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Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (movie)

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©Tezuka Productions 

 
Alternative title:
Express in Seabed 
Kaitei Chō Tokkyū Marine Express (Japanese) 
L'Espresso Sottomarino (Italian) 
Marine Express 
Seabed Express 
海底超特急マリン・エクスプレス (Japanese) 
Plot Summary: The year is 2002, and the Marine Express, the first underwater train between America and Japan, is ready for its maiden voyage. The chief engineer suspects that the train's test run will be used for illicit purposes and hires private detective Ban Shunsaku. He arrives to his client's mansion only to find that he has just been murdered. Armed with just a glimpse of the murderer's face, Shunsaku boards the Marine Express to get to the bottom of this mystery. This job, however, is much more than what he bargained for, as the train holds secrets beyond anyone's imagination. 
User Ratings: 27 ratings have been given [details]
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 Good: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Decent: 6 votes (sub:6)
 So-so: 1 vote (edit.dub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 45 users, rank: #6990 (of 10086)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.407 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.6389, rank: #6361 (of 10238)
Weighted mean: 6.416 (Decent+), rank: #6246 (of 10238) (seen all: 6.42)
Bayesian estimate: 6.760 (Good−), rank: #4558 (of 7689)
Running time: 91 minutes 
Vintage: 1979-08-26 
Premiere date:
1979-08-26 (Japan) 
Opening Theme:
"The Marine Express" by Tommy Snyder 
"The Secret of the Sea" by Oliver Onions 
Official website:
Tezuka Osamu @ World 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
This was the second movie produced for the annual 24-hour charity TV program "Ai wa Chikyu wo Suku", most of which are full of popular characters from Tezuka's works. 
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Satoshi Dezaki 
Director: Osamu Dezaki 
Music: Yuji Ohno 
Art Director: Mitsunari Makino 
Animation Director:
Hiroshi Nishimura 
Mariko Suzuki 
Setsuko Shibuichi 
Shigetaka Kiyoyama 
Yukiya Chida 
Executive producer: Michitoshi Shimakata 
Producer:
Hidehiko Takei (Nippon Television) 
Satoru Yamamoto (Tezuka Production) 

Animation:
Akihiro Kanayama 
Akira Mimori 
Hideo Koide 
Hiroshi Son 
Hisao Saito 
Kaoru Kano 
Kazuhiko Udagawa 
Kazuo Hattori 
Kei Kamimiya 
Kenji Kai 
Kōichi Tsuchida 
Kotaro Komuro 
Masanori Kosaki 
Masao Tazaki 
Mika Sato 
Nomatoshi 
Norifumi Terada 
Osamu Hiramatsu 
Satoshi Inoue 
Seiji Miyamoto 
Shinji Seya 
Shirō Murata 
Shun Ishihara 
Teiichi Akashi 
Teruo Handa 
Tomie Akiho 
Toshio Ban 
Tsuyoshi Tamaki 
Yoshikatsu Miyakoshi 
Camera:
Katsuhiro Miyamoto 
Nobuyuki Sugaya 
Color: Hiroshi Shinohara 
Editing: Kazuo Inoue 
Mechanical Supervisor: Keizō Shimizu 
Music Selection: Seiji Suzuki 
Original Storyline: Osamu Tezuka 
Planning:
Akira Yoshikawa (Nippon Television) 
Tadahiko Tsuzuki (Nippon Television) 
Production manager:
Hiroyuki Kamii 
Minoru Kotoku 
Takahiko Tsuchiya 
Yoshiharu Wakai 
Recording Director: Toshio Sato 
Rendition:
Osamu Tezuka 
Satoshi Dezaki 
Rendition Assistant:
Shōichi Yasumura 
Yoshihiro Shimizu 
Setting Design: Nao Sakaguchi 
Junichi Takeoka as Rock Nasenkopf 
Kōsei Tomita as Shunsaku Ban 

Chikao Ōtsuka as Red Credit 
Hisashi Katsuta as Dr. Nasenkopf 
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Sharaku 
Kenji Utsumi as Lamp 
Kōichi Chiba as Dondora (Don Dracula) 
Kōji Yada as Skunk 
Mami Koyama as Mildred Credit 
Mari Shimizu as Adam Nasenkopf 
Masashi Amenomori as Bunzō Marukubi 
Nachi Nozawa as Black Jack 
Shun Yashiro as Dewey 
Yoshiko Ohta as Sapphire 

Eken Mine as Tourist 
Isao Sakuma as Announcement 
Miina Tominaga as Pinoko 
Reiko Yamada as Woman 
Shinji Toyota as Kojirō Sasaki 
Shunsuke Shima as Group Member 
Yūji Fujishiro as Station Master 
Japanese companies
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Anime Sols  (Expired) 
RetroCrush 
English cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Francesca Guadagno as Milly 
Lino Troisi as Progettista del terno 
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga 

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