Tokusô sensha-tai Dominion (1993) (V)

Director:

Noboru Furuse

Writers:

Mitsuo Mutsuki (writer)
Masamune Shirow (comic)
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Genre:

Animation | Short | Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The year is 2016. The place is New Port City. The Tank Police are still waging a desperate war on crime...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Anime | Sequel | Manga | Future

Cast

Sean Barrett	...	Britain (voice: English version)
Toni Barry	...	Leona Osaki (voice: English version)
Colin Bruce	...	Reverend (voice: English version)
Shigeru Chiba	...	Megane
Alison Dowling	...	Anna Puma, Uni Puma (voice: English version)
William Dufries	...	Four Eyes (voice: English version)
Kate Harper	...	Mayor (voice: English version)
Adam Henderson	...	Al (voice: English version)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Annapuma
Yûko Mita	...	Annapuma
Ichirô Nagai	...	The Chief
Rei Sakuma	...	Leona Ozeki
Marc Smith	...	Mueller (voice: English version)
Isamu Tanonaka	...	Doctor
Michie Tomizawa	...	Unipuma
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Leona Ozeki
Jesse Vogel	...	Police Chief (voice: English version)
Jôji Yanami	...	Buaku
Yûsaku Yara	...	Brenten
Mari Yokô	...	The Mayor

Directed by
Noboru Furuse

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mitsuo Mutsuki		writer
Masamune Shirow		comic
Hiroshi Yamaguchi		writer

Original Music by
Yôichiro Yoshikawa

Distributors

• A-Film Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Dominion Crusher Police
New Dominion Tank Police

Runtime:

30 min (6 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Quotes:

Police Chief: [Roaring] STUPID MORONS... YOU WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE ACTION... DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD PEACEFUL MEANS?
Leona Osaki: But chief you don't understand, they were throwing tin cans at bonnapart
Police Chief: THEY THROW TIN CANS... AND YOU BLOW UP THE CITY?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#35.15)" (2006)

Dealing with the punks in the only way that they can understand.

Sequel series to "Dominion: Tank Police", both based on the cult series created by Masamuni Shirow, reassembles Leona, Al, Britain, the Chief, Specs (now called Four Eyes), Chaplain (now called Reverend or "Rev"), and the cat sisters Anna & Uni Puma to do battle with an evil corporation that's up to no good with heavily armed weapons. And how does the death of Leona's old partner Sharon figure into all this?

Not quite as manic or blackly comic as "Dominion: Tank Police" and not as darkly lit either, this is still a fun and funny entry in the Anime cannon. The humor is more harmless slapstick here than it was in the first series (no tying thugs to spinning wheels while throwing knives at him and stuffing a live grenade in his mouth). Some of the English voice cast were replaced, some for the better, some for the worst, and others with no real noticeable difference.

I kind of preferred the darker, harder edge animation of the first series, but I enjoy this one too partly because I love the concept, characters and the fact that this one got to finish it's storyline.