Gothic Lolita Battle Bear

Gothic Lolita Battle Bear (ヌイグルマーZ, Nuigurumaa Z, also Nuigulumar Z) is a 2013 Japanese tokusatsu film directed by Noboru Iguchi and starring Shoko Nakagawa.^[1][2]

Gothic Lolita Battle Bear
Directed by	Noboru Iguchi
Screenplay by	Jun Tsugita
Based on	Sewing Man Nuguruma by Kenji Ohtsuki
Produced by	Takyuki Matsuno Junnosuke Miyamoto
Starring	Shoko Nakagawa Rina Takeda
Cinematography	Satoshi Murakawa
Edited by	Yosuke Yafune
Music by	Hirohiko Fukuda
Production company	Ganges
Distributed by	King Records T-Joy
Release dates	September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20) (/slash Film Festival) January 25, 2014 (2014-01-25) (Japan)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Shoko Nakagawa as Yumeko Aikawa, a gothic lolita fashionista
• Rina Takeda as Kill Billy, Takeshi's sidekick; and Nuiguruma, Yumeko's superhero alter-ego^[3]
• Sadao Abe as voice of Busuke, Yumeko's pink teddy bear
• Mao Ichimichi as Kyoko, Yumeko's niece^[4][5]
• Hiroshi Neko as Takeshi, the villain who plans to take over the world with 109 zombies^[6]
• Koto Takagi
• Honoka Kitahara
• Jiji Boo
• Takumi Saito
• Kami Hiraiwa
• Koichi Yamadera as Deparuza Charlie, a black teddy bear.^[6]

Production

The film is based on a book by Kenji Ohtsuki, member of the rock band Tokusatsu.^[7]

Release

The film had its American debut at the 15th Hawaii International Film Festival on October 18, 2013.^[8]

References

1. "Shokotan's Nuigurumaa Z Film Trailer Streamed (Updated)". Anime News Network. November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
2. "ヌイグルマーZ". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 1, 2013.
3. "Shokotan's Nuigurumaa Z Film Trailer Streamed (Updated)". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
4. "'Gothic Lolita Battle Bear' ('Nuigulumar Z'): Fantasia Review". hollywoodreporter.com. August 11, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
5. "市道真央 - イエローキャブNEXT". yellow-cab-next.jp. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
6. "Magical Teddybear-Transforming Lolita Shokotan Fights More Zombies in Trailer". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
7. Brown, Todd (November 25, 2014). . Twitch Film. Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
8. Soeda, Jason Musni. . Hawaii International Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2014.

External links

• Gothic Lolita Battle Bear at IMDb