Megazone 23 (1985)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Kumi Miyasato
Eve Tokimatsuri (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
B.D. (voice)
Masato Kubota
Shogo Yahagi
Maria Kawamura
Yui Takanaka
Mina Tominaga
Tomomi Murashita
Kozo Shioya
Guts (voice)
Kazuki Yao
Shogo Yahagi (voice)
Mayumi Shou
Mai Yumekanô
Yasuo Hasegawa
Director
Banjo Ginga
Eigen Yumekano (voice)
Noboru Ishiguro
Director
Chika Sakamoto
Dump (voice)
Issei Futamata
Jayce (voice)
Ichiro Itano
Director
Hitoshi Takagi
Coco (voice)
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Writer
Kazuhiko Inoue
Garam (voice)
Koichi Hashimoto
Nakao (voice)
Ikuya Sawaki
Lieutenant Nakao (voice)
Matt Greenfield
Producer
Carl Macek
Producer
Shigeru Chiba
Lightning (voice)
Katsumi Toriumi
Chombo (voice)
Show Hayami
Yuichiro Shiratori (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Eigen Yumekanou (voice)
Takurou Kitagawa
Lt. Woodsman (voice)
Yuji Mitsuya
Hiroki Mohrii (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Reina (voice)
Tomohiro Nishimura
Rakko (voice)
Kenichi Yatagai
Director
Akari Hibino
Cindy (voice)
Shinji Aramaki
Director / Mechanical Designer
Emu Arii
Screenplay
Hiroyuki Kitazume
Character Designer
Junichi Higashi
Art Direction
Akihiko Takahashi
Director of Photography
Kazuhiro Konishi
Director of Photography
Hideaki Suda
Executive Producer / Co-Producer / Executive Producer
Isamu Senda
Co-Producer
Keishi Urata
Music
Haruhiko Mikimoto
Character Designer
Hiroko Kasahara
Ryo Narahara (voice)
Tooru Miura
Co-Producer / Producer / Co-Producer
Saki Takaoka
EVE (voice)
Yasunori Honda
Sound Director
Takeshi Kusao
Eiji Takanaka (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Sion (voice) / Sion (voice) / Shinji Nakagawa (voice)
Kôji Nakata
Wong Dai (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 5, 1985
Original Nameメガゾーン23
StatusEnded
Seasons3
Episodes4
Running Time1h 20m
Genres
Wiki.
Megazone 23 (メガゾーン23, Megazōn Tsū Surī) is a three-part Japanese cyberpunk original video animation created by Noboru Ishiguro, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama and Emu Arii, and directed by Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai, and Shinji Aramaki. The series debuted in 1985. It was originally titled Omega Zone 23 (オメガゾーン23, Omega Zōn Tsū Surī) but the title was changed just before release.The story follows Shougo Yahagi, a delinquent motorcyclist whose possession of a government prototype bike leads him to discover the truth about the city. Released on the VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc and VHD formats, the first part was a major commercial success in Japan upon release in 1985. It was also adapted into Robotech: The Movie (1986) in North America. The film's concept of a simulated reality has drawn comparisons to later films including Dark City (1998), The Matrix (1999) and Existenz (1999). It also inspired the video game 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2019).