“Crusher Joe and his mercenary team battle space pirates to rescue a kidnapped heiress.”
Crusher Joe: The Movie
クラッシャージョウ
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Synopsis
Crusher Joe and his mercenary team battle space pirates to rescue a kidnapped heiress.
Crushers: intergalactic Jacks-of-All-Trades who will take on any assignment for the right price. Crusher Joe heads a small team of these outer space troubleshooters that includes the cyborg Talos, the beautiful Alfin, and the obligatory kid sidekick Ricky. A routine assignment escorting a cryogenically frozen heiress to a medical facility goes awry when the girl goes missing and Joe and his team are left holding the bag. It seems space pirates are trying to play the Crushers for patsies, but Joe doesn’t take kindly to the setup and tracks the pirates to their home world. The four heroes not only have to rescue their human cargo but take down the pirates in the process, which involves a heck of a lot of space dogfights, explosions, and good old-fashioned hand-to-hand combat. (Source: AniDB)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.30 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Jun 2010 → Jan 2022
- 8 “Introduction: Crusher Joe: The Movie, is a Movie from 1983, by Studio Nue. It was adapted from the Crusher Joe light novels, written by author Haruka Takachiho. Directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who...”
- 8 “Crusher Joe is a sci-fi action movie was produced by studio Sunrise and directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko who's not really done much in terms of directing, but more in terms of animation direction and...”
- 5 “This was a big dissapointment, with such awesome detailed animation, cool character designs, and the whole space opera vibe going on the story is barely there. Poorly assembled, and just bland to...”
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- Format 1 × 131′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 11m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1983 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-2496 catalog
Produced by
- Studio Nue Producer
Licensed by
- AnimEigo Licensor
- Discotek Media Licensor