Genma Taisen

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name = Genma Taisen


caption =
ja_name = 幻魔大戦
ja_name_trans =
genre = Science fictionInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Kazumasa Hirai, Shotaro Ishinomori
publisher = flagicon|Japan Kodansha
demographic =
magazine = Weekly Shōnen Magazine
first = 1967
last =
volumes = Infobox animanga/Movie
title = Harmagedon
director = Rintaro
producer = Haruki Kadokawa
music = Nozomi Aoki
studio = Madhouse Studio
released = 1983
runtime = 131 minInfobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Tsuneo Tominaga
studio = E.G. Films
network = flagicon|Japan AT-X, Animax
flagicon|Philippines Hero TV
first = February 2, 2002
last = May 11, 2002
episodes = 13

nihongo|"Genma Taisen"|幻魔大戦|lit. "Genma Wars" is a science fiction manga that began in 1967. It was a collaboration in Weekly Shōnen Magazine by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai (8 Man fame) and mangaka Shotaro Ishinomori.

Harmagedon

nihongo|Harmagedon|幻魔大戦|Genma Taisen|Lit. Genma Wars is a science fiction anime movie released in 1983. The movie was based largely on Kazumasa Hirai's first three "Genma Taisen" novels. The movie was directed by Rintaro with character designs by Katsuhiro Otomo (of Akira fame.) Keith Emerson was hired to do the rock soundtrack. Madhouse Studio did the animation. Its footage was later used for the laserdisc game Bega's Battle.

Availability

"Genma Taisen" the Movie has been available in the US as "Harmagedon" on VHS and Laserdisc since 1992 and has been released on DVD twice, all times by Central Park Media, once as a very early, barebones, DVD release and a second time as a more robust release complete with a Rintaro commentary track [ [https://secure.centralparkmedia.com:1443/cpmdb/cfcpm.cfm?Cat=USMD_2209 Central Park Media's Official Harmageddon Homepage] ] .

Genma Wars

nihongo|Genma Wars|幻魔大戦 -神話前夜の章-|Genma Taisen: Shinwa Zen'ya no Shō the TV series has been released in the US user the name "Genma Wars" by Media Blasters on DVD, later rereleased in a box set of the entire TV series. The release experienced controversy, as the licensor Enoki Films edited some footage to remove panning camera shots of female nudity, but strangely left rape and sex scenes intact.

Notes and References

External links

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* [http://www.media-blasters.com/ Media Blaster's Homepage]
* [http://www.centralparkmedia.com/ Central Park Media's Homepage]
* [http://www.madhouse.co.jp/works/1986-1983/works_movie_genma.html Madhouse Studio: Genma Taisen]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=678 Anime News Network - Harmagedon]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2220 Anime News Network - Genma Wars]