megazone 23 mostly stemmed from it sharing similar character designs as Macross, due to them sharing character designers.

Streamline / ADV Dubs

Later, Carl Macek would return to Megazone 23 under Streamline Pictures, giving the film a straight dub. The Streamline dub featured many of the same voice actors utilized in Robotech: The Movie and the International dub of Part II. Only 3 voice actors retained the same roles from Robotech: the Movie (Edie Mirman as Tomomi, Gregory Snegoff as B.D. and Daniel Woren as Shinji) and 2 from Part II (Barbara Goodson as Yui and Michael Forest as Eigen).

Streamline's dub of Part I was released on VHS on July 25, 1995. Macek and Streamline intended on doing Parts 2 and 3 as well, but Orion Pictures' corporate problems resulted in all Streamline releases being halted. There's a rumor that a Streamline dub for Part 2 was produced and screened at a convention, but this has yet to be proven.

Like many items in Streamline's catalogue, the Megazone series was picked up by ADV Films, which dubbed the entire trilogy to completion with a consistent cast. Part I was released on DVD on June 1, 2004. The series has since gone out of print with ADV's collapse in 2009.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Streamline Dub	ADV Dub
	Shogo Yahagi	Masato Kubota	Bob Bergen	Vic Mignogna
	Eve Tokimatsuri	Kumi Miyasato	Iona Morris	Monica Rial
	B.D.	Kaneto Shiozawa	Gregory Snegoff	Andy McAvin
	Yui Takanaka	Maria Kawamura	Barbara Goodson	Allison Keith
	Tomomi Murashita	Miina Tominaga	Edie Mirman	Hilary Haag
	Mai Yumekano	Mayumi Shō	Lia Sargent	Sasha Paysinger
	Hiroki 'Morley' Mori	Yūji Mitsuya	Kerrigan Mahan	Kurt Stoll
	Shigeru 'Chombo' Tomota	Katsumi Toriumi	Kirk Thornton	Mark X. Laskowski
	Coco	Hitoshi Takagi	Mike Reynolds	John Swasey
	Shinji Nakagawa	Kōichi Yamadera	Daniel Woren	Illich Guardiola
	Eigen Yumekano	Kiyoshi Kobayashi	Michael Forest	John Tyson

Additional Voices

Streamline Dub Richard Cansino Russel Case Michael Forest Rebecca Forstadt Eleni Kelakos Jason Klassi Steve Kramer Joyce Kurtz Carl Macek Julie Maddalena Tricia O'Neil David Povall Simon Prescott Gregory Snegoff Michael Sorich Doug Stone David Traylor Jeff Winkless Tom Wyner

ADV Dub Robert Anderson Greg Ayres Bob Biggerstaff Victor Carsrud Kevin Charles Matt Culpepper Jason Douglas James Faulkner Tiffany Grant Matt Greenfield Mike Kleinhenz Stuart Krohn Paul Locklear Dan Mackey Mike MacRae Kelly Manison George Manley Rob Mungle Sean O'Neel Paul Sidello Dean Turner Mike Vance

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Dub	Region	Country
Streamline Pictures	1995		Streamline	NTSC	United States
Image Entertainment	1999			1 NTSC
ADV Films	2004		ADV
	2007*
AnimEigo	2022		Both	ABC DVB-T

*Complete Collection

External Links

• Megazone 23 (anime) at the Anime News Network
• Megazone 23 at the Internet Movie Database

Megazone 23 - Part II

Megazone 23 - Part II
Original Title	メガゾーン23 PART II (Megazōn Tsū Surī)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Intersound, Inc.
Dubbing Studio 2	ADV Studios
Voice Director 1	Tom Wyner
Voice Director 2	Matt Greenfield
Translation & Adaptation	Tom Wyner (International Dub) Matt Greenfield Jason Bowhay (ADV Dub)
Recorded	1987 2004
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	1986

Megazone 23 - Part II (メガゾーン23 PART II Megazōn Tsū Surī) is the second part of the Megazone 23 series, and was directed by Ichiro Itano. It was originally released in Japan on May 30, 1986.

Synopsis The Dezalg have returned with a new, horrible weapon and unleash it on Megazone 23's defenses. Believing their salvation is also in new weapons, B.D. is again bent on breaking the EVE's final protection level. Full control of Megazone 23 would mean unfettered weapons development. Shogo, meanwhile, has tried to return to a 'normal' life; Hanging out with his biker gang, "Trash" and his girlfriend, Yui. But, his convictions about the Megazone's shadow government policies haven't changed and when EVE calls for his help, he discovers where the Garland bike has been hidden. It's showdown time for Shogo and B.D., Trash and the military, as well as the Dezalg and Megazone. However, EVE's final secret, A.D.A.M., may mean no one will survive.

Dubbing History

An English dub of Part II was provided by Harmony Gold in 1987 for International markets as a "teaching tool" to assist Japanese speakers learn English, and was included with the Japanese laserdisc release. It was directed by Tom Wyner and utilized some of the same cast members used for the Robotech: The Movie dub of Part I (Kerrigan Mahan as Shogo and Diane Michelle as Eve). Certain casting choices would later be retained for Streamline's dub of Part I (Barbara Goodson as Yui and Michael Forest as Eigen). This dub was edited so scenes of graphic violence and sex were cut out, and the opening scene splices in footage from the "retooled" ending of Robotech: The Movie as well.

Part II was later picked up and redubbed by ADV Films, using their same cast from Part I and was first released on DVD on July 13, 2004.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	International Dub	ADV Dub
	Shogo Yahagi	Kazuki Yao	Kerrigan Mahan	Vic Mignogna
	Yui Takanaka	Maria Kawamura	Barbara Goodson	Allison Keith
	Eve Tokimatsuri	Kumi Miyasato	Diane Michelle	Monica Rial
	B.D.	Kaneto Shiozawa	Michael McConnohie	Andy McAvin
	Lightning	Shigeru Chiba	Tom Wyner	Jason Douglas
	Gutz	Kōzō Shioya	Jeff Winkless	George Manley
	Cindy	Akari Hibino	Melora Harte	Tiffany Grant
	Lieutenant Shiratori	Shō Hayami	Gregory Snegoff	John Gremillion
	Dump	Chika Sakamoto	Arlene Banas	Christine Auten
	Eigen Yumekano	Kiyoshi Kobayashi	Michael Forest	John Tyson

Additional Voices

International Dub Arlene Banas Bill Capizzi Christopher Carroll Richard Epcar Eddie Frierson Ben Gibson Milton James Steve Kramer Ted Lehmann Susie London Kerrigan Mahan Jeff Winkless Tom Wyner

ADV Dub Robert Anderson Greg Ayres Christopher Ayres Bob Biggerstaff David Born Victor Carsrud Kevin Charles Mandy Clark James Faulkner Joe Grisaffi Tad Hathaway Jovan Jackson Mike Kleinhenz Natalie Lane Mark X. Laskowski Paul Locklear Mike MacRae Kelly Manison Rob Mungle Andy Nelson Nancy Novotny Sean O'Neel Chris Patton Ted Pfister Kim Prause Phil Ross Brooke Sinclair Romi Snyder John Swasey Gene Tognacci

Notes

• The characters name changes in the International Dub were as follows
  • Shogo Yahagi - Johnny Winters
  • Yui Takanaka - Sue
  • Lieutenant Shiratori - Lieutenant Richard Armstrong
  • Eigen Yumekano - Richland
• Yui's rename in the International dub creates a continuity error, as the name that appears on her bike helmet remains unchanged.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Dub	Region	Country
ADV Films	2004		ADV	1 NTSC	United States
	2007*
AnimEigo	2022		Both	ABC DVB-T

*Complete Collection

External Links

• Megazone 23 Part II (anime) at the Anime News Network
• Megazone 23 Part II at the Internet Movie Database

Megazone 23 - Part III

Megazone 23 - Part III
Original Title	メガゾーン23 PART III (Megazōn Tsū Surī)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	World Wide Sound
Dubbing Studio 2	ADV Studios
Voice Director 1	John Wolskel
Voice Director 2	Matt Greenfield
Translation & Adaptation	Greta Mitchell (Manga Dub) Matt Greenfield Jason Bowhay (ADV Dub)
Recorded	1995 2004
Dub Country 1	United Kingdom
Dub Country 2	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	2
Year	1989

Megazone 23 - Part III (メガゾーン23 PART III Megazōn Tsū Surī) is the third part of the Megazone 23 series, and was directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenichi Yatagai. It was originally released in Japan from September 28, 1989 to December 22, 1989.

Rather than being a movie OVA like the other two parts, it was released as a two-episode installment.

Synopsis Years after the events of the first two films, the only city on Earth is the supposedly idyllic Eden. There lives Eiji Takanaka, a B Level hacker who has just been accepted into EX, the organization that controls Eden. However, before his first day on the job, he becomes embroiled in a network war, a legendary figure named EVE, and a plot to re-inhabit the Earth.

Dubbing History

The film was first dubbed by Manga Entertainment and released in the United Kingdom on VHS on June 5, 1995. As Part I and II were never released in the UK, Part III was retitled just to Megazone 23. It would later air on the British Sci-Fi Channel.

Part III was later picked up and redubbed by ADV Films and first released to DVD on August 24, 2004.

 

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Manga UK Dub	ADV Dub
	Eve Tokimatsuri	Saki Takaoka	Annemarie Lawless	Monica Rial
	Eiji Takanaka	Takeshi Kusao	Michael McGhee	Jay Hickman
	Ryo Narahara	Hiroko Kasahara	Larissa Murray	Jessica Boone
	Yacob Halm	Makoto Ataka	Adam Matalon	Illich Guardiola
	Lisa	Maria Kawamura	Jana Carpenter	Anita Vasquez
	Muller / Dr. Shimuka	Mika Doi	Laurel Lefkow	Shelley Calene-Black
	Sion	Kōichi Yamadera	Stuart Milligan	Tommy Drake
	Bud	Nozomu Sasaki	Walter Lewis	Spike Spencer
	Lester	Kazuki Yao	Alan Marriott	Kevin Brown
	Drakman	Osamu Saka	William Roberts	John Swasey
	Miki	Yuriko Fuchizaki	Julia Brahms	Michelle Maulsby
	Akira	Mitsuo Iwata	Martin McDougall	Kevin Corn
	Edoval	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Peter Woodward	Victor Carsrud
	Bishop Won Dai	Kōji Nakata	Robert Glenister	Chris Patton
	Clark	Masato Kubota		Ryan Worthington
	Dominique	Megumi Hayashibara		Tiffany Grant
	Narrator	Yumi Tōma	Peter Marinker

Additional Voices

Manga UK Dub Julia Brahms Robert Glenister Annemarie Lawless Laurel Lefkow Alan Marriott Adam Matalon Stuart Milligan William Roberts Peter Woodward

ADV Dub Robert Anderson Kevin Brown Victor Carsrud Dwight Clark Kevin Corn John Dukes Dunivin James Faulkner Tiffany Grant Matt Greenfield Mike MacRae George Manley Michelle Maulsby Maureen McCullough Nancy Novotny Brooke Sinclair Gene Tognacci Anita Vasquez Scott White

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Dub	Country
1995	Sci-Fi	Manga	United Kingdom

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Dub	Region	Country
Manga Entertainment	1995		Manga	PAL	United Kingdom
ADV Films	2004		ADV	1 NTSC	United States
	2007*
AnimEigo	2022			ABC DVB-T

*Complete Collection

External Links

• Megazone 23 Part III (anime) at the Anime News Network
• Megazone 23 Part III at the Internet Movie Database

See Also

• Super Dimension Fortress Macross
• Robotech