Japan, 1990
35mm film, colour
Japanese
Series: A.D. Police Files (1990)
A Japanese animated science fiction OVA (original video animation) episode directed by Takamasa Ikegami.
Plot Summary
After being seriously injured in a battle with a rogue boomer, Captain Billy Fanword of the AD Police Special Mobile Squad has his brain and tongue transplanted into an experimental cyborg body. He begins to lose touch with his humanity as he takes higher doses of the drug DA-27 designed to heighten his artificial senses. Am overdose of the drug sends him insane and it's up to his former lover and fellow A.D. Police operative Jeena to stop him.
Credits
Crew
Director: Takamasa Ikegami
Bandai, AIC, Artmic, Youmex
Executive Producers: Tadatsugu Hayakawa, Junji Fujita, Toshimichi Suzuki
English Language Version Executive Producer: Laurence Guiness
Producers: Tutomu Sugita, Satoshi Koizumi, Shuji Uchiyama, Takanori Taegaki
Planning Producers: Toshimichi Suzuki, Shin Unozawa
Production Producers: Shuji Uchiyama, Takanori Yaegaki
Script: Noboro Aikawa
Story Concept: Tonny Takezaki
Original Work: Toshimichi Suzuki
Original Plan/Characters: Tony Takezaki (from AD Police 25:00)
English Language Version Adaptation: George Roubicek
Character Designer/Animation Director: Fujio Oda
Art: Yasuhiko Oyama, Michiyo Suzuki, Hitoshi Haga, Masaru Takeuchi
Director of Photography: Akihiko Takahashi
Editors: Jay Film, Terumichi Okuda
Audio Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama
Production Designer: Ley Yumeno
English Language Version Casting Director: Jill Wilmot
Voices
Adam Henderson (Leon)
Shelley Thompson (Nena)
Alternative Titles
The Man Who Bit His Tongue
References
Periodicals
Anime UK no.3 p.4 – note
The Orient Express no.1 p.7 – review (by Kevin Lyons)
Oriental Cinema no.11 pp.29-30 – review
Books
Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.1 – credits
