SPRIGGAN
1998 • Horipro
- Format
- MOVIE
- Aired
- 1998
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Horipro · ADV Films · TBS · Studio 4°C
- Genres
- Action · Adventure · Science fiction
Deep in the Ararat Mountains of Turkey, a secret organization known as ARCAM has found what is believed to be Noah's Ark. However, the U.S. Machine Corps., a rogue organization of the Pentagon, wants to take over the Ark as a means of global supremacy. Only a special ARCAM operative known as a Spriggan stands in their way. Japanese Spriggan Yu Ominae teams up with French Spriggan Jean-Jacques Mondo to combat members of the U.S. Machine Corps. led by Col. MacDougall - a genetically-enhanced boy with deadly psionic powers. However, they must act fast and stop MacDougall before he uses the Ark for his own agenda.
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Released in 1998, the animated feature film Spriggan was produced by Studio 4°C and distributed by Horipro. It is an adaptation of the long-running manga series written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by Ryōji Minagawa, which debuted in the late 1980s. The film emerged during a high-water mark for cyberpunk and action-oriented anime, aiming to translate the manga's high-stakes archeological adventure and visceral combat sequences into a cinematic experience.
The film was directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki and overseen by Katsuhiro Otomo as a supervising director, whose involvement helped bring a high level of technical polish to the production. The design aesthetic emphasizes a grounded, gritty realism contrasted against supernatural artifacts, reflecting the source material's focus on clandestine global organizations. Upon its release, the film garnered attention for its fluid action choreography and high-budget production values, solidifying its place as a notable entry in late-nineties science fiction cinema.
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