Hisashi Katsuta

Hisashi Katsuta (勝田 久, Katsuta Hisashi) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for his voice-over portrayal of Professor Ochanomizu in three anime adaptations of the Astro Boy franchise, and also voiced Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger (1972–1973), Professor Tobishima in Groizer X (1976–1977), and Shin'ichirō Izumi in Tōshō Daimos (1978–1979).

Megazone 23 (1985)

A young biker stumbles onto a prototype motorcycle with a hidden function that has a link to the true nature of his world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Ishiguro
CAST:  Kumi Miyasato  •  Masato Kubota  •  Kaneto Shiozawa  •  Maria Kawamura

A young biker stumbles onto a prototype motorcycle with a hidden function that has a link to the true nature of his world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Ishiguro
CAST:  Kumi Miyasato  •  Masato Kubota  •  Kaneto Shiozawa  •  Maria Kawamura

Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979)

The plot of Marine Express can be described in two parts. The first part focuses on the people boarding the train and the problems they encounter on it. The second part takes place after the train has stopped at its half-way point, an island that used to be home to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Dezaki
CAST:  Kosei Tomita  •  Nachi Nozawa  •  Mina Tominaga  •  Koji Yada

The plot of Marine Express can be described in two parts. The first part focuses on the people boarding the train and the problems they encounter on it. The second part takes place after the train has stopped at its half-way point, an island that used to be home to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Dezaki
CAST:  Kosei Tomita  •  Nachi Nozawa  •  Mina Tominaga  •  Koji Yada

Fumoon (1980)

Nuclear testing has resulted in the abrupt evolution of the Fumoon, a tiny but highly intelligent humanoid race on a small island, who are detected by Dr. Yamadano. Except for a few witnesses including the detective Shinsaku Ban, and the young men Rock and Kenichi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Sakaguchi
CAST:  Kosei Tomita  •  Minori Matsushima  •  Hiroki Suzuki  •  Kumiko Takizawa

Nuclear testing has resulted in the abrupt evolution of the Fumoon, a tiny but highly intelligent humanoid race on a small island, who are detected by Dr. Yamadano. Except for a few witnesses including the detective Shinsaku Ban, and the young men Rock and Kenichi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Sakaguchi
CAST:  Kosei Tomita  •  Minori Matsushima  •  Hiroki Suzuki  •  Kumiko Takizawa

The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku (1989)

A semi-autobiography of Tezuka Osamu combined with a 30 minute science-fiction setting of Journey to the West.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rintaro  •  Masami Hata
CAST:  Toshiko Fujita  •  Kunikazu Ishii  •  Hiroshi Masuoka  •  Toku Nishio

A semi-autobiography of Tezuka Osamu combined with a 30 minute science-fiction setting of Journey to the West.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rintaro  •  Masami Hata
CAST:  Toshiko Fujita  •  Kunikazu Ishii  •  Hiroshi Masuoka  •  Toku Nishio

Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century (2000)

Osamu Tezuka is going to a 21st Century new year's party with all the characters he made. One thing leads to another and he ends up missing! It's up to his most popular characters to find out what happened to him and get him back safely before the rest of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Kuwabara
CAST:  Mari Shimizu  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Hiroshi Ôtake  •  Hisashi Katsuta

Osamu Tezuka is going to a 21st Century new year's party with all the characters he made. One thing leads to another and he ends up missing! It's up to his most popular characters to find out what happened to him and get him back safely before the rest of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Kuwabara
CAST:  Mari Shimizu  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Hiroshi Ôtake  •  Hisashi Katsuta

Kimba, the White Lion (1966)

The story of a white lion cub growing to become the king of the jungle. The movie is an edited version of the 1965 Japanese television series of the same name based on the eponymous 1950s manga. The first 2 minutes of this film are taken from the Jungle Emperor Leo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Yamamoto
CAST:  Toshiko Yokota  •  Hajime Akashi  •  Hisashi Katsuta  •  Kinto Tamura

The story of a white lion cub growing to become the king of the jungle. The movie is an edited version of the 1965 Japanese television series of the same name based on the eponymous 1950s manga. The first 2 minutes of this film are taken from the Jungle Emperor Leo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Yamamoto
CAST:  Toshiko Yokota  •  Hajime Akashi  •  Hisashi Katsuta  •  Kinto Tamura

Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA (2005)

The interplanetary spacecraft Galileo II carries Atom and his friends to Titan, a satellite of Saturn. However, what awaits them when they arrive there is an attack from an unknown entity. What appears is a mechanical life form called "Igza" that wants to destroy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshio Takeuchi
CAST:  Makoto Tsumura  •  Miki Maruyama  •  Hisashi Katsuta  •  Ami Koshimizu

The interplanetary spacecraft Galileo II carries Atom and his friends to Titan, a satellite of Saturn. However, what awaits them when they arrive there is an attack from an unknown entity. What appears is a mechanical life form called "Igza" that wants to destroy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshio Takeuchi
CAST:  Makoto Tsumura  •  Miki Maruyama  •  Hisashi Katsuta  •  Ami Koshimizu