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Neo Tokyo (迷宮物語, Meikyū Monogatari, literally "Labyrinth Tales"), also titled Manie-Manie on its title card, is a 1987 anime science fiction anthology film produced by Project Team Argos and Madhouse. Conceived and produced by Madhouse founders Masao Maruyama and Rintaro, it adapts short stories by Taku Mayumura featured in the 1986 collection of the same Japanese title and is executive produced by publisher Haruki Kadokawa.
The 50 minute-long film has three segments, each under a different screenwriter and film director: Rintaro's "Labyrinth labyrinthos," an exploration into the maze of a little girl's mind, Yoshiaki Kawajiri's "Running Man," focusing on a deadly auto race, and Katsuhiro Ōtomo's "Construction Cancellation Order," a cautionary tale about man's dependency on technology. In addition to original music by Godiego's Mickie Yoshino, two prominently feature famous pieces of Western classical music: the first of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies and the "Toreador Song" of Georges Bizet's Carmen in "Labyrinth" and "Morning Mood" from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt score, in an ironic manner, in "The Order."
The film premiered on September 25, 1987, at that year's Tōkyō International Fantastic Film Festival. Other than festival screenings, distributor the Tōhō Company originally relegated the film direct-to-video, releasing a VHS on October 10, 1987, but did eventually give it a general cinema release in Japan, on April 15, 1989. In English, the film was licensed, dubbed and released theatrically (as a double feature with the first Silent Möbius film) and to VHS in North America by Streamline Pictures, the license later being taken up by the now also out of business ADV Films.
Original Release
10/10/1987
US Release
11/20/1992
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hideko Yoshida | Shôjo Sachi (segment "Labyrinth*labyrinthos") |
Masane Tsukayama | Bob Stone (segment "Hashiru otoko") |
Yû Mizushima | Sugioka Tsutomu (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") / Sugioka Tsutomu (segment "Kōji Chūshi Meirei") (voice) |
Iemasa Kayumi | Buchô (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Jôji Yanami | (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Hiroshi Ôtake | Robot 444 no 1-gô (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Banjo Ginga | Zach Hugh (segment "Hashiru otoko") |
Yusaku Yara | (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Kazumi Tanaka | (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Robert Axelrod | Tsutomu Sugioka (segment "The Order to Stop Construction") |
Directors
Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Katsuhiro Otomo, Rintaro
Writers
Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Rintaro, Katsuhiro Otomo, Taku Mayumura
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hideko Yoshida | Shôjo Sachi (segment "Labyrinth*labyrinthos") |
Masane Tsukayama | Bob Stone (segment "Hashiru otoko") |
Yû Mizushima | Sugioka Tsutomu (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") / Sugioka Tsutomu (segment "Kōji Chūshi Meirei") (voice) |
Iemasa Kayumi | Buchô (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Jôji Yanami | (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Hiroshi Ôtake | Robot 444 no 1-gô (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Banjo Ginga | Zach Hugh (segment "Hashiru otoko") |
Yusaku Yara | (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Kazumi Tanaka | (segment "Kôji chûshi meirei") |
Robert Axelrod | Tsutomu Sugioka (segment "The Order to Stop Construction") |
Cheryl Chase | Sachi (segment "Labyrinth") |
Barbara Goodson | Mother (segment "Labyrinth") |
Steve Kramer | Chief Technician / Walla (segment "Running Man") / Boat Pilot / Chalkboard (segment The Order to Stop Construction") |
Michael McConnohie | Reporter (segment "Running Man") / Announcer (segment The Order to Stop Construction") |
Jeff Winkless | Zach Hugh / Walla (segment "Running Man") / Robot 444-1 / Boat Crew (segment "The Order to Stop Construction") |
Tom Wyner | Walla (segment "Running Man") / Tech Boss (segment "The Order to Stop Construction") |
Rafael Ferrer | Reporter (segment "Running Man") (MTV Liquid Television version) |
Carl Macek | Robot (segment "The Order to Stop Construction") |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Haruki Kadokawa | Executive Producer |
Rintaro | Producer |
Carl Macek | Producer |
Masao Maruyama | Producer |