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Talking Head

October 10, 1992 Theatrical Bandai Visual

Also known as: Mamoru Oshii's Talking Head

Foreign title: トーキング・ヘッド

Studio
Bandai Visual Company
Animation studio
I.G Tatsunoko, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa.
Clean-Up: Sendai Animation
Distributor
Bandai Co. Ltd.

Synopsis

It's nearly time for the debut of the most anticipated anime movie of the year, "Talking Head." There's just a few minor problems: the director has disappeared, and the movie isn't even started! Desperate to meet their deadline, the studio hires a "migrant technical director" to fill in for the missing director. But there's more going on here than just slipping deadlines. One by one, the staff is being murdered, and it's only a matter of time before the new director's next on the list! Explore the world of anime from a completely new angle!

Characters

I, Itano, Ito, Costumer, Kawai, Tamiko, Kitakubo, Producer, Secretary, Yamashita, Tsuya, Tahara, Aya, Hanta, Unoyama, Tomoe, Handawara, Shijimi

Credits

Directing

Director
Mamoru Oshii

Producing

Producer
Hiroki Miyagawa, Shin Unozawa

Writing

Writer
Mamoru Oshii

Animation

Animator
Nakamura, Mari Yajima

Voices

Voice
Shigeru Chiba (I), Yoshikazu Fujiki (Itano), Keishi Hunt (Ito), Mako Hyôdô (Costumer), Shin'ichi Ishihara (Kawai), Tomoko Ishimura (Tamiko), Hisayoshi Izaki (Kitakubo), Toshihiko Kameyama (Producer), Hiroko Kaneko (Secretary), Masaya Katô (Yamashita), Kujira (Tsuya), Takashi Matsuyama (Tahara), Eri Mayama (Aya), Zenchû Mitsui (Hanta), Shô Nobushi (Unoyama), Natsumi Sasaki (Tomoe), Fumihiko Tachiki (Handawara), Mayumi Tanaka (Shijimi)

Music

Music
Kenji Kawai

Editing

Editor
Hiroshi Matsuo

Crew

Animation Directors
Yoshinori Kanada, Kazuchika Kise
Mechanical Design
Shôji Kawamori
Character Design
Haruhiko Mikimoto
Inbetween Artists
Noriko Kiyohara, Shiho Nakamura, Mari Yajima
Cinematography
Yousuke Mamiya
Lighting Technician
Yoshimi Hosaka
Production Design
Ayako Matsuo
Sound Director
Shigeru Chiba
Special Effects
Big Shot
Moldmaker
Hitoshi Matsuyama

Companies and other credits

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