Moon Over Tao: Makaraga (1997)
A retired warrior comes to see his former lord and learns that someone is making indestructible swords from some unknown metal. He is sent together with a swordsman to investigate the source. Along the way they meet a young girl working as a beekeeper. She is later witness to the appearance of three strange females from another dimension. They are searching for a lost weapon that has landed on earth and as one of them lay dying she enlists the girl to help them control the strange beast/weapon. Meanwhile the warrior and the swordsman learn that an old nemesis has created the swords from the shell that surrounded the alien weapon. Soon the alien beast/weapon is awakened and battle for control ensues.
Director: Keita Amemiya
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Toshiyuki Nagashima as Suikyou |
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Hiroshi Abe as Hayate |
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Yûko Moriyama as Abira / Marien / Kuzto |
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Sayaka Yoshino as Renge |
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Yukijiro Hotaru as A Keeper For Arms |
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Takaaki Enoki as Kakugyou |
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Kunihiko Ida as A Gatekeeper |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katsuya Terada | Costume Design |
| Production | Hijiri Taguchi | Producer |
| Directing | Daisuke Yamanouchi | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Hajime Matsumoto | Writer |
| Production | Shigeru Watanabe | Producer |
| Editing | Shinichi Fushima | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Hajime Matsumoto | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Writing | Keita Amemiya | Writer |
| Directing | Keita Amemiya | Director |
| Sound | Kōichi Ōta | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dango Takeda | Costume Design |
| Camera | Hiroshi Kidokoro | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Kazutugu Kosugi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takayuki Takeya | Modelling Supervisor |
| Directing | Mitsuo Abe | Action Director |
| Art | Akihiko Iguchi | Production Design |
