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Urashiman (TV)

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Alternative title:
Future Cop Urashiman
Future Police Urashiman
Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (Japanese)
Poli Rockero (Spanish)
Rock'n'Cop (German)
Rocki-kyttä
Ryo, un ragazzo contro un impero
Super Durand (French)
未来警察ウラシマン (Japanese)
Themes: police
Plot Summary: By chance, Ryo has slipped from the 1980s into the future, and is trying to get back. In the interim, he's working for the police force of the future, solving cases by applying his unique and often comical approach.
User Ratings: 33 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:5, raw:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: -
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:3, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 77 users, rank: #5700 (of 9581)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.727 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.2998, rank: #4899 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 6.947 (Good), rank: #3945 (of 9703) (seen all: 7.47 / seen some: 6.65 / won't finish: 3.58)
Bayesian estimate: 7.105 (Good), rank: #2888 (of 7286)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 52 
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage:
1983-01-09 to 1983-12-24
1986-03-23 (France Air Date)
1991 (Saban dub)
Opening Theme:
"Midnight Submarine" by Harry
Ending Theme:
"Dream City Neo Tokyo" by Harry
Official website:
タツノコプロ (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Kōichi Mashimo
Director: Seiji Okuda
Series Composition: Hirohisa Soda
Script:
Futoshi Takano (eps 24, 30, 50)
Haruya Yamazaki (9 episodes
eps 4, 6, 11, 19, 26, 37, 42, 45, 47
)

Hirohisa Soda (13 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 20-21, 27, 32-34, 43, 48-49
)

Kenji Terada (16 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 15-16, 22, 25, 28, 31, 35, 38, 41, 43-44, 46, 50
)

Sukehiro Tomita (4 episodes
eps 8, 10, 23, 27
)

Tokio Tsuchiya (eps 12, 17)
Toshiki Inoue (5 episodes
eps 18, 29, 36, 39-40
)

Storyboard:
Kōichi Mashimo (9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 13, 20, 32-33, 38, 48, 50
)

Kōji Sawai (6 episodes
eps 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 43
)

Masayuki Hayashi (5 episodes
eps 9, 17, 24, 36, 40
)

Shinya Sadamitsu (11 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 12, 15, 19, 25, 39, 42, 45, 47
)

Takaaki Ishiyama (7 episodes
eps 8, 11, 18, 22, 27, 41, 46
)

Takashi Nakamura (26)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (8 episodes
eps 5, 10, 16, 23, 31, 37, 44, 49
)

Episode Director:
Hiroyuki Tanaka (eps 24, 29)
Kōichi Mashimo (4 episodes
eps 1, 13, 20, 34
)

Kōji Sawai (10 episodes
eps 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 32, 35, 38, 43, 48
)

Kunihiko Yuyama
Kutahiko Yuyama
Masayuki Hayashi (4 episodes
eps 9, 17, 36, 40
)

Shinya Sadamitsu (10 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 15, 19, 25, 39, 42, 45, 47
)

Takaaki Ishiyama (11 episodes
eps 4, 8, 11, 18, 22, 27, 30, 33, 41, 46, 50
)

Yoriyasu Kogawa (9 episodes
eps 5, 10, 16, 23, 26, 31, 37, 44, 49
)

Original story: Hirohisa Soda
Art Director: Mitsuharu Miyamae
Animation Director:
Chūichi Iguchi (7 episodes
eps 3, 10, 20, 27, 34, 43, 49
)

Juji Mizumura (eps 4, 8)
Masami Abe (ep 2)
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa (ep 42)
Shigeru Katō (9 episodes
eps 1, 9, 16, 23, 32, 37, 39, 46, 50
)

Shizuo Kawai (11 episodes
eps 5, 12, 15, 17, 21, 24, 29, 36, 40, 45, 48
)

Takashi Nakamura (13, 33, 26)
Woo Young Jung (13 episodes
eps 6, 11, 14, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47
)

Yoshinori Tanabe (eps 7, 18, 30)
Mechanical design: Kunio Okawara
Director of Photography:
Hirosuke Moriguchi 
Hitoshi Sato
Executive producer: Kenji Yoshida
Background Art: Mitsuharu Miyamae
Editing: Sachiko Miki
In-Between Animation:
Hiroyuki Okiura
Kazuchika Kise
Production Desk: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Production manager: Masatoshi Yui
Production producer: Tsuneo Tamura
Sound Effects: Shōji Katō
Theme Song Performance: Noboru Kimura (as Harry)
Michitaka Kobayashi as Ryū Urashima

Akira Kamiya as Claude Mizusawa
Eiji Maruyama as Führer
Haruko Kitahama as Mylène Savelyeva
Issei Futamata as Stinger Shark
Kaneto Shiozawa as Adolf von Ludwig
Keiko Yokozawa as Sophia Nina Rose
Mayumi Tanaka as Jitanda Hunda
Susumu Kotaki as Stinger Hawk
Tesshō Genda as Stinger Wolf
Tōru Ōhira as Tōru Gondō
Yū Shimaka as Stinger Bear
Yukiko Nashiwa as Stinger Cat

Hiroko Takahashi as Joanna
Kazuyuki Sogabe as Führer (young)
Reiko Kitō as Margaret
Sukekiyo Kameyama as Hagetaka
Takurō Kitagawa as Bonaparte
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Joséphine Catsburg
Yūko Sasaki as Eisley (ep 45)

Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Music: Shuki Levy
Translation: Neil Nadelman (Sentai release)
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai release)
John Ledford (Sentai release)
Robert Dimano
Producer:
David Del Rio (Sentai release)
Eric S. Rollman
John Ledford (Sentai release)
Winston Richard

Engineering Assistant:
Don Sexton
Xavier Garcia
Executive in Charge of Music: Ron Kenan
Music Assistant: Stephanie Jordan
Music Coordination: David Hillenbrand
Offline Editing: Terry Marlin
Online Editor: John Bryant
Post-Production Coordinator:
Janna Bryan
Jennifer Canaday
Post-Production Supervision: John Bryant
Production:
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai release)
Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai release)
Luke Patterson (Sentai release)
Roxanne Terrell (Sentai release)
Production Assistant:
Cameron Hohle (Sentai release)
Jose DeArmas (Sentai release)
Kjell Doucet (Sentai release)
Ned Gayle (Sentai release)
Shannon Reed (Sentai release)
Re-Recording Engineer:
Clive Mizumoto
Gary Coppola
Mark Ettel
Subtitle Formatting: Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Subtitle Timing: Neil Nadelman (Sentai release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai release)
Telecine: Paul Lynn
Videotape Coordinator: Dan Laborico
(none)
English companies
Adaptation: Saban Entertainment
Distributor: Saban Entertainment
Facilities:
AME
Step by Step FX
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Filmworks
French cast
French staff
Theme Song Performance: Olivier Constantin
Francois Leccia as Super Durand (Ryo)

Catherine Lafond as Sophia (eps 1-3, 17-18)
Claude Dasset as
Général Mégalon
Wolf (1st voice)
Denise Metmer as Cathy (Wolf's assistant)
Francine Laine as Marlène
Francis Lax as Claude (first eps)
Georges Atlas as Wolf (2nd voice)
Gérard Hernandez as Léon the buffoon (2nd voice)
Joseph Falcucci as Ludwig (3rd voice)
Marc François as Claude
Philippe Ogouz as
Inspector Victor the bubble
Ludwig (2nd voice)
Sady Rebbot as Ludwig (1st voice)
Serge Lhorca as Léon the buffoon (1st voice)
French companies
Broadcaster:
Antenne 2 France (from 10 September 1988)
Canal + (from 23 March 1986)
M6 (from 1987)
Super Ecran (Quebec)
Dubbing Studio: SOFI
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Antena 3 (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Maurizio Torresan 
Translation: Ilaria Gallo

Dialogues: Cristina Robustelli
Theme Song Composition: Valeriano Chiaravalle
Theme Song Lyrics: Alessandra Valeri Manera
Theme Song Performance: Marco Destro
Diego Sabre as Ryo

Anna Bonel as Aretha
Antonio Paiola as Alfa
Enrico Bertorelli as Supremo
Gabriele Calindri as Claudio
Gianfranco Gamba as Ludwig
Giorgio Melazzi as Gerolamo
Marina Massironi as Sophia
Pietro Ubaldi as Giordano
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Italia 1 (from 1996)
Distributor: DENEB Film 
Dubbing: DENEB Film
German cast
German staff
(none)
Kim Hasper as Ryo

Axel Lutter as Generalissimo Fuller
Diana Borgwardt as Wild Cat
Gerd Holtenau as Dr. Gondo
Jan Spitzer as Ludewig
Jörg Döring as Stinger Wolf
Marie Bierstedt as Sophia
Thomas Petruo as Jitanda
Tilo Schmitz as Stinger Bear
Viola Sauer as Marlene
German companies
Broadcaster: RTL II

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