Norio Wakamoto

Graduated from Waseda University.

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Plastic Little: The Adventures of Captain Tita (1994)

Narrowly escaping the clutches of Lord Guizei and his band of professional killers, Elysse Mordish is on the run and in possession of a vital computer code needed by the military to reactivate a high-powered secret weapon. Enter Tita, intergalactic pet shop hunter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Yoshimoto
CAST:  Yosuke Akimoto  •  Hekiru Shiina  •  Yuriko Fuchizaki  •  Norio Wakamoto

Narrowly escaping the clutches of Lord Guizei and his band of professional killers, Elysse Mordish is on the run and in possession of a vital computer code needed by the military to reactivate a high-powered secret weapon. Enter Tita, intergalactic pet shop hunter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Yoshimoto
CAST:  Yosuke Akimoto  •  Hekiru Shiina  •  Yuriko Fuchizaki  •  Norio Wakamoto

Detonator Orgun (1991)

Fleeing from his own race, Orgun—an alien being with superhuman abilities and unearthly weapons—travels to Earth to find an answer to his origin. There, he bonds with a young man named Tomoru to defend Earth against the Evoluders, who seek nothing but destruction ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masami Obari
CAST:  Koichi Yamadera  •  Takkô Ishimori  •  Kasahara Iroku  •  Yumi Touma

Fleeing from his own race, Orgun—an alien being with superhuman abilities and unearthly weapons—travels to Earth to find an answer to his origin. There, he bonds with a young man named Tomoru to defend Earth against the Evoluders, who seek nothing but destruction ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masami Obari
CAST:  Koichi Yamadera  •  Takkô Ishimori  •  Kasahara Iroku  •  Yumi Touma

Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie (1989)

The year is 1580, and the unholy armies of Lord Nobunaga Oda spread across Japan, murdering all who oppose them. Narrowly escaping the slaughter of her clan, a young ninja steals into the shadows. She is the last of her kind, and the dagger she wields is one of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiyuki Sakurai  •  Osamu Yamasaki
CAST:  Kazuhiko Inoue  •  Keiko Toda  •  Takeshi Watabe  •  Akira Murakami

The year is 1580, and the unholy armies of Lord Nobunaga Oda spread across Japan, murdering all who oppose them. Narrowly escaping the slaughter of her clan, a young ninja steals into the shadows. She is the last of her kind, and the dagger she wields is one of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiyuki Sakurai  •  Osamu Yamasaki
CAST:  Kazuhiko Inoue  •  Keiko Toda  •  Takeshi Watabe  •  Akira Murakami

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars (1988)

For the past 150 years, humanity’s two greatest nations have been deadlocked in a meaningless war. In what is hoped to be a miraculous victory, the Alliance embarks on a battle to break through the Empire’s frontline. Like many other “decisive” battles, this can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Ishiguro
CAST:  Kei Tomiyama  •  Masashi Hironaka  •  Ryo Horikawa  •  Katsuji Mori

For the past 150 years, humanity’s two greatest nations have been deadlocked in a meaningless war. In what is hoped to be a miraculous victory, the Alliance embarks on a battle to break through the Empire’s frontline. Like many other “decisive” battles, this can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Ishiguro
CAST:  Kei Tomiyama  •  Masashi Hironaka  •  Ryo Horikawa  •  Katsuji Mori

Slayers Perfect (1995)

Plagued by a recurring dream,​ master thief and sorceress Lina Inverse discovers ancient evil and lovers cruelly parted.​ Dragged into a vortex of time,​ she must fight to restore history to its proper course.​ But what will she do when the fearsome power of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Watanabe  •  Kazuo Yamazaki
CAST:  Megumi Hayashibara  •  Maria Kawamura  •  Chafurin  •  Keiji Fujiwara

Plagued by a recurring dream,​ master thief and sorceress Lina Inverse discovers ancient evil and lovers cruelly parted.​ Dragged into a vortex of time,​ she must fight to restore history to its proper course.​ But what will she do when the fearsome power of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Watanabe  •  Kazuo Yamazaki
CAST:  Megumi Hayashibara  •  Maria Kawamura  •  Chafurin  •  Keiji Fujiwara

Slayers Great (1997)

All Laia Einburg wants for her golem-making father Galia and her equally ambitious brother Huey is to end a long running feud. But her world gets turned upside down when short-stature Lina Inverse and overly endowed Naga the Serpent save Laia from a rampaging golem ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Watanabe
CAST:  Megumi Hayashibara  •  Maria Kawamura  •  Kikuko Inoue  •  Takehito Koyasu

All Laia Einburg wants for her golem-making father Galia and her equally ambitious brother Huey is to end a long running feud. But her world gets turned upside down when short-stature Lina Inverse and overly endowed Naga the Serpent save Laia from a rampaging golem ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Watanabe
CAST:  Megumi Hayashibara  •  Maria Kawamura  •  Kikuko Inoue  •  Takehito Koyasu

They Were Eleven (1986)

A group of students from the Cosmo Academy are about to take their final exam: surviving for over fifty days in a derelict ship. But when they arrive, they discover that instead of ten students, there are eleven. One of them doesn't belong there...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsuneo Tominaga  •  Satoshi Dezaki
CAST:  Akira Kamiya  •  Michiko Kawai  •  Hideyuki Tanaka  •  Toshio Furukawa

A group of students from the Cosmo Academy are about to take their final exam: surviving for over fifty days in a derelict ship. But when they arrive, they discover that instead of ten students, there are eleven. One of them doesn't belong there...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsuneo Tominaga  •  Satoshi Dezaki
CAST:  Akira Kamiya  •  Michiko Kawai  •  Hideyuki Tanaka  •  Toshio Furukawa

Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990)

In the city of Oedo 2808a.d., three Cyber criminals are given two choices, to either rot in jail or to join a special force of the Cyber Police to get possibly one more chance at freedom ever again. For each criminal apprehended, and for each successful mission ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiaki Kawajiri
CAST:  Hiroya Ishimaru  •  Kaneto Shiozawa  •  Tessyo Genda  •  Mitsuko Horie

In the city of Oedo 2808a.d., three Cyber criminals are given two choices, to either rot in jail or to join a special force of the Cyber Police to get possibly one more chance at freedom ever again. For each criminal apprehended, and for each successful mission ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiaki Kawajiri
CAST:  Hiroya Ishimaru  •  Kaneto Shiozawa  •  Tessyo Genda  •  Mitsuko Horie

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

Guyver: Out of Control (1986)

One night, high school student Sho Fukamachi discovers a mysterious metal object. Then in a blinding flash of light, Sho finds that he has accidentally fused with the Guyver, a mecha of mysterious alien design. Now, to save his girlfriend, Mizuki Segawa, along with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Watanabe
CAST:  Yu Mizushima  •  Michie Tomizawa  •  Keiko Toda  •  Jun Hazumi

One night, high school student Sho Fukamachi discovers a mysterious metal object. Then in a blinding flash of light, Sho finds that he has accidentally fused with the Guyver, a mecha of mysterious alien design. Now, to save his girlfriend, Mizuki Segawa, along with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Watanabe
CAST:  Yu Mizushima  •  Michie Tomizawa  •  Keiko Toda  •  Jun Hazumi

Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)

Synopsis Kogoro and Conan came to Yokohama according to a request from a mysterious man. But that was a trap of this man. Ran and the Detective Boys will be taken as hostages. If they don't solve the request of the man within 12 hours, the bombs attached to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuichiro Yamamoto
CAST:  Minami Takayama  •  Wakana Yamazaki  •  Akira Kamiya  •  Koichi Yamadera

Synopsis Kogoro and Conan came to Yokohama according to a request from a mysterious man. But that was a trap of this man. Ran and the Detective Boys will be taken as hostages. If they don't solve the request of the man within 12 hours, the bombs attached to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuichiro Yamamoto
CAST:  Minami Takayama  •  Wakana Yamazaki  •  Akira Kamiya  •  Koichi Yamadera

The Last War of the Heavenliods and Akutoliods (2009)

To save both the Magical Kingdom and the Heavens and restore the flow of akuto, the flow of energy of everything, the Magical King Munto must follow a vision and find the girl Yumemi in the normal world. Yumemi herself is just a normal girl except that she is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiji Kigami
CAST:  Mai Aizawa  •  Daisuke Ono  •  Chika Horikawa

To save both the Magical Kingdom and the Heavens and restore the flow of akuto, the flow of energy of everything, the Magical King Munto must follow a vision and find the girl Yumemi in the normal world. Yumemi herself is just a normal girl except that she is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiji Kigami
CAST:  Mai Aizawa  •  Daisuke Ono  •  Chika Horikawa

Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)

In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth, has sparked a war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Tomino  •  Ryoji Fujiwara
CAST:  Toru Furuya  •  Hirotaka Suzuoki  •  Shozo Iizuka  •  Kiyonobu Suzuki

In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth, has sparked a war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Tomino  •  Ryoji Fujiwara
CAST:  Toru Furuya  •  Hirotaka Suzuoki  •  Shozo Iizuka  •  Kiyonobu Suzuki

Tibetan Dog (2011)

Jiantan is a young boy who has to leave Xi'an after the death of his mother to go deep into the Tibetan prairies to start living with the father he barely remembers. His dad, LaGeBa, is a busy doctor who decided to depart from the city and reside in Tibet where he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Kojima
CAST:  Tatsuomi Hamada  •  Hiroshi Iwasaki  •  Norio Wakamoto  •  Toshio Kakei

Jiantan is a young boy who has to leave Xi'an after the death of his mother to go deep into the Tibetan prairies to start living with the father he barely remembers. His dad, LaGeBa, is a busy doctor who decided to depart from the city and reside in Tibet where he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Kojima
CAST:  Tatsuomi Hamada  •  Hiroshi Iwasaki  •  Norio Wakamoto  •  Toshio Kakei

Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Infernal Castle (2008)

When a powerful new foe known as the Legendorga arises in 2008, Wataru investigates the mystery behind the crisis, which brings him in contact with a man Nago once knew, Shiramine Takato, whose 3WA also possess their own Rider System. When Shiramine explains how ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuta Tasaki
CAST:  Koji Seto  •  Kouhei Takeda  •  Shouma Yamamoto  •  Ken Horiuchi

When a powerful new foe known as the Legendorga arises in 2008, Wataru investigates the mystery behind the crisis, which brings him in contact with a man Nago once knew, Shiramine Takato, whose 3WA also possess their own Rider System. When Shiramine explains how ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuta Tasaki
CAST:  Koji Seto  •  Kouhei Takeda  •  Shouma Yamamoto  •  Ken Horiuchi

The Future Diary: Redial (2013)

The Second is dead and the Gasai Yuno in the third world finally gets to live a happy life with her loving parents and friends from school. But there is still an empty place in her heart — it seems she has forgotten a person really close to her but simply cannot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Hosoda
CAST:  Misuzu Togashi  •  Tomosa Murata  •  Akira Ishida  •  Norio Wakamoto

The Second is dead and the Gasai Yuno in the third world finally gets to live a happy life with her loving parents and friends from school. But there is still an empty place in her heart — it seems she has forgotten a person really close to her but simply cannot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Hosoda
CAST:  Misuzu Togashi  •  Tomosa Murata  •  Akira Ishida  •  Norio Wakamoto

Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011)

The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Nomura
CAST:  Kazuya Nakai  •  Tomokazu Seki  •  Soichiro Hoshi  •  Toru Okawa

The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Nomura
CAST:  Kazuya Nakai  •  Tomokazu Seki  •  Soichiro Hoshi  •  Toru Okawa

Kiddy Grade III: Truth Dawn (2007)

The story takes place in a future where the human race has expanded and inhabits a multitude of planets in the universe with fantastic technology. Unsurprisingly, crime has grown alongside technology, and thus the GOTT, Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiji Gotoh
CAST:  Aya Hirano  •  Ryoko Nagata  •  Ai Tokunaga  •  Akira Ishida

The story takes place in a future where the human race has expanded and inhabits a multitude of planets in the universe with fantastic technology. Unsurprisingly, crime has grown alongside technology, and thus the GOTT, Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiji Gotoh
CAST:  Aya Hirano  •  Ryoko Nagata  •  Ai Tokunaga  •  Akira Ishida

Kiddy Grade II: Maelstrom (2007)

The story takes place in a future where the human race has expanded and inhabits a multitude of planets in the universe with fantastic technology. Unsurprisingly, crime has grown alongside technology, and thus the GOTT, Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiji Gotoh
CAST:  Aya Hirano  •  Ryoko Nagata  •  Ai Tokunaga  •  Akira Ishida

The story takes place in a future where the human race has expanded and inhabits a multitude of planets in the universe with fantastic technology. Unsurprisingly, crime has grown alongside technology, and thus the GOTT, Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiji Gotoh
CAST:  Aya Hirano  •  Ryoko Nagata  •  Ai Tokunaga  •  Akira Ishida

Metropolis (2001)

Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rintaro
CAST:  Yuka Imoto  •  Kei Kobayashi  •  Kohki Okada  •  Tarō Ishida

Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rintaro
CAST:  Yuka Imoto  •  Kei Kobayashi  •  Kohki Okada  •  Tarō Ishida
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