Kaiketsu Zorori (partially found OVA based on a children's book series; 1989)
OVA Kaiketsu Zorori no Dragon Taiji cover
Status: Partially Found
Kaiketsu Zorori is a Japanese popular children's book series created by Yutaka Hara from 1987 to the present. The series ran for three animated TV series in 2004, 2005, and 2020, but the first animated adaptation of the series began earlier, with an OVA in 1989.
Overview
The adapted for OVA were the first three works in the book series Kaiketsu Zorori no Dragon Taiji (Kaiketsu Zorori, the Dragon Slayer), Kaiketsu Zorori no Kyōfu no Yakata (Kaiketsu Zorori and the Terrifying Mansion), Kaiketsu Zorori no Mahōtsukai no Deshi (Kaiketsu Zorori and the Wizard's Apprentice). The animation was produced by Ryu Production and released by Amada Printing MFG on November 28.
Staff
- Planning, Production - Spotlight Kikaku
- Producer - Shigeru Toriumi, Ichirō Sekine
- Original Creater - Yutaka Hara
- Script - Hideki Mitsui
- Sound Director - Kenji Saketō, Atsuko Aoyanagi
- Sound Effects - Ryōsuke Satō
- Composer - Yūki Matsuoka
- Recording - New Japan Studio, Shōzō Enzai
- Sound Production - Three Sound
- Chief Animation Director - Eiji Suzuki, Shō Shinoda
- Art Director - Yumi Nakayama, Kenji Takeguchi, Masayuki Mizumura
- Animation Check - Tsurumi Takeguchi
- Animation - Hiromi Kawatoko, Kako Suzukibata, Masami Imaizumi, Kotomi Maeda
- Color Setting - Reiko Yoshida
- Special Effect - Noriyuki Ōta
- Paint - Matsuko Suzuki, Shizuko Hirai, Nobuko Igarashi, Chieko Machida
- Background - Boa Hachizō, Naoto Yokose
- Photography - Studio Wood, Studio Partner
- Editing - Falcon
- Animation Production - Ryu Production
- Chief Producer - Kiyoshi Yoko-o
- Production Advancement - Yoshinori Sekiguchi, Yūji Maebashi
- Chief Director - Masayoshi Ozaki, Kazunari Miyazaki
- Advertising Management - Sotac, Minoru Katō
- Production Manager - Hidetoshi Murayama
Cast
- Issei Futamata as Zorori
- Satoru Inagaki as Ishishi
- Osamu Kitsu as Noshishi
- Hideyuki Umezu as Dracula (Kyōfu no Yakata), Oden Vendor (Dragon Taiji)
- Kan Tokumaru as Town Chief (Kyōfu no Yakata), Wizard (transformed) (Mahōtsukai no Deshi)
- Masaru Ikeda as Else's Father (Dragon Taiji), Teacher at Demon School (Kyōfu no Yakata)
- Megumi Tano as Umbrella (Mahōtsukai no Deshi), Wizard (tanuki) (Mahōtsukai no Deshi)
- Mieko Sugiura as Gorgon (Kyōfu no Yakata)
- Miki Narahashi as Bride (Mahōtsukai no Deshi), Princess Else (Dragon Taiji)
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Arthur (Dragon Taiji), Mummy Man (Kyōfu no Yakata)
- Nobuyuki Nakajima as Big Snake (Dragon Taiji), Pantsunda (Mahōtsukai no Deshi), Wolf Man (Kyōfu no Yakata)
Availability
The OVA has not been released on DVD since its release and is currently out of print. Only Mahōtsukai no Deshi is available online, but the other two are still unavailable. Dragon Taiji was once sold online at the used hobby store Suruga-ya, but is out of stock[1].
Gallery
Kaiketsu Zorori no Dragon Taiji cover
Kaiketsu Zorori no Kyōfu no Yakata cover
Kaiketsu Zorori no Mahōtsukai no Deshi cover
A scene from Kyōfu no Yakata
Note
- In 1990, production of second volume Kaiketsu Zorori no Daikaizoku (Kaiketsu Zorori and the Great Pirates), Kaiketsu Zorori no Yūreisen (Kaiketsu Zorori and the Ghost Ship), and Kaiketsu Zorori no Chocolate-jō (Kaiketsu Zorori and the Chocolate Castle), was announced, but cancelled.
See Also
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References
- ↑ Kaiketsu Zorori no Dragon Taiji sold at Suruga-ya Retrieved 16 Dec, 2023