Shigeru Chiba

Masaharu Maeda (前田 正治, Maeda Masaharu), known by the stage name Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁, Chiba Shigeru), is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He has also worked as a sound effects director and music director. He is affiliated with the talent management firm 81 Produce. He is most known for the roles of the narrator of Fist of the North Star, Megane (Urusei Yatsura), Rei Ichidō (High School! Kimengumi), Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho), Pilaf (Dragon Ball), Raditz and Garlic Jr. (Dragon Ball Z), Buggy the Clown (One Piece) Kefka Palazzo (Dissidia: Final Fantasy) and Kōichi Todome (Kerberos saga).

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Devil Hunter Yohko 2 (1992)

Yohko trains to become a good devil hunter. Nearby a local construction site destroys a forest in which sleeping spirits lie. The spirits are disturbed by this and start harassing the construction workers. Azusa Kanzaki, a Devil Hunter in training, is introduced. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Abe
CAST:  Aya Hisakawa  •  Shigeru Chiba  •  Nobuyuki Furuta  •  Chieko Honda

Yohko trains to become a good devil hunter. Nearby a local construction site destroys a forest in which sleeping spirits lie. The spirits are disturbed by this and start harassing the construction workers. Azusa Kanzaki, a Devil Hunter in training, is introduced. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Abe
CAST:  Aya Hisakawa  •  Shigeru Chiba  •  Nobuyuki Furuta  •  Chieko Honda

Battle Angel (1993)

In his travels as a bounty hunter, Hunter–Warrior and cyborg healer Ido one day discovers and repairs the remnants of a cyborg whom he names Gally. Though possessing the body of a young woman, Gally now embodies Ido's most sophisticated and lethal cybernetic skills ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Fukutomi
CAST:  Miki Ito  •  Shunsuke Kariya  •  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Mami Koyama

In his travels as a bounty hunter, Hunter–Warrior and cyborg healer Ido one day discovers and repairs the remnants of a cyborg whom he names Gally. Though possessing the body of a young woman, Gally now embodies Ido's most sophisticated and lethal cybernetic skills ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Fukutomi
CAST:  Miki Ito  •  Shunsuke Kariya  •  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Mami Koyama

Coo of The Far Seas (1993)

After a storm hits their island, Yusuke (driving his jet-ski) finds a baby dinosaur. He show it to his dad, they keep it and call it Coo. But there are other parties interested in a 65 million year old creature...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Imazawa
CAST:  Akira Kamiya  •  Hiroko Emori  •  Masatô Ibu  •  Yuta Yamazaki

After a storm hits their island, Yusuke (driving his jet-ski) finds a baby dinosaur. He show it to his dad, they keep it and call it Coo. But there are other parties interested in a 65 million year old creature...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Imazawa
CAST:  Akira Kamiya  •  Hiroko Emori  •  Masatô Ibu  •  Yuta Yamazaki

Genocyber (1994)

As the nations of the world begin to merge, world peace is threatened by the private armies of individual corporations. The Kuryu Group has just discovered a weapon that will tip world power in their favor. The Genocyber: a nightmarish combination of cybernetics ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichi Ohata
CAST:  Akiko Hiramatsu  •  Emi Shinohara  •  Kaoru Shimamura  •  Kazuyuki Sogabe

As the nations of the world begin to merge, world peace is threatened by the private armies of individual corporations. The Kuryu Group has just discovered a weapon that will tip world power in their favor. The Genocyber: a nightmarish combination of cybernetics ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichi Ohata
CAST:  Akiko Hiramatsu  •  Emi Shinohara  •  Kaoru Shimamura  •  Kazuyuki Sogabe

Don't Lose, Makendo! (1995)

Makenko used to be a normal boy—until he was kidnapped by the brain monster Dr. Mud and transformed into a cyborg capable of destroying both the monster and human worlds! On his quest for vengeance, he is inadvertently joined by Makendo, a fellow monster hunter who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Murata
CAST:  Nobuyuki Hiyama  •  Mika Kanai  •  Kotono Mitsuishi  •  Hikaru Midorikawa

Makenko used to be a normal boy—until he was kidnapped by the brain monster Dr. Mud and transformed into a cyborg capable of destroying both the monster and human worlds! On his quest for vengeance, he is inadvertently joined by Makendo, a fellow monster hunter who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Murata
CAST:  Nobuyuki Hiyama  •  Mika Kanai  •  Kotono Mitsuishi  •  Hikaru Midorikawa

Go! Anpanman: Let's Defeat the Haunted Ship!! (1995)

Baikinman invades Anpanman's town on a ghost ship. Can Anpanman's crew defeat Baikinman and save Rollpanna and the marines?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Yano
CAST:  Keiko Toda  •  Ryusei Nakao  •  Mina Tominaga  •  Koichi Yamadera

Baikinman invades Anpanman's town on a ghost ship. Can Anpanman's crew defeat Baikinman and save Rollpanna and the marines?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Yano
CAST:  Keiko Toda  •  Ryusei Nakao  •  Mina Tominaga  •  Koichi Yamadera

Spooky Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast (1996)

Kitaro is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery and, aside from his mostly decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost Tribe (幽霊族 yūrei zoku?). He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoharu Katsumata
CAST:  Yoko Matsuoka  •  Isamu Tanonaka  •  Keiko Yamamoto  •  Chinami Nishimura

Kitaro is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery and, aside from his mostly decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost Tribe (幽霊族 yūrei zoku?). He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoharu Katsumata
CAST:  Yoko Matsuoka  •  Isamu Tanonaka  •  Keiko Yamamoto  •  Chinami Nishimura

Spooky Kitaro: Ghost Nighter (1997)

A film adaptation of the 'Spooky Kitaro' story of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Sato
CAST:  Yoko Matsuoka  •  Chinami Nishimura  •  Naoki Tatsuta  •  Isamu Tanonaka

A film adaptation of the 'Spooky Kitaro' story of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Sato
CAST:  Yoko Matsuoka  •  Chinami Nishimura  •  Naoki Tatsuta  •  Isamu Tanonaka

Spooky Kitaro: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train (1997)

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. In this episode The Western demons hijacked the Phantom Train. Kitaro and his friends must stop this crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takao Yoshizawa
CAST:  Yoko Matsuoka  •  Isamu Tanonaka  •  Keiko Yamamoto  •  Chinami Nishimura

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. In this episode The Western demons hijacked the Phantom Train. Kitaro and his friends must stop this crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takao Yoshizawa
CAST:  Yoko Matsuoka  •  Isamu Tanonaka  •  Keiko Yamamoto  •  Chinami Nishimura

Business Commando Yamazaki (1997)

A 42-year-old salaryman is made to serve his company beyond the grave when his brain is installed in a super-powered android body in order to carry out corporate espionage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsuneo Tominaga
CAST:  Tomoko Kawakami  •  Shigeru Chiba  •  Masako Katsuki  •  Ako Mayama

A 42-year-old salaryman is made to serve his company beyond the grave when his brain is installed in a super-powered android body in order to carry out corporate espionage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsuneo Tominaga
CAST:  Tomoko Kawakami  •  Shigeru Chiba  •  Masako Katsuki  •  Ako Mayama

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DIRECTION:  Gisaburō Sugii
CAST:  Yuji Mitsuya  •  Noriko Hidaka  •  Natsumi Sawai  •  Kazuhiko Inoue

Spooky Kitaro: Kitaro's Ghost Train (1999)

A 3D movie originally screened in Hanayashiki and some other amusement parks on 20.03.1999. The movie was later rerun at Toei's anime festival "Tobidasu! 3D Toei Anime Matsuri" on 03.10.2009. The DVD became available on 21.02.2010 titled "CG Toei Anime Matsuri" and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Hosoda
CAST:  Yoko Matsuoka  •  Isamu Tanonaka  •  Shigeru Chiba  •  Noriko Hidaka

A 3D movie originally screened in Hanayashiki and some other amusement parks on 20.03.1999. The movie was later rerun at Toei's anime festival "Tobidasu! 3D Toei Anime Matsuri" on 03.10.2009. The DVD became available on 21.02.2010 titled "CG Toei Anime Matsuri" and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Hosoda
CAST:  Yoko Matsuoka  •  Isamu Tanonaka  •  Shigeru Chiba  •  Noriko Hidaka

The Aurora (2000)

Deep-sea archeologist Hiroshi Ibuki is the member of the digging team working at the bottom of the sea hoping to uncover the origins of Earth's existence but instead uncovers a mysterious colony of bacteria which gives off light similar to the Aurora Borealis. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinori Sugano
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Toshio Furukawa  •  Takaya Hashi  •  Megumi Okina

Deep-sea archeologist Hiroshi Ibuki is the member of the digging team working at the bottom of the sea hoping to uncover the origins of Earth's existence but instead uncovers a mysterious colony of bacteria which gives off light similar to the Aurora Borealis. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinori Sugano
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Toshio Furukawa  •  Takaya Hashi  •  Megumi Okina

One Piece Special: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy (2005)

Aired after Episode 253 - In an alternate reality world that takes place in 19th century Japan, Luffy acts as a member of the secret police. This is made up of two adventures. In the first, Buggy makes trouble in the town. In the second, a mysterious girl named ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mayumi Tanaka  •  Kazuya Nakai  •  Akemi Okamura  •  Kappei Yamaguchi

Aired after Episode 253 - In an alternate reality world that takes place in 19th century Japan, Luffy acts as a member of the secret police. This is made up of two adventures. In the first, Buggy makes trouble in the town. In the second, a mysterious girl named ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mayumi Tanaka  •  Kazuya Nakai  •  Akemi Okamura  •  Kappei Yamaguchi

Bathhouse 911: Jellyfish Bliss (1978)

Nikkatsu Roman Porno film about a brothel headhunter named Miura who brings young runaway Choma to a bathhouse/brothel and begins her prostitution career. Miura also falls in love with Choma, which causes problems when she falls for a dangerous yakuza gangster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Kondo
CAST:  Etsuko Hara  •  Yuki Yoshizawa  •  Yūko Katagiri  •  Midori Mori

Nikkatsu Roman Porno film about a brothel headhunter named Miura who brings young runaway Choma to a bathhouse/brothel and begins her prostitution career. Miura also falls in love with Choma, which causes problems when she falls for a dangerous yakuza gangster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Kondo
CAST:  Etsuko Hara  •  Yuki Yoshizawa  •  Yūko Katagiri  •  Midori Mori

Twilight Q (1987)

Part 1: "Time Knot: Reflection" Written by Kazunori Itô, directed by Tomomi Mochizuki. Mayu finds a camera floating in the ocean while on vacation. A very unusual camera. The film, mostly intact, reveals a picture of herself with a man she has never seen before. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii  •  Tomomi Mochizuki
CAST:  Masahiro Anzai  •  Mina Tominaga  •  Natsuo Tokuhiro  •  Kumiko Takizawa

Part 1: "Time Knot: Reflection" Written by Kazunori Itô, directed by Tomomi Mochizuki. Mayu finds a camera floating in the ocean while on vacation. A very unusual camera. The film, mostly intact, reveals a picture of herself with a man she has never seen before. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii  •  Tomomi Mochizuki
CAST:  Masahiro Anzai  •  Mina Tominaga  •  Natsuo Tokuhiro  •  Kumiko Takizawa

Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 3 - Legend of the Conqueror of Century's End - Raoh ... (1988)

Compilation film covering the fourth arc of the Fist of the North Star TV series involving Raoh  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toyoo Ashida
CAST:  Akira Kamiya  •  Kenji Utsumi  •  Yuriko Yamamoto  •  Mie Suzuki

Compilation film covering the fourth arc of the Fist of the North Star TV series involving Raoh  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toyoo Ashida
CAST:  Akira Kamiya  •  Kenji Utsumi  •  Yuriko Yamamoto  •  Mie Suzuki

Back to the Forest (1980)

Peter the fairy, who is head of Placid forest, loves to play with his animal friends. One day "Man" threatens to destroy their homes by cutting down the trees. They decide to peacefully protest but the humans won't listen. With their lives at stake, the animals and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshio Kuroda
CAST:  Minoru Inaba  •  Mami Koyama  •  Shigeru Chiba  •  Minori Matsushima

Peter the fairy, who is head of Placid forest, loves to play with his animal friends. One day "Man" threatens to destroy their homes by cutting down the trees. They decide to peacefully protest but the humans won't listen. With their lives at stake, the animals and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshio Kuroda
CAST:  Minoru Inaba  •  Mami Koyama  •  Shigeru Chiba  •  Minori Matsushima

Love Wedge #2 (1994)

Second OVA-Adaption of the japanese novel written by Rieko Yoshihara. Riki returns to Iason Mink to live as his "pet". But Riki's friend Guy tries to take him back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Akiyama  •  Akira Nishimori
CAST:  Toshihiko Seki  •  Kaneto Shiozawa  •  Hideyuki Tanaka  •  Koji Tsujitani

Second OVA-Adaption of the japanese novel written by Rieko Yoshihara. Riki returns to Iason Mink to live as his "pet". But Riki's friend Guy tries to take him back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Akiyama  •  Akira Nishimori
CAST:  Toshihiko Seki  •  Kaneto Shiozawa  •  Hideyuki Tanaka  •  Koji Tsujitani

Love Wedge #1 (1992)

First OVA-Adaption of the japanese novel written by Rieko Yoshihara. On the planet Amoi the society is divided into different classes. The two main protagonist's are Iason Mink from the highest-class and Riki his slave.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Akiyama  •  Akira Nishimori
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Show Hayami  •  Hideyuki Hori  •  Tsutomu Kashiwakura

First OVA-Adaption of the japanese novel written by Rieko Yoshihara. On the planet Amoi the society is divided into different classes. The two main protagonist's are Iason Mink from the highest-class and Riki his slave.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Akiyama  •  Akira Nishimori
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Show Hayami  •  Hideyuki Hori  •  Tsutomu Kashiwakura
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