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Crusher Joe: The Movie

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©1983 Takachiho & Studio Nue • Sunrise, Inc.

Alternative title:
Crusher Joe
Crushers
クラッシャージョウ (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Amid a supposedly simple escort mission, Joe and his crew experience a failure during their warp travel. They wake up just to find out that the passengers are missing. To make things worse, the United Space Force accuses them of committing space piracy and Crusher HQ suspends their licenses for six months. To clear their names, they head out to the dangerous planet of Lagol to find the person who hired them for that particular mission.
User Ratings: 135 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Excellent: 19 votes (sub:12, dub:6, raw:1)
 Very good: 26 votes (sub:18, dub:6, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 39 votes (sub:32, dub:6, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:4, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:3)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (dub:2, raw:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 214 users, rank: #3751 (of 9860)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.993 (Good), std. dev.: 1.9264, rank: #4120 (of 10016)
Weighted mean: 7.041 (Good), rank: #3446 (of 10016) (seen all: 7.06 / seen some: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.079 (Good), rank: #3111 (of 7553)
Running time: 132 minutes
Production cost: ¥200,000,000
Vintage: 1983
Premiere date:
1983-03-12 (Japan)
Opening Theme:
"Bloodbath Highway" by Kazuhiro Nishimatsu by ARAGON
"Crushers" by Bullets [Jim Terry Productions English version]
Ending Theme:
"Hishou (Never End)" by Kazuhiro Nishimatsu
Insert song:
"Bloodbath Highway" by ARAGON
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
Crusher Joe DVD (Jan 20, 2003)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Crusher Joe: The Movie (Blu-ray) 2020-06-30 (from $36.96)
DVD (Region 1)
    Crusher Joe - Two Disc Set (DVD) 2003-09-23
    Crusher Joe: The Movie (DVD) 2017-04-25 (from $54.95)
LaserDisc
    Crusher Joe: The Movie [Sub] (LD) 1997-07-15

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Script: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Screenplay:
Haruka Takachiho
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Storyboard:
Mamoru Hamatsu
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Original creator: Haruka Takachiho
Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
Animation Director:
Norio Kashima
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Mechanical design: Shōji Kawamori
Art design: Michiaki Sato
Sound Director:
Kōichi Chiba
Sadayoshi Fujino
Director of Photography: Katsuji Misawa
Executive producer:
Masanori Itō
Yoshinori Kishimoto
Producer: Takayuki Yoshii

Animation:
Ayumi Hattori
Ayumi Koike
Chieko Kudō
Gen Sato
Ichirō Itano
Kazuhiko Yoshimori
Kenichi Hirano
Kumiko Takahashi
Kumiko Yoshihama
Mayumi Hirota
Mayumi Ishigaki
Mie Tokura
Miyuki Tokitomo
Naoyuki Yoshinaga
Sachiko Ito
Setsuko Takenouchi
Shōji Kawamori
Takashi Yoshihashi
Tomoko Ootaki
Toshihiro Hirano
Yorihisa Uchida
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Assistant Director: Mamoru Hamatsu
Background Art:
Hidetoshi Kaneko (Studio Cosmos)
Junichi Higashi
Kazue Itô
Kazuko Katsui
Kuniko Nishimura
Mitsunari Makino
Sachiko Satō
Teiichi Akashi
Tetsuo Anzai
Tetsuto Shimono
Toshihisa Tōjō
Editing:
Kazuo Inoue
Yumiko Fuse
In-Between Check:
Kazuko Maejima
Yoshiko Barada
Original Music: Norio Maeda
Photography:
Akio Bandō
Akio Saitō
Katsuji Misawa
Takafumi Hirata
Planning: Eiji Yamaura
Recording Adjustment:
Akiyoshi Yoda
Isamu Kattō
Sound:
Kōichi Chiba
Sadayoshi Fujino
Sound Effects: Kazutoshi Satō
Special Effects: Michiaki Doi
Special Guest Designer:
Akira Toriyama (MAX 310)
Fujihiko Hosono (Nightwalker)
Fumiko Takano (Anessa)
Hideo Azuma (Group Ouch)
Hisaichi Ishii (Saiteijin)
Katsuhiro Ōtomo (Arakune)
Keiko Takemiya (Date Wear)
Miki Tori (Bagpiper)
Rumiko Takahashi (Chug)
Satomi Mikuriya (Rudora)
Shinji Wada (Goby)
Yumiko Igarashi (Boo Boo)
Supervision: Haruka Takachiho
Theme Song Lyrics:
LEO (OP)
Ryūichirō Fujiwara (ED)
Titles: Isao Ishida
Hiroshi Takemura as Crusher Joe

Akira Kume as Dan
Chikao Ōtsuka as Big Murphy
Gorō Naya as Captain Kowalski
Issei Futamata as Dongo
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Talos
Noriko Ohara as Ricky
Osamu Kobayashi as Bard
Reiko Mutoh as Jona Mature
Run Sasaki as Alfin
Yoshio Nagahori as Loki

Fumihiko Tachiki as Control Room Officer
Hidekatsu Shibata as Dupra Mardola
Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Control Room Officer
Hiroyuki Kumakura as Control Room Officer
Kazuko Yanaga as Norma
Kazuyuki Sogabe as Killie
Kōichi Chiba as Corte Gianni
LEO as Disc Jockey
Masaru Ikeda as Doctor
Masato Tachizawa as Pirate Chief
Meri Mizuhara as Kei
Nobuo Tanaka as Valenstinos (Yosef Dodge)
Shinya Ōtaki as Pirate
Takeshi Watabe as Nero
Tamaki Sakai as Anessa
Tomomichi Nishimura as Officer
Yuri Akitsu as Yuri
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Director: Jim Terry (Crushers dub)
Script: Angelo Grillo (Crushers dub)
Music: Kevin Turner
Translation: Shin Kurokawa
Executive producer:
Robert J. Woodhead
Yoshi Enoki (Enoki Films USA; Crushers dub)
Producer:
Janice Hindle
Jim Terry (Jim Terry Productions; Crushers dub)

Associate producer: Patricia Curran (Crushers dub)
Audio Engineer: Nick Stuteville
Dialogue Mixer: Ron Abfalter
DVD Assistant Producer: Bobby Engelmann
DVD Producer: Michael Morton
DVD Production Assistant:
Nikki Miani
Steve Klem
DVD Production Manager: Scott Carlson
Editing: Angelo Grillo (Crushers dub)
Effects Editor: Kevin Turner
Script Supervision: Brian Hinnant
SFX Designer: Skip Bowerman
Song: Bullets (Crushers dub)
Subtitling Director: Robert J. Woodhead
Translation Verification: Natsumi Ueki
Voice Direction: Scott Houle
Dave Underwood as Talos
Juliet Cesario as Alfin
Michael Brady as Joe
Shaun O'Rourke as Ricky

AMIGA 3000 as Dongo

Aimee Flint as Yuri 
Belinda Bizic as Norma
Bob Edwards as Bard
Daniel Morris as Dan
Daniel Taraschke as Communications Officer 
Kevin Potts as Nero
Liz Elsen as Kei 
Marc Matney as Kowalsky
Michael S. Way as Murphy
Norm Shore as Mardola
Patrick Humphrey as Doctor
Pierre Brulator as Valentinos
Robin Dale Robertson as Killie
Sean P. O'Connell as Roki
Stacia Crawford as Matua

Chuck Denson
Cleo Rae (Crushers dub)
Cody Walker (Crushers dub)
Danielle Romeo (Crushers dub)
David Monson (Crushers dub)
Ginny Masters (Crushers dub)
Jerry Winsett
Jocelyn Deschamps (Crushers dub)
English companies
Distributor:
Enoki Films (Crushers dub)
My-TV (UK; Crushers dub)
DVD Authoring: Cinepost
Licensed by:
AnimEigo (Expired)
Discotek Media (2016)
Jim Terry Productions (via Enoki Films USA; Expired)
Recording Studio: Coastal Carolina Sound Studios
French cast
French staff
Translation: Jean-Philippe Dubrulle
(none)
French companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo
Andrea Ward as Joe

Fabrizio Mazzotta as Ricky
Monica Ward as Alfin
Roberto Stocchi as Talos

Cinzia De Carolis as Norma
Diego Reggente as Nero
Elio Zamuto as Maldora
Gino Pagnani as Dan
Giuliano Santi as Rocky
Laura Boccanera as Mature
Luciano Marchitiello as Bird
Mino Caprio as Valentinos
Oliviero Dinelli as Segretario
Paolo Buglioni as Cowalsky
Romano Malaspina as Killy
Italian companies
Distributor: Granata Press
Dubbing: SD Cinematografica

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