Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984)
大自然の魔獣バギ
In 1984 the Japanese government approved gene recombination experiments. Baggy is Tezuka’s response. A cute kitten escapes a lab, and is befriended by lonely child Ryosuke. Years later, he joins her in a quest that’s part spaghetti Western, part contemporary adventure.
- Date of release
- 1984-08-19
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Animation, Science Fiction, TV Movie
- Director
- Osamu Tezuka
- Collection
- 24 Hour Television Specials
Casting
- Saeko Shimazu — Bagi (voice)
- Kazuhiko Inoue — Ryosuke Ishigame (voice)
- Katsuji Mori — Cemen Bond (voice)
- Kazuteru Suzuki — Chico (voice)
- Kosei Tomita — Super Bios Center Chief (voice)
- Masako Ikeda — Yoko Ishigami (voice)
- Yuzuru Fujimoto — Cucaracha President (voice)
- Akie Yasuda — Ryo (child) (voice)
- Daisuke Gori — Motorcycle Gang Member (voice)
- Kan Tokumaru — Government Official (voice)
- Keaton Yamada — Shop Manager (voice)
- Kenichi Ogata — Government Official (voice)
Interesting facts
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature is a Japanese anime film that premiered on the Nippon Television network on August 19, 1984. It was written by Osamu Tezuka as a critique of the Japanese government's approval of recombinant DNA research that year. The film was streamed by Anime Sols as part of a crowdfunding campaign in 2013, and by RetroCrush in 2020.
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