Wicked City

Wicked City (妖獣都市 Yōjū Toshi) is a Japanese original video animation neo-noir horror film directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri and produced by Madhouse and Video Art. It was released in Japan on April 19, 1987. The OVA was released in North America by Streamline Pictures and in the United Kingdom by Manga UK in 1993; each creating their own dub of the film.

Synopsis

For centuries, a secret peace treaty has existed between Earth and The Black World, a parallel dimension populated by shape-changers possessing awesome supernatural powers. But now, that pact is up for renewal and a militant faction from the Black World plans to do everything in their power to stop the treaty from being signed. The fate of the world now rests in the ability of a pair of special agents, one a human, the other a shape-changer from the distaff dimension, to make sure things go according to plan.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Streamline Dub	Manga UK Dub
Renzaburō Taki	Yūsaku Yara	Gregory Snegoff	Stuart Milligan
Makie	Toshiko Fujita	Gaye Kruger	Tamsin Hollo
Giuseppe Mayart	Ichirō Nagai	Mike Reynolds	George Little
Mr. Shadow	Takeshi Aono	Jeff Winkless	Ray Lonnen
Kanako / Spider Woman	Mari Yokoo	Edie Mirman	Liza Ross
Black Guard President	Yasuo Muramatsu	Robert V. Barron	Graydon Gould
Hotelier / Hodgkins	Tamio Ōki	David Povall	William Roberts
Jin	Kōji Totani	Kerrigan Mahan	Brian Note
Soap Girl	Arisa Andō	Joyce Kurtz	Pamela Merrick
Clinic Director	Kazuhiko Kishino	Edward Mannix	Douglas Blackwell
Ken	Ikuya Sawaki	Jason Klassi	Adam Henderson
Doctor	Masato Hirano	John Dantona	Adam Henderson
Demon Temptress	Asami Mukaidono	Eleni Kelakos	Liza Ross
Airport Demon	Ginzō Matsuo^[1]	Michael McConnohie	William Roberts
Co-Workers	Seiko Nakano^[2]	Melora Harte	Pamela Merrick
Co-Workers	Kenichi Ogata^[2]	Steve Kramer	Bob Sessions
Secretary	Naoko Watanabe^[2]	Alexandra Kenworthy	Tamsin Hollo
Narrator	Yūsaku Yara	Gregory Snegoff	Bob Sessions

Additional Voices[]

Streamline Dub

Frank Catalano
Jason Klassi
Carl Macek

Manga UK Dub

William Roberts

Notes[]

This is Gaye Kruger first and only anime dubbing role.
In the UK dub Taki and the narrator don’t have the same voice actor, it is likely the dubbing team may have mistook them as two separate characters.

Transmission[]

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2001	OuterMax	United States

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Dub	Region	Country
Streamline Pictures	1993	Streamline	NTSC	United States
Manga Entertainment	1993	Manga	PAL	United Kingdom
Urban Vision	1999	Streamline	NTSC	United States
Urban Vision	2000	Streamline	1 NTSC	United States
Manga Entertainment	2001	Manga	2 PAL	United Kingdom
Discotek Media	2016	Both	1 NTSC	United States
Discotek Media	2020	Both	1 NTSC	United States

References[]

↑ "I think Ginzo Matsuo and Bin Shimada voiced the demons" Retrieved 2020-02-20.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "I think it's Seiko Nakano and Kenichi Ogata for Taki's co-workers and Naoko Watanabe for the secretary". Retrieved 2020-02-20.

External Links[]

Wicked City (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Wicked City at the Internet Movie Database

[1] "I think Ginzo Matsuo and Bin Shimada voiced the demons" Retrieved 2020-02-20.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "I think it's Seiko Nakano and Kenichi Ogata for Taki's co-workers and Naoko Watanabe for the secretary". Retrieved 2020-02-20.

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