Mako Hyodo

Mako Hyoudou is a Tokyo-born actress and voice talent. She debuted at 14 as a model for the cosmetic maker Shiseido.

Angel's Egg (1985)

In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Keiichi Noda  •  Mako Hyodo  •  Jinpachi Nezu

In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Keiichi Noda  •  Mako Hyodo  •  Jinpachi Nezu

Talking Head (1992)

It's nearly time for the debut of the most anticipated anime movie of the year, Talking Head. There's just a few minor problems: the director has disappeared and the movie isn't even started! Desperate to meet their deadline, the studio hires a "migrant technical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Yoshikazu Fujiki  •  Keishi Hunt  •  Mako Hyodo

It's nearly time for the debut of the most anticipated anime movie of the year, Talking Head. There's just a few minor problems: the director has disappeared and the movie isn't even started! Desperate to meet their deadline, the studio hires a "migrant technical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Yoshikazu Fujiki  •  Keishi Hunt  •  Mako Hyodo

Parasite Dolls (2003)

Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain peace between the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Yoshinaga  •  Kazuto Nakazawa
CAST:  Kazuhiko Inoue  •  Akemi Okamura  •  Masaru Ikeda  •  Somei Uchida

Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain peace between the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Yoshinaga  •  Kazuto Nakazawa
CAST:  Kazuhiko Inoue  •  Akemi Okamura  •  Masaru Ikeda  •  Somei Uchida

The Women of Fast Food (2007)

"Tachiguishi", that is to say, grifters who make it their profession to "eat-and-run", was created by the world-famous filmmaker, Mamoru Oshii. In 2006, he directed "Tachigui -- the Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters", a feature film which was made using a new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii  •  Takanori Tsujimoto  •  Kenji Kamiyama  •  Makoto Kamiya  •  Hiroaki Yuasa
CAST:  Yuriko Hishimi  •  Miki Mizuno  •  Yuko Ogura  •  Hinako Saeki

"Tachiguishi", that is to say, grifters who make it their profession to "eat-and-run", was created by the world-famous filmmaker, Mamoru Oshii. In 2006, he directed "Tachigui -- the Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters", a feature film which was made using a new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii  •  Takanori Tsujimoto  •  Kenji Kamiyama  •  Makoto Kamiya  •  Hiroaki Yuasa
CAST:  Yuriko Hishimi  •  Miki Mizuno  •  Yuko Ogura  •  Hinako Saeki

The Sky Crawlers (2008)

Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Ryo Kase  •  Shosuke Tanihara

Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Ryo Kase  •  Shosuke Tanihara

Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006)

Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed dine and dash professionals - the Fast Food Grifters are the phantoms that rise and fall with the shifting diet-styles. They are the dissenting heroes who carved their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Mako Hyodo  •  Kaito Kisshoji  •  Mitsuhisa Ishikawa  •  Kenji Kawai

Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed dine and dash professionals - the Fast Food Grifters are the phantoms that rise and fall with the shifting diet-styles. They are the dissenting heroes who carved their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Mako Hyodo  •  Kaito Kisshoji  •  Mitsuhisa Ishikawa  •  Kenji Kawai

The Red Spectacles (1987)

Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Machiko Washio  •  Hideyuki Tanaka  •  Tessyo Genda

Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Machiko Washio  •  Hideyuki Tanaka  •  Tessyo Genda

Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis (2007)

This movie is an alternative version of the TV series; it is composed of the two 2007 OVAs, edited to improve the pacing of the plot, and an extra segment akin to a TV episode where the cast are given the task of studying flowers. The plot has several differences ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoji Kawamori
CAST:  Takuma Terashima  •  Yumi Kakazu  •  Tomokazu Sugita  •  Sanae Kobayashi

This movie is an alternative version of the TV series; it is composed of the two 2007 OVAs, edited to improve the pacing of the plot, and an extra segment akin to a TV episode where the cast are given the task of studying flowers. The plot has several differences ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoji Kawamori
CAST:  Takuma Terashima  •  Yumi Kakazu  •  Tomokazu Sugita  •  Sanae Kobayashi

Genesis Surviver Gaiarth (1992)

Gaiarth - a world devastated by a cataclysmic war, where pockets of humanity struggle to survive amidst the wreckage of technologies made magical by ignorance. Gaiarth - a world where artificially intelligent machines doggedly pursue their programmed imperatives: ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aramaki  •  Masayuki Ozeki  •  Hiroyuki Kitazume  •  Hideaki Ooba
CAST:  Noriko Hidaka  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Daiki Nakamura  •  Mako Hyodo

Gaiarth - a world devastated by a cataclysmic war, where pockets of humanity struggle to survive amidst the wreckage of technologies made magical by ignorance. Gaiarth - a world where artificially intelligent machines doggedly pursue their programmed imperatives: ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aramaki  •  Masayuki Ozeki  •  Hiroyuki Kitazume  •  Hideaki Ooba
CAST:  Noriko Hidaka  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Daiki Nakamura  •  Mako Hyodo

Girl from Phantasia (1993)

Akihiro is a teenage boy with fantasies. He's about to have date with his girlfriend Miyuki when he finds a strange carpet on his way home. Home, a pretty and over-energetic girl named Malon appears from the carpet. She tells Akihiro about the world of Phantasia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Kamiya
CAST:  Shinnosuke Furumoto  •  Mitsuki Yayoi  •  Junko Ohtsubo  •  Keiichi Nanba

Akihiro is a teenage boy with fantasies. He's about to have date with his girlfriend Miyuki when he finds a strange carpet on his way home. Home, a pretty and over-energetic girl named Malon appears from the carpet. She tells Akihiro about the world of Phantasia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Kamiya
CAST:  Shinnosuke Furumoto  •  Mitsuki Yayoi  •  Junko Ohtsubo  •  Keiichi Nanba

Macross Plus: The Movie (1995)

Three decades after the great war between the humans and the Zentradi, the U.N. government is developing new technologies to use in their transforming fighter aircraft by running tests on the colony planet Eden. Military test pilots and former childhood friends, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoji Kawamori  •  Shinichiro Watanabe
CAST:  Takumi Yamazaki  •  Unsho Ishizuka  •  Rica Fukami  •  Mako Hyodo

Three decades after the great war between the humans and the Zentradi, the U.N. government is developing new technologies to use in their transforming fighter aircraft by running tests on the colony planet Eden. Military test pilots and former childhood friends, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoji Kawamori  •  Shinichiro Watanabe
CAST:  Takumi Yamazaki  •  Unsho Ishizuka  •  Rica Fukami  •  Mako Hyodo

The Adventures of Kotetsu (1996)

While walking through the streets of Tokyo, Linn Suzuki comes across a strange device sticking up from the sidewalk. Suddenly, she is set upon by thugs and is helped by a beautiful stranger who takes them all down. It seems young Linn has fled Deep Kyoto from her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Yuko Miyamura  •  Kikuko Inoue  •  Kae Araki  •  Shin-ichiro Miki

While walking through the streets of Tokyo, Linn Suzuki comes across a strange device sticking up from the sidewalk. Suddenly, she is set upon by thugs and is helped by a beautiful stranger who takes them all down. It seems young Linn has fled Deep Kyoto from her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Moriyama
CAST:  Yuko Miyamura  •  Kikuko Inoue  •  Kae Araki  •  Shin-ichiro Miki

Kamen Rider Ryuki Special: 13 Riders (2002)

This television special is an alternate telling of the Kamen Rider Ryuki story. Shinji Kido's life, working as an employee at ORE Journal, takes a sharp turn after being pulled into the Mirror World by a Mispider. Luckily, he was saved by a Kamen Rider Ryuki, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuta Tasaki
CAST:  Takamasa Suga  •  Satoshi Matsuda  •  Ayano Sugiyama  •  Ryohei Odai

This television special is an alternate telling of the Kamen Rider Ryuki story. Shinji Kido's life, working as an employee at ORE Journal, takes a sharp turn after being pulled into the Mirror World by a Mispider. Luckily, he was saved by a Kamen Rider Ryuki, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuta Tasaki
CAST:  Takamasa Suga  •  Satoshi Matsuda  •  Ayano Sugiyama  •  Ryohei Odai

Project Mermaid (2007)

A fish turns into a mermaid who swims out into post-apocalyptic city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Mako Hyodo

A fish turns into a mermaid who swims out into post-apocalyptic city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Mako Hyodo

Female Fast Food Grifter: Foxy Croquette Ogin ~Mortal Struggle in Palestine~ (2006)

Foxy Croquette Ogin disappeared after the protest incident in front of the National Diet building in 1960, but there are rumors of a mysterious Japanese woman amongst a band of guerillas in Palestine...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Mako Hyodo

Foxy Croquette Ogin disappeared after the protest incident in front of the National Diet building in 1960, but there are rumors of a mysterious Japanese woman amongst a band of guerillas in Palestine...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Mako Hyodo