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Shunsuke Kikuchi is a Sound and Compositors Japonais born on 1 november 1931 at Hirosaki (Japon)
Shunsuke Kikuchi (菊池 俊輔, Kikuchi Shunsuke), né le 1er novembre 1931 à Hirosaki, est un compositeur japonais connu pour ses musiques de séries télévisées et dessins animés.
Son style, très reconnaissable et qui doit souvent à Ennio Morricone, est presque devenu un standard musical associé aux shōnen (dessins animés pour jeunes garçons). Minimaliste, il se caractérise par des thèmes héroïques restant facilement en mémoire ainsi que par l'emploi d'un petit groupe d'instruments donnant la part belle aux cuivres (principalement aux trompettes et aux tubas), aux bois (saxophones, flûte traversière, plus occasionnellement kazoo) et aux percussions (batterie, timbales, xylophone, vibraphone), tandis que le groupe des cordes est très souvent réduit aux seuls violons ou dans certains thème à la guitare. La section d'accompagnement (guitare basse, guitares, nappes synthétiques et parfois batterie pour les musiques d'action) tient davantage de la pop ou du funk que de la musique symphonique classique. Un autre élément très caractéristique de Shunsuke Kikuchi est son emploi des gimmicks (le vibraslap en particulier est extrêmement présent), qui ajoutent une note légère à des thèmes qui ne le sont pas nécessairement. Ses mélodies, aux structures très simples, comportent aussi des éléments aux influences nippones facilement identifiables.
En 2015, Shunsuke Kikuchi reçoit le Prix international 2015 de la société japonaise pour le droit des auteurs, compositeurs (JASRAC) pour ses compositions musicales pour la série Dragon Ball Z.
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Shunsuke Kikuchi
Shunsuke Kikuchi (菊池 俊輔, Kikuchi Shunsuke), né le 1er novembre 1931 à Hirosaki, est un compositeur japonais connu pour ses musiques de séries télévisées et dessins animés.
Biography
Sa carrière commence au début des années 60, avec de nombreux longs-métrages souvent produits par les studios Toei (en particulier les films Gamera, la tortue géante rivale de Godzilla). Avec Tiger Mask, en 1969, il entame une longue série de travaux pour la télévision, séries animées et live (tokusatsu), qui constitueront ses plus grands succès. On citera notamment les séries live Kamen Rider, Iron King, les séries animés Polymer, Misha, Doraemon, Dr Slump, Goldorak (1975), Albator 84 (1982) et les deux séries fleuve Dragon Ball (1986) et Dragon Ball Z (1989) issues du manga d'Akira Toriyama.Son style, très reconnaissable et qui doit souvent à Ennio Morricone, est presque devenu un standard musical associé aux shōnen (dessins animés pour jeunes garçons). Minimaliste, il se caractérise par des thèmes héroïques restant facilement en mémoire ainsi que par l'emploi d'un petit groupe d'instruments donnant la part belle aux cuivres (principalement aux trompettes et aux tubas), aux bois (saxophones, flûte traversière, plus occasionnellement kazoo) et aux percussions (batterie, timbales, xylophone, vibraphone), tandis que le groupe des cordes est très souvent réduit aux seuls violons ou dans certains thème à la guitare. La section d'accompagnement (guitare basse, guitares, nappes synthétiques et parfois batterie pour les musiques d'action) tient davantage de la pop ou du funk que de la musique symphonique classique. Un autre élément très caractéristique de Shunsuke Kikuchi est son emploi des gimmicks (le vibraslap en particulier est extrêmement présent), qui ajoutent une note légère à des thèmes qui ne le sont pas nécessairement. Ses mélodies, aux structures très simples, comportent aussi des éléments aux influences nippones facilement identifiables.
En 2015, Shunsuke Kikuchi reçoit le Prix international 2015 de la société japonaise pour le droit des auteurs, compositeurs (JASRAC) pour ses compositions musicales pour la série Dragon Ball Z.
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Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Genres Science fiction, Action
Actors Itsuji Itao, Akira Emoto, Yasuhisa Furuhara, Mami Yamasaki, Asami Sugiura, Naoto Takenaka
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62%
An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them.
, 35minutesOrigin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Masakazu Morita, Ryō Horikawa, Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Naoko Watanabe, Toshio Furukawa
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68%
Two years after the defeat of Majin Boo, Mr. Satan finally finishes construction on his brand new hotel. Feeling guilty that the hotel is in honor of what the majority of Earth believes to be his defeat of Boo, he invites all of the characters and their families to a banquet. Goku and Vegeta decide to spar, as they have dressed in their usual fighting outfits. Shortly after dinner, two Saiyan spaceships land just outside of town, and a mysterious Saiyan and his wife confront the heroes at the hotel. They are revealed to be Vegeta's younger brother, Tarble, who had been deemed too weak to fight in the past and was sent to a distant star before the destruction of Planet Vegeta, and his wife Gure, who is a small, cartoon-like alien. Tarble asks his brother for help in dealing with Abo and Kado, soldiers who are remnants of Freeza's army, who are causing havoc on his planet. Goku and Vegeta argue over who will fight the brothers. Even their sons and friends offer to join in, but so many fighting two people seems unfair, so Goku comes up with an idea to solve the issue.
The Day When I Was Born (2002)
, 28minutesThemes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about cats, Children's films
Actors Kaneta Kimotsuki, Kazuyo Aoki
Rating23%
, 27minutesGenres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about cats, Children's films
Rating74%
Nobita finds his old teddy bear among the trash after his mother partially cleaned up their shed and tells her not to throw it away. The stuffed animal is a precious gift from his beloved grandmother. Reminiscing about her makes Nobita ask Doraemon to take him back to when he was still three years old and his grandma was still alive.
, 27minutesThemes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about cats, Children's films
Actors Kaneta Kimotsuki, Akira Kume, Misa Watanabe, Ryōichi Tanaka
The movie starts with Dekisugi expressing his love to Shizuka which makes Nobita cry (even though it was a rehearsal for a play in Nobita's school—Nobita thought that it could influence Shizuka to marry Dekisugi). He goes to Doraemon, asking him to take him to the future to see if he and Shizuka will marry. Nobita and Doraemon travel to the future. When they arrive, they find out that they arrived on the day before the wedding. Future Nobita goes to a hotel and is told that his marriage would be held the next day. Nobita and Shizuka go for a walk but find a lost cat and decide to return it to its owner. But when they arrive near the house, they find out that the owner of the cat is going to fly to America. Nobita and Shizuka then decide to deliver the cat to the airport. When they are on their way to the airport they find Gian and Suneo and give them a lift to the airport. But as they are about to reach the airport, their car runs out of fuel. Nobita and Shizuka run to the airport but find out that the plane had left. Luckily they learn that the cat owner's plane was assigned to a different gate and return the cat to the owner. They go back to the car and Gian invites Nobita to his bachelor party. He goes to the party and after returning he remembers Doraemon and his childhood. All the time he is being followed by Nobita (as a child) and Doraemon. Shizuka's mom advises Shizuka to go to sleep in preparation of the big day. At the end of the story, Shizuka's father has a long talk with the adult Shizuka over her choice of marrying Nobita. Shizuka's father remembers her childhood days and gives his support for her decision. The story ends with Nobita marrying Shizuka.
, 1h37Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Films about extraterrestrial life, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kaneta Kimotsuki, Ryōichi Tanaka, Kaneto Shiozawa, Kazue Ikura, Minoru Yada, Yōsuke Akimoto
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating69%
Doraemon went missing for 3 days. But it turns out later that he went to the 22nd century to buy a mystery galactic express train ticket whose destination is a secret until the passengers arrive there and see for themselves.
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)
, 50minutesDirected by Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films, Political films
Actors Masahiro Anzai, Takeshi Kusao, Hiromi Tsuru, Atsushi Kisaichi, Hikaru Midorikawa, Daisuke Gōri
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating75%
In the Other World, a teenage "oni" guarding a spirit cleansing machine turns the volume of his walkman up so loud that he fails to change the evil essence tank when necessary. Due to the overload of evil essence, the machine explodes and the "oni" is transformed into a huge-childlike monster with power over the laws regarding the worlds of the living and the dead. As a result, both worlds are thrown into chaos: in the living world, several deceased are brought back to life, while in the other world, beings who were allowed to keep their bodies turn into spirits, and vice versa.
, 51minutesOrigin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Masako Nozawa, Shin Aomori, Takeshi Kusao, Hiromi Tsuru, Ryō Horikawa, Megumi Urawa
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating73%
On a distant planet, a young alien boy frantically searches his surroundings, sword at the ready, but before he can react, he is crushed by a giant foot while someone laughs maniacally in the background.
, 1h39Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Children's films
Actors Kaneta Kimotsuki, Ryōichi Tanaka, Ryōko Kinomiya, Masashi Hirose, Yūsaku Yara, Daisuke Gōri
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating72%
Tired of constantly having nightmares, Nobita ask for Doraemon to bring a Dream Machine which would allow Nobita to dream of anything he wants. After an attempt to have a dream about the fall of Atlantis fails, he chooses a dream where he is in a fantasy world with an inspiration from The Three Musketeers.Doraemon disagrees and gives him a lecture which makes Nobita angry and he runs away from home.Doraemon searches him and promises him to let him watch the dream of The Three Musketeers. Doraemon sends him to the dream. At the start of the dream he meets a fairy who brings him to the attacked city. Enemies start firing at Nobita, only to be saved by the fairy. She cuts off the piece of moon, causing Nobita to blow away. When he gets up he finds himself at the forest and one of the Sherogani swordsman namely Suneo makes him his slave.
Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994)
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Bin Shimada, Takeshi Kusao, Miki Hirano, Mayumi Tanaka, Daisuke Gōri, Tomiko Suzuki
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating58%
In a dark laboratory on a distant island, strangely-coloured humanoids emerge from tanks, having been created by Dr. Collie. Collie's employer, Mr. Jaguar, plans to use these men to expose the "world's greatest fraud", and laughs madly as a furry tail is shown in a distant tank.
, 58minutesDirected by Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Bin Shimada, Takeshi Kusao, Hitoshi Takagi, Yūko Minaguchi, Junko Shimakata, Kara Edwards
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating65%
A Saiyan space pod flying through space crash-lands on Earth out of which a wounded Broly crawls out, who barely escaped from the "new" planet Vegeta just moments before it was destroyed. The Legendary Super Saiyan reverts to his normal state, then falls into a coma as the crater freezes over him. Seven years later, Goku is deceased having sacrificed his life to save the Earth from Cell. Goten, Trunks, and Videl search for the magical Dragon Balls and encounter the cursed village, Nataday. With the villagers haunted by a supposed monster, they are prompted by their priest to conduct human sacrifice to appease the threat. Goten, Trunks, and Videl devise a plan to bait the supposed monster. However, when Goten inadvertently obstructs the plan, Videl slaps him and he soon begins to cry. The supposed monster, a dinosaur, is drawn out but is quickly vanquished by Goten and Trunks. With the priest exiled and Nataday peaceful, the group depart to continue their Dragon Ball search.
, 50minutesOrigin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Tesshō Genda, Takeshi Kusao, Masako Nozawa, Naoko Watanabe
Roles Music
Rating70%
Bojack is the main villain of the movie. His goal is to conquer the universe and destroy all those that stand in his way. According to King Kai, he was sealed by all four Kais in a star, but when Goku teleported the devolved, ready to self-destruct Cell to King Kai's planet, killing him, the seal has broken, allowing Bojack to reap destruction upon the Earth.
, 1h10Directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Eric Vale, Bin Shimada, Ryō Horikawa, Takeshi Kusao, Mayumi Tanaka, Toshio Furukawa
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating73%
On his planet in the Otherworld, King Kai senses the destruction of the South Galaxy by an unknown Super Saiyan, and realizes that the North Galaxy will be next. To this end, King Kai contacts Goku telepathically while he and Chi-Chi are sitting down having an interview inside a private school which they hopefully plan to send Gohan to. In the middle of the interview, Goku teleports to King Kai's planet and is told the entire story.
, 1h38Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about cats, Children's films
Actors Kaneta Kimotsuki, Miki Hirano, Ryōichi Tanaka
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68%
A boy, his father, and his grandfather are stranded in an island after their boat is crushed by a storm. The boy's grandfather sees a spaceship ordering him to leave as there will be a storm that will flood the island. That night, a storm does indeed come and floods the island.
, 45minutesDirected by Daisuke Nishio
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Kōhei Miyauchi, Hisao Egawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Toshio Kobayashi, Takeshi Kusao
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating69%
The film opens with the introduction showing the death of Dr. Gero at the hands of the Androids 17 and 18 including the Red Ribbon Army, but also reveals that Gero previously copied his consciousness into an underground supercomputer, working on an alternate ultimate android.