Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman

Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman
未来警察ウラシマン; (Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman)
Created by	Hirohisa Soda
Manga
Written by	Hirohisa Soda
Illustrated by	Noboru Akashi (1–2); Haruka Inui (3–4);
Published by	Akita Shoten
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Champion
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1982 – 1983
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Kōichi Mashimo (chief); Seiji Okuda;
Written by	Hirohisa Soda
Music by	Shinsuke Kazato
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks;
Original network	FNS (Fuji TV)
Original run	January 9, 1983 – December 24, 1983
Episodes	50

Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (未来警察ウラシマン, "Future Policeman Urashiman") is a Japanese manga series written by Hirohisa Soda, illustrated by Noboru Akashi and Haruka Inui and published by Akita Shoten in Weekly Shonen Champion. It was adapted into an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Production that ran from January 9 to December 24, 1983, on Fuji TV. It was later released in Germany and Sweden as Rock 'n Cop, in Finland as Rocki-kyttä (Rocki-Cop), in France as Super Durand (roughly, "Super Jones" or "Super Smith"), and in Italy as Ryo, un ragazzo contro un impero ("Ryo, a boy against an empire").

Saban Entertainment dubbed it under the title Rock 'n Cop, but this dub was never released in the United States.^[2] The Saban version was however used as the base for the Latin American, German, Italian, Swedish and Finnish versions. A film version was in the works but also abandoned.^[3] The anime is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.

Plot

The story tells of a young man and his cat who are being pursued by the police during a particularly stormy night in a city in 1983. The man drives his car into the middle of a cyclone and is caught in a spacetime anomaly. As a result, they end up in the year 2050.

Suffering from complete amnesia, he soon finds that he is being pursued by the army-like forces of Necrime, a top criminal organization led by Ludovich. Taking the name Ryū Urashima, the man joins the police force and fights back against Necrime.^[4] He is joined in the fight by Sophia, a happy-go-lucky ex-nun, and Claude, a fellow officer. The unit is run by Inspector Gondo Toru. He is also joined by his cat, Myaa, who made the time journey with him and is one of the few links to his past that he remembers.

Characters

Police Division 38 (Magna Police Force)

Ryū Urashima (ウラシマ・リュウ)/Urashiman: Voiced by: Michitaka Kobayashi
Claude Mizusawa (クロード（蔵人）・水沢): Voiced by: Akira Kamiya
Sophia Nina Rose (ソフィア・ニーナ・ローズ): Voiced by: Keiko Yokozawa
Myaa (ミャー): Voiced by: Masako Katsuki
Inspector Tōru Gondō (権藤透): Voiced by: Tōru Ōhira

Necrime

Adolf von Ludwig (アドルフ・フォン・ルードヴィッヒ): Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa
Mylène Savelyeva (ミレーヌ・サベリーエワ): Voiced by: Haruko Kitahama
Jitanda Funda (ジタンダ・フンダ)/Yetander: Voiced by: Mayumi Tanaka
Stinger Wolf (スティンガー・ウルフ): Voiced by: Tesshō Genda
Stinger Cat (スティンガー・キャット): Voiced by: Yuri Nashiwa
Stinger Hawk (スティンガー・ホーク): Voiced by: Shinya Ōtaki
Stinger Shark (スティンガー・シャーク): Voiced by: Issei Futamata
Stinger Bear (スティンガー・ベアー): Voiced by: Yū Shimaka
Führer (総統フューラー): Voiced by: Eiji Maruyama, Kazuyuki Sogabe (young)
Josephine Catsburg (ジョセフィーヌ・キャッツバーグ): Voiced by: Yoshiko Sakakibara

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Animation directed by	Original release date
1	"Suddenly, AD 2050!"	Kōichi Mashimo	Hirohisa Soda	Shigeru Katō	January 9, 1983 (1983-01-09)
2	"The Birth of the Cutie Detective"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Hirohisa Soda	Masami Abe	January 16, 1983 (1983-01-16)
3	"Seeking the Lost Time"	Directed by : Koji Sawai Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo	Hirohisa Soda	Chuichi Iguchi	January 23, 1983 (1983-01-23)
4	"The Pursuing Beetle"	Directed by : Takaaki Ishiyama Storyboarded by : Shinya Sadamitsu	Haruya Yamazaki	Juuji Mizumura	January 30, 1983 (1983-01-30)
5	"The Dangerous Disco Queen"	Yoriyasu Kogawa	Kenji Terada	Shizuo Kawai	February 6, 1983 (1983-02-06)
6	"Giant Sharks Like Pretty Girls"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Haruya Yamazaki	U-Yeong Jeong	February 13, 1983 (1983-02-13)
7	"Slapped With a Wad of Cash!"	Koji Sawai	Hirohisa Soda	Yoshinori Tanabe	February 20, 1983 (1983-02-20)
8	"The Lunar Footprint Is 80 Years Old?"	Takaaki Ishiyama	Sukehiro Tomita	Juuji Mizumura	February 27, 1983 (1983-02-27)
9	"Yesterday's Friends Are Today's Enemies"	Masayuki Hayashi	Kenji Terada	Shigeru Katō	March 6, 1983 (1983-03-06)
10	"Higher Than Everest"	Yoriyasu Kogawa	Sukehiro Tomita	Chuichi Iguchi	March 13, 1983 (1983-03-13)
11	"Provocation! The South Sea Island Blizzard!"	Takaaki Ishiyama	Haruya Yamazaki	U-Yeong Jeong	March 20, 1983 (1983-03-20)
12	"The Flying Angel in Red"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Tokio Tsuchiya	Shizuo Kawai	March 27, 1983 (1983-03-27)
13	"The Thorn Stuck in the Past"	Kōichi Mashimo	Kenji Terada	Takashi Nakamura	April 2, 1983 (1983-04-02)
14	"Myaa Has Superpowers Too?!"	Koji Sawai	Yuki Satō	U-Yeong Jeong	April 9, 1983 (1983-04-09)
15	"Ryu's Captured Heart"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Kenji Terada	Shizuo Kawai	April 16, 1983 (1983-04-16)
16	"Hit Man Good Luck"	Yoriyasu Kogawa	Kenji Terada	Shigeru Katō	April 23, 1983 (1983-04-23)
17	"Love! Love for a Robot!"	Masayuki Hayashi	Tokio Tsuchiya	Shizuo Kawai	April 30, 1983 (1983-04-30)
18	"Maman Written in Glass"	Takaaki Ishiyama	Toshiki Inoue	Yoshinori Tanabe	May 7, 1983 (1983-05-07)
19	"The Tiffany Mermaid"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Haruya Yamazaki	U-Yeong Jeong	May 14, 1983 (1983-05-14)
20	"An Encounter With Fuhrer"	Kōichi Mashimo	Hirohisa Soda	Chuichi Iguchi	May 21, 1983 (1983-05-21)
21	"Personality Switch!"	Koji Sawai	Hirohisa Soda	Shizuo Kawai	May 28, 1983 (1983-05-28)
22	"Tears! The Determination of Inspector Gondou"	Takaaki Ishiyama	Kenji Terada	U-Yeong Jeong	June 4, 1983 (1983-06-04)
23	"Hands Off the Booty!"	Yoriyasu Kogawa	Sukehiro Tomita	Shigeru Katō	June 11, 1983 (1983-06-11)
24	"The Make or Break Death Game!"	Directed by : Hiroyuki Tanaka Storyboarded by : Masayuki Hayashi	Futoshi Takano	Shizuo Kawai	June 18, 1983 (1983-06-18)
25	"The Legendary Big Saturday"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Kenji Terada	U-Yeong Jeong	June 25, 1983 (1983-06-25)
26	"The Neo Tokio to Hell Express"	Directed by : Yoriyasu Kogawa Storyboarded by : Takashi Nakamura	Haruya Yamazaki	Takashi Nakamura	July 2, 1983 (1983-07-02)
27	"Ryoga, Don't Die in the Universe…"	Takaaki Ishiyama	Sukehiro Tomita & Hirohisa Soda	Chuichi Iguchi	July 9, 1983 (1983-07-09)
28	"It's Painful to Make a Mistake"	Koji Sawai	Kenji Terada	U-Yeong Jeong	July 16, 1983 (1983-07-16)
29	"Urashiman is on the Wanted List"	Directed by : Hiroyuki Tanaka Storyboarded by : Futoshi Takano	Toshiki Inoue	Shizuo Kawai	July 30, 1983 (1983-07-30)
30	"Corrupted Officers in the Wilderness"	Directed by : Takaaki Ishiyama Storyboarded by : Kunihiko Yuyama	Futoshi Takano	Yoshinori Tanabe	August 6, 1983 (1983-08-06)
31	"Urashiman is Full of Love"	Yoriyasu Kogawa	Kenji Terada	U-Yeong Jeong	August 13, 1983 (1983-08-13)
32	"Trick 1983"	Directed by : Koji Sawai Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo	Hirohisa Soda	Shigeru Katō	August 20, 1983 (1983-08-20)
33	"The Truth About Phillip"	Directed by : Takaaki Ishiyama Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo	Hirohisa Soda	Takashi Nakamura	August 27, 1983 (1983-08-27)
34	"Breaking the Rules"	Directed by : Kōichi Mashimo Storyboarded by : Hiroshi Suzuki	Hirohisa Soda	Chuichi Iguchi	September 3, 1983 (1983-09-03)
35	"Lord Peter's Inheritance"	Koji Sawai	Kenji Terada	U-Yeong Jeong	September 10, 1983 (1983-09-10)
36	"Lord Peter's Trap"	Masayuki Hayashi	Toshiki Inoue	Shizuo Kawai	September 17, 1983 (1983-09-17)
37	"Change! Dirty Urashiman"	Yoriyasu Kogawa	Haruya Yamazaki	Shigeru Katō	September 24, 1983 (1983-09-24)
38	"Running Towards the National Treasury"	Directed by : Koji Sawai Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo	Kenji Terada	U-Yeong Jeong	October 1, 1983 (1983-10-01)
39	"New Tokyo's Holiday"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Toshiki Inoue	Shigeru Katō	October 8, 1983 (1983-10-08)
40	"Phillip's Retaliation"	Masayuki Hayashi	Toshiki Inoue	Shizuo Kawai	October 15, 1983 (1983-10-15)
41	"Master Yamason"	Takaaki Ishiyama	Kenji Terada	U-Yeong Jeong	October 22, 1983 (1983-10-22)
42	"Goodbye Keita"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Haruya Yamazaki	Toshio Kawaguchi & Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa	October 29, 1983 (1983-10-29)
43	"Lord Peter's Glory"	Koji Sawai	Hirohisa Soda & Kenji Terada	Chuichi Iguchi	November 5, 1983 (1983-11-05)
44	"The Race with illusionary Powers"	Yoriyasu Kogawa	Kenji Terada	U-Yeong Jeong	November 12, 1983 (1983-11-12)
45	"The Assassin That Needs To Be Killed"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Haruya Yamazaki	Shizuo Kawai	November 19, 1983 (1983-11-19)
46	"Nicrime's Final Attack!"	Takaaki Ishiyama	Kenji Terada	Shigeru Katō	November 26, 1983 (1983-11-26)
47	"The Return of Phillip"	Shinya Sadamitsu	Haruya Yamazaki	U-Yeong Jeong	December 3, 1983 (1983-12-03)
48	"Lord Peter's Death"	Directed by : Koji Sawai Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo	Hirohisa Soda	Shizuo Kawai	December 10, 1983 (1983-12-10)
49	"The Super Powers of Love and Hate"	Yoriyasu Kogawa	Hirohisa Soda	Chuichi Iguchi	December 17, 1983 (1983-12-17)
50	"Good Bye, 2050"	Directed by : Takaaki Ishiyama Storyboarded by : Kōichi Mashimo	Kenji Terada & Futoshi Takano	Shigeru Katō	December 24, 1983 (1983-12-24)

References

^ "作品データベース". Tatsunoko.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
^ "Future Police Urashiman". Tatsunokousa.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
^ "Classic | Journey | Reo | Sugar Daddies | Beatles | Alice Wonderland | Vertige at". Anime-classic.net. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
^ "Tatsunoko Pro". Tatsunoko.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-08-03.

External links

Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman at Tokyo MX (in Japanese)
Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "作品データベース". Tatsunoko.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2012-08-03.

[2] "Future Police Urashiman". Tatsunokousa.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

[3] "Classic | Journey | Reo | Sugar Daddies | Beatles | Alice Wonderland | Vertige at". Anime-classic.net. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

[4] "Tatsunoko Pro". Tatsunoko.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-08-03.

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