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Tekken: The Motion Picture (OAV)

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©1997 NAMCO LIMITED / ASCII CORPORATION / Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.


Alternative title:
Tekken (Japanese)
Tekken - The Animation (Italian) 
Tekken-Die Eiserne Faust (German)
Tekken: La pelicula (Spanish)
Tekken: O Filme (Portuguese)
The King Of Iron Fist Tournament The Movie
Теккен (Russian)
鉄拳 (Japanese)
鉄拳 -TEKKEN- (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: After being thrown off a cliff as a child, Kazuya Mishima enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament to extract revenge from his father, multi-billionaire Heihachi Mishima. Meanwhile, WWWC operative Jun Kazama and Hong Kong detective Lei Wulong also enter the tournament to investigate on Heihachi's illegal activities involving cloning and genetic engineering. A handful of other skilled fighters are also in it merely to win the grand prize of $1 billion, not knowing of the true purpose of the tournament and fate that awaits them.
User Ratings: 728 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (dub:10, sub:2, ?:1)
 Excellent: 4 votes (dub:3, sub:1)
 Very good: 20 votes (dub:16, sub:4)
 Good: 74 votes (dub:55, sub:14, edit.dub:2, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 93 votes (dub:59, sub:29, ?:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 63 votes (dub:30, sub:28, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Italian dubbed
1 French edited dub
)
 Not really good: 78 votes (dub:51, sub:25, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 77 votes (dub:48, sub:26, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Bad: 89 votes (dub:58, sub:29, ?:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Awful: 108 votes (dub:57, sub:44, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 109 votes (dub:55, sub:50, edit.dub:2, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
Seen in part or in whole by 1364 users, rank: #901 (of 9508)
Median rating: Weak
Arithmetic mean: 3.497 (Weak+), std. dev.: 2.6086, rank: #9497 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 3.412 (Weak+), rank: #9508 (of 9647) (seen all: 3.42 / seen some: 2.77 / won't finish: 2.28)
Bayesian estimate: 3.489 (Weak+), rank: #7261 (of 7268)
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 1998-01-21 to 1998-02-21
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Hero" by Tsunami [Japanese version]
"The Meaning of Life" by The Offspring [U.S. version]
Insert song:
"Bonecrusher" Performed by Soulhat
"Clean My Wounds" Performed by Corrosion of Conformity
"Save Yourself" Performed by Stabbing Westward
"Straight To Hell" Performed by The Urge
Links: We have 1
Comment:
Tekken was released in Japan as an OAV with two half-hour episodes. ADV Films, the US licensee, combined the two episodes into a single one-hour movie, hence "The Motion Picture" subtitle.
Loosely based upon characters from the games Tekken and Tekken 2.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Tekken: The Motion Picture - [Essential Anime Collection] (DVD) delayed/cancelled
    Tekken: The Motion Picture [Uncut] (DVD) 1999-01-26 (from $43.10)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kunihisa Sugishima
Script:
Ryota Yamaguchi (eps 1-2)
Storyboard: Kunihisa Sugishima (eps 1-2)
Original Character Design: Kazuaki Yanagisawa
Character Design: Kazuaki Yanagisawa
Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
Animation Director:
Masaaki Kannan (eps 1-2)
Animation Character Design: Masaaki Kannan
Animation producer: Masahiro Toyozumi
Animation Production Advancement: Kazuyoshi Sakamoto (eps 1-2)
Animation Production Desk: Hideo Deguchi
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Color setting: Masanori Fujimoto
Coordination: Kunihisa Sugishima
Digital Direction:
Shinyo Kondo (Studio Deen)
Yoshihisa Oyama (Studio Deen)
Digital Editing: Seiji Morita
Digital Effects: Shouichi Uehara
Digital Paint:
Aya Kawasaki (Digimation)
Hirotaka Koizumi (Digimation)
Itsuo Miyamoto (Studio Deen)
Koji Kajita (Digimation)
Kuniharu Arai (Digimation)
Mayumi Iwamoto (Digimation)
Motoko Fujikuro (Digimation)
Naoki Kitamura (Digimation)
Rumiko Takumi (Studio Deen)
Ryusuke Shiino (Studio Deen)
Tomoko Komoda (Digimation)
Tomomi Iyama (Digimation)
Toshie Suzuki (Digimation)
Touyou Ikeda (Digimation)
In-Between Animation:
Akie Miyamoto (Nakamura Production)
Akihiko Machida
En Xi Chen (Danni Animation)
Fusako Kubota
Haruhiko Sakuma
Hideto Natsumeda (Nakamura Production)
Izumi Kodama (Need)
Jin Fang (Danni Animation)
Jun Kurata
Kaori Ikeda (Need)
Kazuaki Sakurai
Kazuhiro Takahashi (Nakamura Production)
Kazuhiro Takamura (Nakamura Production)
Kazutomo Ota (Nakamura Production)
Kei Tsuchiya
Kenichiro Ogata
Mayumi Hidaka (Need)
Mitsuru Nakata (Nakamura Production)
Nami Nishioka (Need)
Naomi Watanabe (Need)
Norie Arikawa (Need)
Norikichi Kataoka (Need)
Retsu Ohkawara
Takaaki Suzuki (Need)
Tatsuya Uetsu (Nakamura Production)
Tomoko Kosaka
Tsugumi Kohata (Need)
Yi Wang (Danni Animation)
Yoshihiko Matsui (Nakamura Production)
Yoshihiro Sato (Need)
Yuki Tsuboi (Nakamura Production)
Key Animation:
Akira Kasahara (ep 1)
Akira Matsunaga (ep 2)
Eiji Abiko (ep 1)
Eiji Nakada (ep 2)
Hirokazu Hisayuki (ep 2)
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (eps 1-2)
Kazuhiro Itakura (Nakamura Production; eps 1-2)
Kazuhiro Oki (eps 1-2)
Keisuke Hamada (ep 2)
Kenji Kuroyanagi (eps 1-2)
Kenji Nakagawa (ep 2)
Kohei Yoneyama (ep 2)
Konomi Sakurai (ep 1)
Manabu Imura (Nakamura Production; ep 1)
Masahiko Kaneda (Nakamura Production; ep 1)
Shinichi Takahashi (Nakamura Production; ep 1)
Shuji Nakanishi (eps 1-2)
Sumio Watanabe (ep 1)
Tamotsu Ikeda (Nakamura Production; ep 1)
Yasuhiro Okuda (ep 1)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (eps 1-2)
Yukiko Miyamoto (eps 1-2)
Production producer: Koji Honda
Recording Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino
Theme Song Performance: Tsunami (ED)
Daisuke Gouri as Heihachi Mishima
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Kazuya Mishima
Yumi Touma as Jun Kazama

Akio Nakamura as Lei Wulong
Akio Ōtsuka as Jack 2
Kaori Yamagata as Anna Williams
Minami Takayama as
Jin Kazama
Nina Williams
Seiji Sasaki as Bruce Irvin
Shinichirō Miki as Lee Chaolan
Tomokazu Seki as Lei Wulong

Akio Ōtsuka as narrator
Eri Sendai as Jun Kazama (young)
Katsumi Chou as W.W.W.C. Director
Minami Takayama as Kazuya Mishima (young)
Narumi Hidaka as Michelle Chang
Takashi Nagasako as Ganryu
Tamio Ohki as Dr. Boskonovich
Japanese companies
Animation: Nakamura Production
Backgrounds: Design Office MECAMAN
Digital Operation:
Megumi
Studio DEEN
Key Animation: Nakamura Production (eps 1-2)
Original Concept: Namco
Production Assistance: Studio DEEN
Sound Effects: Sound Ring
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Gary Dehan
Project Translator: Kenzo Tsubai
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa
Audio Mixing: Paul Killam
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
Graphic Design: Andy Orjuela
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Music Supervision: Mack Hill
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Sound Design: Paul Killam
Sound Engineer: Charles Campbell
Theme Song Performance:
Corrosion of Conformity ("Clean My Wounds")
Soulhat ("Bonecrusher")
Stabbing Westward ("Save Yourself")
The Offspring (ED; "The Meaning of Life")
The Urge ("Straight to Hell")
Adam Dudley as Kazuya Mishima
Edi Patterson as Jun Kazama
John Paul Shepard as Heihachi Mishima

Claire Hamilton as Anna Williams
David Stokey as Lee Chaolan
Ellie McBride as Nina Williams
Gray G. Haddock as Lei Wulong
Jessica Robertson as Michelle Chang
Ken Webster as Dr. Boskonovich
Mark O'Brien as Jack-2

Amy L. Gamber as Operator 1
Charles Campbell as Thug 1
Claire Hamilton as Operator 2
David Jones as Narrator
Douglas Taylor as WWWC Chief
Ellie McBride as Operator 3
Gary Dehan as Thug 3
Jacob Franchek as
Jin Kazama
Kazuya Mishima (young)
Jessica Schwartz as Jack-2's Little Girl
Lowell Bartholomee as
Competition Fighter
Thug 2
Lucy Faris as Jun Kazama (young)
Peter Harrell Jr. as Bruce Irwin
Rolee Rios as Operator 4
English companies
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Recording Facility: Monster Island
French cast
French staff
Adaptation: Charles Lewis
Bernard Jung as Kasuya Mishima
Mathieu Rivolier as Heihashi Mishima
Philippe Roullier as Lee Shaolan
Stéphanie Lafforgue as Jun Kazama

Christine Paris as Nina Williams
Colette Noel as Anna Williams
Philippe Roullier as Lei Wulong

Philippe Roullier as Narrateur
French companies
ADR Studio: Studio Chinkel
Broadcaster: Mangas
Publisher: Dybex
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Screen Inserts: Enric Isasi-Isasmendi (Spain dub)
Bruno Jorda as Lei Wulong (Spain dub) 
Geni Rey as Jun Kazama (Spain dub)
José Luis Mediavilla as Kazuya Mishima (Spain dub)
Pepe Mediavilla as Heihachi Mishima (Spain dub)
Xavier De LLorens as Lei Wulong (Spain dub)

Domenech Farell as Jack 2 (Spain dub)
Gemma Ibáñez as Nina Williams (Spain dub)
Graciela Molina as Anna Williams (Spain dub)
Jordi Ribes as Lee Shaolang (Spain dub)
Mar Roca as Michelle Chang (Spain dub)

Domenech Farell as
Narrator (Spain dub)
WWWC Chief (Spain dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Profesor Boskonovich (Spain dub)
Gemma Ibáñez as Jin Kazama (Spain dub)
Hernán Fernández as Kazuya Mishima (Spain dub; child)
Mar Roca as Jane (Spain dub)

Enric Isasi-Isasmendi (Spain dub)
Gemma Ibáñez (Spain dub)
Graciela Molina (Spain dub)
Mar Roca (Spain dub)
Xavier De LLorens (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Anna Rita Pasanisi
Translation: Yoshiya Hirohama

Dialogues: Emanuela Baroni
Dubbing Assistant: Silvia Menozzi
Dubbing Supervision: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Post Production Director: Valerio Manenti
Script Supervision:
Michele Gelli
Vincenzo Martella
Synchronization:
Andrea Pochini
Paolo Brunori
Claudio Fattoretto as Heihachi Mishima
Massimo De Ambrosis as Kazuya Mishima
Silvia Tognoloni as Jun Kazama

Alessandro Rossi as Jack-2
Cristina Boraschi as Nina Williams
Georgia Lepore as Michelle Chang
Isabella Pasanisi as Anna Williams
Mario Mastria as Dr. Boskonovich
Roberto Chevalier as Lei Wulong
Sandro Acerbo as Lee Chaolan

Nino Prester as narrator
Italian companies
Distributor: Dynamic Italia
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC
German staff
German cast
(none)
Nina Marschke as Jun Kazama
Stefan Rieger as Kazuya Mishima
Tristan Vogt as Heihachi Mishima

Barbara Seifert as Nina Williams
Bruno Niederprüm as Lei Wulong
Lutz Glombeck as Dr. Boskonovich
Maria Kurikova as Anna Williams
Sasha Kaufmann as Lee Chaolan

Anna-Maria Kuricova as Anna Williams
Dinis Loures as Kazuya Mishima (als Kind)
Sascha Kaufmann as Lee Chaolan
Thomas Witte as Chef des WWWC
German companies
Broadcaster: VOX
Distributor:
ACOG
OVA Films
Dubbing: Aaron Synchros
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Dybex
Dutch cast
(none)

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