Mako Hyōdō (兵藤 まこ, Hyōdō Mako, born September 7, 1962 in Tokyo), also credited as Mako Hyoudou, is a Japanese voice actress and member of 81 Produce company.
, 2h2 Directed byMamoru Oshii GenresScience fiction, War, Action, Adventure, Animation ThemesTransport films, Aviation films ActorsRyō Kase, Chiaki Kuriyama, Troy Baker, Rinko Kikuchi, Doug Erholtz, Shōsuke Tanihara Roles Kusmi (voice) Rating66% The Sky Crawlers is set in an alternative history timeline where although the world is at peace, in order to ease the tension of a populace accustomed to war and aggression, private corporations contract fighter pilots to engage in actual combat operations against each other. The film introduces a mystery involving characters called Kildren (キルドレ, Kirudore , "kill-dolls") - humanoids genetically engineered in a way that enables to live eternally in adolescence.
, 23minutes Directed byMamoru Oshii ActorsMako Hyōdō Roles Foxy Croquette O-Gin / AK Ginko (ケツネコロッケのお銀 / AKの銀子) - Mako Hyodo is arguably Oshii's favourite collaborator actress. She plays in half his live-action films including Talking Head and she did dubbing in some of his anime as well (MiniPato).
This short spinoff relates the adventures of Foxy Croquette O-Gin after she mysteriously disappeared from Nagatachō, Tokyo, as seen in Tachiguishi-Retsuden. She actually left Japan after the incident that occurred during the demonstration against the 1960 Japan-USA Security Treaty (Anpo) renewal, to move in the Middle East and fight there as a guerrilla.
, 1h44 Directed byMamoru Oshii GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Animation ActorsMako Hyōdō, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Toshio Suzuki, Shōji Kawamori, Kenji Kawai, Kōichi Yamadera Roles Foxy Croquette O-Gin (voice) Rating62% A fictional documentary about changing Japanese eating habits and the colorful thieves that swindle the restaurants which serve them. The film begins with the origins of Japanese food stalls following the countries defeat in World War II. The first grifter introduced is Moongaze Ginji. He requests soba noodle soup with a raw egg (also known as "Moongaze Soba"). He declares the dish to be an imitation of a landscape.
, 1h11 Directed byMamoru Oshii GenresDrama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Animation ActorsMako Hyōdō, Jinpachi Nezu, Keiichi Noda Roles Girl (voice) Rating76% Angel's Egg follows the life of an unnamed young girl living alone in an abandoned city. She cares for a large egg which she hides under her dress, protecting it while scavenging the decrepit Neo-Gothic/Art Nouveau cityscape for water and food. In a prologue, an unnamed soldier watches as an orb-shaped vessel, decorated with thousands of goddess-like sculptures, descends from the sky. Awakened by the orb's alarm, the girl begins her day of scavenging, but soon crosses paths with the soldier on a wide street traveled only by roving tanks. Frightened by the soldier, who carries a threatening cross-shaped device over his shoulder, the girl runs off down an alley. When she returns to investigate, the soldier has left. She resumes searching for food and glass bottles, avoiding the ominous figures of men clutching harpoons which scatter the cobbled streets.