Hashire Melos
Also known as: 走れメロス
English titles: Run Melos, Run For Life
- Studio
- Tôei Company Ltd., Visual 80
Characters
Melos, Dionysius, Selinuntius
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tomoharu Katsumata
Writing
- Writer
- Keinosuke Uekusa
Voices
- Voice
- Makio Inoue (Serinuntious), Toshio Furukawa (Pauz)
Music
- Music
- Katsuhiro Tsuboiri
Animation
- Animator
- Toshio Mori
Art Department
- Design
- Toshio Mori
Production notes
Initially released as a TV special, this was based on Osamu Dazai's 1940 short story, itself based on Greek legend (via a poem by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller).
In 1992, this was followed by a 107-minute animated film directed and written by Masaaki Osumi. Art direction and design were by Satoshi Kon and Hiroyuki Okiura, with backgrounds by Hiroshi Ono. This film contained the first anime score by Kazumasa Oda; it was also the voice-acting debut of singer Akina Nakamori, who portrayed Melos' sister.
The story was animated as a 30-minute stop-motion short for the "Classic Children's Tales" series (1992), and again, as a 10-minute short directed by Keisuke Morishita, for the "Famous Japanese Fables" series (1997).
In 1992, this was followed by a 107-minute animated film directed and written by Masaaki Osumi. Art direction and design were by Satoshi Kon and Hiroyuki Okiura, with backgrounds by Hiroshi Ono. This film contained the first anime score by Kazumasa Oda; it was also the voice-acting debut of singer Akina Nakamori, who portrayed Melos' sister.
The story was animated as a 30-minute stop-motion short for the "Classic Children's Tales" series (1992), and again, as a 10-minute short directed by Keisuke Morishita, for the "Famous Japanese Fables" series (1997).