Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01

1987 0h 41m JA

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6.1

MID

★6.1TMDB · 40

Science FictionActionComedyAnimation

Synopsis

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Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather carelessly loses the prototype in Tokyo. The MADOX is found by engineering student Sujimoto Kouji, who doesn't take the time to completely read the manual and ends up zooming around Tokyo trapped in a machine he doesn't quite know how to operate. Guess who gets the job of stopping the now mobile missing MADOX? Poor Kouji. If he's late for his date, it's over between him and his girlfriend. His current attire redefines the term "over-dressed." And to top it all off, Kilgore wants to make him late- as in "the late Kouji!"

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yoko Asagami
Ellie Kusumoto
Yasunori Matsumoto
Kouji Sugimoto
Kazuyuki Sogabe
1st Lt. Kilgore
Arihiro Hase
Onose Haruo
Kazuo Oka
High Official
Satoru Inagaki
Command Room Operator
Masayuki Kato
Commanding Officer (voice)
Hiroko Yamaguchi
Female Store Clerk

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Writers: Shinji Aramaki, Shinji Aramaki, Shinji Aramaki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 41-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shinji Aramaki, shot by Masahide Okino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ken Yajima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Yoko Asagami and Yasunori Matsumoto and Kazuyuki Sogabe carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0093529 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Shinji Aramaki directs. Masahide Okino behind the camera. Ken Yajima scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 41-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Shinji Aramaki, shot by Masahide Okino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ken Yajima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Yoko Asagami and Yasunori Matsumoto and Kazuyuki Sogabe carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0093529 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.