Crusher teams are hired for all kinds of reasons, and this latest job seemed easy. The movie is available as a two disc set released by animeigo, containing the film and two crusher joe oavs released several years after the movie. The galaxy is a strange and dangerous place, and there are times when even the united space force cant help. Joe is the leader of a band of space mercenaries, or crushers, who take on any mission no matter how dangerous, just so long as its legal union rules. Among the various worlds, the crusher council has a stunning reputation, and among the crushers, the most elite team is the one led by crusher dan and his successor, crusher joe. Its adapted from a series of scifi light novels haruka takachiho that were initially. Our crusher joe episode was from 2006, so at best i only have half the data for it, but realistically most of the listens come when the episode is newly released. I collect old rare out of date anime films and tv series too. Characters, voice actors, producers and directors from the anime crusher joe crusher joe. Hes younger, more quicktempered, a bit more arrogant and moneyhungry and notably reluctant to engage in noble heroics for their own sake although he always does. Read 2 galleries with parody crusher joe on nhentai, a hentai doujinshi and manga reader. Takachiho haruka created crusher joe after star wars became such a huge hit around the world. Crusher joe first appeared in 1977 in crisis on planet pizan the first in a series of novels written by haruka takachiho, one of the founders of studio nue.
Matua jona unnofficially skinny dips as she is forced to jump into a swamp wearing only a long lab coat during a fight scene. All crusher joe the movie images 1983 haruka takachiho and studio nue sunrise, inc. The ovas begin with in the ice prison, a cometary core which happens to be a prison has been deliberately. In the ice prison, joe and his team are assigned to adjust the orbit of a prison located on an ice asteroid before it disintegrates as it falls onto the planet kirius. The minerva was produced in both a small scale and a large scale. Onscreen only 15 seconds in cj became 3 tv series, 3 anime films, several stereo cd dramas, video games, hundreds of music numbers, lots of collectibles and spearheaded the anime subject genre online, the.
What makes joe an important movie and not just another cheap imitative exploitation movie which it sometimes is is the actor who plays the title role. On may 7, 1970, a railroad worker named arville douglas garland entered a university residence and killed his daughter, her boyfriend and two other students. Crusher joe is getting a much needed western rerelease. Crusher joe himself is a worthy successor to the whole flash gordonbuck rogers tradition of spacehopping pulp heroes, but with significant differences. Go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from search ebay for. Crusher joe the movie contains both the widescreen and full frame movie versions. Ten weeks before joe was released in the united states, a reallife mass murder with similarities to the movies climactic scenes occurred in detroit, michigan. Crusher joe, though loved by many, is sadly overlooked as one of the premier animated movies out of japan. This special program contains the complete crusher joe, both the ovas and the movie. Its actually a little hard to gauge what the most popular awo episodes are since we didnt switch over to libsyn until 2009, about 34 years after wed started. Pailsen files run from february 21 27, 2020 at the grand cinema. Kurassha jo is a series of science fiction novels by haruka takachiho and released by asahi sonorama from 1977 to 2005 an additional trilogy was published between 20 and 2016. Being protected by joe most of the scene, she does at one point fire a gun at the enemies. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
The movie is a marvel of classic anime and a joyous, bawdy, rebellious space romp of the type that nobody would even expect to see anymore. Speaking of injokes and references there is also a scene featuring a drivein movie that features kei and yuri the two protagonists of crusher joe creator haruka takachihos other most famous work the dirty pair. Joe, alfin, ricky, and talos, along with the robot dongo, take on jobs that require all the tools, tricks, and knowledge that the crushers are known for. The movie run from february 14 20, 2020, while the screenings for armored trooper votoms. The precursor to his awardwinning dirty pair, which would go on to a tv series, plus a collection of ovas, crusher joe was first animated as a fulllength feature film with a 1983 release. Thats where the crushers come in skilled troubleshooters who will deal with any problem, large or small, for a fee large only. Discotek media licenses the crusher joe film and ovas a bluray release is planned for some point in the future. Information presented in these pages does not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of the above holders or entities. Crusher joe ostall hunter 148 scale model kit nitto japan new and unbuilt in box this auction is for a model kit to build an ostall hunter from the japanese animation movie series. Looking for information on the anime crusher joe crusher joe. If you want to start a anime crusherjoe page, just click the edit button above. Dirty pair clips from crusher joe the movie 1983 youtube. Crunchyroll discotek announces ninja scroll, crusher joe. The movie on myanimelist, the internets largest anime database.
From demolition to terraforming planets, theres nothing the mercenaries known as the crushers cant do until now. So yeah, shame on me for skipping crusher joe for all those years simply because i thought the title sounded lame. Discotek media licenses the crusher joe film and ovas. Crusher joe heads a small team of these outer space troubleshooters that includes the cyborg talos, the beautiful alfin, and the obligatory. Crusher joe anime or science fiction macross world forums. The character designer of gundam and mech designer of macross come together for a thrill ride through space. All because crusher joe and his crew had a meeting at a drive in theatre and the angels were in that drive ins film that was showing. Both feature a team of wisecracking heroes who save the day by. Discotek licenses crusher joe anime film, ova series dec 2, 2016. Although a couple of models of this bird have been available in. This first incarnation of dirty pair occurred in this crusher joe movie. In the movie, theres a scene at a drivein theater where the film being shown features kei, yuri, and mugi whose character designs are much more like the ones in the original novels than in any later version of dirty pair, because the novels illustrator yasuhiko yoshikazu was the character designer for the crusher joe.
A blog disproving the supernatural, corun by neet teenager yuuta gamon and his enthusiastic best friend ryouka narusawa, becomes the catalyst that would bring together a group of people who supposedly have nothing to do with each other. During the late 1970s one of the founding fathers of studio nue, takachiho decided that besides being a designer he would try his hand at penning novels. Initially, the crusher joe novels were unfashionable, something which changed with the appearance of star wars in japan in 1978. Going back to old stories he had written in high school, he was able to pull together what would eventually become this movie. The film version won the animage anime grand prix prize in 1983. The movie and the ova series are currently licensed for english language release by discotek. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system.
Takara of japan produced a whole slew of crusher joe models in the mid1980s, many of which are still available on the collectors market. In the ice prison, joe and his team are assigned to adjust the orbit of a prison located on an ice asteroid. Usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. These days, the crushers still accept jobs of all kinds, so long as theyre legal and ethical, and crusher joes team is the best in the business. Omgakuhen music edition country japan format lp release date 1983 performed by the tokyo philharmony symphonic orchestra. The movie is a classic anime and the ovas are very good too, so this is great news for anime fans. When crusher joe and his team arrive at the other end of a warp without their precious cargo, they find themselves on the wrong side of the law, with their license revoked. He has four cameos that i noticed, 3 in person and one as a design on alfins watch in the final scene. Turn on the captions to see the translated dialogue.
Sunrises 1984 crusher joe official movie trailer for dvd release by animeigo. Dvd is available from discotek here and its only 15 bucks. The galaxy is a strange and dangerous place, and there are times when even the united space frce cant help. Some elements of his design evolution can clearly be seen in in pinnace fighter. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The movie episode 1 discussion on myanimelist, and join in the discussion on the largest online anime and manga database in the world. Obviously, the dates mean that star wars was an influence on crusher joe, but equally obvious should be the fact that star wars wasnt so much an original work as it was a reminder of past pulp glories. In what turned out to be a useful coincidence, i watched crusher joe the movie in the same week that i saw guardians of the galaxy 2. While the dvd itself doesnt have a lot of special features, the fact that it was available with the crusher joe oavs.
After retiring the crusher joe series around 1990, takachiho has returned to it with new novels published in 2003 and 2005. Some mecha designs were by shoji kawamori who did beautiful work on macross, as we all know. Discotek announces ninja scroll, crusher joe, and more on bluray. Crusher joe minera model by takara fantastic plastic. They know that once the union accepts a case the crushers are honorbound to follow it through. The movie, the first animated adaptation of haruka takachihos scifi. The third season of the american web television series daredevil, which is based on the marvel comics character of the same name.
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