Kikō Sōseiki Mospeada

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Kikō Sōseiki Mospeada
Original title 機甲 創世記 モ ス ピ ー ダ
transcription Kikō Sōseiki Mosupīda
genre Mecha , adventure
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1983
Studio Artmic , Tatsunoko Pro
length 25 minutes
Episodes 25th
Director Katsuhisa Yamada
music Hiroshi Ogasawara , Joe Hisaishi
First broadcast October 2, 1983 on Fuji TV
Original video animation
title Kikō Sōseiki Mospeada: Love, Live, Alive
Original title 機甲 創世記 モ ス ピ ー ダ Love, Live, Alive
transcription Kikō Sōseiki Mosupīda: Love, Live, Alive
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1985
Studio Artmic , Tatsunoko Pro
length 50 minutes
Episodes 1
Director Katsuhisa Yamada
music Joe Hisaishi
synchronization

Kikō Sōseiki Mospeada ( Japanese 機甲 創世記 モ ス ピ ー ダ , Kikō Sōseiki Mosupīda ) is an anime television series from 1983, which tells of the fight of mankind against aliens with giant combat robots. It can therefore be assigned to the genre mecha . It was produced by the Artmic and Tatsunoko Pro studios and continued as an original video animation in 1985 . The story became known internationally in a greatly changed form as part of the Robotech series. The original was also dubbed the Genesis Climber MOSPEADA .

content

During the 21st century, HBT opens up a new, hydrogen-based energy source for mankind and succeeds in founding a colony on Mars. But in 2050 the earth will be attacked by aliens called Inbid. They conquer the planet and people can only continue to live under their rule in small groups. Others flee to the moon or to Mars.

In 2083, an army will be dispatched from Mars to recapture the earth. But she is defeated and only one fighter reaches earth with his robot: Stick Bernhard and his Legioss. He is stranded in the Amazon and now wants to fight his way to the alien base near the Great Lakes on his own . On the way he meets Rei. He's still a child, but a natural talent in handling his Mecha Mospaeda. Together, the two gather more and more followers to fight against the aliens.

Production and publication

The television series was produced at Artmic and Tatsunoko Pro studios under the direction of Katsuhisa Yamada . Masayuki Kojima, Kazuhito Akiyama and Norio Yazawa were also employed as directors. The scripts were written by Sukehiro Tomita, Akira Koson and Kenji Terada. The artistic direction lay with Hiroaki Sato , the character design comes from Yoshitaka Amano and the mecha design from Hideki Kakinuma and Shinji Aramaki .

The 25 episodes, each lasting 25 minutes, were broadcast from October 2, 1983 to March 23, 1984 by Fuji TV in Japan. A dubbed version was released in Italy. The American exploiter Harmony Gold acquired the rights to the series and processed them together with the anime series Chōjikū Yōsai Macross - the first of the Macross series - and Chōjikū Kidan Southern Cross to the television series Robotech with a new common story arc. The reason for this decision by producer Carl Macek was that a certain minimum length had to be achieved for the series in the USA, which each of the series did not have individually. Visually, the three original series are very similar, as they were created by the same studios and designers. In addition, the content has been defused, for example the death of characters has been removed and shortened, in particular with detailed character drawings. The material used from Mospeada was linked to the third part of the new series and the story was postponed to the end of Southern Cross . Parts of the plot also had to be changed in order to avoid criticism of conspicuous inaccuracies: the plot was completely relocated to North America, because the background did not look like in South America and a grizzly appeared or the names were changed to typical American names. In July 1984 Comico published a comic book adaptation of the Robotech version of Mospeada in the USA . An English release of the original plot on VHS was already planned in the 1980s, but there was no interest from the distribution companies. In the Robotech Perfect Collection , the anime was later published unchanged with English subtitles.

In 1985 an original video animation with a running time of 50 minutes was produced at the same studios , which continues the plot of the television series. The artistic direction of this production was with Kazuo Okada , the director was again Katsuhisa Yamada. Sukehiro Tomita wrote the script. The anime was released in September 1985. This film was also edited by Harmony Gold for the American market and released in 2013 as Robotech: Love Live Alive .

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Stig Bernard Am Shimada
Yellow Belmont (male) Hirotaka Suzuoki
Yellow Belmont (female) Mine Matsuki
Rei Hisao Ōyama
Houquet Erose Mika Doi
Mint Raburu Sanae Miyuki
Jim Austin Tomomichi Nishimura

music

The music for the television series and the OVA is by Hiroshi Ogasawara and Joe Hisaishi . The opening song of the series is Ushinawareta Yume o Motomete ( 失 わ れ た伝 説（ゆ め）を 求 め て ), sung by Andy Koyama, and the credits are highlighted with Blue Rain , sung by Andy Koyama and Mine Matsuki.

reception

In Japan the series did not have good ratings, despite the many designers who were already famous at the time. As part of the Robotech series, however , Mospeada was a special feature in the American television program of the time and of great importance for the development of the local anime fan scene.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ A b Trish Ledoux, Doug Ranney: The Complete Anime Guide . Tiger Mountain Press, Issaquah 1995, ISBN 0-9649542-3-0 , pp. 30th f .
  3. ^ A b Antonia Levi: Antonia Levi: Samurai from Outer Space - Understanding Japanese Animation . Carus Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-8126-9332-9 , pp. 9 f .
  4. ↑ a b Fred Patten: Watching Anime, Reading Manga - 25 Years of Essays and Reviews . Stone Bridge Press, 2004. p. 311.
  5. ↑ Fred Patten: Watching Anime, Reading Manga - 25 Years of Essays and Reviews . Stone Bridge Press, 2004. p. 34.