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Foundation date 19 october 1962
Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. (株式会社タツノコプロ, Kabushiki gaisha Tatsunoko Puro), previously known as Kabushiki gaisha Tatsunoko Purodakushon ( 株式会社竜の子プロダクション), often shortened to Tatsunoko Pro (竜の子プロ or タツノコプロ, Tatsunoko Puro), is a Japanese animation company. It was founded in October 1962 by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida along with his brothers Kenji and Toyoharu (or by the pen name "Ippei Kuri"). The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese of "Tatsu's child" (Tatsu being a nickname for Tatsuo) and "sea dragon", which was the inspiration for its seahorse corporate logo.
Filmography of Tatsunoko Production (8 films)
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Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015)
Directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro
Genres Science fiction, Action, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Robot films
Actors Kana Hanazawa, Kenji Nojima, Ayane Sakura, Takahiro Sakurai, Shizuka Itō, Miyuki Sawashiro
Four years (2116AD) after the death of Shogo Makishima and the disappearance of Shinya Kōgami, the Japanese government has begun to export the Sibyl System technology to other countries, with plans to ultimately spread it throughout the world. A state in the midst of a civil war, SEAUn (the South East Asia Union, pronounced "shian"), brings in the Sibyl System as an experiment, and the coastal town of Shambala Float achieves temporary peace and safety. But then terrorists from SEAUn appear in Japan, slipping through the Sibyl System and attacking from within, drawing Akane Tsunemori and her team to Shambala Float (based in what was once Cambodia) to investigate.
Robotech: Love Live Alive (2013)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Animation
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Cam Clarke, Barbara Goodson, Wendee Lee, Richard Epcar, Steve Kramer, Tony Oliver
In the year 2044, a news reporter named Kay interviews Lancer a few hours before his scheduled concert. Lancer recalls the events leading to the Third Robotech War, along with his prior involvement with the 10th Mars Division and his association with the band of rebels that helped defeat the Invid forces. After the interview, he starts his concert with a rendition of Lynn Minmei's "We Will Win".
Hutch the Honeybee (2010)
, 1h41Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about insects
Actors Ayaka Saitō, Ayaka Wilson, Naoki Tanaka (田中直樹), Yui Aragaki, Akira Emoto, Nakamura Shidō II
This script must be run from the command line
Yatterman (2009)
, 1h59Directed by Takashi Miike
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Sho Sakurai, Saki Fukuda, Kyōko Fukada, Sadao Abe, Anri Okamoto, Katsuhisa Namase
In Tokyoko, a fictional city sporting various homages of Tatsunoko Production works, the Doronbo Gang have seemingly destroyed a large part of the city. The heroic Yatterman duo make their entrance with Yatterwoof (Yamadera, voice), a sentient dog-shaped mecha and Toybotty (Takahashi, voice), their robot sidekick. After a series of slapstick combat scenes, the Doronbo trio flee back to their mecha to defeat Yatterwan. Cheering at their first victory, the villains accidentally hit the mecha's self-destruct button. When the chaos clears, a teenage girl emerges from the ruins with a blue object in her hands.
, 1h28Directed by Lee Dong-wook
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Richard Epcar, Eddie Frierson, Mark Hamill, Yuri Lowenthal, Chase Masterson, Edie Mirman
Background In June 2044, the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF) fleet gathers at Moon Base ALUCE for its final attempt to drive the alien Invid from the Earth. This time, the REF has important technological advantages thanks to the help of the Sentinel races; the Karbarrans provided the industrial resources to construct this armada, while a secretive and highly advanced cybernetic race known as the Haydonites have provided advanced technology including Shadow devices, which make REF ships invisible to Invid sensors, and Syncro-Cannons, which are significantly more powerful than the REF's earlier weapons. The REF fleet is led by newly completed SDF-4 Izumo, a Super Dimensional Fortress over 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long under the command of General Gunther Reinhardt.
Robotech II: The Sentinels (1988)
, 1h15Directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Carl Macek
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Animation
Actors Michael McConnohie, Tony Oliver, Rebecca Forstadt, Steve Kramer, Tom Wyner, Cam Clarke
Nous sommes en 2022. Après la destruction des forteresses SDF-1 et -2, le gouvernement mondial a créé d'autres forteresses et a constitué la Robotech Expeditionary Forces (REF). Le général Rick Hunter et l'amiral Lysa Hayes préparent une expédition vers la planète Tirol, monde d'origine des maîtres de la robotech, avec la nouvelle forteresse SDF-3. De leur côté, les Maîtres de Robotech recherchent activement l'ASS-1 car il contenait les secrets de la protoculture ; la planète Tirol, affaiblie, est attaquée par les Invids...
Robotech: The Movie (1986)
, 1h22Directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Carl Macek
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films set in the future
Actors Kerrigan Mahan, Iona Morris, Edie Mirman, Wendee Lee, Robert V. Barron, Michael McConnohie
In the year 1999, the alien spacecraft SDF-1 crashed on Earth, followed ten years later by the alien Zentraedi, seeking to reclaim the vessel for their rulers, the Robotech Masters. The First Robotech War erupted over the vessel, ending with victory for humankind, at the cost of the SDF-1 itself. Now, in 2027, the Robotech Masters themselves arrive in Earth’s Solar System, aiming to recover the ship’s still-functional mother computer, being studied at Earth’s Robotech Research Center in Japan. The Masters launch a covert attack on a small human settlement, killing Colonel B.D. Andrews of the Army of the Southern Cross and secretly replacing him with a clone. Following a disastrous attack by the ASC on the Masters’ flagship, the Andrews clone proposes that the military take charge of use the mother computer to formulate a defense against the Masters. When his proposal is approved, he secretly begins beaming the contents of the computer’s database to the Masters, after which they plan to destroy the Earth.
, 1h55Directed by Shōji Kawamori, Katsuhito Akiyama (秋山勝仁), Noboru Ishiguro
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Action, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Space opera, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Mari Iijima, Mika Doi, Akira Kamiya, Michio Hazama, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
The film begins in medias res with the space fortress Macross trying to evade the Zentradi at the edge of the Solar System. The Macross houses an entire city with tens of thousands of civilians who are cut off from Earth, after it had executed a space fold on the first day of the Earth/Zentradi war - taking the city section of South Ataria Island with it. During the latest assault, Valkyrie pilot Hikaru Ichijyo rescues pop idol Lynn Minmay, but are both trapped in a section of the fortress for days. Even after their eventual rescue, this fateful meeting leads to a relationship between the singer and her number one fan.