Angel Cop (エンゼルコップ, Enzeru Koppu) is a six-part original video animation created and directed by Ichirō Itano. A manga adaptation written and illustrated by Taku Kitazaki was serialized in Newtype in 1989 and collected into a Newtype 100% collection released in April 1990.
Angel Cop | |
エンゼルコップ (Enzeru Koppu) | |
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Created by | Ichirō Itano |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Ichirō Itano |
Produced by | Kazufumi Nomura |
Written by | Shō Aikawa Ichirō Itano |
Music by | Hiroshi Ogasawara |
Studio | DAST |
Licensed by |
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Released | September 1, 1989 – May 20, 1994 |
Runtime | 30 minutes |
Episodes | 6 |
Manga | |
Written by | Taku Kitazaki |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Newtype |
Published | June - September 1989 |
Volumes | 1 |
The story initially starts by dealing with terrorism at the end of the 20th century, where Japan is the largest economy in the world. The communist radical group, the Red May, are trying to bring down Japan's economy and take over the government. In response, a government agency, the Special Security Force, is formed with the ability to act outside the law. However, when the Red May suddenly find themselves being wiped out, the force discovers that something else is hunting the terrorists.
Character | Actor | |
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Japanese | English | |
Narrator | Masaaki Yajima | Bob Sessions |
Isamu "Raiden" Sakada | Masashi Ebara | John Hunter |
Yo "Angel" Mikawa | Mika Doi | Sharon Holm |
Yuji "Hacker" Fuse | Akio Otsuka | John Bull |
Reika "Peace" Yogawa | Rei Sakuma | Barbara Barnes |
Chief Taki | Kenji Utsumi | Bob Sessions |
PSB Chief Togawa | Tessho Genda | Peter Woodward (as Peter Wood) |
Tachihara | Toshihiko Seki | Daniel Flynn |
Dr. Ichihara | Koichi Kitamura | Peter Marinker |
Lucifer | Kumiko Hironaka | Lorelei King |
Asura | Nozomu Sasaki | Jay Benedict |
Freya | Yuko Mizutani | Barbara Barnes |
Masumi "Kuwata" Hirakawa | Mikio Terashima | Garrick Hagon |
Governor Maisaka | Osamu Saka | Jesse Vogel |
Takeshi Suyama | Hajime Koseki | |
Frenchie | Tessho Genda | |
Division Leader | Hidenari Ugaki | |
Tango Leader | Kiyoyuki Yanada | |
Delta One | Toshiharu Sakurai | |
Subordinate | Takuma Suzuki |
Additional voices (Japanese): Atsushi Anbe, Emi Shinohara, Hajime Koseki, Hidetoshi Nakamura, Hitoshi Horiki, Kiyonobu Suzuki, Kyousei Tsukui, Shigeru Shiibashi, Takeshi Oba
Additional voices (English): Colin Bruce, John Fitzgerald Jay, William Dufris, William Roberts
Originally licensed by Manga Entertainment, Discotek Media have announced in May 2018 that they acquired the rights to the OVA and announced a plan to re-release it on DVD and Blu-ray in North America, with a new uncensored subtitle track, essays, an interview, trailers and will include the English dubbed version.[1] Some anti-Semitic content within the original Japanese dialogue were censored from the previous Manga Entertainment English releases.[2] The OVA was later re-released on Blu-ray as limited edition steelbook remastered from 35mm source prints on February 22, 2022.[3][4]