Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman
未来警察ウラシマン
(Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman)
Manga
Written byHirohisa Soda
Illustrated by
  • Noboru Akashi (1–2)
  • Haruka Inui (3–4)
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Champion
DemographicShōnen
Original run1982 – 1983
Volumes4
Anime television series
Directed by
Written byHirohisa Soda
Music byShinsuke Kazato
StudioTatsunoko Productions
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV
Original run January 9, 1983 – December 24, 1983[1]
Episodes50

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 Productions 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 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 space/time anomaly. As a result, they end up in the year 2050.

Suffering from complete memory loss, 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)

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

References

  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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