Thats where the crushers come in skilled troubleshooters who will deal with any problem, large or small, for a fee large only. The 1983 movie which clocks in at 2 hours and 10 minutes introduces the crusher joe team, led by 19yearold joe, whose team of crushers, independent civilian contractors, do odd, often dangerous space jobs that cant be trusted to the usf united space force. To make things worse, the united space force accuses them of committing space piracy and crusher hq suspends their licenses for six months. In the ice prison, joe and his team are assigned to adjust the orbit of a prison located on an ice asteroid before. The ovas begin with in the ice prison, a cometary core which happens to be a prison has been deliberately. Crusher teams are hired for all kinds of reasons, and this latest. Crusher joe was made into an animated film in 1983, and a pair of forvideo animated episodes in 1989.
These days, the crushers still accept jobs of all kinds, so long as theyre legal and ethical, and. The movie will be rereleased on dvd in january next year by discotek. Looking back across 20 years of anime history, the crusher joe movie had a lot going for it. In the ice prison, joe and his team are assigned to adjust the orbit of a prison located on an ice asteroid before it disintegrates as. Onscreen only 15 seconds in cj became 3 tv series, 3 anime films, several stereo cd dramas, video games, hundreds of music numbers, lots of collectibles and spearheaded the anime subject genre online, the.
Crusher joe the movie is an anime film directed by yoshikazu yasuhiko. The 1983 feature was the first theatrical production of sunrise, the studio that was poised to dominate. Crusher joe is a series of science fiction novels by haruka takachiho and released by asahi. The film version won the animage anime grand prix prize in 1983.
The movie is a classic anime and the ovas are very good too, so this is great news for anime fans. The movie on dvd in early 2017, with a bluray edition to follow at an unspecified future date crusher joe. Requires region compatible player crusher joe the movie dvd new label. Crusher joe is a scifi action movie was produced by studio sunrise and directed by yoshikazu yasuhiko whos not really done much in terms of directing, but more in terms of animation direction and character designs on series such as mobile suit gundam. Crusher joe dirty pair wiki fandom powered by wikia. Go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from search ebay for. Their only hope of redemption is to find the culprits themselves, but. Matua jona unnofficially skinny dips as she is forced to jump into a swamp wearing only a long lab coat during a fight scene.
They wake up just to find out that the passengers are m. The movie 1983 amid a supposedly simple escort mission, joe and his crew experience a failure during their warp travel. Crusher joe is a scifi action movie was produced by studio sunrise and directed by yoshikazu yasuhiko whos not really done much in terms of directing, but. The ovas begin with in the ice prison, a cometary core which happens to be a. In the ice prison, joe and his team are assigned to adjust the orbit of a prison located on an ice asteroid before it. Crusher joe the movie contains both the widescreen and full frame movie versions. These days, the crushers still accept jobs of all kinds, so long as theyre legal and ethical, and crusher joes team is the best in the business. Earlier today, discotek media announced that they acquired the domestic rights to crusher joe. Crusher joe, the 1983 theatrical animated feature from japan, introduced to audiences a group of characters created by haruka takachiho a team of crushers, independent civilian contractors hired out for dangerous space work, led by 19yearold joe and including 17yearold blonde female alfin, 15yearold ricky and, for muscle, the massive middleaged cyborg, talos.
Crusher joe is a science fiction series by haruka takachiho that he started before the dirty pair series. While the dvd itself doesnt have a lot of special features, the fact that it was available with the crusher joe oavs at a fairly low price made this set an excellent deal. This special program contains the complete crusher joe, both the ovas and the movie. Amid a supposedly simple escort mission, joe and his crew experience a failure during their warp travel. The movie and the ova series are currently licensed for english language release by discotek media. In the ice prison, joe and his team are assigned to adjust the orbit of a prison located on an ice asteroid before it disintegrates as it falls onto the planet kirius. They know that once the union accepts a case the crushers are honorbound to follow it through. Crusher joe heads a small team of these outer space t. Its actually a little hard to gauge what the most popular awo episodes are since we didnt switch over to libsyn until 2009, about 34 years after wed started. Crusher joe scifi franchise gets 1st novel in 8 years feb 18, 20 2nd macross frontier manga, exhibit to launch in japan jan 26, 2008 nippon2007, asias first worldcon, opens aug 31, 2007. Crusher joe the movie is also an interesting film if you enjoy placing older works into the larger context of anime as a medium.
Omgakuhen music edition country japan format lp release date 1983 performed by the tokyo philharmony symphonic orchestra. Main redirect to a work page, no wicks, no inbounds. A routine assignment escorting a cryogenically frozen heiress to a medical facility goes. Our crusher joe episode was from 2006, so at best i only have half the data for it, but realistically most of the listens come when the episode is newly released. Our main characters are the socalled crushers, a kind of legal and controlled mercenaries. A routine assignment escorting a cryogenically frozen heiress to a medical facility goes awry when the girl goes missing and joe and his team are left holding the bag. You may want to ask in ask the tropers about whether its safe to recreate. Watch crusher joe online sub episode list animekisa. The galaxy is a strange and dangerous place, and there are times when even the united space force cant help. Crusher joe is one of the reasons i first fell in love with anime. With hiraku takemura, run sasaki, noriko ohara, kiyoshi kobayashi.
The movie 0 comments apc crusher joe the movie dvdx2645b91ec. The minerva was produced in both a small scale and a large scale. Crusher teams are hired for all kinds of reasons, and this latest job seemed easy. The prison is filled with political prisoners contrary to the autocracy of kirius consequently rising the suspicion of the. Among the various worlds, the crusher council has a stunning reputation, and among the crushers, the most elite team is the one led by crusher dan and his successor, crusher joe. When crusher joe and his team arrive at the other end of a warp without their precious cargo, they find themselves on the wrong side of the law, with their license revoked. Crusher joe the movie directed by artist not provided crusher joe and his team travel to the outlaw planet of lagol to clear their names after their spaceship malfunctions while escorting a patient to treatment, and they are accused of piracy by the united space force. The precursor to his awardwinning dirty pair, which would go on to a tv series, plus a collection of ovas, crusher joe was first animated as a fulllength feature film with a 1983 release. Perhaps it was a combination of all three scenarios. To make things worse, the united space force accuses them of committing space. However, it was the crushers who paved the way, performing jobs that ranged from terraforming to asteroid busting, warp lane plotting to transportation. In the early days of space exploration the crushers took on the job of destroying.
Being protected by joe most of the scene, she does at one point fire a gun at the enemies. Crusher joe follows the adventures of crusher joe and his team, alfin, talos and ricky. Crusher joe, either failed to generate enough revenue to cover the cost of production by the japanese studio that created it, the series itself never really caughton with viewers or the creators possibly just ran out of new ideas. Takara of japan produced a whole slew of crusher joe models in the mid1980s, many of which are still available on the collectors market. The movie is available as a two disc set released by animeigo, containing the film and two crusher joe oavs released several years after the movie. Its a good example of the shift from idealistic, inexperienced mecha pilots to tough, jaded professionals in scifi anime. With kiyoshi kobayashi, noriko ohara, run sasaki, hiraku takemura. Space opera storyline that uses the animation medium to tell stories that were too expensive to tell at the time, mostly because of the special effects that would have been required. A routine assignment escorting a cryogenically frozen heiress to a medical facility goes awry when the girl goes missing and joe. In the 22nd century, mankind has expanded into outer space. Crusher joe is getting a much needed western rerelease. Contentsshow synopsis enter the tale of the crusher council, a group of rugged individuals known for assignments ranging from transportation to terraforming and everything in between. He graduated in social science from hosei university in 1975 and established studio nue in 1972 when he was still a student, to work as an anime producer and scenario writer.
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