Megalopolis
Also known as: Miyako
- Studio
- NTV, VAP, Production I.G
- Animation studio
- Production I.G
- Distributor
- Anime Works
Synopsis
A strange old man is sitting in the park in Tokyo with a book in his hand and intently observing the ceaseless transformations of the city of Tokyo. He starts to talk with great eloquence about the flow of time and the history of the city, and gradually fascinates Mansairaku with his intriguing stories.
Characters
Hikaru (Minamoto no Hikaru), Tsuna (Watanabe no Tsuna), Sadamitsu, Urabe, Kintaro, Mansairaku, Abe no Seimei, Urabe no Suetake, Villagers; English Version: Aya's Father, Minister of the Left, Regent, Mansairaku, Minister of the Right, Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Totate, Watanabe no Tsuna, Minamoto no Raiko, Taroumaru, Hoshikuma, Minamoto no Hikaru, Usui no Sadamitsu, Emperor, Abe no Seimei, Tabigeinin
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Toshihiko Nishikubo
- Series Director
- Mizuho Nishikubo, Mizuho Nishikubo
Writing
- Writer
- Yoshiki Sakurai
Voices
- Voice
- Fumie Mizusawa (Hikaru [Minamoto no Hikaru]), Kenta Miyake (Tsuna [Watanabe no Tsuna]), Oki Sugiyama (Sadamitsu), Kumi Sakuma (Urabe), Wasabi Mizuta (Kintaro), Shinichirô Miki (Mansairaku), Kan Tokumaru (Abe no Seimei), Kumi Sakuma (Urabe no Suetake), Yasuhiro (Villager 2), Michael Forest (Minister of the Left), Barbara Goodson (Narrator), Steve Kramer (Regent), Lex Lang (Mansairaku), Joey Lotsko (Minister of the Right), Dave Mallow (Tabigeinin A), Michael McConnohie (Minamoto no Mitsunaka), Tony Oliver (Totate), Jamieson Price (Watanabe no Tsuna), Steve Staley (Minamoto no Raiko), Doug Stone (Taroumaru), Paul St. Peter (Tabigeinin B), Kim Strauss (Hoshikuma), Julie Ann Taylor (Minamoto no Hikaru), Kirk Thornton (Usui no Sadamitsu), Ezra Weisz (Emperor), Tom Wyner (Abe no Seimei)
Music
- Music
- Kenji Kawai
Animation
- Animator
- Toshiyuki Yahagi (Animation Director)
- Series Animation Director
- Kazuchika Kise, Kazuchika Kise
Art Department
- Character Design
- Kazuchika Kise
- Original Character Concept
- Sho-u Tajima
- Color Designator
- Kumiko Yusa
Camera
- Cinematography
- Miki Sakuma
Editing
- Editor
- Taeko Hamauzu, Taeko Hamauzu
Sound
- Sound Director
- Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Crew
- Plot Supervisor
- Yoshiki Sakurai
Companies and other credits
- Voice: English Version: Joe Cappelletti (Aya's Father)
- Original Concept: Production I.G
- Original Concept: NTV
Production notes
Starting from Episode 14, Otogi Zoshi enters its second half. A new chapter set in present-time Tokyo is about to begin!
Tokyo, 2004.
Hikaru is a 17-year-old high school student. Both of her parents have already deceased, which leaves her the landlady of their apartment housing called Minamoto Heights. While her tenants include unique characters such as the freelance writer Tsuna, the weird fortuneteller Urabe, and the pimp Sadamitsu, who has a gluttonous little boy named Kintaro. Her elder brother, Raiko, has been found to be missing for about a year now.
Then one day, Hikaru witnesses her missing brother in the busy city of Tokyo, but Tsuna, who was with her at that time, apparently didn't.
After this unexpected accident, many people around her start to disappear as if they were spirited away. Something really strange is about to happen in Tokyo...
Tokyo, 2004.
Hikaru is a 17-year-old high school student. Both of her parents have already deceased, which leaves her the landlady of their apartment housing called Minamoto Heights. While her tenants include unique characters such as the freelance writer Tsuna, the weird fortuneteller Urabe, and the pimp Sadamitsu, who has a gluttonous little boy named Kintaro. Her elder brother, Raiko, has been found to be missing for about a year now.
Then one day, Hikaru witnesses her missing brother in the busy city of Tokyo, but Tsuna, who was with her at that time, apparently didn't.
After this unexpected accident, many people around her start to disappear as if they were spirited away. Something really strange is about to happen in Tokyo...