Future Police Urashiman

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Future Police Urashiman
未来警察ウラシマン (Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman)
TV anime
Studio	Tatsunoko Productions
Network	Fuji TV
Original run	January 9, 1983 – December 24, 1983

Future Police Urashiman (未来警察ウラシマン, Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman^?) is a science fiction anime series by Tatsunoko Productions, created in 1983. It ran from January 9 to December 24, 1983, on Fuji TV. It was later released in the United States, Germany, France, and Italy. In France he was known as Super Durand (i.e. "Super Jones" or "Super Smith").

The story tells of a young man and his cat who are being pursued by the police during a particularly stormy night in a city in 1983. The young man suddenly drives his car right into the middle of a cyclone and is caught in a space/time anomaly. As a result they end up in the year 2050.

Suffering from complete memory loss, the young man has no idea who he is or where he comes from. But he soon finds that he is being pursued by the army-like forces of Neocrime, a top criminal organisation led by Count Ludwig who answers to the enigmatic Generalissimo Fuller. Taking the name Rico Urashiman, the young man joins the police force and fights back against Neocrime, using a high-tech mobile HQ and body-armour, though he himself insists on using a Volkswagen Beetle-like car with four wheels in contrast to the flying cars of the time.

He is joined in the fight by Claude, a fellow officer with whom he has a far-from-friendly relationship, and Sophia, a disillusioned ex-nun.

[edit] Characters

Urashiman Ryuu (ウラシマ・リュウ, Urashiman Ryuu^?)/Rico Urashiman: Voiced by: Michitaka Kobayashi.
Claude Mizusawa (クロード（蔵人）・水沢, Claude Mizusawa^?): Voiced by: Akira Kamiya.
Sophia Nina Rose (ソフィア・ニーナ・ローズ, Sophia Nina Rose^?): Voiced by: Keiko Yokozawa.
Miyah (ミャー , Miyah^?): Voiced by: Masako Katsuki
Dr. Gondo Toru (権藤透, Gondo Toru^?): Voiced by: Tōru Ōhira.
Marklin Division 38

[edit] Neocrime

Adolf von Ludwig (アドルフ・フォン・ルードヴィッヒ, Adolf von Ludwig^?): Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa.
Marlene Saberief (ミレーヌ・サベリーエワ, Marlene Saberief^?): Voiced by: Haruko Kitahama.
Jitanda Funda (ジタンダ・フンダ, Jitanda Funda^?)/Yetander: Voiced by: Mayumi Tanaka.
Stinger Wolf (スティンガー・ウルフ, Stinger Wolf^?): Voiced by: Tesshō Genda.
Stinger Cat (スティンガー・キャット, Stinger Cat^?): Voiced by: Yuri Nashiwa.
Stinger Hawk (スティンガー・ホーク, Stinger Hawk^?): Voiced by: Shinya Ōtaki.
Stinger Shark (スティンガー・シャーク, Stinger Shark^?): Voiced by: Issei Futamata.
Stinger Bear (スティンガー・ベアー, Stinger Bear^?): Voiced by: Yū Shimaka.
Generalissimo Fuller (総統フューラー, Generalissimo Fuller^?): Voiced by: Eiji Maruyama, Kazuyuki Sogabe (young)
Jospehine Katsberg (ジョセフィーヌ・キャッツバーグ, Jospehine Katsberg^?): Voiced by: Yoshiko Sakakibara.