"Musekinin kanchô Tairâ" (1993) TV series

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Kôichi Mashimo

Writer:

Hitoshi Yoshioka (story)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi | Comedy

Plot:

The adventures of a space navy captain who is either an incredibly lucky idiot, or an unorthodox genius in tactics.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space War | Satire | Military Service | Spacecraft

Cast

Dan Green

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Agent A (1 episode)

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Series Directed by
Kôichi Mashimo		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Hiroyuki Kawasaki		(26 episodes)
Kôichi Mashimo		(26 episodes)
Masami Watanabe		(2 episodes)
Hitoshi Yoshioka		(unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Kenji Kawai		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Motoaki Ikegami		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Seiji Morita		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Masaru Satô		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Daisuke Chiba	....	storyboard artist (1 episode)
Tetsuya Kobayashi	....	storyboard artist (1 episode)
Kôichi Mashimo	....	storyboard artist (1 episode)
Takeshi Mori	....	storyboard artist (1 episode)

Series Animation Department
Jiro Arima	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Takahiro Gotô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yoshitaka Gotô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Tomohiro Hirata	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Tomoko Hirota	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shirô Hisataka	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shûichi Iijima	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Isamu Imakake	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Satoru Isono	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kôji Itô	....	animator / mechanical designer (unknown episodes)
Yoshiaki Itô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Tomoaki Kado	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Hiroshi Kamogawa	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Takashi Kaneyama	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Akira Kano	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kaoru Kasuga	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shûji Kawakami	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kumiko Kawana	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masakazu Kawazoe	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yasuhito Kikuchi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yoko Kikuchi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kazuya Komai	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shinsaku Kôzuma	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kazuya Kuroda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Takao Maki	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Shôichi Masuo	....	animator / mechanical designer (unknown episodes)
Shunji Matsuda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Norio Matsumoto	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Etsurô Mizuno	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masaharu Morinaka	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Futoshi Naga	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masami Nagata	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Atsuko Nakajima	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kyôko Nakano	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Miyako Nishida	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yûji Ogata	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshiyuki Okabayashi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshiyuki Okamura	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yôichi Ônishi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Takashi Ono	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yasuhiko Ôyama	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshi Saga	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Osamu Sato	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Setsuko Satô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masahiro Sekiguchi	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Hideyo Sonoda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Toshimasa Suzuki	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masao Takeda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yoshinori Tanabe	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kenji Teraoka	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masaharu Tomoda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Hideo Watanabe	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Tatsuo Yamada	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Masafumi Yamamoto	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Katsuhiko Yamazaki	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yasuharu Yasuda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kagetoshi Yokoyama	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Hiroshi Yoneda	....	animator (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Hiroyuki Kawasaki	....	supervisor (36 episodes)
Kôichi Mashimo	....	supervisor (36 episodes)

Production Companies

• Big West
• Tatsunoko Productions Company
• d-rights

Distributors

• AZN Television (1993) (USA) (TV)
• Right Stuf International (1993) (USA) (video)

Other Companies

• AnimeTrax  soundtrack distributed by
• Domu  animation
• Hadashi Productions  animation
• I.G Tatsunoko  animation
• Imagica  film development
• Kino Production  animation
• Kyoto Animation  animation (as Kyoto Anime)
• Maki Pro  titles
• Mu Film  animation
• Studio DEEN  animation
• Studio Donburi  animation
• Studio Dub  animation
• Studio Kumura  animation
• Studio Mark  animation
• Studio Onon  animation
• Studio Ten  animation
• T.E.A  animation
• Taj Studios  sound re-recording
• Zack Production  recording studio

Also Known As:

"Irresponsible Captain Tylor"

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:PG | Australia:M

Company:

Big West

Trivia:

One of the crew members is based on (and even named after) Jason from Friday the 13th (1980).

Movie Connections:

Followed by Musekinin kanchô Tairâ (1994) (V)

entertaining

I got the DVD on spec because it looked interesting that and it only cost me $80 plus shipping. The main character I can identify with as he is the nice guy slacker type. Imagine Vash the Stampede when he is being the lecherous goofy lay-about and you have one aspect of Tylor. The Character designs and types are familiar, especially the marine named Jason with his chainsaw & hockey mask and the alcoholic doctor.

The animation looks dated by todays standards, but the show is from 1993 and we have had the clean stylised look of Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star to raise our expectations of anime. I will say this though, if you are planning to buy the box set or fourth volume wait a few weeks so that the new fourth discs will be in circulation, one of the episodes on this disc is missing a chapter - it is not on the disc at all.