Zipang (2004)
AnimationDramaWarScience FictionActionAdventure
A Ripple in Time Turns the Crucial Tide of WWII. Scheduled for routine military exercises, Commander Kadomatsu and the crew of Japan's newest and most modern Battlecruiser, The Mirai, are ready to test out the ship's state-of-the-art Aegis System. Instead, they find themselves transported back to June 4th, 1942—date of the crucial Battle of Midway, where the Japanese fleet was dealt a crippling blow. When an overzealous Kadomatsu rescues one of the battle's victims, Kusaka, from a sinking zero fighter, the Mirai's fate is sealed. The crew pledges not to do anything to alter the past further. However, they're now forced to fight a U.S. submarine in a battle that should never have occurred. Thus setting off a chain of events that may forever change the flow of history!
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
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Tetsu Inada as Yosuke Kadomatsu |
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Hiroki Touchi as Lt. Commander Takumi Kusaka |
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Yusaku Yara as Saburō Umezu |
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Yuji Ueda as Kōhei Oguri |
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Takanori Hoshino as Masayuki Kikuchi |
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Yoshiko Iseki as Sachiko Momoi |
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Roland Angelo Crisolo as Katagiri / Yanagi |
| Directing | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | Director |
| Art | Kaiji Kawaguchi | Original Series Design |
| Writing | Yuichiro Takeda | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiko Umakoshi | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Shohei Kohara | Mechanical Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yasuhiro Nishinaka | Mechanical Designer |
| Sound | Toshihiko Sahashi | Music Producer |
| Art | Nobuto Sakamoto | Art Direction |
| Camera | Masayuki Kawaguchi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Masahiro Matsumura | Editor |
| Sound | Takuya Hiramitsu | Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Shudai Baba | 3D Director |