Twilight Q
Twilight Q (トワイライトQ, Towairaito Kyū) is a Japanese original video animation series released in Japan in 1987 by Network Frontier (now Bandai Namco Arts). The series is similar to The Twilight Zone.[1] It was aired in Japan on the anime television network Animax on August 5, 2007.[2]
| Twilight Q | |
Twilight Q DVD cover (Region 2). | |
| トワイライトＱ (Towairaito Kyū) | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Headgear |
| Original video animation | |
| Time Knot: Reflection | |
| Directed by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
| Licensed by | Network Frontier |
| Released | February 28, 1987 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Mystery Article File 538 | |
| Directed by | Mamoru Oshii |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Licensed by | Network Frontier |
| Released | August 28, 1987 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
Story
The first part, Time Knot: Reflection (時の結び目 Reflection, Toki no Musubime Rifurekushon), has two girls at a beach where one of them finds an old camera. She develops the film and finds that she's in a photo, arm-in-arm with a young man, despite not remembering the picture being taken. She then finds out the camera is a model that has not yet been released.
The second part, Mystery Article File 538 (迷宮物件 File538, Meikyū Bukken Fairu Go San Hachi), follows a detective investigating the mysterious disappearances of airplanes, and his investigation into a father and daughter.
Cast
Part 1
- Mayumi: Mako Hyōdō
- Kiwako: Miina Tominaga
- Uemura: Masahiro Anzai
- Hirata: Yasuyuki Hirata
- Dad: Natsuo Tokuhiro
- Mom: Kumiko Takizawa
- Teacher: Rokurō Naya
Part 2
- Man: Tetsuya Kaji
- Young Girl: Mako Hyōdō
- Radio Announcer: Shigeru Chiba
Sources:[3]
Staff
Part 1
- Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
- Original Story, Screenplay: Kazunori Itō
- Character Design: Akemi Takada
- Animation Director: Masako Gotō
- Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
- Audio Director: Shigeharu Shiba
- Music: Kenji Kawai
- Production: Ajia-do Animation Works
Part 2
- Original Story, Screenplay, Director: Mamoru Oshii
- Producer: Shin Unosawa, Makoto Kubo
- Character Design: Katsuya Kondō
- Animation Director: Shinji Ōtsuka
- Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
- Camera Director: Seiichi Morishita
- Audio Director: Shigeharu Shiba
- Music: Kenji Kawai
- Key Animation: Kitarō Kōsaka, Katsuya Kondō, Makiko Futaki, Toshio Kawaguchi, Shinji Ōtsuka, Masaaki Endō
- Production: Network Frontier Jigyōbu, Studio Deen
Sources:[3]
References
- ^ Sevakis, Justin (November 8, 2007). "Twilight Q - Buried Treasure". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- ^ (in Japanese). Animax. Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
- ^ a b c (in Japanese). Bandai Visual. 2004-02-25. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
- ^ Shelton, Andrew (2001-03-26). "Twilight Q". Anime Meta=Review.
External links
- (in Japanese)
- Review The Anime Review
- Twilight Q on IMDb [1]
- Twilight Q (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia