Masashi Hirose
Also Known As: 廣瀨正志, ひろせ まさし, Hirose Masashi, 広瀬 正志
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Birthday: November 06, 1947
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Gender: Male
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Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
Overview: Goemon's wedding to Murasaki Suminawa, daughter of a samurai clan's leader, is interrupted when the Fuma ninjas attack, kidnapping the bride-to-be and demanding her family's ancient treasure as ransom. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko work together once again to try to save Murasaki and get to the treasure before the Fuma can steal it.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-26
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My Neighbor Totoro
Overview: Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-04-16
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Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01
Overview: Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather carelessly loses the prototype in Tokyo. The MADOX is found by engineering student Sujimoto Kouji, who doesn't take the time to completely read the manual and ends up zooming around Tokyo trapped in a machine he doesn't quite know how to operate. Guess who gets the job of stopping the now mobile missing MADOX? Poor Kouji. If he's late for his date, it's over between him and his girlfriend. His current attire redefines the term "over-dressed." And to top it all off, Kilgore wants to make him late- as in "the late Kouji!"
Genres: Science Fiction Action Comedy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-16
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Mobile Suit Gundam I
Overview: In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth, has sparked a war.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-03-14
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Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
Overview: After surviving attacks by Zeon's Char Aznable and Garma Zabi, the crew of Federation warship White Base and its mobile suits must battle Zeon forces through Asia, Europe, and the Atlantic Ocean if they are to reach Earth Federation's headquarters alive. During that process, many of its crewmembers must overcome their fears, losses, immaturities, and insecurities in order to persevere.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-07-11
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Sword for Truth
Overview: Shurannosuke Sakaki is a masterless samurai with a razor-sharp katana and a cold-hearted personality. Whenever you see the mark of two crossed scythes on his back, death is sure to follow. Because of his exceptional swordsmanship, Shurannosuke is hired by the Nakura Clan to rescue Princess Mayu from the Seki Ninja. In this mission, he must use his full potential to survive the Seki Ninja's notorious henchmen.
Genres: Animation Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-28
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Eternal Family
Overview: Six men and women who are completely underground to one another have been given false memories and are living together as a family in a capsule hall. They know nothing about the outside world, and that they are broadcasted as a real-life soap opera in the imaginary community of Champon City.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-01
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Black Lion
Overview: The year is 1580 and Nobunaga Oda is working to consolidate his power over Japan. In his army are weapons of great destructive power: rapid fire machine guns, lasers, missiles and, most frightening of all, the reputedly immortal ninja Ginnai Doma. Like a sentence of divine wrath he hunts down and destroys dissident monks, ninjas and others, wherever they may be. With the clans on the brink of destruction, a single ninja accepts the impossible task: kill the immortal Ginnai.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-11-21
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Heavy
Overview: Guy is a Japanese street-brawler in New York who chooses to train under the famed boxer, Roman, with the hopes that he can raise enough money as a heavyweight to fund a life-saving operation for his father.
Genres: Animation Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-04-14
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Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky
Overview: A terrorist group invades a laboratory containing a deadly bacteria and destroys the lab with an explosion. They later announce via the internet they have gained possession of the bacteria and declare themselves to be the Red Siamese Cats, a terrorist group that was eradicated a decade ago.
Genres: Animation Crime Mystery Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-04-17
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Keroppi and the Beanstalk
Overview: Keroppi in the classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Genres: Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-07-21
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Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie
Overview: Set after the 1988 OVA movie Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition and months before the events of the VOTOMS television series, Pailsen Files explores the origins of Chirico Cuvie as explained by the Red Shoulder Battalion's now-disgraced commander, Col Yoran Pailsen. Compilation of the Pailsen Files OAV series.
Genres: Action Science Fiction War Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-17
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One Piece Film: Z
Overview: Zephyr, now known as Z, rides the seas with only one goal: Destroy all pirates and their dreams at becoming King of Pirates. When Luffy and his crew encounter him at sea, not only are they utterly defeated by the man with an arm made of Seastone, Nami, Robin, and Chopper are turned 10 years younger due to Z's minion Ain. Luffy is so determined to win against him that he does not even notice Z's master plan that could sacrifice thousands of lives.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-12-15
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Document: Fang of the Sun Dougram
Overview: In Space Century (SC) 152, the planet Deloyer, Earth's only colony, is home to a growing independence movement. The Fang of the Sun are a small team of guerillas fighting against Earth's occupation. To counter Earth's Combat Armors, they have a lone Combat Armor of their own: Dougram, a CA specially built for Deloyer's environment — and piloted by Crinn Cashim, the rebellious son of the leader of the Earth government on Deloyer. This compilation film version presents the events of the 75 episode anime series as a documentary, primarily focusing on the story's politics rather than the main characters. Originally screened with the short "Choro Q Dougram" and the Combat Mecha Xabungle compilation film Xabungle Graffiti.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-09
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GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night
Overview: In the aftermath events of GARO: Chapter of the Black Wolf, Saejima Kouga sets out to the northern district upon reassignment. While hunting down Horrors, a young priestess named Rin informs Kouga that she's been sent by Priest Amon to save a presumed dead friend in the Makai realm within Kantai, Jabi. Kouga teams up with Rin in a quest to save Jabi as they are hindered by supernatural and Makai forces alike. Meanwhile somewhere in Japan the dark Horror lord Legules was resurrected and plots a means to alter a supernatural event called White Night within Kantai to plunge the world into darkness with his "family." It's the final chapter of GARO as Kouga puts his life on the line to save Jabi and defeat Legules before the world is ruined.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-15
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Heart-Coloured Killer Ticket
Overview: Seiko, while suspended from school goes to Nagasaki, where she finds herself involved in a murder mystery.
Genres: Animation Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-02-03
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Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club
Overview: The now 50 year old Scientific Boys Club decides to build a ship with which they plan to sail to Mars on the "Ethereal Current", curious to see if there is life on Mars.
Genres: Science Fiction Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-25
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The Legacy of Al Caral
Overview: In the 26th century, humans discover a humanoid race living on the distant world GO/7498/2, a dark-skinned, golden-eyed people who seem to eke out a primitive, carefree existence. However, a scout team from Earth discovers that there is more to them than meets the eye--they live in symbiosis with vicious reptilian parasites, and the Terran scientists have upset the delicate natural balance.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-02-23
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Junkers Come Here: Memories of You
Overview: A strange dog meets four orphaned sisters.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-07-20
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Carol
Overview: Living in London with her family, Carol is the daughter of a famous musician, Lionel Mudagolas. While he is currently having difficulties playing his cello, she occasionally starts to listen an unfamiliar voice calling her name. Wondering if her father's situation might be connected to the bad phase of her favorite band, Gable Screen, and the inexplicable silence of the Big Ben, Carol is suddenly transported to another world. There she finds out that she might be the girl predestined to fight Gigantica, a demon lord who recently brought chaos to this strange land.
Genres: Action Fantasy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-21
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Bremen 4: Angels in Hell
Overview: The story concerns four animals fighting to expel war from the earth. Though based on the "Band of Bremen (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten)", Tezuka Osamu's fans could easily associate the story with "The Amazing Three." The cat, dog, donkey, and chicken who transform into human beings with the power of spacemen and fight to save the earth are entirely reminiscent of the three characters in the "Amazing Three" who transform themselves into animals and devote all their energies to saving the earth.
Genres: Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-28
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Lily C.A.T.
Overview: The crew of an interplanetary starship fights for survival after an alien force takes control of their craft.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-09-01
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Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Diver
Overview: During the closing days of the Gryps War, two siblings — Asagi and Takuya — ride aboard a civilian transport bound for Earth. Caught in a battle between the Titans and AEUG, they must somehow guide their ship through atmospheric entry. Luckily, they're not completely alone, as they find aid from a custom-painted Zeta Gundam, whose pilot sounds a lot like One Year War ace Amuro Ray.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-08-10
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Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Finder
Overview: Set in an alternate universe, VOTOMS Finder follows the exploits of Aki Renso, a Bottomer who daydreams of living in the utopian city of Top — and his dreams might become reality if he can rescue a Topper chairman’s daughter from her kidnappers!
Genres: Action Animation Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-12-04
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Kinnikuman: Great Riot! Justice Chojin
Overview: When Bibimbap, the last daughter of the Horumon Clan falls in love with Kinnikuman during her mission to assassinate him, her father Horumon Yaki enlists the aide of Shishkeba Boo of the Barbecue Clan, promising him Bibimba's hand in marriage. Shishkeba Boo himself has joined forces with the "Dark Monarch" Black Emperor, who looks to destroy Kinnikuman.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-12-22
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Kinnikuman: Hour-of-Triumph! Justice Superman
Overview: While performing in a movie at Toei Eigamura, Kinnikuman suddenly disappears. Somehow, he has been sent to Edo Period Japan. In Edo Japan, a villain called Shuten Doji is threatening to destroy the Earth if he is not given Princess Mari. Always willing to impress a pretty girl, Kinnikuman immediately vows to destroy Shuten Doji. Aware of Kinnikuman's situation, Terryman, Robin Mask, and the other Justice Chojins travel to Edo Japan too (via Kinkotsu-obaba's powers).
Genres: Animation Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-12-21
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Nora
Overview: Nora is on vacation in a "Holiday Inn" space station. When the artificial gravity fails, the whole space resort becomes chaotic but she helps solve the problem.
Genres: Adventure Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-01-21
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Darling Betty - Demon Story
Overview: A devil-girl with the face of an angel and a heart of gold, blond Betty falls in love with an earthbound gangster, Danpei Kimogawa, when they meet in a rainstorm. They end up living together in a Tokyo highrise apartment, though Danpei has trouble coping with his new witch and demon in-laws dropping in at inopportune moments. Betty has actually been sent to the human world on a mission to defeat the demon Lutan. While Betty continues her task, her skeletal grandmother sends nubile nymphs to tempt Danpei and see if he is suitable husband material. Based on the manga Mamonogatari itoshi no beti.
Genres: Romance Animation Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-07-19
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Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Case; Irvine
Overview: In another corner of the VOTOMS universe, Irvine is an AT mechanic who moonlights as a Battling pilot. Although he’s content with throwing matches for money, his talents draw the attention of the Battling agent Ishruna, and the sadistic pilot Paygun.
Genres: Action Animation Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-06
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