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Locke the Superman (movie)

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© 1984 Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. / Shochiku Co., Ltd.

Alternative title:
Chōjin Locke (Japanese)
El pequeño Superman (Spanish)
Locke el Pequeño Superhombre (Spanish)
Locke the Superman: Millennium of the Witch
Locke the Superpower
Locke, El Superman de las Galaxias (Spanish)
Luck l'intrépide (French)
Luke l'invincible (French)
Star Warriors
超人ロック (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Colonel Yamaki is searching for Locke, an esper with powers far beyond imaginable. He is supposed to enroll him on a mission to investigate Lady Kahn, a millionaire tycoon who is raising an army of espers for an unknown reason.
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User Ratings: 78 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:5, ?:1)
 Very good: 11 votes (sub:5, dub:3, raw:2, others:1
1 greek dubbed
)
 Good: 18 votes (sub:11, dub:4, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 16 votes (sub:11, dub:4, ?:1)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 149 users, rank: #4509 (of 9856)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.231 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8531, rank: #6807 (of 10014)
Weighted mean: 6.144 (Decent), rank: #6996 (of 10014) (seen all: 6.20 / seen some: 4.89)
Bayesian estimate: 6.334 (Decent+), rank: #5913 (of 7551)
Running time: 120 minutes
Vintage: 1984
Premiere date:
1984-03-11 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 3
Ending Theme:
"Hoshi no STRANGER" (星のストレンジャー) by STR!X
Insert song:
"Rainbow Bridge" by STR!X & Mitsuko Horie
Links: We have 5
Comment:
First theatrical animation by Nippon Animation.
News:
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 4-10 (Nov 6, 2012)
Discotek Adds Locke the Superman Science-Fiction Anime (Jan 20, 2012)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces November Slate (Aug 27, 2020)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Locke the Superman (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-11-24 (from $15.59)
DVD (Region 1)
    Locke the Superman (DVD) 2012-11-06 (from $29.00)
VHS
    Locke the Superman (Dub.VHS) 1995-07-11 (from $39.00)
    Locke the Superpower (Dub.VHS) 1991-09-10

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi
Screenplay: Atsushi Yamatoya
Music: Gorō Ohmi
Original Manga: Yuki Hijiri
Character Design:
Susumu Shiraume
Yuki Hijiri
Art Director: Yoshinari Kinbako
Animation Director: Susumu Shiraume
Mechanical design:
Kenzō Koizumi
Susumu Shiraume
Yoshiji Kigami
Director of Photography: Toshiaki Morita
Executive producer: Kōichi Motohashi
Producer:
Junzō Nakajima
Shigeo Endo

Assistant Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai
Assistant Director:
Hidemi Maeda
Itaru Saito
Yūji Moriyama
Background Art:
Chikako Shibata
Kazuo Tamari
Kiyotaka Yasuda
Mitsunari Makino
Noriko Tsutsui
Riku Kuwabata
Sagako Itakura
Shigeo Nishihara
Shōichirō Sugiura
Shūichi Kusamori
Sohei Koizumi
Tetsuji Fujiwara
Tetsuto Shimono
Tomie Katô
Tōru Hishiyama
Yayoi Arai
Yumiko Uehara
Color design: Noriyuki Ohta
Editing:
Takeshi Seyama
Yoshihiro Kasahara
Finish Check:
Akiko Koyama
Fumiko Tsukada
Ichirou Yoshihara
Shigeru Fujii
Tsuneko Shimizu
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Isagawa
Atsuko Nakajima
Atsuko Ueno
Atsushi Okuda
Chikako Uesugi
Hideko Okimoto
Hiroki Hayashi
Hiroshi Harada
Hiroyuki Iyama
Hisako Yaji
Hisashi Katsumata
Ikumi Umekita
Junko Isaka
Junko Maeda
Junko Masubuchi
Katsunori Kaneko
Katsuya Yamamoto
Kayoko Ebihara
Kazunori Takahashi
Kazuya Takeda
Kazuyuki Toshida
Keizō Iwashita
Kenichi Yatagai
Kōichirō Ono
Kyōko Satō
Maki Fujita
Makoto Bessho
Mamoru Kurosawa
Masaharu Tomoda
Masao Nakata
Mayumi Hayashida
Michiaki Suzuki
Midori Nagaoka
Misayo Usugi
Mitsuhiro Yamada
Miyuki Ikeda
Naoki Kubo
Naomi Miyata
Nobuyuki Ikigame
Noriko Numa
Reiko Yamada
Rieko Matsukura
Sanae Nakagawa
Satoshi Iwataki
Sayoko Tsuji
Shigeru Yamazaki
Shin Matsuo
Shinichi Katayama
Shinobu Matsumoto
Takahiro Gotō
Takako Kawakami
Teruko Ishibashi
Tomoyuki Shibata
Toshiko Baba
Toshiko Okayasu
Toshiyuki Fujisawa
Tsutomu Yabuki
Yasuhiko Suzuki
Yoriko Nakano
Yoshiaki Tamura
Yuji Kubo
Yukihiro Makino
Yumiko Kawasaki
Yuriko Ōmiya
Yuriko Saito
Yutaka Sakamoto
In-Between Check:
Hiroaki Hanawa
Toshikatsu Shinozaki
Insert Song Performance: Mitsuko Horie
Key Animation:
Akiko Tsukui
Etsuko Ishiwari
Hideki Tamura
Itaru Saito
Jin Hasegawa
Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Kazuo Tomizawa
Kenji Hattori
Kenzō Koizumi
Kiyomu Fukuda
Kōji Itō
Manami Hattori
Masahiko Imai
Misugi Okubo
Noboru Takano
Osamu Tsuruyama
Reiko Mano
Seiji Okuda
Shin'ichi Suzuki
Takeo Kitahara
Takeshi Tamazawa
Toshiharu Kinoshita
Toshikatsu Shinozaki
Yoshiji Kigami
Yoshiyuki Ichikawa
Yūko Kiyoshima
Yumi Machida
Layout: Yoshiji Kigami
Paint:
Chiyoko Maemuta
Etsuko Yamano
Harumi Arahata
Hiroki Saitō
Hiroko Inoue
Hiromi Anzai
Hiroshi Tahara
Junko Shimojo
Kazuko Kishi
Kazuo Kuwabara
Keiko Nemoto
Mariko Tsukagoshi
Masahiro Tanaka
Masako Hanada
Masayuki Mori
Reiko Yoshihisa
Satomi Akamatsu
Setsuko Tanaka
Shinobu Nakamura
Takao Yoshikawa
Toshiko Yamaki
Yoshie Shibaguchi
Yoshimi Tonomura
Yūki Osada
Yūko Tonoike
Photography:
Akio Kanazawa
Hiroaki Matsuzawa
Hirotaka Ōkubo
Kazushi Torigoe
Seiichi Hashitani
Tsuneo Hosoda
Yukio Sugiyama
Planning:
Mitsuru Takakuwa
Shōji Satō
Production Advancement:
Naotake Furusato
Shūichi Ozeki
Takanori Yaegaki
Yukihiko Ichikawa
Production Desk: Shūji Uchiyama
Recording Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Sound Effects: Akihiko Matsuda
Special Effects:
Kunji Tanifuji
Masao Yoshiyama
Special Photography: Keishichi Kuroki
Theme Song Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura
Theme Song Composition: Kisaburoh Suzuki
Theme Song Lyrics: Jin-Hwa Kang
Theme Song Performance: Junichi Kawauchi
Titles: Akira Michikawa
Keiichi Nanba as Locke

Keiko Han as Jessica Orin (Amelia)
Taeko Nakanishi as Lady Kahn
Toshiko Fujita as Cornelia Prim
Yoshito Yasuhara as Ryū Yamaki

Banjō Ginga as Lt. Bell
Daisuke Gōri as John
Eiko Yamada as Kim
Gara Takashima as Kei
Hidekatsu Shibata as Professor Ramses
Hideyuki Tanaka as Helmsman
Kōji Totani as Manu
Kōji Yada as Federation Surgeon
Kōzō Shioya as Cain
Kyōko Tongū as Taku
Masaharu Satō as Luke Oh
Michie Tomizawa as Ann
Mieko Nobusawa as Lu
Mikio Terashima as Dionysus Captain
Ryōichi Tanaka as Orac Okura
Shigeru Chiba as Udo
Shōzō Hirabayashi as Col. Hector
Shunsuke Takamiya as Commander
Yasuo Muramatsu as General
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Executive producer:
John Ledford (Sentai release)
Toru Iwakami (Sentai release)
Producer:
Griffin Vance (Sentai release)
John Ledford (Sentai release)

Art Manager: Larry Koteff (Sentai release)
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Joel McCray (Sentai release)
Ryan Anthony (Sentai release)
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Sarah Cain (Sentai release)
Packaging Design: Sarah Cain (Sentai release)
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (Sentai release)
Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai release)
Son Phan Le (Sentai release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (Sentai release)
Bryson Baugus (Sentai release)
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai release)
Iman Kibble (Sentai release)
Luke La Padula (Sentai release)
Mariana Valverde (Sentai release)
Ned Gayle (Sentai release)
Ryan Anthony (Sentai release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Production manager: Son Phan Le (Sentai release)
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (Sentai release)
Subtitling: Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Supervising Translator: Natalie Jones (Sentai release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai release)
Elizabeth Oram as Lu
Rik Thomas as
Lieutenant Bell
Professor Ramses
Simon Broad as
Luke Oh
Manu

Rik Thomas
Simon Broad
English companies
Broadcaster: Teletoon
Dubbing: Omni Productions
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (United States and Canada)
Licensed by:
Celebrity Home Entertainment (Expired)
Central Park Media (License Expired)
Discotek Media (2012)
Sentai Filmworks (2020)
Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai release)
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Hwan-Jin Kim as Locke

Gyu-Sik Kim as Ryuu Yamaki
Ju Hui as Lady Carn
Su-Jeong Ham as Cornelia

Jeong Gyeongae as Jessica Orin
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Claire Guyot

Dialogue Writer: Gilles Coiffard
Mixing: Daniel Alesi
Alexis Tomassian as Luke (new dub)
Nicolas Brémont as Luc (old dub)

Dominique Bailly as Cornelia (old dub)
Stéphanie Lafforgue as Cornelia (new dub)

Arnaud Arbessier as Ryu Yamaki (new dub)
Bernard Tiphaine as Professeur Ramsey (new dub)
Bruno Dubernat as Manu (new dub)
Celine Monsarrat as Laila (old dub)
Christian Peythieu as Homer (new dub)
Daniel Gall as Udo (old dub)
Georges Lycan as Complice de Cornelia (old dub)
Isabelle Gardien as Lady Kaan (new dub)
Jean-François Vlerick as Udo (new dub)
Joel Martineau as Manu (old dub)
Karine Foviau as Jessica/Amelia (new dub)
Michel Gatineau as Professeur Lancey (old dub)
Michel Vigné as Luko (new dub)

Claire Guyot (new dub)
Jacques Marin (old dub)
Philippe Bozo (new dub)
Roger Lumont (old dub)
French companies
Distributor:
HK Video (new dub)
Platinium Video (old dub)
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers (new dub)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Jesus Barrero as Locke
Jordi Pons as Locke (Spain dub)

Aurora Ferrándiz as Jessica O'Lean (Spain dub)
Luis Posada as Ryū Yamaki (Spain dub)
Mercedes Montalá as Cornelia Prim (Spain dub)
Nuria Cugat as Lady Khan (Spain dub)
Yamil Atala as Ryo Yamaki

Aurora Ferrándiz as Lu (Spain dub)
Esperanza Navarro as Anne (Spain dub)
Maria Fernanda Morales as Lady Khan

Vicente Gil (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Cinema Golden Choice (Mexico)
Distributor: Chiqui Video (Spain)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Mexico)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Mexico)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: IBC-13
Tagalog cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Portuguese companies
(none)

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