Roujin Z

Synopsis

Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.

Cast

Chisa Yokoyama

Haruko Mitsuhashi (voice)

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Hikojiro Matsumura

Kijuro Takazawa (voice)

Chie Sato

Nobuko Ohe (voice)

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Hikojiro Matsumura

Ache B (voice)

Koji Tsujitani

Mitsuru Maeda (voice)

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Sho Saito

Haru Takazawa / Z-001 (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Satō Tomoe (voice)

Ryuji Saikachi

Ache A (voice)

Shinji Ogawa

Suguru Terada (voice)

Shinsuke Chikaishi

Yoshihiko Hasegawa (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Ache C (voice)

Kenichi Ogata

Riot Police Inspector (voice)

Kumiko Takizawa

Newscaster (voice)

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Noriko Asano

Nurse (voice)

Tamio Ohki

Professor Tachibana (voice)

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Teiji Oomiya

Manager Minagawa (voice)

Teiji Ōmiya

Manager Minagawa (voice)

Crew

Art

• Tatsuyuki Tanaka Storyboard Artist
• Hiroyuki Kitakubo Storyboard Artist
• Hiroshi Sasaki Art Direction
• Satoshi Kon Art Designer
• Yoji Takeshige Background Designer

Camera

• Hideo Okazaki Director of Photography

Directing

• Hiroyuki Kitakubo Director
• Kazuya Tsurumaki Layout
• Hiroyuki Okiura Layout

Editing

• Eiko Nishide Editor

Production

• Yasuku Kazama Producer
• Yasuhito Nomura Producer
• Kazufumi Nomura Producer
• Yoshiaki Motoya Producer

Sound

• Mishio Ogawa Theme Song Performance
• Thomas Chan Sound Designer
• Bun Itakura Original Music Composer
• Yukio Abe Sound Mixer
• Yasunori Honda Sound Director

Visual Effects

• Hisashi Eguchi Character Designer
• Mitsuo Iso Mechanical Designer
• Atsuko Ishida Key Animation
• Kazuchika Kise Key Animation
• Toshiyuki Inoue Key Animation
• Fujio Inose Key Animation
• Hiroyuki Morita Key Animation
• Masahiro Kase Key Animation
• Fumio Iida Key Animation
• Norio Matsumoto Key Animation
• Masayuki Kobayashi Key Animation
• Yoshihiro Kitano Key Animation

Writing

• Katsuhiro Otomo Screenplay
• Katsuhiro Otomo Original Story
• Toshiaki Motoya Storyboard

Photos