Friday, January 1, 2010

Harmagedon (1983)



Movie Title: Harmagedon / Genma Wars

Synopsis: Traveling to America on a goodwill mission, Princess Luna of Transylvania has a vision. A life form of pure energy named Genma that destroys everything in it's path is heading towards Earth. To save the planet, she must assemble psychics to confront Genma as she partners with an alien cyborg named Vega who once fought this menace before.

Harmagedon was deemed to emphasize on psychics power or telepathic which was mentioned in the movie, and was similar to the later blockbuster movie Akira (directed by Katsuhiro Otomo) in 1987 . Besides, Katsuhiro Otomo's strong influence of characters in both movies.

Running Time: 131 minutes

Production: Kadokawa Shoten

Director: Rintaro

Music: Nozomi Aoki

Original story: Kazumasa Hirai, Shotaro Ishinomori

Character Design: Katsuhiro Otomo

Art director: Takamura Mukuo

Executive producer: Haruki Kadokawa, Shotaro Ishinomori

Producer: Susumu Aketagawa

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