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Carol

1990 (estimated) Direct to Video Animate Film

Studio
Animate Film, Magic Bus

Characters

Carol, Clark, Tico, Flash

Credits

Directing

Director
Satoshi Dezaki, Tsuneo Tominaga

Writing

Writer
Tomoya Miyashita, Yun Koga

Animation

Animator
Yukari Kobayashi

Music

Music
Tetsuya Komuro

Crew

Design
Yukari Kobayashi, Yun Koga

Production notes

Supposedly, the original novel of "Carol" was written by Naoto Kine, guitarist with the prefab pop band TM Network. Tico was modeled on Kine, while lead singer Takashi Utsunomiya was the model for Flash. Clark was modeled on keyboard-producer Tetsuya Komuro. However, actors provided the voices of the band members.

This was the best-selling anime video of the year in Japan.