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Spriggan

Spriggan

It's the END of our world.. and the BEGINNING of the next!

19986.11h 30m

Overview

An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.

Directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Written by Yasutaka Itô, Ryoji Minagawa, Katsuhiro Otomo
Box Office0Revenue: $26K

Top Cast

Showtaro Morikubo

Showtaro Morikubo

Yu Ominae (voice)

Ken Shiroyama

Ken Shiroyama

Dr. Meisel (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Jean Jacquemonde (voice)

Katsumi Suzuki

Katsumi Suzuki

Little Boy (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa

Margaret (voice)

Kinryu Arimoto

Kinryu Arimoto

Yamamoto (voice)

R

Ryuji Aigase

Colonel McDougal (voice)

Kenji Takano

Kenji Takano

Fat Man (voice)

H

Hiroshi Matsumoto

Manager (voice)

I

Ikumi Kimura

Stewardess (voice)

Themes & Keywords

japanpsychic powersuper soldiermilitarykiller childseinenanime

About Spriggan

Spriggan is a action, animation, science fiction film released in 1998 exploring themes of japan, psychic power, super soldier, military, killer child, seinen. Directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki, it stars Showtaro Morikubo, Ken Shiroyama, Takehito Koyasu. An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.

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