Cast & Crew

Directed by

Shûichi Hirokawa
(as Kazuyuki Hirokawa)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Writing Credits

Edward E. Smith
(novels) (as Edward E. 'Doc' Smith)
Sôji Yoshikawa
(screenplay)

Cast

Toshio Furukawa
Kimball Kinnison
Mami Koyama
Clarissa MacDougall
Chikao Ôtsuka
Peter Van Buskirk
Nachi Nozawa
Worsel
Tadashi Nakamura
Gary Kinnison
Hidekatsu Shibata
Port Admiral Haynes
Seizô Katô
Helmuth
Kôji Yada
Greedle
Takeshi Aono
LaVerne Thorndyke
Eiji Kanie
Narration
Yasuo Tanaka
Blakeslee
Shingo Kanemoto
Zwilnik
Masaharu Satô
Henry Henderson
Masashi Hironaka
Computer
Michitaka Kobayashi
Operator
Masato Hirano
Alien
Katsuya Kobayashi
DJ Bill
Yuko Saito
Sol
Tadashi Yokouchi
Blonde Lensman / The Lens (voice)
Kerrigan Mahan
Kimball Kinnison
Michael McConnohie
Van Buskirk
Edie Mirman
Clarissa MacDougall
Steve Kramer
Worsel
Gregory Snegoff
DJ Bill
Tom Wyner
Lord Helmuth
Mike Reynolds
Gary Kinnison
Michael Forest
Adm. Haines
Alexandra Kenworthy
Lens
Dave Mallow
Thorndyke
Robert Axelrod
Sol
Doug Stone
Blakslee
Milton James
Zwilk

Produced by

Hiroaki Inoue
assistant producer
Mitsuru Kaneko
planner: MK
Carl Macek
producer
Masao Maruyama
producer: Madhouse
Kuniaki Nagayama
assistant producer
Tadami Watanabe
producer

Music by

Akira Inoue

Cinematography by

Iwao Yamaki

Editing by

Osamu Tanaka

Art Direction by

Katsushi Aoki

Production Management

Jerry Beck
production manager (english version)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto
production manager
Yasuteru Iwase
production manager
Shunsuke Kawamoto
production manager
Kazunobu Shimizu
production manager
Yasuo Takahashi
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Yukio Suzuki
assistant director

Art Department

Katsushi Aoki
art designer
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
storyboard artist
Moribi Murano
image board (uncredited)

Sound Department

Susumu Aketagawa
sound director
Akikazu Inuzuka
assistant sound recordist
Shizuo Kurahashi
sound effects editor
Masafumi Mima
sound production supervisor
Mikio Mori
dolby consultant: Continental Far East
Hideyo Sasaki
sound effects editor
Kenji Shibasaki
sound effects editor
Ichiro Tsujii
sound recordist

Special Effects by

Manabu Aoyama
optical effects: Tokyo Laboratory
Tomoji Hashizume
special effects
Satoru Hirono
special effects
Nobuyuki Kanai
special effects
Takayuki Oguchi
special effects supervisor
Kaoru Tanifuji
special effects
Iwao Yamaki
special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

Masaharu Arai
motion control photography: Asahi Production
Carter Burwell
Bosconian city animation: NYIT
Ephraim Cohen
research programmer: NYIT
Shingo Hara
motion control photography: Asahi Production
Paul Heckbert
computer scientist: NYIT
Noriko Ishida
CG artist: JCGL
Kaname Iuchi
CG artist: JCGL
Sachiko Kondô
CG artist: JCGL
Takashi Kubota
chief CG artist: JCGL
Michihisa Miyashige
optical photographer: Den Film Effect
Toshiyuki Morii
cg assistant director
Toshio Murata
CG engineer: JCGL
Minoru Nakano
visual effects: Den Film Effect
Takayuki Oguchi
CG technical director: JCGL
Frederic Parke
director: Computer Graphics Lab, NYIT (as Fred Parke)
Theresa Ellis Rygiel
film recordist: NYIT (as Theresa Ellis)
Yasuyuki Sasaki
motion control photography: Animation Staff Room
Kaoru Suzuki
CG artist: JCGL
Seiichi Tanaka
CG artist: JCGL
Atsuo Tokutomi
motion control photography: Animation Staff Room
Ken Wesley
lens animation: NYIT (as Kenneth Wesley)
Carter Burwell
model maker (uncredited)
Theresa Ellis Rygiel
digital artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Masaaki Fujita
camera operator
Hiroshi Isagawa
camera operator
Kinichi Ishikawa
camera operator
Yoshihiro Kessoku
camera operator
Akifumi Kumagai
camera operator
Masahide Okino
camera operator (as Masahide Ueda)
Yôichi Shimizu
camera operator
Yasuyoshi Toyonaga
camera operator
Teruo Tsuda
camera operator
Hidetoshi Watanabe
camera operator
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
camera operator

Animation Department

Noriko Akahoya
background artist
Hiromi Andô
background artist
Nagisa Andô
cel painter
Junko Aoyama
inbetween artist
Yasuhide Baba
final checker
Chizu Fujimoto
animator
Sanae Fukada
cel painter
Yoneko Fukaya
inbetween artist
Atsuko Fukushima
animator
Francis Glebas
animator: NYIT
Kuniko Hamano
inbetween artist
Sakae Hamashita
cel checker
Reiko Hirayama
cel painter
Yumiko Honda
cel painter
Kumiko Iijima
background artist
Yukari Ikeda
inbetween artist
Yuji Ikehata
background artist
Kengo Inagaki
animator
Michiyo Iriomote
cel checker
Tsutomu Ishigaki
background artist
Jinzaburô Kaiho
background artist (as Jinzaburo Kaiho)
Chikako Kamata
cel painter
Reiko Kamiizumi
cel painter
Mayumi Kanai
cel painter
Madoka Katsunuma
cel painter
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
animator / character designer
Jun Kiguchi
inbetween artist
Yoshie Kikuchi
inbetween artist
Etsuko Kimura
inbetween artist
Kuniko Kishi
cel painter
Hiroko Kishima
cel checker
Nobuyuki Kitajima
animation director
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
animator
Shigetaka Kiyoyama
animator
Masako Kondô
inbetween artist
Yoshishige Kosako
animator
Tadao Kubota
background artist
Miyuki Kudo
background artist
Hideko Kudô
cel painter
Reiko Kurihara
animator / inbetween supervisor
Yôko Kurobe
background artist
Joan LaPallo
animator: NYIT
Junko Maeda
inbetween artist
Katsuko Masuda
cel painter
Emiko Matsumoto
cel checker
Mary Mazzarella
inbetweener: NYIT
Masaru Miyoshi
assistant animation director
Rikako Mizuno
inbetween artist
Yoshiyuki Momose
animator
Kôji Morimoto
animator / mechanical designer
Kimiko Murakami
inbetween artist
Misao Nakano
inbetween artist
Satoru Namekawa
inbetween artist
Yuko Narikawa
inbetween artist
Yoshikuni Nishi
background artist
Hiromi Nishibori
inbetween artist
Makoto Nishiyama
cel painter
Kazuo Oga
background artist
Kumiko Ojima
background artist
Tomoko Okamoto
cel painter
Tensai Okamura
inbetween artist (as Yutaka Okamura)
Tetsuya Saeki
inbetween artist
Satoshi Saga
inbetween artist
Kumiko Saitô
inbetween supervisor
Akio Sakai
animator
Masako Sakano
clean-up and inbetween artist (as Masako Kondô by error)
Kunihiko Sakurai
inbetween artist
Kôji Satô
cel painter
Naoko Shibayama
cel painter
Yukihiro Shibutani
background artist
Nobumasa Shinkawa
animator (as Nobumasa Arakawa)
Mika Sugai
inbetween artist
Seiji Sugawara
background artist
Hatsumi Suzuki
cel painter
Yayoi Suzuki
inbetween artist
Mieko Taguchi
cel painter
Hiroko Takatani
inbetween artist
Masahiko Tamaru
final checker
Kazuo Tomisawa
animation director / character designer
Wakako Ueda
inbetween artist
Takako Ueki
inbetween artist
Yumiko Uematsu
inbetween artist
Miyuki Umetsu
animator / inbetween supervisor
Yasuomi Umetsu
animator
Yôko Wakabayashi
cel painter
Yoshiharu Wakai
color supervisor
Yoshiharu Wakayama
animator
Yoshiyuki Wakayama
animator
Takeshi Waki
background artist
Takashi Watabe
mechanical designer (as Takashi Watanabe) / mechanical designer
Sumio Watanabe
inbetween artist
Kazuhiko Yamada
assistant animation director
Akira Yamakawa
background artist (as Akira Yamagawa)
Tetsuya Yanagisawa
inbetween artist
Jôji Yanase
animator
Yukihiro Yokoyama
background artist
Yôko Yoshida
background artist
Shin'ya Ôhira
animator
Mayumi Ômura
inbetween artist (as Mayumi Ohmura)
Miki Ôtani
inbetween artist
Shinji Ôtsuka
animator (as Shinji Otsuka)
Yûji Ôyama
final checker

Editorial Department

Yoshiyuki Abe
assistant editor
Yutaka Inoue
dialogue editor
Keiko Onodera
negative cutter
Shin'ya Tadano
negative cutter

Music Department

Akihiko Ôno
music recording mixer

Additional Crew

Steve Kramer
voice director
Yukio Kumagai
titles
Nobuko Maruyama
production secretary
Alexander Schure
chancellor: NYIT
Susan Sparks
production coordinator: NYIT
Garland Stern
interactive software development: NYIT
Masahiro Ôtake
production coordinator (as Masahiro Otake)
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