Anime: Roots Search: Shokushin Buttai X

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Main Title	Roots Search: Shokushin Buttai X(a3363)
Official Title	javerifiedルーツ・サーチ食心物体X
Official Title	enRoots Search: Life Devourer X
Type	OVA
Year	10.09.1986
Season	Summer 1986
Tags	actionAction anime usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. It often contains a lot of shooting, explosions and fighting.,alienThis entity or creature was born on another world than the main characters.,horrorThe horror cinematic genre is characterized by the attempt to make the viewer experience dread, fear, terror, or horror. Often their plots involve the intrusion of an evil force, event or personage, sometimes of supernatural origin, on the mundane world and the consequences thereof.,nudityNudity is the state of wearing no clothing and exposing the bare skin or intimate parts. NO FRONTAL NUDITY (visible genitals) = 1.5 STARS OR LESS.Especially gratuitous fanservice shows tend to show their characters frequently without any clothes, though often hiding genitals through the means of additions like steam.,space travelSpace Travel usually refers going to space or travelling there with or without a spacecraft. There are different forms of space travel like Interplanetary travel, Interstellar travel or Intergalactic travel. Since it isn`t possible to travel faster than light, most anime series involve some sort "sub-space travel mechanism" as a way to travel faster than light.,tragedyTragedy is a form of drama characterized by seriousness and dignity, usually involving a conflict between a character and some higher power, such as the law, the gods, fate, or society. -[similar]
Resources	Wiki (en) Wiki (jp) YouTube Allcinema Anison ANN IMDB MAL
Rating	1.77(430)
Average	3.76(436)
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Added by	hidden on2005-05-22 15:32
Edited by	hidden on2024-03-02 20:27

Main Title	Roots Search: Shokushin Buttai X(a3363)
Official Title	javerifiedルーツ・サーチ食心物体X
Official Title	enRoots Search: Life Devourer X
Official Title	zh-Hans食心物体X
Synonym	Criatura del Espacio

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main cast

Horiuchi Ken`yuu	as	Buzz
Han Keiko	as	Moira
Yara Yuusaku	as	Buttai X
Kobayashi Osamu	as	Marcus
Ginga Banjou	as	Norman
Kobayashi Michitaka	as	Raymond
Shiozawa Kaneto	as	Scott

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Direction:	Sugai Hisashi
Series Composition:	Shimada Michiru
Character Design:	Kobayashi Sanae
Music:	Shouji Osamu

Roots Search is the story of a psychic research facility that becomes a stopover point for a spaceship full of dead people. Of course there was a bad thing on the ship that killed everybody, and now it's going to hunt down the few people on the space station.

- The plot and setting bears a lot of similarities to the 1979 filmAlien, of which it is loosely based on.

Source: Akemi's Anime World

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1.77(430)

#8426 (#58)

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#6565 (#24)

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#6557 (4)

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approx. 45m

Completed

597 (61.9%)

Plan to Watch

363 (37.7%)

Dropped

4 (0.4%)

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Explanation bypokonyan on Monday, 27.09.2010 12:37

Another Alien rip off.

Lily C.A.T.

OVA, 1987,4.29(360),5.69(362)

Approval: 100.00% (4 votes)

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Explanation bypokonyan on Monday, 27.09.2010 12:38

yet another alien rip off.

Hell Target

OVA, 1987,2.26(188),4.25(191)

Approval: 100.00% (3 votes)

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main character

Buzz

male

voiced by:Horiuchi Ken`yuu

Moira

female,green eyesThe character has green eyes.

voiced by:Han Keiko

secondary cast

Buttai X

psychokinesisPsychokinesis, also referred to as telekinesis with respect to strictly describing movement of matter, describes the direct influence of mind on a physical system that cannot be entirely accounted for by the mediation of any known physical energy.

voiced by:Yara Yuusaku

Marcus

male

voiced by:Kobayashi Osamu

Norman

male

voiced by:Ginga Banjou

Raymond

male

voiced by:Kobayashi Michitaka

Scott

male

voiced by:Shiozawa Kaneto

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Catherine

female

voiced by:Miyuki Sanae

Sander

male

voiced by:Tanaka Hideyuki

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Credit	Name	Comment
Direction (監督)	Sugai Hisashi
Series Composition (構成)	Shimada Michiru
Supervision (監修)	Yuyama Kunihiko
Character Design (キャラクターデザイン)	Kobayashi Sanae	Indori Koya (いんどり小屋)
Music Direction (音楽監督)	三隅吾一
Music (音楽)	Shouji Osamu
Sound Direction (音響監督)	Matsuura Noriyoshi
Sound Work (音響制作)	Gen
Sound Effects (効果)	Itou Katsumi
Editing (編集)	Henmi Toshio
Editing (編集)	Seki Kazuhiko
Art Direction (美術監督)	Takao Yoshinori
Colour Design (色彩設定)	Hirokawa Yuri
Producer (プロデューサー)	Shouji Kiyoshi
General Producer (ゼネラルプロデューサー)	Miyashita Masayuki
General Producer (ゼネラルプロデューサー)	Shibazaki Hiromasa
Co-Producer (Coプロデューサー)	Takayama Masaharu
Planning (企画)	Hiro Media
Work Assistance (制作協力)	Ashida Toyoo
Production (製作)	Hiro Media
	Nippon Columbia
	Production Wave

Script/Screenplay (脚本)	Shimada Michiru
Episode Direction (演出)	Negishi Hiroshi
Assistant Episode Direction (演出助手)	Utsuki Masanobu
Animation Direction (作画監督)	Kobayashi Sanae
Ending Illustration (エンディングイラストレーション)	Katou Naoyuki
Key Animation (原画)	Kobayashi Sanae
	Koujina Hiroshi
	Matsumura Yasuyuki
	Matsushita Hiromi
	Yamauchi Noriyasu
In-Between Animation Check (動画チェック)	Matsumoto Akiko
In-Between Animation (動画)	Aida Kazuhiko
	Hoshino Kimiko
	Miyaji Yoshifumi
	Naitou Kazuko
	Nishikawa Hideaki
	Noda Hiroko
	Takeuchi Hiroshi
	Uesugi Emiko
	Wada Kouichi
	Watanabe Misa
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	工藤互子
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	藤田和彦
	衣川ひとみ
	飯田倫也
	高木誠
	高梨誠
Colour Specification (色指定)	Bessho Hidehiko
Finishing/Clean-up Inspection (仕上検査)	石川芳子
Finishing/Clean-up (仕上)	Fujita Hiromi
	Morita Miyako
	Nishi Kayoko
	Okano Kuniharu
	Sakamoto Chikako
	Tanaka Setsuko
	伊藤多紀子
	児玉あずさ
	別所珠美
	吉田陽子
	増田庸子
	山崎澄雄
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	数井典子
	星野寛満
	松葉美沙子
	桜木多美子
	石井強
	鈴木理衣
Photography (撮影)	Tokyo Animation Film
Photography (撮影)	Wako Production
Title (タイトルデザイン)	Maki Pro
Film Processing (現像所)	Tokyo Genzousho
Sound Assistance (音響補佐)	Watanabe Jun
Recording (録音)	Ootsuka Haruhisa
Recording Assistant (録音助手)	Obara Yoshio
Recording Studio (録音スタジオ)	Seion Studio
Production Desk (制作デスク)	倉本斎
Assistant Production Manager (制作進行)	森下浩明
	水沢知
	河野直樹
	熊谷正道
Production Office Work (制作事務)	金子幸子
Production Office Work (制作事務)	鈴木菊江
Assistance/Cooperation (協力)	AIC
	LAC
	Studio Live
	Studio Pierrot
	Studio Runrun
	Studio Tomcat
	T. Nishimura	as Tニシムラ
	アニメ工房
	ポレール

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Relation	Song	Rating	Credit	Staff
ending	Uchuu no Labyrinth	N/A(0)	Vocals/Performed by (歌)	Kaori Kumiko
			Lyrics (作詞)	Satou Junko
			Music Composition (作曲)	Mickie Yoshino
			Scat (スキャット)	Shimada Michiru

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