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Noiseman Sound Insect (1997)

Noiseman Sound Insect poster
Original title
音響生命体ノイズマン
Directed by
Kōji Morimoto
Genre
fantasy anime and manga
Country
Japan
Runtime
16 min
Rated
PG
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A strange creature made of sound wreaks havoc in a futuristic city. A boy on the run tries to stop it before it destroys everything.

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What happens

Noiseman Sound Insect (音響生命体ノイズマン, Onkyo Seimeitai Noiseman) is a short anime film directed by Koji Morimoto, with production by Studio 4°C and music by Yoko Kanno featuring a young Crystal Kay Williams singing the ending theme. It was released in Japan on November 22, 1997. On October 28, 2022, Studio 4°C made an announcement that the film is online on YouTube worldwide (except Japan) until November 18th, for the first time in HD. This short was aired on Locomotion for Latin America and Iberia in its Locotomía block. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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