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8 Man After (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Cyber Desesperado
Eightman After
Oitavo Homem - O Policial do Futuro (Portuguese)
Восьмой: Спустя годы (Russian)
الرجل الثامن (Arabic)
エイトマン AFTER (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Private detective Hazama Itsuru is hired by Professor Tani to investigate a cyborg parts theft which eventually leads him to meet Sachiko Yokogawa, the original 8 Man's love interest. Living her new life working for the Biotecho Corp., Sachiko finds herself involved with a new 8 Man, who appears after Hazama is fatally wounded by an unknow cyborg. Amidst a violent urban background with cyber-junkies creating chaos around the city, this other 8 Man will fight criminals in a more agressive way.
User Ratings: 138 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 9 votes (dub:6, ?:1, sub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Very good: 18 votes (dub:12, sub:5, others:1
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Good: 43 votes (dub:30, sub:12, raw:1)
 Decent: 40 votes (dub:24, sub:13, edit.dub:2, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 So-so: 13 votes (dub:11, sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (dub:6, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Weak: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 335 users, rank: #2784 (of 9508)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.428 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.5031, rank: #5968 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 6.355 (Decent+), rank: #6097 (of 9647) (seen all: 6.44 / seen some: 5.60 / won't finish: 3.99)
Bayesian estimate: 6.459 (Decent+), rank: #5318 (of 7263)
Running time: 29 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1993-08-21 to 1993-11-22
Ending Theme:
#1: "Eightman no Theme (Version 1993)" by Nobuyoshi Kuwano (eps 1-3)
#2: "Hohoemi no Mukougawa" (微笑みの向こう側) by Nobuyoshi Kuwano (ep 4)
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DVD (Region 1)
    8 Man After - The Complete Collection (DVD) 2016-05-31 (from $110.00)
    8 Man After - Perfect Collection (Dub.DVD) 1998-07-29 (from $199.99)
    8 Man After - Perfect Collection (Dub.DVD) 2001-11-27 (from $89.84)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoriyasu Kogawa
Screenplay: Yasushi Hirano
Storyboard:
Takahiro Okao (ep 4)
Yoriyasu Kogawa (ep 1)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (eps 2-3)
Episode Director:
Haruo Nakayama (ep 2)
Kazuhiro Ozawa (ep 1)
Takahiro Okao (eps 3-4)
Music:
Fumi Miyoshi (Sound System)
Hitoshi Miyata
Tomohide Harada (Interlink)
Original Work: Kazumasa Hirai
Original Manga: Jiro Kuwata
Character Design: Kenichi Ōnuki
Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
Animation Director:
Kenichi Ōnuki (ep 1)
Kunihiro Abe (ep 1)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 4)
Nobuyoshi Habara (ep 3)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (ep 4)
Shinji Ochi (ep 2)
Mechanical design: Kunihiro Abe
Sound Director: Noriyoshi Matsuura
Director of Photography:
Akihiko Takahashi (eps 1, 3-4)
Hideo Suzuki (ep 2)
Executive producer: Hiroshi Yamamoto
Background Art:
Kumiko Inoue (eps 1-4)
Minoru Akiba (eps 1-4)
Yasuyuki Inaba (eps 1-4)
Color Coordination:
Haremi Miyagawa (ep 2)
Miyuki Yoshimura (ep 3)
Sayuri Tanabe (eps 1, 4)
Color design: Yoshie Murakami
Finish Animation:
Haremi Miyagawa (ep 2)
Hidemi Wada (ep 1)
Junko Yokoo (ep 1)
Mari Higashihara (ep 1)
Mieko Maruyama (ep 1)
Yukiko Itou (ep 1)
Photography:
Hiroshi Isakawa (ep 2)
Masaaki Fujita (eps 1-3)
Mikio Nakade (ep 4)
Miyoko Tamaki (eps 1, 3-4)
Seiji Uchida (eps 1, 3-4)
Shinichi Sasano (eps 1, 3-4)
Takashi Azuhata (eps 1, 3-4)
Tohru Nishiide (ep 2)
Toshiaki Yamaguchi (ep 2)
Toyomitsu Nakajō (eps 1, 3-4)
Tsuguo Ozawa (ep 4)
Yutaka Kurosawa (eps 1, 3-4)
Production Desk: Takashi Yokoi (eps 1-4)
Production manager: Tomoko Kawasaki
Publicity: Shiho Miyai (eps 1-4)
Recording:
Keisuke Tsuruta (eps 1, 3)
Mitsuyoshi Maruyama (eps 2, 4)
Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo
Special Effects:
Gō Abe (eps 1, 4)
Kō Yamamoto (ep 3)
Toyohiko Sakakibara (ep 2)
Theme Song Arrangement: Ryouichi Kuniyoshi (ED2)
Theme Song Composition:
Hiroaki Hagiwara (ED1)
Nobuyoshi Kuwano (ED2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Takehiko Maeda (ED1)
Yoshiko Miura (ED2)
Theme Song Performance: Nobuyoshi Kuwano
Jūrōta Kosugi as Itsurō Hazama/8 Man

Eiko Yamada as Sam O'Conner
Ikuya Sawaki as Marshall Daigo
Issei Futamata as Tony Gleck
Keaton Yamada as Dr. Tani
Masaharu Satō as Detective
Masaru Ikeda as Chief Tanaka
Mika Doi as Sachiko Yokogawa
Shigeru Nakahara as Ichiro

Hirohiko Kakegawa as
Detective (ep 4)
Executive (ep 4)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as
Announcer (ep 2)
Criminal (ep 1)
Masaharu Satō as
Max (ep 2)
O'Conner (eps 3-4)
Masashi Hirose as Mayor White (ep 2)
Michitaka Kobayashi as
Board Member (ep 3)
Secretary (ep 1)
Nobuo Tobita as Eddie Schmidt
Sanshirō Nitta as Newscaster (ep 2)
Shigeru Nakahara as Chen (eps 2-4)
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Art Max (ep 4)
K.LAND (eps 2-3)
Studio Jack (eps 1-4)
Editing: Jay Film
Film Developing: Imagica
In-Between Animation:
Ashi Productions (ep 3)
JCS International (eps 1-4)
Kino Production (ep 3)
Samtack (ep 2)
Studio Lions (ep 3)
Tanasawa Firm (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Kino Production (ep 3)
Photography:
Adlib (ep 4)
Azuhata Production (eps 1, 3-4)
Mushi Production (ep 2)
Studio Boston (eps 1, 3-4)
Producer: J.C. Staff 
Production Assistance:
Ashi Productions (ep 3)
Daume (ep 2)
Recording Studio: Gen
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Sound Production: Gen
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Director: Carl Macek
Producer: Carl Macek

Adaptation: Ardwight Chamberlain
Additional Sound Effects: Ernie Sheesley
DVD Compression: Justin Sevakis (Discotek release, uncredited)
Final Remix: Ernie Sheesley
Music Editing: Ernie Sheesley
Musical Score: Mike Kennedy
Post Production: Scott Narrie
Production Coordination: Kara Redmon
Recording engineer: Ernie Sheesley
Restoration: Justin Sevakis (Discotek release, uncredited)
Script Editing: Fred Patten
Streamline Logo Animation: John Gibbons
Steve Bulen as Hazama Itsuro (8 Man)

Barry Stigler as Daigo
Daniel Woren as
Mayor
Professor
Jeff Winkless as Tony Gleck
Kirk Thornton as
Councilman
Eddie
Mari Devon as Sachiko Yokogawa
Michael McConnohie as
Detective
Newscaster
Michael Reynolds as Chief Tanaka
Michael Sorich as
Brown-Haired Cyber Junkie
Stadium Security
Richard Allen as Mr. O'Conner
Richard Cansino as Ichiro
Stephen Apostolina as
Blonde Cyber Junkie 2
Max
Security Guard 1
Steve Kramer as Security Guard 2

English companies
Broadcaster: Sci-Fi Channel
Distributor:
East2West Films (uk)
Enoki Films
DVD Production: Image Entertainment
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
Crunchyroll (via Discotek Media)
RetroCrush
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2016)
Image Entertainment (Expired)
Recording Facility: Screenmusic Studios
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Seung-Jun Kim as Hazama Itsuro (8 Man)

Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Françoise Blanchard
Emmanuel Fouquet as Hazama

Annie Milon as Sachiko
Antoine Tome as Tanaka Tony
Guillaume Orsat as Ichiro O'Connor
Michel Castelain as Professeur
French companies
Distributor: AK Video
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val
Oriol Rafel as Itsuro Hazama/8 Man (Spain dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra as Ichiro (Spain dub)
Alberto Trifol as Chief Tanaka (Spain dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Detective (Spain dub)
Félix Benito as Morris Daigo (Spain dub)
Montse Moreno as Sachiko Yokogawa (Spain dub)
Rafael Calvo as Professor Tani (Spain dub)
Ramon Canals as Tony Gleck (Spain dub)
Vicky Martínez as Sam O'Conner (Spain dub)

Alfonso García Zambrano as Mayor White (Spain dub)
Francisco Alborch as Max (Spain dub)
Jordi Ribes as Eddie Schmidt (Spain dub)
José Javier Serrano as Chen (Spain dub)
Pepe Mediavilla as O'Conner (Spain dub)

Enric Isasi-Isasmendi (Spain dub)
Francisco Alborch (Spain dub)
José Javier Serrano (Spain dub)
Miryam Guilimany (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever (Spain dub)
German staff
German cast
Dubbing Director: Erik Paulsen
Script: Erik Paulsen
Julia Biedermann as Sachiko Yokogawa
Oliver Feld as Hazama Itsuro

Gerd Grasse as Professor Tani
Gerhard Paul as Chief Tanaka
Jan Kurbjuweit as Ichiro
Konrad Bösherz as Sam O'Conner
Michael Telloke as Morris Daigo
Roland Hemmo as Detective
Till Hagen as Eddie Schmidt (ep 4)
Tilo Schmitz as Tony Gleck
Wolfgang Kühne as O'Conner (eps 3-4)

Andreas Hosang as Secretary (ep 1)
Gerald Schaale as Chen (eps 2-4)
Jürgen Kluckert as Mayor White (ep 2)
Peter Reinhardt as Max (eps 2, 4)
Peter Thomsen as Announcer (ep 2)

German companies
Broadcaster: K-Toon (premiere)
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Space Power
Dubbing:
Al Zahra Centre - VENUS (Syria)
Arabic cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Joe Placiego as Daigo, Professor

Brian Mathew Ligsay as Tony Gleck, Chief Tanaka
Jay De Castro as O'Connor, Chen, Detective Rebo
Pocholo Gonzales as 8 Man, Hazama, Mayor, Eddie Schimt
Ryan Ang as Ichiro
Ted Penas as Max
Virna Pahoyo as Sachiko Yokogawa
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Locutor: Emerson Camargo
Sidney Lilla as Hazama Itsuru/Oitavo Homem

Daoiz Cabezudo as Chefe Tanaka
Fábio Moura as Tony Gleck
Fátima Noya as Sam O'Conner
Francisco Borges as Morris Daigo

Araken Saldanha as Dr. Tani
Carlos Eduardo as Secretário do Morris
César Leitão as Cyber Junkie de cabelo marrom
Eleu Salvador as Detetive
Emerson Camargo as Eddie Schmidt
Hermes Baroli as Ichiro
João Angelo as Sr. O'Conner
Tatá Guarnieri as Chen

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Multishow
Distributor: Mundial Filmes
Dubbing Studio: Mastersound

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